San Diego & Arizona in Mexico at west portal of Tunnel 3

Motorcars, Speeders, and

Inspection Cars

Welcome to Wayne Parsons' personal web page.

Listed here are Speeder trips made by Wayne & Nancy Parsons. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see photos of two car restoration projects. 

Each report includes photos in quick downloading JPEG form. ENJOY!

 

Bartle Tank - McCloud Rwy - near mile post 18


Parsons takes over as

 The SETOFF Editor

Click here for SETOFF information

B48G governorNew!

Download Files

Some scanned manual pages, various articles about the hobby, intercoms, radios, and turntables.  Even a file about the "B" word.

Some of these are LARGE files.  Not recommended for dial up connection users.


Portland & Western RR

Trip Reports

Idaho Northern and Pacific

                           Click a railroad name below to see the report

  • Tillamook Bay Railroad (near Portland, OR)
  • Yolo Short Line (Woodland, CA)
  • McCloud Railway 1998 (Mt. Shasta, CA)
  • Northwestern Pacific RR (Fortuna, CA)
  • 1998 Southwest Tour (Wilderness Tours)
  • California Western Railroad (Willits, CA)
  • Blue Mountain Railroad (Walla Walla, WA)
  • San Joaquin Railroad (Exeter, CA)
  • Northwest Tour 1998 by Chris Baldo (Oregon, Washington, and Idaho)
  • Camas Prairie Railnet (Lewiston, Idaho)
  • Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (Chama, New Mexico)
  • Eagle Mountain Railroad (Desert Center, CA)
  • Trona Railway (Above Mojave, CA)
  • Carrizo Gorge Rwy / San Diego Railroad Museum (Campo, CA)
  • White Pass & Yukon Route to Bennett 2002 (Skagway, Alaska)
  • White Pass & Yukon Route Bennett to Carcross 2002 (Skagway, Alaska)
  • British Columbia 2005 - CN Takla Sub (Prince George, BC)
  • McCloud Railway 2006 - The last snow run? (McCloud, CA)
  • Canadian National '06 Prince George to Prince Rupert (British Columbia)
  • California Western - November 25, 2006 - Turkey Run (Willits, CA)
  • Amador Foothill / Ione Rail Fair 2007 - May 12 (Ione, CA)
  • McCloud Railway Summer Run June 2007 - The last run? (McCloud, CA)

  • UP2644 before restoration

    Restoration Projects

    Rio Grande 4025 on the Cumbres & Toltec

  • Click Restoration link to see how UP-2644 (left)  got "club ready."
  • Click Narrow Gauge Project link to see the MT-14L (right) completed in June 2000 

  • Comments are welcome via e-mail wparsons@ix.netcom.com