To Shiny Rails

Had an absolute blast touring some old railroads in the Colorado Rockies. Start here for an overview. That post also has links to all the photos (over 400).

It worked out so well the first time, we decided to give this adventure one more run before heading to Colorado. All the pics are here.

The San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum (SLORRM) joined up with the SLO Art After Dark program to exhibit painters, photographers, and videographers of railroad-themed works. And there was a slideshow there of my photos. Fabulously successful event for the Museum! That’s my slideshow running in the upper-right portion of the photo. Here’s the SLORRM webpage.

Probably the 2nd largest day at the SLO Railroad Museum (behind the Central Coast Railroad Festival, perhaps). Lots of activities and people. Notables this year included a new exhibit opening of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad, a presentation by Cindy Ransick about the new book Historic Santa Maria Valley, an Amtrak talk by Dave Weisman, and considerable progress on the Museum’s model railroad.

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The whole fam damily happened to be in Santa Cruz this weekend for a family reunion, and we just could not pass up an opportunity to ride The Giant Dipper.

There’s a new exploration museum in Santa Barbara. And it’s adjacent to the train station. It’s a beautiful thing.

All the pics are here.