Mile 106: Forestville, Connecticut
This segment of the line is active rail, and currently owned by
the CSX Railroad and operated by the Berkshire and Eastern on behalf of
Pan Am Southern. You get a lot of reward for visiting here, as the
Forestville Depot on the eastern side of Bristol presents a scene that
makes you forget what century you are in.
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c.1900
ticket to Forestville or Bristol. I'm getting this date from comparing
the half-ticket to other tickets on eBay with a similar format. The
legend under the railway logo probably reads something like "GOOD FOR
ONE PASSAGE TO STATION ON NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD NAMED AT
THE TOP OF THIS TICKET" if the others on eBay are any clue. The ticket
would be validated with a station agent's stamp- if this one ever was
validated, it must have been on the half that is now missing.
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An undated (but NYNH&H era) agent's stub, from a Highland Division Local ticket sold to Forestville
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A second Highland Division Local agent's stub
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Central St Crossing in Forestville, Looking East (10/2023.)
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Central St Crossing in Forestville, Looking West (10/2023.)
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Forestville Depot in Bristol, Conn (10/2023.)
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Forestville Depot in Bristol, Conn (10/2023.)
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Forestville Depot in Bristol, Conn looking back east (10/2023.)
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