Groton Railroad Timetables

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2026.040.112

Scope and Content

Collection of timetables from the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. (c. 1918-1955), the Penn Central Transportation Co. (1969-1970) and the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad (1885).

Context

The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. was formed through a merger of the New York and New Haven and Hartford and New Haven Railroads in 1872 and operated primarily in Southern New England. The line ran through Groton, CT. It was consolidated with the Penn Central Transportation Co. in 1968.

Collection

Carol Kimball Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.040

Source or Donor

Carol Kimball

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Timetable

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Schedule

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

NY, NH & H RR

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1885 - 1970

Archive Size/Extent

1 folder

Provenance

Notes

Part of a collection of records collected by Carol Kimball during her tenure as the Town of Groton Historian; given to the Groton Historical Society following her death; stored for several years at the Avery Copp Museum; donated to the Groton Public Library 2026