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How to Take Great Travel Photos --
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Over 100 of My Rail Travelouges Follow:

I. Train Travelogues, Conference Reports, and Photo Essays in the United States:

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Portland Vino Train June 4 - 9, 2013. "You will not find a better value, better staff, nor a better route, in America for a 6-day, 5-night round trip private vintage railcar vacation than the Portland Vino Train."

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The Circus Train is Coming to Town! July 10 - August 4, 2013. Press Releases from Ringling, Interview with the Trainmaster, Lonnie Sullivan, Performance Photos, and chasing the circus train along the California Coast.

•    National Train Day, May 11, 2013, Los Angeles, California.

•    Fullerton Railroad Days, May 4 - 5, 2013. Includes photos of the Amtrak Exhibit Train, Disneyland No. 4, Southwest Chief with LARail's cars passing through Fullerton, California, just starting their Grand Central Terminal Limited Tour May 5th - May 20th 2013.

•    The Iron Horse Wood Relief Carvings of Jackie Hadnot. His Promontory Point Golden Spike Commemorative 13' x 43" piece on display at the American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation (APRHF) booth in Fullerton, California, May 4 - 5, 2013 and National Train Day, Los Angeles, May 11, 2013.

•    American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation (APRHF) organizational conference at the Depot Inn & Suites in La Plata, Missouri. See the APRHF's Mission, and many Venues already established. Join the APRHF and learn more about Passenger Train History in the USA and world-wide.

•    Where to Learn About Several Rail Adventures in One Day: LA Travel & Adventure Show and LA Times Travel Show January 12, 2013

•    Super Chief, “The Train of the Stars” Inaugural roundtrip from Los Angeles - San Diego, December 29, 2012, on the restored first lightweight Santa Fe Super Chief car, ACOMA, December 29, 2012.

•    Silver Rails Country October 17 - 27, 2012 Another Round Trip on the Southwest Chief from Fullerton, California, to La Plata, Missouri, and Silver Rails Country, the home of American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation (APRHF).

•    Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Blue Unit Circus in Southern California: Chasing it; Interviewing the Trainmaster, Joe Colossa; Loading and Unloading the Elephants and Horses; A Performance of the DRAGONS Show; and a RIDE on the Longest Private Train in the World! July 9 - August 27, 2012

•    Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal (LAUPT) Walking Tour by the LA Conservancy August 18, 2012

•    Izaak Walton Inn, Essex, Montana   Traveling on the Amtrak Coast Starlight and Empire Builder for a Spring, 2012, Visit to Glacier National Park. May 19 - 26, 2012

•    Trains of San Diego County, California - April, 2012

•    Hotel Santa Barbara on "The American Riviera" and the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner - March 29 - 30, 2012

•    Vino Train - A Santa Barbara Wine Tasting Adventure, free from driving, aboard the Vino Train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara round trip. Saturday, March 17, 2012

•    Amtrak Southwest Chief from Fullerton, CA, to Albuquerque, NM Including photos of Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Preserve, Old Town Albuquerque, Unser Racing Museum, Santa Fe Southern Railway, Classical Gas Museum - Embudo, and Taos Pueblo. January 17 - 22, 2012

•    Silver Rails Country - A Photographer's Paradise in Middle America Located in Northeast Missouri (NEMO)
at the La Plata stop on the route of the Amtrak Southwest Chief. A Photo Essay featuring the Depot Inn & Suites, Silver Rails Gallery and Event Center, La Plata Amtrak Station, Santa Fe Espresso, Grandma's, West Winery, and five other photo essays around La Plata.

•    Columbia Star Dinner Train, October 15, 2011. Put on your Sunday Best, pick a special occasion and enjoy a gourmet dinner while riding a vintage classic train through rural Missouri near Columbia. Learn about the "Cornfield Bandit" and his effect on this dinner train experience.

•    "Rail Travel Writing and Photography Workshop" October 16 - 20, 2011 Presented by Henry Kisor and Carl Morrison - Reasons for holding your next small conference in the center of Silver Rails Country at the rail-friendly Depot Inn & Suites in La Plata, Missouri, on the route of the Southwest Chief.

•    A "Car Free" Week Along the Central Coast of California. Traveling by Amtrak Pacific Surfliner and Amtrak Bus to San Luis Obispo, Solvang, Santa Barbara, and Ventura, California,..all without a car. Including "The Longest Ocean view Train Ride in America". August 15-20, 2011

•    Streamliner Lounge opens at the Orange, CA, Metrolink Depot. 1950s train decor inside and out with a Ruby's Diner adjacent. Interior and Exterior photos.

•     Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Red Unit, July 25 & 28, 2011, Anaheim, CA. Includes photos of the Circus Train, Animal Walk, Videos of the Animal Walk and some of the Performance and interesting Circus Train Facts.

•    National Train Day, May 7, 2011, at Los Angeles, California, with inside and outside photos of Amtrak Equipment, Private Rail Cars, Los Angeles Station, and other photos near the Station.

•    Coast Starlight round trip Fullerton, CA, to Seattle, WA, with photos of the Parlour Car, Bedrooms, Diner, Coach, Tulip Festival, Boeing Museum, Seattle Space Needle, Pike Market, Mt. Vernon, La Conner, Anacortes, Port Townsend, Washington, and the Washington Ferry System. April, 2011.

•    "The Railroad Revival Tour 2011" a report about the Tour Train at the San Pedro, CA, concert 4/22/11 (3 bands, 2,000 miles, 6 outdoor concerts, all by 14 private rail cars)

•   A slide show titled, How to Take Better Train Photos, by Carl Morrison. My train photos are used to illustrate the different elements of composition. Use the >> button to advance to the next slide. Use Command/- or Command/+ on your keyboard to decrease/increase the slides so they show on your monitor.

•    A Train for All Seasons A Ride on the All-Season Verde Canyon Railroad, Clarkdale, Arizona

•    Blazin' M Ranch   A Scrumptious Chuckwagon Dinner and Cowboy Music Show after a ride on the Verde Canyon Railroad.

•    A Winter Ride on the Grand Canyon Railway, Williams, Arizona, February 8, 2011.

•    Car Free San Diego, California - Where to Stay, What to Do, Where to Eat, and Where to Drink in San Diego without a car,
Using the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner, San Diego Coaster, and San Diego Red Trolley. November 18 - 20, 2010

• Train Riders Association of California (TRAC) 2010 Conference in Sacramento, CA, with excursion to Alstom in Vallejo, CA.

• Vino Train - Los Angeles to Santa Barbara Round Trip, October 23, 2010. Wining, Dining, and Training with a Pacific Ocean View.

• Trains to Planes 2010: Taking the Southwest Chief to Silver Rails Country, La Plata, MO, for the Depot Inn & Suites Kirksville Air Festival Sept. 12, 2010.

• Los Angeles, Griffith Park, Travel Town - A Railfan Destination, August 15, 2010.

• Railfan - Dan Dalke's Memorial Service, August 16, 2010.

• Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train - 2010 Blue Unit Report and Photos from Commerce and Anaheim, California, July 13, 2010

• Photo Essay: Trains of Cajon Pass, California. May 25, 2010.

• "Spring Training" from Fullerton, CA, to Los Angeles to Essex, Montana Amtrak: Pacific Surfliner, Coast Starlight, and Empire Builder. May 12 - 13, 2010

• National Train Day, May 8, 2010, Los Angeles

• Photo Essay: No. 3751 4-8-4 Steam Locomotive Trip LA to San Diego, May 1, 2010.

• RailPAC/NARP Conference, Los Angeles, April 17, 2010

• Photo Essay: Union Pacific's 1904 Santa Ana River Bridge, Riverside, CA .

• Luncheon by the Sea on the Silver Splendor, April 11, 2010.

• Photo Essay: Surfliner and Coaster Trains at Del Mar, California, April, 2010.

• VIEWS FROM A SUPERLINER: Southwest Chief from Fullerton, California, to LaPlata, Missouri, March 8 - 14, 2010, for the Silver Rails Gallery Opening, and return to Fullerton.

• Silver Rails Country Attractions: LaPlata; Kirksville; Macon; Higbee, and Hannibal, Missouri. Missouri Wineries and more. March 8 - 14, 2010

•    Silver Rails Gallery, La Plata, MO, Grand Opening, March 13, 2010. A new Art Gallery devoted exclusively to Railroad Art of nationally known artists.

• Amtrak's Dark Side -- Southwest Chief from LA to Flagstaff, a Night Train. Flagstaff well worth the visit. Feb. 1 - 4, 2010.

• The Name has changed, but it's the same Great Train ride on the Overland Trail private railcar: Santa Barbarbara Vino Lover's Train, revisited January 23, 2010, a seabird watcher's paradise.

• A current listing of 5 rail trips to the Depot Inn & Suites in La Plata, MO, from California:

    a.    "Trains to Planes" Taking the Southwest Chief to the Depot Inn & Suites Kirksville, Missouri, Regional Air Festival, September 11 and 12, 2009:
http://trainweb.org/carl/TrainsToPlanes/
    b.    Heading to the Passenger Train Historical Society Meeting, Southwest Chief, Fullerton, CA, to La Plata, MO, August 7 - 10, 2008:
http://www.trainweb.org/carl/PTHS/
    c.    Chris Guenzler reaches One Million Miles Traveled on Amtrak, April 7, 2008:
http://trainweb.org/carl/GuenzlerAmtrakMillion/
    d.    La Plata, Missouri, Rail Events on February 23, 2008:
http://trainweb.org/carl/LaPlataFeb2008/
    e.    The 10th Anniversary of TrainWeb.com, December 9, 2006:
http://trainweb.org/carl/Anniversary/

• California Rail 2020 Conference and Fillmore & Western Excursion November 6 - 8, 2009
• What's New with Santa Barbara Carfree in 2009? October 19 - 21, 2009
•    Barstow Flyer   LA Rail and Pacific Railroad Society's Special Private Car Train -- LA - Barstow roundtrip October 17, 2009.
•    Overland Trail Private Railcar "Santa Barbara Daylight Wine Lover's Train" October 10, 2009
•    "Trains to Planes" Taking the Southwest Chief to the Depot Inn & Suites Kirksville, Missouri, Regional Air Festival September 11 and 12, 2009
•    2009 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Red Unit Circus Train in Anaheim and Ontario, CA, July, 2009
•    Central Coast Train Day 2009 in Santa Barbara, California, July 18, 2009
•    Traveling Back In Time - The 21st Annual Behind-the-Scenes Tour at the California State Railroad Museum and Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
•    "Steel Wheels in California," RailPAC Annual Meeting, NARP Member Meeting, Los Angeles, May 2, 2009.
•    National Train Day, May 9, 2009, Los Angeles Union Station.
•    The History of Sleeping Cars 150th Anniversary Symposium and Passenger Train Historical Society's Conference, April 23 - 26, 2009
•    Loco Vino - The Railroad Winery, offers the first railroad inspired wines for train lovers and wine lovers, with collector series railroad photographs on the labels. March, 2009
•    GrandLuxe Sale - End of an Era - December 3, 2008
•    Rails to the Rim - Grand Canyon Railway Hotel and Train Package - October 16-18, 2008.

• Private Railroading in PVs Birch Grove and The Observatory to AAPRCO 2008 - Chicago to San Pedro, CA, Sept. 2008
• American Association of Private Rail Car Owners (AAPRCO) 2008 Convention and 3751 Excursion, San Pedro, CA, Sept. 2008

•   Passenger Train Historical Society (PTHS) Picnic, Meeting and Train Tours at La Plata, Missouri, August 7 - 10, 2008
•   2008 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Blue Unit Circus Train in Anaheim, CA, July, 2008
•   Tehachapi Rare Mileage on the Coast Starlight, Sunday, June 22, 2008
•   Izaak Walton Inn, Essex, Montana, A Railfan's Paradise in Big Sky Country.
•   Chris Guenaler's Millionth Amtrak Mile Celebration at Depot Inn & Suites, La Plata, Missouri.

• Ribbon Cuttings at the new Exhibition of Amtrak History and Silver Rails Event Centers and the Events Center Gala, all Feb. 23, 2008.

•   Vintage Train, Vintage Wines, Vintage Cars, and Vintage Wine Country Inns -- Sounds Like California!
•   Coast Starlight, L.A. to Seattle, Two Different Worlds with a Third World in Between
•   Game Train Surfliner from Fullerton to San Diego, California, for a Padres vs. Dodgers Game
• The Sierra Railroad, Oakdale, CA, celebrates the return of steam engine trips to the San Joaquin Valley for the first time in 50 years.
• Pullman Adventures: Pacific Sands Round Trip Los Angeles to San Diego, CA, Mar. 31 - April 1, 2007.
• American Orient Express Travelogue
• Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train just look for the phrase: Photos and Stories by Carl Morrison
• Fullerton Railway Plaza Association and Southern California Scenic Railway Association
• San Diego Excursion, December 6, 2003
• Car Free Santa Barbara, California
• Coast Starlight, California Zephyr, Cardinal to Charleston, WV, Travelogue
•   Rails to Riverboats - Amtrak to the River Explorer Hotel River Barge.
•   Rails to Rodeos - Southwest Chief to the Denver Livestock Show and Rodeo.
•   Surfliner to San Diego
•   Santa Fe Southern Railrad - Santa Fe, New Mexico
•   The Skunk Train - Ft. Bragg and Willits, California
•   Riding the Rails in Southern California - Metolink, Metro, Amtrak
•   Sunset Limited - Los Angeles to Palm Springs.
•   Cardinal (Train 50), Chicago to Charleston, WV, 2003

II. Photo Essays, Interviews, Press Releases and Conference Reports:

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How to Take Better Train Travel Photos - An Instructional CD made for Let's Talk Trains.
•    Train Riders Association of California (TRAC) Conference, Sacramento, CA, Nov. 8-9, 2008.
•     California State Railroad Museum Trainmaster's Reception, 2008
•    Sprinter announces another new Start Date. Oceanside, CA, March 9, 2008
•    Train Riders Association of California (TRAC) Conference, San Diego, CA, Nov. 3-4, 2007
•     Buena Park Metrolink Station Opening, October 6, 2007
•     RailPAC/NARP Conference, March 17, 2007 with Keynote by Alex Kummant, Amtrak Pres.
•   The 10th Anniversary of TrainWeb.com, December 9, 2006, in LaPlata, Missouri, their new home!
•    Metrolink Free Monthly Sunday Train Rides and Santa's Holiday Train Express
•    Train Rider's Association of California (TRAC) Conference, 2006, Oakland, California.
•    TRAC California 2020 -- 2005
•    TRAC California Rail 2020 -- 2004
•    TRAC California Rail 2020 -- 2003
•    Fullerton Flyers - Fullerton's new professional baseball team
•    Holland America's McKinley Explorer
•    Richard Talmy, Parlour Car Attendant - "The Most Unforgettable Character"
•    Salisbury Beach Private Rail Car.
•    Surfliner's Fifth Year Anniversary
•    Surfliner's Two Millionth Rider Celebration
•    Illinois Railway Museum - America's Largest Railway Museum at Union, Illinois in McHenry County, Illinois
•    San Francisco MUNI Tour November 7, 2004
•    Operation Lifesaver, Fullerton Amtrak Station, Fullerton, CA, February 16, 2005

III. Commentary:

Trains, Planes and Automobiles...Why I choose Trains!
Trains, Why I like watching and riding them. 2004

IV. Travelouges from South of the Border:

• The Maya Route by Rail: Tabasco, Chiapas, Campeche and Yucatan, Mexico, Offered by Sue Stilwell at S&S Tours
• The Copper Canyon, Mexico, Offered by Sue Stillwell at S&STours.

Carl@TrainWeb.com

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"All it takes to make life complete, is a little more Training."

--Carl Morrison

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--Carl Morrison

"I can't remember the last time I knew where I was!"

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