Statement
At Train Therapy, we believe trains are more than machines. They are stories, history, craftsmanship, creativity, and connection.
Through trains, we slow down, explore, create, and reflect. What fascinates us, what we build, and the journeys we imagine can tell us something about ourselves.
Sometimes, by following the journey, we discover a little more about who we are.
Author
My name is Martin and I live with my family in Berkeley, California.
Disclaimer
Despite the name of the website, Train Therapy is not a therapy practice, and this website does not provide mental health, medical, or professional therapeutic services.
“Therapy” is used here in the informal sense: the idea that spending time with trains can be a way to slow down, focus, create something, and simply enjoy the moment.
Travel by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1921)
The railroad track is miles away,
And the day is loud with voices speaking,
Yet there isn't a train goes by all day
But I hear its whistle shrieking.
All night there isn't a train goes by,
Though the night is still for sleep and dreaming,
But I see its cinders red on the sky,
And hear its engine steaming.
My heart is warm with the friends I make,
And better friends I'll not be knowing;
Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take,
No matter where it's going.
This poem is in the public domain.