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Apples55 posted:

”Winsted, Conn. around 1910 with what looks like a 4-4-0, a baggage car, a combine, and a coach.

Winsted was the end of the line for the Naugatuck RR and the old Central New England crossed through town on its way from Hartford to Canaan and eventually Maybrook, NY”.

July 30, 2019 MELGAR removed photo.

I believe this picture shows a train and station of the Naugatuck Railroad in Winsted.

At the time of this picture, the Central New England Railroad ran through northern Connecticut (Winsted), entered New York State at Millerton, crossed the Hudson River on the Poughkeepsie bridge (built in 1888) and then went through Maybrook, NY. It provided a connection from New England to the west. The Central New England was merged into the New Haven in 1927. The Maybrook Line to which Tom refers ran through southern Connecticut from Cedar Hill Yard (2 miles east of the station in New Haven) to Naugatuck (now Devon) Junction, through Danbury, to the Poughkeepsie Bridge and Maybrook. This was the modern New Haven's freight route into New York State which had heavy steam engines (2-10-2 Santa Fe types) and later multiple unit diesels.

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