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)

The Connecticut Valley Line. New Haven 3025 rounds the curve at Broadway with a short freight bound for Old Saybrook. One of the most scenic spots on the Connecticut Valley Line, the Broad... (more)

Station Agent's View. A whistle blast alerts the station agent to glance out the window to see the newest New Haven Mikado, 3025, slowing for a quick station stop at the Chester depot. In r... (more)

New Haven Heritage Locomotive. There's been a lot of publicity surrounding heritage locomotives at a certain Class 1 railroad recently, but those engines don't hold a candle to this fine ma... (more)

A weekday local heads south towards Essex behind a J-1 class Mikado.

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)

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)

Eastbound San Juan. The Denver & Rio Grande Western's "San Juan New Mexico Express" runs south (railroad east) along the icy Animas River at Tefft, on a cold February afternoon. Before th... (more)

Eastbound Silverton Mixed. A D&RGW Mixed Freight lifts the pops as she slowly transits the High Line toward Rockwood Colorado on a chilly winter morning. The train depicted here is typica... (more)

East Ely after dark. The Nevada Northern Yard Crew spots freight cars for unloading at the historic East Ely Freight House. Re-creation courtesy of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum. St... (more)

Hauling hoppers up the Hiline. The Nevada Northern Railway made its living hauling raw copper ore from mine locations southwest of Ely to refining and smelting operations located in small t... (more)

Steamscape - On the Hiline. Nevada Northern's Locomotive 40 hauls the line's "Steptoe Flyer" consist up the Hiline toward Adverse, on a pretty February afternoon. The NN Hiline is a branch... (more)

A squall on the Ore Line. The Nevada Northern Wreck Train hammers its way up the Keystone Branch toward the mines, in the face of a sudden, mid-winter squall. The brief, but intense weathe... (more)

The quintessential Nevada Northern Freight Train is a hopper train to carry copper ore. This line made its living for most of the 20th century, picking up raw ore from the mines near Keysto... (more)

A meeting on the Adverse Branch. An ore train bound for the Steptoe Smelters holds the siding at Lavon for the passage of an express passenger train, led by the high-stepping 10-wheeler #40... (more)