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Trackside in search of Southern New England Steam
With John T. Morrison

By: John R. Canfield

Morning Sun Books, Inc., 2007
Hardcover, 128 pages, All Color

List Price: $59.95                                       Our Price: $47.96

After World War II, John Morrison and several other photographers knew that it was only a short matter of time before all steam operations disappeared from the New Haven and Boston & Albany (NYC). They set off to record these operations capturing a lot of early rare diesels along the way.

Contents Include:

Introduction...4

Intercity Passenger Service...6

Commuter Service...58
One Winter Morning on Sharon Hill...66

Switchers...79

Railfan Excursions...84
April 20, 1948...85
October 14, 1950...85
April 29, 1951...86
July 19, 1953...87
April 3, 1954...90
May 23, 1954...92
April 28, 1957...93

Some Oddities...94

Southern New England Potpourri...103
Harlem Division...117
Connecticut Memories...122
West End of the B&A...126
New York Central and the 4-8-2...127

Epilogue...128