#macfarlan

ROOM SERVICE ON THE BROADWAY LIMITED

(Author’s Note: I am pleased to report that the following essay appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of CLASSIC TRAINS magazine.)

(CLASSIC TRAINS) My grandfather, Kenneth Macfarlan, worked as a freight clerk for the Pennsylvania Railroad in Philadelphia, hence we were loyal to the Pennsy even after Poppa’sdeath in 1955. So, when my mother decided to take my four-year-old brother, Donald, my sister…

KIRBY J: I have never been able to understand these weather charts on the television when they have them. Maybe, out of this case, I will really understand them. Now, what does that line - you say that that is a front, now, what does that mean,, that before it everything is beautifully calm and, after it, everything is windy, or - what does it mean?

MR MACFARLAN: Well, I could not tell your Honour in technical terms, I am afraid, except that is the - - -

KIRBY J: You do not understand the weather forecasts either.