On the final night of the 2024 Polar Express Season, Valley Railroad 97 cuts through the winter night heading northbound through Hadlyme. The engineer is all focus as he will bring the train to a ... (more)

In a scene once commonplace, Valley Railroad 2-8-2 #40 passes #3025 at the Deep River station. The Essex Steam Train is one of the few places left in the country where one can witness two steam lo... (more)

The days grow short when you reach December... Just about 30 minutes before official sunset, Valley Railroad Consolidation #97 takes the railroad's 3rd North Pole Express (TM) trip of the d... (more)

Freight on the Valley Line. The former Aberdeen & Rockfish Mikado #40 takes a short, branch-line freight north out of Old Saybrook, CT on the former New York, New Haven & Hartford Connectic... (more)

Charging into the tunnel. Peak fall colors are still a couple of weeks away as a short excursion train from Connecticut's Valley Railroad charges north into the very dense "tree tunnel... (more)

Classics meet at Dock Road. There's just a little fall color beginning to show along the Connecticut River Valley as a pair of classics from the early years of the last century meet at Dock... (more)

Valley Railroad 97 runs around her train in Deep River, CT.

Valley Railroad 97 simmering in the station in Essex.

Valley Railroad 97 works her train over Dock Road

Valley Railroad 3025 simmers at the Essex station on a beautiful late afternoon.

Crossing Deep River Creek. Just three days before Christmas, and with just two days of operations left, the Valley Railroad's Locomotive #97 kicks off a busy Saturday of North Pole Express ... (more)

The Connecticut Valley Line. Along much of its route, Valley Railroad trains are seldom far from water. The line runs next to the Connecticut River as well as by and over several tributarie... (more)

It's the Most Wonderful Time of Year! The Essex Steam Train runs three separate steam powered trainsets during the holiday season, making it the steam show of New England. With three trains naviga... (more)

Valley Railroad 97 waits in the hole at Deep River with NPE1 for the arrival of NPE2 pulled by sister #40. Once the scheduled meet occurs, 97 and train will proceed North. This season is exception... (more)

VALE 0902 leads a train of old pullman coaches south on the former New Haven valley line along the Connecticut River.