No white Christmas this year. New Hope's big GE leads the long train across Reeder Rd. under gloomy, rainy skies the day before Christmas Eve. It was a pleasant surprise to catch the six-axle C30-... (more)

Not your average hitchhikers.

Sunlight shines through the fall foliage still hanging onto the trees at Hood as #40 puts on a great show on this 40 degree (F) day.

The fireman leans out for a better view as #40 charges upgrade at Rushland.

No. 40 smokes things up a bit as she charges toward the photo line on her final runby at Lahaska.

No. 40 poses proudly with her train crew during the New Hope & Ivyland's annual Railfan Weekend.

A girl gets her first taste of railfanning after her boyfriend brought her along to New Hope's Railfan Weekend. I certainly was not going to ask her to move from the crossing despite being in my s... (more)

On what should have been Day 2 of Railfan Weekend '07, instead a regular run to Lahaska.

Number 40 on her first runby of railfan weekend

If you wish hard enough, you may just get what you want. I first saw the potential for this shot on last year's trip to Ivyland but never thought I'd actually get to shoot #40 in morning light on ... (more)

Note: You do not get the full effect from the thumbnail. The photo is a zoom-out pan taken at 1/10 and f/29. Notice the engineers arm on the whistle cord perfectly framed in the cab door.

#40 is seen passing through the early fall colors during the New Hope & Ivyland Railroad's annual Railfan Weekend, on September 29th, 2007.