Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Back in September 2001 I was working as an independent software developer and corporate trainer on all things related to business software. AT&T had contacted me to teach a group in the use of main frame report generators. We scheduled the three-day class to begin on September 10th.in St. Louis, MO.
I scheduled myself to fly into Chicago on Friday the 7th where I rented a car and drove to Rochelle, IL for the night. Trains magazine had scheduled an event for Saturday at the Rochelle Railroad Park where photographers were treated to a day of railfanning at the junction of UP and BNSF mainlines.
This is a slide show of that day where I shot several rolls of 35MM print film. On Sunday I visited the Illinois Railway Museum before flying to St. Louis for the class. Tuesday was the 11th which was a day that will live in history forever.
My return to the SF Bay Area was scheduled for Wednesday night but that didn’t happen due to air traffic being grounded. I managed to get a ticket on Amtrak from St. Louis to Kansas City where I boarded the Southwest Chief destined for Los Angeles. I picked up a rental car around noon Sunday and drove the 350 miles home.
Music by Jason Shaw
Back in September 2001 I was working as an independent software developer and corporate trainer on all things related to business software. AT&T had contacted me to teach a group in the use of main frame report generators. We scheduled the three-day class to begin on September 10th.in St. Louis, MO.
I scheduled myself to fly into Chicago on Friday the 7th where I rented a car and drove to Rochelle, IL for the night. Trains magazine had scheduled an event for Saturday at the Rochelle Railroad Park where photographers were treated to a day of railfanning at the junction of UP and BNSF mainlines.
This is a slide show of that day where I shot several rolls of 35MM print film. On Sunday I visited the Illinois Railway Museum before flying to St. Louis for the class. Tuesday was the 11th which was a day that will live in history forever.
My return to the SF Bay Area was scheduled for Wednesday night but that didn’t happen due to air traffic being grounded. I managed to get a ticket on Amtrak from St. Louis to Kansas City where I boarded the Southwest Chief destined for Los Angeles. I picked up a rental car around noon Sunday and drove the 350 miles home.
Music by Jason Shaw
