2:26 PM - When the sun and track line up for an in-the-woods sunny day photo of New Hope's 2-8-0 #40.

Fall was pretty late back in 07', was pretty nice to catch some nice color after Thanksgiving.

I snapped this shot from on top of AB2's Ford Explorer, one of those spur of the moment shots that was difficult to replicate.

The amount of steam is evident that #40 is foaming like crazy, as she walks up the grade at about 10MPH. Nonetheless, she still sounded great.

The fireman gives the signal, the points are lined, #40 can proceed forward.

The 1PM train coasts into Lahaska in the early part of the fall foliage season.

Sometimes... you just stumble upon an angle.

New Hope's light Consolidation #40 rumbles across Reeder Road as she heads for Lahaska with the final steam run of the day. I normally tend to shy away from grade crossings as photo spots becaus... (more)

Of all of the photo spots on the New Hope & Ivyland's regular steam run, the Lower Mountain Road crossing offers the best chance to see the locomotive working hard. As the train approaches the c... (more)

New Hope's Consolidation #40 begins to pick up the pace as she hauls her three steel passenger coaches on the hourly southbound run toward Lahaska. This is one photogenic railroad with plenty of... (more)

The New Hope and Ivyland Railroad offers direct express service from New Hope to Lashaska, non-stop, 7 days a week in the Summer. An engineeer's side pan at 1/6th.