Thad Hillis Carter grew up riding the Southern Belle and Flying Crow passenger trains. His love for railroads has taken him over the United States riding Amtrak and tourist lines, ...view moreThad Hillis Carter grew up riding the Southern Belle and Flying Crow passenger trains. His love for railroads has taken him over the United States riding Amtrak and tourist lines, and he offers personal recollections of trips on Kansas City Southern passenger trains until their discontinuance in 1969. He wrote for Rail Classics magazine from 1984 to 1991 and also wrote railroad history articles for the Tyler Chamber of Commerce in Texas and Shreveport Magazine. He is the author of Tracking the Past, a booklet about branchline railroad operations. Carter currently serves as a minister in the United Methodist Church.view less