New Haven Railroad in the 1950's Preview

New Haven Railroad in the 1950's is vintage footage shot by Kent Cochrane all on 16mm film. He was a Navy photographer during WWII and did outstanding work on the New Haven. Original show was about an hour, but we have added another 15-17 minutes of a Cape Cod trip in RDC cars to this show. Lots of great diesel and RDC action, plus the last steamer 3016 in action. Again this is just a preview, and in fact its the one we did when the video was released around 1990. for more go to our video website.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• New Haven Railroad
• RDC cars
• Steam 3016
• Maybrook Line
• Alco's
• Vintage railroading

[indiantrains]

lovely vintage film :)

[061369317]

@LarsIsAKidToucher You forgot to add that they had no roof, and no wheels too.

[ACLTony]

@LarsIsAKidToucher - In the south segregation was enforced, but from my understanding, blacks and other minorities up north in the 50s could pretty much ride anywhere if they had the money. But I could be mistaken. Did you find info regarding passenger train segregation in northern railroads during the 50s?

[Crazytrainkid]

did you know that they added some new new haven cars to the new haven line?

[TheMattsbro]

that rs3 goes fast

[mmandmcb14]

Upload New Haven Mainlines please.

[john6218att]

should of scrapped the old biddies they aren't worth much either with that way of thinking twords preserving history

[milky27oreo]

@LarsIsAKidToucher not in New Haven they didn't. 

[LarsIsAKidToucher]

In the 1950's they had separate railroad cars for Negroes. The Negro cars had no heat or AC.

[jcpdeke]

3016 was scrapped around 1958. Supposedly it was offered to the town of Essex, CT but the old biddies there didn't want it, so it went off to the scrappers.