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The summer of 1964 proved to be the last season that the New Haven operated passenger trains between New York City and Cape Cod points. Here's the poster that the railroad used to promote this service during its final year. This item is from the collection of Marc Frattasio.
The New Haven Railroad continued to operate passenger service between New York City and Cape Cod points after the 1960 summer season. Here's the poster that they used to promote the summertime service in 1961. This item is from the collection of Marc Frattasio.
When the Commonwealth of Massachusetts failed to provide the annual subsidy to operate passenger service over the Old Colony Lines after June 30th 1959 all passenger service over this territory, including on Cape Cod, came to an end. However, in 1960 a summertime passenger service between New York City and certain Cape Cod points was restarted. Here is the poster that announced this service. This item is from the collection of Marc Frattasio.
This flyer was distributed to passengers in early November 1955 to announce that the Advance Merchants Limited would be discontinued effective November 28th. This item is from the collection of Marc Frattasio.
This is a flyer (actually made of card) that was distributed to passengers during the spring of 1959 to promote discounted fares on parlor car and Pullman sleeper travel on the New Haven Railroad. This item is from the collection of Marc Frattasio.
This flyer was distributed on June 28, 1955 to warn passengers that the railroad would have to use a lot of coaches over the following two weeks to transport children to summer camps and to transport National Guardsmen to summer encampments and for heavy 4th of July holiday travel. This action might lead to shorter than normal trains, meaning that some passengers might not get seats and have to stand. This item is from the collection of Marc Frattasio.
The McGinnis administration floated the idea of putting an underground "people mover" between Boston's South Station and North Station to make it easier for people to get from one station to the other to catch connecting trains going north, south, or west. A working model people mover was set up during early 1955 in the lobby of South Station. The brochure presented below was handed out to people who visited that display. This item is from the collection of Marc Frattasio.
The New Haven Railroad tested two different versions of ACF's TALGO train during 1954 and 1955. The early tests employed a completely articulated Spanish style TALGO train build during the late 1940s. The later tests employed a updated TALGO train design that could be broken up into individual three-unit cars. This is the folder that was distributed when the New Haven was testing the later model TALGO train during 1955. This item is from the collection of Marc Frattasio.
The Dumaine administration made arrangements with French engineer Deodat Clejan to license his innovative piggyback flatcar design, which was popular in Europe at that time. Two prototype Clejan piggyback cars were built at the Readville Shops and went into test service in the spring of 1955. This is the cover of the press kit that was distributed to members of the press and VIP guests present at the unveiling of the two test cars at the South Boston piggyback terminal in March 1955. This item is from the collection of Marc Frattasio.
Here's a brochure that the New Haven distributed during 1956 to promote the joint rail and steamship service that took passengers from the Boston area to the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket off the coast of Massachusetts. This item is from the collection of Marc Frattasio.