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The Friends of the Valley RR has been running Hi-rail trips from the Goodspeed yard on RT 82 in Haddam up to the end of the new serviceable track since the Eagle flyer trains were over. They will be continuing to run these trips on Saturdays from 11 to 3 for the next couple weeks. Then every Saturda...

The Valley RR has officially extended the track rehabilitation past mile post 14!!! This is a huge accomplishment. The FVRR's Saturday volunteer track gang along with support from the Valley RR's full time track dep. rebuilt the track from MP13 to MP 14 in just 3 years! It had taken 14 years to get ...

Today is the start of the Valley Railroads Haddam swing bridge fall special trains. Steam engine 3025 will be taking a second train all the way to the end of the newly expanded track. This special train will be running Saturdays and Sundays Sep. 30 - Oct. 22 leaving Essex at 11:10 am and returning a...

The truck was built by a couple FVRR volunteers from a 1966 Chevy suburban and old hi-rail gear that they bought and put together.

Track restoration is an on-going process. We are rebuilding about a 1/4 to 1/2 mile per year going north with our Volunteer track gang working steadily on Wednesday nights and Saturdays. This year, building the track though the marina in Haddam was a huge obstacle that we have over come. Public opin...

The Friends of the Valley RR have now acquired the New haven C-540 caboose that has been at Landon lumber since 1988. It was trucked to Essex last Thursday and is now back on its original tucks in the shop. it will be restored over the next 6 months or so.

Two pieces of news on the Valley RR, One; this Saturday, weekly Saturday hi-rail operations start out of Haddam Meadows state park for the season. Operating from MP 15.6 to MP 17.7 Two; the Volunteers and staff of the track department have completed track though midway marina in Haddam at MP 13.5. T...

The friends of the Valley RR are working to get the Landon lumber caboose in Madison CT. Landon Lumber is replacing the office that has been in the caboose with a new building and the caboose has to go. It is an original NE-5 New Haven caboose! number 540 The FVRR is has created a place on their web...

The one on the Essex steam train web site is the most up to-date that is out there, but they have been on such a buying spree lately that it is hard to keep up.

The regular season for the Valley may be over but you have one more chance to ride with the friends of the Valley RR. This coming Saturday is the last day of the season that the FVRR will be operating the hirail truck out of Haddam Meadows. We will be giving rides on the northern end of the Valley R...

We are working towards MP 14. the Mass bay train will use all that we can run on.

The FVRR along withe the VRR have made great progress this year with the track expansion. The track up to the marina has been completed and while waiting on crossing permits, an additional 1/4 mile has been rebuilt to the north. The work is still steaming full speed ahead and will most likely exceed...

I grew up line-side of this line also, in Cobalt CT. In fact my father had old home movies of the scrap train ripping it up in '70-'71 ish. The house I grew up in was about 25' from the tracks. After it was gone I spent much of my youth hiking that section in order to avoid the roads in getting back...

130 plus more ties have arrived at the marina, and more and more equipment is getting staged there for track work. There is now new ties getting installed on both sides. With this early of a start the Valley is posed to get a lot on new track open this year.