Railfan Trips
by Chris Guenzler
On this page you can read about my railfan trips over the years. This is my newest project so check back for new stories. These trips go from the oldest to newest.
The La Plata Railfan Guide.
1973
A Trip on the Santa Fe Irvine Spur
1974
A 1974 Trip on the California Western Railroad
San Bernardino Shop Tours and view of the Bakersfield Turntable.
1975
A Bicycle Trip to Cajon Pass
Through the Years
Growing up with Trains in Orange County.
Steam in my Youth
Steam Engines I have Ridden in my Life.
Amtrak in my early years of photography
The Santa Fe in my early years
The Southern Pacific in my early years
The Union Pacific in my early years
Western Pacific in its last years
Rio Grande through the years!
Burlington Northern through the years!
The early pictures of Canada of Pacific Great Eastern/British Columbia Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National!
Special trains through the years
Shortline Railroads through the years
Southern Pacific 4449 through the years!
Union Pacific 844 through the years!
Union Pacific 3985 through the years!
The Milwaukee Road 261 through the years!
Santa Fe 3751 through the years!
Cajon Pass through the years!
A Brief Look at Cajon Pass with Snow Years Ago!
Tehachapi through the years!
Trips to the Feather River during Western Pacific's late years of 1976, 1978 and 1981.
The Pocatello Visits of the Early 1980's
The Southern Pacific's Sunset Route: West Colton to Bowie, Arizona
BNSF Needles Subdivision
Train Stations in the United States and Canada A to Z
Mexician Railroading
A look back at Mexican Railroads' Motive Power
Mexico's Passenger Trains, Cabooses and other things memories.
1981
A visit to Railfair 1981 with trains along the way
1982
Union Pacific 3985's first solo outing to Pocatello Idaho's 100th Anniversary and First Public Excursion from Salt Lake City to Provo 6/18/1982
1983
A winter trip to Colorado 12/83
1984
A two-day chase of the World's Fair Daylight with Southern Pacific 4449 5/84
1986
My first trip to the Powder River Basin with a visit to Sherman Hill
1987
In search of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas, Missouri Pacific and Kansas City Southern 4/87.
1989
Union Pacific 8444 and Southern Pacific 4449 visit Los Angeles, then over Cajon Pass followed by 4449 on the Sacramento Jazz Trains 5/89
1991
A visit to Railfair 1991
1992
A Second Trip to the Powder River Basin 6/1992
A Chase of Southern Pacific 2472 to Los Angeles on September 13, 1992.
1994
A Southern California Chase of Union Pacific 3985 on May 5, 1994
1999
A visit to Railfair 1999
2004
A Visit To Tehachapi Loop On The Way To Winterail 3/12/2004
Santa Fe 3751 and Heritage Park in Santa Fe Springs 6/12-13/2004
2007
A Trip Out To BNSF's Needles Subdivision 11/23-24/2007
2008
Snow in Cajon Pass 12/20/2008
2009
Chasing Union Pacific 844 over Donner Pass
2010
Chasing Union Pacific 844 north of Coffeyville, Kansas 4/25/2010
Chasing Union Pacific 3985 in Central Missouri 10/4/2010
Photographing the Kelso Flyer 10/16-17/2010
2011
Needles Subdivision Trip 3/19/2011
A trip out to Horseshoe Bend in Santa Ana Canyon 10/22/2011
Chasing Union Pacific 844 from Yuma to Colton 11/17/2011
Chasing Union Pacific 844 from West Colton to Yermo 11/19/2011
2012
Chasing the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Blue Unit Circus Train 7/9/2012
The Long Wait for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Blue Unit Circus Train 8/21/2012
The Northbound Chase of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Blue Unit Circus Train 8/27/2012
Train stations in the USA and Canada A to Z
2013
A Trip to Hill 582 and Beaumont Pass 1/12/2013
A Trip to the Tehachapi Mountains to Photograph Trains 2/16/2013
A Sunday Morning at the Horseshoe Bend in Santa Ana Canyon 3/3/2013
Beaumont Hill Trip 4/20/2013
A morning at San Mateo Point 8/5/2013
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Red Unit Circus Train at Irvine 8/5/2013
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Red Unit Circus Train Chase 8/12/2013
Railfanning Orange County 8/24/2013
A Journey to Cajon Pass and Colton 11/9/2013
The moving of Union Pacific 4014 from the Rail Giants Museum 11/15/2013
2014
A Trip to Califia Beach 1/4/2014
A Journey to Horseshoe Bend to see a late-running Southwest Chief 1/11/2014
Union Pacific 4014 heads to West Colton 1/26/2014
A Trip to Cajon Pass and to see Union Pacific 4014 at West Colton 2/08/2014
A Trip to Topock 3/22/2014
A Trip to the Tehachapi Mountains 5/31/2014
Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Blue Unit Circus Train to and from San Diego
A Trip to Hill 582 in Cajon Pass 9/20/2014
A Trip to Cajon Pass 12/27/2014
2015
BNSF Needles Subdivision Trip 2/27/2015
Passenger Trains and the Red Unit Circus Train 8/10/2015
2016
A Trip to the BNSF Mojave Sub 1/21/2016
Union Pacific's Beaumont Hill 5/28/2016
Union Pacific's Beaumont Hill 12/10/2016
2017
A Spring Visit to Cajon Pass 4/8/2017
A Winter Visit to Cajon Pass 12/2/2017
2018
A Trip to Cajon Pass 6/9/2018
A Trip to Cajon Pass 11/10/2018
2019
A Trip to Ash Hill 1/19/2019
A Trip to Ash Hill 3/2/2019
Union Pacific 4014 Chase #1 Yermo to West Colton 10/9/2019
Union Pacific 4014 Chase #2 West Colton to West Palm Springs 10/15/2019
A trip to Cajon Pass 12/14/2019
2020
A trip to Ash Hill 3/7-8/2020
A trip to Cajon Pass 4/5/2020
A trip to Cajon Pass with Elizabeth and Bill 6/6/2020
2021
A trip to Cajon Pass with Bill and Elizabeth 3/20/2021
Another Trip To Cajon Pass 11/13/2021
2022
BNSF Super Bowl Train and Amtrak 203 2/13/2022
BNSF Shippers Special through Santa Ana 2/21/2022
A trip to Ash Hill 3/05/2022
A afternoon trip to Fullerton 6/22/2022
A Trip to Cajon Pass to Photograph Santa Fe 5704 6/25/2022
2023
A Trip to Cajon Pass 1/03/2023
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