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Just wondering what everyone is driving?

I have a Dodge Ram 1500 4x4

Has seen alot of miles in 9 states

Jon in Az

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I have a 2014 Kia Optima. Got it late December of 2016 used and it had 20,000 miles. It has 110,000 miles on it as of the other day

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99 Jeep Wrangler , great for desert, Sierra, Nevada , gets me in and gets me out.

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1999 Dodge Durango 4x4 for the desert areas (rough dirt roads).
2011 Toyota Prius for normal roads and chasing.

Christina

SouthWest RailCams
CA, NM, CO, TX, AZ
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When camping my Chevy  Tahoe, When getting into remote areas my 89 4Runner, When weather is nice my 76 vw bus, When with the wife her Mercedes GLK, and when good gas mileage is needed my VW Tiguan.

2008 4x4 Ford Ranger with over 100,000 miles. Before that it was a 85 Bronco II 4x4 that took us everywhere. - Tony J.

2018 GMC Sierra 1500 4x4. 

I think I have seen you guys at CG off of Ethington. One of these days we (my railfan clan) will have to stop and say hi

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Usually a GE Dash 9 or GEVO

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fs321a Wrote:
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> I think I have seen you guys at CG off of
> Ethington. One of these days we (my railfan clan)
> will have to stop and say hi
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Yup, we park just west of Ethington Rd Crossing.  Usually on Saturdays.

SouthWest RailCams
CA, NM, CO, TX, AZ
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2002 Ranger and 2012 Raptor SCREW

1935 Chevy Suburban. Slow, but gets me there.

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2005 Escape Hybrid.  Seen here along the Deseret Power Railway, July 2015.

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Back in our 1990- 2000 railfanning days it was my 1990 BMW 325i convertible and our 1997 GMC Yukon— today it would be our 2015 GMC Sierra. 😀
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Carol Voss
Bakersfield, CA

Next year I'm planning to replace my truck but not sure what I want to go with yet.

Need it to be affordable, 4x4, and enough seating for the clan.

Would like to add a vehicle mounted mobile scanner,laptop mount, go light, and LED strip lights as well.

Theres been quite a few times when its pitch black and the lights would be welcome. Also would like to be able to get ATCS finally on a mobile platform. My hand held scanner just doesn't cut it so I'm hoping a mobile one will boost the reception.

Should be a fun project


Jon in Az

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Well along with my third Subaru Forester.

The other vehicle is a Truck camper with an older Chevy one ton.

From the mid 70's until '2000, my '73 VW Bus served my wife and me extremely well!  The rear seat folded down, a 4" foam pad and a double wide sleeping bag made for a cozy bed at night.  Spent one night in Santa Fe, NM where it got down to 13 degrees.  Overall, it proved to be very reliable.

Kent in CArmel Valley

My railfan vehicle of choice is a two-wheeler... a 2017 Honda Africa Twin!  Also have a fast Caddy... 2017 ATS-V when I need all four wheels.

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First one was my fathers 1956 Ford Pickup. Second one was parents 1949 Lincoln used from Maryland to Colorado round trip in 1950's. My first one was an 1969 Volvo 1800S was fantastic as fast and very good on dirt roads, had rear air shocks to raise clearance (lost in forest fire in 2012). Second one was 1966 Lincoln Contential two door, heavy car with great traction (sold in 2016). Third one was 1976 F-250 4x4 with winch, chains, jacks, could go anywhere (sold in 2017). Now using 2004 Ranger 4x4 and 2011 Toyota 4 Runner both very capable to go anywhere. Volvo was fastest (overdrive helped, souped up engine), Lincoln also fast, chased 3985 from Tie Siding, WY to Hanna, WY very nice trip with excellent memories.

SuperChiefDon

Interesting compilation  ... I routinely use my 2007 Tacoma double cab, 4wd
pick up for all sorts of adventures including rail fanning ... the ole pu is now approaching
500K miles (all mine) ... next rail fan trip is the UP844 Cheyenne Frontier Days
sojourn ... I'm leaving 7/18 for an overnight in Cheyenne and then a safe chase of the 844
on 7/19 to select spots south of Cheyenne ... last rendezvous will be at Greeley on 7/19 ...
where there is usually time to photograph the consist car by car ... Ya gotta pick your spots
for that one ... way too many enthusiasts now days in my honest opinion playing Russian
roulette on US 85 trying to do the "pace thing"; ... BTW there still be construction slow downs
between Eaton and PierceCO on US 85  ... have several other rail fan trips planned
down the road including the Joiliet Rocket in September and the OCSRR  steam photo tour
in October ... See ya on the road!

Odyssey
Evergreen, CO