"When you've been a train man as long as I have, you see a lot of people
meeting, parting, joy, sadness... After a while, it doesn't even get to you
anymore. I wonder how long it's been... There's an invisible rail between me
and the passengers. I could never live their lives. I'm just a train man
plain and simple. It's easier that way. That's not to say that the crossing
gate of my heart doesn't hurt now and again. Back during the war, I remember
there was a lot of painful scenes then. But, that's a story for another day."