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Category Archives: Railroads

Day 081!

Friday, March 24, 2023

The Hummingbirds in the tree next to us are growing like crazy! A bit closer. There is the whole thing… And because you can’t have too many train photos: The Verde Canyon Railroad! ~Curtis in /-\rizon/-\! {!-{>

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Day 063!

Monday, March 6, 2023

The day AFTER we got home last year from snowbirding down here in Arizona, I found: The Thunder Mesa Railroad on YouTube.  The remarkable part is that this studio in in Jerome, four miles up the hill from where we stay.  And it is open to the public on the first Saturday of the Month. […]

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Day 2023015!

Sunday, January 15, 2023

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 […]

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Day 326

Sunday, December 4, 2022

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! {!-{>

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Day 324

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

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

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Day 301/Day 7

Monday, October 24, 2022

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 […]

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Day 278

Monday, October 3, 2022

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

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Just an old fashioned Train song…

Saturday, January 22, 2022

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 […]

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Day 253

Saturday, September 25, 2021

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! {!-{>

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Day 246

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

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

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