Valley Railroad(Essex Steam Train)

[Gandalf0444]

My favorite on the line is Aberdeen & Rockfish #40.

I think I may make her one of these days, if I don't have this surgery anytime soon.

Can't wait for the route.

Rock ON!
~Dusten

I like 40 as well, except she is known as Ms. Piggy on the Valley since she eats coal and pressure like crazy(lack of a super heater because she was originally oil fired when she came to the valley) compared to 97. I have yet to see how well 3025 performs as it hasn't had nearly enough time running to create a baseline of coal consumption.

 

[Gandalf0444]

Yes folks it's winter time now!

The 3025 "stand in " and its 5 car train sits in the hole waiting for engine 40 to pass with her 9 car train(note that is all the rolling stock on the railroad out at once, minus the open car lmao, 30,000 people ride the north pole express and santa specials each season this year for the 6th year in a row all trains are sold out, 3 years ago they added the second train to accommodate more people.)

 

[Gandalf0444]

The town DOT of Essex deploya it's snow plows ahead of the storm along with a private contractor to help stay ahead of the supposed storm coming that is going to drop another 2 feet of the white stuff.

The station building decked out for the holidays.

Approaching the north pole.

The North Pole! With Santa Clause!!!!!!:hehe:

 

[Gandalf0444]

 

[Gandalf0444]

 

[Gandalf0444]

VALE 3025

 

[stevelerro]

Where did you get the curved crossing? I WANT IT!

 

[Kon1786]

Sweet looking seasonal pics, THE 3025 looks good too

 

[Gandalf0444]

Where did you get the curved crossing? I WANT IT!

It is called using the ATLS system.

 

[Gandalf0444]

 

[CPman117]

Epic looking route and If those are reskins or personal made are you planning to release them?

 

[Gandalf0444]

Epic looking route and If those are reskins or personal made are you planning to release them?

Pretty much everything you see here that is custom made or reskinned will be released along with the route.

 

[prre6]

I hope you release them on the DLS, I cannot download anything from TCR.

Fred

 

[Gandalf0444]

I hope you release them on the DLS, I cannot download anything from TCR.

Fred

No, sorry nothing I make will ever be released on the DLS. Care to explain further as to why you cannot download from TCR?

 

[prre6]

I have no idea why not. I don't know if you're implying any infractions, but I have a clean record over there. I only got an infraction because I miss-measured my signature picture here and have since gotten rid of it. I just get a blank page now. And I don't know why.

Fred

 

[Gandalf0444]

I have no idea why not. I don't know if you're implying any infractions, but I have a clean record over there. I only got an infraction because I miss-measured my signature picture here and have since gotten rid of it. I just get a blank page now. And I don't know why.

Fred

No that would not cause any problems like that. Have you tried using a different internet browser?

 

[prre6]

Oh ok. Sorry for the accusation. I'll try that now. By the way, great looking route! I never got to visit it though. Looks like a Strasburg type tourist route right?

Fred

 

[Gandalf0444]

Oh ok. Sorry for the accusation. I'll try that now. By the way, great looking route! I never got to visit it though. Looks like a Strasburg type tourist route right?

Fred

No problem hard to tell things from an outside perspective. It is like Strasburg, only in my opinion has a a much better scenic view and a better location overall. Only thing that it does not do that Strasburg does is revenue freight.

The Valley has the newest steam locomotive rebuild in the U.S. as well as the 1 of 2 of the newest steam locomotives in the U.S. overall. 3025(if you haven't read far enough back in the thread) was built in 1989 in China. Then shipped to the U.S. along with her sister(who coincidentally the Valley Railroad also owned for a short while) This locomotive was sold at auction by Knox and Kane after a roundhouse fire destroyed it, where the Valley acquired it. We quickly noticed some similarity in the SY class and the New Haven J1 class. So we worked on it and restored it, then made a New haven style cab that the J1s had, but built around the specs of the SY class. We also acquired a New haven whistle and 2 New Haven headlights from the J1 class locomotives, which have all been scrapped. The only things that don't really match to the real J1 class is the tenders bunker configuration, and the bogies as well as the driving wheels on the locomotive.

 

[prre6]

Wow. I really got to get up there. I really need to do a slam of the Northeast scenic lines.

Fred

 

[Gandalf0444]

Wow. I really got to get up there. I really need to do a slam of the Northeast scenic lines.

Fred

If you make plans to come this Summer or any Summer really drop me a line!:wave: