Best Regards, Big John
Kiva Valley Railway- Freelanced road in central Arizona. Visit the link to see my MR forum thread on The Building of the Whitton Branch on the Kiva Valley Railway
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
Originally posted by chad thomas Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply locomutt Member sinceSeptember 2003 From: Louisville,Ky. 5,077 posts Posted by locomutt on Monday, April 11, 2005 6:53 AM I'm very proud that that CW shares the same interest with me. My Dad got me started,Uncle helped,and my better half keeps me going. Really appreciated Carl's comments,can't get better than that. And Chad,this was/is a Very good story. Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!! Reply siberianmo Member sinceFebruary 2004 From: Chesterfield, Missouri, USA 7,214 posts Posted by siberianmo on Monday, April 11, 2005 8:21 AM Very warm story ...... Thanx for sharing it with us! Any railfan who is a Grandpa can relate to taking their "pride and joy(s)" aboard a train. I can ...... Any railfan who experienced their first trainride with Dad or Grandpa understands the 'feelling" one gets ....... it stays with you. My wife is my railfan partner and we enjoy traveling the rails - especially in Canada (have family in Nova Scotia). Anyway, sharing the experiences with family members really goes a long way towards solidifying those relationships ........ See ya![tup] Happy Railroading! Siberianmo Reply canazar Member sinceAugust 2004 From: Phoenix, Arizona 1,989 posts Posted by canazar on Monday, April 11, 2005 12:36 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas John, What kind of action is there around Phoenix these days? I havn't been there science the SP mothballed west end to Yuma. Did you go out and check out the A & C ? Chad, No luck on the Arizona and California. It will most likely be awhile before I can get up there. As far as action goes in Phoenix, its not too bad. We live pretty close to the UP line coming in from the Sunset Route. There are about 4-6 trains a day on that. Mostly 4. Of course, UP is horrible with their times so catching one requires atleast an hour window. But there is siding over here that houses a couple of GP 38's/40's (depending on the selction of the month) that work the local industry work. The kid and I have gotten to know the night crew pretty well and they have been very good to us. If we catch at the right time we get to see them set out some cars and pick some up. I know on the west side of town you have the BNSF line that can get pretty busy, so I have been told, and have a good amount of daily work they do. ( Ihave gotten lucky onthat and got to watch some while I was over there runing some errans) I havent had a chnace to hangout and explore. All though, the big plan so it to take kid and head up north to Flagstaff and camp along the mainline of the TransCon route. You can have up to 180 trains in 24 hours up there. All BIG FAST Mainlne action. Should be good enough to keep a imaptient 5 year old busy. (Nothing is worse than telling a 5 year old, just wait a minutel onger... just wait , just wait , just wait, just wait.......etc [:(!]) Hopefully we will do that in a couple of weeks. [:D] N be in touch Chad, take care John k Best Regards, Big John Kiva Valley Railway- Freelanced road in central Arizona. Visit the link to see my MR forum thread on The Building of the Whitton Branch on the Kiva Valley Railway Reply chad thomas Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: Ely, Nv. 6,312 posts Posted by chad thomas on Monday, April 11, 2005 1:37 PM Thank for the update John. It's cool that you are getting to know the local crew, that's getting rare. (cough, cough ,cabride,cough)[;)]. Flagstaff is great to. I dig the natural waterslide that runs the canyon along the way. I did that a couple times. What a blast. I like Williams jct. It's one of my favorite spots. That's where the Peavine to Pheonix joins the main transcon. It's not too far wast of Flagstaff The steam powered Grand Canyon railway runs from Williams (the town) also. Might consider getting the boy hooked on steam. Have you considered checking out the Sunset. Gila Bend is a spot I like to hit when I'm out that way. That line can get real busy at times. Reply MP173 Member sinceMay 2004 From: Valparaiso, In 5,921 posts Posted by MP173 on Monday, April 11, 2005 4:09 PM Just got back from Phoenix. We make the yearly trek out for spring break and to see the Cubs spring training. Gotta agree with you about Flagstaff. Wow. Go to the Crown Railroad Cafe on the east side of town. YOu will not be disappointed. Chad, you probably mean Slide Rock State Park, between Sedona and Flagstaff. The water was too high to slide this spring. My earliest memories of railfanning involve me mom taking me outside when the Illinois Central local would pass thru. She would read the names on the boxcars off to me. As we got older she would ask about those names on the boxcars and wonder where they came from. It is a real special memory for me. Unfortunately, the Illinois Central, the rail line and my mother are all gone. But, the memories remain. ed Reply canazar Member sinceAugust 2004 From: Phoenix, Arizona 1,989 posts Posted by canazar on Monday, April 11, 2005 7:33 PM Sorry to hear that Ed, but you said something important, the memories remiain.[;)] Yup I agree with Ed, sounds like Slide Rock. I went down there a few times during college, good times [8D] I have heard lots of good stories about Gila Bend, but it is just getitng to warm for the desert. We are plannin a overnigth camping trip some time in the end of April.. Up there it will be in 30/40 to 60/70's. Plus there is something great about sitting up in the pines with those monsters runnin through. Actually as I was writing this, the kiddo came in and wants to go "hunting trains tonight". Guess were off to the branch of the UP to try and catch some local industry work. Say Hi to the 'guys". I f we get lucky tonight I will post up our story. John k Best Regards, Big John Kiva Valley Railway- Freelanced road in central Arizona. Visit the link to see my MR forum thread on The Building of the Whitton Branch on the Kiva Valley Railway Reply oskar Member sinceAugust 2003 1,092 posts Posted by oskar on Monday, April 11, 2005 8:38 PM great stories my closest rail fan friend is in Raleigh,NC it sucks that he is there because there are really no big railfans in Augusta and I have been seeing more stuff than him but NOBODY beats a UNPATCHED DRG&W and since I met him 1 year ago I have only seen him 2 times and also his hockey tean did not play this year but my teams did kevin Reply Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. 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Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas John, What kind of action is there around Phoenix these days? I havn't been there science the SP mothballed west end to Yuma. Did you go out and check out the A & C ?
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