MELGAR thank you for the kind words. I’ve been drawn to trains for as long as I can remember. Living within walking distance from the Air Line only made my interest in railroads greater. As I already stated the traffic on New Havens Air Line had already dwindled to occasional at best, when I was a boy. I remember the day that the crews came through pulling up the rails and taking the ties that could be reused. So happy to see a train but so sick to see the aftermath, I felt like crying. I’m glad that people are able to walk the Rails to Trails and enjoy the same woodlands and farmland the the passengers on the White Train saw outside their windows as they went from New York to Boston in 6hrs. in the 1890’s. My father told me after World War II the Line saw little use. I didn’t mean to highjack this thread I plan to have my own O gauge New Haven layout someday.
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