The South Norwalk station is also important for its location next to an infamous curve on the New Haven Line. You’ll find the story of the curve and the awful, horrible Norwalk train accident many years ago in the pages of “The King’s Best Highway: The Lost History of the Boston Post Road, the Route that Made America,” a book published in 2010 and written by Eric Jaffe. In fact, a good share of the book is a history of the New Haven Railroad, which, of course, parallels the Boston Post Road (U.S. 1) for much of its route. It’s a great read and chock-full of fascinating history. Amazon has it here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416586148/ref=rdr_ext_tmb.

— Doug Davidoff
Arlington, Mass.
(but grew up in Westport, Conn., on the New Haven Line)

P.S. While I have your forum on South Norwalk, I should also plug for http://www.VisitSONO.com, a website promoting tourism in South Norwalk. The site was designed by friends of mine in Norwalk at The Snyder Group.