News: Great article on Steam Engines

Here's a great line:

"I am a sucker for enthusiasm. I regard an enthusiast as worth a hundred cynics"

Here here. It's way too easy to be cynical, skeptical and pessimistic. Here's a great article on Steam Engines and steam engine enthusiasts. With a brief reference to Thomas delighting kids.

Guardian Unlimited Columnists Thrill to the steam engine, the most radical machine ever built