PHOTO PAGE

Boone & Scenic Valley Ride Nov. 2011

Ft. Leonard Wood Ride 2011

U.S. Army locomotive at the Ft. Leonard Wood shop building

Our escort hirail heads down the grade from the fort.

Dave Calwell rounds one of the many curves between Ft. Leonard Wood and Bundy Jct.

Heading back on the first trip of the day.

Our group crosses the curved wooden trestle bridge.

One of the 5 new bridges on the line.

Bundy Jct. with a ballast regulator sitting on the wye by another new bridge.

Photo stop at one of the scenic spots.

Another photo stop on the curved trestle.

Columbia Terminal (COLT) Ride 2011

COLT locomotive and their Wabash dinner train F-7

John Duden heads towards Centralia

Etta siding.

Blimp overhead at our lunch stop.

New Hwy 63 overpass that eliminates a dangerous grade crossing.

Black Hills Central Ride 2011

The excursion train returns to Hill City so we can leave for our first trip to Keystone.

Sitting in the Hill City yard by #7.

Don & Brenda Schoeb round one of the many curves between Hill City and Keystone.

Dave Calwell comes around the bend heading back to Hill City.

Sitting in downtown Keystone.

Waiting in the siding at Oblivion as the 2-6-6-2 locomotive pulls the excursion train up the steep grade.

The train returns as we wait at the Keystone junction siding.

The deer were plentiful. These two are checking out the mainline for food prior to our departure from Keytstone.  

Boone & Scenic Valley Ride 2011

Cars lined up at the B&SV depot.

M&StL RS-1 switcher at the depot.

John Duden approaches Fraser.

Joel Johnson prepares to turn his M-19 at the Fraser crossing.

Dave Reinbold turns his car at Fraser.

Backing the cars to the west switch at Fraser which is as far as we could go due to mudslides on the hill.

Approaching the High Bridge.

Mudslide area on the west side of the High Bridge that's been cut back from the tracks.

Des Moines River bridge by the Y-Camp.

Nebraska Northeastern Ride 2011

T om Osborne unloads his MT-14 at Osmond.

R odney Melcher waits for our departure from Osmond.

Dave Voeltz gives the morning safety meeting.

The tracks got a little weedy west of Osmond.

The tracks look much better.    

George Schmidt uses a unique device to turn his M-19 at O'Neill.

Cars are turned at O'Neill and ready to head back to Osmond.

EC Dave Voeltz and EC-in-training Don Schoeb discuss the ride.

Lunch stop at Page.

B NSF shuttle train meet at Copenhagen.

Short rest stop at Laurel.

Iowa River Ride June 2011   

Cars lined up at Union preparing for departure to Marshalltown. 

Unloading Mike Cortez's MT-14 with his unique framework for a makeshift roof.

Chris Burke waits for our Union departure.

Dave Voeltz chats with Bob Smith and others prior to departure.

Sitting after turning around at the north end of the line.

Doug Gentles came all the way from British Columbia to join us in his Ford hirail.

DMV&W Ride 2010

Rounding one of the many lakes on the DMV&W.

Watching a BNSF freight at McKenzie, ND.

New track alignment to raise rails above the water level.

Passing the new track alignment.

Mike & Donna Zandee's Woodings ready to head north from Britton.

Dave Voeltz's S-2 with the group on our night run at Geneseo Jct.

Water on both sides of the tracks.

Observing Dave's 'no wake' rule running through water at Claremont, SD.

Birds scatter as we approach the water over the rails.