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TRANSPORTATION: RAILROAD: PASSENGER :
TRANSPORTATION: TROLLEY TRAIN SUBWAY LIGHT RAIL BUS CITY :
TOURISM AND TRAVEL: TRAVELOGUES:
Nothing to Rail at Here: This Man Keeps on Track


Ride the Rails With Chris Guenzler!
<http://www.trainweb.org/chris/chris.html>


Today Chris celebrates 4631 days of sobriety.
[This is certainly an achievement to be very proud of. DD]


Chris' railroad mileage now stands at: 1,021,134.7 miles or 1,701,981.1
kilometers as of 9/18/2007
[This is a wheel big achivement.]


Spring 2006 Trip Part 2 SEPTA, The River Line and PATCO
<http://www.trainweb.org/chris/septa2006.html>


Chris has ridden over 1,021,000.0 miles - that's equal to over 42.54 times
around the world! He has ridden trains in all 50 states and has traveled
on every Amtrak route at least twice, plus all the trains of Canada's Via
Rail as well as every intercity route in Canada. In Mexico he has done
Copper Canyon many times plus some other special places.

[Chris also takes excellent photographs, making this achievement much
more special to us as we can ride along with him.]

Content Links from this website.

Read about my trips in 2006 and 2007.
<http://www.trainweb.org/chris/ChrisTrips.html>

Read about my trips from 1980 though 2005
<http://www.trainweb.org/chris/ChrisTrips2.html>

Spring 2006 Trip Part 2 SEPTA, The River Line and PATCO
<http://www.trainweb.org/chris/septa2006.html>


Join me on some of my Railfanning trips.
<http://www.trainweb.org/chris/RailfanTrips.html>

A tribute to Amtrak 1971 to the present!
<http://www.trainweb.org/chris/tributeamtrak.html>

The story of my early life.
<http://www.trainweb.org/chris/EarlyLife.html>

Links to my favorite web sites.
<http://www.trainweb.org/chris/links.html>

Hotels near railroad stations.
<http://www.trainweb.org/chris/Hotel.html>

An article about Chris that originaly appeared in the
Orange County Register April 25, 2007 Orange County Register Million Mile
<http://www.trainweb.org/chris/reg.html>
<http://www.trainweb.org/chris/ocreg2007.html>

Article Honolulu Advertiser article on Chris riding trains in all 50
states.
<http://www.trainweb.org/chris/hawaiipaper.html>

Ten tips for train riders.
<http://www.trainweb.org/chris/ChrisTips.html>

Industrial Rail Events.
<http://www.trainweb.org/chris/IR.html>

Concert photos of my favorite bands.
<http://www.trainweb.org/chris/Bands.html>

Click here to read my profile.
<http://www.trainweb.org/chris/Profile.html>

Chris has been a guest on Lets Talk Trains many times!
<http://www.letstalktrains.us/main.asp>

Click here to see my 50 State Post Card Wall
<http://www.trainweb.org/chris/Post.html>


Content Sample

Riding the Rails: The 2006-2007 Stories
<http://www.trainweb.org/chris/ChrisTrips.html>


Here are stories of Chris Guenzler's journeys on the trains of North
America. The stories are in chronologial order, the most recent can be
found at the top and the oldest by scrolling down to the bottom of the
page.

BRAND NEW!
CP 2816 Dresser Turn Trip

BRAND NEW!
CP 2816 Glenwood Turn Trip

BRAND NEW!
First Train to the New Buena Park Metrolink Station

BRAND NEW!
It will be so good to be home via the Crescent, Capitol Limited and
Southwest Chief.

BRAND NEW!
The NRHS Summerville Steam Trip.

BRAND NEW!
A visit to the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History.

BRAND NEW!
A Trip on the Stone Mountain Railroad

BRAND NEW!
A visit and ride at the Southeastern Railroad Museum

BRAND NEW!
NRHS Visit to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum

BRAND NEW!
NRHS Trip Over the TAG Line

BRAND NEW!
The NRHS Blue Ridge Trip

BRAND NEW!
The NRHS Hiwassee Loop Trip

BRAND NEW!
A visit to Rock City and the Fairyland Caverns

BRAND NEW!
A trip on the Lookout Mountan Incline Railway

BRAND NEW!
A stay at The Chattanooga Choo Choo

BRAND NEW!
A Trip on the Big South Fork Scenic Railroad

BRAND NEW!
A Trip at the Southern Appalachia Railway Musuem

BRAND NEW!
Trips on the Great Smokey Mountain Railroad

BRAND NEW!
The North Carolina Transportation Museum and Train Ride

BRAND NEW!
Onward to Charlotte via the Southwest Chief, Cardinal and Crescent

BRAND NEW!
A Trip on the Boone & Scenic Valley!

NEW!
East on the Southwest Chief to La Plata!

NEW!
Lake Whatcom Railroad and the flight home!

NEW!
First Revenue Run of the Tacoma Spirit of Washington Dinner Train

NEW!
A Trip over the Remlinger Farm's Tolt River Railroad

NEW!
Flying to SeaTac and the Pacific Northwest Railroad Museum.

Chelatchie Prairie Photo Freight Trip

The Milwaukee Road 261 to Duluth and the Dinner Train

Minnesota Dinner Train plus finishing the Hiawatha Light Rail Line.

Cass 40th Railfan Weekend

The Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum and a trip to Seneca Caverns.

A Trip to the B&O Railroad Museum plus finishing up Baltimore Light Rail

One Million Rail Miles Achieved, the Complete Story

A Photo Freight on the Indiana Transportation Museum.

A trip over the Carthage Knightstown & Shirley Railroad

A Photo Freight over the Whitewater Valley Railroad.

Tour of Amtrak's Beech Grove Shops

A trip over the French Lick, West Baden & Southern Railway

A Trip to the Monticello Railway Museum and a surprise find after!

Keystone Service, SEPTA Streetcar Lines and the Cardinal to Indy.

A stay at the Red Caboose Motel

A Trip on the Strasburg Railroad, Shop Tour and a Chase

A visit to the Pennsylvania Railroad Museum.

The Trip with a stop in Pittsburgh to ride the Monongahela Incline.

Updated!
Scenes along the Surfliner Route on my quest for the Million Rail Mile

A Trip to Ride the New Mexico Railrunner, Beep! Beep!

Winterail 2007 Show and Trip

Stuck for hours in Lamy: A roundtrip on the Southwest Chief from Los
Angeles

My return to the Pacific Parlor Car

A Trip to Stay at the Depot Inn & Suites in La Plata, Missouri.

Train Riders Group Trip to ride the entire San Diego Trolley System

The Trip home from Fort Worth on the Texas Eagle and Sunset Limited plus
DART

A Trip on the Texas State Railroad Palestine to Rusk and return.

The Grapevine Vintage Railroad to the Fort Worth Stockyards and Trinity
River Run.

The Museum of American Railroad in Fair Park in Dallas 12/30/06

The Trip to Fort Worth on the Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle plus TRE and
DART

"A Holiday Festival of Trains" at the Richard Nixon Library

Another morning Surfliner ride.

A Trip La Plata, Missouri for Trainweb.com Grand Opening

Trainweb.com 10th Anniversary Birthday Bash at the Rail Restraurant
12/06/06

Holiday Season Display at the Santa Ana Antrak Station

A short ride on Surfliner Amfleet 573 and Metrolink to Riverside

A Trip to Tustin to see the Metrolink Holiday Toy Train 2006!

A Trip to Sacramento for the 18th Annual Trainmaster Dinner plus more!

Sand Dunes, Ghost Railroad and the Trip Home

A trip on the San Luis Central Railroad

A Trip of the San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad

A trip on the Manitou and Pike Peak Railway

Pikes Peak Historical Street Railway visit and ride

Southwest Chief to Trinidad, Pueblo Railway Museum and other surprises

First Train to use new Santa Ana east platform plus history of the east
platform and bridge.

SP 4449 Excursion to Bend, Oregon

My 950,000 Rail Mile in the last Great Dome

A look at both Coaster and Metrolink Services

The Trip Home from the NRHS 2006 Convention via Altoona

NRHS 2006 Convention Trip 4: The Buckeye Circle Trip

NRHS 2006 Convention Trip 4A: The Morgan Run Shop Tour

A Brief Trip to the Warthers Carving Museum and the NRHS 2006 Convention
Banquet

The Mad River & NKP Museum in Bellevue, Ohio plus the trip there!

NRHS 2006 Convention Trip 3: The Cincinnati Limited Dennison to Newark.

NRHS 2006 Convention Trip 2A: A Trip at the Minerva Steam Railroad Museum

NRHS 2006 Convention Trip 2: The Cuyahoga Valley Classic

NRHS 2005 Convention Trip 1: Dennison to Gould Tunnel plus a Photo Freight

A Trip to the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum

The Tunnel Inn plus a second trip to the Horseshoe Curve.

A Trip and Tour at the Rockhill Trolley Museum

A Visit and Trip on the East Broad Top Railroad

First on the ground experience at the Horseshoe Curve and more!

A Ride on the Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad

A Ride on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad

Amtraking to Pittsburgh to get to the pre NRHS Convention Trips

First runs of Sunday Metrolink Orange County Line Service

Midday Orange County-Inland Empire Train Service plus a side trip to San
Diego

Another trip on the Mount Hood Railroad plus a cab ride return.

SP 4449, SP&S 700 Ride, Speeders and the Willamette Shore Trolley.

A Train Ride at the Camp 6 Logging Museum

Steam Charter on Tacoma Rail from Morton to Tacoma

Steam Photo Charter on the Chehalis-Centralia Railroad

A trip from Banks to Tillamook on the Port of Tillamook Railroad

The first Run of Metrolink Train 655 the New Orange County Line Weekend
Service

Train Riders Group 2nd Santa Barbara Trip

Training to Fullerton Railroad Days 2006

Oakland Circle II and my final steak on Amtrak?

The Spring 2006 Trip Featuring Simplified Dining on the Southwest Chief,
Capitol Limited and Cardinal along with SEPTA, The NJT River Line, PATCO,
Princeton JCT, PATH , Hudson Bergen Light Rail Line and the New York Mets
vs Atlanta Braves Game.

Surfliners, PRS San Dimas Museum and PRS Yard Tour

The Feather River Express

First Train to Piru in Years: Fillmore Railfest

The Coldest Winterail Ever!

A New Bridge, a Test and Just a Morning Aboard a Surfliner

A Train Riders Group Trip to Santa Barbara

A Trip to Los Angeles to Hear Michael Dukakis Speak

A visit to Los Angeles to see Santa Fe 3751

A trip over the entire San Diego Trolley System


Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jw...@temple.edu
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