Privately owned ex- Birmingham & S.E.R.R. No.97 (Alco-Cooke 1923) working a passenger train from Chester to Essex on a beautiful fall afternoon, during the CVRM's 1986 Railfan Day and Train Meet.

Sunset over Clayville Pond. Providence & Worcester train NR-2 makes their way home along the P&W's Norwich Branch in Griswold, CT as the sun sets in the southwest. Canon EOS 40D with a Sigma 18-5... (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)

One of the final North Pole Express trains rolls over Deep River Creek bridge, powered by Valley veteran No. 40. Two Lumedyne flashes triggered off of a Canon EOS 50D with a Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 E... (more)

Rollin' Shoving her train south toward the run-around siding at Deep River Landing, VALE 40 "speeds" past one of several boatyards along the Valley's route.

Branford Steam Railroad 7357 descend Totoket Mountain from the Tilcon Plant in North Branford, CT headed to their pier in Branford to dump stone onto barges to head to Long Island.

North Pole Express and a Christmas tree. The Valley Railroad's newest locomotive, 2-8-2 No. 3025, pulls a train full of families as they visit with Santa and his elves. The train is pulling nort... (more)

The Valley Railroad's workhorse 2-8-2s. 40, the veteran, and recently rebuilt 3025 (lettered "New Haven") pose for a company photo next to the Essex station on a cold but clear December day... (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)

Engine 40 rests on the pit after a long night of hailing Christmas goers on the North Pole Express.

North Pole Express Northbound. Valley Railroad No. 3025 leads the second section of the sold out North Pole Express northbound just past the Hadlyme station in Chester, CT. Two Lumedyne flashes ... (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)

Providence and Worcester train NR-2 passes between the Thames River and Goss Cove, with the USS Nautilus and Submarine Museum in the background. Canon EOS 1D Mark III, Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM