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Valley Railroad 3025 is a China Railways SY class 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotive. It was built in July 1989 by the Tangshan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works as SY-1658M , and it was exported to the Knox and Kane Railroad (K&K) in the United States.
It reopened on July 29, 1971, with ESRM's 103 being the first locomotive to run on the current Valley Railroad with a train running between Essex and Deep River, 100 years to the day of the first train on the original line. The train was later expanded to Chester in the late 1970s and expanded as far north as Haddam in later years.
Wells, Print & Digital Services, Madison, Wi. LOC 85-90976. Rosholt, Malcolm (1992). Trains of Wisconsin. National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI. ISBN 0-9635065-0-1. Wisconsin Department of Transportation. "Travel by rail" Railway and Locomotive Historical Society (1937). The Railroads of Wisconsin, 1827-1937. Boston, MA: Baker Library ...
After spending several years in storage, No. 40 made its way to the Valley Railroad in Essex in 1977. As of 2025, No. 40 is being used to haul tourist trains between Essex and Deep River, Connecticut, alongside 2-8-0 No. 97 and 2-8-2 No. 3025.
1.48 Wisconsin. 1.49 Wyoming. 1.50 Territories. ... Essex Steam Train operated by the Valley Railroad Company; ... Austin Steam Train Association ...
In 1985, the Essex Steam Train and Riverboat (VALE), a tourist railroad based in Essex, Connecticut, experienced some problems with their steam operations; 2-8-0 No. 97, while still serviceable, was due for an overhaul, and 2-8-2 No. 40 had to be removed from service, after breaking a driving wheel tire.
The Essex Freight Station is located at the southern end of Railroad Avenue, a spur road off Connecticut Route 154 just west of the limited access highway of Connecticut Route 9. The setting includes the railyard, now used by the heritage Connecticut Valley Railroad, which includes operable early 20th-century equipment including switches and ...
The railway was started in Janesville, Wisconsin, [1] as a demonstration railway for Sandley locomotives and rolling stock. In 1952 the Sandleys relocated to the former right-of-way of the La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad near Wisconsin Dells, which was abandoned in favor of a route with a smoother grade 500 feet (152 m) to the south.