A Valley Railroad North Pole Express brings another train load of families to the "North Pole" to visit with Santa Claus and his elves.

The second section of the Valley Railroad's North Pole Express pauses at Deep River Landing - otherwise known as the North Pole - to pick up Santa Claus and his elves. Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 18-50m... (more)

A Valley Railroad North Pole Express pulls into the "North Pole", otherwise known as Deep River Landing, to pick up Santa Claus and his elves. The Jolly Old Elf, visible waving from the middle of... (more)

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

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)

New Haven #3025 barrels through Tate's Cut at Deep River, CT. A Lerro Productions charter.

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)

Steamscape - Pratt Cove. A New Haven Freight treks south along one of the many little coves that line the mighty Connecticut River. This scene might have been a common one through much of ... (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)

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)

Valley Railroad 2-8-2 40 has a sold out train of children (and parents) behind her as she heads north over Deep River Creek with the first of four nightly North Pole Express runs made during the h... (more)

Locomotive 40 does its run around for the last Santa Special of the day. Locomotive 40 was built in 1920 by American Locomotive Works and worked on the Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad of North Caro... (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)