Comment by incanus77

When I was about 8 in southwestern PA, we took a trip to central PA to visit Gettysburg, the Amish Country, Hershey, and all that. We took a steam train ride that promised a "trip to paradise".

I remember two things clearly about that train:

1. If you are sitting close enough to the front and lean out far enough, you get hot steam mist droplets painfully scalding your skin.

2. The train indeed went to Paradise, PA, with a big welcome sign, and I remember thinking "Is this a joke? I guess some people aren't very good at humor." I really don't know what I did expect or what would have impressed me more.