My father-in-law was a rural route mailman in central Iowa. Upon his retirement he became a conductor for the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad. He passed a few years ago at the age of 89. He was a good man, and I both liked and respected him.

We learned today that the Railroad will be naming a steam locomotive in his honor in a ceremony next week.

I think he would have been pleased by this. He loved steam trains.