MrK's Fun Page

PREFACE. This page is designed to quickly distribute some of the fun stuff I've been working on.

Please right click the links below and save to your computer for best viewing results, if you dont have a high speed connection to the net.

Videos!

2004-04-17 Speeder Highlights (2.0 Meg)

2004-08-12 Acela At New Carolton MD doing 115MPH thru station.avi(2.0 Meg)

2007-08-19 UP2615 southbound at Canby OR with southbound UP Freight (9.4 Meg)

Stills From April 17th&18th, 2004 O+E and P&W Speeder Run from Junction City to Salem, Oregon and return, then Eugene to Toledo and Return

The Final Tune Up

Going To The Safety Meeting 1

Going To The Safety Meeting 2

Look Ma...No Hands

Speeder Turn Around 1

Speeder Turn Around 2

Speeder Turn Around 3

Speeder Turn Around 4

Speeder Turn Around 5

Lineup At Junction City 1

Lineup At Junction City 2

UP 2615 At Junction City

Kevin Having Way Too Much Fun

Lineup At Albany

UP 2615 At Salem 1

UP 2615 At Salem 2

UP 2615 At Albany

Mikes Turn To Have Too Much Fun

Mike Relaxing While Operating

UP 2615 At A Rest Stop

UP 2615 Operators View

Speeder Lineup At Summit

Nw Region Timetable - Dont Leave Home Without It

Green

Know When To Get Out Of The Way

Gratuitous Butt Shot

Heavy Enough To Open A Spring Frog

UP 2615 Out Of The Rain

Stills From October 9th+10th, 2004 Speeder Run From Buxton to Tillamook Oregon and Return

7AM at the set-on point, Buxton Oregon

Approaching a wooden tressle

Approaching another large wooden tressle

Speeder group in Enright Siding waiting for the tour train to pass

Me in front of Ol'reliable :)

Hey! Its cold inside too, time to turn up the heat!

*Cough-cough* Sitting behind a 2-stroke speeder in the Enright Tunnel

Mike and Liz inside the Enright Tunnel

Autum in the coastal mountians and the newly fallen leaves

When you HAVE to be heard for those crossings....

Taking a break at Wheeler

UP2615 in front of the Wheeler Station

UP2615 catching some rays in Tillamook

An old SP Sacremento river area bridge originally built in 1898

Mr Dick Samuels gettin a pic or two

The lineup waiting to cross US HY 101 at Miami (NOT Florida :P )

Me getting some fresh air

A 4 second exposure of the sleeping speeders in Garibaldi at 6:30AM

Another available light photo with the costal clouds meandering over the hills

Safety meeting at 8AM in Garibaldi

Lone Pine on top of a rock island just north of Garibaldi

Rest stop at Salmonberry to stretch

A fully complete and working water tower at Enright

Back at the Enright Tunnel, waiting to reverse onto the siding to clear for a westbound freight

Rory's speeder sits in the morning sun at the Enright Tunnel

Available light photo of the rock detail inside the Enright Tunnel

You know who getting footage of speeders arriving on the Cochran Tressle (My speeder WAS stoped at this time!)

What I was videoing... a 2-stroke giving off a bit of steam and speeders arriving

Me standing and getting video of the arrival of the speeders at Timber

"Whats wrong with this picture??" :P

Small sample of Trailer building - 2006/2007

Trailer with no lights 1

Trailer with no lights 2

Trailer tailgate, still with no lights

Dexter "torsion bar" suspension

Trailer with new guide rail 1

Trailer with new guide rail 2

Trailer with new guide rail 3

Trailer with new guide rail 4

Trailer with new guide rails 1

Trailer with new guide rails 2

Trailer with turnbuckles holding down speeder - the ONLY way to do it! :) 1

Trailer with turnbuckles holding down speeder - the ONLY way to do it! :) 2

Trailer with turnbuckles holding down speeder - the ONLY way to do it! :) 3

Night shots of completed trailer 1

Night shots of completed trailer 2

Night shots of completed trailer - Height comparison of speeder and Explorer

Night shots of completed trailer - Home and finished! (I think the Speeder needs a paint job!)

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