Don’t let the Sun go down on us

The Bluegrass Railroad Museum in Versailles, Kentucky was the last place on my list. Arriving there on our last vacation day after 6:00 pm, we hoped to find four cabooses in order to make our century mark. Darkness loomed as we approached the rail yard. We immediately spotted one caboose in the train grouping closest to the road, then after crossing a pair of parallel tracks we discovered two more coupled to a second line of cars on the back tracks. These three gave us 99, one short of our goal. It was a meaningless pursuit, but one shy seemed like a cruel conclusion to our fun quest. Just then, providence intervened, and we met John. He was a volunteer for the museum. After explaining our plight, John said he knew where the museum had parked a couple of spare parts cabooses and volunteered to show them to us.