STEAM ENGINE

This steam engine pulled our excursion train last July in Owosso, Michigan.

Growing up in a small town I remember the steam trains on the one track in our town.

The distant sound of the whistle blowing before the crossings, and the black smoke puffing from the smoke stack. These were somehow sounds of comfort . . . that all was right with the world.

I never rode on a train until I was married.

My hubby loves steam engines, probably because as a child he rode them from Wilkes Barre to New Jersey with his parents.

After we got married our weekend entertainment was going on "steam rambles". Most were all day events.

Here we are forty plus years later and we are still going on "steam rambles", not as often - thank goodness.

He loves steam, I rather like the diesels which came into vogue when steam fazed out. Diesels are still the workhorses of the railroads today.

A lot of them run on bio-diesel fuel, are computerized, and electronically controlled. Oh, yea, not dirty or smelly any more.

Next time I'll show you a picture of my favorite diesel engine, so colorful.