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©2003 Gullane (Thomas) Limited.

The Valley Railroad at Essex Station

Essex Station 2003 - Illustration and Design by Paul Costello

This map provides a brief overview of the trains, equipment, structures, and miscellaneous objects you will find on the Essex Station property. You are free to walk the property at your discretion. Since some of this equipment is operational, or is owned by other groups or individuals, it may not be in the same location as indicated! You can find out more about the Valley Railroad at our history page. Enjoy!


1. Essex Station
2. Rail Chair
3. Baggage Carts
4. Signal Posts
5. CV Hand Car
6. Crossing Tender's Shanty
7. Engine "103"
8. L & NE Gondola "728"
9. Valley Hopper "272"
10. Union Tank Car "94460"
11. Erie Boxcar "86302"
12. NYC Automobile Boxcar
13. Caboose "4010"
14. Baggage / Horse Car "8770"
15. NY, NH & H Boxcar
16. Maine Central Boxcar "9435"

17. FVRR Caboose Ralph Gibson
18. Connecticut Valley Food Service Car "500"
19. Dining Car Wallingford
20. Dining Car Meriden
21. Kitchen Car
22. Valley Railroad Diesel-Electric Locomotive "0900"
23. FVRR Diesel-Electric Locomotive "0901"
24. HT & W Snowplow
25. Dining-Parlor-Lounge Car Toreador
26. PRR Baggage Car "9284"
27. Lamoille Valley Railroad Coaches
28. Mail Crane and Various Crossbucks
29. Parlor Car Da Costa
30. "Sherman's Necktie"
31. Bufflo Springfield Steamroller
32. "Hairpin" Fence
33. Engine "1246"
The map and equipment listing here is excerpted from a wonderful brochure "Walking Tour of Essex Station" which is available at the Essex Station. You can also download a copy here. Note: The pamphlet is in PDF format and is quite large (3.6 MB). Download with care; high bandwidth recommended!

Walking Tour of Essex Station

New! We've uploaded a roster of Valley Railroad rolling stock in PDF format as well as RTF format