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Start Over Collection Richard H. Gillespie Railroad Photograph Collection, undated, 1856-1961
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Richard H. Gillespie Railroad Photograph Collection, undated, 1856-1961

2.5 Linear Feet
Photographic prints of steam and electric locomotives of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and a few of its predecessor railroad lines including the Naugatuck Railroad, the Connecticut River Railroad, the New York & New England Railroad and the New York, Westchester & Boston Railroad, collected by Richard H. Gillespie of Stamford, Connecticut. The collection also includes two scrapbooks compiled by Mr. Gillespie of newspaper clippings and photographic prints.
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New Haven Railroad and other railroads diesel and electric locomotives and other railroad scenes; postcards, undated, 1877, 1913, 1934-1940, 1951-1959, 1961 0.5 Linear Feet Foldered Box 2

[Photographs include images of locomotives and scenes of the New Haven Railroad; also includes locomotives of the Connecticut River Railroad in Cheshire, Connecticut (undated), New York & New England Railroad, Locomotive 133 on turntable (c. 1890s); Naugatuck Railroad in High Rock, South of Naugatuck, Connecticut (1877); Engine 8 "The Naugatuck" (undated); locomotive 8, location unknown (undated); New York, Westchester & Boston Railroad: Harlem River, New Rochelle (December 27, 1937). Postcards: railroad scenes (undated). New Haven Railroad diesel and gas locomotives, in the following locations: Readville, Pittsfield (undated, 1936-1937, 1961); New Haven Railroad multiple unit electric trains, including Talgo on exhibit run, 1954, at Hell Gate Bridge, Stamford, Van Nest, Oak Point (1951-1959); New Haven Railroad electric locomotives, locations New Rochelle, New Haven, Stamford (1934-1938); Stamford, Bridgeport, New Haven (undated, 1935, 1937-1938); Van Nest, New Rochelle (undated, 1939, 1956); unknown locations (undated); Boston, New Haven, New Rochelle, Danbury (1937, 1940). Electric passenger cars (color): Stamford (1959). Negatives: New Haven Railroad electric locomotives (1950s). New Haven Railroad Passenger Coaches: Hartford, North Abington, Plymouth, Bridgeport, Stamford (undated, 1940). Railroad scenes and structures: Fishkill Landing, Collinsville, Harwich (undated); New Britain, Collinsville, Danielson, Newport, Brewster, Readville (1937-1940). New Canaan, Connecticut, roundhouse (1913).]

  1. Series I: Photographs, undated, 1856-1961

New Haven Railroad steam locomotives, undated, 1910-1911, 1913, 1916, 1918, 1926, 1933-1940, 1946, 1948-1949, 1952-1953 0.5 Linear Feet Foldered Box 1

[Photographs include: New Haven Railroad steam locomotives, in various locations throughout the railroad's system. Towns or cities in Connecticut include Bridgeport, Canaan, Cedar Hill, Danbury, Dayville, Hartford, Milford, New Britain, New Haven, New London, Putnam, Stamford, and Willimantic. Towns and cities in Massachusetts include Boston, East Walpole, New Bedford, Norwood, and Readville. Also includes Maybrook, New York, and Providence, Rhode Island.

  1. Series I: Photographs, undated, 1856-1961

Photographs separated due to condition, undated, 1856, 1869, 1875, 1883, 1891-1893, 1896-1897, 1901 0.5 Linear Feet Unfoldered Box 4

[Photographs include: Steam locomotives: New Haven Railroad, Naugatuck Railroad, Housatonic Railroad, Newport & Wickford Railroad, New York & New England Railroad. Locations include Falls Village, New Milford, Wallingford, Meriden, and New Haven, Connecticut and Taunton, Massachusetts.

  1. Series I: Photographs, undated, 1856-1961