Night Shoot - Locomotive 3025 soaks up the artificial light during the Lerro Photo Charter Night Session.

The new 3025 runs around the six-car consist, preparing for the 3:30 PM train.

Taking her medicine. The crew of Valley Railroad Locomotive 3025 prepares her for a few days of "cold" storage by injecting water treatment chemicals directly into her boiler. These chemic... (more)

Essex Depot - Home of Connecticut's Valley Railroad. After hauling four scheduled excursions on this beautiful Sunday in May, NH 3025 brings the last of them to the deserted platform at Ess... (more)

Oh-Nine-Hundred, meet Thirty-Twenty-Five! The northbound, diesel-powered, Essex Clipper Dinner Train pulls into the yard at Deep River Landing for a relatively rare event on the Valley Rail... (more)

Pushin' south at Chester Creek. New Haven Railroad 3025 puts some muscle behind a heavy passenger consist, as she works south across the Chester Creek Bridge on a sunny spring afternoon. I... (more)

It's been a long time since an engine lettered for the New Haven Railroad switched cars in this yard. After completing their first day of passenger operations for the 2012 season, the Val... (more)

Valley Railroad's newest locomotive #3025 departs Deep River yard limits enroute to Essex Station. Note the only split derail switch on the property in the left of the frame.

Out of the black world. When NH 3025 emerged from her rebuild last November, she was a "stealth" locomotive, operating only at night on the Christmas trains. With the start of the railroad... (more)

Parking Brake. With the chain under driver 4, Valley Railroad Mikado 3025 spends a warm, muggy evening on the pit at Essex.

The Business... Running Gear of drivers 3 and 4, Valley Railroad Mikado 3025.

Valley Railroad's newest steam engine #3025 is being pulled off of the West leg of the wye onto Track 3 in Old Saybrook. Locomotive 3025 is being turned for an upcoming Lerro Charter being hosted ... (more)

On her first night of revenue service, Valley Railroad Mikado No 3025 approaches the crossing at Old Deep River Road in the Centerbrook section of Essex, CT. Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX... (more)

My daughters wave to Valley Railroad No. 97 as it heads north through Chester, CT on its second to last day in service. Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC - Lumedyne and Norman flashes

North to Chester. My parting shot of Connecticut's Valley Railroad for 2011 was taken the day after Christmas, as one of the line's last steam trips for the year headed out of Essex toward ... (more)