It's hard to believe Norman "Mr. telephone book"" Rose did this little gem from Elspeth Eric...then again, maybe not, as his aforementioned movie appearance apparently took place 3 years before Rose joined the RMT. (I think he matured and wised up by the time Himan Brown recruited him. ) I'm almost also tempted to call him "I suppose" Rose, because he's always saying "I suppose" in other RMT episodes I've heard.

As a train buff I found some additional cause for solemnity in this very good play by Ms. Eric and performance by Mr. Rose, who plays a doctor in a small town who's raised a daughter by himself since his wife died years ago. (Interestingly, my own then-12-year-old daughter was the one who told me about this particular RMT.) It's interesting to me how trains can be compared to people. They're usually a unique combination of cars that's never duplicated quite the same way again, and they are planned, they have a point of origination, a journey and a destination, whereupon they stop, or "die", if you will.

The town is gradually losing all the passenger trains which stopped there. However, the daughter has fallen in love with a mysterious man whom she can't or won't introduce her father to. The man always takes one particular train (according to the daughter) though the town's soon-to-be-retired stationmaster cannot ever recall seeing him arrive or depart from it. Rose's character is further perplexed by a mysterious woman who says his daughter will never be able to marry the mysterious passenger, because he belongs to her (the woman).

I can't say the issue of either mysterious person was fully resolved to my satisfaction in the story, but the execution of it, and Rose's dialogue as a father, was extremely touching. I recommend a listen this one from Ms. Eric. 