Freight Steam Locomotive

Famous quotes containing the words freight, steam and/or locomotive:

    “Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit.”
    —Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)

    “Clean the spittoons.
    The steam in hotel kitchens,
    And the smoke in hotel lobbies,
    And the slime in hotel spittoons:
    Part of my life.”
    —Langston Hughes (1902–1967)

    “The American people have done much for the locomotive, and the locomotive has done much for them.”
    —James A. Garfield (1831–1881)