"Gerald Miller" wrote in message
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I can still see the look on my 20 yr old son's face when we were
looking at the Allegheny locomotive at the Ford Museum. I think he was
more awed than the 8 yr old beside him!
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

I can understand that----and can't help but wonder what he might have felt
had he been standing by a loco that was steamed up. The compressors pulsing,
steam escaping here and there------the heat from the boiler--the sound of
the steam whistle----it's as if they are alive. They have a wonderful
throbbing that comes from nothing else.

While we're far better off for the more modern engines, there's no doubt in
my mind, the human race has lost something with the passing of steam locos,
particularly the coal fired models. They were truly magical.

Harold