Showing posts with label Burlington Northern. Show all posts
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Monday, November 21, 2016

The wrong side of the tracks (in Kent, Washington)

by Jack Brummet



Growing up, I lived on the wrong side of the tracks; worse...we were actually situated between the two sets of railroad tracks that bisect downtown Kent.  Every night, I'd hear the 1:13, 2:45, and 3;58 freight trains pass along the tracks a couple blocks away.

It felt so lonely being awake in the early morning,  hearing that mournful distant horn become a deep throaty scream as it thundered by the railroad crossings throughout town.

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