"Brakeman Jim Grant's voice sounded bravely thru the sudden silence of the crowd huddled on the Lancaster railroad station ... The train was the Chesapeake and Ohio's No. 37.

He resembled the Chessie cat, the symbol of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. At her bedtime, our daughter would call, “Smokey!” and Smokey would come and sleep on her bed with her. When our ...