NHRHTA NEW HAVEN RAILROAD BOOK OFFERS

Updated 9 November 2011

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The Classic Railway Signal Tower
New Haven Railroad S.S. 44 / Berk
By Stephen A. McEvoy

The history of New Haven Railroad Signal Station (S.S.) 44 Tower and Interlocking in South Norwalk, CT, now preserved by the Western Connecticut Chapter, N.R.H.S., as the SoNo Switch Tower Museum.  Soft cover, 166 pages, profusely illustrated with b&w and color photos, diagrams and maps.

Special NHRHTA Price $35.00

Please add $3.50 S&H per book
Connecticut residents add $2.22 sales tax per book


Forgotten Railroads Through Westchester County
By Robert A. Bang, with John E. Frank, George W. Kowanski and Otto M. Vondrak

The history of New York's Westchester County railroads, including the New York Central's Putnam Division and Getty Square Branch, the New Haven's Electrification Project, the New York, Westchester & Boston, and other various proposed and partially built lines.  Hard cover, 168 pages, profusely illustrated.

Special NHRHTA Price $35.00

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Connecticut residents add $2.22 sales tax per book


New Haven Color Pictorial - Volume One
By David R. Sweetland

All-color photo album of the New Haven Railroad's "west end", focusing on New York, western Connecticut and western Massachusetts, as it was between the 1940s and the late 1960s. Hardcover, 128 pages, profusely illustrated.

Special NHRHTA Price $46.00

Please add $3.50 S&H per book
Connecticut residents add $2.92 sales tax per book


New Haven Color Pictorial - Volume Two
By David R. Sweetland

All-color photo album of the New Haven Railroad's central section, focusing on central and eastern Connecticut and Rhode Island, as it was between the 1940s and the late 1960s. Hardcover, 128 pages, profusely illustrated.

Special NHRHTA Price $46.00

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Connecticut residents add $2.92 sales tax per book


New Haven Color Pictorial - Volume Three
By David R. Sweetland

All-color photo album of the New Haven Railroad's eastern section, focusing on central and eastern Massachusetts as it was in  the 1950s and 1960s. Hardcover, 128 pages, profusely illustrated.

Special NHRHTA Price $50.00

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Connecticut residents add $3.18 sales tax per book


 

 

New Haven In Color Volume 1
The Battle for Profits 1945-1961
By Geoffrey H. Doughty

Follow the struggle of the New Haven out on the road during the 1950s as it makes a valiant effort to modernize its operations while enduring onerous financial burdens and dubious management.


Special NHRHTA Price $48.00

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Connecticut residents add $3.05 sales tax per book


New Haven In Color Volume 2
The Battle for Survival 1960s
By Geoffrey H. Doughty

In the Sixties, the once mighty New Haven Railroad had fallen on hard times with its day-to-day continued operation often being questioned. New power, new service ideas and many other changes to its traditional operation enabled the road to limp forward, all illustrated in full color in this new book.

Special NHRHTA Price $46.00

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Connecticut residents add $2.92 sales tax per book


New Haven In Color Volume 3
Into the Abyss: The Bankruptcy Years 1961 - 1968
By Geoffrey H. Doughty

The New Haven fought for its very existence during the tumultuous 1960s. Get on board and follow the slow demise of this once-thriving property, featuring over two hundred color photographs and a detailed analysis of its financial health.

Special NHRHTA Price $48.00

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Connecticut residents add $3.05 sales tax per book


New Haven Railroad
Dining on the Shore Line Route

By Marc J. Frattasio

The story of the New Haven Railroad's famous food service operations. Features hundreds of actual New Haven Railroad Dining Car Department recipes! Softcover, 112 pages, profusely illustrated.

Special NHRHTA Price $19.00

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Connecticut residents add $1.21 sales tax per book


The New Haven Railroad in the McGinnis Era
By Marc J. Frattasio

The complete story of the New Haven Railroad's McGinnis administration. Hardcover, 252 pages, over 500 illustrations. Includes a chapter on McGinnis' subsequent career on the Boston & Maine.

Special NHRHTA Price $45.00

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Connecticut residents add $2.86 sales tax per book


The New Haven Railroad's Streamline Passenger Fleet
By Geoffrey H. Doughty

The story of the New Haven Railroad's streamlined passenger equipment of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Hardcover, 160 pages, profusely illustrated.

Special NHRHTA Price $23.00

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Connecticut residents add $1.46 sales tax per book


The New York, Westchester & Boston Railway:  J. P. Morgan's Magnificent Mistake
By Herbert H. Harwood, Jr.

The story of the New York, Westchester & Boston Railway, built at a cost of $2 million per mile and opened in 1912.  Built to the highest level of engineering standards and designed to carry more than 100,000 people a day efficiently and comfortably, the railway ran through virtually undeveloped territory and parallel to the New Haven.  The NYW&B was shut down within 25 years.  176 pages, hard cover.

Special NHRHTA Price $33.00

Please add $3.00 S&H per book
Connecticut residents add $2.10 sales tax per book


Railroad Cities
Providence Rhode Island

By Robert A. Liljestrand with David R. Sweetland

Photo album of New Haven Railroad scenes and locations in the Providence, RI area. Covers Providence Union Station, Northup Avenue, Charles Street, Woodlawn, East Side, and much more. Part of the Bob's Photo book series. Soft cover, 48 pages, profusely illustrated.

Special NHRHTA Price $13.00

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Connecticut residents add $0.83 sales tax per book


Railroads of Cape Cod and the Islands
By Andrew Eldredge

Part of the famous and prolific Arcadia history series, this book presents rare and vintage scenes taken along the New Haven and other railroads on Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket. Soft cover, 128 pages, profusely illustrated.

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Special NHRHTA Price $20.00

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Connecticut residents add $1.27 sales tax per book


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