Yes, these are Golden Times! *PIC*

May 25, 1907, (err, umm 2007!)
It is a fantastic time to be a steam fan, with so many oportunities to see these wonderful machines with fires in their belly! It seems there are more steam locomotives than ever, (give or take a few sad stories along the way) but the trend is upward. What makes it so amazing is there is no practical use or reason to sink the kind of cubic dollars and sweat-hours into such a money pit as a steam locomotive in 2007, other than the sheer joy of their presence and the memories they recall.
May we ever keep their rare presences alive by our collective cooperation and ability to work together for solutions, and not self destruct playing the blame game. There aren't enough of us to be so divided when it is such hard work!
End of soapbox editorial.