Welcome to the online home for Elrond’s coffee-table book Route 66 Railway. The book sold out in 2011, but you can click here to read about R66R and view sample pages. To contact the book’s publisher — the Los Angeles Railroad Heritage Foundation (LARHF) — visit http://www.larhf.org/. A handful of signed copies were recently...
Read MoreEver since my book Route 66 Railway came out, I’ve always wanted to redo the Amboy, Calif., photo on page 73 with 4-8-4 no. 3751. A recent NRHS excursion finally provided that chance. Former Santa Fe no. 3751 rolls west past the Route 66 town on a hot May afternoon in 2012 … note the Amtrak helper engine is no. 66 (in 1980s-era...
Read MoreVisit the new photo gallery of Union Pacific steam in Cajon Pass and the Mojave desert: https://66rails.com/844weekend/photos/
Read MoreBNSF 7486 East makes a dazzling sight framed by the San Gabriel Mountains (click headline). While most people spent the wee hours of November 26, 2010 — “Black Friday” — in stores and malls, I met a friend in Cajon Pass to seek out photos of the old tunnels area. We encountered this intermodal train near Highway 138 and...
Read MoreEvery holiday season the Niles Canyon Railway operates a stunning “Train of Lights,” powered by vintage locomotives. Click here to read about this amazing time capsule in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area.
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