Die Verwandlung * (No Names, to Protect "Innocent" ...

With apologies to Herr Kafka -

#487 looked innocent enough early in the afternoon of 08/24 ...


but signs of her descent into harlotry were already apparent to the careful observer:


The principal instigator was primarily to blame, but a dedicated former employee of the railroad did most of the really hard work:


The perpetrator was aided and abetted by a skilled henchman from the far east:


... and by the evening of 08/25 - with a lot of help from a local craftsman - #487 had been transformed into an anonymous Scarlet Harlot:


* "The Metamorphosis".   In Franz Kafka's original story, Gregor Samsa (sp?) awoke one morning to find himself transformed into a gigantic Ungeziefer (cockroach?); I'm sure that if she had feelings #487 would have been equally uneasy at the transformation she underwent last August 24-26.  As noted elsewhere, my daughter's first words to me upon her arrival in Chama on August 27 were not "Hi, Daddy!" but "What did you DO to that POOR locomotive??" . . .

(To be continued . . . )

- Russo



Edited 6 time(s). Last edit at 03/08/2017 05:42PM by Russo Loco.