Two more:
I still keep shaking my head over all that was and is now lost.
I’ll probably keep shaking my head until my brain turns to sludge.
I’ll trade my iPhone and the Internet for a ride on car 663. Thanks for sharing a glimpse in time.
Seashore Trolley Museum has 615 from the same series as 663 in regular service (as 303, its Winchester Avenue Railway number). Ride it any time the sun is shining.
Good response, RC, thanks. Also 1414 at Brandford, lettered for Connecticut Co., but the tendency is to use B&QT-BMT 4573 Convertable in summer configuration.
838 is also at Seashore. Operable but not in regular use this summer due to reduction in visitor numbers. There are two others which need a bit of work.
I have concentrated my photo repair work to make the railway fully and correctly presented.
Here, I tried to go further to respect the auto at the left of the Osgood-Bradley lighweight.
Compare with the previous posting and let me know if the additional several-hours worthwhile. Thanks.
Older one-man lightweight on the same rout:
More, just scanned:
Two more: The angled photo of 663 open is obviously at end of usable track adjacent to Hemigway Street in East Haven, as the location for the two photos with my Dad on the open-bench-car thread; but what, where, and was going on with Sargent?
Two more Connecticut Company pictores: 1817 on the "M’ Line at the Savin Rock Amusement Park, with the roller-coaster right behind. Anyone know where thee rural setting of “J” 3207 is?
From Eric Oszustowicz:
West of Savin Rock, the trolley line to Milford and Bridgeport ran on a private right-of-way to the north of Ocean Avenue. Car 3204 is shown here traveling eastbound on Sunday, April 27, 1947. (Branford Electric Railway Association Collection)
The previous picture is fron a newspaper clipping tn ithe Shore Line Trolley Museum’s files that E. O. scanned. My photo of 3803 shows more of the environment, looking eastward. The
exact name of the vlocation of the three photos is still requesteed.
All the recent posts show the tracks buried in the dirt. How did track crew know the condition of ties, spikes, and rail base?
What you see as dirt is fine gravel. The track crews really couldn’t see the condition of the ties etc. Covering the track structure made for a (somewhat) quieter ride but tie lifespan suffered a lot. I’m sure spot checks were made regularly.
Improving the previous photo in its place. and here are two more for location designation:
Walter Zulig informs me that the square concrete eight-story building was the NYNH&H RR main office building on Mulberry Street, which he visited many times, and that the one-man steel car in the rain was probably on Union Street near the railroad station.
Fan-trip open car 810 at a Shore Road location:
