Mile 48: Baltic, Connecticut
A portion of the 1890s USGS 15 minute Norwich and Moosup Quadrangles, showing the HP&F following the valley of the Quinebaug River down from Plainfield and then turning in Lisbon to go up the valley of the Shetucket to Willimantic

The Tyler City Station site has good maps that show the location of the former station as being on the northwest corner of Rte 97 and Wall St. It is an interesting site to visit because parts of the old station foundation are clearly visible in the embankment.

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Looking back towards Route 97 from the Baltic Station site
Looking back towards Route 97 from the Baltic Station site (12/2023.)
Looking towards the Baltic Station Site
Looking towards the Baltic Station Site. The depot was to the right of the tracks, built into the hill (12/2023.)
Looking at the location of the Baltic Station.
Looking at the location of the Baltic Station. Note the surviving foundations (12/2023.)
Looking at the location of the Baltic Station. Note the surviving foundations
Looking at the location of the Baltic Station with a wide angle lens. Note the surviving foundations (12/2023.)
Looking at the location of the Baltic Station. Note the surviving foundations
Looking at the location of the Baltic Station. Note the surviving foundations (12/2023.)
Part of a spare rail holder.
Part of a spare rail holder. This is one of three I know of along the HP&F; there's one holding rails, with a sign explaining it, in Vernon. We found another in Columbia just west of Willimantic. My father, Bernard Dowd, who found the one here after I overlooked it, remembers that these were common around the New Haven system (12/2023.)

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