{"id":3737,"date":"2013-05-01T16:16:17","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T16:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/?p=3737"},"modified":"2013-05-01T16:19:43","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T16:19:43","slug":"the-last-steam-trip-on-the-new-haven-railroad-april-27-1952","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2013\/05\/01\/the-last-steam-trip-on-the-new-haven-railroad-april-27-1952\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Steam Trip on the New Haven Railroad, April 27, 1952"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the early 1950s the New Haven Railroad phased out use of its steam fleet in favor of its electric and diesel locomotives.\u00a0 Shown here is a menu and\u00a0photographs taken on an excursion trip from Boston’s South Station to New Haven, Connecticut, through the route of the old New York & New England Railroad with stops in Willimantic and New London, Connecticut.\u00a0 The photographs were taken by Seth P. Holcombe <\/a>and Ralph E. Wadleigh<\/a>, both of whose photographs we hold in the Railroad History Archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Menu for New Haven Railroad’s last steam trip, April 27, 1952. Donated by Frank Morrissey, University Railroad Collection, Archives & Special Collections of the University of Connecticut Libraries.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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