Welcome to TylerCityStation,
or as we like to say ... "All Aboard!"
SITE LAST UPDATED: 5/23/2019 11:15 A.M.
or as we like to say ... "All Aboard!"
SITE LAST UPDATED: 5/23/2019 11:15 A.M.
Railroad Depots by the Number
Tuesday June 11, 2019 - 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Simsbury Public Library Program Room
Click this link to SPL website for location and directions
www.simsburylibrary.info/
Robert Joseph Belletzkie is presenting on the legacy of Lewis Herbert Benton and Irving Newell Drake. In 1910 Benton, a NYNH&H billing clerk began photographing railroad stations in Southern New England. In the late 1920s he teamed up with Drake and greatly expanded his range. This presentation intends to display and reinforce Benton's guiding sentiment that historical railroad-station images were important and worth preserving as the depot was the focal point of business, communication and transportation in the community.
ALL STATION POSTINGS ARE ON TRACK 12;
BLUE TEXT USED FOR SELECTED REVISIONS.
5/23: First photo we have seen of WILLIMANTIC3, Amtrak's 1991 station.
5/10: Massive update at BRANFORD DRIVING PARK and BRANFORD DRIVING PARK JUNCTION. The line is now operated as the Branford Steam Railroad. Many thanks to Paul Beattie, Jane Bouley, the James Blackstone Library and the Branford Historical Society...
4/21: Significant updates at GUILFORD1 and GUILFORD2...
4/16: Update at WESTBROOK2...
3/26: First ever photo seen of HAYDENS4...
3/22: Update at EAST THOMPSON1...
3/20: SIMSBURY4 razed 3/17/1911...
3/13: Update at CORNWALL BRIDGE2...
2/5: Some tinkering, new colorizations at DANIELSON1,2 and new 1933 image, perhaps the last, of DANIELSON3...
1/30: Revised text, enhanced photos at NORWALK/N1...
1/10: Extensive revision at TAFTS, with trolleys and connection to Ponemah Mills...
1/1/2019: New entry added for PINE ORCHARD4...
The entries above point you to significant additions and changes that result from our ongoing research. These may be selectively highlighted in blue on our Track pages for a period of time. Since 9/2/12, we have left a 'rev' date note on any entry in which we have made a substantive change. Always feel free to contact us for clarification of any details of particular interest.
Email all inquiries and other correspondence to rrtrax2@yahoo.com, c/o Bob, WebStationmaster.
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BLUE TEXT USED FOR SELECTED REVISIONS.
5/23: First photo we have seen of WILLIMANTIC3, Amtrak's 1991 station.
5/10: Massive update at BRANFORD DRIVING PARK and BRANFORD DRIVING PARK JUNCTION. The line is now operated as the Branford Steam Railroad. Many thanks to Paul Beattie, Jane Bouley, the James Blackstone Library and the Branford Historical Society...
4/21: Significant updates at GUILFORD1 and GUILFORD2...
4/16: Update at WESTBROOK2...
3/26: First ever photo seen of HAYDENS4...
3/22: Update at EAST THOMPSON1...
3/20: SIMSBURY4 razed 3/17/1911...
3/13: Update at CORNWALL BRIDGE2...
2/5: Some tinkering, new colorizations at DANIELSON1,2 and new 1933 image, perhaps the last, of DANIELSON3...
1/30: Revised text, enhanced photos at NORWALK/N1...
1/10: Extensive revision at TAFTS, with trolleys and connection to Ponemah Mills...
1/1/2019: New entry added for PINE ORCHARD4...
The entries above point you to significant additions and changes that result from our ongoing research. These may be selectively highlighted in blue on our Track pages for a period of time. Since 9/2/12, we have left a 'rev' date note on any entry in which we have made a substantive change. Always feel free to contact us for clarification of any details of particular interest.
Email all inquiries and other correspondence to rrtrax2@yahoo.com, c/o Bob, WebStationmaster.
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INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL
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 and greater online interactivity has already enabled us to answer long-standing questions about lines, stations, facilities, personnel, and equipment, even for obscure places like Tyler City. 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 sacred. The .info domain was chosen to reflect this sentiment.
Sources
It is our intention to present original research of the highest quality, with sources identified and verified as fully as possible. Many of the sources are reflected in the research links on the following sub-pages. Primary source material will include railroad commissioners' reports, documents and correspondence, annual reports of the railroads and municipalities, and other first-hand historical accounts. Secondary sources will include local town and county histories as well as newspaper and periodical articles, the latter referenced in the text or in endnotes in this publication title/month/day/year/page of issue format, e.g. NYT/01/01/1901/01 is New York Times, January 1, 1901, page 1. Photographs, postcards, maps and other visual materials will also be an important source category. Consult list of abbreviations in the following sub-pages for those commonly used; others will be elucidated in the annotations.
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. We are always happy to give line credit for materials sent by contributors, or not, as they wish. Any omission of credit to an individual or institution is unintentional and will be rectified upon notification.
Collaboration
We could not possibly have undertaken this challenge without help. Many thanks to the individuals, institutions, and organizations who have made contributions of materials, information, and support to TylerCityStation. Primary among these are the New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association, of which we have been a member for almost 40 years, the Connecticut Historical Society, to which we also belong, and the Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut. We make every effort to keep in touch with the numerous libraries and historical societies we have visited and whom we consider to be partners in ongoing research.
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Sources
It is our intention to present original research of the highest quality, with sources identified and verified as fully as possible. Many of the sources are reflected in the research links on the following sub-pages. Primary source material will include railroad commissioners' reports, documents and correspondence, annual reports of the railroads and municipalities, and other first-hand historical accounts. Secondary sources will include local town and county histories as well as newspaper and periodical articles, the latter referenced in the text or in endnotes in this publication title/month/day/year/page of issue format, e.g. NYT/01/01/1901/01 is New York Times, January 1, 1901, page 1. Photographs, postcards, maps and other visual materials will also be an important source category. Consult list of abbreviations in the following sub-pages for those commonly used; others will be elucidated in the annotations.
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. We are always happy to give line credit for materials sent by contributors, or not, as they wish. Any omission of credit to an individual or institution is unintentional and will be rectified upon notification.
Collaboration
We could not possibly have undertaken this challenge without help. Many thanks to the individuals, institutions, and organizations who have made contributions of materials, information, and support to TylerCityStation. Primary among these are the New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association, of which we have been a member for almost 40 years, the Connecticut Historical Society, to which we also belong, and the Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut. We make every effort to keep in touch with the numerous libraries and historical societies we have visited and whom we consider to be partners in ongoing research.
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