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(Copyright Mel Steinhauer all rights reserved) As a mature member of the Baby Boomer generation, I have been known to occasionally lose my train of thought. So one day recently, I decided to go out somewhere and look for it. A quick search on the internet for trains in Northern Kentucky, led me to the nearby Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati. Here I found quite a variety of historic locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars and much more to think about. All of them are outdoors on tracks where they were meant to be and are in various stages of preservation, repair and restoration. Tended to by hard-working and dedicated train-enthusiasts, they now endure as living pieces of history, nostalgia and Americana. I especially enjoyed my close-up views of this classic stream-lined passenger locomotive which began service with the Pennsylvania Railroad. Built in 1951 and equipped with two V-12 diesel engines it was capable of speeds up to 110 miles an hour, during it's glory days. So if you...

My love for photography began as a boy when I was taught the basics by my father. During a tour of duty with an Army Combat K9 unit in Vietnam, I bought a professional model Nikon SLR camera and dreamed of becoming an artistic photographer when I returned home. A family of my own and a new career put that dream on hold for many years, but I had always enjoyed photography as an art form. Then, after surviving another kind of war with cancer back in 1997, I began to really see the beauty in our world. Ever since then I have been inspired with a new awareness of life and an improved photographic vision. This has compelled me to find beautiful scenes wherever I go and to share my favorite creations with others who may not have the time or...