April 08
Williams, Arizona
Grand Canyon Railroad = GCRR
Williams, AZ is one of the last looks to see Route 66. The old Route 66... it's all gone now.... except for a few sparse miles.
The historical society at Williams, AZ has done good... they bought / captured the bancrupt rail line up to the Grand Canyon, 60 miles north,... and run a daily Railroad excursion to the Canyon each day. We didn't go on it... the RR,... we drove.... but the railroad trip looks like a great day trip to the grand Canyon.
We saw the GCRR train yesterday afternoon at the canyon station terminus... had a quick look inside of some of the passenger cars of the 40s when they were grand style traveling... a pic with "Wolf" one of the cowboys of the railroad.
We met cowboy "Buck" late afternoon when the train came back into Williams. Buck was an ex- Marine that is part of the western cowboy troop that interacts for some of the show riding the railroad. Each morning before leaving Williams... while waiting for all the passengers to form up, they do a western cowboy shootout -- with robbers and the sheriff,... in a small frontage town to get the crowd / passengers ready for the railroad ride up to the Grand Canyon. In the afternoon... these cowboys ride horses up ,... stop the train and do a show robbery... it looks like a really fun trip on a great day to see the Grand Canyon. I reccommend it !
Williams, AZ has some Route 66 resturaunts and motels in their historic district.... this is a good stop!
GCRR
Tracks of the StoneBear 4 Corners Grand Canyon
April 08
Williams, Arizona
Grand Canyon Railroad = GCRR
Williams, AZ is one of the last looks to see Route 66. The old Route 66... it's all gone now.... except for a few sparse miles.
The historical society at Williams, AZ has done good... they bought / captured the bancrupt rail line up to the Grand Canyon, 60 miles north,... and run a daily Railroad excursion to the Canyon each day. We didn't go on it... the RR,... we drove.... but the railroad trip looks like a great day trip to the grand Canyon.
We saw the GCRR train yesterday afternoon at the canyon station terminus... had a quick look inside of some of the passenger cars of the 40s when they were grand style traveling... a pic with "Wolf" one of the cowboys of the railroad.
We met cowboy "Buck" late afternoon when the train came back into Williams. Buck was an ex- Marine that is part of the western cowboy troop that interacts for some of the show riding the railroad. Each morning before leaving Williams... while waiting for all the passengers to form up, they do a western cowboy shootout -- with robbers and the sheriff,... in a small frontage town to get the crowd / passengers ready for the railroad ride up to the Grand Canyon. In the afternoon... these cowboys ride horses up ,... stop the train and do a show robbery... it looks like a really fun trip on a great day to see the Grand Canyon. I reccommend it !
Williams, AZ has some Route 66 resturaunts and motels in their historic district.... this is a good stop!
