Local historian Walter Wallace will present "Springfield Electric Railway and Terminal Railroad" at 2:00 pm on Saturday, April 20, 2019 at the Springfield Art and Historical Society facility at 65 Route 106, North Springfield, Vermont.

For nearly a century the Springfield Terminal Railroad connected Springfield with the rest of the world. Originally named the Springfield Electric Railway, the Terminal Railroad had profound effects on the economic, social, and cultural development of our town. This presentation will look at Vermont's 19th-century railroad fever, local control of the Electric Railway until World War I, the absorption of the Railway by the Boston & Maine Railroad in the 1920's, and the post-World War II diesel era. Drawing from old and as well as more recently acquired material from the Springfield Art and Historical Society's archives, Wallace will provide an overview of the STR with an eye to its social and economic impacts on community development in the 20th century. This program is free and open to all. For more information call 802-886-7935 or email sahs@vermontel.net.

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