The Branford Trolley Trail is part of a longer, still in process, Shoreline Trail from East Haven to Hammanasset. This portion is complete and was the route, for the most part, of the trolley line in Branford to Stony Creek and later to Guilford.
Beginning in Stony Creek, we walked as far west as the trail currently goes; to a Tilcon railroad line. Tilcon operates some quarries in the area and hauls crushed rock along a rail line to a private port in Branford. From there the rock is shipped by barge.
In the salt meadows we saw a variety of shore birds.
After walking in that direction, we retraced and then continued east through the tiny village of Stony Creek. The trail took us past the building my father operated as a knitting factory in the 1950's. From here, we followed a woods trail until we reached the salt meadow. At this point the original trolley line may not have followed the trail we did.
Crossing the above bridge, we reached the opposite side and turned back once we reached another active railroad.
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