About My Trains

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

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

It has been moved!!!

The locomotive on the front of this post card, at the time of this picture, is sitting in quiet retirement in the State Fair Grounds of Doug...

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Trapped... and Rescued!!

The train on the front of this post card is a relief train headed to another train trapped in the Columbia River Gorge. The story follows b...

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

This One is Standing Upright!

In December of 2022 I posted about a train that had been on the tracks when the great San Francisco earthquake hit. That train and this one...

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

They Are Almost All Gone!!!

Everything on this post card is gone, except for the publisher of the post card. Norfolk & Western ended in 1982, The Powhatan Arrow ma...

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Really Not Sure About this One

The train on the front of this post card is traveling on what is called the "Pan Bowl". There is a spot on the North Fork of the ...

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Getting Ready to Retire

The front of this post card shows a locomotive with only three more years left in its life. The words on the back of the post card say, “Pe...

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

A Man of Determination Did This!

The bridge featured on the front of this post card is located 85 kilometers south of St. Augustine. It is on the Florida East Coast Railwa...

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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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