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Sep 2-4, 2024 - Pennsylvania Trolley Museum and the Journey Home: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Pennsylvania Trolley Museum History. Streetcars served America through two world wars and a depression, but affluence and automobiles caused the end of the Trolley Era and a greatly diminished role for... Read More>> |
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Aug 31, 2024 - 2024 NRHS Convention - Williams Grove Historical Steam Engine Association: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. After the Northern Central Railway contacted Convention Chairman John Goodman about their diesel not operating, arrangements were made to visit Williams Grove Historical Steam... Read More>> |
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Aug 31, 2024 - 2024 NRHS Convention - Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The Ride on the Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad. Join us for an 11-mile round-trip train ride along the Swatara Creek. Learn the history of the area, the Union Canal and the railroad from a... Read More>> |
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Aug 30, 2024 - 2024 NRHS Convention - Reading and Northern RDC Excursion to Minersville: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The Reading & Northern Railroad, also known as Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad, is a regional railroad with over 400 miles of track in eastern Pennsylvania. It began operating in... Read More>> |
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Aug 29, 2024 - 2024 NRHS Convention - Meetings and Power Director's Office Visit: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The Power Director's Office was transferred to Penn Central in 1968 and to Amtrak in 1971. In May of 2022, the Harrisburg Chapter NRHS signed a lease agreement with Amtrak to preserve and... Read More>> |
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Aug 28, 2024 - 2024 NRHS Convention - Rockhill Trolley Museum: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The Rockhill Trolley Museum is a heritage railway in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania that collects and restores trolley, interurban and transit cars. Founded in 1960, the museum operates what has been historically... Read More>> |
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Aug 28, 2024 - 2024 NRHS Convention - East Broad Top Railroad and a Shop Tour: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Operating from 1871 to 1956, it is one of the nation's oldest and best-preserved narrow-gauge railroads and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. The railroad is now preserved for... Read More>> |
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Aug 27, 2024 - 2024 NRHS Convention - Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is located on the east side of Strasburg along Pennsylvania Route 741 and is administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum... Read More>> |
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Aug 27, 2024 - 2024 NRHS Convention - Strasburg Rail Road: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The Strasburg Rail Road (reporting mark SRC) is the oldest continuously-operating railroad in the western hemisphere and the oldest public utility in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Chartered in 1832, the... Read More>> |
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Aug 26, 2024 - City Park Railroad and Harris Tower: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. A 63 acre island and city park, City Island, in the middle of the Susequhanna River, is home to the Harrisburg Senators, the AA affiliate of the Washington Nationals. The Walnut Street Bridge, an old steel truss street bridge that is... Read More>> |
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Aug 24, 2024 - The Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The Pennsylvania Railroad freight house was built circa 1895 and home to the Winchester Little Theatre. This group was organized in 1929 "...to present, produce and encourage the production, acting and writing of plays..." by a... Read More>> |
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Aug 21-24, 2024 - The Three-Day Driving Trip to the National Historical Society Convention in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. This year's National Railway Historical Society Convention took place in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania from August 26th to 31st. I bought tickets for... Read More>> |
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Sep 4, 2023 - A Great Train Journey - Chapter 6: Report & Photos by Robin Bowers. NRHS 2023 Annual Convention in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Today started as days everlastingly have started with the sun rising up from the Atlantic Ocean here in the deep south. The weather was going to be a repeat of the... Read More>> |
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Sep 3, 2023 - A Great Train Journey - Chapter 5: Report & Photos by Robin Bowers. NRHS 2023 Annual Convention in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Brightline and Lighthouse. Today started early with the commencement of the 2023 convention field trips. I went downstairs to the Spotted Stag Gastropub for a breakfast of pancakes then later walked to the hotel's north entrance and joined the queue for our bus ride to West Palm Beach and Brightline's Running Repair Facility tour. Buses were schedule to start boarding at 8:00am and I was on the second one, leaving around 8:20am. Our trio of buses arrived at the maintenance facility near 10:00am but there was nobody to welcome us so we sat and waited to... Read More>> |
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Sep 2, 2023 - A Great Train Journey - Chapter 4: Report & Photos by Robin Bowers. NRHS 2023 Annual Convention in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Seeing Miami on the Metro. Today we are going to Miami to ride their Metro line. Chris and I were up early for today's adventure and skipped breakfast at the hotel as it was... Read More>> |
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Sep 1, 2023 - A Great Train Journey - Chapter 3: Report & Photos by Robin Bowers. NRHS 2023 Annual Convention in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Riding Tri-Rail end-to-end, welcoming Silver Meteor. This morning I was up and made it to The Spotted Stag in the lobby for breakfast around 8:00am. While eating my... Read More>> |
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Aug 31, 2023 - A Great Train Journey - Chapter 2: Report & Photos by Robin Bowers. NRHS 2023 Annual Convention in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Train watching. This morning I slept in late after a long day yesterday and went down to lobby to see about getting breakfast only to learn that the... Read More>> |
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Aug 30, 2023 - A Great Train Journey - Prologue: Report & Photos by Robin Bowers. NRHS 2023 Annual Convention in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Today begins a long-distance trip across this great country from sea to shining sea. My travel companions will be my former travel partner on... Read More>> |
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Sep 8, 2023 - Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The Boone & Scenic Valley is operated by the Iowa Railroad Historical Society, a non-profit, volunteer-driven organization which is dedicated to the preservation of, and educating the public about, the history of Iowa's railroads. Besides the... Read More>> |
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Sep 9, 2023 - National Railway Historical Society Convention Gold Coast Railroad Museum: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The Museum was founded in 1956 and built on the former Naval Air Station Richmond. With over three miles of tracks, the old base was an ideal place to build a... Read More>> |
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Sep 4, 2023 - National Railway Historical Society Convention US Sugar Railroad Trip: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. U.S. Sugar Corporation is a privately-owned agricultural business based in Clewiston, Florida. The company farms over 230,000 acres of land in the counties of Hendry, Glades and... Read More>> |
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Sep 3, 2023 - National Railway Historical Society Convention Brightline Trip: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Brightline is a privately run inter-city rail route between Miami and West Palm Beach, Florida. Brightline began operating over its current route in January 2018 and the company is currently building an... Read More>> |
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Sep 1-2, 2023 - Tri-Rail and Miami Metro Trip: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Planning for a new commuter rail line began in 1983 and building the organization began in 1986. The current system was formed by the Florida Department of Transportation and began operation January 9, 1989, to provide temporary... Read More>> |
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Aug 30-31, 2023 - The Journey To Florida For The NRHS Convention: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Tri-Rail train P689 was two trains combined in one movement. Our train came in six minutes late and we took this 18.2 miles to Deerfield Beach and detrained after five stations. I led the way as we trudged the... Read More>> |
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May 25, 2022 - A trip to Rochelle Railroad Park: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Elizabeth and I awoke at the Holiday Inn in Aurora and cuddled before we went downstairs for breakfast. After we returned, we did our usual Internet browsing and watched trains from the room's window until check-out time.... Read More>> |
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May 24, 2022 - Metra Trip to Joliet: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Elizabeth and I were awoken at 6:35 to a fire alarm and I quickly dressed and went downstairs, only to be told it was a false alarm. I went back upstairs and not long after, it happened again so we went downstairs and had breakfast. After that we... Read More>> |
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May 21-23, 2022 - Post-NRHS Private Car Trip from Fullerton to Chicago: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Our next trip would be aboard private cars on the Southwest Chief to Chicago. Carl Jensen invited us to ride to Chicago because there was open space on the cars that had come out from New York and... Read More>> |
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May 20, 2022 - 2022 NRHS Travel Town and Walt Disney Carolwood Barn: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Elizabeth and I awoke early at the Knott's Berry Farm Hotel as we planned to drive over to Black Bear Diner for breakfast this morning. Since Elizabeth had a bus host meeting at 7:15, we arrived just after... Read More>> |
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May 19, 2022 - 2022 NRHS Convention Nethercutt Museum: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. After a fantastic behind-the-scenes tour of the railway at Knott's Berry Farm and having breakfast at McDonald's, I went downstairs to wait for the bus to load. I was the first to board Bus 1 and then... Read More>> |
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May 19, 2022 - 2022 NRHS Convention Knott's Berry Farm Shop Tour: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. When I picked up my convention registration package, I was surprised to learn about three behind-the-scenes tours of Knott's Berry Farm which were being offered on Thursday morning to... Read More>> |
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May 18, 2022 - An NRHS Trip to the Southern California Railway Museum: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Today's trip was to the Southern California Railway Museum, a place I had been many times. After I finished the story from yesterday, Elizabeth and I went to the Amber Waves Restaurant in the... Read More>> |
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May 17, 2022 - A NRHS Trip to the San Diego Model Railroad Museum: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. This year's National Railway Historical Society convention was in Buena Park, California and therefore was very close to where Elizabeth and I live. I signed up for all the convention activities as... Read More>> |
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Aug 28, 2021 - NRHS 2021 Metra Commuter Special Excursion: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Metra is a commuter rail system in the Chicago metropolitan area serving the city of Chicago and surrounding suburbs via the Union Pacific and BNSF Railways. The system operates 242 stations on... Read More>> |
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Aug 27, 2021 - NRHS 2021 The Christopher Farm & Gardens: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Special attractions that were available for the group today included the 1899 Nevada Northern platform observation car "Ely" and the ability to go through Barns 11, 13 and 14 whichh housed Milwaukee Road... Read More>> |
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Aug 25, 2021 - NRHS 2021 East Troy Electric Railroad and NRHS Banquet: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The East Troy Electric Railroad is an interurban heritage railroad owned and operated by the East Troy Railroad Museum. Passenger excursions run on a 7-mile stretch of track from... Read More>> |
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Aug 24, 2021 - NRHS 2021 National Railroad Museum Green Bay: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The National Railroad Museum is a railroad museum located in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, in suburban Green Bay. Founded in 1956 by community volunteers, it is one of the oldest and... Read More>> |
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May 10, 2019 - Golden Spike 150th Anniversary: Photos & text by Carl Morrison. "Spike 150" is Utah's celebration of the 150-year anniversary of the Golden Spike. Uniting A Nation. An Amtrak/automobile trip from Fullerton, California, to the Golden Spike National Historical Park, Utah, for the 150th Anniversary of the joining of the rails at Promontory Summit on May 10, 1869... Read More>> |
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May 2, 2019 - NRHS 2019 Convention: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The convention was held simultaneous with "Spike 150", Utah's celebration of the 150-year anniversary of the Golden Spike, one of the most iconic and life-altering events in America's history -- the completion of theh... Read More>> |
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May 2-12, 2019 - Golden Spike 150 & NRHS 2019: Report & Photos by Robin Bowers. Adventures in Utah for Spike 150, Promontory Summit - 150 years later, A Sesquicentennial... Read More>> |
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July 22, 2018 - NRHS 2018: Reports & Photos by Chris Guenzler Photos and Reports from the 2018 National Railroad Historical Society Convention... Read More>> |
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June 16, 2017 - NRHS 2017: Reports & Photos by Chris Guenzler Photos and Reports from the 2017 National Railroad Historical Society Convention... Read More>> |
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July 25, 2016 - NRHS 2016: Reports & Photos by Chris Guenzler Photos and Reports from the 2016 National Railroad Historical Society Convention... Read More>> |
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July 2016 - Adventures in the Rockies: Reports & Photos by Robin Bowers. Photos and Reports from the 2016 National Railroad Historical Society Convention and the trip along the way... Read More>> |
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June 20, 2015 - Adventurers in New England: Report & Photos by Robin Bowers. Vermont Railway - Rutland to Hoosick Junction Passenger Train. Chris and I arrived at the station 9:00AM. and a little early for our scheduled 10:00AM departure for New York State. Hoosick Junction is just a few miles west of the Vermont state line. Setting on the siding was the... Read More>> |
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Jun 19, 2015 - Adventures in New England, Chapter 11: Report & Photos by Robin Bowers. Vermont Railway / Clarendon & Pittsford Railroad. Rutland to Omya Passenger Train, Shelburne Museum and Covered Bridges. Today's train trip to the Omya plant will be broken into two parts This is due to lack of track space at the plant. Group One will depart Rutland by... Read More>> |
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Jun 18, 2015 - Adventures in New England, Chapter 10: Report & Photos by Robin Bowers. Vermont Railway - Rutland to Burlington Passenger Train. Today's train departs at 10:00 AM from Rutland. After breakfast, with a couple of hours free to explore, Chris and I drove to the locomotive yard, location of the former car shop building, to see what was there... Read More>> |
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Sep 21, 2013 - 2013 NRHS Convention -- Anchorage to Whittier and Spencer Excursion: Report & Photos by Elizabeth Guenzler. This last train trip of the convention dawned cool and damp but it did not deter any of the National Railway Historical Society members. After the regular routine of an early... Read More>> |
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Sep 20, 2013 - 2013 NRHS Convention -- Alaska Railroad Excursion to Palmer, Anchorage Airport and Potter: Report & Photos by Elizabeth Guenzler. The penultimate day of the convention featured more rare mileage as it was designed to offer a complete look at the railroad's Anchorage-area operations and... Read More>> |
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Sep 19, 2013 - 2013 NRHS Convention -- Anchorage to Seward Excursion: Report & Photos by Elizabeth Guenzler. The previous days of this convention had traversed through some very scenic areas of Alaska but today's excursion from Anchorage to Seward was touted as the most scenic. This was most... Read More>> |
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Sep 18, 2013 - 2013 NRHS Convention -- Glacier Tour, Wildlife Conservation Centre and Alyeska Tramway: Report & Photos by Elizabeth Guenzler. This first full day in Anchorage was set aside for the business meetings. There were two limited capacity tours offered - a shop tour of the Alaska Railroad and... Read More>> |
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Sep 16 & 17, 2013 - 2013 NRHS Convention -- Fairbanks to Denali and Denali to Anchorage: Report & Photos by Elizabeth Guenzler. Today was the first of a two-day journey on the Alaska Railroad from Fairbanks to Denali, where we would be overnighting at the McKinley Chalet Resort before the rest of the... Read More>> |
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Sep 15, 2013 - 2013 NRHS Convention -- Fairbanks to North Pole and Public Trips to Saulich: Report & Photos by Elizabeth Guenzler. Today was my first introduction to the Alaska Railroad and the start of five days' worth of early mornings since I was a car host on all but the first trip. I wanted to ride the trip to... Read More>> |
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Sep 14, 2013 - 2013 NRHS Convention -- Tanana Valley Railroad and Salmon Bake at Pioneer Park, Fairbanks: Report & Photos by Elizabeth Guenzler. The motorcoaches transported all the National Railway Historical Society conventioneers from the Riverboat Discovery {the previous travleogue} to... Read More>> |
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Sep 14, 2013 - 2013 NRHS Convention -- Riverboat Discovery in Fairbanks, Alaska: Report & Photos by Elizabeth Guenzler. When it was announced that the 2013 National Railway Historical Society convention would take place in Anchorage, Alaska, my first thought was what a fantastic opportunity to... Read More>> |
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Sep 13, 2013 - Auto, Train, Bus, and Plane. And Taxi too.. And so began my first day in the adventure of a life time. A one-time, never to be repeated exploring of a faraway land. A land much heard about, especially around a certain time of the year but with few visitors and scattered, sparsely populated residents... Read More>> |
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Sep 14, 2013 - Riverboat, Steam engine train and Stanley Steamer. It is the crack of dawn in the second largest city in the largest state in the Union that this day starts. Before falling asleep last night I perused the NRHS Schedule of Activities for Saturday September 14. The main first check point I needed to make was the bus shuttle operation from the Westmark to Riverboat Discovery. This was from 7:00 AM to 8:30 AM. I chose the time frame from 7:30 to 8:00 as the target. So near 6:45 AM as... Read More>> |
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Sep 14, 2013 - Fairbanks - Land of Midnight Sun. After boarding the bus the driver talked about the city of Fairbanks and our next stop Pioneer Park. The people who live along the rivers and coastline of northern Alaska are predominately Native American- Yup'ik, Inupiat, and Athabascan. For most of them, when they "come to town" they come to... Read More>> |
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Sep 14, 2013 - Antique Autos. Leaving Pioneer Park our bus made its way to our next venue and adventure. The driver was speaking about the country side we were passing by. She, the driver, explained we were passing what once was the biggest dairy farm in Alaska. Creamers Field is now part of a... Read More>> |
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Sep 15, 2013 - Train ride to North Pole. The second day in Fairbanks starts at the crack of dawn and this routine will continue thru the rest of week. The bus shuttle operation from Westmark to Fairbanks depot will be running from 6:00 AM - 8:00AM. An another great breakfast in the hotel dining room. The hostesses was... Read More>> |
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Sep 16, 2013 - Fairbanks to Denali. It was a bright sunrise this Monday morning in Fairbanks for my last day here. Shortly we would be starting our journey on the Alaska Railroad thru the middle of this the largest state in the Union. After checking my overnight bag to be sure I had what I needed for the next... Read More>> |
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Sep 17, 2013 - Denali to Anchorage via Talkeentna. Shrouded in the darkness before a gray dawn, the alarm goes off and a new day starts in Alaska. I gather my things and head out to my shuttle stop, "Bear Stop." The wait in the chilly darkness was short and no bears were heard or sighted. I boarded the shuttle to find... Read More>> |
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Jun 24, 2011 - British Columbia Electric Interurbans and Burnaby Central Railway: Report & Photos by Elizabeth Guenzler. The NRHS convention continued today with seminars but the British Columbia Electric Railway's interurbans in Surrey and Burnaby were the focus and destination for today. Little did I know at that... Read More>> |
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Jun 22, 2011 - 2011 NRHS Convention - Northwest Railway Museum: Report & Photos by Elizabeth Guenzler. I did not have much holiday time in 2011, as I had only been at my new job less than a year, and would be taking a few days off the following month for Train Festival 2011... Read More>> |
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Jul 8, 2005 - 2005 NRHS Convention -- Brooklyn Roundhouse Tour and Convention Banquet: Report & Photos by Elizabeth Guenzler. Even though it would be a few years until the City of Portland's three famous steam engines would have to find a new home (plans were already in the works)... Read More>> |
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Jul 7, 2005 - 2005 NRHS Convention -- Port of Tillamook Bay Excursion: Report & Photos by Elizabeth Guenzler. Even though I had ridden the Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad four years earlier, I was looking forward to the convention trip from Banks to Enright and return. The Tillamook Branch of the... Read More>> |
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Jul 6, 2005 - 2005 NRHS Convention -- Western Star Steam Excursion: Report & Photos by Elizabeth Guenzler. I was really looking forward to this day's excursion since I would be riding behind two steam engines that were new to me - Southern Pacific 4-8-4 4449 and Spokane, Portland and Seattle 4-8-4 700. Both are... Read More>> |
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Jul 5, 2005 - 2005 NRHS Convention -- Mount Hood Railroad Excursion: Report & Photos by Elizabeth Guenzler. I was overjoyed when I learnt the 2005 National Railway Historical Society convention was going to be held in Portland, Oregon. Living in Victoria, British Columbia, it was an... Read More>> |
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Aug 21, 2002 - 2002 NRHS Convention - Verde Canyon Railroad: Report & Photos by Elizabeth Guenzler. I joined the National Railway Historical Society (NRHS) in 2002 when I learnt that year's convention was going to be held in Williams, Arizona. The Grand Canyon was somewhere I had wanted to visit for a... Read More>> |
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Aug 22, 2002 - 2002 NRHS Convention - Sunset Trip to the Grand Canyon: Report & Photos by Elizabeth Guenzler. The timing of the return to Williams from the Verde Canyon Railroad allowed me to see and photograph the afternoon Grand Canyon Railway train returning. Before that arrived though, I had a... Read More>> |
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Aug 24, 2002 - 2002 NRHS Convention - 3751 Grand Canyon Limited Excursion: Report & Photos by Elizabeth Guenzler. There were no excursions scheduled for August 23rd but I did attend one of the seminars and walked around Williams and visited City Hall where I was given a municipal lapel pin to add to... Read More>> |
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Aug 25, 2002 - 2002 NRHS Convention - 3751 Canyon Limited: Report & Photos by Elizabeth Guenzler. The "outbound" trip of the 2002 convention was a two-day steam event, with the first day from Williams to Parker and the second day from Parker to Los Angeles. I rode the Sunday segment featuring rare... Read More>> |
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