The Seaboard Station in its heyday, abt 1930 My first stop on the tracks to becoming a rail and transit enthusiast began in late December 1976, when I was nearly 12 years old, a 6th grader in Miami, Florida. Our nation just celebrated its Bicentennial the previous summer, but the hoopla continued anyway. Part of the festivities included the American Freedom Train coming to town, and it seemed to be a ‘big deal’ to my parents. Initiated by train enthusiast Ross Rowland, the Fr