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My very first job was as an office boy in Chicago, 1953. My daily commute was on a Chicago & NorthWestern steam train.
I rode that train for several years. My father worked for the Santa Fe Railway; we rode on steam trains to California and
the Pacific Northwest.
I learned to fly in 1957 in a fabric covered Aeronca "Champ". It had an 85 horsepower engine, 2 seats,
cruised at 85 mph, and was cold as he!! during those Chicago winters.
Now, whenever I hear a steam whistle or hear a light plane fly overhead, I get wistful...
And: I still long for my 1965 Triumph Spitfire.
| Snowstorm at Osier, Colorado |
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| RR 282 1986 © Reinhold schable |
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