[AT] Old trains

[David Bruce]

I spent my 4 years in one of the highrise towers and watching RFD fight 
a fire along the right of way about  30 feet from my dorm was 
"interesting" to say the least. the least.  That 2:30AM (or so east 
bound train always woke me up that first year. Headed down the grade to 
the station with all the cars banging against the car couplings as the 
brakes were engaged.  It was quite a bit different from my home county 
which still has no railroad track at all.

The balloon fest had gone on for several nights and after a close call 
with the roof of our dorm my roommate and I decided to skip the last 
lift off - turned out to be a wise idea.  He was the stereotypical 
"preacher's kid" and always into some sort of mischief.

David
NW NC


charliehill wrote:
> David, his might have been heading for the train also as you know but most 
> others don't the railroad track is just a few yards past those dorms as you 
> walk from the intermural fields.
>
> As for those balloons, I had never seen those small, light weight hot air 
> balloons until just this weekend.  On some news program they were showing a 
> world record attempt in Taiwan or somewhere.   The sky was full of those 
> things.
>
> Charlie
>   
>