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Category Archives: Railroads

Day 2023015!

Kind of dull yesterday and rainy today…but I did spy something across the river… Yup!  There might even be two of them! But just what is it? It is the Verde Canyon Railroad! I road this one several years.  It is a nice ride.  Mostly in a canyon, but there is a tunnel! She was […]

Day 326

Between the new industrial area, the heating plant at Malmstrom AFB and the grain elevators, you really don’t see as much train traffic as you would think. ~Curtis in /\/onTana! {!-{>

Day 324

And the snow keeps on falling!  Kaua’i it’s not! Rainbow Dam, Falls and Trestle Overlook. ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

Day 301/Day 7

We wandered down to Ka’paa for a little shopping at Safeway and a fabric store.  A slow day overall. Lunch by the beach! While there wasn’t much railroad activity in Hawai’i, there was some.  Here is a railroad trestle left right in the middle of Ka’paa!  Mainly it was plantation trains here, to get the […]

Day 278

Down by the River!  New boards on Rainbow Dam, back behind the trestle.  A three (?) photo panorama! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

Just an old fashioned Train song…

I love this song.  I don’t know why I was thinking about it this morning… This link is to the Johnny Cash version, the first song on this album. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=cYXEBcZpNQQ&list=OLAK5uy_kCs8BjJjAgvhn-BxQfPSFwKmBqcYQlSNc “Texas – 1947” Bein’ six years old, I had seen some trains before So it’s hard to figure out what I’m at the depot for […]

Day 253

Something different: from the Virtual Railfan camera in Skykomish, WA:  The East Bound AMTRAK passenger train goes through Skykomish every evening; the West Bound every morning.  This is the East Bound.   https://youtu.be/Z-5tsZWYTk8 ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

Day 246

A fast trip to Kalispell for Avis: got to see a rainbow! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

Day 204

Lugnut and ‘Stache on the way to the Fair! Photo by DD#1. ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>  

Day 130

Marmot down under the Rainbow Trestle. ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>