I think this discussion shows how intertwined American culture was with trains at one time .This was evidenced by the songs/music.The Lonesome Pine Special,The Wreck of the Old 97,Casey Jones,The Orange Blossom Special,The Wabash Cannon Ball,The City of New Orleans.Let The Midnight Special Shine It's light on me. Most these songs were pre 1950.There was many a little boy,maybe girl too who stood with open mouth and watched a smoke belching bell ringing whistle blowing, muscled machine go by and wished he would one day "have his hand upon the throttle and his eye upon the rail" from Carter Family Life is like a mountain railroad.Somebody stop me! I'll go on forever.