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Train Excursion – Roaring Camp (Felton, CA)
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
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
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
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
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
Beautiful sunrise along the Bonneville salt flats.
Empire Builder – Oregon
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
Through the Sierra Nevada. Christmas tree heaven.
Empire Builder – Washington
Puget Sound
Coast Starlight – Southern California Coast
My first long distance train trip and one of my favorite routes on Amtrak from Los Angeles to Seattle.
Coast Starlight – Central California
Mesmerizing clouds above the Salinas Valley.
Train Station – Los Angeles Union Station
The station is beautiful with architectural detail from art deco to modern. (Click on picture for larger image)