New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad Archives
RECORD GROUP 2: LISTING OF TRUSTEES RECORDS
SERIES I: PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Note: See Appendix D for the titles of ICC Finance
Dockets, Ex Parte Dockets, and Public Utilities Commission
Dockets
Studies and Reports
1 Abandonments 1921-44
Passenger car rentals
Passenger revenue and passenger problems
Freight and railway express revenue
2 Annual reports 1936-45
Summary of operation
Surveys of systems
Forecasts of revenue
Severance studies
Income accounts
3 Revenues and expenses 1937-39
ICC docket 1261114
Traffic studies
Severance studies: Old Colony, Boston New York
Air Line
Surveys of systems
Estimated earnings
4 Passenger service 1937-41
Abandonments
Forecast of earnings
Forecast of revenues
Reorganization plan of Old Colony
5 Forecast of revenue 1937-45
Severance studies
Surveys of Old Colony
Forecast of earnings
Passenger problems
Bound Volumes
6 Bill of complaint 1910-29,
Affidavit of A.E. Clark in opposition to 1947-60
appointment of limited receivership
Statements on financial concerns
ICC docket 33332: Increased Passenger Fares
By-laws of the Board of Directors 1929, 1942,
1947-55
7 A brief history of the reorganization with plan
of reorganization of New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad Co., by Edwin S.S. Sunderland 1935-47
A case study of balloting regulations: the Boston
and Maine recapitulation, 1948-53, by Robert L.
Masson. (1956)
Reorganization Proceedings in the US District
Court, District of Connecticut
Volumes 1-12 1935-41
8 Volumes 13-20 1941-48
9 Reorganization Proceedings: Trustees Reports
Volumes 1-2 1962-80
Reorganization Proceedings in the US District
Court, District of Connecticut
Volumes 1-9 Jul 1961-Apr 1968
10 Volumes 10-17 Apr 1968-Sep 1980
11 Guaranty loan with Case Manhattan Bank 1961
Supreme Court of the State of New York,
Stockholders action 1960
ICC plan to save NHRR 1960
Loan agreement with Irving Trust Company 1961
ICC Finance Docket 21669, Petition in support
of Sullivan and Worcester for interim
Compensation 1962
ICC Finance Docket 21989 Brief for Intervenors ...1964
12 Stenographers' Minutes before the ICC:
Finance Dockets No. 21989, 21990 In the Matter
of the Pennsylvannia Railroad merger with the NY
Central Railroad
Volumes 1-18 Aug-Oct 1962
13 Volumes 19-40 Oct-Dec 1962
14 Volumes 41-57, 59, 60, 63 Dec 1962-Feb 1963
15 Volumes 64, 68-88 Feb-Apr 1963
16 Volumes 89-98, 108-110 Apr-Aug 1963
17 Stenographers' Minutes before the ICC:
Finance Dockets No. 21989 et al.,
Pennsylvannia Railroad merger with NY
Central Railroad
Jan 1967-May 1967
18 May 1967-Nov 1968
Minutes before the ICC
Docket No. 26241; Penn Central Company
reorganization Aug 13-29 1973
19 Transcript of Hearings in the US District Court,
District of Connecticut
Petitions 4-233, Jun 25 1961-Mar 2 1964
20 Petitions 230-482, Mar 9 1964-Dec 19 1967
21 Petitions 486-626, Dec 27 1967-Dec 28 1970
22 Petitions 630-867, Jan 11 1971-Nov 2 1978
23 Petition 867 Nov 8 1978-May 10 1979
24 Petitions 867-968 May 11 1979-Jul 24 1980
25 Plans and amended plans of reorganization
submittedto the ICC and the US District Court, District
of Connecticut
SERIES II: TRUSTEES FILES
Numerical Files
26 1.1-201.01 Grand Central Terminal real estate 1968-69
correspondence, Pullman Co., insurance,
audits
27 210.01-311 Bonds, stock certificates, contracts, 1968-69
real estate
28 311 Real estate, sales, proposals 1965-66
29 311-312 Real estate, sales, proposals 1965-66
30 315-411.02 Property: bridges, yards, culverts, 1966-68
railroad locomotive, sale of trucks
and bridges
31 348.1 Abandonments: Attleboro - Taunton 1954-68
32 348.1-349.1 Abandonments, Thompson - Willimantic 1954-68
sidetracks, snow removal
33 411.02-413.051 Locomotive repairs, purchase and sale of 1961-67
dining, tank and freight cars
34 411-517.1 Per diem, studies and reports, inspections 1955-61
35 521-630.2 Abandonments of passenger service, 1959-60,
coal matters, stations and property 1920
in Boston-Hartford, rate cases
36 521.42-620.02 ICC dockets, claims, passenger 1964-67
discontinuance, freight houses
37 638.82-646 Salvage, mail, facilities for auto 1961-68
traffic, Boston and Providence reorganiz-
ation
RJS-O #
38 000441-002671 Segregation studies, freight revenue,
1961-70
39 002673-004773 Studies, reports, correspondence on
1963-65
merger
40 006168-006600 ICC merger, real estate valuation, Mass- 1965-66
achusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Tri-State Committee
41 006601-008949 ICC, Penn merger, real estate appraisal 1964-68
42 008950-010423 ICC testimony, merger 1962-70
43 011192-01259 Northeaster railroad investigation 1972-73
before the ICC (ex parte 293)
General Reference Files
44 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, 1965-67
West End Commuter Car Service, passenger train
off service, ICC discontinuances
45a ICC hearing and testimony on discontinuances 1965
of passenger service trains
46 Commuter cars
47 New Haven Redevelopment Authority, NHRR case 1969-70
before the US Supreme Court, US District court
reorganization proceedings
48 Subsidiaries: New England Transportation, 1957-65
Connecticut Company, County Transportation,
Holyoke Westfield, East Hartford Freight,
New England Car, NHRR Communications Co.
49 Subsidiaries: New York Connecting Co., New 1954-64
York Stamford, Norwich Worcester, Prov-
idence Produce Warehouse, Realty Hotels,Inc.,
South Manchester RR, Union Freight RR
50 Railroad stations: Maybrook-Westport 1953-63
51 Trustees progress reports, RJ Smith speeches, 1961-69
reports of Presidential Commission on Urban
Mass Transit and railroad labor problems,
trustee biographies
52 President Kennedy's transportation address, 1961-67
Dorigan's death, leased line studies,
Naugatuck Industrial Council
General Reference Files
53 Interstate Staff Committee, NY and CT demon- 1963-66
stration project [commuter service], rail
services CT, RI, MA, Connecticut Transportation
Authority (CTA) correspondence, United
Research Inc.
54 Tri-State Commission (Roger Gillman), Mass 1963-67
Transportation Commission, Sen. Pell's North-
eastern Corridor project, high speed trains
55 Meetings re federal, state and local relief 1961-65
newspaper articles, annual meetings of New
England state's Public Utilities Commissions,
tax relief sought, standards of service and
maintenance and rehabilitation program
Six Month Claims
56 Memoranda re: six month claims
57 Exhibits re: six month claims
SERIES III: PENN CENTRAL MERGER
58 Memorandum concerning reoganization, ICC 1962-70
testimony, freight potential exhibit,
newspaper clippings
59 Advertising brochure, ICC exhibits, ICC 1962-66
Finance dockets
60 ICC Finance dockets and exhibits, Penn 1962-66
Central merger petitions, ICC reports, briefs
and memoranda
61 US District Court proceedings, ICC Finance 1965-68
dockets, equipment inventory
62 ICC testimony, exhibits and Finance dockets 1964-65
freight only study
63 Freight only studies, exhibits and railroad 1965-68
maps, ICC statements, petitions, testimony,
and briefs, plan of reorganization and related
correspondence
64 ICC testimony, reports and related corres- 1962-68
pondence, freight potential studies, ex parte
241 before to ICC, timetable of October 1962
65 Ex parte before the ICC: petitions and reports, 1966-69
exhibits and related correspondence, arguments
and statements, Ex parte 252: related corres-
pondence concerning
66 Ex parte 241 before the ICC: supplements and 1964-66
related correspondence, investigation of
freight adequacy, files and appendices
67 Per diem case file: related material, ICC fin- 1965-68
ancial docket 31358 and exhibits, statements
68 Penn Central Approval Committee files 1965-66
(files 1-7)
69 Association of American Railroads Task Force 1967-68
per diem study, staff meetings, flood loans,
cash flow statements, district court proceedings
correspondence on stocks and bonds,
Penn Central Approval Committee files (files 8-9)
70 ICC Finance dockets and miscellaneous 1967-68
related material, court proceedings, ICC pro-
ceedings
71 Requests for approval of acquisition and/or 1965-68
disposition of property
72 Requests for approval of acquisition and/or 1962-69
disposition of property, ICC Finance dockets
21989 and 21990, freight potential study
73 District Court proceedings against the Illinois 1970-72
Central Railroad, Penn Central-Swiss financing,
proposed settlement agreement
74 Proposed settlement and agreements, employee 1972-73
protection conditions, ICC hearings concerning
reorganization
75 Reorganization plan of New Haven trustees, 1972-75
sale of abandoned right-of-ways, settlement of
fraud actions against Penn Central, reorgan-
ization plans for leased lines
76 Plan of reorganization, rail service reports 1971-74
by Department of Transportation, sale of Park
Avenue properties, trustees reports and state-
ments, rail property valuation
77 Evaluation files, ICC Finance docket 21989, 1963-64
Penn Central rebuttal testimony in NH case,
ICC reports on merger
78 Intervention testimony in Penn Central merger 1962-63
case: exhibits and statements, White House
release on transport mergers
79 US District Court: ICC, US Manufacturers 1965-69
Hanover Trust Co., Penn Central news releases,
ICC order for inclusion of NHRR in the Penn
Central, Penn Central merger: ICC testimony
and reports, press conference, newspaper
clippings, evaluations, examiner's report
80 Examiner's report and press release, mergers 1964-66
of other railroads, merger correspondence and
memos, ICC testimony concerning Penn Central
merger
81 ICC Finance docket 21990, plan of reorgan- 1962-70
ization, The Whitman Report (US Dept. of
Commerce) concerning NHRR difficulties, freight
potential (1965-70), ICC statements concerning
Penn Merger
82 ICC testimony and exhibits, newspaper 1966-68
releases, ICC petitions, briefs and replies
83 ICC briefs, replies, and petitions, statements 1968
on Penn Central merger
84 ICC briefs, replies and petitions on Penn 1964-67
Central merger, plans of reorganization
85 ICC briefs and findings on proposed Penn 1964
Central merger
SERIES IV: GENERAL COUNSEL
Subject Files, 1961-77
86 A-B Amtrak; Bankruptcy matters; Biltmore litigation; 1961-68
Bondholders appeals; Boston litigation
87 C Claims; Columbia Ave. Station; Compensation for 1965-77
trustees and counsel
88 C-F Compensation for trustees and counsel; Condemnation 1961-64
of railroad property reports; Hiring of counsel;
Employee protection
89 G-H Grand Central Terminal and hotel property; Oscar 1961-68
Gruss Son; Harlem River Division; Plan for High
speed train
90 I-N Insurance (employees); Loans-flood and ship; 1961-69
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority;
Mortgage; New York City order 594 and appeal
(assessment of property)
91 N-O New Haven equitable lien and briefs on appeal; 1971-72
New York set-offs
92 P Passenger train discontinuance: statement to the 1961-71
ICC (23831); Hearing on Northeast passenger
train discontinuance; passenger fare increase;
93 P Passenger train discontinuance; Penn Central 1961-71
94 P-R Penn Central; Per diem (attorney fees); Real 1961-68
estate; Reorganization proceeding and District
Court orders
95 R-S Reorganization plan of the Trustees and amendments, 1962-69
objections to the plans; 1935-47 Reorganization
96 S-T Sullivan Worcester Counsels; Stockholders' 1961-71
inquiries; Taxes, torts, claims; Tri-State Trans-
portation Committee; Trustees general
97 T-Z Trustees-loan guarantees, petitions and appeals; 1961-67
Urban mass tranportation bill; US Dept. of Trans-
portation; Wage increases
Merger
98 Boston Providence Railroad reorganization of and 1961-71
acquisition by Penn Central: briefs and petitions,
closing papers, hearings and correspondence,
requests for compensation
99 Boston Providence Railroad reorganization of and 1961-67
acquisition by Penn Central: mortgages and inden-
tures, requests for compensations, breifs and
objections
100 Boston Providence Railroad reorganization of and 1961-66
acquisition by Penn Central: briefs and corres-
pondence, transcripts of hearings, per diems
101 Boston Providence Railroad reorganization of and 1960-65
acquisition by Penn Central: Per diem, court cases
concerning per diem
102 Penn Central merger: ICC hearings, reports and 1966-68
findings
103 Penn Central merger: hearings before the US 1967-68
District Court Southern District of NY; Decisions
of and briefs before the Southern District Court
of NY
104 Appeals to the US Supreme Court; ICC decisions; 1966-68
US District Court West Virginia hearings; loan
arrangements, agreements between Penn Central and
trustees
105 ICC hearings on trustees' plan of reorganization; 1965-66
Penn Central merger: petitions for intervention,
reconsideration, and postponement of,correspondence
Erie-Lackawanna v. ICC
106 ICC recommendations concerning merger; Penn Central 1963-65
and New Haven merger correspondence; Penn Central
rebuttal of New Haven's case
107 Penn Central merger: New Haven testimony and general 1963
testimony
108 Mergers: of other railroads, general correspondence, 1955-67
public interest in, Senator Kefauver's speech on,
Association of American Railroads memo to Presi-
dential agency on merger policies
109 US District Court Finance docket 21685 and 21686; 1961-65
ICC proceedings and correspondence; Petition for
order 25 (15 million loans); ICC dockets and appli-
cations; certificates and agreements before the
ICC and the District Court
110 Trustees' certificate and related correspondence; 1960-71
sale of South Station (Boston, MA)
111 Penn Central: merger briefs, testimony before the 1971-73
US Senate; ICC documents concerning the Penn
Central reorganization; bankruptcy hearings before
the District Court; exhibits and area maps
112 General matters about subsidiary companies in regard 1961-67
to reorganization
113 Agreement and leases of equipment; Port of New York 1962-64
Authority: multiple unit cars for New Haven
J.W. Moore Counsel
114 Reorganization 1980; legal briefs and reports; 1962-80
amendments; annual reports and statistical state-
ments; cash situation
115 Compensation matters; hearings and affidavits; 1976-82
ICC exhibit; petition on reorganization
116 Regional rail organization; Final plan of reorgani- 1972-74
zation: proceedings, merger and testimony
117 Reorganization briefs and memoranda; Trustees report 1968-69
to the Court (1962)
118-20 Order #1-1200, US District Court for Eastern District
for Pennsylvannia
SERIES V: TREASURER'S FILES
121 General reorganization correspondence; Interim 1960-80
reports to the U.S. District Court; Congressional
subcommittee meetings on reorganization and status
of railroads in general; Records of the meetings
of the Treasury Division of the Association of
American Railroads (Vols. 17-27, 1957-68)
122 US District Court Briefs; Memoranda from counsel; 1960-80
Hearings and petitions before the US District Court;
cash forecasts and payroll listings; US Court of
Appeals brief; Management seminar brochure
123 Petitions and reports to the U.S. District Court; 1960-80
Statements of petition concerning the reorganiza-
tion; Legal documents concerning the bankruptcy;
Appeals to the US Court of Appeals; Plan of
reorganization
124 Petitions and reports pertaining to the reorganiza- 1960-80
tion; Petitions to the US Supreme Court; US
District Court proceedings; briefs and memoranda
concerning reorganization; real estate appraisals;
Claims presented by the Providence and Worcester
Railroad
125 Regional Rail Organization Act of 1973; Cash study 1960-80
of Boston trains; Plan of reorganization; Cash
forecasts; Exhibits for ICC hearing; Briefs
concerning reorganization before US District Court
126 Briefs concerning reorganization before US District 1960-80
Court; Report to Senate Committee on Commerce
(1972); Regional Rail Organization Plan of 1973;
Regional Rail Organization Cases
127 Statements of position before the ICC and the US 1960-80
District Court; Sale of Park Avenue property by
Penn Central; Penn Central annual reports, 1968-
1974; Newspaper clippings concerning
reorganization (1973-78)
128 ICC dockets and material concerning reorganization 1960-80
(Docket 26241 for 1973); Proceedings on
reoganization before the US District Court of
Eastern Pennsylvania
129 Providence and Worcester RR claims; Real estate 1960-80
appraisals for Providence and Worcester RR;
US District Court proceedings in Providence and
Worcester RR settlement; Correspondence and
affidavits from Gratz, Tate Spiegel, Ervin, and
Ruthanoff Legal Firm
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