And now some interesting stats regarding our recently completed Fest now that everyone is home. Travel finally ended in the wee hours of Sunday 7/24 when Mike Hammond arrived home. Bill may surprise us with some bar graphs or charts to better illustrate these numbers.
Total participants: 17
States represented
California: 4
Florida & New Jersey tied at 3 each
Washington State: 2
Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, & Louisiana tied at 1 each.
Number participating each day during Fest
Monday 7/11: 8
Tuesday 7/12: 8
Wednesday 7/13: 10
Thursday 7/14: 8
Friday 7/15: 8
Saturday 7/16: 8
Sunday 7/17: 12
Monday 7/18: 8
Tuesday 7/19: 5
Wednesday 7/20: 5
And the most important of all, because this breaks it down by each activity in our timeline, how many were involved and when? This helps me later on in creation of a formal report but I thought I would share it now in this format. I accounted not only for the trains we rode during the official fest, but also those used in getting to and from.
Pre-Fest
Saturday, July 9: 4 on Silver Meteor #98 left Florida (PJ, JM, CW, DM)
1 on Regional #159 PHL-WIL (KK)
Sunday, July 10: 3 detrain Silver Meteor in WAS (PJ, CW, DM)
1 remain on Silver Meteor #98 to NYP (JM)
3 board Cardinal #51 (KK in WIL, CW, DM in WAS)
1 board Lake Shore Limited #49 in NYP (JM)
1 board Capitol Limited #29 in WAS (PJ)
Monday, July 11: 3 on Cardinal #51 arrive in CHI (CW, DM, KK)
1 on Lake Shore Limited #49 arrive in CHI (JM)
MH board Capitol Limited #29 in CLE. 2 arrive in CHI (PJ, MH)
Total: 6 arrived by train in Chicago.
SW joined group in Chicago. BM arrived by air in Chicago and joined group, totaling 8.
2 board Lake Shore Limited #49 in NYP (AB, GB)
Tuesday, July 12: 2 arrive CHI on Lake Shore Limited #49 and depart CHI on Empire Builder #27 (AB, GB)
Wednesday, July 13: 2 on Empire Builder #27 in travel (AB, GB)
Thursday, July 14: 2 arrive in PDX on Empire Builder #27 (AB, GB)
FEST
Monday, July 11: 8 on Empire Builder #7 from Chicago (BM, SW, PJ, JM, MH, DM, CW, KK)
Tuesday, July 12: 8 on Empire Builder #7 in travel (BM, SW, PJ, JM, MH, DM, CW, KK)
Wednesday, July 13: 8 arrive in Seattle on Empire Builder #7 (BM, SW, PJ, JM, MH, DM, CW, KK)
8 rode First Hill Streetcar Occidental Plaza to Broadway/Denny (BM, SW, PJ, JM, MH, MB, CW, KK)
8 on LINK Capitol Hill to UW/Husky Stadium (BM, SW, PJ, JM, MH, MB, CW, KK)
8 on LINK UW/Husky Stadium to Westlake (BM, SW, PJ, JM, MH, MB, CW, KK)
8 on SLU Streetcar Westlake to Fred Hutch Campus (BM, SW, PJ, JM, MH, MB, CW, KK)
Joined by DM, CH at dinner – 10 people Duke’s Chowderhouse
SW, MH left dinner by Uber car, KK left dinner early taking 6:24 SLU streetcar Fred Hutch Campus to Westlake.
6 people (DM, CH, BM, PJ, JM, CW, MB) left dinner taking 7:08 SLU streetcar Fred Hutch Campus to Westlake.
Thursday, July 14: 5 people boarded Cascades #513 in SEA (PJ, SW, MH, JM, KK)
1 person boarded Cascades #513 at Tukwila (CW) making total of 6 TUK-PDX
6 people arrived PDX on Cascades #513 (CW, PJ, SW, MH, JM, KK)
3 people rode “B” streetcar NE Grand/Holladay to NW 11th/Couch (AB, GB, KK)
5 arrived by other means, totaling 8 for dinner at Henry’s 12th St. Tavern
8 people boarded “B” streetcar at NW 11th/Couch (AB, GB, PJ, CW, MH, SW, JM, KK). Same group "dumped" at Grand/Burnside then boarded different streetcar to continue.
3 people detrained “B” streetcar at Grand/Holladay (AB, GB, KK) leaving 5 aboard.
2 people detrained “B” streetcar at NW 11th/Couch (PJ, CW) leaving 3 aboard.
3 people detrained “B” streetcar at NW 11th/Alder (JM, SW, MH).
Friday, July 15: 8 people boarded MAX Orange Line at NW 5th/Glisan (JM, SW, MH, PJ, CW, AB, GB, KK) and rode to SE Park in Milwaukie, then back to OMSI/SE Water.
8 people boarded “A” streetcar at OMSI/SE Water (JM, SW, MH, PJ, CW, AB, GB, KK)
1 person detrained “A” streetcar at NW 10th/Couch (PJ) leaving 7 aboard.
2 people detrained “A” streetcar at NE 7th/Holladay (GB, AB) leaving 5 aboard.
5 people detrained “A” streetcar at OMSI/SE Water. (JM, SW, MH, CW, KK)
5 people boarded MAX Orange Line at OMSI/SE Water. (JM, SW, MH, CW, KK)
1 person detrained MAX Orange Line at Pioneer Courthouse (CW) leaving 4.
1 person detrained MAX Orange Line at NW 6th/Pine (JM) leaving 3.
2 people detrained MAX Orange Line at NW 6th/Hoyt/Union Station (MH, SW) leaving 1.
1 person detrained MAX Yellow Line (thru train from Orange) at Interstate/Rose Quarter (KK).
8 people boarded Coast Starlight #11 in PDX (AB, GB, PJ, CW, MH, SW, JM, KK)
Saturday, July 16th: 8 people arrived on Coast Starlight #11 in LAX (AB, GB, PJ, CW, MH, SW, JM, KK)
Sunday, July 17th: 12 people left LA Union Station on Red Line, rode to 7th/Metro Center (KS, AB, GB, PJ, CW, MH, SW, SM, AK, JK, SK, KK)
10 people left 7th/Metro Center, rode to Santa Monica (AB, GB, PJ, CW, MH, SW, AK, JK, SK, KK)
2 people overshot 7th/Metro Center on Red Line, returned there and took a later train Expo Line train (SM, KS)
12 people left Santa Monica on Expo Line, rode to 7th/Metro Center (KS, AB, GB, PJ, CW, MH, SW, SM, AK, JK, SK, KK)
12 people left 7th/Metro Center on Red Line, rode to Union Station (KS, AB, GB, PJ, CW, MH, SW, SM, AK, JK, SK, KK)
12 people left Union Station on Gold Line to Atlantic in East L.A. (KS, AB, GB, PJ, CW, MH, SW, SM, AK, JK, SK, KK)
12 people left Atlantic in East L.A. on Gold Line. (KS, AB, GB, PJ, CW, MH, SW, SM, AK, JK, SK, KK)
1 person detrained Gold Line at Southwest Museum (JK) leaving 11.
2 people detrained Gold Line at Azusa Downtown (AK, SK) leaving 9.
9 people arrived on Gold Line at APU/Citrus College (KS, AB, GB, PJ, CW, MH, SW, SM, KK)
9 people left APU/Citrus College on Gold Line (KS, AB, GB, PJ, CW, MH, SW, SM, KK)
2 people detrained Gold Line at Azusa Downtown (SW, MH) leaving 7.
1 person detrained Gold Line at Arcadia (KK) leaving 6.
6 people detrained Gold Line at Little Tokyo (KS, AB, GB, PJ, CW, SM).
Monday, July 18th: 8 people boarded Pacific Surfliner #566 in Los Angeles (AB, GB, PJ, CW, DM, SW, MH, KK)
5 people detrained Pacific Surfliner #566 in Solana Beach (AB, GB, PJ, DM, KK), and 3 remained aboard to San Diego (SW, MH, CW).
5 people boarded Pacific Surfliner #777 in Solana Beach (AB, GB, PJ, DM, KK) and rode to Los Angeles.
5 people boarded Southwest Chief #4 in Los Angeles (AB, GB, PJ, DM, KK).
Tuesday, July 19th: 5 people on Southwest Chief #4 in travel (AB, GB, PJ, DM, KK)
Wednesday, July 20th: 5 people arrived on Southwest Chief #4 into Chicago (AB, GB, PJ, DM, KK)
Post-Fest
Tuesday, July 19th: 2 people boarded Coast Starlight #14 in Los Angeles (SW, MH).
Wednesday, July 20th: 2 people boarded Capitol Limited #30 in Chicago (DM, PJ).
3 people boarded Lake Shore Limited #48 in Chicago (GB, AB, KK)
2 people arrived in Portland on Coast Starlight #14 (MH, SW)
Thursday, July 21st: 2 people left Portland on Empire Builder #28 (MH, SW)
2 people arrived Washington on Capitol Limited #30 (DM, PJ)
2 people left Washington on Silver Meteor #97 (DM, PJ)
3 people arrived New York on Lake Shore Limited #48 (GB, AB, KK)
Friday, July 22nd 2 people aboard Empire Builder #28 in travel (MH, SW)
1 person on Regional #185 EWR-PHL (KK)
2 people arrived Florida on Silver Meteor #97 (DM, PJ)
Saturday, July 23rd 2 people arrived Chicago on Empire Builder #28 (MH, SW)
1 person traveled CHI-CLE on Capitol Limited #30 (MH)