Michael W. Shurgot — The Monarch Review

The Departure – Michael W. Shurgot

Tuesday, December 4, 2012 12:43 — 0 Comments

The crimson cars of the Night Scotsman slumbered under the tarred canopy of Kings Cross Station. Far ahead on track # 13, nearly invisible in the November fog, the sleek, sensuous 4-6-0 Black 5 locomotive panted patiently, hissing white smoke from its six drivers while, as if obeying its own internal rhythm, belching steam and soot that mingled with the fog to thicken the fetid air. Baggage handlers hastily rolled carts full of luggage, handbags, purses and hat boxes down the platform toward the waiting cars, where they unloaded their cargo onto the sleeping cars and first and second class […]