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Diehard Yankee and Red Sox fans usually agree on very little......But I venture to say that an area of common agreement is the New Haven Railroad. Post your pictures here.....PostWar, Scale, Tinplate or real.......I'll start off with my PostWar collection......



1. My 1st set from 1958.



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2. A PostWar set I've collected from 1956.



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3. An O27 set from 1962.



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I am looking forward to seeing more....



Peter

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My New Haven EP5 was mechanically sound when I bought it, but cosmetically speaking, it was in need of a makeover. I made one stock shell, and the other to duplicate the version seen at the 1955 Toy Fair. I made the nose decals myself after being dissatisfied with commercially available versions. The 2350 is one of my quietest, smoothest runners, with a very reliable horn. It works more like a brand new loco than one that's 60 years old.

 

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Peter:

 

My first taste of the big stuff was when we took my dad to the Railroad Station and it was serviced by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. This made a lasting impression on me. Back in those days the engines were painted in the olive green color with gold lettering. Thanks for this thread. It brought back good memories this morning.

Hi everyone,  This sure brings back memories of the Bridgeport, CT RR Station for me.  Taking the New Haven RR to the 1939-40 World's Fair, meeting at the telephone booths and then off to New Haven to be inducted into the USAF, going to Yankee Stadium and lots of trips to Grand Central Terminal.

When I move into the new digs I will be glade to post my New Haven in a week or two my trains that are in Atlanta should be here in Fredericksburg VA. They are like long lost friends. But hopefully after the fearless leader give me the ok, down to the basement to produce my version of the Crappy basement layout, cant wait. I degress  I have an ABA NH Dealer set, NH jet scale, E33. after Conrail came we started to see some NH engines going throw Philly on the Northeast Corridor, loved the jets still in NH colors, did not see the ABA units but the E33,s and the Jets were frequent visters.

John

Originally Posted by Passenger Train Collector:

Peter:

 

My first taste of the big stuff was when we took my dad to the Railroad Station and it was serviced by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. This made a lasting impression on me. Back in those days the engines were painted in the olive green color with gold lettering. Thanks for this thread. It brought back good memories this morning.

 

 

Ah......the hunter green and gold.....one of my favorite liveries!  I am toying with getting one of the announced MTH Premier EP-5s in Hunter Green.......I do not think they ever were in that livery.......but, I already have the K-Line McGinnis EP-5.

 

Peter

Originally Posted by Jumijo:

My New Haven EP5 was mechanically sound when I bought it, but cosmetically speaking, it was in need of a makeover. I made one stock shell, and the other to duplicate the version seen at the 1955 Toy Fair. I made the nose decals myself after being dissatisfied with commercially available versions. The 2350 is one of my quietest, smoothest runners, with a very reliable horn. It works more like a brand new loco than one that's 60 years old.

 

 

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They look beautiful, do you have any tips/suggestions on making your EP5 quiet and smooth runner? Also what was your process in making the nose decals?

Thank you!

I believe one of the most interesting conversions to a rail trail has New Haven heritage.

The New Haven Bridge across the Hudson, Poughkeepsie, NY has recently been refurbished as the Walkway Over the Hudson

My photo bucket file.  Click on the underlined phrases to link.  One of my trips East to visit my daughter, in Boston, I did a slight detour off I 84 to experience this old railroad bridge.  I had my bike with me on a rainy day.  Did several back and forths on the walkway.  Uphill from Poughkeepsie to Highland(west side of the river). Wind can be an issue. I had no problems even on a rainy day.  Bikes are allowed.  No skate boards.

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Mike.....I hope to do that someday.....

 

When you go to Boston, you should take a detour to Cape Cod and do the rail trail which also follows the New Haven ROW from the central Cape to Provincetown. I typically do 18-19 miles from Catham to Orleans.

 

Here a PostWar Lionel advertisement featuring the New Haven EP-5.

 

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Peter

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Originally Posted by Putnam Division:

Mike.....I hope to do that someday.....

 

When you go to Boston, you should take a detour to Cape Cod and do the rail trail which also follows the New Haven ROW from the central Cape to Provincetown. I typically do 18-19 miles from Catham to Orleans.

 

Here a PostWar Lionel advertisement featuring the New Haven EP-5.

 

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Peter

Last summer, my daughter took my wife and I to Martha's Vineyard for two days.  Unfortunately we didn't have the bikes with us.  We should have rented bikes.  

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MTH once released thier DL109 in the all red and white Cranberry scheme one was painted to run out to the Cape on this line.
Originally Posted by Putnam Division:

       

Mike.....I hope to do that someday.....

 

When you go to Boston, you should take a detour to Cape Cod and do the rail trail which also follows the New Haven ROW from the central Cape to Provincetown. I typically do 18-19 miles from Catham to Orleans.

 

Here a PostWar Lionel advertisement featuring the New Haven EP-5.

 

623101093_CE5096198CFE1606DBA89857E32E18BC

 

Peter

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