Mikado Double Header - Valley Railroad 2-8-2s No 40 and 3025 team up to power two trains on the afternoon of August 21, 2013. Pictured here is the final run of the day. The shop forces re... (more)

She's back! Well, at least for a while. After nearly 8 months of downtime for running gear maintenance, Valley Railroad #40 is now back in the service, seen here taking a dead-head passeng... (more)

Valley Railroad #40....minus a few parts. As she sits, the 40 looks a little bit like one of those stolen cars you find abandoned along the side of a highway. She's missing her wheels and ... (more)

Coworkers. As the snow begins to fly, Valley Railroad Mikado No 40 pulls a trainload of families out of Essex Station with the second run of the North Pole Express. In the foreground is Valley V... (more)

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)

The last regular season run of the Valley Railroad/Essex Steam Train crosses over Deep River Creek on the Deep River/Chester town line as the sun sets. Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX Fisheye

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.

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.

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)

The New Girl. Chinese-built 2-8-2 #3025, newly restored after being caught in an engine house fire in Pennsylvania, sits on the point of her second revenue train in Connecticut, awa... (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)