Here's why China Times columnist Hung Chihwen became so enthralled with them that he writes "Taiwan's Train Stories": "When I was small, I used to ride the train almost every week with my father and uncle back to our old homestead in Tamsui."
這也是為什麼中國時報專欄作者洪致文這麼著迷探尋「台灣火車的故事」：「小時候，幾乎每星期都和爸爸、伯父坐火車回淡水老家。」