TECO Train Show
by admin on Nov.14, 2021, under Colorado
I took Matteo and AJ to Big Train Family Restaurant after church and then on to the TECO Train Show at the Chapel Hills Mall Event Center. What a hoot! There were plenty of fabulous layouts and AJ really got into the scavenger hunt they provided to help the younger ones focus on layout details. The Rocky Mountain Railroad Heritage Society had a booth there, too.
CCRRF Photos
by admin on Oct.22, 2021, under CCRRF
I’ve got a few photos from the 2021 Central Coast Railroad Festival posted on the CCRRF website. Here’s the index: https://ccrrf.com/photo-index.html.
Central Coast Railroad Festival
by admin on Oct.02, 2021, under CCRRF, SLORRM
The grands and I spent today checking out a couple venues during the Central Coast Railroad Festival, specifically the SLO Railroad Museum and the Oceano Depot/SLO Model Railroad Association.
Photo Contest Submission
by admin on Aug.27, 2021, under Uncategorized
I submitted some photos to the contest that the Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad is running. The photo contest details are here. I could only submit one photo in each of three categories: SMVRR Past, SMVRR Present, and UPRR Manifest serving SMVRR. The photos I downselected from which to choose for my final submission are here. Can you guess which three I submitted? Below is one of the 17 photos in the gallery.
Railroad Festival Taking Shape
by admin on Aug.26, 2021, under Uncategorized
The Central Coast Railroad Festival is taking shape! The return-from-COVID Festival is slated for October 1-3, 2021 with some stuff before and after. Check out the Full 2021 CCRRF Schedule.
Rocky Mountaineer Launches Denver-Moab Excursion
by admin on Aug.19, 2021, under Uncategorized
The same Rocky Mountaineer that I took with Robob and Papa Bill many moons ago across the Canadian Rockies (pics from that 2008 trip are below and here) has launched a new excursion across the Colorado Rockies! It’s expensive ($1100 to $1650 per person one-way), but probably well worth it, like the Canadian trip. Their web page on this new trip is here.
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All Aboard!
The rails of a railroad track are kept shiny on the top by the regular passage of trains. Thus, "To Shiny Rails" is the battle cry of my personal effort to keep railroading activities of all kinds available to as many people as possible. It's tantamount to exclaiming "Keep those trains a rollin'!". And with any luck at all, I'll personally be on as many of those trains as possible! To shiny rails, Jamie
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