Promised you some photo's of our trip! Well, here they are!
We started in LA with picking up our RV at Cruise America:
From there we drove to Barstow, Kingman and to Bob Adler in Peoria, Arizona. I promised him to visit while I was in the States. On our way we drove through Wickenburg, AZ and found this ATSF loco on display:
Me and Bob in his home:
We also saw his layout:
Then we drove to the Grand Canyon, the most beautiful piece of nature I ever seen:
From there we drove up to Northern California. On the way we found in Sonora this little piece of history; a 3 truck 3 cilinder Shay:
My goal in Sacramento was the Golden State Railway museum. They have 2 beautiful 4-4-0 , and also a restored Southern Pacific cab forward:
Cab Forward 4294:
4-4-0. They where beautiful restored!:
Some other good looking fellows:
A restored and operational E9A:
I had arranged a meeting with Dave Connery. He had a open day so we visited him for a good hour and a half. He was waiting outside with a English friend whom's name I forgot:
Entrance to his beautiful garden layout:
I have to say; Dave and Emma did a great job here!:
Dave owns a good deal of garden RR equipment, and also has a nice way to store them:
And a last picture together before I left:
At Fisherman's Wharf there is a last remain from the time that railroads moved there trains with barges over water. It is called pier 43:
San Francisco at its best:
Off course we visited Alcatraz:
From SF we drove downwards back to LA. First we went to see the Pacific Ocean:
My next goal was the Roaring Camp and Big Trees RR. They still operate logging locos the whole year round. I knew they had running Shays and yes, we made a trip with 3-truck 3 cilinder Shay no. 7 that was under steam that day:
There is still a operating Heisler loco. To my knowledge this is one of the few left:
Also in the yard a desolated Shay and Climax in not that good state. The Climax is missing its boiler, that stood a few feet further packed in plastic:
We then drove over highway 1 to Bakersfield. I encountered on the way a Southern Pacific GP35. It has to be one of the last in SP livery:
In Monterey we found the old RR depot not in use anymore.:
Bakersfield gave me some cruel shots of modern big UP diesel power!:
I also got the change to ride a short piece on the main, the locos (7!) where placed on the head of a train. Here I sit in the cab of the head loco:
A caboose of the railroad police. I really like these things and thought the caboose was totally gone by now. Well, they are not:
The radio controlled switchers. Funny sight with a guy standing next to these things and operates them and the crossing they go over:
Here the 7 locos I rode!:
From Bakersfield I wanted to visit the Tehachapi loop. Just before we left the place I encounterd a BNSF yard there. Here we found this nice set of locos with still one in BN livery:
Along the main line to Barstow:
And the loop. Great to be there!:
The plaque's:
And then back home... here our bird is waiting in LA to bring us home to Europe:
We had a great time (in also seeing other stuff than trains!). Now stash some money for the next time!! Thanks for watching!
Greetz, Ronald.
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