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The conductor preparing for another ride. Do see the pumpkins and the brick building reflections?
All aboard again. Last week I discovered and posted about the New Hope Railroad.
On Saturday Vicki and I drove to New Hope for the "Hourly Excursion" train ride. Which is a ride in an old coal powered train. A round trip lasts just under an hour, and the people who ran the train were dressed in early 20th century railroad uniforms. The leisurely ride was narrated by one of the conductors. It rained the whole time but that and the cold weather just added to the coziness. It's hard to get good pictures from a moving train, but I did get some ideas for a future photo trip.
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How fun. This is the one with the Halloween ride? I love that black and white photo :) Thanks for sharing :)
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ReplyDeleteThese are fabulous old trains and what a great post! I have a Japanese friend living on the island of Kyushu, Japan. He has posted some exquisite photos of the restorations of the steam locomotive there. They are used for tourism only on designated days of the week and mostly the summer season. His pictures are truly beautiful. If you are interested, his blog site is: kenkichisdailyphoto.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteYou can scroll and scroll until you find the posts...there are several of them back in July and August, I believe...I hope you find them and enjoy them!
Awesome!
ReplyDeleteWonderful pictures. Personally, I like the Sepia but the B/W is cool too, I just think Sepia gives it more of an old feeling.
ReplyDeleteI really like the reflections, I have to start paying more attention when I take pictures!
Sunny :)
Magnifique ce voyage dans le temps, j'aime bien la version sepia
ReplyDeleteI love train rides, long or short. I like the sepia version.
ReplyDeleteThere's a steam locomotive train here that makes short trips to picturesque places nearby; will have to take it.
Love the great colors of the last image and the reddish reflection of the bricks. Simply spectacular.
ReplyDeleteSepia lends distance - a scene from the past.
ReplyDeleteI will definitely hop onto the train if I were there. I like to ride backwards. These trains do emit a lot of smoke. What a great reminder of the old days.
ReplyDeleteI think I'd have to go 'purist' and say that I prefer the b&w, although the sepia makes a great period shot for a postcard or poster.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun day trip. I really like the feeling the sepia invokes. But I love the reflections in the last shot, and the beautiful red of the train. Fun post! Kathy
ReplyDeleteMarvellous train pics! I like the sepia.
ReplyDeleteSorry James: I liked each of them in their turn.
ReplyDeleteInteresting that you call it a coal-fired engine. Here in Oz we call it a steam train. We have a rejuvenated steam train, the 3801, that runs from Sydney down to the Southern Highlands.
That would be a fun experience. Nice photos too.
ReplyDeleteA kind of ghost train, taking you for a travel through time! I like the mood..
ReplyDeleteTough Choice.. I am a fan of both sepia and b&w and I enjoy trains. I think I am going to have to vote for the sepia by just a hair..
ReplyDeleteGreat Photos my friend!
Sepia, definitely sepia! Though I do love the deep red color of this gorgeous train. The Halloween Tree is cute too. :)
ReplyDeleteImpressing. And sepia suites the old train best :)
ReplyDeleteI definitely prefer the sepia!
ReplyDeleteSepia = perfect postcard!
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome and a flashback into time past! All photos depict the era. There's one here in Fillmore and they do a murder mystery dinner train ride.
ReplyDeleteMust be a great weekend getaway!
I can imagine how much you enjoyed this ride...Where did you go for that "Hourly Excursion"?
ReplyDeleteNice shots...I think I like the B&W of the old train...it's rawer and more powerful than the sepia...well, that's what I think; doesn't mean I'm right.
Have a great day!
very cool!
ReplyDeletetrains make such interesting subjects.
I've done this in England and Germany, it's great fun. I love the sepia version, but colour is fun too, otherwise how would we have known that the great is a gorgeous deep burgundy?!
ReplyDeleteI was lucky enough to have live nery near to train lines as a child... I still have very fond memories of the sight, sounds and smells of these steam trains. Loverly pictures James and thank you for the memories.. :O)
ReplyDeleteIn this case i prefered the sepia. The train ride looks like fun thought ive never been on a steam train there are a couple in this part of the world.
ReplyDeletea lovely series. i am always partial to color but, the sepia is nice too.
ReplyDeleteglad you were able to take a ride on the train and see what it had to offer.
have a wonderful week.
I love trains, love riding in them and this would be a real treat! What great shots! I, too, am partial to the color, but the sepia is nice and the black and white looks as though it came out of an old, old newspaper -- has a really historical feel to it!
ReplyDeleteHave a great week, James!
Sylvia
Sepia, for sure!
ReplyDeleteI liked the black and white. I loved the red of the train as well as the reflections in its windows. Sounds like a most interesting way to spend a day.
ReplyDeleteA great trip made you happy. Congratulations!!
ReplyDeleteI am glad to see an American traditional train.
Thank you.
ruma
What a heritage! I wish I stayed too long in the subway of Wash DC to see your real train while I was there.
ReplyDeleteThese are absolute beauty to me! The olds being preserved like us! haha
Now am back!
What fun! I love trains. Now why do I like the sepia shot best? !!! Perhaps it gives the shot an *old* feel? Love the reflection of the pumpkins.
ReplyDeleteThe train rides are fun, and your photos are wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI like each of these shots so much in different ways. You capture a mood in each one.
ReplyDeleteThe sepia is really evocative. I usually stay away from it and stick with b+w but in this case you made an excellent choice
ReplyDeletegreat shots...the sepia does it for me..
ReplyDelete'dressed in 20th century railroad uniforms' I like the sound of that. saw the reflections, they're lovely. I like the sepia shot.
ReplyDeletenice shots James. That sounds like a neat thing to do. I like Fall scenery in the rain too.
ReplyDeleteYou seem to be able to travel back and forth in time so easily. Wonderfully old world yet new.
ReplyDeleteFabulous pictures and I think I prefer the sepia work because it's perfect and really likes a vintage picture!
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Léia :)
You did a fantastic job with your photos, James. I love the first one best but they are all great.
ReplyDeleteI love the area around New Hope but I never knew there was a train ride.
So nice to have a ride on a steam train. I hope the tracks were the old kind that still go clickety clack.
ReplyDeletewow. stunning photos.
ReplyDeleteI had to follow your link and check these shots out..they are excellent- all of them. I've been doing more black & white as well as sepia this past year. When you look at something you have to think of that. I enjoyed this-
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