NEW HAVEN RR STEAM LOCOMOTIVES A to Z

A portfolio of New Haven Railroad steam locomotive photographs depicting Class A through Class Z

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FROM CLASS A

A-1 407 Schenectady 1896 renumbered 1271. Shown at the New Haven coaling bridge

TO CLASS Z

Providence, Warren & Bristol 7 became Z-1 Class Number 2102

The New York, New Haven & Hartford was a consolidation of many railroads. When a railroad was absorbed the locomotives were renumbered by placing a digit before the old number. For example, Old Colony 42 became New Haven 642. To bring order to the large number of similar locomotives it had acquired, the New Haven reclassified its locomotives in 1904 using a letter system. For example, the many 4-4-0 type engines were placed in classes A to E with those with the largest cylinders being A while the older, smallest cylindered engines became E Class. Numbers and lower case letters were used to designate types within the broad categories, for example, C-1-a or C-19-b.

Over time the classification system required adjustments to accommodate new types of locomotives and consequently the system lost some of its initial logic. Although 4-4-2 locomotives were first F Class since they followed the E Class in wheel arrangement, later when Central New England F Class locomotives were added the 4-4-2 type became Class H, the letter previously used for smaller 4-6-0 types. The 2-6-0 Moguls were originally K, L and M but when 2-10-2's were purchased they became L and L engines became M and M became N. The many changes in classifications can be traced in the work of Charles E. Fisher who authored a series of ten roster articles in The Railroad & Locomotive Historical Society Bulletins. The were reprinted in 1981 in a single volume with additions and corrections by William D. Edson.

This website primarily illustrates the locomotives in classes A to Z with photographs from my collection now at the University of Connecticut. I provided basic information regarding the locomotives but for a thorough look at the New Haven's locomotives, one should turn to J. W. Swanberg's NEW HAVEN POWER which is the best source available.

Please Read - TO NAVIGATE USE THE SIDEBAR

If the sidebar is not visible click the parallel bars in the upper left corner

There is a page in the sidebar for each class/type of locomotive - click a listed page to view it. Click the arrow next to each page in the sidebar to bring up new pages. Scroll down the sidebar list to be sure all pages are shown in the sidebar - Z is the last page.

MY OTHER RAILROAD SITES ARE:

PROVIDENCE STATIONS -- https://sites.google.com/site/rrstationsofprovidence

PROVIDENCE ROUNDHOUSES -- http://sites.google.com/site/roundhousesinprovidenceri

NORTHUP AVENUE YARD -- http://sites.google.com/site/humpyardprovidence

RHODE ISLAND RAILROADS -- http://sites.google.com/site/rhodeislandrailroads

PAWUCKET & CENTRAL FALLS -- http://sites.google.com/site/pawtucketcentralfalls

MOSHASSUCK VALLEY RR -- http://sites.google.com/site/moshassuckvalleyrailroad

RHODE ISLAND LOCO. WKS. -- http://sites.google.com/site/rhodeislandlocomotiveworks

B&M STEAM LOCOMOTIVES -- http://sites.google.com/site/bostonandmainerailroad

BOSTON & ALBANY STEAM -- http://sites.google.com/site/bostonalbanyrailroad

CENTRAL VERMONT STEAM -- http://sites.google.com/site/centralvermontrwylocomotives

MAINE CENTRAL STEAM -- http://sites.google.com/site/mainecentralrailroad