Hamilton to St. George's
Travel east from Hamilton through the northern parts of the city and then along the North Shore, across the Ferry Reach swing bridge to the oil docks, and on to St. George's.Click on a thumbnail to display the picture; click on the arrows to display earlier or later thumbnails.
Near Queen Street Station
Par La Ville tunnel, Hamilton
Bermudiana hotel pool
Tennis Stadium
Flatts bridge
Flatts trestle
Flatts bridge and trestle
Aquarium Station looking west
Aquarium Station
Bermuda Aquarium
Aquarium Station looking east
Shelly Bay Station
Near Bailey's Bay
Near Bailey's Bay Halt
Bailey's Bay Station
Baileys Bay Station
Coney Island trestle
Coney Island bridge
Oil Docks with tanker
Mullet Bay
Wharf and St. George's Station
St. George's Station
St. George's Station
Boat train at St. George's
Train heading west on Front Street (that is to say, east towards St. George's) between Queen Street Station and Par La Ville tunnel.
At the west end of Front Street, the railway made a sharp right turn into a tunnel under Par La Ville park, to emerge alongside the Bermudiana Hotel swimming pool.
The old Bermudiana Hotel pool with a Furness Bermuda liner coming into harbour visible in the distance. If you look to the left of the pool, you can just make out the Bermuda Railway track where it came out of the Par La Ville tunnel.
"The Bermudiana pool is to the east of the hotel and I think it is fun, when swimming there, to dive in as soon as I hear the train coming along Front Street, because when it goes into the tunnel it is almost under the pool and if one is swimming under water it makes a lovely rumbly noise." — Mrs. Vivienne Gardner, in Bermuda Recollections.
The Tennis Stadium north of Hamilton. The crowd in the stands and many bicycles on the lawn show that a game was in progress.
Although you can't really make it out, the line of the railway runs across the top of the picture, in line with the top of the stadium.
The high bridge allowed boats into the harbour at Flatts Village, the only port of any size on the North Shore.
Story has it that on one occasion a military pilot flew his plane under the main span; seen from this angle you can see the temptation.
Another view of Flatts bridge with the long approach trestles visible at both ends.
A closer view of the main span of Flatts bridge.
Looking west at a train coming off the Flatts trestle, heading into Aquarium Station.
A crowd of passengers getting off the train at the opening of the Aquarium Station buildings in 1937.
The Bermuda Aquarium at Flatts was a common Bermuda Railway destination, a major attraction for tourists then as now.
Aquarium Station looking east towards Shelly Bay.
Passengers getting off the train for the races at Shelly Bay.
Bermuda Railway train close to Bailey's Bay.
Railway train at Bailey's Bay, about to cross the bridge.
Passengers alighting from the St. George's train at Bailey's Bay Station. The carriages are waiting to take them on to the Crystal Caves or the Perfume Factory.
Another view of Baileys Bay Station.
A short freight train crossing the Coney Island trestle.
The railway bridge onto Coney Island.
The Bermuda Railway's lone oil tanker at Oil Docks station.
A Bermuda Railway train approaching St. George's, with Mullet Bay on the right.
The Railway's eastern terminus was beside Penno's Wharf at the western end of St. George's.
Motor coach at St. George's Station.
A busy day at St. George's terminus, with passengers on board waiting for the Hamilton train to start. With two trains in the station, one of them at least five coaches long, this would have been an unusual site.
The photographer who took this postcard image was standing on Penno's wharf, probably close to the ocean liner that had brought the passengers you can see through the train windows.
The Railway ran special boat trains to meet the steamers landing at St. George's.