ONE OF OUR HOMES, IN northern CAL WAS ON a SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINE, DAD worked AS A CAR INCPECTOR FOR THE WESTERN pacific, AND LOVED TRAINS HIS BEDROOM WINDOW HAD A FULL VEIW OF THE TRACKS AS WELL AS MY ROOM THE BATHROOM AND THE LIVING ROOM, ... OUR CABIN IN THE HIGH MNTS. WAS AT 7, 114 FT ELEV. ON THE TOP OF NONE OTHER THAN THE FEATHER RIVER CANYON , WHEN WE HEARD THE WHISTIL BLOW, WE WOULD GO WATCH LOL.WE RODE TRAINS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES SO MANY TIMES I CANT COUNT.. DAD HAD OTHER HOMES ALSO, ALL OF HIS PLACES WERE ON A RAIL LINE! HE KIND OF SAW LIFE AS A RAILROAD...HIS DAD WAS THE HOG HEAD IN A U P BIG BOY...SO AS FAR AS ME BEING A RAIL NUT , YES I AM LOCO FOR LOCO,S FOR SURE, LOVE YOU DAD! REST IN PEACE!
Posted on: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 23:30:00 +0000