Million mile train rider visits town
The Southern Appalachia Railway Museum (SARM) hosted acelebrity on its excursion
train on Aug. 18. Chris Guenzler has ridden trains more than a million miles in the
past 27 years. A teacher in Santa Ana, Calif., Guenzler rides Amtrak trains almost
daily and has covered the entire Amtrak route (22,000 miles) twice. He has ridden
trains in all 50 states and many foreign countries. He documents all of his
milestones "100,000, 250,000, 500,000 and 1 million miles" on
his Web site, www.trainweb.org/chris/chris.html. Guenzler has
already posted pictures on his web site of his trip with SARM, plus additional
pictures taken as he drove up US 27 to take the excursion
train at Stearns, Ky. SARM is s nonprofit organization.
Guenzler who has traveled more than a million miles in trains over 27 years,
rode on the Secret City Excursion Train in Oak Ridge recently. SARM is s nonprofit
organization dedicated to the preservation, restoration and operation of historic
railroad equipment and preservation of railroad history. Information on excursion
schedules and membership is available
at Southern Appalachia Museum Web Site.
Source Oak Ridge Observer August 30, 2008
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