FROM THE EDITOR, RAILWAY AGE FEBRUARY 2026 ISSUE: Cartoons are supposed to give a fast, easy-to-understand message, without requiring much contemplation, right?
Take the classic Peanuts scene, for example. Lucy holds the football for perpetually hapless place-kicker Charlie Brown. Believing that Lucy, who deep down is really a mean, narcissistic little kid, won’t do what she repeatedly does—pull the ball away at the last moment—gullible, gentle soul Charlie charges forward, aims…
