Bends & Curves III
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California Zephyr – Colorado
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More pictures from my last trip in December. Were these really form by natural causes or other beings before us? Something I ponder while going through here.
Coast Starlight – Oregon
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One of my first trip through the Cascade mountains on Amtrak that got me into train traveling.
Train Museum – Western Railway Museum (Suisun City, CA)
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The museum is small but full of treasure when it comes to history of electric trains & street cars. There is even a joyride on a trolley along and through …
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Train Excursion – Roaring Camp (Felton, CA)
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My first experience in a steam locomotive train. The ride is over an hour through winding redwoods and forests up to Bear Mountain. We didn’t encounter any bears that day …
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Bends & Curves
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The train reduce it’s speed around curves so there’s an opportunity to watch the front or back of the train. It fascinated me as a kid and still do today. …
California Zephyr – Sightseer Lounge Car
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I was having breakfast in the diner and came across an empty “haunted” lounge car. There is some sort of image on the window. See if you can spot it.
California Zephyr – Colorado
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The beauty of nature with trains. (Click on picture for larger image)
Train Station – Sacramento
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Caboose & Traveling Through The Lens of Trains
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This was the first time I was on the last car of a train. I was imagining riding in a caboose during the wild west with cowboys and Indians trying …
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California Zephyr – Utah
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Beautiful sunrise along the Bonneville salt flats.
Empire Builder – Oregon
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Along the Columbia river with Mt Hood in the background. This trip was from Chicago to Portland. Whenever I’ve taken this route, I always wake up in the middle of …
California Zephyr – California
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Through the Sierra Nevada. Christmas tree heaven.