This Day in Pelham History

This Day in Pelham History
December 27

12/27/1848 - The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad from New Haven to the junction with the New York and Harlem (near Williams Bridge) is opened and operates trains to Canal Street in New York City. Its cars were hauled by horses from 42nd Street to Canal Street. The New Haven Railroad opened what came to be known as the Main Line at the end of December 1848 and the station was called Pelhamville. In what should come as no surprise, the railroad quickly led to explosive growth and suburban development in the area.

12/27/1885 - At 6 a.m., a New Haven Line passenger train pulled by a steam locomotive crashes into the wooden station platform that had blown over onto the tracks at the Pelhamville Station and derails, killing the fireman and injuring mail clerks and a number of passengers.

This Day in Pelham History December 27

This Day in Pelham History
December 27