Randy Keller Simi Valley, CA – I’m a Fan Story

My earliest years of railfanning were family vacations along the Santa Fe and Route 66.  At thirteen (1975), I moved with my family from California to Scotland, AR.  No trains nearby, but frequent shopping trips to Morrilton, Conway, and Little Rock exposed me to the MoPac.  I had my toy trains, but started modeling after joining the NMRA.  “My” railroad was going to be a bridge line across Arkansas between two MP lines, so I started modeling that foreign power.  We moved back to California in 1978, but I made three trips (1982-1984) back to MoP territory to photograph what I could before all the blue was gone.  Model railroading took a back seat once I married and there were children to tend to.  Still buying equipment and hope to get back into it someday!

And while I have your attention, I thought I might point out that some very good MP locomotive roster images from the 70’s have been uploaded recently to LocoPhotos –  http://www.locophotos.com/Search.php?SearchUserID=17633&Search=Search.  You can also do a search to see all of the MP images.

Randy Keller

Simi Valley, CA

Originally posted by Charlie Duckworth, 11 April, 2015