Did You Know?
The train station in Abington (which is part of Pomfret) was the closest rail station to Eastford. Farmers took their crops and milk to Abington to move them to larger markets and vehicles were delivered from the railroad to Bowen’s Garage and Bowen’s Trucking over the years. You could also go east to Boston or southwest to New York and beyond. In the 1890’s, there was talk of a rail link from Willimantic to Southbridge, Mass., passing though Eastford, but it was never built. Abington Station was located along what is now the Air Line Rail Trail, across the street from Pomfret Town Hall, just south of the bridge overpass on Route 44.
