Night White Mountains

Night White Mountains

Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Discontinued
Locale	Northeastern United States/Quebec
First service	1926
Last service	1956
Former operator(s)	Boston & Maine New Haven Railroad
Route
Termini	New York City Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
Service frequency	Daily seasonal, weekend only in later years
On-board services
Seating arrangements	Coach
Sleeping arrangements	Pullman
Catering facilities	Buffet parlor car
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
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The Night White Mountains was a summer-only overnight passenger train jointly operated by the Boston and Maine Railroad and the New Haven Railroad between Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, and New York City, New York. Its primary purpose was to connect vacationers from New York City to New Hampshire's White Mountains including the Mount Washington Hotel and Mount Washington Cog Railway.[1]

Initially named the Night White Mountains Express,[2] it was the most exclusive of seasonal trains serving the White Mountains. It was briefly an all-Pullman service before World War II. After the war, coaches were added and it became a weekend only service. While it offered mostly open section sleeping compartments immediately after the war, it transitioned to mostly private rooms to better match the tastes of its exclusive clientele. It used heavyweight sleeping cars and even offered Pullman through coaches to Washington, DC.[3] Its 1955 consist offered berths, roomettes, double roomettes and bedrooms and a buffet-lounge car.[4]

References

1. "Connecticut River Valley Trains". Far Acres Farm. 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
2. Maiken, Peter (1989). Night Trains in the Golden Years of American Rail Travel. Chicago: Lakme Press. p. 20. ISBN 0-9621480-0-8.
3. Holland, Kevin (2004). Passenger Trains of Northern New England. Lynchburg: TLC Publishing Inc. pp. 126–127. ISBN 1-883089-69-7.
4. "April 1955 Timetable" (PDF). New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.