My Train Trips 1980 to 2005

by Chris Guenzler

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.

My Return to a Post Katrina New Orleans with my taking a new routing east of Houston 12/05

A Southwest Chief round trip to Lamy for my 900,000 Rail Mile! 11/05

Georgia Southwestern Railroad Rare Mileage Trips 2005 Sponsored by the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum plus the steam train at the Georgia Agrirama Living History Museum 11/05

Join the Train Travel Meetup Group as we traveled to San Luis Obispo 11/05

A Tour of the Metrolink Shops 10/05

Ride the Coast Starlight to Oakland and the San Joaquin back home 8/05

Join Trains Unlimited on the Domes to the Feather River Railroad Days Trip 8/05

The Entire BART System and a ride on a Caltrain Baby Bullet 8/25/05

The Empire Builder and Coast Starlight to Oakland 8/05

The Relaunching of the Empire Builder in Seattle and trip east to Havre 8/05

Riding the Coast Starlight for the Relaunching of the Empire Builder, also pictures of the King Street Station Restoration in Progress 8/05

The Trip Home via Tacoma, the Sounder, Seattle and Coast Starlight 7/12/05

The Washington Park and Zoo Railroad plus the Portland Streetcar Extension 7/11/05

A Steam Trip on the Chehalis-Centralia Railroad 7/10/05

The NRHS Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad Trip 7/9/05

The Crooked River Dinner Train 7/8/05

The New Expo Center Trimet Line plus Waterfalls and other surprises on the way to the Crooked River Dinner Train 7/8/05

the NRHS Port of Tillamook NRHS Trip 7/7/05

The NRHS Western Star Steam Special with the SP&S 700 and SP 4449 7/6/05

A trip on the Mount Hood Railroad and a ralfanning trip after in the Colombia River Gorge 7/5/05

The Trains Unlimited Tours NRHS 2005 Express 7/05

Getting my 875,000 Rail Mile on the way to the Trains Unlimited Trip 7/05

A Trip on the Pony Express to Santa Barbara 6/05

San Diego Green Line Tour Pre Opening Trip and Shop Tour 6/05

A return to La Junta 5/05

A Metrolink Trip to Montalvo 5/05

Amtraking to Tucson's Old Pueblo Trolley and a surprise 4/05

2005 APTA Conference with a Trip down the Alameda Corridor plus a Harbor Tour out of San Pedro and the Grand Lunch with John Wooden 4/05

A Return to the New River Gorge. Join me on the Southwest Chief, Cardinal, Lakeshore Limited, Texas Eagle and Sunset Limited plus more! 3/05

Join me for Amtraking to Winterail 2005 along with with the Friday Night Slide Show, Winterail 2005 and the Sierra Railroad Railfan Trip 2005 3/05

The first eastbound run of the new scheduled Sunset Limited LA to Palm Springs 3/05

Join me as I passed my 850,000 Rail Mile on Surfliner 571 2/20/05

Just another Surfliner Trip with views of the San Diego Trolley 1/05

A Winter Trip on the Sunset Limted with an unexpected stopover in New Orleans giving me a chance to ride all the streetcar lines including the new Canal Street Line 12/04

The Nevada Northern Winter Photo Freight plus the Nevada Southern! 12/04

First run of the Central Coast Pacific Surfliner 799/798 11/04

Santa Fe Southern and the return of the rear door view on the Southwest Chief! 11/04

Hot Dealing to Albuquerque! 10/04

A Princess Cruise Vancouver to Whittier with the White Pass and Yukon, Alaska Railroad Cruise Train and Coastal Classic plus the Kenai Fjord Tour 8/04

The California Zephyr Detouring West Across Wyoming plus UP 3985 leaving Denver! 7/04

Amtraking home via the Empire Builder and Coast Starlight 7/04

Canadian Pacific 2816 The Empress Minneapolis to Glenwood, Glenwood to Enderline, Enderline to Minot and Minot to Portal 7/04

A day in Minot, North Dakota via an Empire Builder roundtrip 7/04

Milwaukee Road 261 Grand Excursion Circle Trip plus the 2816/261 Doubleheader and the Milwaukee Road 261 Westminster Hill and Short Line Hill Trips 7/04

The 2005 NRHS Convention: Duluth-Two Harbor Trip, Hiawatha Light Rail, Como Harriet Street Car Line and Jackson Street Roundhouse plus the Night Photo Shoot 7/04

Milwaukee Road 261 Grand Excursion Trips: Chicago to Rock Island, Davenport to Savanna, Rock Island to Bureau, Davenport to Dubuque and Dubuque to La Crosse 6/04

The Kenosha Transit Electric Streetcar Line 6/24/04

Milwaukee Road 261 Milwaukee to Chicago plus a roundtrip on the City of New Orleans 6/04

Amtraking to Milwaukee via the Coast Starlight and Empire Builder to reach the Milwaukee Road 261 6/04

The 2004 Rare Mileage Trips. Trips on the Wallowa Valley Railroad Authority, Pend Orielle Valley Railroad and Central Montana Rail 5/04

The 2004 Sierra Coast Limited - Santa Barbara to Los Angeles 5/04

Railsailing to La Junta and my 800,000.0 rail mile passed! 4/04

A rail trip to the new Petco Park in San Diego 4/04

A trip to Los Angeles to ride the Blue and Green Lines 4/04

A trip to San Diego to do the Lets Talk Trains Internet Radio Show 4/04

Tehachaphi, Winterail and the Sierra Railroad Railfan Train 2004 3/04

A Rail Sale trip to the Land of Enchantment - Albuquerque 2/04

A Rail Sale trip to the Emerald City of Seattle 2/04

A trip to Disneyland and California Adventure.1/04

The 2004 Three Kings Train to Tecate 1/04

Metrolink 2004 New Year Day Orange County Line Rose Parade Special 1/04

A Dream come true! A trip into the Carrizo Gorge 12/03

A tribute to the Great Domes and my 775,000.0 Rail Mile 12/03

A Thanksgiving Day Metrolink Special Train Service in 2003

A trip to the Trainmaster Dinner in Sacramento plus the new Sacramento South Light Rail Line 11/03

A trip to Seattle on the Starlight, Talgo and Tacoma Streetcar. 8/03

A fantastic round trip on the Montana Daylight 8/03

Idaho Cascadian, a rare mileage trip from Payette,Idaho to Cascade 8/03

An early morning trip on the Opening Day of the Pasadena Gold Line 7/03

Opening day of the San Pedro Waterfront Trolley 7/03

UP 3985 to Yoder. Not! But............7/03

The NRHS 2003 Convention in Baltimore.7/03

Ride the Colorado Rail Car Company's DMU Fullerton to Irvine and return 6/03

Ride the Lewis and Clark Exploxer plus a visit to the Brooklyn Roundhouse, the Willamette Shore Trolley and Astoria Waterfront Trolley.6/03

Ride the Southwest Chief on a trip to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, the Illinois RR Museum and the East Troy Electric RR Museum.4/03

Ride the CZ, Denver Light Rail, Texas Eagle, Trinity Rail Express, DART, McKinney Street Car Line and the on time Sunset Limited 4/03

Tour the Holland America Dome Cars and then take a ride on them.4/03

Ride Four Gauges in one day in San Diego County: Ride the Descanso, Alpine & Pacific, Campo Miller Creek Train and the Poway Midland RR. 4/03

Ride a southbound Coast Starlight over the High Line and Feather River Canyon Canyon 3/03

My Trip to Kentucky, the Museum and Dinner Train plus Mammoth Cave Southwest Chief and Kentucky Cardinal. 12/02

Railsale to Seattle on the Coast Starlight 11/02 - The Latest Coast Starlight that I had ever ridden!

Railsale: Destination Deming on the Sunset Limited.10/02

Farewell to the Erie Mining Railroad Trip 9/02 and the Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway.

Summer of Steam Part III: Including the Yosemite Sugar Pine Railroad, Iron Horse Roundup, Railtown 1897 and Sierra Railroad Golden Sunset Dinner Train.

NRHS 2002 Convention - Summer of Steam Part II 8/02 ATSF 3751 and my 700,000.0 Rail Mile

Starlighting to Safeco Field 8/02

Railsale 8/6/02 - Bakersfield to Sacramento

Summer of Steam 2002 Part I 6/02 Milwaukee Road 261 and UP 3985.

First Runs of Weekend Surfliners 5/26/02 799 and 780.

Milwaukee Road 261 5/02 to Duluth and the Minnesota Zephyr Dinner Train.

Adventures on the San Jacinto Branch 5/02 and in the past

Ride the Verde Canyon 4/02 with a stop at Phoenix on the way.

Ride as I go to the Izaak Walton Inn 4/02 with a trip on the Spirit of Washington Dinner Train plus the Portland Streetcars. Coast Starlight, Mt Baker International and the Empire Builder.

To Maine with Acela, SEPTA and CTA riding. Southwest Chief, Three Rivers, Carolinian, Acela Express, the Downeaster, Capitol Limited and Southwest Chief. 12/01

A trip to Irvine in 2001 to see Metrolink's Holiday Express Toy Train.

Click here to read about my ride on the Acela and trip to St. Louis for the 2001 National Railway Historical Society Convention. Lakeshore Limited, Acela, The Crescent, City of New Orleans and the State House.

The trip home from the Rocky Mountaineer.

BRAND NEW Picture Pages Added!
The Rocky Mountaineer Vancouver to Calgary and return!

Reclaiming the BC Rail for my Sobriety!

A Trip on the Yuma Valley Railroad 3/01

Trip to the Grand Canyon via Amtrak and the Grand Canyon Ry.

Click here 12/00 to read about the trip to complete riding all the passenger trains of Canada on the Algoma Central.

Read about my trip to Hawaii, the 50th state in which I have ridden a train.

Pack your bags for a 33 day train tripwhen I almost finished all of Canada. Trips on Via, Algoma Central, Ontario Northland, Quebec North Shore and Labrador, Via's Bras D' Or and Amtrak including the Kentucky Cardinal.

The Janesville Jaunt 6/00 Come along on the SW Chief, Lake County Limited, Texas Eagle, 14 hours in San Antonio and a 12 hour late Sunset Limited.

A Tribute the the now closed Bell Mountain Railroad.2/00

My trip to Vancouver Island. Coast Starlight, Mt Baker International and Via's Malahat.

A day's ride on Metrolink 1/00

The coldest trip that I have ever taken on the Canadian, Coast Starlight, Mt Baker International, Canadian Hudson Bay, Lynn Lake Mixed Train and the Skeena.

Read about my trip on the Heartland Flyer to Oklahoma, Sunset Limited, Texas Eagle and Heartland Flyer.

Take the journey 8/99 as I reclaim Canada for my sobriety on the Ocean and Canadian, plus the new routes of Via's corridor to Ottawa, Quebec City and Windsor then the Chaleur to Gaspe, the Saquencay from Jonquirre and the Abititi to and from Senneterre.

The 1999 National Railway Society Convention 6/99

My first trip to Alaska Anchorage to Fairbanks and return!

The New Sacramento to Bakersfield San Joaquin 2/99

Copper Canyon # 6 12/98 The Three Quarter Dome Trip

Round in Circles with South Dakota 8/98 in the middle - Milwaukee Road # 261 excursion North Kansas City to Minneapolis. Sunset Limited, City of New Orleans, Empire Builder Coast Starlight, Southwest Chief, the 261 and home via Vancouver, WA.

The Mt Shasta Daylight Trip 6/98

The reverse routing trip in which I ride in the opposite direction over some routes I have previously ridden on. Southwest Chief, Lakeshore Limited, Old Dominion, Silver Metour, Silver Star, Piedmont, Cresent and Sunset Limited. 4/98

First Pacific Parlor Car Trip.11/97

Finishing the Amtrak system sober and Fall Colors Trip: Southwest Chief, St Louis Mule, City of New Orleans, Sunset Limited, Silver Palm, Maple Leaf, International, California Zephyr and San Joaquin.

A trip to Rutland via the Chief, the Cardinal, Night Owl, Bay State, Ethan Allen Express, Three Rivers and the CZ. 6/97

Jucumba and Beyond 4/97

Hale Bopp, the Northwest via El Paso: The Sunset Limited, Coast Starlight, Empire Builder and the Mt Baker International. 3/97

Copper Canyon # 5 12/96 Sober South of the Border

Ride along as I reclaim Arkansas, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconson and live out a gangster fantasy. Texas Eagle, Desert Wind, Coast Starlight, Empire Builder and the Desert Wind again. 11/96

The Descanso, Alpine & Pacific Railroad 9/96 plus the SP 2353 Campo to Miller Creek Run. 9/96

Join with me as I finish riding the entire Amtrak System taking the Desert Wind, Michigan Service, International, Maple Leaf, Corridor Service, Adironick, Vermonter, Lake Shore Limited, Capitol Limited, Silver Meteor and the Sunset Limited.

My trip on San Diegan 585 with the IC3 Flexliner 7/96

Take a trip to the Southeast where I rode for the first time the Crescent, Carolinian, sevice to Newport News, Silver Star and the Sunset Transcontinental.4/96

Talgo in San Diegan Service Train 3/96

The second trip over the Tijuana and Tecate. 2/96

Ride on the Yolo Shortline to Clarksburg from West Sacramento and Woodland to Lovdal 5/95

First Sober Long Distance Train Trip: Ride along when I take the Sunset Limited back to New Orleans, City of New Orleans, Pioneer to Seattle, Mt Baker Imternational and Coast Starlight. 4/95

Sobriety Occurred 1/18/1995 Sober stories above, drinking day stories below.

I'm off to ride the Talgo 8/94

UP E Units to Westwood 7/94

S.P. 2472 to Tangier 5/94

First Capitol trip. 12/28/93

Join me on my first ride on the Illinois Zephyr and the whole Empire Builder route: Southwest Chief, St Louis Mule, City of New Orleans, Illinios Zephyr, Empire Builder and Coast Starlight.

A Thanksgiving Tale:Texas Eagle, Pere Marquette and Southwest Chief. 11/93

S.P. 2472 to Tracy 7/23/93

Fillmore Western Steam Trip 7/93, 7/29/95 and 3/24/00

The Drunkard Experience - First Transcontinental Sunset Limited with being thrown off in New Orleans, The River Cities, Southwest Chief and first ever Texas Eagle run.

Copper Canyon # 4 Early into Mexicali. 12/92

NRHS trip to San Jose City of San Francisco 3985/2472

Many Pictures Added!
U.P. 3985 Pacific Limited Salt Lake City to San Jose 7/92

Colorado and Wyoming Trip 6/92

U.P. 3985 UPHRS Sherman Hill Trip 6/92

Santa Fe 3751 over Tehachapi 12/91

Oh Canda, My first coast to coast trip: Desert Wind, Pioneer, Canadian, Ocean and Atlantic plus a rerouted Canadian on the return and the Coast Starlight. 6/91

Union Pacific 8444 / 3985 Feather River Trip 4/91

Copper Canyon # 3 Chris the Bartender. 4/91

Copper Canyon # 2 when we were halted by the worst rain storm in Sinaloa's history and how I drank that trip away. 12/90

To the East Coast for the First Time: Desert Wind, Boardway Limited, Night Owl, Lakeshore Limited, Silver Star, Sliver Meteor, Cardinal and Southwest Chief. 7/90

A Trip to the Snow at the Izaak Walton Inn 3/89

Destination Nacozari 9/1988

My third trip to the Izaak Walton Inn. 6/88

Bosque de Chihuahua and where I was engineer for a few minutes.5/88

Travel on a train from the U.S.A through Mexico to the U.S.A. 4/88

Mojave Circle Soledad Canyon and Cajon. 1/17/88

Copper Canyon # 1 First Contact - The Three Amigos. 12/87

NEW Pictures Added!
A slow trip on the Eureka Southern 9/87

My second trip to the Izaak Walton Inn 7/87

NEW Picture Page Added!
The Ghost Train of Old Ely 5/87

Trip to Greeley, Colorado: Desert Wind and Pioneer. 11/86

Come ride my first Canadian Train ride: Expo 86 plus the first Empire Builder trips along with the Pioneer, California Zephyr and San Joaquin routes as well as the Izaak Walton Inn. 7/86

The Narrow Gauge Adventure - Trips on the Durango and Sliverton R.R. and the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic R.R. 7/85

Cushenbury Caravan 5/4/85

The Desert Scout 11/84

NEW Picture Page Added!
S.P. 4449 West World Fair Daylight Phoenix to Los Angeles 6/84

Take a ride as I learned to be a fireman on the Sumpter Valley Railroad 8/84

San Diego Metroliner - first southbound run.4/84

The First Mexican Train trips To Puerto Penasco including losing a friend in Mexico! 4/84

First Palmdale Cutoff Excursion 10/23/83.

Spirit of California - Last northbound run. 9/83

Many Pictures Added!
The McCloud River Railroad Trips 9/9/83

Ride the Rio Grande Zephyr: San Joaquin, City of San Francisco, RGZ, Pioneer and the Desert Wind. 3/83

Union Pacific #3985 - The Pyro Express 8/82

I became a Pioneer: Coast Starlight, Pioneer and Desert Wind.

To Bothel and back on the Coast Starlight.12/80

The Long Distance Trip that started it all off. 3/80

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