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Opening Paragraphs

Below are the opening paragraphs for each of the 37 Tales of Transition.

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Part One

Now Arriving

     When I  was a tow-headed kid with a crew cut who wore striped t-shirts and hockey tape around the tips of his tattered sneakers, there were several passenger trains routed through Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Great Northern had its Empire Builder, Burlington the Zephyr, and North Western the 400. Northern Pacific had the North Coast Limited, Rock Island the Twin Star Rocket, and The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad – known as the Milwaukee Road – had their flagship Hiawatha; these were the engines of the Industrial Age.

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