Coal Trains -- Sittin On My Back Porch

What is it about trains that so fascinates us? I have always loved trains. I loved to hear their whistle and the clacking across the tracks. Of course when you live just a couple of feet from those tracks, the noise is a little more than you expect, especially if you happen to be on "The Back Porch" when the train engineer decides to blow that whistle.

When I was a child, we would count the coal cars on a train and then wave to the caboose engineer. I was so disappointed the first time I saw a train that had no caboose.

I also love all those old movies where passengers have sleeping cars and eat in the dinning car. To me, that would be so much fun. We have really let something special go away with the limited passenger train service we have in the United States.


Another time of the year that I really think about trains, is Christmas. Yes, even though I am a girl, I have always wanted a train set for Christmas. I did have a set as an adult to go around my Christmas Tree, but I move so much that I eventually gave it away.

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