Here's the Rio Grande I adored as a kid: Six four axle high horsepower EMDs hauling freight through my hometown of Provo. There was a speed restriction through the city limits. Once a train approached either end of town, it was full throttle acceleration to track speed. D&RGW 3085 and siblings rattle neighborhood windows at Backman's Curve on May 20, 1977.
An exclamation attributed to TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson, it is this eponymous expression of which certain images convey man and machine versus nature . . .
