A view from the cab: June 2012

Quote of the Blog

"I knew I was going to take the wrong train so I left early" Yogi Berra 1925 - present

''A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine
seam, she can have a baby, she can use her intuition instead of her brain, but she cant fold a paper on a crowded train'' Phyllis McGinley 1905 - 1978

''I will get off the train if my body allows me to'' Unknown fare dodger 2012

''The light at the end of the tunnel is just the light of an oncoming train.” Robert Lowell 1917-197
'I miss riding those fast trains in Japan... 'cause I'd never seen a train that fast in my life.'' Ike Turner 1931-2007

“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” Oscar Wilde 1854-1900

''I wanted to invent an engine that could run for ever. I could have developed a new train, had I stayed in the railway. It would have looked like the AK-47 though'' Mikhail Kalashnikov 1919-present

''A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad'' Theodore Roosevelt 1858-1919

''Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return'' E.M.Forster 1879-1970

''The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one before it'' G.K.Chesterton 1874-1936

''The introduction of so powerful an agent as steam to a carriage on wheels will make a great change in the situation of man.'' Thomas Jefferson, 1802

Friday, 1 June 2012

Woohoo !!!!!!!!!!