Hartford line printed timetable

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Butts who was responsible for track maintenance here. A horrific accident a quarter mile west of here on was caused by a broken rail and took the lives of Conductor George Bradley and, perhaps ironically, Section Master A. It appears at least by 1858 in the Snow's Pathfinder Railway Guide timetable, seen at. In railroad context, this stop in the southeasterly section of the town of Plymouth was most certainly established in 1855 when the HP&F extended its line from Bristol to Waterbury. Assuming the pronunciation of this station name is as might be expected, it reminds us of For Whom the Bell Tolls, arguably Hemingway's greatest work.

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