Embraced by the Dark - A Valley Railroad North Pole Express pulls into the "North Pole" to pick up Santa and his elves after a fresh snowfall blanketed the area.

Meet at Deep River. Two sections of the Valley Railroad's North Pole Express meet at Deep River Landing. The first section, powered by #40 waits on the main as the second section led by recently... (more)

A frog's eye view of P&W power idling in Central Falls, RI. Canon EOS 40D, Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC, Lumedyne flash

P&W wreck crane works to re-rail one of the five derailed cars in the New London New England Central yard, as PW #2215 waits in the wings. P&W train NR-2 derailed the cars the day before. Canon ... (more)

Valley Railroad workers remove a pair of trees blocking the path of a plow extra, consisting of former Hoosac Tunnel & Wilmington plow and GE 80 ton 0901.

Engineer Jim pulls the whistle cord as the Essex Steam Train's first trip of the day heads through a grade crossing in Essex, CT. Canon EOS 20D, Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX Fisheye, Canon 420EX flash

New England Central train NERWPA (Palmer, MA to Willimantic, CT turn) heads north through Mansfield Depot, CT powered by a lone FEC SD40-2. Some of the remaining New England fall color clings to ... (more)

Providence & Worcester train NR-3 slowly heads south through Ledyard, CT during torrential rains, where parts of the area got over 10" of rain over two days. The sign in the foreground is normall... (more)

Valley Railroad #3025 backing away from the top of the Old Saybrook wye, giving Providence & Worcester train NH-1 room to turn his 10 car train. The Valley Mikado was there for P&W job NR-2 (work... (more)

Valley Railroad fireman Mike Ozaruk shovels coal into No. 3025's firebox as the locomotive pulls a sold out North Pole Express north through Deep River, Connecticut. Taken with an infrared modifi... (more)

Providence & Worcester train NR-4 waits to perform interchange duties with the New England Central Railroad in Willimantic, CT. In the background is Willimantic's Frog Bridge, spanning both the r... (more)

North Pole Express and a Christmas tree. The Valley Railroad's newest locomotive, 2-8-2 No. 3025, pulls a train full of families as they visit with Santa and his elves. The train is pulling nort... (more)

Inside the Dressing Room - A peek at a relatively naked VTR 431 during her painting process at the Providence & Worcester Railroad's Plainfield, Connecticut paint booth. At this point the entire ... (more)

An 80 car unit ethanol extra heads south through Stafford Springs, CT along the Middle River heading for the Providence & Worcester Railroad in Willimantic, CT. Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8... (more)

The business end of an undercutter. The Florida East Coast Railway leased a Canadian Pacific undercutter to clean ballast along its mainline in February 2007. Here the machine is seen working on... (more)