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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.
The first "regular" train started on July 31, 1871. [2] On August 24, 1871, the Connecticut Valley Railroad declared an official opening. The schedules of trains operating along the Valley Railroad called for one mixed train and four passenger trains each way daily (except Sunday) with fifteen stops along the way.
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 .
For prices ranging from $800 to $2,000, passengers are getting the full historic experience of travel by train, Union Pacific said, with assigned seats that may place them with other parties.
Stored, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California 2379: FM H-12-44 Operational, Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco, Texas: 2873: EMD GP9/GP9R: Operational, Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California 2954: ALCO RSD-12: Stored, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California 2958: ALCO RSD-12
A third locomotive, a Whitcomb 45-ton diesel switcher numbered 20, was retired in 1996 and stored; as of August 2022, the locomotive is being restored to operation for work train service. [7] Santa Cruz-Portland Cement #2, an 0-4-0 ST steam locomotive built by H.K. Porter in 1906, has visited the railroad in the past.
Patty Blue Hayes, 60, moved to Panama from California to save money as she approached retirement age, but unemployment is thwarting her plans. Hayes moved from San Luis Obispo to El Valle de Anton ...
The main station of the Essex Steam Train is located in Centerbrook. The steam train has tracks from Amtrak's Shore Line (part of the Northeast Corridor) in Old Saybrook to Haddam. The steam train and riverboat ride goes from Essex to Chester on the train, but the Dinner Train goes from Essex to just north of Route 82 in Haddam.