After leaving Page, we headed back to Williams (aka the land of trains), for another 3 days of Arizona fun before heading home.
While in Williams, we enjoyed the trains, the Route 66 vibes and a trip to the Grand Squirrel Canyon. We're covering all this fun in the next few days starting today with a look at the Grand Canyon Railway Train.
The original Grand Canyon Railway train ran its first train from Williams to the Grand Canyon on September 17th in 1901.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway help to establish, the 68 mile track and train to carry tourists out to the Grand Canyon and helped make the Grand Canyon the tourist destination it is today.
Unfortunately, because of the rising popularity of automobiles, the original Grand Canyon Railway train shut down in 1968.
Hey Rosy!!
I haven't traveled back in time, have I?
What? It's just Mama using her history imagination(and the Sepia filter)?
Whew, for a second I thought I had transported back in time before Greenies were invented!
As I was saying before Sunny interrupted, after the railway closure in 1968 the train tracks were neglected and started eroding. That's when the present day Grand Canyon Railway stepped in. They repaired the tracks, restored the train depots and in 1989 train service to the Grand Canyon resumed!
Unfortunately, the train is not dog friendly. Since it's an all day adventure to take the train, Mama and Daddy were content to just look around the train station and watch the train return from its trip to the Grand Canyon.
As you may have guessed, Mama made a little movie of the train:
(As always, feel free to visit our YouTube Channel HERE)
The train trip sounds like it might be fun, but I bet it's nothing compared to the Squirrel Hunting to be had at Squirrel Canyon!
Stay tuned tomorrow for some more on those sneaky Squirrels!
We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the
Happy Tuesday Blog Hop this week!
Well Rosy and Sunny, we are shocked, just shocked, to learn that pups are not allowed on the Grand Canyon Railway.
ReplyDeleteYou need to start a campaign.
Toodle-oo!
Nobby.
Love the old looking photos, so fitting for the old trains! Squirrels are much more interesting than trains but Olivia sniffed old trains last year and got to go inside some and said it was weird but fun. Great pics your mom got.
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ReplyDeleteCount me a little bit jelly green that you got up so close to these beautiful beasties of the iron ways... but also a bit mad that you can't go on them! Hugs and wags, YAM-aunty xxx
Standing ovation..OMDs Bryan will probably watch this 87 times tonight (when he reads blogs).
ReplyDeleteI love the sepia and I thank da mama and dad for wandering around and sharing and videoing everything. I just read YAM's comment I say ditto to it.
Hugs Cecilia
I love your Casey Jones railway hats guys. Tell your mama the sepia is just perfect for the occasion.
ReplyDeleteThe trains are always so cool and you girls are the prettiest conductors ever!
ReplyDeleteI know you love the squirrels better, but I would love to ride on that train. With your peeps. How fun.
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Have a fabulous Happy Tuesday. Scritches to the pups and my very best to your wonderful peeps. ♥
Love the train photos and the video!
ReplyDeleteYou two make the cutest conductors we've ever seen. We enjoyed watching that video too.
ReplyDeleteWe are so sorry you two couldn't go on the train ride too. That doesn't seem fair to us. But it was still interesting to learn all about the Grand Canyon Railway. Thanks for all the great photos and video
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Mama did a great job with that sepia filter. We loved 'going back.'
ReplyDeleteLulu: "I'm sure the train is a nice ride and all but I would also rather go squirrel hunting."
ReplyDeleteJava Bean: "Ayyy, do you think we could hunt squirrels FROM the train?"
Lulu: "...... Interesting proposal. We would definitely be faster than them then."
Daddy's maternal gradfather worked on the railroad and you do him proud.
ReplyDeleteLucy: Mom keeps saying she's never ridden a train and want to ride one. Well, there's historical ones around here, so why doesn't she do it?
ReplyDeleteXena: Because we wouldn't be able to go with her on the train. Sunny and Rosy, you both look adorable as old-timey train conductors. Glad you didn't actually leave this century!