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I was pretty young in the 60's, but I remember ALCO road switchers being used on the New Haven railroad for their way freights.  They were based out of the Cedar Hill yard in New Haven, and didn't seem to go any farther than Old Saybrook, about thirty miles further down the line, if memory serves me correctly.The New Haven ran ALCO passenger locomotives pretty steadily along the Shoreline route between New Haven and Boston.  By the time I really started watching the New Haven, their ALCO PA's were pretty much gone.  The New Haven used them by day to run passenger trains, and by night to run freight trains.  I am not sure where they were based out of, probably Cedar Hill as well.  But I do know that it was New Haven policy to run their engines hard and "put them away wet".  Maintenance was not always a high priority, and by the late 60's, EMD ruled the rails= except for the local freight trains.Erik
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