New Hope Railroad: Steam Pusher Service to Buckingham

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3 жыл бұрын

In the midst of the 2020 Fall Foliage season, the New Hope Railroad, in Bucks County, PA, ran autumn trips with 2-8-0 #40 to None Such Farm property in Buckingham, PA - further than the railroad's normal terminus in Lahaska. While there is a runaround a bit further ahead at Buckingham, it's currently not in service. So the railroad decided to have #40 run around her train in Lahaska, push the rest of the way to Buckingham, and then pull in reverse (upgrade back to Lahaska) all the way to New Hope. This created a whole new set of locations and vantage points to shoot from - in addition to some very nice pusher service action.
Note that these shots are in geographical order - and as the day went on, rains came and stayed in the area - which is why some shots are overcast, some are rainy, in no particular meteorological order.
I hope you enjoy this look at New Hope Railroad: Steam Pusher Service to Buckingham!

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@user-yr9jk2jj1w 3 жыл бұрын

I want to learn to work on steam power and build a locomotive shop and engine house in my state to honor the history of the area. Seeing stuff like this give me hope my dream can come true.

@beboboymann3823 3 жыл бұрын

Amazingly clean stack exhaust. The fireman knows his firebox.

@Bigjimvideo 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed he does!

@nicholasmedovich6729 2 жыл бұрын

@@Bigjimvideo didn’t i hear all the GE locomotives get scrapped?? I heard 7087 and 8211 are no longer preserved

@BlueCometProductions 3 жыл бұрын

*And Ivyland*

@Bigjimvideo 3 жыл бұрын

The Railroad Formerly Known With And Ivyland.

@SocialistDistancing 3 жыл бұрын

That Dynamo sure is loud at times.

@homeandelectronicsstop1599 3 жыл бұрын

liked good to see it running

@Bigjimvideo 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@World.of.railways 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing video, nice train in wonderful landscape! Best regards from Germany, Railherbie

@Bigjimvideo 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@jeremypreece870 3 жыл бұрын

Hello from the UK, where we are on lockdown! I have been watching a lot of US rail videos. Thank you for posting this, it is wonderful to see and hear steam engines. I don't think that we would have the engine pushing a train from the back for any distance in the UK like this one does. My question is about the chap in the doorway of the end carriage. There appears to be some sort of pipe from the base of the carriage going into where he is standing. Do you know what this is and what is its purpose?

@fuscoproductions 3 жыл бұрын

Jeremy, it is not a typical practice in most places. It is only being done because of the runaround track being out of service at Buckingham Valley station. I think what you are referring to is the air whistle that taps into the air reservoir used for braking. It allows the them to have some sort of warning device on the lead end of the train.

@jeremypreece870 3 жыл бұрын

@@fuscoproductions Thank you for that info

@fuscoproductions 3 жыл бұрын

Jim, I love the scene with the deer! Also, the start up of the shove move at Lahaska is great - nice stack talk!

@Bigjimvideo 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I was kind of hoping to see the crew get a free meal there, but as usual, the deer got out of the way just in time - LOL. Both of those shots came in succession, I filmed it departing Lahaska and then hung out until the train came back and had the deer encounter. :)

@jeremypreece870 3 жыл бұрын

I love that last sequence (Street Rd) where the steam engine is bouncing along the rickety rails and the deer are unbothered as the train gets nearer. Really lovely scenic autumnal views. It is also great that there is no commentary and no cheesy music. Just the sounds of the scene and that wonderful deep steam whistle.

@Bigjimvideo 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Although I thought about doing commentary for this one, I decided against it - too many great sounds.

@cinthia9602 3 жыл бұрын

Deer always tend to cross the tracks at the last second.

@Bigjimvideo 3 жыл бұрын

I know, right?!!!

@davidhall8874 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! What a sweet video! Perfect and I am sure you weren't using an IPHONE to video this.

@Bigjimvideo 3 жыл бұрын

I most certainly was not...

@heinzbreuer2674 3 жыл бұрын

Super Aufnahmen Danke für die schöne bilder you a good 📽🎥⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ many greetings from Germany Rhein side 🎅🎅🎅Happy Christmas

@nicholasmedovich6729 2 жыл бұрын

Love to see the coaches at Wycombe get restored sooner than later. If there are buyers love for them to go to Steamtown, BR&W, A&A, or even WK&S

@Bigjimvideo Жыл бұрын

While that would be nice - a lot of those places have their own issues to deal with...

@nicholasmedovich6729 3 ай бұрын

@@BigjimvideoI would love for NHRR to at least restore them or cosmetically repair them. Longer trains the better

@nicholasmedovich6729 3 ай бұрын

Also Colebrookdale would be ideal

@thecarolinianrailfan8339 3 жыл бұрын

Cool

@PowerTrain611 3 жыл бұрын

"Hi Jim!" XD Reminds me of the birthday charter I was on a few years ago. You probably know the one - "Hi foamers!" And all of us yelling off the back of the train...

@odlyentertaining 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if it is the same guy.

@PowerTrain611 3 жыл бұрын

@@odlyentertaining Sure sounded like the same guy to me! You're a sly dog, Casey! I remember you.

@PowerTrain611 3 жыл бұрын

@@odlyentertaining It's funny, that almost went over my head. Good thing I distinctly remember Chris Lynch mentioning your name. It's hard to forget the name of a guy who meets the passengers at the observation deck from the running boards of a moving locomotive!

@nicholasmedovich6729 3 жыл бұрын

Be nice if a larger steamer was needed for longer trips between New Hope and Buckingham PA. Not to mention more passenger cars for more people

@Bigjimvideo 3 жыл бұрын

As for a larger steamer, it's not really needed, #40 can do the job well. There are plenty of other coaches as well, but they're in use on other trains along the line...

@nicholasmedovich6729 3 жыл бұрын

@@Bigjimvideo if I don’t mind asking, how many cars are operable on the NH&I?? I want to say around 20. Correct me if I’m wrong

@chasespadavecchia6407 2 жыл бұрын

@@nicholasmedovich6729 As of August 2021, 10 passenger cars, a baggage/tool car, and one caboose.

@nicholasmedovich6729 2 жыл бұрын

@@chasespadavecchia6407 thanks.

@steamgent4592 3 жыл бұрын

The regular trains should start at Buckingham and act as a tourist shuttle service to New Hope. Ridership would greatly increase as people could avoid the parking and traffic nightmares in New Hope proper. The current set up is just out of touch with the economics of the area today. Glad to see they did something out of their "normal cubical" of thinking slightly.

@Bigjimvideo 3 жыл бұрын

Problem is that there's no real parking or even station area in Buckingham anymore. Plus if memory serves me correctly, they tried that, but there's just more traffic in New Hope itself, including walk-up visitors.

@OldsVistaCruiser 3 жыл бұрын

They should have connecting service to SEPTA in Warminster!

@samanthab1923 3 жыл бұрын

OldsVistaCruiser About 10 years ago we took the train all the way to Warminster. They used to run it twice a day so people could get on there & have a nice day in town.