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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Kathi Kube Mine would be June 3, 1999 to the present. No, it has nothing to do with Conrail being carved up. Rather, that was the first day I began working for a different railroading magazine and thus began caring about railroads beyond something that stopped me at a grade crossing. In the past year-and-a-half, I've been trying to learn as much about railroading as fast as I can, and I'm loving it. In fact, I just bought my first scanner and it's due to be delivered to my home today. I can't wait. So, yeah, a lot of the old stuff is gone, but railroads haven't all rolled up their tracks and gone home. There's still plenty to see and more to learn than any single person can manage. I know: I've worked with several people who know more than any sane individual ought to. But they keep asking questions. The love of railroading and thirst for knowledge just keep feeding each other. It's too cool. kathi [/quote]For those of us that had the privlege of hearing Dr. Albro Martin (Railroad's Triumphant) you are reflecting what he called the experience of a new dawn in the wonderfull history of American Railroading, pardon me integrated transportation services . The word cool is really on target and the breadth of the knowlege that comes in areas like history, civil, mechanical and electrical engineering, law, labor relations and regulation, anti-trust and governmental oversight and the list goes on. I think the word awsome also applies to this industry. Steve Lee at UP put it well when he said in 1998 from his rocking chair, and I quote loosly " The last 100 to 150 years of American History is in many ways the story of the railroads." So Dawn does come to those that learn what a wonderment really is -[#ditto] I do like your positive attitude - Piouslion P.S. So as I can stay out of trouble with our moderator, My favorite decade(s) 1950 to 1990 the time of transition.
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