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| Like a lot of
small boys, I was fascinated by railroads, unlike most, I never outgrew it. It's the sounds and smells that appeal as much as the images: the whistle, the rumbles of the diesel, the bell sounding at the crossing. |
The appeal is also the combination of near and far, local and cosmic that the track evokes. I tried to describe that in this essay. |
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Gallery: waiting for the train |
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The station at Manhattan Kansas through the years. |
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Gallery: across the nation |
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Train watching by the water in Edmonds, Washington |
