I much miss the sight, smell and, especially, the sound of steam locomotives.
Someone once wrote (I cannot remember the author) that the steam locomotive is the most fascinating machine created by man because all of the moving parts are on the outside, clearly visable to those watching.
When small, I also remember riding in my Father's 1951 Buick on US 50 west of Cincinnati on our way back home to Indiana from "the city."
Here, the B & O and also NYC (subsequently PennCentral then Conrail) paralled the highway for 20 miles or so. Sometimes I was lucky enough to see the NYC James Whitcomb Riley, the NYC crack brass express daily Cincinnati/Chicago passenger train.
On such occasions, I well remember looking out the back window of the Buick (my Father probably driving about 55 MPH) as the the Riley would overtake us from behind at, maybe 70 - 75 MPH.
As the Riley passed us by, I remember scrambling to move from the middle back seat (I have two brothers) to the side window to watch the polished (stainless steel?) side arms of the magnificant 4-6-4 Hudson flail away on the (72"?) drivers as the Riley vanished into the into the dust and haze westbound to Chicago.
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