83 Quotes About Trains

Thomas Lull knows he is un-American: he hates cars but loves trains, Indian trains, big trains like a nation on the move. He is content with the contradiction that they are at once hierarchical and democratic, a temporary community brought together for a time; vital while it lasts, burning away like early mist when the terminus is reached.

But when you're caked in your own leavings, you don't really mind being hit with brutally hard jets of water.

«Tú eres su víctima, tú estás en su compartimiento (no es él quien está en el tuyo) y te invita a beber vodka como si te ofreciera su propia sangre»

...what thrills me about trains is not their size or their equipment but the fact that they are moving, that they embody a connection between unseen places.

The aristocrats, if such they could be called, generally hated the whole concept of the train on the basis that it would encourage the lower classes to move about and not always be available.

Trains tap into some deep American collective memory.

The journey has its own lyricsA duet of balanced motionThe rails and wheels in tune

The train is a small world moving through a larger world.

Corner SeatSuspended in a moving nightThe face in the reflection trainLooks at first sight as self-assuredAs your own face - But look again:Windows between you and the worldKeep out the cold, keep out the fright;Then why does your reflection seemSo lonely in the moving night?