NH&I steam locomotive #40 ran a special private charter from New Hope to Ivyland on the Evening of Saturday, May 24th. Here, she is seen rounding the curve at Nonesuch Farm.
Meet Under the Stars. Extra 40 South waits in the hole for a NB deadhead move to New Hope under a clear winter sky. In reality #40 is sitting in an imaginary siding a.k.a. the single... (more)
The 11 am Santa Express rolls through the fields of Nonesuch Farm past the pumplins that didn't make the cut for Halloween or Pumpkin Pie.
NHIR 40 is dwarfed by this tree in Buckingham Valley as she leads an extra mixed freight south on the ex-Reading. Thanks to Fred and Jeff for the lighting, even the top of the tree!
A signal man for the L&C protects an isolated crossing in this scene recreated at Nonsuch Farms with New Hope & Ivyland RR's #40 in her former livery.
The best run-by of the day was the first one at the ex-Reading Buckingham Valley station. Shot was taken over the photoline from a tie pile. Notice the rainbow created by the steam to the left.
NHIR 40 and the afternoon mixed freight round the curve in Buckingham Valley, one of the most picturesque spots on the line.
#40 pulls the 9:30AM mixed freight train south towards Ivyland over a gravel road just north of the Buckingham Valley station.
