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Thread #82225 Message #1506325
Posted By: Bat Goddess
21-Jun-05 - 06:01 PM
Thread Name: remeber the old steam trains,fondly ok
Subject: RE: remeber the old steam trains,fondly ok
Soo Line -- I, too, was born early enough (1949) to remember when diesel engines were rare. I used to sit on the rock pile out behind my grandparents' house in Stetsonville, Wisconsin and wave at the engineers and the guys in the caboose.
I've got a lot of friends who are rail fans (I just have an historical interest . . .) an we all have our particular areas of interest (and favorite lines, of course). And the Seashore Trolley Museum is reasonably closeby. (My ex-husband did most of the work in the '70s on the old Chicago Red Rattler they've got there -- and I finally got to ride it a couple years ago.)
I'm fond of the old Milwaukee streetcars, too, because the end of the line was less than a block from where I lived when I was 6 and 7. I'm not particularly interested in trackless trolleys, but I have friends who are. (Boring old gits.)
There was a time you could ride Interurbans from New York or Boston all the way to Chicago.
But back to steam, I really loved watching the old steam trains -- and ride them now whenever I get a chance. Last rode the the Mount Washington Cog Railway when Tom and I were on our honeymoon.
Linn