The New Haven Railroad
A photographic history with cited opening dates, collection history and individually credited images. Historic views, later photographs and illustrations are dated separately. This is a selected collection, not an exhaustive inventory.

id: SGC93-S1
title: UConn Archives: Railroad History
url: https://library.uconn.edu/location/asc/collections/railroad-history/
summary: The railroad’s 1872–1969 corporate history and extensive surviving company records.
kind: Historical sources
date: Source dates described in record
credit: UConn Archives: Railroad History
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institution: The New Haven Railroad
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id: SGC93-S2
title: UConn Archives: Mexican Braceros on the New Haven Railroad
url: https://blogs.lib.uconn.edu/archives/2025/01/03/the-new-haven-railroad-during-world-war-ii-mexican-braceros-come-to-the-rescue/
summary: Research using company records and its wartime magazine describes Mexican railroad workers arriving in 1944.
kind: Historical sources
date: Source dates described in record
credit: UConn Archives: Mexican Braceros on the New Haven Railroad
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id: PHOTO-98536579
title: New Haven Alcos at New Haven 1957 postcard
kind: Postcards
date: 1957
institution: The New Haven Railroad
summary: 1970s postcard of two Alco FA-1 units at New Haven Yard in mid-1957
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_Alcos_at_New_Haven_1957_postcard.jpg
credit: J.W. Swanberg; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-127728758
title: New Haven viaduct and railroad cut 1913 postcard
kind: Postcards
date: circa 1913
institution: The New Haven Railroad
summary: Divided back postcard of the New Haven streetcar viaduct, with a southbound passenger train in the adjacent cut
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_viaduct_and_railroad_cut_1913_postcard.jpg
credit: Unknown author Unknown author; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-54429436
title: New Haven Railroad EMU at Greenwich, Connecticut, September 1964
kind: Photographs
date: September 1964
institution: The New Haven Railroad
summary: A New Haven Railroad EMU at Greenwich in 1964
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_Railroad_EMU_at_Greenwich,_Connecticut,_September_1964.jpg
credit: Roger Puta; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-33829020
title: New Haven yards and shops — survey view 64
kind: Photographs
date: 1977
institution: The New Haven Railroad
summary: Jack Boucher’s 1977 engineering-survey photograph records the surviving New Haven railroad yards and shops. This is a later survey view, after the New Haven Railroad’s separate corporate life ended.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_Yards_and_Shops._New_Haven,_New_Haven_Co.,_CT._Sec._9108,_MP_72.50._-_Northeast_Railroad_Corridor,_Amtrak_Route_between_New_York-Connecticut_and_Connecticut-Rhode_HAER_CONN,5-NEWHA,37-64.tif
credit: Jack Boucher; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-33829019
title: New Haven yards and shops — survey view 66
kind: Photographs
date: 1977
institution: The New Haven Railroad
summary: Jack Boucher’s 1977 engineering-survey photograph records the surviving New Haven railroad yards and shops. This is a later survey view, after the New Haven Railroad’s separate corporate life ended.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_Yards_and_Shops._New_Haven,_New_Haven_Co.,_CT._Sec._9108,_MP_72.50._-_Northeast_Railroad_Corridor,_Amtrak_Route_between_New_York-Connecticut_and_Connecticut-Rhode_HAER_CONN,5-NEWHA,37-66.tif
credit: Jack Boucher; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-33829017
title: New Haven yards and shops — survey view 63
kind: Photographs
date: 1977
institution: The New Haven Railroad
summary: Jack Boucher’s 1977 engineering-survey photograph records the surviving New Haven railroad yards and shops. This is a later survey view, after the New Haven Railroad’s separate corporate life ended.
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credit: Jack Boucher; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-33829023
title: New Haven yards and shops — survey view 68
kind: Photographs
date: 1977
institution: The New Haven Railroad
summary: Jack Boucher’s 1977 engineering-survey photograph records the surviving New Haven railroad yards and shops. This is a later survey view, after the New Haven Railroad’s separate corporate life ended.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_Yards_and_Shops._New_Haven,_New_Haven_Co.,_CT._Sec._9108,_MP_72.50._-_Northeast_Railroad_Corridor,_Amtrak_Route_between_New_York-Connecticut_and_Connecticut-Rhode_HAER_CONN,5-NEWHA,37-68.tif
credit: Jack Boucher; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-33829029
title: New Haven yards and shops — survey view 69
kind: Photographs
date: 1977
institution: The New Haven Railroad
summary: Jack Boucher’s 1977 engineering-survey photograph records the surviving New Haven railroad yards and shops. This is a later survey view, after the New Haven Railroad’s separate corporate life ended.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_Yards_and_Shops._New_Haven,_New_Haven_Co.,_CT._Sec._9108,_MP_72.50._-_Northeast_Railroad_Corridor,_Amtrak_Route_between_New_York-Connecticut_and_Connecticut-Rhode_HAER_CONN,5-NEWHA,37-69.tif
credit: Jack Boucher; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-33829027
title: New Haven yards and shops — survey view 65
kind: Photographs
date: 1977
institution: The New Haven Railroad
summary: Jack Boucher’s 1977 engineering-survey photograph records the surviving New Haven railroad yards and shops. This is a later survey view, after the New Haven Railroad’s separate corporate life ended.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_Yards_and_Shops._New_Haven,_New_Haven_Co.,_CT._Sec._9108,_MP_72.50._-_Northeast_Railroad_Corridor,_Amtrak_Route_between_New_York-Connecticut_and_Connecticut-Rhode_HAER_CONN,5-NEWHA,37-65.tif
credit: Jack Boucher; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-33829024
title: New Haven yards and shops — survey view 67
kind: Photographs
date: 1977
institution: The New Haven Railroad
summary: Jack Boucher’s 1977 engineering-survey photograph records the surviving New Haven railroad yards and shops. This is a later survey view, after the New Haven Railroad’s separate corporate life ended.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_Yards_and_Shops._New_Haven,_New_Haven_Co.,_CT._Sec._9108,_MP_72.50._-_Northeast_Railroad_Corridor,_Amtrak_Route_between_New_York-Connecticut_and_Connecticut-Rhode_HAER_CONN,5-NEWHA,37-67.tif
credit: Jack Boucher; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-33829014
title: New Haven yards and shops — survey view 62
kind: Photographs
date: 1977
institution: The New Haven Railroad
summary: Jack Boucher’s 1977 engineering-survey photograph records the surviving New Haven railroad yards and shops. This is a later survey view, after the New Haven Railroad’s separate corporate life ended.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_Station_Yards_and_Shops._New_Haven,_New_Haven_Co.,_CT._Sec._9108,_MP_72.50._-_Northeast_Railroad_Corridor,_Amtrak_Route_between_New_York-Connecticut_and_Connecticut_HAER_CONN,5-NEWHA,37-62.tif
credit: Jack Boucher; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-54434712
title: New Haven FL9 2017 and GE EP5 377 near New Haven, CT station on July 21, 1968-2
kind: Photographs
date: 21 July 1968
institution: The New Haven Railroad
summary: Electric multiple units (left), FL9, and EP5 of the New Haven Railroad at the yard at New Haven in July 1968
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_FL9_2017_and_GE_EP5_377_near_New_Haven,_CT_station_on_July_21,_1968-2_(25536226473).jpg
credit: Roger Puta; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-54435069
title: New Haven 558 shuttling PRR coaches at New Haven, July 1968
kind: Photographs
date: 21 July 1968
institution: The New Haven Railroad
summary: New Haven RS-3 #558 shuttling PRR coaches at New Haven, Connecticut on July 21, 1968
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_558_shuttling_PRR_coaches_at_New_Haven,_July_1968.jpg
credit: Roger Puta; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-54429330
title: FL9 2033 with the Murray Hill at New Haven, July 1968
kind: Photographs
date: 21 July 1968
institution: The New Haven Railroad
summary: New Haven FL9 #2033 with train #10, the Murray Hill , arriving at New Haven, CT on July 21, 1968
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FL9_2033_with_the_Murray_Hill_at_New_Haven,_July_1968.jpg
credit: Roger Puta; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-48847685
title: New Haven Railroad train at Bridgeport station, September 1962
kind: Photographs
date: 1962-09
institution: The New Haven Railroad
summary: A New Haven Railroad train at Bridgeport station in September 1962
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_Railroad_train_at_Bridgeport_station,_September_1962.jpg
credit: Hikki Nagasaki; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-54435073
title: New Haven Railroad locomotives and RDC at Waterbury station, August 1968
kind: Photographs
date: 24 August 1968
institution: The New Haven Railroad
summary: New Haven GP9 #1206 and other locomotives and an RDC next to the Waterbury, Connecticut station on August 24, 1968
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_Railroad_locomotives_and_RDC_at_Waterbury_station,_August_1968.jpg
credit: Roger Puta; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-113041038
title: Freight Terminals and Trains Cedar Hill North and East Yard
kind: Photographs
date: 1925
institution: The New Haven Railroad
summary: The North and Eastbound classification yard of Cedar Hill Yard in New Haven, Connecticut, where trains headed north towards Hartford, northeast towards Middletown, or east towards New London were assembled.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Freight_Terminals_and_Trains_Cedar_Hill_North_and_East_Yard.png
credit: Unknown author Unknown author; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-113041037
title: Freight Terminals and Trains Cedar Hill Collage
kind: Photographs
date: 1925
institution: The New Haven Railroad
summary: A collage of four images of train operations at Cedar Hill Yard in New Haven, Connecticut. At top left, a steam locomotive pulls a train. At top right, two speeders are seen. At bottom left, a boxcab electric locomotive is seen. At bottom right is a general view of part of the yard.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Freight_Terminals_and_Trains_Cedar_Hill_Collage.png
credit: Unknown author Unknown author; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-98534094
title: New Haven Alcos at Cedar Hill 1949 postcard
kind: Postcards
date: 5 June 1949
institution: The New Haven Railroad
summary: Postcard of Alco FA-1 and FB-1 locomotives at Cedar Hill Engine Terminal in 1949, sent in 1971
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Haven_Alcos_at_Cedar_Hill_1949_postcard.jpg
credit: Lawson Hill; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-112815809
title: Abandoned tracks in Cedar Hill Yard
kind: Photographs
date: 2021-11-24
institution: The New Haven Railroad
summary: These tracks were once part of the formerly extensive yards at Cedar Hill Yard, but they have long been abandoned and nature has begun to reclaim the land.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abandoned_tracks_in_Cedar_Hill_Yard.jpg
credit: Trainsandotherthings; CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-122517347
title: Coaling tower in Cedar Hill Yard, August 2022
kind: Photographs
date: 28 August 2022
institution: The New Haven Railroad
summary: The abandoned coaling tower in Cedar Hill Yard in August 2022
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coaling_tower_in_Cedar_Hill_Yard,_August_2022.JPG
credit: Pi.1415926535; CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
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