The fascination for trains occurred when I was about 4 years old. I lived across the street from the Great Northern Roundhouse in Interbay Seattle as World War II was coming to a close.

My father took me with him to the roundhouse one morning. I can remember these huge steam locomotives as we stood between two of them. I was fascinated by the experience until one of the engines blew steam out of a side valve. It scared the heck out of me and I grab my dads pant leg and tried climb up his leg.

This experience didn