[asagaai]

Originally Posted by whynot

Steam engines float my boat, big time. Particularly the chuff, chuff sound of exhaust steam existing the blast pipe. I am old enough to remember watching steam trains do their thing, and I wanted to be an steam engine driver when I grew up.

I remember being a very young kid in a passenger train being pulled by a couple of steam engines up front, and I remember the train going through big curves, and depending on wind getting the smoke blown into ones face.

But the sound- going up steep big hills the chuffing and straining, and down descents the rapid gunshot staccato was thrilling the hear. All the kids and even adults had wide grins on faces with windows open , listening as the train was racing down hills fast.

Sound- incredibly important to a human's perception and experience....