Old Trains
Thanks for the pics Mary! It's amazing to me how railroading gets in your blood. My father was an Engineer for Union Pacific and I've loved trains from my earliest memories. Unfortunately, he died back in '56 at the too-young of 44 when I was only 7.
We always traveled by train when I was a kid. Lots of trips from LA to either Las Vegas or Salt Lake City as we had relatives in both cities. I remember my mom and I taking two cross-country train trips the summers before I started both 5th and 6th grade. First was up the up the west coast from LA to Vancouver, across Canada to New York, then down to DC and back across the US to LA. The following year we went the opposite way on the same route. Great way to travel!
About 10 years ago my wife and I took the train up to Seattle from LA for a long weekend - her 1st long train trip. We had so much fun - it was like a 'land cruise'.
Thanks again for the memories!!!
