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THIS IS THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD RAILROAD VOL23, ISSUE 3 1992. THE NHRHTA SHORELINER IS PUBLISHR BY THE NEW HAVEN RAILROAD HISTRICAL & TECHNICAL ASSICIATION, INC.COPYRIHT 1982. PUBLISHED BY NHRHTA. FRONT COVER: NEW HAVEN DERS=6 #1613, (FM H-16-44) AND NE-5B#C-532, ARE RUNNING LIGHT AS THEY ARE ABOT TO ENTER VALLEY FALLS YARD (CUMBERLAND, RI) IN SEPTEMBER OF 1966. WELCOME ABOARD, IN THIS ISSUE:”WIRE TRAIN”. EDITORIAL COMMENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS. IN MEMORIAM, / MORE THEN MEETS THE EYE ISSUE 4, 1990, / UNION STATION, WORCHESTER ?THE CARDELIA AND BUMBLE BEE TUGBOATS. GENERAL MLTORS DIESEL POWER. THESE TWO TUGBOATS WERE ORGINALLY ENVISIONED AS THE LEAD UNITS IN A FLEETWIDE MARINE EQUIPMENT UPGRADE, WHICH WAS UNFORTUNATELY CUT SHORT BY THE RAILROADS WORSENING FINANCIAL SITUATION IN THE MID 1950’s. THE TWO TUGS ENDED UP BEING HIGHLY SUCESSFUL AS THE NEW HAVEN’s ONLY POSTWAR CONSTRUCTION DIESEL TUGS, AND HAVE CONTINUED TO SERVE EFFECTIVELY AS THE LAST CARFLOAT TUGS IN NEW YORK, IN OPERATIOM FOR A PROGRESSION OF OWNERS.”ALARUMS AND EXCURSIONS”. A 1940 PHOTO OF NEW HAVEN I-4 NO, EXPLODES PAST BERLIN, CONNRTICUT STATION. CONWAY TRESTLE. A PHOTO OF CONWAY TRESTLE TAKEN NOVEMBER 1897. ON THE NEW HAVEN. “IF YOU DON’T LIKE THE WEATHER IN NEW ENGLAND , JUST WAIT A MINUTE” MARK TWAIN’S WELL KNOWN QUOTE ABOUT NEW HAVEN’S TERRITORY OULD JUST AS WELL BE APPLIED TO NHRR PAINT SCHEMES ESPACIALY I THEEARLY STAGES OF McGUNISS “NEW IMAGE” DESIGN PROGRAM. 17 PHOTOS. NEW YORK CITY FLOAT OPERATIONS IN THE 1950’s AND THE 1960’s. ONE MIGHT ASK WHY THE NEW HAVEN PURCHASED NEW DIESEL TUG BOATS COSTING OVER A MILLION DOLLARS APIECE IN THE 1950’s. AFTER ALL,WASN’T WATER TRANSFER OF FREIGHT CARS AN ANACHROISM? COULDN’T THE EXISTING FLEET OF 9 STEAM TUGS BE NURSED ALONG TO HANDLE REMAINIMG TRAFIC UNTILTHE INEVITABLE ABANDONMENT OF ALL CAR FLOATING OCCURRED? IN ACTUALLY, IN THE 1950’S ABOUT ONE THIRD OF NEW HAVENS FREIGHT WAS HANDELED BY THE RAILROADS NEW YORK HARBOR FLEET. FOUR PHOTOS AND SIX TABLES OF INFORMATION.
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