Middle Road Yard
The Bermuda Railway’s Middle Road Yard was on the eastern edge of Hamilton, alongside the main road at Crow Lane. From here trains were made up and dispatched to to the two ends of the island, and this was the site for all cleaning, maintenance and repair to the railway’s rolling stock.
Motor coach and chair car beside Crow LaneA Bermuda Railway motor coach and a 1st class chair car alongside Crow Lane. In this very early photograph the motor coach still has the builder's sign sign in a window.
Rolling stock at Middle Road yardBermuda Railway rolling stock at Middle Road yard alongside East Broadway on the edge of Hamilton.
Middle Road yard along East BroadwayThe south side of Middle Road yard along East Broadway, with the large running shed visible on the left.
A more powerful freight motorA view of Middle Road Yard, showing one of the two more powerful freight motors received by the Bermuda Railway in January 1933.
Middle Road yard, the repair shop in the rearThe large building is the running shed, where rolling stock was maintained and repaired. The train high at the far left is on the main line to Somerset.
A crowded view of Middle Road yardThe central road holds one of the more powerful locomotives received in January 1933, along with one of the toast-rack coaches that arrived in mid-1932.
Middle Road yard looking westThe roofed construction provided water under pressure for cleaning, while the small building in the background housed the canteen, lunch room and yard office.
The “running shed”, in the centre of the yardThe running shed seen from the back. Two of the toast-rack coaches are parked on the track, while to the right a single motor coach passes on the way to Somerset.
Some of the yard’s stores and officesThe eastern end of the yard, showing a building holding stores and offices on the left. The main line to Somerset is beyond the steep slope on the right.
The back end of Middle Road yardThe yard seen from behind the running shed, with the paint shop at the back. The cramped conditions are evident.
Loco #100 in Middle Road YardWith both trucks powered and side rods connecting the wheels, locos #100 and #101 were the more powerful motive power the railway badly needed.
Diesel #200 shown in the yardLongtime driver Jack McGlynn at the throttle of diesel #200. Badly needed diesels #200 and #201 were built for the railway in the United States during WWII from a mixture of new and used parts.
