Production of multiple copies of this story on paper, disk, or other fixed format is expressly forbidden. The plugs were grouped by twos, with each plug having a small circle of red or black around a dull brass center. One set had a smaller, tapered tube that seemed to be made of black plastic with two strips of brass running up the side of the tube. The days of milk trains are long gone, but the track was now a regular main line and heavy freight and coal trains rumbled by many times each day. Previously it had said that the farm was to be sold and the proceeds divided evenly between the five surviving grandchildren. I hadn’t plugged it in… The house would vibrate slightly as they passed and the chandelier in the dining room would sway just a little from side to side. Thirty seconds or so after it started swinging, you could hear the whistles or feel the vibration of the ground.
