Along the Valley Line (eBook)

amp;lt;P>MAX R. MILLER is a historian of the Connecticut Valley Railroad and the New York, New Haven &amp; Hartford Railroad and a collector of documents, photographs and memorabilia. He was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1936 and moved to Connecticut as a teenager. Mr. Miller was in railroad construction and worked as a diesel machinist while serving 38 years in the U.S. Army, rising to the rank of Senior Railroad Sergeant in the Army Reserves. He worked for the Valley Railroad from the 1970s to the 1990s, serving as vice president and director of the line, and for Amtrak and Conrail in the 1970s. He currently lives in Higganum, Connecticut.</P>

<P>Prologue<BR>Chapter 1<BR>Events leading up to the Construction of the Railroad<BR>Chapter 2<BR>The Business of Building the Railroad<BR>Chapter 3<BR>Operation of the Conneticut Valley Railroad<BR>Chapter 4<BR>Conneticut Valley Railroad's Locomotives and Rolling Stock<BR>Chapter 5<BR>The Springfield to Old Saybrook Route<BR>Chapter 6<BR>The End of the Conneticut Valley Railroad and on to the Hartford &amp; Connectcut Valley Railroad<BR>Chapter 7<BR>Train Wrecks and Accidents<BR>Chapter 8<BR>The Competition: Boats, Cast Iron Wheels and Rubber Tires<BR>Chapter 9<BR>Abandonment of Service and New Charters<BR>Chapter 10<BR>Washouts<BR>Chapter 11&#8226; The Valley Railroad's Chinese Locomotive No. 1647<BR>Chapter 12<BR>The Valley Line on the Big Screen<BR>Epilogue<BR>Appendix 1<BR>Along the Conneticut Valley Line: Timeline and Track Stats<BR>Appendix 2<BR>Conneticut Valley &amp; Springfield Railroad Schedule, 1876<BR>Endnotes<BR>Bibliography<BR>Acknowledgements</P>