WITH EVERY PASSING TRAIN

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=215 BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="0440eb82ermwup.jpg"> <bR> <div> "precious memories"</div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-506/auld-lan.mid" autostart="false" width="145" height="70">  </div> <div> <B>sound control</B></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="food for thought 3 homepage"><B>BACK TO HOME 3</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GUESTBOOK"><B>VISIT GUESTBOOK</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="memories.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MEMORIES"><B>BACK TO MEMORIES</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="memories.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MEMORIES"><B>SELECTION PAGE</B></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="043b85f1ermwup.jpg"> <bR> <div> <B>FOOD FOR THOUGHT MEMORIES</B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 width="100%" colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#BBBBBB" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="626" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 1569 WIDTH="622"><div> "<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000080" FACE="Arial" ><B>WITH EVERY PASSING TRAIN"</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>They come from years of toiling </B></div> <div> <B>in nights of cold and rain;</B></div> <div> <B>through days when heat was boiling;</B></div> <div> <B>in times with aches and pain;</B></div> <div> <B>from the restless winds of winter</B></div> <div> <B>when the countless snow storms blow...</B></div> <div> <B>to those gorgeous days that entered...</B></div> <div> <B>yield memories that I stow.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>But many tales are spinning,</B></div> <div> <B>I'll only cite a few;</B></div> <div> <B>too many things beginning,</B></div> <div> <B>and ending... to review.</B></div> <div> <B>When, in '55 it started,</B></div> <div> <B>I found the C&O,</B></div> <div> <B>and 'til the time I parted</B></div> <div> <B>my life was changed I know.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>For I loved those years of treading</B></div> <div> <B>up the paths beside the track,</B></div> <div> <B>coupling air hoses, getting,</B></div> <div> <B>and relaying those signals back.</B></div> <div> <B>In balmy days of weather,</B></div> <div> <B>or snow drifts white and deep,</B></div> <div> <B>we made up trains together</B></div> <div> <B>for schedules they must keep.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ah, the sound of engines roaring,</B></div> <div> <B>of rambling, rolling steel,</B></div> <div> <B>seeing clouds of coal dust soaring..</B></div> <div> <B>as we drove cars to the hill!</B></div> <div> <B>Where, on the ladders climbing,</B></div> <div> <B>and with the grab-irons, hold,</B></div> <div> <B>brings back the thoughts reminding</B></div> <div> <B>of days gone by of old.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Yet, I hear those hands brakes winding,</B></div> <div> <B>and air brakes that were spilled;</B></div> <div> <B>that once great massive grinding,</B></div> <div> <B>is now so deathly stilled.</B></div> <div> <B>Now this railroad yard has feathered</B></div> <div> <B>to crews of only three,</B></div> <div> <B>where thirty crews once gathered,</B></div> <div> <B>now lost eternally!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>How could that work explosion</B></div> <div> <B>with much tremendous worth,</B></div> <div> <B>decline with mass erosion</B></div> <div> <B>so quickly from this earth?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This question that I'm posing,</B></div> <div> <B>"It's progress!" experts claim,</B></div> <div> <B>but by bits our railroads' closing</B></div> <div> <B>with every passing train.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>But in my heart forever,</B></div> <div> <B>when I look upon the past,</B></div> <div> <B>I know my once endeavor</B></div> <div> <B>will in my bosom last.</B></div> <div> <B>This rumbling tune I'm hearing,</B></div> <div> <B>a song with it's refrain,</B></div> <div> <B>sweet music so endearing</B></div> <div> <B>with every passing train!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>By William E. 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