Railroad

We decided that a  family trip to Pocatello on Sunday would be fun. The reason for going is this very train. My Great Great Grandpa Hyrum Crane was the engineer of this train. He was also the Patriacrch for the Pocatello Stake. His son was my Great Grandpa Crane who is very dear to my heart, I grew up with him around all the time, I knew him very well, and was lucky enough to have him meet my little Madelyne before he passed away, so to be able to visit this piece of family history

belonging to his father meant alot to me                            

Great Great Grandpa Crane is on the far right.

In 1946, he took on the diesel engine, "the streamliner run," from Pocatello to Montpelier. He was still the engineer on this run when he retired at 68 years of age.

Great Grandpa Crane and his brother Lowell visiting the train in Ross Park.

Here we are visiting the train in Ross Park, Alea and I and all of our kids.  It was really neat for the kids to see their
Great Great Great Grandpa's steam engine.

 

 We made the short drive across the street to the cemetery to visit the graves of our Crane ancestors.

Grandma Jo wrote to me and told me a story she remembered about her Grandpa...

" I remember one summer traveling to Pocatello for  vacation, as we drove along the highway..not a freeway, but an old state two lane road, we saw Granddad's train. He had been watching for us, knowing we were headed to his home. Dad honked and honked and Granddad blew his whistle and waved."

I am grateful for family history, it is something that has always touched my heart, I hope by sharing these stories with my children that they will feel a closeness with their ancestors and love them and much as I do.