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Steam is my only choice. I'm what you all refer to as an old fart. In my misguided childhood I would take my Brownie box camera and set off for the small yard at a place called Sugarhouse. This was a stop on the D&RGW line from Salt Lake City to Park City, Ut. The line is gone now, the steam has been gone even longer. But, as a young man, to just sit and watch, and feel, and smell. I have some pictures remaining from back then. Very poor pictures, but a reminder of another time. The last season of steam on the UP was, if memory serves me, the harvest season of 1958. Steam, Big Boys, were used as helpers on the grade from Ogden, Ut to Evanston, Wy. I spent my evenings and as much of my weekends as I could spare going and watching the freight move up Weber Canyon. If you have ever watched a steam locomotive working hard pulling a grade at night, been able to stand near the locomotive as it continues the pull, felt the hot steam, smelled the burning coal mixed with hot oil, felt the ground shake and move under your feet, you would be changed forever. A steam locomotive is a living thing. At night, the light from the firebox shining through the staybolts, the whistle wailing mournfully, man, EMD and GE may have the highspeed horsepower, the clean running and the high zoot appearance of today, but in my opinion they will never have the fire breathing soul of steam. <br /> <br />Steam is not just for cooking hot dogs. <br /> <br />Tom
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