Product Review

This trackside book tours the New Haven in its Hunter Green pre-McGinnis years after WWII. Photographer Art Mitchell shows us a little steam and marine operations and plenty of early diesels and heavy electric action. Contents: Water, Water, Everywhere! (Cape Cod Canal, Hell Gate Bridge, Poughkeepsie Bridge), pp. 10-15; 1887 to New Haven, pp. 16-47; Cedar Hill Yard, The Heart of New Freight Operations, pp. 48-73; Branch Line Rambles, pp. 74-85; The Old Colony, pp. 86-101; United States Military MRS-1 Locomotives, pp. 102-105; The Freight Main to Maybrook, pp. 106-109; Wrecks and Other Service Interruptions, pp. 110-117; The Final Last Steam Excursion on the New Haven, pp. 118-122