New Hope & Ivyland

Company History: The NHIR was established in 1962 to save the Reading Lines New Hope Branch from abandonment. The 18 mile line connected New Hope with Warminster, Pennsylvania. The new owners wished to run steam powered excursion trains as well as provide freight service. That arrangement lasted until 1970 when they slipped into bankruptcy. Four years later, they sold the track to the Bucks County Industrial Development Corporation who appointed McHugh Brothers Heavy Haul the designated operator (using the New Hope & Ivyland name) for freight service. In 1979, the original New Hope & Ivyland Railroad Company finally emerged from bankruptcy. In 1989, the freight contract with McHugh Brothers ended and Morristown & Erie was brought in to manage freight operations (again, under the New Hope & Ivyland name.) NHIR continues to provide freight and excursion service today. Today the track is owned by the Bucks County Railroad Preservation & Restoration Corporation that does business as the New Hope Railroad.

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