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Viewing Album:  CVRM/Valley Railroad
 
By:BandA Fan
Dates:11/1/1986 - 1/1/1988
Album Info:Origionally created as the Connecticut Valley Railroad Association, the Connecticut Valley Railroad Museum eventually morphed into today's Railroad Museum of New England. The CVRA group is the progenitor of the Valley Railroad at Essex, CT.
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VALE 40
Title:  VALE 40
Description:  Valley 40 at the north end of Essex yard. Due to heavy rains and flooding earlier in the month which resulted in damage to a bridge just north of Essex, the VRR ran south to Old Saybrook for a while.
Photo Date:  6/30/1982  Upload Date: 1/23/2006 10:04:47 PM
Location:  Essex, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  784   Comments: 0
VALE 40
Title:  VALE 40
Description:  The 40 has cut off from the train at OSB and gone into the west wye leg. Jim Siebert, on the ground, the ENGR of the 44 tonner, 0800, which was going to pull the train into the east wye leg, advises that it won't start.
Photo Date:  6/30/1982  Upload Date: 1/23/2006 10:05:44 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  733   Comments: 0
VALE 0800
Title:  VALE 0800
Description:  Jim Siebert and the crew of the 40 consult. Turned out the 0800 had a burned battery cable, but they had to couple back on to the south end of the train and shove it back north to Essex for one trip, till they could get the cable replaced.
Photo Date:  6/30/1982  Upload Date: 1/23/2006 10:06:45 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2) VALE 800(44Tonner)
Views:  1015   Comments: 0
VALE 40
Title:  VALE 40
Description:  40 comes back off the west wye leg to recouple on to her train.
Photo Date:  6/30/1982  Upload Date: 1/23/2006 10:07:34 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  668   Comments: 0
Wallingford
Title:  Wallingford
Description:  Conductor has "assumed the position" at the rear vestibule with the back-up hose connected to the brake pipe as the train backs north past what would become the CVRM's Bokum Rd. storage facility in a few more years.
Photo Date:  6/30/1982  Upload Date: 1/23/2006 10:08:21 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  300   Comments: 0
VALE 40
Title:  VALE 40
Description:  40 shoving north at the Bokum Rd. site. The siding in the distance is known as the "Army siding".
Photo Date:  6/30/1982  Upload Date: 1/23/2006 10:09:17 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  527   Comments: 0
VALE 40
Title:  VALE 40
Description:  The 40 "tanks up" at Essex. The VRR doesn't have a stand pipe or water tower, so they just stick a hose in the tank.
Photo Date:  6/30/1982  Upload Date: 1/23/2006 10:10:18 PM
Location:  Essex, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  829   Comments: 0
VALE 40
Title:  VALE 40
Description:  40 still guzzling away.
Photo Date:  6/30/1982  Upload Date: 1/23/2006 10:10:58 PM
Location:  Essex, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  671   Comments: 0
VALE 40
Title:  VALE 40
Description:  40 running around her train at Essex (backing)
Photo Date:  6/30/1982  Upload Date: 1/23/2006 10:11:37 PM
Location:  Essex, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  610   Comments: 0
VALE 40
Title:  VALE 40
Description:  Done for the day, 40 heads into the pit. Speeder at right is on the main.
Photo Date:  6/30/1982  Upload Date: 1/23/2006 10:12:24 PM
Location:  Essex, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  681   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  The Tourist Railroad Association (TRAIN) sponsored a fantrip on the Valley Railroad with the 97 and 40 doubleheading for the day. The train is seen arriving in Deep River in the morning.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/26/2006 9:25:10 PM
Location:  Deep River, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  600   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  The 40 and 97 uncouple from the train to run around it at the north end of the Deep River siding.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/26/2006 9:26:04 PM
Location:  Deep River, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  516   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  40 heads south on the main to couple back onto the south end of the train.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/26/2006 9:26:42 PM
Location:  Deep River, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2) VALE 97(2-8-0)
Views:  1078   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  97 will back north out of view and 40 will back the train north of the crossing for a photo.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/26/2006 9:27:49 PM
Location:  Deep River, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 97(2-8-0)
Views:  672   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  40 backing the train out of the north end of the siding at Deep River.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/26/2006 9:28:36 PM
Location:  Deep River, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  667   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  The doubleheader arriving back at Essex.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/26/2006 9:41:18 PM
Location:  Essex, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 97(2-8-0) VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  1420   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  40 pulls the passenger train down the siding at Deep River.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/28/2006 10:48:13 PM
Location:  Deep River, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  440   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  40 coming to a stop on the Deep River siding.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/28/2006 10:49:45 PM
Location:  Deep River, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  473   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  40 stops short of the FP's. Her fireman, Bob Bass, removes the white flags. Bob is presently the G.M. of the Housatonic RR. in western Connecticut.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/28/2006 10:50:47 PM
Location:  Deep River, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  673   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  97 proceeds down the main and will back onto the 40 to reestablish the doubleheader. Bob Bass waits to make the hitch.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/28/2006 10:51:41 PM
Location:  Deep River, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2) VALE 97(2-8-0)
Views:  1301   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  The doubleheader makes a rather uninspiring runby at the Centerbrook meadow, with "guest engineer" Ross Rowland at the throttle of the 97.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/28/2006 10:52:51 PM
Location:  Centerbrook, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2) VALE 97(2-8-0)
Views:  1356   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  40 and 97 back down after the first runby for another try at it.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/29/2006 11:27:54 PM
Location:  Centerbrook, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2) VALE 97(2-8-0)
Views:  1005   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  NOW, THIS is more like it! The second runby at Centerbrook meadow.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/29/2006 11:29:20 PM
Location:  Centerbrook, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 97(2-8-0) VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  1055   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  A second shot, a little closer. This is a 300 dpi scan to show the full frame.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/29/2006 11:30:10 PM
Location:  Centerbrook, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 97(2-8-0) VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  1142   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  Same photo as the previous, but a 400 dpi scan and cropped for a tighter frame.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/29/2006 11:31:10 PM
Location:  Centerbrook, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 97(2-8-0) VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  1321   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  The doubleheader pauses in the Centerbrook meadow for a bit, with the 97 sitting on the Falls River bridge. This is the bridge which was partially washed out in 1982, causing the VRR to run south to Old Saybrook, note the new abutment beneath the tender.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/30/2006 4:00:58 PM
Location:  Centerbrook, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 97(2-8-0)
Views:  903   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  The doubleheader southbound at Bokum Rd., about a mile south of Essex station.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/30/2006 4:02:23 PM
Location:  Essex, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 97(2-8-0)
Views:  718   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  Going away shot at Bokum Rd. crossing.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/30/2006 4:03:23 PM
Location:  Essex, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  682   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  TRAIN 2HDR passing the, then, future site of the CVRM's storage facility along Bokum Rd. in Old Saybrook.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/30/2006 4:04:41 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 97(2-8-0) VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  1026   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  Going away shot of previous photo at Bokum Rd.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/30/2006 4:05:54 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  430   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  Doubleheader arrives at the end of the Valley's property, the wye switch marks the beginning of Amtrak property.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/30/2006 4:07:22 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 97(2-8-0)
Views:  541   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  Doubleheader pulls down the east wye leg at Old Saybrook. The Amtrak main tracks are hidden behind the hedgerow in the center of the photo. Tracks in the foreground are the old yard tracks, which are long gone, since.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/30/2006 4:08:39 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 97(2-8-0) VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  1123   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  Engines have uncoupled from the train and are backing on to track 7 to get to the west wye leg, then up to the north end of the train.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/30/2006 4:09:42 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 97(2-8-0) VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  1226   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  97 and 40 backing westward on track 7 towards the west wye leg. One of these days (?!!) I've got to reshoot this scene to show how much it has changed since.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/30/2006 6:26:17 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 97(2-8-0) VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  1198   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  Engines coming off the west wye leg. They will back down onto the train sitting on the east wye leg, out of sight behind them.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/30/2006 6:27:41 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 97(2-8-0) VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  801   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  Return trip to Essex, northbound past the future CVRM storage site at Bokum Rd.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/30/2006 6:36:37 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 97(2-8-0) VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  756   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  Dropping the train at Essex, the engines make a light engine move back to Old Saybrook to use the wye to reverse direction and get themselves oriented facing southward.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/30/2006 6:29:19 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 97(2-8-0) VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  996   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  A gaggle of chasers, including a certain "fair-haired fella" seen down the platform a ways, watches the 97 and 40 passing OSB tower. That "fair-haired fella" is the late Don Ball.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/30/2006 6:30:36 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 97(2-8-0) VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  949   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  The engines head west on track 7 for the west wye leg.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 1/30/2006 6:31:50 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 97(2-8-0) VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  749   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  Arriving back at Essex, the engines pass the train to get on the north end for a run to Deep River and Chester.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 2/6/2006 1:59:36 PM
Location:  Essex, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 97(2-8-0) VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  815   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  Looking north from the south end of the Deep River siding we see the engines coming down the siding to couple on to the south end of the train.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 2/6/2006 2:00:51 PM
Location:  Deep River, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  242   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  Engines at the south end of the siding.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 2/6/2006 2:02:05 PM
Location:  Deep River, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 97(2-8-0)
Views:  441   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  Engines couple on to the south end of the train.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 2/6/2006 2:03:09 PM
Location:  Deep River, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 97(2-8-0)
Views:  473   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  Doubleheader backs to Chester and meets a short freight led by the Valley's 44tonner, 0800.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 2/6/2006 2:04:19 PM
Location:  Chester, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 97(2-8-0) VALE 800(44Tonner)
Views:  917   Comments: 1
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  Doubleheader returning to Essex, just before the shadows close in at Old Deep River Rd. in Centerbrook.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 2/6/2006 2:05:24 PM
Location:  Centerbrook, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 97(2-8-0) VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  677   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  97 and 40 on the service track at Essex.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 2/6/2006 2:06:22 PM
Location:  Essex, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 97(2-8-0) VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  965   Comments: 0
TRAIN Doubleheader
Title:  TRAIN Doubleheader
Description:  97 and 40 backing down onto the train for the last trip to Old Saybrook.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 2/6/2006 2:07:09 PM
Location:  Essex, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VALE 97(2-8-0)
Views:  648   Comments: 0
AMTK 417 and CR 2685
Title:  AMTK 417 and CR 2685
Description:  AMTK 417 and CR 2685 outside the shop at Essex at the beginning of their restorations. 2685 is NH 2525.
Photo Date:  6/28/1986  Upload Date: 5/15/2005 10:25:09 PM
Location:  Essex, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 417(E9A) CR 2685(U25B)
Views:  1330   Comments: 2
NH 529
Title:  NH 529
Description:  The, then, CVRM's RS-3, NH 529, after a quick "broom job" in Centerbrook meadow.
Photo Date:  10/19/1986  Upload Date: 1/18/2006 1:54:38 PM
Location:  Essex, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NH 529(RS3)
Views:  1516   Comments: 2
NYC 4096
Title:  NYC 4096
Description:  Railroad Museum of New England's restoration "trial horse", E-9 NYC 4096 poses in the meadow at Centerbrook.
Photo Date:  10/19/1986  Upload Date: 5/10/2005 7:28:32 PM
Location:  Essex, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NYC 4096(E9A)
Views:  1641   Comments: 1

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