The Train to Freedom

In the town of Bondage, people were lined up at the train station.  They were in chains.  They were dirty.  They were hungry.  The mayor came out in front of them and said, “Why do you want to leave Bondage?  You have everything you want here.  You have food.  You have goods.  Stay!  I will give you everything you want.”

            There were those who departed the train station, but there were those who stayed.

            “Come on.  What will you find in Freedom?  In Freedom, you have to go and get the things you want.  I am giving you everything you want.  Why leave?”  The mayor pleaded.

            The train arrived.  The people boarded.  Their chains were removed.  When everyone was on the train, the train departed… for Freedom.

Wishing everyone a HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!

—Cover photo is Number 1776 of the Norfolk and Western Railway on display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke Virginia, U.S.A.

—First photo is of the Western Maryland Scenic Railway Number 1309 at the Train Station in Cumberland, Maryland, U.S.A.

—Second photo is of the old Central Railroad of New Jersey Train Station in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. It is a stop for both the Lehigh Valley Scenic Railway and the Reading, Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad, it is houses the town Visitor Center and a small museum.

—Third photo is a railroad line in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S.A. next to what was once Frankfort Union Station.

—Fourth photo is the East Broad Top Railroad in Rockhill, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. being pulled by Number 16.

—Fifth photo is the Potomac Eagle Scenic Train in Petersburg, West Virginia, U.S.A.

—Final photo is the American flag over Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.