For the Railfans

[W3WN]

Came into SEPA/SWNJ on Sunday night to spend some time with my mom.

Stopped Sunday evening in New Hope PA. Wanted to show the Boss & Little Miss Field Day the old family homestead, and my old high school. Afterwards, we came up on the old New Hope & Ivyland RR, so even though it was getting pretty late (and they'd clearly closed up for the evening), we stopped and poked around a little.

These are the engines I saw. I know nothing about them.


Now what I didn't see were steam locomotives 40 & 1533. I presume 40 was inside the engine house.. I couldn't get close enough to look. No idea where 1533 was, but at least it wasn't sitting behind the engine house, off it's wheels, rusting away. I read somewhere that it got a coat of black rustoleum a couple of years ago, so maybe after almost 30 years, they're finally going to rebuild it. I hope.

[W3WN]

Continuing,

Monday morning, we got up, and headed out to see Mom, by way of Lambertville NJ & New Hope. With a quick stop in Ringoes, NJ, the home of the Black River & Western.

Pulled up where the sign said "parking", and the first thing I see is an old friend:

While I was happy to see the Doodlebug, well, it is not in good shape. It clearly hasn't run in years. You can't really see it in the picture, but the passenger compartment (back half) is full of lumber and parts. It's rusting, and it is on a slight tilt. LMFD was afraid to get near it; I reminded her that she'd had her tetanus shot -- yes, it was that bad. Hugh Jenkins (SK) would be appalled, I think.

Behind 4666 is a storage building or repair building of some sort. In front of it was my brother's favorite engine:

[K7SGJ]

These are the engines I saw. I know nothing about them.

It's actually quite simple. It all adds up to 14,600. What else is there to know?

[W3WN]

Ah, nutz, posted that too soon. The heck with it.

Ahem. David's favorite engine, after the 1533:

I don't know a lot about 60, but I do know that after sitting for about 12 years, it was rebuilt & restored. It was once run every weekend, but I understand that they now use is sparingly.

Next to it was this guy. I know nothing about it:


Here's a shot of the two of them together

[W3WN]

Now, there was some other rolling stock around; a real nice looking caboose from the Wabash for one. I'll post some of if anyone asks (I have to edit the photos to reduce the size first)

We were going to take some pictures from the other side of the tracks, by Ringoes station. However, there was a sign posted saying "no admittance" and some unhappy looking people standing around when we pulled in, so we turned around & took off without stopping. Pity, they have some other engines around somewhere (maybe in Flemington?) but no chance to look for them.

[NQ6U]

3315 is an EMD, probably an SD-40.

7078 is a GE something-or-other, I'm not sure which. GE locos are soulless and all look the same to me.

2198 is another EMD, probably a GP-30

[W3WN]

Thanks, your holey-ness.

Our original plan was to come in on Saturday night, and I was going to spend some time poking around the railroads on Sunday... but something else came up. LMFD wants to take a trip on a steam train, so I'll have to arrange something down the road.

NH&I ticket prices were something like $28 a head. Wow, I figured they'd have gone up over the years, but that much?

[K7SGJ]

Thanks, your holey-ness.

Our original plan was to come in on Saturday night, and I was going to spend some time poking around the railroads on Sunday... but something else came up. LMFD wants to take a trip on a steam train, so I'll have to arrange something down the road.

NH&I ticket prices were something like $28 a head. Wow, I figured they'd have gone up over the years, but that much?

I have some close friends who ride the rails quite often. Maybe they can give you a few ideas. Like smoking old stogies they have found, rooms to let, 50 cents, no phone, no pool, no pets.......you know the drill.

[NQ6U]

I have some close friends who ride the rails quite often. Maybe they can give you a few ideas. Like smoking old stogies they have found, rooms to let, 50 cents, no phone, no pool, no pets.......you know the drill.

Do they know every engineer on every train, all of their children and all of their names?

[NA4BH]

Do they know every engineer on every train, all of their children and all of their names?

I think the guy you are talking about lives in an 8X12 four bedroom. I might be wrong