Valley Railroad Consolidation 97 rests beside the old Dickinson Witch Hazel Bottling Plant, now known as River Valley Junction. 97 will remain here until she is needed for holiday service in late... (more)

Soon to be retired VALE 97 cools off on the pit for the evening. Canon EOS 1D Mark III, Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

Valley Railroad's ALCO/Brooks 97, built in 1923, rests for the evening on the pit in Essex, Connecticut. Canon EOS 1D Mark III, Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

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)

It's always a melancholy moment when a steam operation drops the fires for the last time in an operating season. Alas, that time has come for Connecticut's Valley Railroad. The last of ... (more)

Veteran Valley Railroad Engineer Bruce hangs the first of a pair of kerosene-burning classification lamps as he prepares to take a special B-section of the railroad's "North Pole Express" from Ess... (more)

Christmas lights reflect off VALE 97, hot from a run up and down the Connecticut River tonight for the Polar Express Excursion.

Valley Railroad #97 pauses with her train at Deep River Landing to allow passengers to connect with the Connecticut River Cruise Ship Becky Thatcher. While the Trainmen attend to the passengers, ... (more)

Valley Railroad Consolidation #97 steps out onto the Deep River Creek Bridge as she heads north toward Chester, CT with a late afternoon excursion train. The line on which she runs is part of th... (more)

With a wood post from the guardrail acting as a tripod, a Monday evening charter brings the Essex Clipper Dinner Train through the town of Deep River. VALE 97, a 2-8-0, was used as power in place ... (more)

Valley Railroad Consolidation #97 waits at the Deep River platform for her Trainman to uncouple the passenger consist. Shortly, she will pull forward into a rock-cut, where she will be switched ... (more)

A Valley Railroad Fireman scrambles aboard Consolidation #97 as she sits in the rock-cut just north of the station platform at Deep River Landing. He has just set the switch for the run around t... (more)