Trains are like family. They remind us of our childhoods. They bring us
close to our parents, grand-parents, etc. With a last name like Owens it
was enevitable not to fall in love with trains. My most cherished picture
is of my great-grandfathers retirement after 52 years. There was 3
generations of Owens' in the picture. I would of been the 4th if there were
any jobs in the early 80's. My father who has cancer still loves to talk
about the railroad and life in Galesburg & the Q. I have a video of my
father with my son watching #261 filling with water in Medota a few years
back. That is priceless. With my dad being sick I'm trying to hear as many
stories as I can. I feel families are like railroads, changing all the
time. So pay attention before they are a fallen flag.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen J. Levine" <sjl@prodigy.net>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 4:39 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Re: What we give our children
> I do have to admit that it was probably both my mother and my father
> who both sparked my interest in trains. My dad used to take me to
> visit my grandparents whenever he attended a meeting in Chicago and
> we went by California Zephyr. Later, by sharing information on what
> trains we were riding, I got to love the NYC.
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> Mom never really was happy that I was a railfan, until she was
> reminded by a friend that she used to drag him down to see the trains
> at Chicago Union Station. We used to travel on the train when I was
> very young and I believe that I sensed she was happy whenever we were
> on the train, particularly on the Nickel Plate Road (this was when I
> was a toddler and we lived in Cleveland but would visit our family in
> Chicago). With a mother passing along that sense of joy to a child,
> that was how I believe I got hooked on trains.
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> sjl
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