South Manchester Railroad

The South Manchester Railroad (SMRR, also known as the Cheney Railroad or Cheney's Goat) was a short-line railroad serving Manchester, Connecticut. The railroad formed in 1866 and opened a two mile long line between the Cheney brothers' mills and the existing Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad (HP&F) main line in 1869. Operations were initially by the HP&F, but a decade later the Cheneys purchased the line back and ran it themselves as they were unhappy with the HP&F's service.

In 1933 passenger service was ended and ownership and operations transferred to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (the New Haven), successor to the HP&F. Freight operations continued under the New Haven and its successor Penn Central before being ended by later successor Conrail in 1981 due to low freight demand. The line was formally abandoned in 1986. The Cheney Rail Trail has been established over most of the former railroad.

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