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My Early Recollections Of Railroads, Part 2
Sitting at rest, the steam engines spewed steam and a modest amount of nearly white smoke that was produced by coal that most likely had been mined in the hills and mountains in Kentucky or West Virginia. The steam engines always gave me the impression of a long-distance racehorse that only stopped because they were ordered to do so. However, this man-made, living creature was anxious to get go...