The Shepaug, Litchfield and Northern Railroad was a short independent railroad in western Connecticut that was chartered as the Shepaug Valley Railroad in 1868 and operated from 1872 to 1891 when it was taken over by the Housatonic Railroad. In 1898 the Housatonic operation of the line was in turn taken over by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (NYNH&H). As the Litchfield Division of the NYNH&H the line was operated until being abandoned in 1948. Much of the line remains in place as rail trails to this day.
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