Was this the one, Louie?
Posted on 03/06/2006 10:29:21 PM PST by Billie
What a sweet picture of Marissa and Mr.Amy! Thank you, Amy - I'm really glad you enjoyed this thread. You've had lots of train rides! I think someday I would love to take a trip on the Amtrak.
**smile **
Aren't we cute? Remember the conductor wanted to toss us from the train? Two sweet kids like us, I wonder why?
Was this the one, Louie?
Hi, Dave. That's neat you got your electric train, and you and the boys still get to enjoy it every Christmas! Such a cute picture of Logan!
Hi Amy. What a sweet picture of Marrisa and Mr.Amy. Didn't realize she started out blond (but as adorable as ever). So sorry Calif. won't work out next month. Where are you going on vacation????
Hey, Temple. Thank you, and thank you. :)
Afternoon. Thank you. :)
Oh, that's great! And hasn't Christian grown!
It was maybe reloading from your cache probably?
Hi Dutchess.
So sorry about next month. We made our plans for Easter Vacation. Our son is going with us and he will do the driving.
The only living Aunt on my Mom's side lives in Oregon. Her health is so-so. We have been planning to visit for the last 3 or 4 years.
My brother just moved to Idaho .... so we are going to Idaho and Oregon. Will spend 3 days in Idaho and a couple of days in Oregon.
Maybe you can plan to come back to California in September. The FReeRepublic picnic is scheduled for 9-9-06. It would be wonderful if you and Mr. D could join us this year.
Now get to work! :)
I am going to have to leave for a while. Thanks, everyone, for your stories and pics!
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We have taken several trips via Amtrak since 1987. Some of them have been by train one way and by car one way. When we went to Denver, we drove so we could make stops in Utah and also see some of Colorado. We returned the car in Denver and rode Amtrak back to Fresno.
We enjoy the food and meeting new people on the train. It's always been a great experience.
"Hi, there, Majjie - glad, glad, glad you love trains, too. Makes for much more fun checking out the thread. :)"
Awww, sweet! How could I not come back and say thanks for that...mucho huggos...LOL...os!(LOL is for for the "cutsie" spelling I did, and not your kind words.)But You know that already,I'm certian!
Drat! I forgot to reload Wolfie's "Maggie Siggy again!
Picture it...right...about...Here!
oops I wrote maggie meant Majie obv!
HAhahaha...! Thomas the Train LOL!
Back at the end of the 1800's, my father's father was a railroad engineer of some prestige.
His run was between Pittsburgh (where he lived) and Washington, D.C., and advertised such dependability that for every minute they ran over the scheduled travel time, they would pay each passenger a whole dollar!!
As you can imagine, he was quite proud of his position of trust, fully dedicated to avoiding having to pay that penalty.
One very snowy winter day, he was leaning out the open window, scanning the track ahead for any possible impediment not visible through the windshield, when his upper dentures came out of his mouth and flew out into the deep snow!
HUGE DILEMMA!!
To stop the train and look for them, risking causing payments to the passengers - or to have them forever lost??!!
Without hesitation he pulled the Emergency Cord, the train abruptly grinding to a halt, yelling loudly to his fireman,
"I think I just hit a man on the track!!" - hopped down, ran back and found his dentures, not yet buried in the snow - and hopped back aboard, quickly resuming the trip.
The real miracle was he managed to make up the time, arriving in D.C. right on schedule..)
Sadly, he a few years later was pinned between two railroad cars in the yard and was badly injured, and he moved his family to Orlando for the kinder climate when my Dad was 10 years old. He died when Daddy was 17, so I never knew him.
By the way, he was credited with inventing air brakes to stop the trains, but failed to apply for the patent before another man did.
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