Train Travels Between 1980 and 2000 In Reverse Chronological Order
2000
Canadian Intercity Train Finale 12/25/2000 to 1/6/2001
The Trip to Hawaii, the 50th State In Which I Rode A Train 11/9-13/2000
Riding Trains In Eastern Canada 8/6-9/8/2000
The Janesville Jaunt 6/18-25/2000
Travelling to Vancouver Island By Rail 4/14-22/2000
A Tribute to the Now-Closed Bell Gardens Railroad 2/19/2000
A Day's Ride on Metrolink 1/17/2000
1999
A Winter Train Trip to Canada 12/10-30/1999
The Heartland Flyer to Oklahoma 8/28-9/4/1999
Reclaiming Eastern Canada for my Sobriety 8/7-25/1999
1999 NRHS Convention 6/20-25/1999
My First Visit to Alaska Including Riding the Alaska Railroad from Anchorage to Fairbanks 4/15-18/1999
The Start of Amtrak San Joaquin Trains from Sacramento to Bakersfield 2/19-21/1999
1998
Copper Canyon 6 The Three Quarter Dome Trip 12/26/1998 to 1/1/1999
My First Excursion with Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 261 9/8-15/1998
A Circle Trip to New Orleans, Chicago and Portland 8/30-9/6/1998
The Mount Shasta Daylight Excursion 6/18-21/1998
Riding Eight Amtrak Routes In The Opposite Direction During Spring Break 4/9-19/1998
1997
My First Experience With Amtrak's Pacific Parlour Car 11/27-12/1/1997
Finishing the Amtrak System Sober With The Added Bonus of Autumn Colours 10/9-20/1997
A Cross-Country Trip to Rutland, Vermont 6/12-23/1997
Jacumba and Beyond 4/26/1997
Spring Break 1997 to the Northwest Via El Paso 3/24-4/5/1997
1996
Copper Canyon 5 Sober South of the Border 12/26/1996 to 1/1/1997
Reclaiming The Final States Sober, Round Two 11/22-30/1996
Reclaiming The Final States Sober 11/5-11/1996
The Descanso, Alpine & Pacific Railway and an Unexpected Steam Excursion at Campo 9/21/1996
Completing the Amtrak System 8/8-21/1996
IC3 Flexliner in San Diegan Service 7/31/1996
Spring Break in the Southeast 3/28-4/8/1996
My Second Trip From San Ysidro to Tecate 2/24/1996
1995
Yolo Shortline Excursion 5/15-16/1995
My First Sober Long-Distance Series of Train Rides 4/6-15/1995
Sobriety Occurred 1/18/1995 Sober stories above, drinking day stories below.
1994
Go East Young Man to Greeley, Colorado 11/26-29/1994
To Seattle To Ride The Talgo Service of the Mount Baker International 8/19-23/1994
Feather River Railroad Museum and the Union Pacific E9 Excursion to Westwood 7/1-11/1994
Southern Pacific 4-6-2 2472 Excursion to Tangier 5/7-8/1994
Talgo Equipment in San Diegan Service 3/18/1994
1993
My First Amtrak Capitol Corridor Train 12/28-30/1993
The Cold Northern States Trip 12/18-24/1993
A Thanksgiving Tale: Texas Eagle, Pere Marquette and Southwest Chief 11/23-29/1993
Southern Pacific 4-6-2 2472 Excursion to Tracy 7/28/93 to 8/2/1993
Fillmore Western Steam Excursion 7/3/1993 and Two Other Visits On 7/29/1995 and 3/24/2000
Southwest Chief and Texas Eagle to Joliet, Illinois 4/19-24/1993
The First Transcontinental Sunset Limited But An Unexpected Halt In New Orleans 4/4-16/1993
1992
Copper Canyon 4 Early into Mexicali 12/27/1992 to 1/1/1993
National Railway Historical Society 1992 Convention Excursions 7/21-26/1992
Union Pacific 3985's Pacific Limited From Salt Lake City to San Jose 7/13-19/1992
Rocky Mountain Railroad Club's Wyoming-Colorado Railroad Excursion 6/28/1992
Union Pacific Historical Society Convention's 3985 Excursion Over Sherman Hill 6/26-27/1992
1991
Riding Over Tehachapi Mountains Behind Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 12/27-28/1991
My First Coast-to-Coast Train Trip Across Canada 6/23-7/10/1991
Union Pacific Excursion With 8444 and 3985 Through The Feather River Canyon 4/26-28/1991
Copper Canyon 3 My First and Only Stint As A Bartender 3/25-28/1991
1990
Copper Canyon 2 The Worst Rain Storm in Sinaloa's History 12/26/1990 to 1/1/1991
To the East Coast By Train for the First Time 7/12-25/1990
1989
A Visit to Essex, Montana and the Izaak Walton Inn In Snow 3/17-24/1989
1988
Destination Nacozari 9/22-25/1988
The Izaak Walton Inn in Essex, Montana 6/17-23/1988
A Ride on the Bosques de Chihuahua Railroad in Mexico 5/13-17/1988
A Round Trip on the San Diego, Arizona and Eastern From Tijuana To Tecate 4/30/1988
Pacific Railroad Society's Mojave Circle Trip 4/17/1988
1987
Copper Canyon 1 First Contact - The Three Amigos 12/31/1987 to 1/4/1988
An Excursion on the Eureka Southern 9/5-6/1987
My Second Time To the Izaak Walton Inn In Essex, Montana 7/10-16/1987
The Ghost Train of Old Ely 5/22-24/1987
1986
The Empire Builder to Essex, Montana and the Journey Home 7/23-8/1/1986
BC Rail's Cariboo Dayliner from North Vancouver to Prince George and Return 7/20-21/1986
A Family Visit to Expo 86 in Vancouver 7/15-19/1986
1985
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad and Durango and Silverton Railroad 7/26-8/3/1985
Pacific Railroad Society "Cushenbury Caravan" Excursion from Los Angeles to Cushenbury 5/4/1985
1984
Pacific Railroad Society's The 1984 Desert Scout 11/3/1984
The Sumpter Valley Railroad and My Stint as A Fireman 8/21-27/1984
Southern Pacific 4449 West World's Fair Daylight Phoenix to Los Angeles 6/16-18/1984
The First Southbound Run of Amtrak's San Diego Metroliner 4/29/1984
Venturing into Mexico On Four Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Excursions 1984 to 1987
1983
The First Palmdale Cutoff Excursion 10/22/1983
The Last Northbound Run of the Spirit of California 9/30-10/1/1983
McCloud River Railroad Steam Excursions In 1983, 1984 and 1985
Riding the Rio Grande Zephyr 3/24-4/4/1983
1982
Steam Show 1982 - Union Pacific 3985 Salt Lake City to Provo 8/26/1982
1981
Riding the Pioneer to Pocatello 4/11-18/1981
1980
To Bothell, Washington and Back on the Coast Starlight 12/20-21/1980
The Long-Distance Train Trip That Started It All 3/30-4/4/1980
