Hello all,
After browsing this forum, I have registered as I really need to talk to people who will not judge.
I am in my mid fifties now and from as young as I can remember I have had a what I can only describe as a terror/fascination with steam trains.
As a very small child I do remember them actually still running. I remember being with Mum and pressing myself as hard as I could against the railway building until the train had come to a stop. I was never scared to ride on the train, quite the contrary, I just had an overpowering fear that I was going to go under the train as it came in to the station.
As an adult, I have always lived not too far from a main railway line that the vintage steam trains take tourist runs every few months. When I hear the whistle blowing, I look on the internet to see when it is coming back through, I actually drive down to a vantage point just to watch them come through. I stand at a safe distance but still get that feeling that I am under the train.
Several years ago I travelled to England and visited an incredible train museum. There was a train that was parked over a pit so you could go underneath and view the workings of the undercarriage. It took some courage to go under but once under there I knew I had been 'under' a train before.
I am not a train spotter, I have no interest in studying makes or histories of steam trains. It is just an overwhelming power that draws me to them.
I have always experienced what has been labelled night terrors, a lot involve a steam train bearing down on me.
Is it possible that I have been hit by a steam train in a previous life?
I have only given a few examples here, I hope it is enough to generate some advice/opinions.
Thank you.
After browsing this forum, I have registered as I really need to talk to people who will not judge.
I am in my mid fifties now and from as young as I can remember I have had a what I can only describe as a terror/fascination with steam trains.
As a very small child I do remember them actually still running. I remember being with Mum and pressing myself as hard as I could against the railway building until the train had come to a stop. I was never scared to ride on the train, quite the contrary, I just had an overpowering fear that I was going to go under the train as it came in to the station.
As an adult, I have always lived not too far from a main railway line that the vintage steam trains take tourist runs every few months. When I hear the whistle blowing, I look on the internet to see when it is coming back through, I actually drive down to a vantage point just to watch them come through. I stand at a safe distance but still get that feeling that I am under the train.
Several years ago I travelled to England and visited an incredible train museum. There was a train that was parked over a pit so you could go underneath and view the workings of the undercarriage. It took some courage to go under but once under there I knew I had been 'under' a train before.
I am not a train spotter, I have no interest in studying makes or histories of steam trains. It is just an overwhelming power that draws me to them.
I have always experienced what has been labelled night terrors, a lot involve a steam train bearing down on me.
Is it possible that I have been hit by a steam train in a previous life?
I have only given a few examples here, I hope it is enough to generate some advice/opinions.
Thank you.
