railroad

I had to go to town this morning to run some errands for Dorothy. While I was out, I went to the walking track for a mile of exercise. The Kansas City Southern railroad tracks run right by the path and a set of locomotives pulling a long string of coal hoppers came by with air horns blasting away. I turned to wave at the engineer like I have since I was a kid, only to see a locomotive cab sealed up tight with tinted windows. If there was an engineer in there he was riding in air conditoned comfort. Just a day at the office.

I'm sure the engineers of fifty years ago suffered the heat of summmer and freezing winds of winter in those old open cabs, but, kids like me sure enjoyed being waved to by the engineeers and brakemen.