Trains
Across the nation, the highways and the railroads run parallel courses. I have always enjoyed watching trains. As a child I counted rail cars as they passed the crossing and waved at engineers and the guy in the caboose. (What is the guy in the caboose called?) I miss the cabooses. Trains and train tracks were a constant feature of the roadside throughout the trip.
Burlington Northern train along Nebraska Highway 2.
Narrow gage railroad bridge in Montana.
Here is a website that has a lot more train pictures for people who are really into trains.
http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/index.html
The railroad has a large part in the history of our country and in the history of my family. My mother owns 160 acres that my great-great grandfather bought from the Union Pacific. The US government deeded a large swath of land to the UP on either side of the tracks they were building. This land was sold to settlers coming to the plains.