Litchfield Railroad Station

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#CCFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03c506e1egerbq.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#339900" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B>Litchfield Parks and Recreation.org</B></FONT><B> </B><B> </B><B> </B><B> </B><B> </B><B>|    </B><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Litchfield Parks and Recreation.org"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id129.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Block Party Dance">Block Party Dance</A>   |   <A HREF="id86.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Halloween Celebration">Halloween Celebration</A>   |   <A HREF="id87.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Holiday Jubilee For Seniors">Holiday Jubilee For Seniors</A>   |   <A HREF="id175.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Holiday Jubilee For Seniors">Holiday Jubilee For Seniors</A>   |   <A HREF="id76.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Litchfield Carol Sing Holiday Stroll">Litchfield Carol Sing & Holiday Stroll</A>   |   Litchfield Railroad Station</div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#339900" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Programs">Programs</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Events">Special Events</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Camps">Camps</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Forms">Forms</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links">Links</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id110.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pictures From Recent Events">Pictures From Recent Events</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Business Sponsors">Business Sponsors</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us">About Us</A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#99CC00" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Litchfield Railroad Station</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="622" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 437 WIDTH="614"><div> <B><U>Litchfield Historical Society</U></B></div> <div> Please join the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.o"><B>Litchfield Historical Society</B></A></FONT> on <B>June 25 </B>at <B>5:00 pm</B> at the old train depot located at <B>28 Russell Street</B> as we commemorate the <I><B>fiftieth anniversary of the closing of the Shepaug Railroad</B></I>.  </div> <bR> <div> The railroad's final run was made on <B>June 25, 1948</B>, when a load of poles for a local utility company was delivered to Litchfield.</div> <bR> <div> A presentation will be provided by <B>Fletcher Cooper </B>author of <B><U>The Shepaug Railroad 1872-1948</U></B>. </div> <bR> <div> The public is invited to view photos and share reminisces of the days when the railroad ran through local towns.  Refreshments will be provided.</div> <bR> <div> Litchfield native, Edwin McNeil, a civil engineer, worked tirelessly to establish the Shepaug Valley Railroad Company upon his retirement to Litchfield in 1864. </div> <bR> <div> The charter he obtained from the legislature permitted him to construct from Litchfield through the towns of Morris, Washington, Roxbury, Bridgewater, New Milford, Southbury and Newtown a railroad to connect with the Housatonic Railroad. </div> <bR> <div> Eventually by 1872, an agreement was reached with the Danbury and Norwalk line that connected from their line at Bethel with the Shepaug at Hawleyville.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Events"><B>Back to Special Events</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Events"> <img src="HTMLobj-1731/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="135" height="40">  </A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>