Wood Ducks

I have had such a problem this morning trying to keep the EXIF data with the photograph; although it was fine on Flickr, anything I tried to download here was off like a Prom dress, as the saying goes. Anyway, this is an update on the wood duck family; there are still 10 babies of the original 19, which is pretty good going. There is one there that doesn't look as strong as the rest, so we'll see how they get on from here. I took some pretty good train shots again today, but I thought it might be overkill; the train will be coming through again tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow...

A Chicago, Illinois law once prohibited eating in a place that had an open fire. After much discussion, a 1912 amendment exempted dining cars on steam trains.

Texas law once said: When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing: each train shall come to a full stop and neither train shall proceed until the other has gone.

In South Dakota, it is illegal to place firecrackers on railroad track. The fine doubles if they are lit.