by shepaug
I recall seeing somewhere in a State Rail Plan (wonder if any library still has old copies as was published off and on every few years) that Connecticut owned Torrington to Winsted and also owned the Watertown Branch and Wilson Point in Norwalk. Shows how accurate things were think Connecticut still owns segments of Torrington to Winsted but fragmented segments. I recall talking to some town clerks once and they noted the Central New England Railroad was still on their tax rolls.(assume unpaid?)
I do think often people build on rights of way and later somebody screams about ownership and they just forget it. There is some building built on the old row Bridgeport (going north) as they would have full access BUT a rail-trail became a reality and that business still sits unused to this day.
I would be interested in WHO did own Wilson Point as recent in the news the row was bought by landowners to get rid of an eyesore. It was not abandoned when the record says it was and tracks sat there up to a recent year. I'd love to see any pictures of activity. A lumber yard still had tracks to it but don't know the history.
All this stuff could take forever to research and probably only by personal visits. Tax Records are a start.
I do think often people build on rights of way and later somebody screams about ownership and they just forget it. There is some building built on the old row Bridgeport (going north) as they would have full access BUT a rail-trail became a reality and that business still sits unused to this day.
I would be interested in WHO did own Wilson Point as recent in the news the row was bought by landowners to get rid of an eyesore. It was not abandoned when the record says it was and tracks sat there up to a recent year. I'd love to see any pictures of activity. A lumber yard still had tracks to it but don't know the history.
All this stuff could take forever to research and probably only by personal visits. Tax Records are a start.
