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Connecticut Whistle-Stops: Greenwich to New Haven

Connecticut Whistle-Stops: Greenwich to New Haven

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Richly illustrated, Connecticut Whistle Stops: Greenwich to New Haven tells the fascinating history of a rail line and the communities it serves. The motto of the state of Connecticut is Qui Transtulit Sustenet, which translates loosely from the Latin as "He who commutes thrives." The state was founded by commuters of a sort: itinerant preachers looking for congregations. Much later, when the railroads finally came along, the state bloomed. Today, Connecticut's rail line from Greenwich to New Haven is a thriving transportation network for Manhattan-bound commuters. Each workday, roughly 85,000 commuters ride the New Haven Line into Grand Central Terminal in New York.

Profiled in Connecticut Whistle Stops are ten rail communities along the coast. Full of eye-catching photographs, the chapters highlight the impact that the rail line has had on Greenwich, Stamford, Darien, South Norwalk, Westport, Fairfield, Bridgeport, Stratford, Milford, and New Haven. The history offers all the elements of an award-winning movie: laborers building the railroad, America's best-known tycoons financing a rail monopoly and then running it into the ground, bankruptcy, and rebirth.

Author: Lennie Grimaldi
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 04/03/2002
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.74h x 6.32w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9780738510033

About the Author
Grimaldi, Lennie: - Lennie Grimaldi is the author of three previous books and hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles. For Connecticut Whistle Stops, he sought the input of historians, commuters, travelers, and train buffs who love the romance of Connecticut's legendary line. He carefully weaves this knowledge into his own obvious love of coastal Connecticut, making sure that readers can see, savor, and assimilate it all.

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