About My Trains

Every post card in my collection has its own story. Every Wednesday I post one of the 3,000 plus stories.

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Smile!

Have you ever been at a tourist attraction or activity and someone from the amusement park or the company hosting the activity takes your pi...

Sunday, May 27, 2012

San Gabriel Valley

This card is a good example of why people went to Mt. Lowe’s attractions. Echo Mountain is right in the middle of the card. It is a white...

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

A Piece of Southern California Train History

Los Angeles is surrounded by mountains. These mountains are part of the reason that there is so much smog in the valleys. I remember as ki...

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

The Tehachapi Loop

The Tehachapi Loop is a spiral loop through the Tehachapi Pass in the Tehachapi Mountains. More specifically it is located in southern Cali...

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Through the Beautiful Desert

This post card is also in California. It is a picture of the back side of a train headed into California. Did you know that from many dire...

Sunday, May 6, 2012

I turn 101 years old today!!

Today we are celebrating a post card that turns 101 years old (according to its postmark) on this very date. This card seems to be part of ...

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Paradise?

We are going to continue with the Southern California orange grove/train theme. This post card is from the white border era (approxim...

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About Me

David: That is me in the vest on the railcar on our wedding day. We were married on the steam train in Fort Edmonton Park. I have over 3,000 post cards to share with you. This may take a long time, but I think it will be worth it!!

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