2025

AERC LLW 5399
On Sunday, March 16, 2025, Black Widow painted Albany and Eastern Railroad Company's (AERC) Lavacot Locomotive Works (LLW) 5399 is leading an AERC set of passenger cars down Olive St. in Lebanon, OR.
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Railfan notes from 2025

Steve Sloan's Trains : Trip Notes : 2025

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Day Outings

Typically, outings not involving an overnight.

Wednesday, February 19, 2025
I went to the the California Central Model Railroad Club (CCMRC) in the historic Agnew depot in Santa Clara, CA on this day to test some DC models I hope to get converted to DCC.
Friday, February 28, 2025
I went to the Society of Model Engineers model railroad in the historic Niles depot in Fremont, CA, with Kenneth where we ran some models he recently put DCC decoders in.

Trip to Winterail 2025

I drove to Winterail 2025

Sunday, March 16, 2025
On the day after Winterail 2025 I drove to Eugene from Albany, OR via Lebanon, OR. I found an AERC excursion train going back to the barn after completing it's run that day.

Day Outings

Typically, outings not involving an overnight.

Saturday, March 22, 2025
On this day I went to the Tri-City Society of Model Engineers model railroad in the historic Niles depot in Fremont, CA with Ken the Younger and we ran trains together.

Arizona 2025 Trip

Starting on Friday, April 25, 2025 and finished on Sunday, May 4, 2025, I went to Arizona to chase and photograph trains with my dear friends Ken Compton and Liz Kylin.
Flickr Album: 2025 Trip To Arizona

Friday, April 25, 2025
On this day I started the Arizona trip. I drove from home to Tehachapi, CA, where I spent the night.
Saturday, April 26, 2025
I started the day in Tehachapi, CA, where I had spent the previous night. I met Ken Compton in Pisgah, CA. We drove to Lavic, CA and shot a number of trains there. Later that afternoon we drove to Klondike where we camped on BLM land.
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Ken Compton and I started this day at Klondike, CA where we had spent the previous night. We went from Klondike to Kingman, AZ.
Monday, April 28, 2025
Ken Compton and I started this day at Kingman, AZ. That night we went to Williams, AZ where we connected with Liz.
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Ken Compton and I stayed in Williams, AZ with Liz.

Day Outings

Typically, outings not involving an overnight.

Wednesday, May 7, 2025
On this day I went to the California Central Model Railroad Club (CCMRC) in the historic Agnew depot in Santa Clara, CA, to run DC trains.
Sunday, May 18, 2025
On this day I went to the Tri-City Society of Model Engineers model railroad in the historic Niles depot in Fremont, CA to run trains with my youngest son Kenneth.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
On this day Susie and I went to Riverbank for Maria to do Susie's hair. Susie, Maria, Mike, Rocky and I went to Jacob Myers Park and hung out at the railroad bridge and saw some trains.
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
On this day Susie, Gráinne, Roland and and I went to San Francisco to see some art. We rode Caltrain and Muni.
Saturday, June 7, 2025
I went to the California Central Model Railroad Club (CCMRC) in the historic Agnew depot in Santa Clara, CA and ran DCC.

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