Rainy evening encounter. A motorist headed home from work on a wet, spring evening pauses for the passage of a short, branchline freight. Re-creation courtesy of The Valley Railroad and Le... (more)
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)
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)
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)
It's been a while since the tender of a steam engine was lettered this way! And unfortunately, none of the New Haven Railroad's original steam engines survive today. But thanks to the Val... (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)
