I was in the College Station, Texas area recently on the back side of town driving along the street that runs behind the A & M campus which is parallel to the railroad tracks.
All of a sudden, I heard the horn blast of a freight train that flew by at least at 60 mph or more from the opposite direction I was traveling.
A few miles down the road, I stopped at a store to get a soda, and another freight train came flying by just as fast if not faster than the first.
I asked the store clerk if the trains traveled at that speed all the time around there, and he didn’t act as if it was anything unusual.
I was just amazed because where I come from most trains don’t go but about 45 or 50 mph. It was kind of nice to see them fly for a change.
trainluver1