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PROLOGUE

This book offers a glimpse into the history and stories surrounding the rail line stretching along the lower Connecticut River. Using historical documents, photos and vignettes, I have gone beyond the tracks to the surrounding areas, the people and the events that occurred from the line’s inception to the present day. An admirer of railroads from my early childhood, I have been involved with railroading for most of my adult life. After a year with Amtrak I took full-time employment with the Valley Railroad Company (the Essex Steam Train & Riverboat). As I worked on the line, I was also researching—reconstructing many events and happenings and finding artifacts from years gone by. I have presented my research to the historical societies in various towns located along the Valley Line, always tailoring my talks to a particular group. (For example, I don’t talk to Rocky Hill and tell them all about Old Saybrook.) This book entitles me to tell the whole story—for everybody’s benefit. Now, it is your turn to enjoy an excursion along the Valley Line.

Max R. Miller

Higganum, Connecticut, 2017