Acquired from the city of Peabody, Massachusetts, in 2009 cosmetically restored. Navy #14, then Simons Wrecking #2 later part of Steamtown National Historic Site. Seasonally, trains connect with a steam riverboat at Deep River, which offers rides along the Connecticut River. The train was later expanded to Chester in the late 1970s and expanded as north as Haddam in later years. It reopened on July 29, 1971, with ESRM's 103 being the first locomotive to run on the current Valley Railroad with a train running between Essex and Deep River, 100 years to the day of the first train on the original line. The State of Connecticut took ownership of the line from the Penn Central, and designated the Valley line as a linear State Park. The Connecticut Valley Railroad Association, the Empire State Railway Museum, and private investors created today's for-profit Valley Railroad, obtaining a charter from the Connecticut State Legislature. The Valley Line was saved by the Connecticut Valley Railroad Association (CVRA, later becoming Railroad Museum of New England) due to concerns of the abandoned branch line being torn up by the Penn Central. Penn Central had the Valley Line put up for abandonment. The Valley Line was abandoned on March of 1968, by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad several months before merging into Penn Central. Valley Railroad Company (Present Day Company) Passenger service ended in stages: between Saybrook Point and Fenwick in 1917, between Fenwick and Saybrook Junction in 1922, between Saybrook Junction and Middletown in 1929 or 1930, and Middletown and Hartford in 1933. On July 1, 1880, the Hartford and Connecticut Valley Railroad took control with president Samuel Babcock. įinancial trouble plagued many early railroads, and the Connecticut Valley defaulted in 1876 on its second mortgage bonds and was placed in receivership. It continued to grow, grossing $250,000/year in 1873. The company grossed $34,000 in its first year. The schedules of trains operating along the Valley Railroad called for one mixed train and four passenger trains each way daily (except Sunday) with fifteen stops along the way. On August 24, 1871, the Connecticut Valley Railroad declared an official opening. The first "regular" train started on July 31, 1871. The line was completed during the summer of 1871 with the first ceremonial train run over the 45 miles (72 km) on July 29, 1871, at a steady speed of 22 mph.
The Connecticut River Valley allowed for an easy construction, as no tunnels or major bridges were required. The plan called for three phases, the "Northern Division" starting in Hartford and continuing to Middletown, the "Middle Division" which continued to what is known today as Goodspeed Landing, and the "South Division" which finished the line to Saybrook Point. In April 1870, construction of the line began, with ground breaking taking place in Higganum, Connecticut.
ĭuring 1868–1869, survey crews worked to map out the line from Hartford, Connecticut, to Saybrook Point. Walkley and a group of business men obtained a state charter on July 17, 1868, to form the Connecticut Valley Railroad Company and start the process of building a railroad. The vision of a Valley Railroad started in the 1840s when President of the Charter Oak Life Insurance Company, James Clark Walkley traced the 44-mile route by stagecoach with friend Horace Johnson. Further information: Connecticut Valley Railroad Remains of a wooden bridge along the former Fenwick Branch south of Old Saybrook, which was abandoned in the early 20th century Construction
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