Riding the Rails: The 2006 to 2010 Stories
Here are stories of Chris Guenzler's journeys on the trains of North America. The stories are in chronologial order,
the most recent can be found at the top and the oldest by scrolling down to the bottom of the page
Seattle Streetcar and Seattle Light Rail Trip plus something from the past
TriMet's Westside Connection Trip and a Talgo to Seattle
Coast Starlight to Portland and the new TriMet Green Line in Portland
A Ten Day Trip to the Depot Inn & Suites plus a trip into Iowa
A Trip behind the newly painted Metrolink Engine 860
2,000,000.o Kilometers passed as well as 1,200,000.0 Rail Miles
The 20th Century Railroad Club visits La Plata and the Trip Home
A Trip on the Crab Orchard & Egyptian Railroad
A Rare Mileage Trip on the Santa Paula Branch Line of the Fillmore Western Railway
The LA Gold Line East Los Angeles Extension Pre Opening Excursion Trip
The Feather River Express
A train trip to see the Alice Cooper Theater of Death Show
The Barstow Flyer
A Trip to the Central Coast Railroad Festival
A visit to the Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village and a ride on the Weiser Railroad
Cadillac Fall Colors Steam Limited Alma to Cadillac
A trip to Cold and Wet Albuquerque
What a way to start a trip home but a Great Dome Finish
60th Annual Midwest Old Thresher Reunion Steam Train and Trolley Rides
A walk through the Steam Engine Corn Maze
A Return to La Plata to see new things to see
A Round Trip to El Paso and an El Paso Historic Railroad Tour
Twin Cities to Home via Portland
NRHS "Twin Cities Limited"
NRHS "The Duluth & Grand Rapids Express"
Duluth North Shore Scenic RDC Trip to Two Harbors
NRHS "Skally Limited" Lake Superior & Mississppi Railroad
NRHS "The Arrowhead Vactioner" pulled by the Soo Line 2719
NRHS Iron Range Bus Tour & Trolley Ride
NRHS Vista Cruise Line Dinner Tour
NRHS Lake Superior Limited with Rare Mileage
A visit to the Iron Horse Central and a ride on the Bumblebee
Jackson Street Roundhouse Visit
A visit to the Milwaukee Road 261 Shop, Minnesota Commercial Railway and Bandana Square
Excelsior Streetcar Line
The Riverside & Great Northern Railroad & Colfax Muesum
The Mid-Continent Railway Museum plus the Brodhead Depot Museum
Camp 5 Lumberjack Train
The Wisconsin Great Northern "Route of the Namekagon" Trip
The Trip to the Twin Cities via Portland
The long trip home from TrainFestival 2009
TrainFestival 2009 My Day 3 Nickel Plate 765 Trip 7/26/2009
TrainFestival 2009 My Day 2 Nickel Plate 765 subbing for the Pere Marquette 1225
A visit to the Saginaw Railroad Museum
A Trip to the Huckleberry Railroad
TrainFestival 2009 Day 1 Little River 110 Trip and visiting the grounds.
A trip to Flint for TrainFestival 2009
Denver via Raton to Home with all daylight trip back from Willams Jct
The Pikes Peak Cog Railroad, I made it to the Top!
Cripple Creek & Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad
Leadville, Colorado & Southern Railroad
The Platte Valley Trolley
Colorado Railroad Museum and 50th Birthday Party with a ride behind the Rio Grande 346!
The UPRHS Convention Steam Shop Tour and City of Yoder Trip
A Trip on the Georgetown Loop Railroad
The Trip to Denver via Wyoming
La Plata and an early trip home!
A Trip on the Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad plus the Atchison Railway Museum
My Life and the Trip to La Plata
Overland Trail Father's Day Flyer
Double Comet Car Trip
A Trip to the Mendota Railroad Museum
CNW Historical Society Convention Trip "Interstate Rocket"
Chicago Northwestern Historical Society The High Bridge "400"
National Train Day 2009 in Los Angeles
A ride on a leased Utah Comet Car that Metrolink Uses 5/4/2009
A Day in La Plata and my Trip Home
A Trip on the Arkansas and Missouri Railroad 4/9/2009
A Trip on the Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railway 4/8/2009
A Trip on the Branson Scenic Railroad 4/8/2009
The Copper Cities Limited Clifton Branch 4/6/2009
The Copper Cities Limited Globe Branch 4/5/2009.
Southwest Chief to Albuquerque and driving to Safford, Arizona.
Winterail 2009: Three Trains and old Railroad Stations along the way there!
Train Rider's Group rides the San Diego Trolley
Steamy Sunday Riverside Live Steamers and the Ventura County 2 at OERM
The Santa Fe Southern to Lamy and then home
A Trip to Ride the New Mexico Railrunner to Santa Fe
Coast Starlight Detour down the ex WP, ex SP Valley Line and Tehachapi Loop
My Winter Break Trip to the Depot Inn & Suites
The Santa Barbara Zoo Train
Metrolink 2008 Holiday Toy Express Train at Tustin
Tioga Pass over Tehachapi and north on the former Southern Pacific Valley Route
Amtrak's Operation Lifesaver Unit 455 11/2/2008
Coast Starlight Detour down the former Southern Pacific Valley Line
Iowa Interstate Steam Train for Flood Relief
Monterey Super Fall Foliage Excursion Train Nashville to Monterey 10/11/2008
A visit to the Tennessee Central Railway Museum
AAPRCO Excursion to San Diego and on to San Pedro 9/21/2008!
The Chase and Riding the Milwaukee Road 261 Circle Trip!
The 1,100,000.0 Rail Mile Trip
A ride on the Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad
A ride on the Midland Railway
A trip aboard the Appanoose County Community Railroad
A Big Circle Back to La Plata
A Trip to the Passenger Train Historical Society Picnic in La Plata
A Trip to Ride the Upgrade Coast Starlight
A Trip on the Rio Grande Scenic
A Trip on the Cumbres and Toltec Railroad
A Trip on the Durango & Silverton Railroad
The Royal Gorge Railroad and Royal Gorge Park
Back to the Depot Inn & Suites plus the Pueblo Railroad Museum
The Austin Steam Train RSD-15 Trip and Temple Railroad Museum
The NRHS Quanah Zephyr Trip
A Tour of the Oklahoma Railway Museum plus a few other things
NRHS Tour of the BNSF Railroad Network Operation Center
Fort Worth Miniature Railroad plus getting here
Santa Fe 3751 San Diego Steam Special
Talgo Roundtrip to Tacoma and the Flight Home
Celebrating National Train Day aboard the Coast Starlight to Portland through the Frazier Slide Zone
Fullerton Railroad Days with the Willamette Valley Parlor Car
Train Riders Group rides the Great Dome
Getting Home from the One Millionth Amtrak Mile
Museum of Transportation and St. Louis Metrolink Trip
Reaching my One Millionth Amtrak Mile
What it took to get the Mileage to Work
My First Trip on the Sprinter
Winterail 2008 with a stop at Sassy Classics
A Trip to Albuquerque and things around there to do!
A Trip Home from La Plata
The Grand Opening of the Exhibition of Amtrak History
An Unexpected Trip to Oakland
Two Trips to La Junta, Colorado
Train Riders Trip to Grover Beach
The Long Trip Home from Memphis via Portland
My 50th Birthday in Memphis riding Streetcars
City of New Orleans and Diner 37003 with All Day Dinning Menu
A winter Trip East to Chicago via Seattle
Home for Christmas aboard the Southwest Chief plus Santa Ana Holiday Display
A Night at the Kingsley Inn, Fort Madison
A Trip to the Depot Inn & Suites with new and future things to come in La Plata
PRS Knott's Berry Farm Steam Shop Tour
Metrolink 2007 Holiday Toy Express Train at Orange
A Pacific Sands Private Car Weekend in San Diego
The Burrard's Trip to San Diego
Train Riders Group III to San Luis Obispo
A Double Headed Steam Trip on the Sierra Railroadd
The Sierra Railroad Golden Sunset Dinner Train
A Trip Aboard the Tioga Pass to Santa Barbara
Train Travel Group Trip to Santa Barbara
CP 2816 Thief River Falls to Winnipeg
CP 2816 Shoreham Yard to Thief River Falls
CP 2816 and the Milwaukee Road 261 Doubleheading to La Crosse
CP 2816 Dresser Turn
CP 2816 Glenwood Turn
First Train to the Buena Park Metrolink Train
It will be so good to be home via the Crescent, Capitol Limited and Southwest Chief
NRHS Summerville Steam Trip
A visit to the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History
A Trip on the Stone Mountain Railroad
A visit and train ride at the Southeastern Railroad Museum
NRHS Visit to the Tennessee Railroad Museum
NRHS Trip over the TAG Line
The NRHS Blue Ridge Trip
The NRHS Hiwassee Loop Trip
A Visit to Ruby Falls
A Visit to Rock City and Fairlyland Caverns
A Trip on the Lookout Mountain Railroad
A stay at the Chattanooga Choo Choo Holiday Inn
A Trip on the Big South Fork Scenic Railroad
A Trip at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum
Trips on the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad
The North Carolina Transportation Museum and Train Ride
Onward to Charlotte via the Southwest Chief, Cardinal and Crescent
A Trip on the Boone Scenic Valley
East on the Southwest Chief to La Plata
Lake Whatcom Railroad and flight home!
First Revenue Run of the Tacoma Spirit of Washington Dinner Train
A Trip over the Remlinger Farm's Tolt River Railroad
Flying to SeaTac and the Pacific Northwest Railroad Museum
Chelatchie Prairie Photo Freight Trip
The Milwaukee Road 261 to Duluth and Dinner Train
Minnesota Zephyr Dinner Train plus finishing the Hiawatha Light Rail Line
Cass 40th Railfan Weekend
The Hagerstown Roundhouse and a trip to Seneca Caves
A Trip to the B&O Railroad Museum plus finishing up the Baltimore Light Rail
One Million Rail Miles Achieved, the Complete Story
A Photo Freight on the Indiana Transportation Museum
A Trip over the Carthage Knightstown and Shirely Railroad
A Photo Freight on the Whitewater Valley Railroad
Tour of the Amtrak Beech Grove Shops
A Trip over the French Lick and Baden Railroad
A Trip to the Monticello Railway Museum and a surprise find after
Keystone service, SEPTA Streetcar Lines and the Cardinal to Indy
A Stay at the Red Caboose Motel
A Trip on the Strasburg Railroad, Shop Tour and chase
A visit to the Pennsylvannia Railroad Museum
The Trip east to Harrisburg with a stop in Pittsburgh to ride the Monongahela Incline
Scenes along the Surfline in my quest for a Million Rail miles
A Trip to Ride the New Mexico Railrunner, Beep! Beep!
Winterail 2007 Show and Trip
Stuck in Lamy for hours, a round trip on the Southwest Chief
My return to the Pacific Parlor Car
A Trip to the Depot Inn & Suites in La Plata, Missouri
Train Riders Group Trip to ride the entire San Diego Trolley
The Trip Home from Fort Worth on the Texas Eagle and Sunset Limited plus DART
A Trip on the Texas State Railroad Palestine to Rusk and return
Grapevine Vintage Railroad to the Fort Worth stockyards and Trinity River Run
The Museum of American Railroads in Fair Park in Dallas
The Trip to Fort Worth aboard the Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle plus TRE and DART
"A Holiday Festival of Trains" at the Richard Nixon Library
Another morning Surfliner Ride
My First Trip to La Plata for Trainweb.com Grand Opening
Trainweb.com 10th Anniversary Birthday Bash at the Rail Restaurant
Holiday Season Display at the Santa Ana Train Station
A short ride on Surfliner Amfleet 573 and Metrolink to Riverside
A Trip to Tustin to see the Metrolink 2006 Holiday Toy Train
A Trip to Sacramento for the 18th Annual Trainmaster Dinner plus more
Sand Dunes, Ghost Railroad and the Trip Home
A Trip on the San Luis Central
A trip on the San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad
A trip on the Manitou and Pikes Peak almost to the top
Pikes Peak Street Railway visit and ride
Southwest Chief to Trinidad, Pueblo Railway Museum and other surprises
First train to use the new Santa Ana east platform plus its history
SP 4449 Portland to Bend, Oregon
My 950,000 Rail Mile in Amtrak's last Great Dome
A look at both Coaster and Metrolink Services
The Trip Home from the NRHS 2006 Convention via Altoona
NRHS 2006 Convention Trip 4: The Buckeye Circle Trip
NRHS 2006 Convention Trip 4A: The Morgan Run Shop Tour
A Brief Trip to the Warthers Carving Museum and the NRHS 2006 Convention Banquet
The Mad River & NKP Museum in Bellevue, Ohio plus the trip there!
NRHS 2006 Convention Trip 3: The Cincinnati Limited Dennison to Newark.
NRHS 2006 Convention Trip 2A: A Trip at the Minerva Steam Railroad Museum
NRHS 2006 Convention Trip 2: The Cuyahoga Valley Classic
NRHS 2006 Convention Trip 1: Dennison to Gould Tunnel plus a Photo Freight
A Trip to the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
The Tunnel Inn plus a second trip to the Horseshoe Curve.
A Trip and Tour at the Rockhill Trolley Museum
A Visit and Trip on the East Broad Top Railroad
First on the ground experience at the Horseshoe Curve and more!
A Ride on the Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad
A Ride on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
Amtraking to Pittsburgh to get to the pre NRHS Convention Trips
First runs of Sunday Metrolink Orange County Line Service
Midday Orange County-Inland Empire Train Service plus a side trip to San Diego
Another trip on the Mount Hood Railroad plus a cab ride return.
SP 4449, SP&S 700 Ride, Speeders and the Willamette Shore Trolley.
A Train Ride at the Camp 6 Logging Museum
Steam Charter on Tacoma Rail from Morton to Tacoma
Steam Photo Charter on the Chehalis-Centralia Railroad
A trip from Banks to Tillamook on the Port of Tillamook Railroad
The first Run of Metrolink Train 655 the New Orange County Line Weekend Service
Train Riders Group 2nd Santa Barbara Trip
Training to Fullerton Railroad Days 2006
Oakland Circle II and my final steak on Amtrak?
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.
Surfliners, PRS San Dimas Museum and PRS Yard Tour
The Feather River Express
First Train to Piru in Years: Fillmore Railfest
The Coldest Winterail Ever!
A New Bridge, a Test and Just a Morning Aboard a Surfliner
A Train Riders Group Trip to Santa Barbara
A Trip to Los Angeles to Hear Michael Dukakis Speak
A visit to Los Angeles to see Santa Fe 3751
A trip over the entire San Diego Trolley System
