New England Central empty ethanol extra heads north through the Merrow section of Mansfield, CT at a little after midnight. Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC, single Lumedyne flash

The view out the front of a moving CDOT cab control car passing through the brick lined tunnels under New Haven, CT. Canon EOS 20D, Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX Fisheye

After helping me set up the lights for the shot, my daughters wanted to be in the picture. Here they are waving to the passing Providence & Worcester freight, as a fisherman - who showed up a lit... (more)

A pre-dawn view out the cab of a CDOT Shore Line East commuter train approaching New Haven, CT. Canon EOS 20D, Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC

First time seeing the light of day. Valley Railroad Chief Mechanical Officer J. David Conrad looks over the railroad's newest locomotive - a Chinese SY, wearing #3025 on its first trip outside of... (more)

Valley Railroad Mikado No. 3025 hauls the first sold-out trainload of the night, filled with families on the North Pole Express ready to visit with Santa and his elves.

North Pole Express Northbound. Valley Railroad No. 3025 leads the second section of the sold out North Pole Express northbound just past the Hadlyme station in Chester, CT. Two Lumedyne flashes ... (more)

As the first snowfall seen in the winter of 2017/18 lays a blanket on southern Connecticut, Valley Railroad Mikado No. 40 hauls a sold-out North Pole Express towards Santa's Village in Deep River,... (more)

Providence & Worcester train MFS-9, a Department of Defense extra bound for the Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, CT, blasts through a snow pile at a grade crossing in Oxford, MA. The train is ca... (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)

Me and My Reflection. The first section of the Valley Railroad's North Pole Express passes by a very calm Pratt Cove in Deep River, CT with a full trainload of families ready to visit with Santa ... (more)

Norfolk Southern train 24Z, led by the Lackawanna Heritage Unit, passes through Phillipsburg, NJ under a dramatic evening sky.

The first night of North Pole Express trains out of Essex, Connecticut on the Valley Railroad began with four runs to the "North Pole". Here the second run passes through the Centerbrook section ... (more)

On the day after Christmas, 2017, a Valley Railroad North Pole Express heads northbound past a frozen Pratt Cove in Deep River, CT with a sold-out trainload of families on their way to the North P... (more)

An eastbound express and westbound local 7 train meet near 40th Street Station in Queens just after sunset on a cold April evening.