Short story about a train conductor that sees a perfect little town and when he

[Resonance]

retires he visits the town? But despite how beautiful it looked over all those years it's really ugly and the people are jerks. Anyone know the author or title of the story?

[Kenny]

There's a *really* similar story in Volume 3 of Stephen King's Dark Tower series, the Waste Lands. The story is in a children's book called "Charlie the Choo Choo."

[LJ K]

Almost, Resonance...which isn't good enough. I keep wanting to just say "Traintown," and remember no-one as the author... sorry, this was a waste of our time!