From the monthly archives:
Private room (tent) at McMenamin’s Olympic Club in Centralia… check.
Group of about 40-50 railfans arriving… check.
Sun going down… check.
Steve setting up the digital projection equipment… check.
Camera phone and free wi-fi so I can blog it…
Sounds like it’s time for another one of Robert’s annual slideshows.
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It’s been nearly 24 hours since I first announced the Dogcaught Railroad Search Engine and the initial response has been great.
Looking at the statistics, nearly 1,000 searches have been performed.
I’ve had about a dozen folks contact me to request that I include their website in the list of sites searched, and I’ve included them all. If you discover I’m omitting any good railroad or railfan web sources, please drop me an e-mail.
Please let your friends and colleagues with an interest in railroading know about the search engine, and thanks for the positive responses so far!
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Google is great for finding assorted railroad and railfan-related things online, but sometimes the number of results can be overwhelming, including spam sites or things not really related to our hobby. Using some new tools Google has created, I’ve put together a search engine focusing only on hand-selected railroad and railfan related websites.
Sites included are discussion forums, railroad sites, railfan sites, member websites from services such as Trainorders and Trainweb, and more, all hand-chosen to avoid any spam or such.
The Dogcaught Railroad Search Engine can be found on this site at http://www.dogcaught.com/search
Check it out. If you maintain a railroad/railfan website and you can’t find your content, drop me an email (ahockley@gmail.com) so I can be sure your site is included.
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The Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation has announced the Holiday Express excursions for 2006 which will feature both the SP 4449 and the SP&S 700 steam engines leading the trains north from Oaks Park in Portland.
For more information check out their website. This is a fun event for families and the proceeds go directly to the ORHF which is dedicated to building a permanent museum of railroading in the Portland area and a permanent home for the city’s three steam engines.
Technorati Tags: orhf, holidayexpress, sp&s700, sp4449, 4449, portland
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On Sunday’s trek around the Vancouver area I happened to be at the right place at the right time for a photo location I had passed many times but had never tried. This eastbound manifest is lead by two CSX Dash 9s is pulling quite the collection of excavators and side boom cats, all of it dirty.
The location is approximately half way between Eavan and the Wintler Rd. crossing east of Vancouver. In the background is Vancouver’s ’skyline’ including the ever present Smith Tower. The silver truss structure is BNSF’s Columbia River draw bridge.
Technorati Tags: bnsf, railfan, railfanning, pictures, photos, vancouver, washington, trains, railroad
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