Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Naugatuck Railroad was a railroad that ran through south central Connecticut from 1849 to 1887. In the latter year the line was leased by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and was wholly owned by the New Haven by 1906. At its greatest extent the Naugatuck ran from Bridgeport north to Winsted. Since 1996 the portion of the line north of Waterbury has been leased from the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CDOT) by the Railroad Museum of New England, which operates excursion trains from Thomaston station to the Waterville neighborhood of Waterbury.