Friday, October 12, 2012

Trainspotting

Pausing for a 1920s train, on my way to a friend's art festival. I'd just crossed state borders from Lambertville, west of Princeton, to New Hope, Pennsylvania. This area is a local favorite, just a 20-30 minute drive away.

17 comments:

cieldequimper said...

Choo Choo! I wouldn't mind taking that coast to coast!

Angel Sánchez-Marco said...

Además de la maravillosa máquina de tren, es una foto que tiene movimiento con un color muy agradable, es una buena foto. Buen fin de semana.
Un saludo: Angel

LOLfromPasa said...

Cool, cool, coooooool! Was there a mad dash to get your camera? Terrific photo, Lulu.

Leeds daily photo said...

Now thats what I call a train, a real loco.

Catherine said...

Wonderful shot Lulu! What a gorgeous train, so shiny and sleek, creates a nice show while waiting in traffic ... hope you're enjoying the art festival + bon week-end :)

Tanya Breese said...

perfect timing, i love it!!

Stefan Jansson said...

Always nice to see a steam locomotive. And hear it. And smell it!

LONDONLULU said...

cieldequimper - genius, I'd love a coast to coast version of this train!

a.s.m. - thank you! I got lucky with the train:) Have a great weekend too!

LOLfromPasa - thank you! Haha, yes there was a super-mad dash. It happened pretty quick (who knew 1920s trains moved that fast:). Have a great weekend - look forward to some thatched roofs or other treasures you find!

Paul - I do wish they still made them look like this - the ones today seem somehow lacking in beauty (relatively speaking:)

Catherine - thank you! Love that vintage train design too:) Have a nice weekend & hope you're getting lovely fall colors where you are (as you see, ours haven't quite arrived 100%)!

Tanya - thank you! I got lucky:)

Stefan - so true, I love the sound and you could certainly smell it even standing many paces back!

Jenny Woolf said...

I would have been thrilled to see it specially if I'd been expecting a regular old train. Lovely photo.

EG CameraGirl said...

Kudos to you for having your camera!My favourite uncle used to live in Lambertville. :)

LONDONLULU said...

Jenny - I was expecting a regular train so it was a terrific surprise!

EG - that is so cool, I love Lambertville & have flirted with the idea of moving there (it's just down the road, really:)

Randy said...

That is so cool!

Adele said...

How cool that you were expecting a garden-variety train and got this!

Unknown said...

Very cool! Great title too! :-)

gregory urbano said...

what a cool old train!

hamilton said...

you must have thought you had also crossed a time space continuum!

William Kendall said...

There's a steam train like that which regularly goes up into the Gatineau Hills here to a small village; it's a beautiful trip.

Unfortunately they're doing renovations and repairs to the tracks, so it wasn't running this year...