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)

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)

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)

On the bright side at Deep River Creek. As Connecticut's Valley Railroad winds its way north from Essex to Chester, the line parallels the Connecticut River on the western shore...often rat... (more)

Late fall along the Connecticut River Valley finds a normally lush, green landscape rather brown and barren. The leaves have largely departed from the trees and even though its not quite 3... (more)

VALE 3025 Reporting for duty. With the majority of their passengers safely on board, Valley Railroad crew members look for stragglers and count down the last couple of minutes until their d... (more)

VALE 3025: From vision to fruition. Back in 2008, Valley Railroad CMO J. David Conrad let it be known that his company was seeking a third steam locomotive, to ensure its future as "The Ess... (more)

Waiting in the wings to take her place in the steam locomotive rotation at the Valley Railroad is this 22-year old Chinese SY. Purchased at the 2008 Knox & Kane auction, this locomotive ... (more)

A Frigid Night on the Valley Railroad - Tate's Cut. The Valley Railroad's venerable Consolidation #97 pauses in one of the line's most distinctive locations - a narrow and deep rock cut at ... (more)

Not Adieu, but Au Revoir. Without much fanfare, a long-time mainstay of Valley Railroad power bowed out of the active roster on December 29th of 2010. With just 5 service days remaining ... (more)

Bound for the North Pole. The platform looks pretty deserted on this chilly November evening, but looks in this case are quite deceiving. "All Aboard" has just been called and the sell-o... (more)

The primary power on Connecticut's Valley Railroad is this 87-ton Mikado, built in 1920 by Alco's Brooks Works for the Portland, Astoria & Pacific RR as their #101. In 1935, she was sold to the A... (more)

Steam to Goodspeed! Valley Railroad Consolidation #97 drifts along a stretch of track that the railroaders call "Broadway", as she approaches her ultimate destination, Goodspeed Station in ... (more)