In search of steam III

[Great Western]

I have just finished reading the summer issue of Classic Trains which, as usual, was a very interesting and rewarding read.

I called in at my local news vendors shop to see what railroad magazines might be there which I could buy.  I had anticipated a UK themes magazine but to my great delight there was a recent delivery (we get things at least a month after you guys Stateside ) of In search of steam III - Last Great Locomotives.

Great bedtime reading

[richhotrain]

GW,

I have to agree with you.   The 3-part series, In Search of Steam, really are Collector's Editions.

Great stories, tremendous photos, lots of nostalgia for those of us who grew up during the last years of steam.

As a 12-year old kid, we moved from an apartment to our first home which was six lots away from the Grand Trunk Western railroad main line on the southwest side of Chicago. 

It was the last summer for steam on GTW.  Every time we heard the steam whistle, my mother would race out the back door to the yard to take down the clean laundry that was set out on the clothes line to dry.  I ran out the front door and down the sidewalk to watch those big locomotives race on by. 

By the end of the summer, I knew the schedule and would walk down to the tracks, through the hole in the chain link fence, and put my ear to the rail to wait for the vibration you could feel when the train was closing in but not yet visible.

Man, I miss those steam engines !

Rich

[oldline1]

The In Search Of Steam series is really a treat to read. It's amazing reading the words of David P. Morgam. I think that's what I miss most about Trains along with steam and non-UP/BNSF articles. His writing was fabulous. Trains is so lame today in both content and writing. Classic Trains is as close as it comes to the classier writing style.

Roger Huber