Interesting human interest story linked to the history of the rails, with a slight twist.
…Good Story. If “Charlie” was real…he sure would have had a lot of heat to tramp thru in his many years. Especially, along a RR track.
Seems like an early version of the Forrest Gump legend.
Those here who are concerned with depictions of unsafe images - such as the recent Trains Father’s Day e-mail ad - don’t look at the photo of ‘Examine Debe’ from 1972 at the end of the linked article.
- PDN.
I’ll echo what others have said: Good story and don’t walk on the track.