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IN PRAISE OF THE STEAM TRAIN
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Steam trains and I go together in my life.

*Somethings get locked in your brain* *like the sound and the smell* *of a steam train,* *those beasts on wheels* *that hiss and pump* *shout out clickety click* *as they roll over the tracks.* *Trains with gusto and panache* *the ones with carriages* *where the doors shut with a friendly click* *where windows slid up and down* *on leather straps.* *I would watch those mighty wheels* *as they slipped* *when they pulled away* *then gripped like feet* *ready to run,* *then watch as they pulled away* *heading into the Sun.*

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Reviewed by m j hollingshead

Reviewed on September 13, 2014

enjoyed the read

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on September 13, 2014

I've had the good fortune to ride on a few. Noisy and smelly� Why nobody wanted to live near the tracks� They still grip one with nostalgia as they wheeze and work hard to make the next hill or mountain.

Ron

Reviewed by Michael Schafer

Reviewed on September 13, 2014

They were and are majestic machines.

Michael D.

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