2008
My Winter Break Trip to the Depot Inn & Suites 12/29/2008 to 1/7/2009
Santa Barbara Zoo Train 12/7/2008
2008 Metrolink Holiday Toy Express Train at Tustin 12/6/2008
Riding the Private Car "Tioga Pass" over Tehachapi and north on the former Southern Pacific Valley Route 11/14-15/2008
Amtrak's Operation Lifesaver Locomotive 455 11/2/2008
The Coast Starlight Detour down the Former Southern Pacific Valley Line 10/25-26/2008
Iowa Interstate Steam Train for Flood Relief 10/17-19/2008
Monterey Super Fall Foliage Excursion Train Nashville to Monterey 10/11/2008
The Tennessee Central Railway Museum 10/9-10/2008
American Association of Private Rail Car Owners Excursion to San Diego and on to San Pedro 9/21-22/2008
The Chase Of and Riding Milwaukee Road 261 Circle Trip 9/12-15/2008
The 1,100,000.0 Rail Mile Trip 9/7/2008
The Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad and the Journey Home 8/17-22/2008
The Midland Railway in Baldwin City, Kansas 8/17/2008
Appanoose County Community Railroad Albia Limited 8/16/2008
A Big Circle Back to La Plata 8/8-14/2008
The Passenger Train Historical Society Picnic in La Plata, Missouri 8/4-8/2008
Riding the Upgraded Coast Starlight 7/29-8/1/2008
The Rio Grande Scenic Railroad and the Journey Home 7/19-22/2008
Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad 7/18/2008
The Durango & Silverton Railroad 7/17/2008
The Royal Gorge Route Railroad 7/16/2008
Pueblo Railway Museum 7/16/2008
Back to the Depot Inn & Suites 7/11-16/2008
The Austin Steam Train RSD-15 Excursion and Temple Railroad Museum 6/22-23/2008
2008 NRHS Convention - BNSF Mainline Excursion "Quanah Zephyr " 6/21/2008
Oklahoma Railway Museum and a Few Other Items 6/20/2008
2008 NRHS Convention - Tour of the BNSF Network Operations Center 6/19/2008
My Journey to the National Railway Historical Society Convention Featuring Forest Park Miniature Train 6/19/2008
Santa Fe 3751 San Diego Steam Special 6/1/2008
Amtrak Cascades Round Trip From Portland to Tacoma and the Flight Home 5/12/2008
Celebrating National Train Day Aboard the Coast Starlight to Portland Through the Frazier Slide Zone 5/10-11/2008
Fullerton Railroad Days with Amtrak's Pacific Parlour Car "Willamette Valley" 5/3/2008
Train Travel Meetup Group Rides The Great Dome 4/28/2008
The Journey Home from the One Millionth Amtrak Mile 4/10-13/2008
A Visit to Kirkwood for the National Museum of Transportation and St. Louis' MetroLink Light Rail 4/8/2008
Reaching my One Millionth Amtrak Mile 4/5-7/2008
What It Took To Get The Mileage To Work 3/30/2008
My First Sprinter Ride 3/10/2008
Sierra Railroad Railfan Excursion 3/9/2008
Winterail 2008 with a stop at Sassy Classics On The Way 3/7-8/2008
An Adventure Around Albuquerque Including Sandia Peak Tramway, Belen Harvey House and Model Railroad 2/29-3/2/2008
The Journey Home from La Plata 2/23-25/2008
The Grand Opening of the Exhibition of Amtrak History and Silver Rails Event Center 2/23/2008
My First Look at the Silver Rails Event Centre 2/23/2008
The Grand Opening of the Exhibition of Amtrak History 2/22-23/2008
An Unexpected Trip to Oakland 2/16-18/2008
Two Trips to La Junta, Colorado 1/31/2008 and 2/10/2008
Train Travel Meetup Group Trip to Grover Beach and Station Grill Restaurant 1/21/2008
The Long Journey 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 12/30-31/2007
A Winter Trip East to Chicago via Seattle 12/26-30/2007
Home for Christmas aboard the Southwest Chief and Santa Ana Station Christmas Display 12/19-21/2007
A Night at the Kingsley Inn in Fort Madison, Iowa 12/18-19/2007
Back to the Depot Inn & Suites in La Plata, Missouri 12/13-17/2007
Pacific Railroad Society Knott's Berry Farm 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 Excursion to San Luis Obispo 11/12/2007
The Private Car "Burrard" Excursion 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 Journey Aboard the "Tioga Pass" to Santa Barbara 10/20/2007
Train Travel Meetup Group Trip to Santa Barbara 10/13/2007
Canadian Pacific 2816 Excursion from Thief River Falls to Winnipeg 9/17-18/2007
Canadian Pacific 2816 Excursion from Shoreham Yard to Thief River Falls 9/16/2007
Canadian Pacific 2816 and Milwaukee Road 261 Double-Heading to La Crosse 9/14-15/2007
Steamarama on the Soo Line Part 2 - Dresser Turn 9/9/2007
Steamarama on the Soo Line Part 1 - Glenwood Turn 9/7-8/2007
First Metrolink Train to the New Buena Park Station 9/4/2007
Taking The Train Home From the NRHS Convention Via the Crescent, Capitol Limited and Southwest Chief 8/25-29/2007
2007 NRHS Convention - Summerville Steam Trip 8/25/2007
Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History 8/24/2007
The Stone Mountain Railroad 8/24/2007
Southeastern Railway Museum 8/24/2007
2007 NRHS Convention - Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum 8/23/2007
2007 NRHS Convention - The TAG Line 8/23/2007
2007 NRHS Convention - Blue Ridge Excursion 8/22/2007
2007 NRHS Convention - Hiwassee Loop Excursion 8/21/2007
Ruby Falls 8/20/2007
Rock City and Fairyland Caverns 8/20/2007
The Lookout Mountain Incline Railroad 8/20/2007
To The Chattanooga Choo Choo Holiday Inn 8/20/2007
Big South Fork Scenic Railroad 8/19/2007
Southern Appalachia Railway Excursion Train 8/18/2007
Two Rides on the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad 8/17-18/2007
North Carolina Transportation Museum Spencer Shops 8/16/2007
Onward to Charlotte via the Southwest Chief, Cardinal and Crescent 8/14-16/2007
Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad 8/13/2007
Off to La Plata on the way to the 2007 NRHS Convention 8/10-12/2007
Lake Whatcom Railway and the Flight Home! 8/4-5/2007
First Revenue Run of the Tacoma Spirit of Washington Dinner Train 8/3/2007
Remlinger Farms' Tolt River Railroad 8/3/2007
Flying to SeaTac International Airport and the Northwest Railway Museum 8/2/2007
Chelatchie Prairie Photo Freight 6/29-30/2007
Steam to the Twin Ports with Milwaukee Road 261 and Dinner Train 6/2-3/2007
Minnesota Zephyr Dinner Train and Finishing the Hiawatha Light Rail Line 6/1/2007
Cass Scenic Railroad 40th Anniversary Railfan Weekend 5/18-21/2007
The Hagerstown Roundhouse and a Visit To Seneca Caverns 5/16-17/2007
The Trip East to West Virginia, Featuring the B&O Railroad Museum and Finishing Baltimore Light Rail 5/15-16/2007
One Million Rail Miles Achieved, the Complete Story 4/25-5/2/2007
The "Daylight Express" at the Indiana Transportation Museum sponsored by the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum 4/15/2007
The Knightstown Hoosier sponsored by the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum 4/14/2007
Photo Freight on the Whitewater Valley Railroad sponsored by Southern Appalachia Railway Museum 4/14/2007
Tour of the Amtrak Beech Grove Shops 4/13/2007
French Lick, West Baden & Southern Railway 4/12/2007
A Visit to the Monticello Railway Museum and a Surprise Find Afterwards 4/12/2007
Keystone Service, SEPTA Streetcar Lines and the Cardinal to Indianapolis 4/10-12/2007
A Stay at the Red Caboose Motel 4/9/2007
A Ride on the Strasburg Railroad, Shop Tour and Chase 4/9/2007
The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania 4/9/2007
The Journey East to Harrisburg with a Stop in Pittsburgh For the Monongahela Incline 4/5-8/2007
Scenes Along the Surfline in my Quest for a Million Rail Miles 1/31/2007 to 4/18/2007
A Trip to Ride the New Mexico Railrunner, Beep! Beep! 3/22-24/2007
Winterail 2007 and The Journey To Stockon 3/9-11/2007
Stuck in Lamy for Hours, a Round Trip on the Southwest Chief 2/23-25/2007
My Return to the Pacific Parlour Car 2/16-20/2007
A Journey to the Depot Inn & Suites in La Plata, Missouri 2/8-13/2007
Train Travel Meetup Group Trip to Ride the Entire San Diego Trolley System 1/15/2007
The Trip Home from Fort Worth on the Texas Eagle and Sunset Limited as well as Dallas Area Rapid Transit 12/31/2006 to 1/3/2007
2006
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
Museum of The American Railroad in Fair Park in Dallas 12/30/2006
The Journey to Fort Worth Aboard the Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle 12/27-29/2006
"A Holiday Festival of Trains" at the Richard Nixon Library 12/19/2006
A Morning Pacific Surfliner Ride 12/19/2006
My First Visit to La Plata, Missouri for Trainweb.com Grand Opening 12/7-11/2006
Trainweb.com 10th Anniversary Party at The Rail Restaurant 12/6/2006
Christmas Season Display at the Santa Ana Station 12/03/2006
A Short Ride on Pacific Surfliner Amfleet 573 and Metrolink to Riverside 11/22/2006
Metrolink's Holiday Toy Train in Tustin 11/18/2006
18th Annual Trainmaster Dinner Reception at the California State Railroad Museum 11/4-5/2006
Sand Dunes, Ghost Railroad and the Trip Home 10/29-31/2006
The San Luis Central The Potato Line Limited 10/29/2006
San Luis and San Juan Express on the San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad 10/28/2006
The Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Almost to the Top 10/27/2006
Pikes Peak Historical Street Railway 10/27/2006
The Southwest Chief to Trinidad, Pueblo Railway Museum and Other Surprises 10/25-27/2006
First Train to use the New East Platform at Santa Ana and Its History 9/28/2006
Southern Pacific 4449 Excursion From Portland to Bend, Oregon 9/15-18/2006
My 950,000th Rail Mile in Amtrak's last Great Dome 8/29/2006
A Look at Both Coaster and Metrolink Services 8/15-17/2006
The Journey Home from the 2006 NRHS Convention via Altoona 7/23-26/2006
2006 NRHS Convention Trip 4: The Buckeye Triangle 7/22/2006
2006 NRHS Convention Trip 4A: The Morgan Run Shop Tour 7/22/2006
A Brief Visit to the Warthers Carving Museum and the NRHS Convention Banquet 7/21/2009
The Mad River & NKP Museum in Bellevue, Ohio and The Journey There 7/21/2006
2006 NRHS Convention Trip 3: The Cincinnati Limited Dennison to Newark And Return 7/20/2006
2006 NRHS Convention Trip 2A - The Minerva Steam Railroad Museum 7/19/2006
2006 NRHS Convention - The Cuyahoga Valley Classic 7/19/2006
2006 NRHS Convention - Dennison to Gould Tunnel and a Photo Freight 7/18/2006
The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum and Dennison, Ohio 7/17/2006
A Second Visit to Horseshoe Curve and the Tunnel Inn 7/16/2006
The Rockhill Trolley Museum 7/16/2006
East Broad Top Railroad 7/16/2006
Horseshoe Curve and Railroaders Memorial Museum 7/15/2006
The Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad 7/15/2006
The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 7/14/2006
Amtrak East to Pittsburgh to Get To the 2006 NRHS Convention 7/11-14/2006
First Runs of Sunday Metrolink Orange County Line Service 7/2/2006
Midday Inland Empire-Orange County Line Train Service and a Side Trip to San Diego 6/23/2006
The Mount Hood Railroad, a Cab Ride Return and the Journey Home 6/11/2006
Southern Pacific 4449, Spokane Portland and Seattle 700 Ride, Speeders and the Willamette Shore Trolley 6/10/2006
A Visit and Ride At The Camp 6 Logging Museum in Tacoma Then On To Portland 6/9/2006
Timbers to Tidelands Steam Special Tacoma Rail and Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad 6/8/2006
Rare Mileage Excursion Steam Photo Charter on the Chehalis-Centralia Railroad 6/7/2006
Rare Mileage Excursion from Banks to Tillamook on the Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad 6/5-6/2006
First Run of Metrolink Orange County Line Weekend Service 6/3/2006
The Train Travel Meetup Group Returns To Santa Barbara 5/20/2006
Fullerton Railroad Days 2006 5/6/2006
Oakland Circle II Or My Last Steak on Amtrak? 4/29-30/2006
My Spring Trip to Philadelphia, Part 4 - Home with Simplified Dining on the Cardinal and Southwest Chief 4/19-22/2006
My Spring Trip To Philadelphia, Part 3 - Princeton Junction, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Line and New York Mets Game 4/18/2006
My Spring Trip To Philadelphia, Part 2 - Riding SEPTA, The River Line and PATCO 4/16-17/2006
My Spring Trip To Philadelphia, Part 1 - Featuring Simplified Dining on the Southwest Chief and Capitol Limited 4/13-16/2006
Pacific Surfliners, Pacific Railroad Society Museum and Yard Tour 4/8/2006
The Feather River Express 4/1-3/2006
Fillmore Railfest - The First Train to Piru in Years 3/18/2006
The Coldest Winterail Ever! 3/10-12/2006
A New Bridge, a Test and Just a Morning Aboard A Pacific Surfliner 2/25/2006
A Train Travel Meetup Group Trip to Santa Barbara 2/20/2006
Michael Dukakis, a Presenter at Southern California Transit Advocates Meeting 2/11/2006
A Visit to Los Angeles to see Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 2/5/2006
The Entire San Diego Trolley System 2/4/2006
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