To Shiny Rails

While on a little weekend getaway with Lynn, we stopped in at the Santa Susana Depot. Very nicely done restoration, museum, HO layout, etc. And what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a 3-some of GE 70-tonners pulling a train!

Photos: http://JF2.com/130406/ (the depot photos start about halfway down)

Lots of layouts to see, events to attend, and excurstions to ride! And it’s all now in the history books. Here’s an index to the photos we have of the 2012 Central Coast Railroad Festival: http://ccrrf.com/photo-index-2012.html

Dad and I went on a Santa Maria Valley Railroad business excursion to Seattle, for a little business and a little pleasure. What an experience. Private railcars are an exceptional way to travel. Six pages of photos start here: http://JF2.com/120809/

The Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad met this evening for the first time in its new quarterly format. The meeting was held in Shepard Hall at the Santa Maria Public Library (McClelland Street). Our speaker this evening was Tom Murray, a career railroader who most recently writes his own railroad newsletter: Rail StockWatch. Photos: http://www.friends-smvrr.org/120627.html

We had a great day at the Guadalupe Amtrak Station. People were flowing steadily through the caboose, enjoying the displays in the station, and waiting patiently for the Pacific Surfliners to come through.

All the photos: http://www.friends-smvrr.org/120512.html

Fantastic day for a train ride. And a standing rib roast BBQ. And a railroad that’s lookin’ very good! We just about reached the capacity of the La Condesa. http://Friends-SMVRR.org/111217.html