WESTERLY

BRADFORD/NIANTIC

WESTERLY

BRADFORD DEPOT - 39 MILES FROM PROVIDENCE

THE STATION WAS NAMED NIANTIC UNTIL ABOUT 1912

NIANTIC TOWER c.1911 - RENAMED BRADFORD

JIM ELVIN RATHBONE STANDS ON THE LEFT

SS 125

NEW HAVEN R-3-a CLASS NUMBER 3559 NEAR WESTERLY

The 3-cylindered 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives built by Schenectady in 1928

were the last steam locomotives purchased by the New Haven for freight service.

PHOTO BY H. W. PONTIN

WESTERLY STATION - 44 MILES FROM PROVIDENCE

THE STATION WAS REPLACED IN 1912-13

THE RED PILOT PROBABLY REFLECTS THAT THE POSTCARD WAS COLORED AND PRINTED IN GERMANY

THE TRAIN WAS ADDED BY AN ARTIST

NEW HAVEN I-2 CLASS 4-6-2 NUMBER 1305 LEAVING WESTERLY

THE PACIFIC TYPE WAS BUILT BY SCHENECTADY IN 1913

NOT LONG BEFORE BEING PHOTOGRAPHED

NEW HAVEN G-4 CLASS 4-6-0 TYPE AT WESTERLY

BRIDGE AT WESTERLY NEARING COMPLETION IN 1909.

APPARENTLY THIS WAS A STRENGTHENING OF THE BRIDGE SHOWN ABOVE

BY CONSTRUCTING NEW TRUSSES NEXT TO THE OLD.

In 1912, the new bridge was moved about 100 feet as part of a realignment project. The two bridge spans were moved on tracks as can be seen in the two photos above from "Engineering Record". The spans were 130' 8" long, 18' deep with rivited trusses 7.5' apart. The bridges moved transversely, vertically and longtudinally on rollers over inclined falsework.

DURING 1912-13 THE NEW HAVEN MADE LINE IMPROVEMENTS AND TRACK ALIGNMENT REVISIONS AT WESTERLY. THE PROJECT INCLUDED A NEW STATION, A PASSENGER SUBWAY, A NEW FREIGHT STATION AND YARD, NEW PASSING SIDINGS, ABOLITION OF A GRADE CROSSING AND THREE NEW BRIDGES.