Guess this could turn into a nostalgia thread... In the early 50s Dad still got calves from New Mexico on the train. Unloaded them at an old railroad corral at Rozel Kansas, which is nearly a ghost town now. Early in the morning the smell of the old creosote RR ties and corral posts was strong. Then the clatter and smell of the diesel trucks that came to move the cattle from the corral to the farm.
Dad always carried a case of whiskey up to the engine to treat the crew - they knew it was coming and knowing that, they always managed to get the cattle delivered several hours ahead of schedule which meant fewer losses to shipping fever etc. He had also arranged a similar treat for the off-going crew at La Junta, Colorado. The interior of the enigne always had a pleasant diesel smell about it.
I have lived in a city the last 35 years and miss that creosote and diesel smell and the idling clatter of those engines. ALmost makes me want to buy a diesel pickup but the fuel is getting too high and I don't really need it for anything. Guess it would be dumb to buy it just to hear and smell it run.
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