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UPDATES ARE IN YELLOW TEXT/ALL STATION POSTINGS ARE ON TRACK 16

5/17: BREAKING NEWS ... Dateline Branchville ... 2/22/1905 and 3/16/1905 ...
"The frame work for the new passenger station at Branchville is now up and the the building will soon be erected. The old depot will be used for a freight station." Danbury News, 02/22/1905/11 ... AND ... "The New Station. Work on the new railroad station at Branchville is progressing rapidly. The lumber for the new platforms has arrived and they will soon be laid. The station building has received its first coat of paint and the interior will soon be in order. By the time spring is really with us the building will no doubt be ready for the summer travel." Ridgefield Press, 03/16/1905/05.
With these articles, new photos and updates at BRANCHVILLE1, BRANCHVILLE2 (new listing!) and BRANCHVILLE3, plus CTTRAXMAP15 with minor correx is available for download from the blue link on Track 15. Let's ride the rails!!

5/1: More on ANSONIA3 and CTTRAXMAP13 has minor correx and SS 214-219 added in Hartford area. Download map from blue link on Track 15!

4/22: BREAKING NEWS... Dateline Ansonia... 10/22/1910... BREAKING NEWS... "BROOKER DIDN'T LIKE IT... So New Railroad Station in Ansonia is Being Torn Down. The railroad station which has been in process of construction for some time past, is now being torn down. That work on it was ever started is all a mistake, and a costly one to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad company... It is a little bit of a thing and is placed in one corner of the town, where no one can get to it. The street leading to it is so small that two teams can not pass through it." -- Naugatuck Daily News, 10/22/1910/01." Read more about this bizarre and unique debacle on Track 16 at ANSONIA3, plus updates at EAST RIVER2, KENT ROAD, MERRITT 7, ROCKVILLE, WILLIMANTIC4, MYSTERY33

4/11: Updates at EAST WALLINGFORD1, WILLIMANTIC4 and CTTRAXMAP has new Shore Line signal stations added from EAST HAVEN to SAYBROOK. Download the map from the blue link on Track 15!

4/05: BREAKING NEWS... Dateline West Haven... 2/26/1914... BREAKING NEWS...

"WEST HAVEN RAILROAD STATION BURNED. The station of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad beside the eastbound tracks was burned with its contents today. The station building was a frame structure, comparatively small. It was built about 50 years ago. The fire is believed to have started from an overheated stove. The loss is estimated at about $4000." - Hartford Courant [HC/02/27/1914/16]... Complete revision of WEST HAVEN1,2,3,4,5(new listing!) based on this and other exciting news article finds...

4/02: Maintenance, tidying up on Track 3.2... New photo at 3.2.02.

The entries posted above point you to significant additions and changes that are highlighted in yellow on our Track pages. These indicators are removed after a period of time and, once this is done, changes may escape notice and contradict earlier notes and copies you might have made. Please use the page update indicators as a guide and recheck details of interest as necessary.

This website, born on Christmas Day, 2008, aspires to be an informative cyber-destination for those interested in the history of railroads. The focus will be on those in southwestern Connecticut, but side tracks may also lead us elsewhere. The important role that the railroad played in the development of this state and this country can hardly be overestimated. To many of us, the subject is almost sacred. The .info domain was chosen to reflect this sentiment.

Mission

TylerCityStation is a non-profit, educational endeavor that seeks to bring print and electronic research materials together to better understand the people, places, and events that played a role in the building of our railroads. Newly digitized resources, Internet connectivity, and greater online interaction has already enabled us to answer long-standing questions about lines, stations, facilities, personnel, and equipment even for obscure places like Tyler City.

Authenticity

It is our intention to present research of the highest quality, with sources identified and verified and dates specified as fully as possible. Periodicals will be an important source category and references will be given in this format [NYT/01/01/1901/01 = abbreviated title/month/day/year/page] in the text or in endnotes. Ongoing research will mean changes in the text and these will be highlighted in yellow. Revision dates will be indicated on the home page and on the top of each Track page.

Credit

Material that is not in the public domain is published here only with owner permission. Any further use requires similar permission. The reproduction of this site in its entirety or in substantial part is not permitted. Scholarly use of data should acknowledge TylerCityStation. The visuals we use add greatly to the content and we hope contributors will share material, regardless of the quality, which we try to enhance as best we can.

Collaboration

Many thanks to the Friends of TylerCityStation, especially to: Charlie Dunn for his numerous contributions and the cooperation of the New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association; Richard A. Fleischer for significant corrections of technical detail; Al Weaver for his mapping and photographic skills and for his comaraderie in the field; Dave Peters for access to the collections of the Peters Railroad Museum [see below]; Rich Malley at the Connecticut Historical Society for his enthusiastic support and the use of CHS materials; Max Miller for the PUC inspection photographs and other assistance; the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at UConn, in the person of Laura Katz Smith; John Babina, Jr. for the world-class photographs; and, to all the many others who have made individual contributions that are too numerous to mention here but very much appreciated nonetheless. We are always happy to give line credit for all materials sent by contributors, or not, as they wish.

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Order Board - Table of Contents

Home - TylerCityStation
Track 1. Tyler City - Connecticut's Railroad Boom Town
Track 2. The New Haven and Derby Railroad, 1864-1941
Track 3. New Haven and Derby Extra: Locomotive roster, statistics, officials.
Track 4. New Haven and Derby Main Line: Tour from New Haven to Ansonia.
   Track 4A. New Haven to West Haven
   Track 4B. West Haven to Derby Jct.
   Track 4C. Derby Jct. to Ansonia
Track 5. New Haven and Derby Extension: Tour from Derby Jct. to Botsford.
Track 6. The Iron Horse in New Haven, 1838-1920
Track 7. New Haven Extra - Photo and archival materials (in progress)
Track 8. West Haven: Railroads and Orphans
Track 9.  Brookfield and its Railroads, 1840-1941
Track 10. Danbury and its Railroads, 1850-1920
Track 15. CTTRAXMAP with passenger stations, rail and trolley lines and POIS

AES Ansonia Evening Sentinel; also published as
ES Evening Sentinel

BEP          Bridgeport Evening Post
BRP          Bristol Press
BWP         Bristol Weekly Press

C or MC Constitution [Middletown]; also published as
DC Daily Constitution

CH Connecticut Herald [New Haven]

CR Columbian Register [New Haven]

CWN Connecticut Western News [Canaan]

DTR         Derby Transcript

DT           Danbury Times; later published as
DEN         Danbury Evening News,
DN           Danbury News,
DNT        Danbury News-Times

FVH       Farmington Valley Herald [Bristol]

HC           Hartford Courant; also published as
HDC        Hartford Daily Courant

LJ Lakeville Journal

MJ Mystic Journal

NA Norwich Aurora

NB          Newtown Bee

NDN         Naugatuck Daily News

NHDP       New Haven Daily Palladium; also published as
NHWP      New Haven Weekly Palladium

NHEL       New Haven Evening Leader

NHER       New Haven Evening Register; also published as
NHR        New Haven Register

NHJC      New Haven Journal Courier; also published as
              New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier

NHU        New Haven Union

NLD        New London Day
NLDC      New London Daily Chronicle
NLDE    New London Democrat

NMG     New Milford Gazette

NYH New York Herald
NYHT New York Herald-Tribune

NYT The New York Times

PP Penny Press [Middletown]

PS Pittsfield Sun

RF Republican Farmer [Bridgeport]

SR Springfield Republican

TR Torrington Register

TER Torrington Evening Register

WEC Winsted Evening Citizen

WH Winsted Herald

WA Waterbury American

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Links to Important Research Resources [with acronyms used at TylerCityStation]

Note: There are more research links on the Connecticut Passenger Station home page.

Buildings and Structures of American Railroads. [BSAR] by Walter Gilman Berg. Click here.

Connecticut Digital Library. [iCONN] Search the catalogs of most CT libraries. Click here.

Connecticut Historical Society. [CHS] Catalog link here.

Connecticut History Online. [CHO] Search link here.

Connecticut Place Names. [CPN] Arthur H. Hughes and Morse S. Allen, 1976.

Connecticut Railroad Commissioners. [CRC] Annual reports, 1854-1911. Digitized by Google Books; unlinked are at CSL and other repositories. Type '1' into the page box if a link below does not open to the first page.

1-1854 2-1855 3-1856 4-1857 5-1858 6-1859 7-1860 8-1861 9-1862 10-1863 11-1864 12-1865 13-1866 14-1867 15-1868 16-1869 17-1870 18-1871 19-1872 20-1873 21-1874 22-1875 23-1876 24-1877 25-1878 26-1879 27-1880 28-1881 29-1882 30-1883 31-1884 32-1885 33-1886 34-1886 35-1887 36-1888 37-1889 38-1890 39-1891 40-1892 41-1893 42-1894 43-1895 44-1896 45-1897 46-1898 47-1899 48-1900 49-1901 50-1902 51-1903 52-1904 53-1905 54-1906 55-1907 56-1908 57-1909 58-1910 59-1911.

Connecticut Railroad Structures. [CRS] Railroad Station Historical Society. Click here. [NOTE: Some errors and not updated since 2005.]

Connecticut State Library. [CSL] Catalog link here. 1934 Aerial maps link here. Others also available here.

Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, UConn. [Dodd] Railroad collection link here. Archive here.

I.C.C. Historical Railroad Investigation Reports. [IRIR] 1911-1994. Click here.

I.C.C. Valuation Maps. [Val] UConn Digital Mosaic. Click here. Click here for fast new index map!

Library of Congress. [LOC] Catalog here; American Memory here; newspapers here; maps here.

Lines West: A Brief History. Phillip C. Blakeslee. 1951, 1953. Click here.

Maintenance of Way Cyclopedia. [MOWC] E.T Howson, American Railway Engineering Association, 1923. Click here.

Map and Geographic Information Center, UConn. [MAGIC] Link here.

New Haven City Year Books. [NHCYB] Selected years available, 1873-1922. Click here.

New Haven Free Public Library. [NHFPL] Catalog link here. Inquire about local history items.

New Haven Museum and Historical Society. [NHMHS] Website here; catalog is not online.

New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association. [NHRHTA] Click here.

New Haven RR Steam Locomotives A-Z. Ed Ozog's fabulous photo collection. Click here.

New York, New Haven and Hartford RR. [NHAR] Annual reports, 1873-1912, with gaps. Click here for 1(1873)-23(1894); here and here for 26(1897)-30(1901); here for 35(1906)- 1(1912). Some not be complete, others have extra material. Search online for more years. Also note that these were issued in full and pamphlet-sized editions so page numbers may vary.

Official Railway Timetables and Shipping Guides. [ORSG] Online via Google Books: 1851 here; 1858 here; 1871 here; 1875 here; 1877 here; 1879 here; 1892-1915 here; 1907 here; 1917 here. Look for more years as they keep popping up.

Peters Railroad Museum. [PRM] A priceless collection of NYNH&H and predecessor historical materials, with annual reports, blueprints and technical drawings, timetables (public and employee), valuation photos, and much, much more. A miniature Dodd Center in Wallingford! Graciously hosted by Dave and Barbara Peters. By appointment only. Click here for website and phone.

Railroad Structures and Estimates. [RSE] by John Wilson Orrock. 2nd ed., 1918. Click here.

Railway and Locomotive Historical Society. [RLHS] Click here. See especially Tom Taber's Antebellum American Railroad Compendium, 1830-1860 under Reference. Also available here.

Railway Signal Dictionary. [RSD] Railway Signal Association. 2nd ed., 1911. Click here.

USGS Historical Topographic Maps. [USGS]. Maptech here; University of New Hampshire here.

Yale University Libraries. [Yale] Catalog link here.


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		Welcome to TylerCityStation, or as we like to say... "All Aboard!" UPDATES ARE IN YELLOW TEXT/ALL STATION POSTINGS ARE ON TRACK 16 5/17: BREAKING NEWS ... Dateline Branchville ... 2/22/1905 and 3/16/1905 ... "The frame work for the new passenger station at Branchville is now up and the the building will soon be erected. The old depot will be used for a freight station." Danbury News, 02/22/1905/11 ... AND ... "The New Station. Work on the new railroad station at Branchville is progressing rapidly. The lumber for the new platforms has arrived and they will soon be laid. The station building has received its first coat of paint and the interior will soon be in order. By the time spring is really with us the building will no doubt be ready for the summer travel." Ridgefield Press, 03/16/1905/05. With these articles, new photos and updates at BRANCHVILLE1, BRANCHVILLE2 (new listing!) and BRANCHVILLE3, plus CTTRAXMAP15 with minor correx is available for download from the blue link on Track 15. Let's ride the rails!! 5/1: More on ANSONIA3 and CTTRAXMAP13 has minor correx and SS 214-219 added in Hartford area. Download map from blue link on Track 15! 4/22: BREAKING NEWS... Dateline Ansonia... 10/22/1910... BREAKING NEWS... "BROOKER DIDN'T LIKE IT... So New Railroad Station in Ansonia is Being Torn Down. The railroad station which has been in process of construction for some time past, is now being torn down. That work on it was ever started is all a mistake, and a costly one to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad company... It is a little bit of a thing and is placed in one corner of the town, where no one can get to it. The street leading to it is so small that two teams can not pass through it." -- Naugatuck Daily News, 10/22/1910/01." Read more about this bizarre and unique debacle on Track 16 at ANSONIA3, plus updates at EAST RIVER2, KENT ROAD, MERRITT 7, ROCKVILLE, WILLIMANTIC4, MYSTERY33 4/11: Updates at EAST WALLINGFORD1, WILLIMANTIC4 and CTTRAXMAP has new Shore Line signal stations added from EAST HAVEN to SAYBROOK. Download the map from the blue link on Track 15! 4/05: BREAKING NEWS... Dateline West Haven... 2/26/1914... BREAKING NEWS... "WEST HAVEN RAILROAD STATION BURNED. The station of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad beside the eastbound tracks was burned with its contents today. The station building was a frame structure, comparatively small. It was built about 50 years ago. The fire is believed to have started from an overheated stove. The loss is estimated at about $4000." - Hartford Courant [HC/02/27/1914/16]... Complete revision of WEST HAVEN1,2,3,4,5(new listing!) based on this and other exciting news article finds... 4/02: Maintenance, tidying up on Track 3.2... New photo at 3.2.02. The entries posted above point you to significant additions and changes that are highlighted in yellow on our Track pages. These indicators are removed after a period of time and, once this is done, changes may escape notice and contradict earlier notes and copies you might have made. Please use the page update indicators as a guide and recheck details of interest as necessary. Any and all requests for clarification, as well as comments and suggestions regarding this site, can be sent to caboose@tylercitystation.info c/o Bob, WebStationmaster. _________________________________________________________________________________ We turned over the counter in mid-September with 10,000 TCS passengers since opening! That figure plus the current total is the approximate number of visitors since 12/25/2008. Thanks for the interest, the contributed material, and the support! _________________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL Scope This website, born on Christmas Day, 2008, aspires to be an informative cyber-destination for those interested in the history of railroads. The focus will be on those in southwestern Connecticut, but side tracks may also lead us elsewhere. The important role that the railroad played in the development of this state and this country can hardly be overestimated. To many of us, the subject is almost sacred. The .info domain was chosen to reflect this sentiment. Mission TylerCityStation is a non-profit, educational endeavor that seeks to bring print and electronic research materials together to better understand the people, places, and events that played a role in the building of our railroads. Newly digitized resources, Internet connectivity, and greater online interaction has already enabled us to answer long-standing questions about lines, stations, facilities, personnel, and equipment even for obscure places like Tyler City. Authenticity It is our intention to present research of the highest quality, with sources identified and verified and dates specified as fully as possible. Periodicals will be an important source category and references will be given in this format [NYT/01/01/1901/01 = abbreviated title/month/day/year/page] in the text or in endnotes. Ongoing research will mean changes in the text and these will be highlighted in yellow. Revision dates will be indicated on the home page and on the top of each Track page. Credit Material that is not in the public domain is published here only with owner permission. Any further use requires similar permission. The reproduction of this site in its entirety or in substantial part is not permitted. Scholarly use of data should acknowledge TylerCityStation. The visuals we use add greatly to the content and we hope contributors will share material, regardless of the quality, which we try to enhance as best we can. Collaboration Many thanks to the Friends of TylerCityStation, especially to: Charlie Dunn for his numerous contributions and the cooperation of the New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association; Richard A. Fleischer for significant corrections of technical detail; Al Weaver for his mapping and photographic skills and for his comaraderie in the field; Dave Peters for access to the collections of the Peters Railroad Museum [see below]; Rich Malley at the Connecticut Historical Society for his enthusiastic support and the use of CHS materials; Max Miller for the PUC inspection photographs and other assistance; the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at UConn, in the person of Laura Katz Smith; John Babina, Jr. for the world-class photographs; and, to all the many others who have made individual contributions that are too numerous to mention here but very much appreciated nonetheless. We are always happy to give line credit for all materials sent by contributors, or not, as they wish. _________________________________________________________________________________ Order Board - Table of Contents Home - TylerCityStation Track 1. Tyler City - Connecticut's Railroad Boom Town Track 2. The New Haven and Derby Railroad, 1864-1941 Track 3. New Haven and Derby Extra: Locomotive roster, statistics, officials. Track 4. New Haven and Derby Main Line: Tour from New Haven to Ansonia. Track 4A. New Haven to West Haven Track 4B. West Haven to Derby Jct. Track 4C. Derby Jct. to Ansonia Track 5. New Haven and Derby Extension: Tour from Derby Jct. to Botsford. Track 6. The Iron Horse in New Haven, 1838-1920 Track 7. New Haven Extra - Photo and archival materials (in progress) Track 8. West Haven: Railroads and Orphans Track 9. Brookfield and its Railroads, 1840-1941 Track 10. Danbury and its Railroads, 1850-1920 Track 15. CTTRAXMAP with passenger stations, rail and trolley lines and POIS Track 16. CT Passenger Stations _________________________________________________________________________________ Newspaper Abbreviations The following are the major newspapers cited. Many underwent name changes in their publishing history and this can be confusing. We have attempted to represent the masthead names as accurately as possible and these are grouped together below for the same paper. In most cases, long-running papers like the Hartford Courant are microfilmed or digitized in one continuous series under the primary title, regardless of variant titles in different years. Many of these newspapers are also available at the Connecticut State Library or other public and academic libraries and historical societies across the state. Click here for the reQuest catalog at iCONN. Log in as Guest, and search with the Magazines/Journals tab on the next page. Statewide holdings of books and other materials can also be found here using the other tabs. AES Ansonia Evening Sentinel; also published as ES Evening Sentinel BEP Bridgeport Evening Post BRP Bristol Press BWP Bristol Weekly Press C or MC Constitution [Middletown]; also published as DC Daily Constitution CH Connecticut Herald [New Haven] CR Columbian Register [New Haven] CWN Connecticut Western News [Canaan] DTR Derby Transcript DT Danbury Times; later published as DEN Danbury Evening News, DN Danbury News, DNT Danbury News-Times FVH Farmington Valley Herald [Bristol] HC Hartford Courant; also published as HDC Hartford Daily Courant LJ Lakeville Journal MJ Mystic Journal NA Norwich Aurora NB Newtown Bee NDN Naugatuck Daily News NHDP New Haven Daily Palladium; also published as NHWP New Haven Weekly Palladium NHEL New Haven Evening Leader NHER New Haven Evening Register; also published as NHR New Haven Register NHJC New Haven Journal Courier; also published as New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier NHU New Haven Union NLD New London Day NLDC New London Daily Chronicle NLDE New London Democrat NMG New Milford Gazette NYH New York Herald NYHT New York Herald-Tribune NYT The New York Times PP Penny Press [Middletown] PS Pittsfield Sun RF Republican Farmer [Bridgeport] SR Springfield Republican TR Torrington Register TER Torrington Evening Register WEC Winsted Evening Citizen WH Winsted Herald WA Waterbury American _________________________________________________________________________________ Links to Important Research Resources [with acronyms used at TylerCityStation] Note: There are more research links on the Connecticut Passenger Station home page. Buildings and Structures of American Railroads. [BSAR] by Walter Gilman Berg. Click here. Connecticut Digital Library. [iCONN] Search the catalogs of most CT libraries. Click here. Connecticut Historical Society. [CHS] Catalog link here. Connecticut History Online. [CHO] Search link here. Connecticut Place Names. [CPN] Arthur H. Hughes and Morse S. Allen, 1976. Connecticut Railroad Commissioners. [CRC] Annual reports, 1854-1911. Digitized by Google Books; unlinked are at CSL and other repositories. Type '1' into the page box if a link below does not open to the first page. 1-1854 2-1855 3-1856 4-1857 5-1858 6-1859 7-1860 8-1861 9-1862 10-1863 11-1864 12-1865 13-1866 14-1867 15-1868 16-1869 17-1870 18-1871 19-1872 20-1873 21-1874 22-1875 23-1876 24-1877 25-1878 26-1879 27-1880 28-1881 29-1882 30-1883 31-1884 32-1885 33-1886 34-1886 35-1887 36-1888 37-1889 38-1890 39-1891 40-1892 41-1893 42-1894 43-1895 44-1896 45-1897 46-1898 47-1899 48-1900 49-1901 50-1902 51-1903 52-1904 53-1905 54-1906 55-1907 56-1908 57-1909 58-1910 59-1911. Connecticut Railroad Structures. [CRS] Railroad Station Historical Society. Click here. [NOTE: Some errors and not updated since 2005.] Connecticut State Library. [CSL] Catalog link here. 1934 Aerial maps link here. Others also available here. Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, UConn. [Dodd] Railroad collection link here. Archive here. I.C.C. Historical Railroad Investigation Reports. [IRIR] 1911-1994. Click here. I.C.C. Valuation Maps. [Val] UConn Digital Mosaic. Click here. Click here for fast new index map! Library of Congress. [LOC] Catalog here; American Memory here; newspapers here; maps here. Lines West: A Brief History. Phillip C. Blakeslee. 1951, 1953. Click here. Maintenance of Way Cyclopedia. [MOWC] E.T Howson, American Railway Engineering Association, 1923. Click here. Map and Geographic Information Center, UConn. [MAGIC] Link here. New Haven City Year Books. [NHCYB] Selected years available, 1873-1922. Click here. New Haven Free Public Library. [NHFPL] Catalog link here. Inquire about local history items. New Haven Museum and Historical Society. [NHMHS] Website here; catalog is not online. New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association. [NHRHTA] Click here. New Haven RR Steam Locomotives A-Z. Ed Ozog's fabulous photo collection. Click here. New York, New Haven and Hartford RR. [NHAR] Annual reports, 1873-1912, with gaps. Click here for 1(1873)-23(1894); here and here for 26(1897)-30(1901); here for 35(1906)- 1(1912). Some not be complete, others have extra material. Search online for more years. Also note that these were issued in full and pamphlet-sized editions so page numbers may vary. Official Railway Timetables and Shipping Guides. [ORSG] Online via Google Books: 1851 here; 1858 here; 1871 here; 1875 here; 1877 here; 1879 here; 1892-1915 here; 1907 here; 1917 here. Look for more years as they keep popping up. Peters Railroad Museum. [PRM] A priceless collection of NYNH&H and predecessor historical materials, with annual reports, blueprints and technical drawings, timetables (public and employee), valuation photos, and much, much more. A miniature Dodd Center in Wallingford! Graciously hosted by Dave and Barbara Peters. By appointment only. Click here for website and phone. Railroad Structures and Estimates. [RSE] by John Wilson Orrock. 2nd ed., 1918. Click here. Railway and Locomotive Historical Society. [RLHS] Click here. See especially Tom Taber's Antebellum American Railroad Compendium, 1830-1860 under Reference. Also available here. Railway Signal Dictionary. [RSD] Railway Signal Association. 2nd ed., 1911. Click here. USGS Historical Topographic Maps. [USGS]. Maptech here; University of New Hampshire here. Yale University Libraries. [Yale] Catalog link here.