Your Year 2009 Railfanning Highlights

fitz Jan 1, 2010

  1. gregamer

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    Kids Gone Choo Choo

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    It's been the best year chasing trains with my two boys. I documented our experiences in our Blog: Kids Gone Choo Choo

    Some Highlights:

    Chehalis Centralia Railroad
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    A Day on the Sounder
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    Barnum & Bailey's Circus Train
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    The Pineapple Express - Oahu, Hawaii
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    Cheerio to 2009 and may 2010 be the best Railfanning year ever!
     
  2. BNSF FAN

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    It seemed like I didn't do a lot of railfanning but looking back now, seems i did get some neat stuff.
    This year saw me visit many states and get to rail fan in most.

    My favorite shot from the year has to be this BNSF train on Tehachapi Loop.
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    I saw some neat shortline equipmet like this switcher at the airport in Mojave CA.
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    And cool passenger equipment like this special paint job
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    And I got some hot new BNSF power pulling coal through Temple TX
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  3. BNSF FAN

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    There was this old wooden hack outside the BNSF shops in Cleburne TX
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    An unpatched Cotton Belt unit in FtWorth TX
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    And then there was this odd ball CSX super 7 working the Ohio Central yard in Newark Ohio.
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    Then there was day out with Thomas at the TVRM in Chattanooga TN.
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  4. BNSF FAN

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    There were some neat special loads along the rails too. Here's some type of boiler passing through Ft Worth TX

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    There was lots of other stuff too but those are some pretty good highlights from the year. Don't worry though, with all that meat, I did manage to get my vegtables in durring all this. Here's a cabbage in Ft Worth TX

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    Here's hoping everyone has a great year railfanning in 2010. Be safe and have fun.
     
  5. CarNutandTrainNut2

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    The highlight of 09 (for me) was paying a visit to Irondale,AL.
     
  6. fitz

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    CarNutandTrainNut2, welcome to Trainboard! Do you have any photos to share of your experience? As a member of Trainboard you can upload them to RailImages and link them directly into your messages. :tb-biggrin:
     
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  8. r_i_straw

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    I would have to say two trips that I made, one to the Portland area and one to Kansas City.
     
  9. Lenny53

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    Bala, Ontario

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  10. Lenny53

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    Beaconsfield, Quebec

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  11. bravogjt

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    Beautiful shot Lenny53!!

    Ben
     
  12. r_i_straw

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    Kicking up a cloud of snow is so fine. :thumbs_up::thumbs_up:
    Looks so much more wholesome than the dirt and dust that get kicked up around here.
     
  13. HemiAdda2d

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    Lenny, they are breathtaking! Very nice work!
     

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