Some of these are not my photos.....but being a train/steam junkie, I keep all the good ones I can find......
Sacramento Rail Museum......early diesel/electric
Class GS-2 4-8-4
Model of Big Boy 4-8-8-4.....3' long....breathtaking
private cars on a group trip up the California coast
H-8 Allegheny 2-6-6-6 in the Ford Museum
got into the Portland, Ore. round house where 4449 is kept with camera gear and a pass to work the room.....in the company of giants...........the most beautiful American engine ever built
'97 Sacramento Trainfest
Challenger Class 4-6-6-4 / one of two steam engines maintained in Wyoming
Nebraska
freshly restored....city of San Bernardino
Brand new engine brought to Rail Fair '99
Diesel tank on new engine.....fill'er up
scale....the engines that mastered America's west
4449....now owned by the city of Portland, Oregon
Privately owner/restored
Gandy Dancers.....moving rail in unison to music.....beyond cool
model restoration.....
Cab forward Sierra Mountain engine /AC-4 4-8-8-2
Sacramento Rail Museum
No longer an event, a homeowner in Santa Barbara had a huge layout for big steam models.....ran a yearly event open to public
Coal train .... so heavy they create a 'wave' in the track going forward.......
Wales, UK.....they're all nuts for steam over there
York, England's National Rail Museum.....I was first in the door and rushed thru ahead of the crowd with tripod......
BRM-4
where it started.......famous Rocket
Local modeler has build an example of every street car ever used in California.....the dedication is overwhelming
My cousin found a model of the very car, by number, of the street car he rode around Oakland pre WWII
I wanted to paint this deco' Yamaha cruiser in 4449 Daylite colors.......they look so close already
Mojave dawn
Gaviota bridge.......above SB
Pat Barry
Japan.....up near Motegi north of Tokyo
