By Jamon Smith
University of Alabama
An old steam locomotive pulls into downtown Valley Head, Alabama.
A cloud of pale gray smoke puffs out of its chimney, whistling as it billows through the vent cylinder and dissipates into a star-dotted, midnight blue sky.
Seemingly, the clacking, chugging sound of its churning wheels turns into a metallic screech as it brakes on the tracks, and white steam exudes from its sides with a loud hiss as it comes to a full rest outside the Valley Head Drugs store.
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