Time travel

Diesel trains running with open windows

Wooden desks with thick handwritten records of bookings

Hand-corrected timetables

Small train stations designed by Geoffrey Bawa

Bold black scripts on white boards

People waving from the station platform 

People on the train waving back at them

People peacefully walking on the tracks with no intention to take a train

The heavy sound of metal against metal

Passing through the crowds heading to the exit at Galle station

Soaking up the moments that will not repeat in the same way again.