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| Author: | tomgears [ Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Interesting New Hope Story |
So as I continue to burn away time reading old steam locomotive stories on google news archives I keep finding really great old stories about the early days of tourist railroads. This one focuses on New Hope's #1533 which was worked on in St Clair, PA in preparation for service at New Hope. Somehow they convinced the Reading to allow them to run her under steam pulling a dead locomotive and seven cars all the way down to New Hope and make publicity stops along the way to display the train and drum up business. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ob ... tive&hl=en Someone should be writing all of these stories down. |
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| Author: | Mgoldman [ Sat Aug 14, 2010 12:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Interesting New Hope Story |
Fascinating - keep 'em coming Tom! I never gave it much thought but figured SEPTA was the entity that elected not to serve New Hope which is odd considering the crowds and parking situation. /Mitch |
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| Author: | K.R. Bell [ Sat Aug 14, 2010 9:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Interesting New Hope Story |
Not to fear, I have been writing these stories down for years. I have thousands of pages of notes that will make their way into future articles and books, including one forthcoming on the NH&I. K.R. Bell |
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| Author: | junior [ Sat Aug 14, 2010 12:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Interesting New Hope Story |
Is it correct to assume, that "the railroad's lone diesel, 903"...is none other than that of leased Reading FP-7 #903 ? ...I know they had a few RDG F Units working the line during early NH&I ownership until 57 came along. |
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| Author: | wde3rd [ Sat Aug 14, 2010 12:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Interesting New Hope Story |
I was one of the lucky nes to chase that train. We had a beautiful day and I had only one roll of slide film to shoot. Se followed the train from St. Clair to Phoenixville and had a gr3eat time. If I can figure out how to post a photo I will share one or two. Warren |
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| Author: | tomgears [ Sun Aug 15, 2010 10:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Interesting New Hope Story |
That would be awesome Warren! I was not able to get out there that day as I was busy being born over in Philadelphia. Here is another good story on New Hope. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Rg ... tive&hl=en |
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| Author: | JimBoylan [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Interesting New Hope Story |
junior wrote: Is it correct to assume, that "the railroad's lone diesel, 903"...is none other than that of leased Reading FP-7 #903 ? Lenny Smolsky told me that the 1st revenue passenger train left New Hope pulled by a Reading streamlined Diesel running backwards. 1533 wasn't quite ready for "prime time". The renting of Reading Diesels stopped some years before the arrival of Washington Terminal 57, so there was a time in the early 1970s when all trains, even freight, were steam powered.
...I know they had a few RDG F Units working the line during early NH&I ownership until 57 came along. |
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| Author: | limejuice [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Interesting New Hope Story |
A number of rather interesting stories and rare photos regarding NH&I can be found here: http://www.mchugh4macklocomotive.com/nhir.html |
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