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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