Valley Railroad 40. | Bryan Burton Photography

Valley Railroad 40 between photo runbys at Essex. #iphone16pro | Bryan Burton Photography

Valley Railroad #40 pulls into Deep River Landing to pick up passengers from the riverboat with the shuttle train back to Essex Station. One of the unique aspects of the @essexsteamtrain is the connection to the riverboat on the Connecticut River, recreating what a lot of travel was like in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. | Rail Brothers

The Valley Railroad Steam locomotive 40 leads a freight train at Chester, CT on October 8th, 2024. According to Wikipedia: The Valley Railroad, operating under the name Essex Steam Train and Riverboat, is a heritage railroad based in Connecticut on tracks of the Connecticut Valley Railroad, which was founded in 1868. The company began operations in 1971 between Deep River and Essex and has since reopened additional parts of the former Connecticut Valley Railroad line. It operates the Essex Steam