About me

Gender	Male
Occupation	Locomotive engineer
Location	Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
Introduction	I have been involved with trains since my dad took me to see the American Freedom Train at Anaheim Stadium in 1976. Fast forward to the early 80’s when we took a trip up to Portola,Ca to visit my Great Aunt and Uncle.While we were there my dad and I found out that there was a railroad museum that just opened up and we went to see it. For the next 5 years I flew up there and spent a week at the railroad museum and got to run pretty much every WP diesel they had. While there I met a gentleman be the name of Jim Boynton who had just got done restoring a 1907 Baldwin 2-6-2. Jim took me by the hand and taught me about the locomotive and had me firing it by the age of 13. In 1996 I was asked if I wanted a job on the Virginia & Truckee Railroad in Virginia City, Nevada and of course I couldn’t say No. I sent the entire season engineering and firing the 2-6-2 and a 2-8-0. In 2001 I got a job as a conductor for the BNSF and got promoted to Engineer in 2006. I got into the live steam hobby 18 years ago.Bought my first steamer at 18 and built my first locomotive about 10 years ago with help from my good friend,Jack Sessums, a Gene Allen 2-6-0 fitchburg northern.
Interests	steam locomotives, Trains, working on my 1956 Chevrolet Panel truck, traveling the U.S.