My Train Trips 2006 through 2008
Listed below are the trips that Chris took between 2006 through 2008. The newest are on the top and the oldest are found below.
2008
My Winter Break Trip to the Depot Inn & Suites 12/29/2008 to 1/7/2009
The 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 11/14/2008 to 11/15/2008
Amtrak's Operation Lifesaver Unit 455 11/2/2008
Coast Starlight Detour down the Former Southern Pacific Valley Line 10/25/2008 to 10/26/2008
Iowa Interstate Steam Train for Flood Relief 10/17/2008 to 10/19/2008
Monterey Super Fall Foliage Excursion Train Nashville to Monterey 10/11/2008
A Visit to the Tennessee Central Railway Museum 10/9/2008 to 10/10/2008
American Association of Private Rail Car Owners Excursion to San Diego and on to San Pedro 9/21/2008 to 9/22/2008
The Chase Of and Riding Milwaukee Road 261 Circle Trip 9/12/2008 to 9/15/2008
The 1,100,000.0 Rail Mile Trip 9/7/2008
The Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad and the Journey Home 8/17/2008 to 8/22/2008
A Ride on the Midland Railway in Baldwin City, Kansas 8/17/2008
A Trip Aboard the Appanoose County Community Railroad 8/16/2008
A Big Circle Back to La Plata 8/8/2008 to 8/14/2008
The Passenger Train Historical Society Picnic in La Plata 8/4/2008 to 8/7/2008
A Trip to Ride the Upgraded Coast Starlight 7/29/2008 to 8/1/2008
The Rio Grande Scenic Railroad and the Journey Home 7/19/2008 to 7/22/2008
A Trip on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad 7/18/2008
A Ride on the Durango & Silverton Railroad 7/17/2008
The Royal Gorge Railroad and Royal Gorge Park 7/16/2008
The Pueblo Railway Museum 7/16/2008
Back to the Depot Inn & Suites 7/11/2008 to 7/16/2008
The Austin Steam Train RSD-15 Excursion and Temple Railroad Museum 6/22/2008 to 6/23/2008
2010 NRHS Convention Quanah Zephyr Excursion 6/21/2008
A Tour of the 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 to Tacoma and the Flight Home 5/12/2008
Celebrating National Train Day Aboard the Coast Starlight to Portland Through the Frazier Slide Zone 5/10/2008 to 5/11/2008
Fullerton Railroad Days with Amtrak Parlour Car "Willamette Valley" 5/03/2008
Train Travel Meetup Group Rides The Great Dome 4/27/2008
Getting Home from the One Millionth Amtrak Mile 4/10/2008 to 4/13/2008
National Museum of Transport and St. Louis Metrolink 4/8/2008
Reaching my One Millionth Amtrak Mile 4/5/2008 to 4/7/2008
What It Took To Get The Mileage To Work 3/30/2008
My First Trip on the Sprinter 3/10/2008
Sierra Railroad Railfan Excursion 3/9/2008
Winterail 2008 with a stop at Sassy Classics 3/7/2008 to 3/8/2008
A Trip to Albuquerque, the Sandia Peak Tramway, Belen Harvey House and Model Railroad 2/29/2008 to 3/2/2008
The Journey Home from La Plata 2/23/2008 to 2/25/2008
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 2/22/2008 to 2/23/2008
An Unexpected Trip to Oakland 2/16/2008 to 2/18/2008
Two Trips to La Junta, Colorado 1/31/2008 to 2/10/2008
Train Travel Meetup Group Trip to Grover Beach 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 12/30/2007 to 12/31/2007
A winter Trip East to Chicago via Seattle 12/26/2007 to 12/30/2007
Home for Christmas aboard the Southwest Chief plus Santa Ana Holiday Display 12/19/2007 to 12/21/2007
A Night at the Kingsley Inn, Fort Madison 12/18/2007 to 12/19/2007
A Trip to the Depot Inn & Suites with new and future things to come in La Plata 12/13/2007 to 12/17/2007
PRS Knott's Berry Farm Steam 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 III to San Luis Obispo 11/12/2007
The Burrard's Trip 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 Trip Aboard the Tioga Pass to Santa Barbara 10/20/2007
Train Travel Meetup Group Trip to Santa Barbara 10/13/2007
CP 2816 Thief River Falls to Winnipeg 9/17/2007 to 9/18/2007
CP 2816 Shoreham Yard to Thief River Falls 9/16/2007
CP 2816 and Milwaukee Road 261 Double-heading to La Crosse 9/14/2007 to 9/15/2007
CP 2816 Dresser Turn 9/9/2007
CP 2816 Glenwood Turn 9/7/2007 to 9/8/2007
First Metrolink Train to Buena Park 9/4/2007
It will be so good to be home via the Crescent, Capitol Limited and Southwest Chief 8/25/2007 to 8/29/2007
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 8/17/2007 to 8/18/2007
North Carolina Transportation Museum Spencer Shops 8/16/2007
Onward to Charlotte via the Southwest Chief, Cardinal and Crescent 8/14/2007 to 8/16/2007
Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad 8/13/2007
Off to La Plata on the way to the 2007 NRHS Convention 2007 8/10/2007 to 8/12/2007
Lake Whatcom Railway and the Flight Home! 8/4/2007 to 8/5/2007
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 6/29/2007 to 6/30/2007
Steam to the Twin Ports with Milwaukee Road 261 and Dinner Train 6/2/2007 to 6/3/2007
Minnesota Zephyr Dinner Train and Finishing the Hiawatha Light Rail Line 6/1/2007
Cass Scenic Railroad 40th Anniversary Railfan Weekend 5/18/2007 to 5/21/2007
The Hagerstown Roundhouse and a Visit To Seneca Caverns 5/16/2007 to 5/17/2007
The Trip East to West Virginia, Featuring the B&O Railroad Museum and Finishing Baltimore Light Rail 5/15/2007 to 5/16/2007
One Million Rail Miles Achieved, the Complete Story 4/25/2007 to 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 4/10/2007 to 4/12/2007
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 4/5/2007 to 4/8/2007
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! 3/22/2007 to 3/24/2007
Winterail 2007 and The Journey To Stockon 3/9/2007 to 3/11/2007
Stuck in Lamy for Hours, a Round Trip on the Southwest Chief 2/23/2007 to 2/25/2007
My Return to the Pacific Parlour Car 2/16/2007 to 2/20/2007
A Journey to the Depot Inn & Suites in La Plata, Missouri 2/8/2007 to 2/13/2007
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
A Trip on 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
The Museum of American Railroads in Fair Park in Dallas 12/30/2006
The Trip to Fort Worth aboard the Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle plus TRE and DART 1/27/2006 to 1/29/2006
Another morning Surfliner Ride 12/19/2006
"A Holiday Festival of Trains" at the Richard Nixon Library 12/18/2006
My First Trip to La Plata for Trainweb.com Grand Opening 12/7/2006 to 12/11/2006
Trainweb.com 10th Anniversary Birthday Bash at the Rail Restaurant 12/6/2006
Holiday Season Display at the Santa Ana Train Station 12/03/2006
A short ride on Surfliner Amfleet 573 and Metrolink to Riverside 11/12/2006
A Trip to Tustin to see Metrolink 2006 Holiday Toy Train 11/18/2006
A Trip to Sacramento for the 18th Annual Trainmaster Dinner plus more 11/4/2006 to 11/5/2006
Sand Dunes, Ghost Railroad and the Trip Home 10/29/2006 to 10/31/2006
A Trip on the San Luis Central 10/29/2006
A trip on the San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad 10/28/2006
A trip on the Manitou and Pikes Peak almost to the top 10/27/2006
Pikes Peak Street Railway visit and ride 10/28/2006
Southwest Chief to Trinidad, Pueblo Railway Museum and other surprises 10/25/2006 to 10/27/2006
First train to use the new Santa Ana east platform plus its history 9/28/2006
Southern Pacific 4449 Portland to Bend, Oregon 9/15/2006 to 9/18/2006
My 950,000 Rail Mile in Amtrak's last Great Dome 8/29/2006
A look at both Coaster and Metrolink Services 8/15/2006
The Trip Home from the NRHS 2006 Convention via Altoona 7/23/2006 to 7/26/2006
NRHS 2006 Convention Trip 4: The Buckeye Circle Trip 7/22/2006
NRHS 2006 Convention Trip 4A: The Morgan Run Shop Tour 7/22/2006
A Brief Trip to the Warthers Carving Museum and the NRHS 2006 Convention Banquet 7/21/2009
The Mad River & NKP Museum in Bellevue, Ohio plus the trip there! 7/21/2006
NRHS 2006 Convention Trip 3: The Cincinnati Limited Dennison to Newark 7/20/2006
NRHS 2006 Convention Trip 2A: A Trip at the Minerva Steam Railroad Museum 7/19/2006
NRHS 2006 Convention Trip 2: The Cuyahoga Valley Classic 7/19/2006
NRHS 2006 Convention Trip 1: Dennison to Gould Tunnel plus a Photo Freight 7/18/2006
A Trip to the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum 7/17/2006
The Tunnel Inn plus a second trip to the Horseshoe Curve 7/16/2006
A Trip and Tour at the Rockhill Trolley Museum 7/16/2006
A Visit and Trip on the East Broad Top Railroad 7/16/2006
First on the ground experience at the Horseshoe Curve and more! 7/15/2006
A Ride on the Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad 7/15/2006
A Ride on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 7/14/2006
Amtraking to Pittsburgh to get to the pre NRHS Convention Trips 7/11/2006 to 7/14/2006
First runs of Sunday Metrolink Orange County Line Service 7/2/2006
Midday Orange County-Inland Empire Train Service plus a side trip to San Diego 6/23/2006
Another trip on the Mount Hood Railroad plus a cab ride return 6/11/2006
Southern Pacific 4449, Spokane Portland and Seattle 700 Ride, Speeders and the Willamette Shore Trolley 6/10/2006
A Train Ride at the Camp 6 Logging Museum 6/9/2006
Steam Charter on Tacoma Rail from Morton to Tacoma 6/8/2006
Steam Photo Charter on the Chehalis-Centralia Railroad 6/7/2006
A trip from Banks to Tillamook on the Port of Tillamook Railroad 6/5/2006 to 6/6/2006
The First Run of Metrolink Train 655 the New Orange County Line Weekend Service 6/03/2006
Train Travel Meetup Group Second Santa Barbara Trip 5/20/2006
Training to Fullerton Railroad Days 2006 5/6/2006
Oakland Circle II and my final steak on Amtrak? 4/29/2006 to 4/30/2006
The Spring 2006 Trip Featuring Simplified Dining on the Southwest Chief, Capitol Limited and Cardinal along with SEPTA, The NJT River Line, PATCO, Princeton JCT, PATH , Hudson Bergen Light Rail Line and the New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves Game 4/13/2006 to 4/22/2006
Surfliners, PRS San Dimas Museum and PRS Yard Tour 4/8/2006
The Feather River Express 4/1/2006 to 4/3/2006
First Train to Piru in Years: Fillmore Railfest 3/18/2006
The Coldest Winterail Ever! 3/10/2006 to 3/12/2006
A New Bridge, a Test and Just a Morning Aboard a Surfliner 2/25/2006
A Train Travel Meetup Group Trip to Santa Barbara 2/20/2006
A Trip to Los Angeles to Hear Michael Dukakis Speak 2/11/2006
A visit to Los Angeles to see Santa Fe 3751 2/7/2006
A trip over the entire San Diego Trolley System 2/4/2006
