Dennis Toeppen


      Dennis Toeppen at Great Wall of China, 12/31/17
       

      This site is sort of like an F-Book page. But I don't use F-book.  

      My favorite quote/life advice, from my dad's close friend and fellow adventurer:
      "If you come back from a trip without a good story, the trip was a failure."
      The two of them met in a tree at Illinois Beach State Park during a game of hide and seek.
       

      Some Fairly Recent Stuff:

      • The new phone book's here! This is the kind of spontaneous publicity I need. My name in
        print. That really makes somebody. Things are going to start happening... All of a sudden,
        I appear in Google Street View: September 2023
      • Building Site for Sale: Exit240.com
      • Farewell Our Zephyr - Final Run of Rio Grande Zephyr 40 years ago
      • Video shot at Cathedral in the Desert
      • Stereo photo of me at Cathedral in the Desert 4/3/19
      • Trainorderboard.com - Railroad Photos, Videos, News, Stories
       


      Dennis Toeppen Atop Grand Teton 7/31/2015
       

      I like to shoot little movie films, aka "home movies":
      (8=Regular 8mm, S8=Super 8, 16=16mm, S16=Super 16, 35=Academy 35mm, HD scans unless tagged SD for Standard Definition)

      1. Featured: 16/S16 Holiday Expeditions Cataract Canyon 68kcfs Short 2019
      2. 35 Santa Fe Semaphore Signal 717 in NM 2020
      3. 35 Two Semaphores on a Hill 706.1 & 706.2 2020
      4. S16 Cathedral in the Desert @ 3568' (Glen Canyon) 2019
      5. 16 Red's Eats 2019
      6. 16 Mt Washington Cog Railway 2019
      7. S16 Weeki Wachee Mermaids! 2019
      8. S16 Gatorland Zoo! 2019
      9. S16 Kentucky Rural Ferries - Still Running, For Now 2019
      10. 8 Royal Gorge 2019
      11. 16/S16 Holiday Expeditions Cataract Canyon - Long Form 2019
      12. 8 Hole in the Rock Road 2019
      13. 8 Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad 2019
      14. S16 Boreas Pass Railroad Day 2019
      15. S16 Keokuk Junction Railroad - Last Run of Streamlined Locomotive (F7) 2019
      16. 16 Route 66 50D Magazine Tests 2016
      17. 35 New Mexico Semaphores 2016
      18. 35 Raton Pass Southwest Chief at Wootton's Ranch 2016
      19. 16 B&W Trip to New Mexico Semaphores 2016
      20. 16 B&W Pie Anyone? 2015
      21. 16 B&W George's Trip to MO (and Back) 2015
      22. 16 Teletype ASR 33 Found! (Not really, it's a gag) 2015
      23. S16 Navajo Generating Station 2014
      24. S16 Glen Canyon Dam High Flow Experiment 2014
      25. S16 Glen Canyon Dam Tour 2014
      26. S16 SS Badger Carferry 2014
      27. S16 Chicago & Evanston Railroad (Remnants) 2014
      28. 16 Some Church Event 2013
      29. 16 Quick Trip to NYC, Coney Island 2012
      30. 16 July 4, 2012
      31. 16 SD Route 66 Vega, TX 2012
      32. 8 Route 66 in Five Minutes 2010
      33. 16 December Snowstorm in Champaign 2010
      34. 16 Leaving EIU by Bus 2010
      35. 16 Fairmont Speeder on Milwaukee Road Line near Darien, WI 1982
      36. 16 Fairmont Speeder at Raco in Des Plaines, IL April 18, 1982 - Actually Shot by my Dad
       


      Dennis Toeppen Shopping for a car on Route 66 in 2010
       

      I've Made Some Slideshow Videos:  

      • Farewell Our Zephyr - Final Run of Rio Grande Zephyr 1983
      • Rio Grande Zephyr Final Run Fan Hunt 1983
      • Philmont in Cimarron, NM 1978
       


      Dennis Toeppen Waiting to board Concorde 2003
       

      Money Shots - These videos help pay the bills:  

      • Concorde Final Flight for Paying Passengers LHR-JFK 10/23/2003
      • Concorde Flight 6/23/2003
       


      Dennis Toeppen After cycling from Seattle to San Francisco in 1993



      Some biographical stuff/events:

      • My Dad Grew Up Here
      • My Mom Grew Up Here
      • I Moved from Chicago and Grew Up Here
      • Philmont 1978
      • I Rode the Last Run of Rio Grande Zephyr 1983
      • I started a bus company in 1983
      • I Ran an ISP 1995-2000
      • Domain Speculation 1990s
      • I was on Concorde Final Trip for Paying Passengers 10/23/03
      • The China Situation
      • The Last Straw - Tired of Buses 2019
       

      Some random items of importance to me:

      • California Zephyr
      • Concorde Final Trip for Paying Passengers 10/23/03
      • Concorde Trip 6/23/03
      • Still Pictures from 6/23/03 Concorde Flight
      • AP Story re: Final Concorde Flight (10/23/03), featuring a quote from moi
      • Seems Relevant
      • An old web scrapbook
      • Another old web scrapbook
      • Aerial Photos
      • Cycle 66 Website
      • Awesome Route 66 Documentary from 1985 The first few minutes have a video problem.
      • An article about my mom which my detractors will hate
      • Even Hollywood Knows University of Illinois Sucks
       

      Some of My Dad's Film Work -- he was a far more skilled filmmaker than I'll ever be:

      • 8 Just a Roll of Kodachrome - Shot Around Town December, 1997
      • 16 Ronald Reagan Visits Eureka College May 9, 1982
      • 8 Trailer/Selected Shots from Ken Sleight Glen Canyon Trip May, 1963
      • 8 Ken Sleight Glen Canyon Trip Reel 1 of 2 May, 1963
      • 8 Ken Sleight Glen Canyon Trip Reel 2 of 2 May, 1963
      • 8 Holiday Road! Trailer/Selected Shots from Grand Teton Trip in 1950's
      • 8 Grand Teton Trip Reel 1 of 2 1950's
      • 8 Grand Teton Trip Reel 2 of 2 1950's
      • 8 Anscochrome Film Test at Bahai Temple Wilmette, IL 1958
      • 8 Georgie White 1958 Grand Canyon Trip Reel 1 of 2
      • 8 Georgie White 1958 Grand Canyon Trip Reel 2 of 2
      • 8 Georgie White 1957 Grand Canyon Trip (Sound)
       

      Some of My Grandfather's Film Work -- he was a bit of a novice, for decades:

      • Downtown Chicago Summer 1956 Including Prudential Building Observation Deck
       

      Various Short Videos - Travel, Hobbies, etc.:

      • Lionel Trains Set Up for Christmas 2009
      • Astroland Coney Island Final Day 2008
       

      Various Short Videos - Work:

      • Installing Ticketing Kiosk I Designed 2002
      • Lettering a Mercedes Sprinter With Reflective Vinyl 2009
      • Dressing a Bus for Bad Teacher 2010
      • Shooting a Couple Shots for Bad Teacher - Part 1 2010
      • Shooting a Couple Shots for Bad Teacher - Part 2 2010
       

      The Cutting Room Floor. These are just random film segments, not fully-formed to tell a story:

      • 16 Route 66 Raw Footage Fuji Eterna 250D & Kodak K100 2016
      • 16 Route 66 Hairpin Turn Above Oatman 2012
      • 16 Route 66 Snip St Louis 2011
      • 16 Route 66 Snip Springfield MO 2011
       

      Films I Own But Did Not Shoot:

      • 16 This is What Kodachrome is For -- EXACTLY This - Amusement Park ca 1948
      • 16 Kodachrome Home Movie from 1936 - Before Dye Had Archival Stability
       

      Trouble in Paradise:

      • AVOID DOIRE BUILDERS Arlington Heights, IL
      • Blaz Podgorsek Lawsuit
       

      All Images, Video, and Text Copyright Dennis Toeppen 1978-2023.