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The Reading heritage of this SEPTA MU car is obvious as remnants of the Reading diamond logo can be seen on the front. Warminster service is a modern extension of the original Hatboro electrification, resulting from suburban sprawl and poor parking at that station. #9023 is a Silverliner IV built by General Electric in 1974 for the Reading. It retains its original number. (Josh Musser)
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ABOVE RIGHT: This unusual shed at Rushland appears to have been constructed from a wood box car. When viewed in 1992, it was painted in the standard brown and cream Reading station colors.
BELOW RIGHT: The Rushland station survives almost unchanged. The small 16' x 33' building served both passengers and freight. (Both photos, Josh Musser)
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The distinctive Wycombe station was closed in 1953 and is still standing today. 1992 photo (Josh Musser)
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This wood box car was found in the weeds just north of Wycombe station in 1992. (Josh Musser)
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These bridge piers are located several hundred feet south of the station. They are the remains of the former Bucks County Electric Railway line that ran between Newtown and Doylestown. (Josh Musser)
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The station at Buckingham is not an original Reading station. It was relocated from the former Valley Forge Scenic Railroad to serve New Hope & Ivyland tourist trains. The original station was demolished in 1953. (Josh Musser)
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Lahaska station as viewed in 1954, the last year it was in operation as a shelter. The station agent had been removed in 1932. Lahaska was built in 1891 and was very similar in design to the station at Wycombe. (Collection of Larry Tennant)
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A view of the altered Lahaska station as it appeared in 2001. The station has been moved about ¼ mile from its original site and now serves as a private residence. The interior now has a second floor with two bedrooms and the turret has been replaced by a square bath and laundry room.
(Collection of Larry Tennant)
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A New Hope & Ivyland excursion train nears Reeder in 1992. NHIR uses several former Reading Company passenger cars in its consists. #40 was built for the Lancaster and Chester Railroad in November, 1925, then went to the Cliffside Railroad before it was sold to NHIR predecessor Steam Tours in 1962. (Josh Musser)
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The New Hope passenger station dates to the opening of the line in 1891, although it was originally located a few hundred feet farther south. The station had been removed from the property but was brought back in 1966 by the NHIR. Today, it serves as the ticket office for NHIR tourist trains. (Josh Musser)
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The New Hope freight station was also built in 1891 after the passenger station was completed. It is the NHIR gift shop. (Josh Musser)
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Former PRR SW-1 9423 was the primary power for New Hope Steam Railway passenger trains in the late 1980's. In 1993, it was repainted into a dark blue NHIR livery. 9423 departed for the East Penn Railways and successor Penn Eastern Rail Lines. For a time, the locomotive worked the former Reading Boyertown branch with NHIR markings painted out. 9423 is shown parked at the yard in New Hope.(Josh Musser)
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