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Railroad Stories Sometimes, like today, I make a special trip out to the old house. I come out here and just sit in the empty kitchen for hours, waiting for a train to go by. You may not know it , but you can actually feel a train coming long before you can hear it. Subtle vibrations in your feet first. The floor kind of shakes - just a little - and then you know somethings coming. Sometimes I sit out here and think so hard that I can't tell anymore if I'm just thinking or if I actually start to talk out loud. My kids, who have kids of the...
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