North Wind

For other uses, see North wind (disambiguation).

North Wind

Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Discontinued
First service	1946
Last service	September 11, 1956
Former operator(s)	New Haven Railroad Boston and Maine Railroad
Route
Termini	New York City, New York's Grand Central Terminal Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
Distance travelled	335 miles (539 km)
Average journey time	9 hours
Service frequency	Daily summer only
Train number(s)	75 (northbound), 70 (southbound)
On-board services
Seating arrangements	coaches
Catering facilities	Dining car and parlor car
Route map Berlin Bretton Woods /Fabyans Gorham Twin Mountain Jefferson Whitefield Littleton Sugar Hill Lisbon Bath Woodsville NH VT Newbury Conicut Bradford Fairlee Ely Northboro Thetford Kendall Norwich White River Junction Windsor VT NH Claremont Charlestown NH VT Bellows Falls Brattleboro VT MA East Northfield Greenfield Northampton Holyoke Springfield MA CT Hartford New Haven Bridgeport Stamford CT NY 125th Street New York City Key North Wind & Day White Mountains Day White Mountains only Night White Mountains

The North Wind was a summer passenger train between New York City, New York and resorts in New Hampshire's White Mountains (New England). Travel time was about 9 hours over the 331-mile (533 km) route to Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. The route went via the New Haven Railroad from New York City, New York to Springfield, Massachusetts, where it left the New Haven–Springfield Line to reach the Boston and Maine Railroad at Springfield, Massachusetts, continuing northward to White River Junction, Vermont, Whitefield, New Hampshire and finally Bretton Woods, New Hampshire.

History

The North Wind was a fast, daytime train intended to lure vacationers to the White Mountains. It operated with fewer stops than the Day White Mountains (14 versus 30) so as to offer a more competitive travel time with driving. It was considered the premier train serving the New York City to White Mountains route and offered parlor seats for its entire route as well as a dining car as far as Bellows Falls or White River Junction. Initially in 1946, the train provided gratifying results according to B&M management. For the summer of 1949, the northern terminus was extended from Whitefield, New Hampshire to Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. Starting in 1950, it was combined with the Day White Mountains train from New York City to Springfield with that train making more stops north of Springfield and terminating in Groveton, New Hampshire. For the 1956 season, it ran combined with the Day White Mountains as far as White River Junction in an effort reduce passenger train expenses under the newly arrived president, Patrick McGinnis. The train was discontinued after the 1956 season.