Valley Railroad 2-8-2 No 3025 poses during the Lerro Productions photo charter's night photo shoot in Essex, CT. Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC

Calling it a day, a crewman exits the freight house and gets ready to catch his ride home. Special thanks to Paul Horgan for allowing use of his Edsel Citation, even though the scene predates the... (more)

#3025 charges South on New Haven's Connecticut Valley branch line en route to Essex, CT. Part of a Lerro Productions charter.

Not many trains stop here any more. The agent in charge of the tiny station in Chester, Connecticut acknowledges a passing southbound freight as he locks up and prepares to head for home.

Valley Railroad 2-8-2 No 3025 pauses in Chester, CT with a Ford convertible during the Lerro Productions photo charter. Canon EOS 40D, Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC

CLEAR!!!! NH 3025's Fireman shouts the warning to any unwary bystanders before opening one of his locomotive's blow-down valves. Superheated water is suddenly expelled from the firebox sec... (more)

The torch has been passed. It all began back in 1971, when The Valley Railroad ran its first steam excursion on the old Connecticut Valley Line with a little Baldwin 2-6-2 numbered 103. Th... (more)

Back to work. Break time is over for the third shift yard crew at the New Haven's Essex yard. It's time to climb back aboard J-1 2-8-2 3025 and resume their switching chores on a wet May ni... (more)

Southbound at Goodspeed. Arriving from Middletown and points north, a New Haven local pulls into the yard at Goodspeed Station, in East Haddam, CT. Although the tracks on what is now the V... (more)

New York New Haven & Hartford. The crew of New Haven 3025 couples to one of the line's box cars, prior to spotting it in front of the Dickinson Witch Hazel facility in the Essex Yard. As i... (more)

Tate's Cut. One of the most distinctive features of the old Connecticut Valley Line is the deep rock cut, located immediately north of the freight depot in the town of Deep River. This cut... (more)

Surrounded by steam. The headlight beam of New Haven 2-8-2 3025 slices through the steam that surrounds the locomotive as the night shop crew inspects and preps her for the next day's work... (more)

Valley Railroad Fireman Eric Steinberg poses with Valley Railroad No 3025 as a backdrop during the portrait session of the Lerro Productions night photo shoot in Essex, CT. Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 7... (more)

TLC. Her work done for the day, New Haven J-1 Mikado 3025 rests in the Essex yard while the overnight shop crew tends to her running gear.

Day two of the Lerro Productions Photo Charter on the Valley Railroad brought out the passenger consist. Here the train is doing a runby over Deep River Creek on the Chester/Deep River town line ... (more)