ken,
did you know that my father grew up less than a block from the newhall st yards in san jose at 932 newhall st? you could look at the yards from my great grandmothers/grandmothers front window, so to say that you were around sp steam more than him is a statement that might not be entirely true. he has told me about countless cab rides in locomotives of every type, about seeing the 4460 fly past on the farewell to steam, his next door neighbor was an sp engineer, and seeing the daily parade of steam powered commutes. etc etc. not to mention all the trips that he has taken with and without me all over the united states to see and photograph railroads. my father has estimated that his slide collection is at least 1 million. so to say that you have seen and experienced more than someone else without knowing their story in its entirety is ignorant.

matt jacksich