Posted by Rich Brown on January 24, 2015 
"Once upon a time in America . . ." I wonder if that boy on the bike is still a fan ?
Posted by Wharton Separk on January 24, 2015 
Very nice, David ... takes me right back to my bicycle days down to the railroad. Great image and memories of good times.
Posted by David Harris on January 30, 2015 
Thanks, Wharton. I rarely got to do the bicycle thing as a kid, but lived by the old WofA west of Auburn, AL during my 40s. The northbound trains would grind by my house (which was just a few hundred feet from top of grade) at 10-12 mph. Our neighborhood street ran parallel - and very close - to the tracks for about 3 miles. I would ride beside the locomotives until they got enough of the train over the hump to accelerate past what my middle-aged legs could match. While the sound of the newer power was subdued, the SD40s, C30s, etc really were deafening, but my favorites were the U18Bs and GP16s.
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