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)
Valley Railroad Mikado #40 takes her holiday Passenger Service Extra northbound across the Chester Creek bridge on a mild Sunday afternoon in late November. She'll shortly be passing through Had... (more)
It's the Saturday after Thanksgiving and The Valley Railroad's 2:30 PM "Santa Special" is charging north across Deep River Creek, enroute to Chester, Hadlyme and points beyond. The passengers to... (more)