Railfan Diaries 15 - San Mateo to Skykomish

Through July and August of 2011, Dave Simpson and three friends spent 40 days on the road railfanning the USA and Canada.

The territory they covered in this time was immense: from California to Washington, British Columbia, Alberta to Nebraska, Wyoming, Arizona and back to California.

This series of the Railfan Diaries – the 2011 Adventures – features the video footage shot by Dave on their adventure and is presented in the geographical sequence in which it was shot.

With the aid of a good atlas or on-line mapping tool, you can follow their journey and get a real feel of the adventure they had.

2011 Adventures

Series 2 of the Railfan Diaries commences with Volume 15 – San Mateo to Skykomish.

Within hours of touching down at San Francisco, the group are off to San Mateo to catch the CalTrain metros in action.

They soon start their journey north with a visit to Oakland to catch some street running.

The production continues with shots from Dunsmuir then into Washington State with footage from Horsethief Lake, Kalama, Kelso and more street running from Rainier.

A brief look at Tacoma is followed by plenty of action at Auburn, Baring and finally Skykomish.

This volume has a good mixture of freight, people movers, high and low speed rail action from rural and urban settings.