Thursday, June 08, 2006

Happy Rails - 12 guys in the desert

From: "Chris Graves" caliron@att.net

Thank You all for sharing our recent Nevada experience; your accompanying Chuck Sweet, Bob Chugg and I is sincerely appreciated!

For those that have an interest, here is a list of those [who travelled] just to get hot, dusty and dirty, chasing history:

Jack Bower, Auburn, Cal., retired electrical contractor
Chuck Clark, Auburn, Cal., retired electrical contractor
Peter Wade, Sacramento, Cal. P E, Calif. Dept. of Water Resources
Tony Carpenter, Sacramento, Cal. P E, Calif. Dept. of Water Resources
Bill Anderson, Folsom, Cal. retired CalTrans, now Pres't. Folsom, El Dorado, Sacramento Historical Railroad Ass'n
Shen-Chih Cheng (Sam), Cerritos, Cal. photographer, and OUR OFFICIAL PHOTO GUY!
Dave Turner, Las Vegas, Nev., printer
Rob't Chugg, Ogden, Utah retired Park Ranger, Golden Spike Nat'l Park Service
Chuck Sweet. Ogden, Utah
Gene Luevano, Los Angeles, US Dept. of Home Land Security, Railroad Protection Section
Lou Henkel, Okemos, Mich. retired (this is the wild man that drove non-stop from Nebraska to Wells, Nev., to join the fray)

... Again, THANK YOU for joining us, it was a grand tour, and a super grand group. ...

—G J Chris Graves, NewCastle, AltaCal'a


Twelve guys in the Nevada desert, June, 2006.

2 Comments:

Blogger CPRR Discussion Group said...

From: "Bill Anderson" bill@fedshra.org

... What a great event it was! Super weather, a great bunch of guys and a once in a lifetime experience. See the History Channel's program on the "Transcontinental Railroad." We happened to have enjoyed our venture with 3 of its "stars."

—Bill

6/08/2006 2:33 PM  
Blogger CPRR Discussion Group said...

From: Anthony Carpenter

Thanks for the photos ...

It was a fantastic trip and I really enjoyed meeting everyone. Kudos to Lou for driving all the way from Michigan to join the group!! A big "Thank you" goes out to Chris, for organizing the whole thing!!

I hope you all made it back home safely.

—Tony

6/09/2006 2:38 PM  

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