The Library Train (Aug 20, 2009)
by admin on Aug.21, 2009, under Uncategorized
Back in college days, if you had some studying to do, you headed for the library. Not being in college any more, but still having some railroad related studying to do and having some unused Amtrak tickets in the drawer, the answer was obvious… Turn the Surfliner into a study hall. I road down and back to Union Station in Los Angeles (from SLO), had lunch at Traxx, got all my reading done, and took a few pictures. All the pics are here: http://jf2.smugmug.com/gallery/9355528_YTLxQ#626088829_dvBjp
This picture is of SLC-2 at Vandenberg AFB as seen from the train coming home.
Highlights:
1. Santa Susana Depot
2. Ventura County RR cutoff
3. Old steel bridge in Ventura
4. Misc. stations
5. Scenes along the way
6. Metrolink yard
7. Union Station / Traxx Restaurant
8. NJ Transit train
9. “Stonehenge” at Simi Valley station
10. Launch pads at Vandenberg
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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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