Fillmore & Western 14 pulled our special photo train at the Fillmore Railfest 2011 on 3/26/2011.
Pacific Raiload Society's 75 Year Excursion Tehachapi and Palmdale Cutoff Trips on 4/2/2001 and 4/3/2011.
Santa Fe 3751 made a round trip LAUPT to San Bernardino 4/16/2011 and 4/17/2011.
The Adirondack Rare Mileage Trips were made on 5/18/2011 and 5/19/2011.
The Little Rock Express Kansas City to Jefferson City on 5/31/2011.
The Northern California 2011 Explorer on 6/3/2011 through 6/5/2011.
The National Railway Historical Society (NRHS) Southern Pacific 4449 Portland to Tacoma ran on 6/21/2011.
The NRHS Northwest Railway Museum trip on 6/22/2011.
The NRHS Southern Pacific 4449 Stampede Pass Trip on 6/25/2011.
The NRHS Southern Pacific 4449 Tacoma to Portland on 6/26/2011.
The Northeast Missouri Old Threshers Steam Engine was run for me on 7/15/2011.
Train Festival 2011 Iowa City Steam Trip was run on 7/23/2011.
Union Pacific 844 was chased from Yuma to West Colton on 11/17/2011.
Union Pacific 844 was chased from West Colton to Yermo on 11/19/2011.
The Amtrak 40th Anniversary Train was in San Diego on 12/3/2011.
Pacific Locomotive Association's 2012 Post-Winterail Photography Special was on 2/11/2012.
Santa Fe 3751 ran to and from San Bernardino on 4/21/2012 and 4/22/2012.
Santa Fe 3751 ran from LAUPT to Parker, Arizona on 5/14/2012.
Santa Fe 3751 ran from Parker to LAUPT on 5/19/2012.
The NRHS ran a special train from Chicago to Cedar Rapids on 6/17/2012.
The NRHS was at the Midwest Old Threshers: Midwest Central Railroad & Midwest Electric Railway on 6/18/2012.
The NRHS ran a Cedar Rapids to Rock Island Steam Trip on 6/19/2012.
The NRHS ran a Cedar Rapids to Newton Steam Trip on 6/20/2012.
The NRHS ran a Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad Trip on 6/21/2012.
The NRHS ran a Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway Trip on 6/22/2012.
The NRHS ran a Iowa Northern Railway Cedar Rapids to Waterloo on 6/23/2012.
The NRHS Iowa Northern Railway Cedar Falls to Manly on 6/24/2012.
The NRHS ran a special train from Cedar Rapids to Chicago on 6/25/2012.
The chase of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train on 7/9/2012.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train at the Santa Ana River bridge on 8/21/2012.
The northbound chase of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Blue Unit Circus Train on 8/27/2012.
Union Pacific 4-8-4 844 on the Courage to Care Tour in Sacramento on 9/29/2012.
Metrolink's Carmageddon 2 weekend service Chatsworth to LAUPT was run on 9/30/2012.
The Port of Long Beach Tour Train was ran on 10/20/2012.
The Niles Canyon Railway Post-Winterail Photo Special was run on 3/9/2013.
Santa Fe 3751 was run from LAUPT to San Bernardino on 4/27/2013 and 4/28/2013.
The Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum ran a rare mileage trip on 5/11/2013.
The Coopersville & Marne Railway ran a special train on 5/12/2013.
The Charlotte Southern Rail Road Old Dinner Train ran a special train on 5/13/2013.
The Southern Michigan Railroad Society ran a special train on 5/13/2013.
The Adrian & Blissfield Rail Road ran a special Old Road Dinner Train on 5/13/2013.
The Ashtabula, Carson & Jefferson Railroad ran a special train on 5/14/2013.
The Ohio Railway Museum ran a special train on 5/15/2013.
The NASCAR Express 2013 was run to Sonoma Speedway on 6/23/2013.
The Iron Heritage Festival Trips in Danville, PA ran special trains on 7/20/2013.
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Red Unit Circus Train at Irvine on 8/5/2013.
The chase of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Red Unit Circus Train on 8/12/2013.
The 2013 NRHS convention in Alaska ran Tanana Valley Railroad Engine 0-4-0 1 in Pioneer Park in Fairbanks on 9/14/2013.
The 2013 NRHS convention ran the North Pole Excursion with Alaska Railroad GP40-2's 3013 and 3003 on 9/15/2013.
The 2013 NRHS convention ran the Fairbanks to Denali Park Special with Alaska Railroad SD70MAC 4324 and GP40-2 3013 on 9/16/2013.
The 2013 NRHS convention ran the Denali Park to Anchorage with Alaska Railroad SD70MAC 4324 and GP40-2 3013 on 9/17/2013.
The 2013 NRHS convention ran the Anchorage to Seward Excursion with Alaska Railroad 4324 and 3013 on 9/19/2013.
The 2013 NRHS convention ran the Palmer Branch and Anchorage Terminal Tour Excursion with Alaska Railroad 3011 and 3013 on 9/20/2013.
The 2013 NRHS convention ran the Anchorage to Whittier & Spencer Excursion with Alaska Railroad SD70MAC 4234 and GP40-2 3013 on 9/21/2013.
Nickel Plate Railroad 765 ran from Fort Wayne to Lafayette and return on 10/26/2013.
I rode the The Eastern Flyer Trip from Sapulpa to Oklahoma City and return on 2/23/2014.
Norfolk Southern 8099 pulled the Attalla Special on 3/29/2014.
Norfolk Southern 8099 pulled the Oneida Flyer on 3/30/2014.
Santa Fe 3751 pulled us back from San Bernardino to LAUPT on 4/13/2014.
The 2014 NRHS 2014 convention ran the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad Bentonville Branch Train on 6/10/2014.
The 2014 NRHS convention ran the Arkansas & Missouri Springdale to Mountainburg Photo Freight on 6/10/2014.
The 2014 NRHS convention ran a special train on the Silver Dollar City Railroad on 6/11/2014.
The 2014 NRHS convention ran a special train on the Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railroad on 6/11/2014.
The 2014 NRHS convention ran a special Arkansas & Missouri Railroad train - Springdale to Fort Smith round-trip on 6/12/2014.
The 2014 NRHS convention ran the Fort Smith Trolley Museum trolley on 6/13/2014.
The 2014 NRHS convention ran the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad Springdale to Monett round-trip on 6/14/2014.
Riding the train to the NASCAR Race at Sears Point took place on 6/22/2014.
A speeder trip on the Amador Central Railroad 10/18/2014.
Chris Parker and I rode the Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroad Latrobe Breakfast Special on 11/30/2014.
Chris Parker and I did the speeder trip on the Big Trees & Pacific Railway and Santa Cruz & Monterey Bay Railway on 4/25/2015.
I car-hosted on the 2015 NRHS convention Photo Freight Rutland to Ludlow on 6/14/2015.
I also worked the 2015 NRHS convention Saratoga & North Creek Trip on 6/15/2015.
I also worked the 2015 NRHS convention Rutland-Bellows Falls Trip on 6/16/2015.
I worked the 2015 NRHS convention Rutland-Burlington Trip on 6/18/2015.
I worked the 2015 NRHS convention train trip to the Omya processing plant on 6/19/2015.
The final trip of the 2015 convention that I worked was the Rutland and North Bennington/Hoosic Junction trip on 6/20/2015.
Robin Bowers and I rode the Lake Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad Bike Week Service on 6/21/2015.
The Sandy River & Rangeley Lake Railroad Trip ran a special train for us on 6/22/2015.
The Silver Lakes Railroad ran a special speeder trip for us on 6/23/2015.
The Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railroad gave us a trip on a 1925 Ford Railbus on 6/24/2015.
Robin and I rode the Friday night "The CapeFlyer" trip from Boston to Hyannis and return on 6/26/2015.
The Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum gave us a ride on New Haven Terminal switcher 0423 on 6/27/2015.
The Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum gave us a ride on Shelburne Falls & Colrain Street Railway combination passenger-baggage trolley car 10 on 6/28/2015.
Dave Smetko and I rode the Norfolk Southern Steam Program Nickel Plate 765 from Youngstown to Ashtabula on 7/25/2015.
I rode the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad's First Annual Post Winterail Steam Excursion on Sunday 3/20/2016.
I finally was able to ride behind Norfolk and Western 611 on two trips. Here is N&W 611 on the turntable at the North Carolina Transportation Museum on 4/8/2016. This was the first time I saw N&W 611 move.
I rode behind N&W 611 on the Virginian from Spencer to Lynchburg and return on 4/9/2016.
I rode N&W 611 "The Blue Ridge Special" from Spencer to Asheville on 4/10/2016. I did both of these trips with my good friend David Pressley.
I rode the train to the NASCAR Race at Sears Point on 6/26/2016.
I rode the World Famous Tiny Town & Railroad in Morrison, Colorado on 7/11/2016.
I worked the 2016 NRHS convention's Royal Gorge Lunch Train on 7/19/2016.
I worked the 2016 NRHS convention's Georgetown Loop Chase Bus on 7/21/2016.
I worked the 2016 NRHS convention's trip to the Colorado Railroad Museum on 7/21/2016.
We chased Union Pacific 4-8-4 844 Denver Post Train on 7/23/2016.
I worked the 2016 NRHS convention's trip on the Leadville, Colorado & Southern Railroad on 7/23/2016.
I rode the El Dorado & Western Railroad on 11/12/2016.
I rode the Pacific Railroad Society presents Excursion 552 The Perris Express on 1/21/2017.
I rode the Metrolink Golden Dragon Parade Lunar New Year Celebration Special Train on 2/4/2017.
I organized this Pre-Winterail Albany & Eastern excursion train on 3/17/2017.
I rode this Fillmore and Western Railroad Photo Special train on 4/30/2017.
I rode the Lake Region Pioneer Threshermen Association steam train on 6/2/2017.
I rode Milwaukee Road 261 from Davenport to Lisbon, ND and return, plus Davenport to Beckenridge on 6/2/2017.
I rode Milwaukee Road 261 from Breckenridge to Kindred and return on 6/3/2017.
I rode on the Southern Railway 154 Photography Charter Photo Freight on 6/17/2017.
I worked the 2017 NRHS convention's Summerville Steam Trip on 6/20/2017.
I worked the 2017 NRHS convention's trip on My Old Kentucky Dinner Train on 6/22/2017.
I worked the 2017 NRHS convention's Tennessee Central Trip to Cookeville on 6/24/2017.
I rode Milwaukee Road 261 from Minneapolis Jct. to Glencoe on 10/1/2017.
Metrolink ran trains to Los Angeles for the Los Angeles Rams day home games, such as this one on 11/18/2017.
Metrolink ran train service on Thanksgiving Day 2017 for the first time on a weekend schedule, seen at Santa Ana on Train 663 on 11/23/2017.
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