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RIDE THE RAILS WITH CHRIS GUENZLER!


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The story of his recovery can be seen here


Chris' railroad mileage now stands at: 1,753,916.5 miles or 2,828,8974.58 kilometers as of 1/14/2024.



Chris going 152 MPH on Acela Express First Class.

Chris has ridden over 1,745,000.0 miles - that is equal to over 72.87 times around the world! He has ridden trains in all 50 states and has travelled on every Amtrak route at least twice, plus all the trains of Canada's Via Rail as well as every intercity route in Canada. In Mexico, he has ridden the Copper Canyon many times plus some other special places.

Here are a few of the milestones that Chris has achieved: He hit his 100,000th mile on the Ferrocarril Pacifico at Lujan, in the Mexican state of Sonora, he reached 250,000 miles on Amtrak train 580 near Irvine, California, and when he accumulated 500,000 miles, he was on Amtrak Train 11 at mile post 256.8 on the Union Pacific's Coast Line in California on December 30, 1999. On August 28, 2002, he passed 700,000 miles 14.1 miles west of Albuquerque, New Mexico. On May 26, 2003 at MP 178 east of Santa Ana he passed 750,000 rail miles. On April 25, 2004, he was on the Southwest Chief and passed 800,000 miles just west of the Metrolink West Corona Station. On February 20, 2005 he passed 850,000 miles at MP 215.6 on Surfliner 785 on the San Diego Sub. His 900,000 miles was passed aboard the Southwest Chief Train 4 on the BNSF Seligman Sub at MP 369.9 on November 26, 2005. His 950,000.0 miles was passed at MP 200.9 on the Metrolink San Diego Sub on August 29, 2006. On April 27, 2007, at MP 425.5 on the BNSF Marceline Sub, at the Missouri River Bridge at Sibley Missouri aboard the Southwest Chief, Chris passed his One Millionth Rail Mile ridden.

On April 7, 2008, as Chris stepped off the Southwest Chief at the La Plata, Missouri Amtrak Station, he reached his One Millionth Amtrak Mile ridden!

On September 7, 2008, Chris passed his 1,100,000.0 Rail Mile on Surfliner 571 passing under Interstate 5 west of Irvine at MP 183.2 on Metrolink's San Diego Sub. On December 16, 2009, he reached his 2,000,000.0 kilometer, as well as his 1,200,000.0 rail mile, at Milepost 166.2 on Metrolink's San Diego Sub at the Orangethrope grade crossing in Anaheim. On July 1, 2010 Chris passed his 1,250,000.0 rail mile 2.7 miles west of WB Jct at Milepost 391.4 of BNSF's Marceline Sub in Missouri. On May 19, 2011 on the Lakeshore Limited, he passed his 1,300,000.0 rail mile 2.5 miles west of Kirksville, New York on the CSX Mohawk Sub. On July 1, 2012 on the Southwest Chief at the crossing of Magnolia Avenue in the City of Riverside, he passed his 1,350,000.0 rail mile. He passed his 1,400,000.0 rail mile at MP 222.7, Oceanside Blvd in Oceanside, California on November 3, 2014. On July 1, 2015, he re-completed riding the entire Amtrak System aboard Train 174 from Norfolk to Washington, DC, when at the NS/CSX connection and the mainline switch onto CSX, was the moment of completion.

On the night of April 7, 2016 Chris passed his 1,450,000 rail mile 1.6 miles north of Elma, Virginia at MP 137.2 aboard the Crescent. Then on September 9, 2017, Chris got his 1,500,000 rail mile as he stepped off Pacific Surliner 1567 at his home station of Santa Ana,California. Chris finished the Amtrak system again when he stepped off Northeast Regional Train 171 in Roanoke, Virginia on July 26,2018. On October 14, 2019, Chris passed his 1,600,000.0 rail mile at CP Bake on Metrolink San Diego Subdivison.

Watch this site for more of Chris' continuing railroad adventures!

Do you have any rail travel questions for Chris? Contact him at: chrisguenzler@charter.net

Read some of the comments about Chris's railroad journeys here.


Chris passing his Millionth Rail Mile. Click here for the story.


Completing the Amtrak System


Chris reached his Millionth Amtrak Rail Mile. Click here for the story.


Hawaii The Final State Train Ride


Canadian Intercity Finale


Alice Cooper Concert



Read about my trips in 2021 to the present

Read about my trips in 2016 through 2020

Read about my trips in 2011 through 2015

Read about my trips from 2009 through 2010.

Read about my trips from 2006 through 2008.

Read about my trips from 2001 through 2005.

Read about my trips from 1980 through 2000.

Join me on some of my Railfanning trips.

A tribute to Amtrak 1971 to the present!
The story of my early life.
Links to my favorite web sites.
Hotels near railroad stations.
Newspaper articles with Chris in them
Ten tips for train riders.
Industrial Rail Events.
Concert photos of my favorite bands.
Click here to read my profile.
A Tribute to Chris Parker
Click here to see my former 50 State Post Card Wall
 


Map of all the routes that Chris has travelled.



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