Welcome to the Valley Local!

***UNDER (RE)CONSTRUCTION***

(thanks for your patience while we rebuild)

This site is dedicated to information on life in the Connecticut River Valley during the early post-war period. While all aspects of that period are fodder for exploration, the primary focus is on re-creating the day-to-day movement of freight along the picturesque Valley & Airline branches of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad during an Autumn day in the late 1940s.

To navigate the site, be sure to check out the hierarchy of links at the upper-left area of the page.

For the latest happenings, be sure to check out the Valley Local Blog and Facebook Group!

For a 55 minute presentation on the layout, including prototype background and modeling, click here.