After I lost my job at Jefferson Elementary School in Santa Ana, I tried to get back with the school district but interviewed way too many times and kept on being turned down for each job I had applied for. It didn't matter to them that I had 26 years of working with children at the three schools I had worked at. Those being Douglas MacArthur Fundamental School, McFadden Intermediate and Jefferson Elementary. Between looking for jobs I managed to take the following trips.
2009
My Life and the Trip to La Plata
A Trip on the Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad plus the Atchison Railway Museum
La Plata and an early trip home!
The Trip to Denver via Wyoming
A Trip on the Georgetown Loop Railroad
Colorado Railroad Museum
The UPHS Convention Steam Shop Tour and City of Yoder Trip
Colorado Railroad Museum 50th Birthday Party with a ride behind the Rio Grande 346!
The Platte Valley Trolley
Leadville, Colorado & Southern Railroad
Cripple Creek & Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad
The Pikes Peak Cog Railroad, I made it to the Top!
Denver via Raton to Home with all daylight trip back from Williams Jct.
A trip to Flint for Train Festival 2009
Train Festival 2009 Day 1 Little River 110 Trip and visiting the grounds.
A Trip to the Huckleberry Railroad
A visit to the Saginaw Railroad Museum
Train Festival 2009 My Day 2 Nickel Plate 765 subbing for the Pere Marquette 1225
Train Festival 2009 My Day 3 Nickel Plate 765 Trip 7/26/2009
The long trip home from TrainFestival 2009
The Trip to the Twin Cities via Portland
The Wisconsin Great Northern "Route of the Namekagon" Trip
Camp 5 Lumberjack Train
The Mid-Continent Railway Museum plus the Brodhead Depot Museum
The Riverside & Great Northern Railroad & Colfax Museum
Excelsior Streetcar Line
A visit to the Milwaukee Road 261 Shop, Minnesota Commercial Railway and Bandana Square
Jackson Street Roundhouse Visit
A visit to the Iron Horse Central and a ride on the Bumblebee
NRHS Lake Superior Limited with Rare Mileage
NRHS Vista Cruise Line Dinner Tour
NRHS Iron Range Bus Tour & Trolley Ride
NRHS "The Arrowhead Vacationer" pulled by the Soo Line 2719
NRHS "Skally Limited" Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad
Duluth North Shore Scenic RDC Trip to Two Harbors
NRHS "The Duluth & Grand Rapids Express"
NRHS "Twin Cities Limited"
Twin Cities to Home via Portland
A Round Trip to El Paso and an El Paso Historic Railroad Tour
A Return to La Plata to see new things to see
A walk through the Steam Engine Corn Maze
60th Annual Midwest Old Thresher Reunion Steam Train and Trolley Rides
What a way to start a trip home but a Great Dome Finish
A trip to Cold and Wet Albuquerque
Cadillac Fall Colors Steam Limited Alma to Cadillac
A visit to the Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village and a ride on the Weiser Railroad
A Trip to the Central Coast Railroad Festival
The Barstow Flyer
A train trip to see the Alice Cooper Theater of Death Show
The Feather River Express
The LA Gold Line East Los Angeles Extension Pre Opening Excursion Trip
A Rare Mileage Trip on the Santa Paula Branch Line of the Fillmore Western Railway
A Trip on the Crab Orchard & Egyptian Railroad
The 20th Century Railroad Club visits La Plata and the Trip Home
2,000,000.0 Kilometers passed as well as 1,200,000.0 Rail Miles
A Trip behind the newly painted Metrolink Engine 860
A Ten Day Trip to the Depot Inn & Suites plus a trip into Iowa
