For the first time in almost a decade, 1926 Alco-Cooke built 2-8-0 #97 pulls a revenue train for the Connecticut Valley Railroad. The locomotive just came out of the shops following an overhaul. O... (more)

For the first time in almost a decade, 1926 Alco-Cooke built 2-8-0 #97 pulls a revenue train for the Connecticut Valley Railroad. The locomotive just came out of the shops following an overhaul. O... (more)

For the first time in almost a decade, 1926 Alco-Cooke built 2-8-0 #97 pulls a revenue train for the Connecticut Valley Railroad. The locomotive just came out of the shops following an overhaul. O... (more)

For the first time in almost a decade, 1926 Alco-Cooke built 2-8-0 #97 pulls a revenue train for the Connecticut Valley Railroad. The locomotive just came out of the shops following an overhaul. O... (more)

Valley Railroad shop worker Chip cuts a superheater tube out of locomotive No. 97's boiler. This work is to stabilize the locomotive, and do some preparation work prior to the start of her 1472 d... (more)

Back yard projects. We've all got 'em. Labor-intensive and perhaps expensive jobs that will need to get done at some point. Such is the case at Connecticut's Valley Railroad. You are loo... (more)

Valley Railroad veteran No 97 powers a North Pole Express train through the Centerbrook section of Essex, CT. She's currently out of service awaiting her FRA mandated rebuild.

My daughters wave to Valley Railroad No. 97 as it heads north through Chester, CT on its second to last day in service. Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC - Lumedyne and Norman flashes

A Frigid Night on the Valley Railroad - Tate's Cut. The Valley Railroad's venerable Consolidation #97 pauses in one of the line's most distinctive locations - a narrow and deep rock cut at ... (more)

A Frigid Night on the Valley Railroad - South Yard. Valley Railroad Consolidation #97's Engineer holds short of the Rte 153 crossing as his Fireman manually triggers the gates to protect t... (more)

Not Adieu, but Au Revoir. Without much fanfare, a long-time mainstay of Valley Railroad power bowed out of the active roster on December 29th of 2010. With just 5 service days remaining ... (more)

Valley Railroad #97 leads a North Pole Express out of the darkness north through Essex, CT. At the end of the season #97 will be taken out of service for her mandated FRA rebuild. Canon EOS 50D,... (more)

Bound for the North Pole. The platform looks pretty deserted on this chilly November evening, but looks in this case are quite deceiving. "All Aboard" has just been called and the sell-o... (more)

Valley Railroad #97 leads a North Pole Express out of the darkness north through Essex, CT. At the end of the season #97 will be taken out of service for her mandated FRA rebuild. Canon EOS 50D,... (more)