A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....03-07,08-06....All Aboard!

Billie

[Billie]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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In September, 1825, the Stockton & Darlington Railroad Company began as the first railroad to carry both goods and passengers on regular schedules using locomotives designed by English inventor, George Stephenson. Stephenson's locomotive pulled six loaded coal cars and 21 passenger cars with 450 passengers over 9 miles in about one hour.

I am fascinated by trains. I love to ride on them. When I was a little girl, my teacher took our whole class on a short ride (about 20 miles) on the train that came through our small town every day. Ever notice, especially in small towns, how the engineer always waves at the cars waiting for the train to pass at a railroad crossing? :)

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Songs are written about trains. Movies have been made about them. The first western to tell a complete story in film was "The Great Train Robbery" filmed in 1903 in New Jersey. That movie started a great relationship between trains and movies that still survives 100 years later.

"The General" (1927), a comedy starring Buster Keaton, was regarded as one of the greatest of all silent comedies - and possibly the best train film ever made. It was a Civil War adventure-epic classic made toward the end of the silent era. Posters described the slapstick film as: "Love, Locomotives and Laughs."

Trains were a big factor in several of the James Bond movies, most notably: "From Russia With Love", and "Live and Let Die."

Here are a few more movies either written *about* trains or, as noted above, were a big factor in the storyline. The list is by no means complete, and most of them I've neither seen nor heard of, but for what it's worth, here they are....in no particular order:

• Silver Streak ~ 1934
• Union Pacific ~ 1939
• Murder on the Orient Express
• Von Ryan's Express
• Strangers on a Train
• The Lady Vanishes
• Son of Frankenstein
• Sherlock Holmes in Washington
• Terror by Night
• Ticket to Tomahawk
• The Great Locomotive Chase
• The Narrow Margin
• North by Northwest
• The Train
• Orphan Train
• Terror Train
• Chattanooga Choo Choo
• Back to the Future Part III
• Runaway Train
• Planes, Trains and Automobiles ~ 1987
• Throw Momma from the Train

These are but a few songs I found about trains. I'm sure you can all add many, many more to the list. I've listed only those I could link to music - mostly midis, but the last one is an mp3 - and still a favorite of mine: "Midnight Train to Georgia" by Gladys Knight and the Pips.

"Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe"
"Casey Jones"
"Chattanooga Choo Choo"
"City of New Orleans"
"Freight Train"
"Honky Tonk Train Blues"
"King of the Road"
"Last Steam Engine Ride"
"Night Train"
"Orange Blossom Special"
"Wabash Cannonball"




~ Gladys Knight and the Pips ~

Finally, let me close with a link to an inspirational album by Country & Western Singer, Randy Travis. You should be able to view the titles of the songs in the album; and hear clips of those you might be interested in.

"Glory Train, Songs of Faith, worship & praise" ~ Randy Travis

12-28-05 ~ Hall of Fame #14

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 03-06-06 Military Monday

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' Every Thursday at the Finest The guy's good, folks!

[Billie]

Thanks, Victoria. NEAT graphic! I didn't get anything to open with the link either. :(

[Billie]

[JustAmy]

I couldn't open the link for Mystery Train, :(

[MEG33]

Goodnight... Sweet Dreams....

[Victoria Delsoul]

Yeah, sorry about that.

Let's try this one.

Have a great evening, all. Nighty night.

[Majie Purple]

...North by Northwest, a classic with a very handsome favorite actor of mine. :)"

Ah... gorgeous... funny...Actor extrordinaire... Cary Grant! He's my Fave too! I'm in my 30's but thanks to AMC channel I've seen and loved most of his movies.

[MEG33]

Thanks Victoria! G'nite!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Why yes! I HAVE! Ole Rupert's running free, unlike Matilda, who met her demise, at my hands.

*sniff* Poor thang.

[.30Carbine]

Clearly, the American people have spoken. It’s time for the Senate to listen.

Bears repeating!

[.30Carbine]

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
2 Corinthians 1:3-5

Dear freema, I join in prayer for Shalom--wholeness, wellness, the peace of God which passes all understanding--for your family at this difficult time. I want to share with you the moving testimony of Diver Dave on yesterday's Daily Reflections with Oswald Chambers thread, for he has been comforted of God, and perhaps his comfort will comfort you.

Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-14

[The Mayor]

March 8, 2006

A Living Hope

Read:
1 Peter 1:3-9

Blessed be [God] . . . who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope. —1 Peter 1:3

Bible In One Year: Deuteronomy 5-7; Mark 11:1-18

Life is hard for everybody, but it's much harder for some than for others. Putting our trust in Christ as our Savior does little to change that. Nothing in the Bible promises us a free pass merely because we are Christ's followers. In fact, some of our wounds may not heal and some of our deficiencies may not be corrected during our lifetime. They may even get worse. Yet our deformities and weaknesses are only temporary.

Anticipating what God has in store for us can put a smile in our heart. Hope gives us poise and lets us live with inner strength, because we know that one day we will be dramatically different than we are now.

If you are in some way damaged by past abuse or feeling defeated by sin, or if you feel so inferior to others that you walk with your eyes to the ground, take heart in what God has in store for you. Live today with the courage God gives you. Make what you can of your afflictions. But rejoice, because all that degrades and limits you is only temporary. It will be gone—some of it sooner rather than later.

If you have a living hope in Christ, you can deal with your past because of your future. God's glorious best for you lies ahead. —Haddon Robinson

Lord, give us grace to trust You when
Life's burdens seem too much to bear;
Dispel the darkness with new hope
And help us rise above despair. —Sper

Christians can cope with their past because they have hope for the future.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
Why Is Life So Unfair?

[DollyCali]

Some sort of computer technical snafu here at the DollyCali residence...Sistahs/Rus check FReepmail...

AND on my front porch when I took pooches out this morning at about 2:30 was a mama kitty (I had never seen before) and 6 new born babies.. w/cord /placenta on.. ) Never a dull moment here!

sigh

[The Mayor]

I would say so....

Never a dull moment, you've got your hands full.

[LadyX]

Nyah, nyah - yew cain't ketch US..:)) hahahahaha.....

[Pippin]

HOWDY DOODY!

[Billie]

Good morning, Finest Friends. DollyCali is having some sort of computer technical snafu trying to post a new thread today, so it looks like we'll be ridin' the rails again today. :)

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[Mrs.Nooseman]

Good Morning Billie.

Neat thread.

Still catching up on reading here.

{{HUGS}}

[Diver Dave]

Good morning, Finest Friends. DollyCali is having some sort of computer technical snafu trying to post a new thread today, so it looks like we'll be ridin' the rails again today. :)

Oh No! Hope she wasn't driven out of town on a rail.

[Billie]

Good morning, thank you, Noosie.

((((((((((Noosie)))))))))

[Billie]

Oh No! Hope she wasn't driven out of town on a rail.

:) :) You are a clever one. :) :)