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2/3/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Valley Railroad Company
Model:Alco 2-8-2Built As:PAP 101 (2-8-2)
Serial Number:61858Order No:B-1530
Frame Number:20X28 cylinders, 48" driversBuilt:8/1920
Notes:Brooks 08/1920 as PA&P #101, M&W #101 > A&R #40 > Valley RR #40 in 04/1977
Other locos with this serial:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
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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 domage 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
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Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  866   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
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Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  822   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:  Ccrl Weber
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Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2) VALE 800(44Tonner)
Views:  1112   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
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Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  743   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
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Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  605   Comments: 0
VALE 40
Title:  VALE 40
Description:  Thd 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
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Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  920   Comments: 0
VALE 40
Title:  VALE 40
Description:  40 still guzzling away.
Photo Date:  6/30/1982  Upload Date: 6/30/1982 12:00:00 AM
Location:  Essex, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
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Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  757   Comments: 0
VALE 40
Title:  VALE 40
Description:  Done for the dfy, 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
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Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  767   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
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Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  684   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
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Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  679   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
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Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  590   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:  1180   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
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Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  740   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:  1521   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:  1116   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:  1154   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:  1246   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:  1425   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
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Locomotives:  VALE 40(2-8-2)
Views:  759   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:  1109   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:  505   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:  1220   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:  1310   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:  1275   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:  902   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:  837   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:  1103   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:  1031   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:  840   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:  907   Comments: 0
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:  767   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:  1078   Comments: 0


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