To Shiny Rails

Take a slide-show tour of the Pacific Harbor Line and the Ports of L.A./Long Beach as Jamie saw it in 2009 and 2015. If time permits, we’ll take a ride on the rails down to San Diego. The video/audio recording is here.

Jack Hutchinson and I teamed up today to do this Chat on the Central Coast Railroad Festival (CCRRF) over the years. Jack showed a video of model layout clips from 2016 through 2019 and narrated live over it. I shared some pictures and stories of events and participants starting in 2009. Even Curtis Reinhardt, founder of the CCRRF, had forgotten about some I dug up. Good thing I have photos! A link to a recording of this online session can be found here.

I’ve spent a couple days now with Matteo and AJ fishing at Palmer Lake. Myself, I’ve been chillin’. The spot is an interesting railroad location. It’s along The Joint Line (history). The UP side (pictured here) is used southbound and runs along the west side of the lake. The BNSF side used to run along the east side of the lake but has since been moved further east and out of site of lake visitors. The lines were originally run by the lake for the water supply (for steam locos).

My 4th Parlor Car Chat, this time on Railroad Chapel Cars. The recorded video can be accessed from here.

This was our 3rd Parlor Car Chat. Nearly 50 people attended. Details with link to the video recording: https://slorrm.com/parlor-car-chats.html#200606