My Train Trips 2006 through 2008
Listed below are the trips that Chris took between 2006 through 2008. The newest are on the top and the oldest are found below.
2008
My Winter Break Trip to the Depot Inn & Suites 12/29/2008 to 1/7/2009
The Santa Barbara Zoo Train 12/7/2008
Metrolink 2008 Holiday Toy Express Train at Tustin 12/6/2008
Tioga Pass over Tehachapi and north on the former Southern Pacific Valley Route 11/14/2008 to 11/15/2008
Coast Starlight Detour down the former Southern Pacific Valley Line 10/25/2008 to 10/26/2008
Iowa Interstate Steam Train for Flood Relief 10/17/2008 to 10/19/2008
Monterey Super Fall Foliage Excursion Train Nashville to Monterey 10/11/2008
A visit to the Tennessee Central Railway Museum 10/9/2008 to 10/10/2008
AAPRCO Excursion to San Diego and on to San Pedro 9/21/2008 to 9/22/2008
The Chase and Riding the Milwaukee Road 261 Circle Trip! 9/12/2008 to 9/15/2008
The 1,100,000.0 Rail Mile Trip 9/7/2008
A ride on the Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad 8/17/2008 to 8/22/2008
A ride on the Midland Railway 8/17/2008
A trip aboard the Appanoose County Community Railroad 8/16/2008
A Big Circle Back to La Plata 8/8/2008 to 8/14/2008
A Trip to the Passenger Train Historical Society Picnic in La Plata 8/4/2008 to 8/7/2008
A Trip to Ride the Upgraded Coast Starlight 7/29/2008 to 8/1/2008
A Trip on the Rio Grande Scenic 7/19/2008 to 7/22/2008
A Trip on the Cumbres and Toltec Railroad 7/18/2008
A Trip on the Durango & Silverton Railroad 7/17/2008
The Royal Gorge Railroad and Royal Gorge Park 7/16/2008
Back to the Depot Inn & Suites plus the Pueblo Railroad Museum 7/11/2008 to 7/16/2008
The Austin Steam Train RSD-15 Trip and Temple Railroad Museum 6/22/2008 to 6/23/2008
The NRHS Quanah Zephyr Trip 6/21/2008
A Tour of the Oklahoma Railway Museum plus a few other things 6/20/2008
NRHS Tour of the BNSF Railroad Network Operation Center 6/19/2008
Fort Worth Miniature Railroad plus getting here 6/19/2008
Santa Fe 3751 San Diego Steam Special 6/1/2008
Talgo Roundtrip to Tacoma and the Flight Home 5/12/2008
Celebrating National Train Day aboard the Coast Starlight to Portland through the Frazier Slide Zone 5/10/2008 to 5/11/2008
Fullerton Railroad Days with the Willamette Valley Parlor Car 5/03/2008
Train Travel Meetup Group rides the Great Dome 4/27/2008
Getting Home from the One Millionth Amtrak Mile 4/10/2008 to 4/13/2008
Museum of Transportation and St. Louis Metrolink Trip 4/8/2008
Reaching my One Millionth Amtrak Mile 4/5/2008 to 4/7/2008
What it took to get the Mileage to Work 3/30/2008
My First Trip on the Sprinter 3/10/2008
Sierra Railroad Railfan Excursion 3/9/2008
Winterail 2008 with a stop at Sassy Classics 3/7/2008 to 3/8/2008
A Trip to Albuquerque and things around there to do! 2/29/2008 to 3/2/2008
A Trip Home from La Plata 2/23/2008 to 2/25/2008
The Grand Opening of the Exhibition of Amtrak History 2/22/2008 to 2/23/2008
An Unexpected Trip to Oakland 2/16/2008 to 2/18/2008
Two Trips to La Junta, Colorado 1/31/2008 to 2/10/2008
Train Travel Meetup Group Trip to Grover Beach 1/21/2008
The Long Trip Home from Memphis via Portland 12/31/2007 to 1/5/2008
2007
My 50th Birthday in Memphis riding Streetcars 12/31/2007
City of New Orleans and Diner 37003 with All Day Dining Menu 12/30/2007 to 12/31/2007
A winter Trip East to Chicago via Seattle 12/26/2007 to 12/30/2007
Home for Christmas aboard the Southwest Chief plus Santa Ana Holiday Display 12/19/2007 to 12/21/2007
A Night at the Kingsley Inn, Fort Madison 12/18/2007 to 12/19/2007
A Trip to the Depot Inn & Suites with new and future things to come in La Plata 12/13/2007 to 12/17/2007
PRS Knott's Berry Farm Steam Shop Tour 12/9/2007
Metrolink 2007 Holiday Toy Express Train at Orange 12/1//2007
A Pacific Sands Private Car Weekend in San Diego 11/17/2007
Train Travel Meetup Group III to San Luis Obispo 11/12/2007
The Burrard's Trip to San Diego 11/11/2007
A Double Headed Steam Trip on the Sierra Railroad 11/4/2007
The Sierra Railroad Golden Sunset Dinner Train 11/3/2007
A Trip Aboard the Tioga Pass to Santa Barbara 10/20/2007
Train Travel Meetup Group Trip to Santa Barbara 10/13/2007
CP 2816 Thief River Falls to Winnipeg 9/17/2007 to 9/18/2007
CP 2816 Shoreham Yard to Thief River Falls 9/16/2007
CP 2816 and Milwaukee Road 261 Double-heading to La Crosse 9/14/2007 to 9/15/2007
CP 2816 Dresser Turn 9/9/2007
CP 2816 Glenwood Turn 9/7/2007 to 9/8/2007
First Metrolink Train to Buena Park 9/4/2007
It will be so good to be home via the Crescent, Capitol Limited and Southwest Chief 8/25/2007 to 8/29/2007
NRHS Summerville Steam Trip 8/25/2007
A visit to the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History 8/24/2007
A Trip on the Stone Mountain Railroad 8/24/2007
A visit and train ride at the Southeastern Railroad Museum 8/24/2007
NRHS Visit to the Tennessee Railroad Museum 8/23/2007
NRHS Trip over the TAG Line 8/23/2007
NRHS Blue Ridge Trip 8/22/2007
NRHS Hiwassee Loop Trip 8/21/2007
A Visit to Ruby Falls 8/20/2007
A Visit to Rock City and Fairlyland Caverns 8/20/2007
A Trip on the Lookout Mountain Railroad 8/20/2007
A stay at the Chattanooga Choo Choo Holiday Inn 8/20/2007
A Trip on the Big South Fork Scenic Railroad 8/19/2007
A Trip at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum 8/18/2007
Trips on the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad 8/17/2007 to 8/18/2007
The North Carolina Transportation Museum and Train Ride 8/16/2007
Onward to Charlotte via the Southwest Chief, Cardinal and Crescent 8/14/2007 to 8/16/2007
A Trip on the Boone and Scenic Valley 8/13/2007
East on the Southwest Chief to La Plata 8/10/2007 to 8/12/2007
Lake Whatcom Railroad and flight home! 8/4/2007 to 8/5/2007
First Revenue Run of the Tacoma Spirit of Washington Dinner Train 8/3/2007
A Trip over Remlinger Farm's Tolt River Railroad 8/3/2007
Flying to SeaTac and the Pacific Northwest Railroad Museum 8/2/2007
Chelatchie Prairie Photo Freight Trip 6/29/2007 to 6/30/2007
Milwaukee Road 261 to Duluth and Dinner Train 6/2/2007 to 6/3/2007
Minnesota Zephyr Dinner Train plus finishing the Hiawatha Light Rail Line 6/1/2007
Cass 40th Railfan Weekend 5/18/2007 to 5/21/2007
The Hagerstown Roundhouse and a trip to Seneca Caves 5/16/2007 to 5/17/2007
A Trip to the B&O Railroad Museum plus finishing Baltimore Light Rail 5/15/2007 to 5/16/2007
One Million Rail Miles Achieved, the Complete Story 4/25/2007 to 5/2/2007
A Photo Freight on the Indiana Transportation Museum 4/15/2007
A Trip over the Carthage Knightstown and Shirley Railroad 4/14/2007
A Photo Freight on the Whitewater Valley Railroad 4/14/2007
Tour of the Amtrak Beech Grove Shops 4/13/2007
A Trip over the French Lick and Baden Railroad 4/12/2007
A Trip to the Monticello Railway Museum and a surprise find after 4/12/2007
Keystone service, SEPTA Streetcar Lines and the Cardinal to Indianapolis 4/10/2007 to 4/12/2007
A Stay at the Red Caboose Motel 4/9/2007
A Trip on the Strasburg Railroad, Shop Tour and chase 4/9/2007
A visit to the Pennsylvannia Railroad Museum 4/9/2007
The Trip east to Harrisburg with a stop in Pittsburgh to ride the Monongahela Incline 4/5/2007 to 4/8/2007
Scenes along the Surfline in my quest for a Million Rail miles 1/31/2007 to 7/19/2007
A Trip to Ride the New Mexico Railrunner, Beep! Beep! 3/22/2007 to 3/24/2007
Winterail 2007 Show and Trip 3/9/2007 to 3/11/2007
Stuck in Lamy for hours, a round trip on the Southwest Chief 2/23/2007 to 2/25/2007
My return to the Pacific Parlor Car 2/16/2007 to 2/20/2007
A Trip to the Depot Inn & Suites in La Plata, Missouri 2/8/2007 to 2/13/2007
Train Travel Meetup Group Trip to ride the entire San Diego Trolley 1/15/2007
The Trip Home from Fort Worth on the Texas Eagle and Sunset Limited plus DART 12/31/2006 to 1/3/2007
2006
A Trip on the Texas State Railroad Palestine to Rusk and return 12/31/2006
Grapevine Vintage Railroad to the Fort Worth stockyards and Trinity River Run 12/30/2006
The Museum of American Railroads in Fair Park in Dallas 12/30/2006
The Trip to Fort Worth aboard the Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle plus TRE and DART 1/27/2006 to 1/29/2006
Another morning Surfliner Ride 12/19/2006
"A Holiday Festival of Trains" at the Richard Nixon Library 12/18/2006
My First Trip to La Plata for Trainweb.com Grand Opening 12/7/2006 to 12/11/2006
Trainweb.com 10th Anniversary Birthday Bash at the Rail Restaurant 12/6/2006
Holiday Season Display at the Santa Ana Train Station 12/03/2006
A short ride on Surfliner Amfleet 573 and Metrolink to Riverside 11/12/2006
A Trip to Tustin to see Metrolink 2006 Holiday Toy Train 11/18/2006
A Trip to Sacramento for the 18th Annual Trainmaster Dinner plus more 11/4/2006 to 11/5/2006
Sand Dunes, Ghost Railroad and the Trip Home 10/29/2006 to 10/31/2006
A Trip on the San Luis Central 10/29/2006
A trip on the San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad 10/28/2006
A trip on the Manitou and Pikes Peak almost to the top 10/27/2006
Pikes Peak Street Railway visit and ride 10/28/2006
Southwest Chief to Trinidad, Pueblo Railway Museum and other surprises 10/25/2006 to 10/27/2006
First train to use the new Santa Ana east platform plus its history 9/28/2006
Southern Pacific 4449 Portland to Bend, Oregon 9/15/2006 to 9/18/2006
My 950,000 Rail Mile in Amtrak's last Great Dome 8/29/2006
A look at both Coaster and Metrolink Services 8/15/2006
The Trip Home from the NRHS 2006 Convention via Altoona 7/23/2006 to 7/26/2006
NRHS 2006 Convention Trip 4: The Buckeye Circle Trip 7/22/2006
NRHS 2006 Convention Trip 4A: The Morgan Run Shop Tour 7/22/2006
A Brief Trip to the Warthers Carving Museum and the NRHS 2006 Convention Banquet 7/21/2009
The Mad River & NKP Museum in Bellevue, Ohio plus the trip there! 7/21/2006
NRHS 2006 Convention Trip 3: The Cincinnati Limited Dennison to Newark 7/20/2006
NRHS 2006 Convention Trip 2A: A Trip at the Minerva Steam Railroad Museum 7/19/2006
NRHS 2006 Convention Trip 2: The Cuyahoga Valley Classic 7/19/2006
NRHS 2006 Convention Trip 1: Dennison to Gould Tunnel plus a Photo Freight 7/18/2006
A Trip to the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum 7/17/2006
The Tunnel Inn plus a second trip to the Horseshoe Curve 7/16/2006
A Trip and Tour at the Rockhill Trolley Museum 7/16/2006
A Visit and Trip on the East Broad Top Railroad 7/16/2006
First on the ground experience at the Horseshoe Curve and more! 7/15/2006
A Ride on the Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad 7/15/2006
A Ride on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 7/14/2006
Amtraking to Pittsburgh to get to the pre NRHS Convention Trips 7/11/2006 to 7/14/2006
First runs of Sunday Metrolink Orange County Line Service 7/2/2006
Midday Orange County-Inland Empire Train Service plus a side trip to San Diego 6/23/2006
Another trip on the Mount Hood Railroad plus a cab ride return 6/11/2006
Southern Pacific 4449, Spokane Portland and Seattle 700 Ride, Speeders and the Willamette Shore Trolley 6/10/2006
A Train Ride at the Camp 6 Logging Museum 6/9/2006
Steam Charter on Tacoma Rail from Morton to Tacoma 6/8/2006
Steam Photo Charter on the Chehalis-Centralia Railroad 6/7/2006
A trip from Banks to Tillamook on the Port of Tillamook Railroad 6/5/2006 to 6/6/2006
The First Run of Metrolink Train 655 the New Orange County Line Weekend Service 6/03/2006
Train Travel Meetup Group Second Santa Barbara Trip 5/20/2006
Training to Fullerton Railroad Days 2006 5/6/2006
Oakland Circle II and my final steak on Amtrak? 4/29/2006 to 4/30/2006
The Spring 2006 Trip Featuring Simplified Dining on the Southwest Chief, Capitol Limited and Cardinal along with SEPTA, The NJT River Line, PATCO, Princeton JCT, PATH , Hudson Bergen Light Rail Line and the New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves Game 4/13/2006 to 4/22/2006
Surfliners, PRS San Dimas Museum and PRS Yard Tour 4/8/2006
The Feather River Express 4/1/2006 to 4/3/2006
First Train to Piru in Years: Fillmore Railfest 3/18/2006
The Coldest Winterail Ever! 3/10/2006 to 3/12/2006
A New Bridge, a Test and Just a Morning Aboard a Surfliner 2/25/2006
A Train Travel Meetup Group Trip to Santa Barbara 2/20/2006
A Trip to Los Angeles to Hear Michael Dukakis Speak 2/11/2006
A visit to Los Angeles to see Santa Fe 3751 2/7/2006
A trip over the entire San Diego Trolley System 2/4/2006
