Last minute orders
Valley Railroad Yardmaster Carmen Vaccarelli (left) holds a brief conference with the crew of Valley Railroad Locomotive #97, just a minute or two before they are scheduled to depart the Essex, CT depot with a twilight North Pole Express train. Facing away from the camera is Conductor Wil Gambardella and, on the right, Engineer Chip Mahoney.
This scene was captured on the day after Thanksgiving of 2025, when the Valley Railroad was running a weekend North Pole Express schedule with no less than 13 departures.
Last minute orders
Valley Railroad Yardmaster Carmen Vaccarelli (left) holds a brief conference with the crew of Valley Railroad Locomotive #97, just a minute or two before they are scheduled to depart the Essex, CT depot with a twilight North Pole Express train. Facing away from the camera is Conductor Wil Gambardella and, on the right, Engineer Chip Mahoney.
This scene was captured on the day after Thanksgiving of 2025, when the Valley Railroad was running a weekend North Pole Express schedule with no less than 13 departures.