Readers of this blog with long memories will recall that a couple of years ago we did a preliminary inspection of No. 97 to assist us with ...

After its 1472 Service Day / 15 Year Inspection, 95 year old Locomotive No. 40 is back at work hauling passengers. Valley shop...

The Valley Railroad Company just completed a major project to improve its route of tracks in Essex, Deep River, and Chester. 32 hopper car l...

Boiler tubes must be expanded to make them water and steam tight using a tool commonly called a roller. Here Wayne rolls another of the ...

Yesterday, the Hartford Yard Goats, a minor league baseball team affiliated with the Colorado Rockies, announced their new mascot, logo, and...

A milestone in our rebuilding of No. 40 has been reached: All of the new boiler tubes are in the boiler! Wayne and Kjell, assisted by Morga...

As part of the 15 year inspection of our No. 40, all 253 boiler tubes were removed from the boiler to enable a minute inspection of its inte...

A last minute push by numerous volunteers brought the restoration of the former Pennsylvania Railroad cabin car (most railroads called this ...

Our steam locomotive No.40 is in the midst of its 15 year inspection as mandated by Federal Law. This inspection must be completed before N...

Visitors often ask: "How on earth do you get under the cars to work on them?" Well one method is to jack them up. Of course the ...