Chapter 1
Narrator: In a town called Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Summer of 1871, a 24 year old man named Harry Stone was sitting in his house reading a railroad magazine. He was looking at how the railroads were changing the country and how the civil War was going on at a much faster pace because of the trains. He loved trains. He dreamed he would one day have his own railroad and run lots of steam locomotives on it. He wanted to feel the rush of steam go through his veins all through his life. Harry Stone also wanted to one day have his own daughter who would love trains just as much as he did.
Harry: I wonder when the railroads will revolutionize the Country?
Narrator: Just then, his wife, Maria Stone came in.
Maria: You look very intent on that magazine dear, what are you reading?
Harry: Oh, I was just reading about the railroads. They say that they are becoming much more popular now. Oh, look. It says that the Pennsylvania Railroad has just double-tracked this place around Altoona called Horseshoe Curve, because of the demand of traffic, and have bought 30 new locomotives to cope with their demand of traffic.
Maria: Wow, that is something.
Harry: Yes, I know, I am sure that some day railroads will be the most popular mode of transportation in America.
Maria: I am sure it will. Now dear, you have to go to bed now, you have to get up bright and early to go to work at the factory tomorrow.
Harry: Yes Dear, I will.(to himself):But if only I really could have a steam engine and have a daughter that I could drive it all around with.
Narrator: harry went to bed thinking this would never happen, but little did he know that his fantasy dream was about to be realized.