New Britain StationThe Passenger station is located between Main Street and Elm Street. It is the the center of the block, and the center of the layout, located about 3/4 of a mile from both East Main Street and Curtis Street. From this point I've separated the layout and this site to The Highland Line east and west, although these are my own designations.
In addition to passenger service, it also housed the Railway Express Agency. There is a great series of pictures on the American Memory page of the Library of Congress showing women working for the Railway Express Agency at the station in June, 1943. A few of the pictures show a little of the surrounding area, including rebuilding of the canopy over the rear doors. Search for 'New Britain Railway Express'.
Passenger service to Berlin was replaced by buses from New Britain Station in 1935. The Station was torn down in 1956 as part of New Britain's 'urban renewal'. Passenger service continued until 1960.
New Britain YardNew Britain Yard is situated right in front of the station between Main and Elm Streets and bordered on the north by Commercial Street. The Yard Limits extend in both directions on the Highland line almost to Jerome Street to the west and Allen Street to the east, both of which are past the extent of the layout.
Side tracks are numbered on the valuation maps that I have, yard tracks are not.
In addition, there is a short side track (6B on the Berlin Line) just east of the Station that is part of the Stanley Tool & Level Company and receives tank cars.
| Layout at a GlanceThis section of the layout is most prototypical and the closest to scale. If I were to model from the Station to Main Street to scale it would be about 7' 9" long. On the layout it is about 6' long.
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