CHESHIRE RAILROAD STATIONS: Did you know? And would you believe? Connecticut Railroad History in Fact, Foible, Folly, and Fraud

Robert Joseph Belletzkie, who lives in Prospect, is web stationmaster of http://www.tylercitystation.info a website which documents old Connecticut railroad stations. At the turn of the 20th century, Cheshire was served by two railroad lines with at least five active station stops with as many as 14 daily trains. Belletzkie is a librarian, historian, author, and ferroequinologist who is fascinated by railroad history in general and spends his retirement crisscrossing the state to research town railroad stations and what happened to them. Come learn the important role that the Iron Horse played in the social, economic and cultural life our town and in Connecticut.

Refreshments are provided