Things that make me smile:

Train whistles at night. When I was young we lived near the B&O tracks and there were still a lot of passenger trains at that time. Although they were all diesel at that time the passenger trains had a different sound; more like a harmonic musical note as compared to the blare of a freight horn. When I would hear those passenger trains at night I would wonder where those people were going and who they were and what their lives were all about. Now the only trains I hear at night are all far away freight trains.

Sometimes very early in the mornings, I can still hear a train calling out in the darkness. The nearest track is at least 8 miles away, but the sound will carry that far. I try to get nostalgic and wonder about where that freight is going, but it’s not the same. A tanker full of chemicals or a gondola loaded with coal just lacks the romance of a dining car full of people. But then again, there could be some romance going on in those cattle cars… please don’t send pictures.

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