Cotton Belt Classic Umpire Clinic

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by Matt

What does this have to do with trains?

They used to be part of Southern Pacific RR, and I guess they all became Union Pacific.

I grew up in a little town with a big switch yard, and have known quite a few RR's over the years.

For years, I slept more contently hearing a freight track rolling down those tracks with the whistle blowing. You don't hear that clinkity-clack anymore since they've all put in ribbon rail.