There's something about the sound of a train that's very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There are so many different reasons as to why I love riding trains. But I think ultimately it's the romantic feeling of it. There's something about it that just transports me into old films.
Anything is possible on a train: a great meal, a binge, a visit from card players, an intrigue, a good night's sleep, and strangers' monologues framed like Russian short stories.
They saw a Dream of Loveliness descending from the train.
Well, I've always been interested in approaching a big city in a train, and I can't exactly describe the sensations, but they're entirely human and perhaps have nothing to do with aesthetics.
There was a train that would come by our house every night, and I'd hear the whistle blow. That is the sweetest memory I have.
Many Americans have a romanticized view of trains, rooted in a bygone era of elaborately adorned rail cars lit by flickering gas lamps and pulled by smoke-belching steam locomotives.
I liken Sleater-Kinney to a freight train. It felt like this incredible, forward-moving, powerful energy.
'Peace Train' is a song I wrote, the message of which continues to breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions. There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again.
As a child I found railroad stations exciting, mysterious, and even beautiful, as indeed they often were.
Ever since childhood, when I lived within earshot of the Boston and Maine, I have seldom heard a train go by and not wished I was on it.