To the farmer watching from the hillside, the old steam engine appeared to drag its coach across empty ground instead of pulling it along a disused branch line. He didn’t know the untamed grass and kudzu had rendered an ancient set of rails invisible. The engine’s wheels slipped more often than not as the greenery... Continue Reading →
The Caged Locomotive: Thoughts on Quarantine and a PSA
A fully functioning miniature steam engine sealed inside a glass case at St. Louis' Union Station Hotel. There seemed to me something poignant about an object designed to travel and breathe finding itself confined in this way. (I grew up on Rev. W. Awdry's Railway Series books, the best known character from which is Thomas the Tank... Continue Reading →
Vacation Picture Quartet
Worth a 1,001 words each, and better than any 4,004 words I could come up with.
