Gettin' back out there

It's Monday, the last week at my job with Viasat.

I will be unemployed for one week, before starting my new job with Sierra Nevada on October 8th. During that week of unemployment, I'll be riding freight trains to Black Butte California, for the Black Butte Center for Railroad Culture (bbcrc.org) fall work party. Pretty excited. A midst my final week of documenting all my previous projects, I am taking some time during the week to research my route.

 So far I have this:

Saturday morning 9/29 -- Two train possibilities:

 03:00 ZDVSC hotshot from Denver to SLC. I would bail off in Green River, WY to catch a Roseville train, because catching out of SLC is very difficult. Catching west in Green River should provide many opportunities, including the IG3OA I speak of below.

 05:00 MDVCY Slow train to Cheyenne, where my train would get picked up by the IG3OA and ride straight to Oakland via Roseville. This train would be a day slower than the above strategy, but the same car that I get on in Denver would ride all the way through to my waypoint in Roseville, CA.

Sunday or Monday at midnight:

Catch the MRVHK manifest train from Roseville to Hinkle, OR. Gotta bail off at Dunsmuir, where I can get a ride on a $5 shuttle up to Weed, CA. If I miss the midnight train, there are two others around 9am and 5pm.

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 I'm trying to figure out a way to ride with Anthony for a little bit over the weekend. May ride to Cheyenne with him and greyhound back.

I plan to update this daily, and perhaps something of value besides a matter-of-fact log of trains and sights will come out of it.  Feel free to comment.  I'm putting together a mini-USB plug that attached to a lantern battery, for guaranteed phone charge throughout the trip.  So I should be open to calls and texts during the entire trip (when I want to have my phone on).

MOAR TO COME