An excellent train ride

A new venue has opened in New Freedom, PA, called Steam Into History.  The ticket office is freshly painted and interesting inside.  The train itself has a brand new locomotive created in the style of the 1860's engine with three passenger cars--one of which is an open air car.  While on the ride there was a lady in period attire to discuss what happened to the civilians during the battle of Gettysburg.  The train ride lasted for 2 1/2 hours through very pleasant countryside.  You can check out their schedule for train rides and the different first person interpreters or the musicians who will be on board for train rides at steamintohistory.com

I talked with one of the volunteers about when this project was first started, but he was too new to have all the information.  I was amazed at how complete everything was from the buildings with their fresh paint and new displays to the excellent condition of the railroad cars, especially since they just opened in June of this year.  All in all a very pleasant afternoon.  Just one word of advice--bring along some bottled juice or water for the ride--I was so thirsty by the time we got to Hanover Junction, and the line for the ice cream truck was too much for me to be standing out in the heat.