Railworks America

So since I turned 21 this year, my dad thought it would be cool to do something really neat for my birthday! He gave me a VIP Car! Well didn't really GIVE it to me but I went for a ride in it on the Grand Canyon Railway!

(Keep in mind I scanned my negatives at 600 dpi so the quality is not all that great, the ones with me in them were taken with a digital camera. None of these photos have been edited outside of being cropped)

Started off in Williams AZ.





Yeah that goofy looking guy with the Rollei is me.





Heres our Coach.



Hey!


It was a diesel



Clickity Clack! Clickity Clack!






Dangit we're there



El Canyon de Grande Magnifico!







Yes...of the entire canyon, I take a picture of a shrub.





Me and my Dad (I'm not 8 feet tall his wide angle lens just distorts the edges so I look huge)









I like monochrome better.



I wanted to be artsy...



There's that guy again...


Okay, time to go home.





Inside a restored 1923 Pullman Coach that was toward the front of the train.


I had one photo left on my last roll, and this is what I used it for. Taken from the balcony on the coach.

Thank you for sharing. Those are just beautiful.

Great shots. Took Amtrak to Flagstaff, then to the canyon several years ago. Had the steamer running then.
Did you take the hiking path to the bottom of the canyon? Easy going down, not so going back up.

Awesome trip.
You look about 13 in the pics but I guess that's because of the resolution...

In addition to nice memories about your 21st and about trains, these will be nice memories about time spent with your dad.
Some day memories will be all you have, and believe me this day comes all too soon.

Glad you guys like the pics!

We were only at the canyon Sunday afternoon and Monday morning, didn't have enough time to walk all the way down the canyon.

Chacal wrote:You look about 13 in the pics but I guess that's because of the resolution...

Everyone always thinks I look a lot younger than I am, it's not just the camera.

B-24_LIBERATOR wrote:So since I turned 21 this year, my dad thought it would be cool to do something really neat for my birthday! He gave me a VIP Car! Well didn't really GIVE it to me but I went for a ride in it on the Grand Canyon Railway!

(Keep in mind I scanned my negatives at 600 dpi so the quality is not all that great, the ones with me in them were taken with a digital camera. None of these photos have been edited outside of being cropped)

These are great! Grand Canyon is on my bucket list. Thanks for sharing. I bet the ride was fun.

I think I have a picture of that same shrub somewhere, Brian. That looks like a lot of fun. I've driven to the Rim on the Arizona side many a time, but have yet to take the rails.

Heres a few pics I took in Williams the night before we left.
WARNING NOT TRAIN RELATED!







I love art deco

arizonachris wrote: I've driven to the Rim on the Arizona side many a time, but have yet to take the rails.

The observation coach was amazing! Highly recommended! (of course I didn't pay for it so... )

B-24_LIBERATOR wrote: Everyone always thinks I look a lot younger than I am, it's not just the camera.

You look like you are gonna be carded for awhile.

This Chinese guy I know is 21, but looks 15. He gets carded all the time. Doesn't mind it at all except only in one instance..... when he's carded at the movie theater. Then he goes into meltdown.

Thanks for sharing your trip!