Engineer Bruce is checking his brake pipe pressure. The locomotive has just come off an intensive 2-year rebuild. I must admit I have never been in the cab that was nice and shiny with a new car s... (more)

Work progresses rapidly on Valley Railroad's 3025, set to go into service November 2011. Canon EOS 1D Mark III, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

Train wrecks seem to be popular on RP. How about a train wreck of a color scheme? Amtrak was still in its relative infancy when its classic RDCs and GG1s were subjected to cruel and unusual pigm... (more)

The shop building (now gone), and perhaps the rails, date to the days of the New Haven Railroad. And while the unit is of the era as well, the NH owned FL9s, not F7s. Rather, the NH-painted 6691 ... (more)

It's 1 AM as two ConnDOT F7s and a GP38 painted to honor the New Haven RR wait in the old New Haven shops until needed for their next Shore Line East commuter runs. Even though the New Haven neve... (more)

In an effort to get some good light at the Valley, fellow RP photographer and Valley volunteer, Dennis Livesey and I return late one night for a ""Your Hand On The Throttle" trip through the yard.... (more)

Steam on the Naugy! Railroad Museum of New England Crew Dispatcher Barb Walcott flags the private crossing at the WHYCo factory as Flagg Coal #75 charges northbound toward Thomaston Station... (more)

One of the ten Baldwin Hudsons built in 1937 for the New Haven RR prepares to work the 155 miles to Boston in c1939. Photographer unknown scanned from a post card size negative.

Something to suit a variety of tastes: in addition to the FL9 pair, two then-new M-2 MUs; older MUs in both "Washboard" and "Mutt" varieties; and an Alco switcher.

A Neat ABA Lashup An ex-NYC F7A, an ex-PRR GP9B, and another ex-NYC F7A.

Built in 1906 by The Laconia Car Company (Laconia , NH), this 43' long convertible trolley seats 44. It is seen at the Shore Line Trolley Museum , which was founded in 1945 as the Branford Elect... (more)

Thomas the Tank Engine enters the town of Deep River on a crisp fall day. The smoke in the distance is from VALE 97 which provides supplemental power. In case you were wondering, yes, the eyes do ... (more)