1:30am Train

 Everyone hates that 1:30am train,

But I have many sleepless nights where I lie in bed and listen to the train roll through. 

My great grandpa used to work on the railroads in this town before he moved an hour west and never looked back. 

He loved the rails, and lived by them for the rest of his life. I never got to talk to him much about those trains, but I know he loved that job. 

Every night, when that 1:30am train to New Orleans runs through town, I listen and I know I am not alone. 

Great Grandpa would ride that train to Louisiana. 

He’s a conductor of angels. 

-Emma Lancaster