My Train Trips 2001 through 2005
Here are stories of Chris Guenzler's journeys on the trains between 2001 and 2005. The stories are in chronological order, the most recent can be found at the top and the oldest by scrolling down to the bottom of the page.
2005
My Return to a Post Katrina New Orleans With a New Routing East of Houston 12/16/2005 to 12/21/2005
Southwest Chief to and from Lamy with 900,000 Rail Miles on the Way Home 11/24/2005 to 11/26/2005
Georgia Agrirama Living History Museum and the Journey Home 11/22-23/2005
Georgia Southwestern Railroad Rare Mileage Trips 2005 Sponsored by the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum 11/18/2005 to 11/21/2005
A Train Travel Meetup Group Excursion to San Luis Obispo 11/11/2005
Train Riders Association of California Tour of the Metrolink Shops 10/16/2005
The Coast Starlight to Oakland and the San Joaquin Home 9/24/2005 to 9/25/2005
Trains Unlimited Tours' Domes to the Feather River Railroad Days 8/25/2005 to 8/28/2005
Riding the Entire Bay Area Rapid Transit System and A Caltrain Baby Bullet 8/24/2005
The Empire Builder and Coast Starlight to Oakland 8/22/2005 to 8/23/2005
The Relaunching of the Empire Builder in Seattle and Journey East to Havre, Montana 8/21/2005 to 8/22/2005
Riding the Coast Starlight to the Empire Builder Relaunch in Seattle 8/19/2005 to 8/21/2005
The Journey Home via Tacoma, the Sounder, Seattle and Coast Starlight 7/12/2005 to 7/15/2005
Washington Park and Zoo Railroad and the Portland Streetcar Extension 7/11/2005
The Chehalis-Centralia Railroad 7/10/2005
2005 NRHS Convention - Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad 7/9/2005
The Crooked River Dinner Train 7/8/2005
The New Trimet Expo Line, Waterfalls and Other Surprises En Route To The Crooked River Dinner Train 7/8/2005
2005 NRHS Convention - Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad Excursion 7/7/2005
2005 NRHS Convention - Western Star Steam Special to Wishram, Washington 7/6/2005
2005 NRHS Convention - Mount Hood Railroad and Railfanning In the Columbia River Gorge 7/5/2005
The Trains Unlimited Tours NRHS 2005 Express 7/2/2005 to 7/4/2005
Getting my 875,000 Rail Mile on the way to the Trains Unlimited Tours Excursion 7/1/2005
A Ride on the Private Car "Pony Express" From Los Angeles to Santa Barbara 6/29/2005
San Diego Electric Railway Association Excursion - Pre-Opening of the Green Line Extension 6/25/2005
A Return to La Junta, Colorado 5/20/2005 to 5/23/2005
A Metrolink Trip to Montalvo 5/16/2005
Amtraking to Tucson's Old Pueblo Trolley 4/22/2005 to 4/24/2005
2005 American Public Transportation Association Conference with an Excursion on the Alameda Corridor and Long Beach and Los Angeles Harbour Tour 4/2/2005
A Return to the New River Gorge via The Southwest Chief, The Cardinal, The Lakeshore Limited, Texas Eagle and Sunset Limited 3/25/2005 to 4/1/2005
Winterail 2005 and the Sierra Railroad Post-Winterail Railfan Excursion 2005 3/11/2005 to 3/13/2005
The First Eastbound Run of the Sunset Limited From Los Angeles to Palm Springs On Its Revised Schedule 3/9/2005
850,000 Rail Miles Reached! 2/20/2005
Amtrak Pacific Surfliner To San Diego 1/5/2005
2004
A Winter Trip on the Sunset Limted 12/17-24/2004
The Nevada Northern Winter Photo Freight And The Nevada Southern 12/3-6/2004
San Luis Obispo Central Coast Pacific Surfliner First Run Trains 799/798 11/17/2004
Riding the Santa Fe Southern from Santa Fe to Lamy, New Mexico 11/11-14/2004
An Amtrak Hot Deal Sale to Albuquerque! 9/30-10/2/2004
Alaska Railroad Coastal Classic 8/31/2004
Alaska Railroad Cruise Ship Train 8/30/2004
White Pass and Yukon Railway 8/27/2004
A Princess Cruise From Vancouver to Whittier And The Kenai Fjord Tour 8/23/2004 to 9/1/2004
The California Zephyr Detouring West Across Wyoming, As Well As Union Pacific 3985 Leaving Denver 7/21-26/2004
Riding Amtrak Home Via The Empire Builder and Coast Starlight 7/11-14/2004
Canadian Pacific 2816 "Empress" Excursions from Minneapolis to Glenwood, Glenwood to Enderlin, Enderlin to Minot and Minot to Portal 7/7-10/2004
A Day in Minot, North Dakota via an Empire Builder Round Trip 7/4-6/2004
Milwaukee Road 261 Excursion from Minneapolis to St. Paul Via Short Line Hill 7/4/2004
Canadian Pacific Railway 4-6-4 2816/Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 261 Doubleheader Excursion From Minneapolis to La Crescent 7/3/2004
Milwaukee Road 261 Circle Trip From Minneapolis to La Crosse, Wisconsin 7/2/2004
The 2004 National Railway Historical Society Coverage 6/30-7/1/2004
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 6/25-29/2004
The Kenosha Transit Electric Streetcar Line 6/24/2004
A Round Trip to Hammond, Louisina on the City of New Orleans 6/22-24/2004
Milwaukee Road 261 from Milwaukee to Chicago 6/22/2004
Amtrak to Milwaukee via the Coast Starlight and Empire Builder 6/17-21/2004
Jawbone Express Passenger Train on Central Montana Railroad and the Journey Home 5/25-27/2004
The Drive to Central Montana and the Judith Basin Dinner Train 5/24/2004
The Pend Oreille Hiawatha on the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad 5/23/2004
The Eagle Cap Limited Rare Mileage Excursion on the Wallowa-Union Railroad Authority 5/22/2004
Getting To the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum Rare Mileage Trips in Oregon, Idaho and Montana 5/21/2004
The 2004 Sierra Coast Limited - Santa Barbara to Los Angeles 5/17/2004 to 5/18/2004
A Rail Sale Trip To La Junta and the 800,000th Rail Mile 4/22/2004 to 4/25/2004
A Rail Journey to the new Petco Park in San Diego 4/16/2004
Riding Los Angeles Metro's Blue and Green Lines 4/15/2004
Riding the Pacific Surfliner to San Diego To Be A Guest on the Let's Talk Trains Internet Radio Show 4/9-10/2004
Tehachaphi, Winterail and the Sierra Railroad Railfan Train 3/12-/14/2004
A Rail Sale Trip to the Land of Enchantment - Albuquerque 2/27-29/2004
A Rail Sale Trip to the Emerald City of Seattle 2/13-16/2004
Disneyland and California Adventure 1/24/2004
The 2004 Three Kings Train to Tecate 1/11/2004
Metrolink 2004 New Year Day Orange County Line Rose Parade Special 1/1/2004
2003
A Dream come true! A trip into the Carrizo Gorge 12/05/2003 to 12/6/2003
A tribute to the Great Domes and my 775,000.0 Rail Mile 12/1/2003
A Thanksgiving Day Metrolink Special Train Service 11/27/2003
A trip to the Trainmaster Dinner in Sacramento plus the new Sacramento South Light Rail Line 11/15/2003 to 11/16/2003
A Journey to Seattle on the Coast Starlight, Amtrak Cascades and Tacoma Link Light Rail 11/7-11/2003
A Round Trip on the Montana Rockies Daylight From Livingston to Sandpoint 8/21-26/2003
The Idaho Cascadian, a Rare Mileage Trip from Payette to Cascade 8/6-9/2003
Grand Opening of LA Metro's Gold Line From Los Angeles to Pasadena 7/26/2003
Opening Day of San Pedro Waterfront Trolley 7/19/2003
Union Pacific 3985 Excursion in Wyoming 7/11-13/2003
2003 National Railway Historical Society Convention in Baltimore, Maryland 7/2-7/2003
Colorado Railcar's DMU Demonstration Ride From Fullerton to Irvine and Return 6/27/2003
The Lewis and Clark Explorer From Linnton to Astoria, Oregon, The Brooklyn Roundhouse, Willamette Shore Trolley and Astoria Waterfront Trolley 6/14-16/2003
Chicago and the Journey Home 5/5-7/2003
Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois 5/3/2003
The National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin 5/2/2003
The Southwest Chief to Chicago 4/29-5/1/2003
My Spring Break Sojourn to Texas Via the California Zephyr, Texas Eagle and Sunset Limited 4/18-27/2003
Holland America Dome Car Tour and Ride 4/7/2003
Trains of Four Gauges in San Diego County In One Day 4/5/2003
A Southbound Coast Starlight Detour over the High Line and Feather River Canyon 3/21-24/2003
The 25th Winterail in Stockton 3/7-9/2003
2002
My Trip to Kentucky, the Museum and Dinner Train plus Mammoth Cave Southwest Chief and Kentucky Cardinal 12/25/2002 to 1/1/2003
Railsale to Seattle on the Coast Starlight - The Latest Coast Starlight that I had ever ridden! 11/8/2002 to 11/12/2002
Railsale: Destination Deming on the Sunset Limited 10/25/2002 to 10/27/2002
Farewell to the Erie Mining Railroad Trip and the Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway 9/20/2002 to 9/22/2002
Summer of Steam Part III: Including the Yosemite Sugar Pine Railroad, Iron Horse Roundup, Railtown 1897 and Sierra Railroad Golden Sunset Dinner Train 8/30/2002 to 9/1/2002
NRHS 2002 Convention - Summer of Steam Part II Santa Fe 3751 and my 700,000.0 Rail Mile 8/19/2002 to 8/29/2002
Starlighting to Safeco Field 8/13/2002 to 8/18/2002
Railsale- Bakersfield to Sacramento 8/8/2002
Summer of Steam 2002 Part I Milwaukee Road 261 and Union Pacific 3985 6/15/2002 to 5/25/2002
First Runs of Weekend Surfliners 799 and 780 5/26/2002
Milwaukee Road 261 to Duluth and the Minnesota Zephyr Dinner Train 5/17/2002 to 5/20/2002
Adventures on the San Jacinto Branch and in the past 5/11/2002
Ride the Verde Canyon with a stop at Phoenix on the way 4/19/2002 to 4/20/2002
Ride as I go to the Izaak Walton Inn with a trip on the Spirit of Washington Dinner Train plus the Portland Streetcars.
Coast Starlight, Mt Baker International and the Empire Builder 3/28/2002 to 4/6/2002
2001
To Maine with Acela, SEPTA and CTA riding. Southwest Chief, Three Rivers, Carolinian, Acela Express, the Downeaster, Capitol Limited and Southwest Chief. 12/25/2001 to 1/5/2002
A trip to Irvine 2001 Metrolink's Holiday Express Toy Train 12/13/2001
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 6/10/2001 to 6/24/2001
The trip home from the Rocky Mountaineer 4/20/2001 to 4/21/2001
The Rocky Mountaineer Vancouver to Calgary and return! 4/17/2001 to 4/20/2001
Reclaiming BC Rail for my Sobriety! 4/12/2001 to 4/13/2001
A Trip on the Yuma Valley Railroad 3/17/2001
Trip to the Grand Canyon via Amtrak and the Grand Canyon Railway 2/8/2001 to 2/10/2001
