New Harmony Northern Railway

Synopsis
the New Harmony Northern Railway is an Exempt Railroad Line built by Guestlytheguest16. The Line has used two different gauges and has seen on/off activity since it's creation

Birth of the NHN
Roblox User Guestlytheguest16 always wanted to build a Railroad. Previous attempts had been tried bu t to no avail. When the pandemic hit, and everybody was trapped in their homes, Guestlytheguest16 finally built his Railroad. He named it The New Harmony Northern after the town of New Harmony Utah. Originally laid with XlegoX Tracks, the First section of the NHN Opened in late June of 2020. Just a few days later, the XlegoX Tracks were torn up and replaced with NXTransit Tracks. The First train ran only a few days later.

The Early Days
A Casey Jr Circus train Consist was chosen as the original motive power for the railroad, and pulled the First Train to run on NHN Rails. But there were several problems. Several rock cuts had to be widened to allow the large cars to get through. The second problem was the map of the NHN: The entire railroad is a long thin straight map, with barely enough room for even the tracks. in addition, over 7 trestles had to be built to keep the grade level. the swaying of the cars made it quite precarious when crossing these trestles, and there are reports of entire trains tipping over while crossing them. with the exception of one incident, the trains always made it over safely. this system remained in place for two weeks, when the railroad changed over to the UnitedRail Track System.

Out with the old.
The New Harmony Northern Changed Gauges two weeks after its inagural run. this time, the wider UnitedRail Gauge was used. the railroad now had two locomotives: an SD9 and two SW1500, both used. The railroad also has ex-Amtrak Passenger Cars, grain hoppers and boxcars (which are no longer used) The NHN Regularly ran sand trains with both switchers, but also hauled several informal excursions. But Overall, The Railroad saw little service after it's conversion, as GuestlytheGuest16's Creator soon lost interest and abandoned the railroad.

Abandonment.
The New Harmony Northern was Abandoned in late july of 2020, but was re-activated for a limited time in mid august and then september of that year. the last train to run was a sand train behind both switchers. there were plans to establish a formal service, but then tragedy struck: GuestlytheGuest16's Creator lost the password to the account. unable to update the game, he finally abandoned the railroad for good.

re-activation
Guestlytheguest16's Creator soon created a new Roblox account, RBLX_NarrowGauger, but did not do much with the railroad. but in early 2023, he ran a test train over the road. the run was so successful that he ran another, and finally another. he announced that, if all goes well, the NHN will begin hauling tourists on formal excursion trips. the NHN has a new lease on life.

The Bacon Hair Incident.
one of the few incidents on the NHN was reflected on by Guestlytheguest16 describing the time that,a bacon hair, username forgotten, Spawned another Casey Jr and tried to chase him down. while the train itself was automatic, The baconhair climbed into the cab and took off, unaware of the train infront of him. Up Ahead, Guestly's Train slowly crossed the railroads longest trestle. as it did, the trestle began to slide under the weight of the train, which was characteristic. just as the train finished crossing, the approaching train thundered onto the trestle. the bridge, unable to handle the weight, tipped over. down went the trestle and the train, taking the baconhair with it. the line was severed, but guestly's train made it to the other side.