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; 8B Wednesday Aug 31 2011 Bulletin Progressive Record, Reporter
At Williams Loop, almost as many cameras are focused on the
Feather River Express III Domes to Railroad Days train as are
aimed out of the rail car windows, everyone trying to capture
the gracefully circling train as it passes through the tunnel.
Photographers positioned themselves all up and down the
railroad line, from Portola to Emeryville, to photograph the
sleek classic train.
Twisting around to photog'raph the 1936 Tobin Bridge, Phil
Brenner sits in the classy end-car with windows on three sides.
Brenner, of Bakersfield, manufactures model trains, while his
friend manufactures model architectural structures such as
engine houses and other railroad buildings. His friend traveled
from Colorado for Portola's Railroad Days to enthuse with
other train advocates and feel the real size and power of
full-sized trains.
Photos
by
Trish Welsh Taylor
Streamlining south into the state Capitol area, the Feather River Express crosses high above the
wide Sacramento River. The train seemed to tunnel through the lacy steel beams that supported
the track, the train and the bridge itself. For a moment, the earthiness of the railroad trip was
replaced by a sense of shooting through an airy sky express.
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excitement that overrode the
drive to get every shot per-
fect. It was just so much fun.
As unexpected bouncing
occasionally threw people
laughing into each other's
body space, cares fell away.
The scenery was great but
the moment's happy excite-
ment was even greater.
Some passengers, perhaps
the ones who were on their
return trip from Railroad
Days and were past the peak
excitement point of their
vacation, lounged in the
various dining cars, eating
breakfast, drinking beverages,
making room for scrumptious
lunch, then indulging in more
beverages. The service was
respectful and full of humor
and the food, top notch.
The dining cars were the
most relaxing of niches the
Express had to offer. Four
diners could snuggle on the
booth seating of each table,
the cushions absorbing some
of the train's vibration. The
soothing motion, the views
down onto Tobin Bridge and
up at Pulga Bridge were well
announced by the crew.
These passengers had their
attention and cameras ready.
The view would be through
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For some, such as Claudia Horst,
above, of Sonoma County, and
her companion, the Feather
River Express trip is a leisurely,
fine dining experience with
ever- changing dramatic views
and the privilege of being on a
rare, romantic retreat into a
past era.
An original, commissioned
mural pictures man's use of the
horse for transportation and
hauling, referring to the era
that trains replaced. Every car
in the Feather River Express
has interior design elements
that make it unique and artful,
Built in the 1950s and now
privately owned, the historic
cars have been restored to
their original elegance.
the window, but it was
assured.
The mixing of people from
all walks of life made the con-
versations on the train trip
along the dramatic Feather
River Canyon a delightful
way to get acquainted with
new friends.
Enjoying the trip out of the
mountains and back to their
home in Los Gatos, one
couple talked with a minia-
ture train manufacturer from
Bakersfield and others in the
Silver Solarium Dome car
about local issues, such as
the return of bobcats to their
neighborhood.
In the 503 Pleasure Dome
car that Lucille Ball once
frequented, newcomer to
Plumas County Karen Pierson,
dean of instruction at Feather
River College, got acquainted
with local points of interests
and points of view. Pierson
rubbed elbows with people
who value this region enough
to invest the cost and time to
see it from a special perspec-
tive -- the classic railroad
perspective.
The Sousa family, a young
foursome from the greater
Stockton area, had taken a
Pullman sleeping car for their
excursion to Portola. Dad
John and son Austin moved
about the train finding little
and big adventures. They
came across a tall smiling
crewmember cooking up a pot
of chili in a remarkably small
kitchen. This kitchen was also
the hallway through which
passengers navigated. The
chili cook, who was offering
tastes, has been on the Union
Pacific crew for more than 30
years.
Sousa and his son were
seenin the lounge car, also,
where the Black Irish Band
did its last performance of
the Railroad Days weekend.
Managingthe heavy doors
between cars would have been
a bit much for the children on
the trip. Every door had a
slightly different pull or push
mechanism. Some doors led
into cars cooled by air condi-
tioning. Others led to crowds
of passengers taking turns at
the open-air views between
cars. Mary Andrews, of Chico,
was a lucky view-seeker who
found an open-air section
toward the rear of the train
where few other passengers
ventured. Later, as the train
made miles down the flat
Central Valley, she dined in
elegance inside.
The officially uniformed
Amtrak conductor Joseph
Reagin spent most of his time
See Train, page 9B