To the south the landscape changes and the gradient profile immediately becomes saw-toothed, as the line rises and falls with the rolling undulations of this rich farming countryside; ….

I boarded my first train at Broad Street Station in 1968 for a fifth-grade class day-trip to Washington, D.C. Upon arriving in Washington, I experienced that city's monumental Union Station.

A large chessboardlike aquarium was made, which contained 25 separate compartments 15 × 15 × 15 cm in size.

Here were no haggard savages, unkempt and scantily clad, coming forth from their dens in the rocks to stare wildly at the strangers.