"OUR" PLACE - SEE NEW THREAD!

[siberianmo]

G'day Gents!

I'm back, but it appears no one recognized that I left![swg]

Thanx Cindy for watchin' the joint . . . . rather quiet, eh[?] I see Rob stopped by this AM . . . did he behave himself[?] NO, NO - don't tell me - I don't wanna know!<grin>

So, where are Doug - Pete 'n Al today[?] And of course, we may as well write off seeing Trainnut484 Russell - West Coast S and (who wudda thunk it) Theodorebear Ted for any of our special events. Been a long, long time since any of 'em particpated. Pity. [yeah] I know - busy.

Okay, boyz - I've done my part for this day - just check out the AM Posts! The rest is up to y'all - either that, or close 'er down.[sigh]

Later!

Tom[4:-)][oX)]

[trolleyboy]

Tom interesting stuff on the Irish rail as well. Gotta love that logo [tup][:D]Supprisng how much orange is in that locomotive paint job however .[:O]

Nick As sadi before great gazette input my friend. I don't know what you did to make Montezuma take such a heavy revenge on you, hopefully it will pass in the end ![swg] [:O] [:-^] I can make groaners with the best of them, must be something in the green river water's eh [?]


Rob

[trolleyboy]

Morning Tom, I'll have the harps ( go figure ) <grin>

Cindy looks quite good in green doesen't she [swg][:-^]


What can I say truly a masterpiece, the gazette in two parts ! hats off to the "guest" columnist. [tup][tup] The article surly explains alot, I always wondered why my couple times great grandfather left me all those wooden dowels, now I know ["-^].

I might say that the "groan-a-meter " is now truly broken, it blew up and scattered it's gears an wheels all over Boris's sleeze bean patch ( should improve the crop! )

Lars gppd to hear that your "outing" is not going to be walayed by the furnas filter installers ! Must be good to have your basement back together finally. I'll leave a round of Harps for you and your boys once their done their march [:D]

Pete Great site on those deltics, thanks.They do remind me a bit of early F units, two's or threes ! The universal look for early diesels.

Doug Great first article on the tunnlers, I'm looking forward to the rest ! can I intrest you in some of the mentor vilages almost finished fermenting brew [?] [:O][xx(][swg]

Have a great green day folks.

Rob

[siberianmo]

RAILWAYS of EUROPE #5 – Irish Rail (IE)

Irish Rail (Iarnród Éireann) (IE)




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Iarnród Éireann (IÉ; in English Irish Rail), is the national passenger railway system in Ireland. Established on 1 February 1987, it is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann. It runs all internal intercity, suburban and commuter railway services in the Republic of Ireland and it operates the Enterprise service between Dublin and Belfast jointly with Northern Ireland Railways. In addition to Iarnród Éireann and Northern Ireland Railways, Bord na Móna operates a 3ft-gauge large industrial railway (the largest railway system in Ireland, but it does not carry passengers).

Organisation



At the time of its establishment Iarnród Éireann referred to itself as Irish Rail, and introduced the four rails IR logo; however, the initials IR were often defaced as IRA on signage. In 1994, the company brought the Irish form of its name and related initials to the fore, and these remain the corporate branding today. The Irish word iarnród translates literally into English as iron road, or formally railway.

Iarnród Éireann services are divided across several separate operating areas.

Services


Advertising for Irish Rail (Iarnród Éireann) Intercity in Galway, 2005

Iarnrod Eireann's services are branded under three main names; InterCity, Commuter and DART. The InterCity services are long-distance routes (not necessarily to cities, but radial from Dublin). The Belfast–Dublin service run in conjunction with Northern Ireland Railways is branded separately as Enterprise. DMU services out of major cities are branded as Commuter. The DART brand is used for a north-south high frequency EMU service on the eastern side of Dublin. A separate timetable is published for each sector annually. Regional services (e.g. Limerick-Rosslare Europort) are regarded as Commuter services with fairly new Commuter Dmus being used on the service..


Irish Rail (Iarnród Éireann) No. 215 (IE 201 Class) at Grand Canal Dock DART station, 2001 (GNU Free Documentation)


Ireland: Irish Rail (Iarnród Éireann) No. 206 (IE 201 Class) at Colbert Station, Limerick (2006) (free use)

Dublin is the main hub in Ireland's railway system. The two main intercity stations are Connolly Station and Heuston Station; intercity services radiate to/from Cork, Limerick, Tralee, Galway, Waterford, Rosslare Europort, Sligo, Westport and Ballina.

The majority of commuter services are based in Dublin, which has four commuter routes as of 2006. These are: Northern (Dundalk), Western (Maynooth/Longford), South Western (Newbridge/Kildare/Portlaoise) and South Eastern (Arklow). Additional commuter services run from Cork (to Mallow and Cóbh) and from Limerick (to Ennis and Limerick Junction). As the Commuter livery is used on all DMU railcars as of 2006, a number of other services also run under the name. These include Mallow–Tralee, Manulla Junction–Ballina and Limerick–Rosslare Europort, as well as the Dublin–Sligo and Dublin–Rosslare "InterCity".

The north-south route along Dublin's eastern coastal side is also host to DART, Ireland's only electrified heavy rail service.

Quality of service varies from route to route. The Enterprise is well regarded, despite problems with punctuality. There have been ongoing problems with excess power drain on the locomotives, with one or two locomotives overheating and bursting into flames while in service. Breakdowns are a regular occurrence as a result. The Cork - Dublin route, also quite well regarded, was the "premier line" of the Great Southern and Western Railway, one of the biggest pre-Córas Iompair Éireann operators. Journey time and rolling stock are quite good on this route with brand new rolling stock (mark 4) about to enter service.

Network Catering

Iarnrod Éireann's Network Catering unit provides a trolley service of food and drink, a snack car and (on some routes) a restaurant service. It also operates restaurants at Connolly Station and at Dún Laoghaire. According to Irish Rail's annual report, the unit lost €270 000 in 2004.


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Enjoy!

Tom [4:-)] [oX)]


Did you miss any of the first four in the series[?] Click on the URLs:

(1) British Rail, page 247
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=247&TOPIC_ID=35270

(2) Eurostar, page 248
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=248&TOPIC_ID=35270

(3) TGV of France, page 255
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=255&TOPIC_ID=35270

(4) ICE of Germany, page 270
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=270&TOPIC_ID=35270



Waving flags credit: www.3DFlags.com

[siberianmo]

Brews of the Ould ‘n Nua Sod


Bell's Kalamazoo Stout . Brewed in Michigan. A relatively small head of medium and large bubbles, brown rather than the much whiter heads of the other stouts. Mouth-filling flavor balanced among roasted, bitter and creamy, with a lingering finish of all of these flavors.

Beamish Genuine Irish Stout Brewed in County Cork, Ireland. Classic downward-foaming head that resolves to about 10 percent of the total glass but lingers in a creamy form. Full-bodied but smooth, with gentle coffee notes at the start and a hint of bitter that goes away at the finish.

Schlafly's Irish Stout Brewed in St. Louis. First pour results in about 40 percent head of medium bubbles, which lingers. Smooth with hints of bitter, resolving back to a smooth finish.

Murphy's Draught-Style Stout Brewed in England. Pour results in parfait layers of foam, resolving to a fine layer of bubbles at about 10 percent of the glass. Noticeable coffee aroma and flavor upfront, otherwise smooth with little bitterness.

Guinness Extra Stout Brewed in Canada. Head takes up about 40 percent of the pour, diminishing slowly. Nice multiflavored character, with a hint of coffee and a touch of warm spices.

Boulevard Irish Ale Brewed in Kansas City. Moderate head, sweet notes in nose that repeat in the relatively complex flavor.

Smithwick's Brewed in Ireland. Medium head, amber-brown color. Good body, remarkable overall balance and smoothness.

Harp Brewed in Canada. Light head, golden color, fairly neutral nose. Light to medium body, nicely smooth and balanced.

George Killian's Irish Red Brewed in the U.S. Medium red-amber color. Notes of malt in the nose and flavor. Medium body, smooth and balanced.

Murphy's Red Beer Brewed in Holland. Formerly known as Murphy's Irish Amber. Gold-brown-red color, large head of medium to fine bubbles, medium body. Pleasantly drinkable, but not much depth.

Guinness Draught Brewed in Ireland. Classic downward-foaming head, with little left when foaming ceases. Interesting sandalwood/incense notes in the nose, decent body and medium bitter flavor, but little dimension to the flavor.

Wexford Irish Cream Ale Brewed in England. Lots of bubbles generated by the in-can "widget," but small head after they resolve. Golden-brown color. Medium-light and smooth body, but with bitter tones that make for an overall unbalanced effect.


So, whadilyahave??


Tom [4:-)] [oX)]

[coalminer3]

Good Morning Barkeep and all Present; coffee, please; round for the house; and $ for the jukebox.

I, for one, can't wait for the evening performance of the Mentor Pro Musica and Catch-as-Catch-Can Celtic Band. I hear that it features Boris on washtuub bass (as soon as he gets done drinking everything that's in the washtub).

Wow - what a start. Hudson's Bay Ry, the Hoosac Tunnel, and loads of local history and Irish lore. what can I say?

The Hoosac tunnel is still with us on the old B&M (now Guilford). Back in the day it had a most interesting electrified segment as it was, of course, impossible to run steam locomotives through the tunnel. BTW, I have had the privilege of riding through the tunnel a few times (including on RDCs).

I hope that maybe the Mentor Theatre can have a special screening tjhis evening of "The Last Hurrah," in honor of the day, of course. Second feature could be the "Cardinal" -also shot around Boston.

Well, better get after it - I leave you with the famous Boston saying,
"Vote Often and Early for James Michael Curley."

work safe

[LoveDomes]

Good Morning Tom and Gents at the Bar!

Top o’ the mornin’ to one and all! A Happy St. Pat’s Day to those who are and those who aren’t Irish!

‘Tis a sunny mornin’ with a chill in the air and temps expected to get into the mid 40s – good day to parade![swg]

Happy to report that the whole house dehumidifier-air purifier unit is installed and operating. The guys left here around 7 PM after putting in one long day. A bit of a problem with the sheet metal and duct work, but they figured it out and all’s well. Just a long day ‘round this place. Tom Those filters are a bit on the expensive side, huh[?] Funny how those “details” don’t come out until AFTER the installation![swg] Hey! As long as it works and keeps the basement dry and mold-free – that’s the important thing. Once again, we appreciate the ‘tip,’ as I don’t think I would have ever thought of this approach hadn’t it been for you.[tup][tup][tup]

My group is pretty much at the tail end of the parade today, so we have a bit more time than first thought. They will begin the march down 5th Avenue at 11 AM – but it’s a long, long parade, so I figure we’ll probably not begin our procession for an hour or so later. Should be fun – always has been, unless of course it’s a march into the howling gales with temps below freezing. That surely ain’t fun![tdn]

Tom This morning’s Gazette is a “keeper!” Good stuff, lots of laughs and that “exclusive” couldn’t have been written by anyone other than our friend over in West Wales. Correct[?][swg][tup] Great job all around!

That’s quite an impressive list of movies at the Emporium and I like the baseball flicks right at the beginning of the season. All four of those are worth seeing again – and again.[tup][swg]

Ok – time for me to get going, some of the guys have arrived and we’ll be starting our “celebration,” a wee bit early![swg] Here’s a couple of ten spots for the next round – put the change in the Lars Box please![tup]

Happy St. Pat’s Day!


Until the next time!

Lars

[siberianmo]

RAILWAYS of EUROPE #5 –

Irish Rail (IE) arrives on track #1 at 9 AM –

Watch for it!




Tom[4:-)] [oX)]

[siberianmo]

. . . . . . Mentor Village Gazette . . . . . .

Vol. II, Number 3 . . . . . . . . Friday, March 17th, 2006 . . . . . . . . . Free
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This is a Special Edition and will be a departure from our “normal” bill of fare! So, sit back, relax and ENJOY a bit o’ fun on us!

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Glossary O' Terms

Leprechaun:

Irish fairy. Looks like a small, old man (about 2 feet tall), often dressed like a shoemaker, with a cocked hat and a leather apron. According to legend, leprechauns are aloof and unfriendly, live alone, and pass the time making shoes...they also possess a hidden pot of gold. Treasure hunters can often track down a leprechaun by the sound of his shoemaker's hammer. If caught, he can be forced (with the threat of bodily violence) to reveal the whereabouts of his treasure, but the captor must
keep their eyes on him every second. If the captor's eyes leave the leprechaun (and he often tricks them into looking away), he vanishes and all hopes of finding the treasure are lost.

Blarney stone

The Blarney Stone is a stone set in the wall of the Blarney Castle tower in the Irish village of Blarney. Kissing the stone is supposed to bring the kisser the gift of persuasive eloquence (blarney). The castle was built in 1446 by Cormac Laidhiv McCarthy (Lord of Muskerry) -- its walls are 18 feet thick (necessary to thwart attacks by Cromwellians and William III's troops). Thousands of tourists a year still visit the castle.

The origins of the Blarney Stone's magical properties aren't clear, but one legend says that an old woman cast a spell on the stone to reward a king who had saved her from drowning. Kissing the stone while under the spell gave the king the ability to speak sweetly and convincingly.

It's tough to reach the stone -- it's between the main castle wall and the parapet. Kissers have to lie on their back and bend backward (and downward), holding iron bars for support. Can you imagine kissing something that has had people's lips all over it for 500 years? Yuck!
from: http://www.beaverislandrealty.com

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More Laffs

A cop pulls up two Irish drunks, and says to the first, "What's your name and address?"
"I'm Paddy O'Day, of no fixed address."
The cop turns to the second drunk, and asks the same question.
I'm Seamus O'Toole, and I live in the flat above Paddy."
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Padraic Flaherty came home drunk every evening toward ten. Now, the Missus was never too happy about it, either. So one night she hides in the cemetery and figures to scare the beejeezus out of him. As poor Pat wanders by, up from behind a tombstone she jumps in a red devil costume screaming, "Padraic Sean Flaherty, sure and ya' don't give up you're drinkin' and it's to Hell I'll take ye'". Pat, undaunted, staggered back and demanded, "Who the hell ARE you?". Too that the Missus replied, "I'm the divil ya' ***ed old fool". To which Flaherty remarked, "***ed glad to meet you sir, I'm married to yer sister."
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Pat and Mick landed themselves a job at a sawmill. Just before morning tea at yelled: "Mick! I lost me finger!"
"Have you now?" says Mick. "And how did you do it?"
"I just touched this big spinning thing here like thi...***! There goes another one!"
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The Irish attempt on Mount Everest was a valiant effort, but it failed: They ran out of scaffolding.
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An Irishman went for an interview with one of the major blue chip computer companies. When the interview was over the interviewer told him that all applicants had to complete a test.
The interviewer took a piece of paper and drew six vertical lines in pairs of two on the paper and placed it in front of the Irishman. "Could you please show me a clever way to make this into nine?" After thinking for a while the Irishman took the pencil and drew a canopy of leaves on top of the three pairs of lines, and handed the paper back to the interviewer.
The interviewer looked at the drawings and said: "But that is not nine!" "Oh yes it is", said the Irishman with a broad Irish accent, "Tree + Tree + Tree make nine!"
The interviewer handed the paper back to the Irishman and asked him to make it 99. After thinking for a longer while the Irishman scribbled up and down the trunks and handed the paper back to the interviewer. The interviewer looked at the drawings and said: "But that is not ninety nine!" "Oh yes it is", said the Irishman, "Dirty tree + dirty tree + dirty tree make ninety nine." The interviewer was now a bit cheesed off so he decided to do the Irishman once and for all, therefore, he handed the paper back to the Irishman and asked him to make it 100.
After thinking for a considerably longer time the Irishman suddenly grabbed the pencil and drew a little blop on the bottom right hand side of each three and handed the paper back to the interviewer. The interviewer looked at the drawings and said: "But that is not 100!" "Oh yes it most certainly is", said the Irishman with a much broader Irish accent, "Dirty tree and a turd + dirty tree and turd + dirty tree and a turd make 100!!!!!"
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O'Connell was staggering home with a pint of booze in his back pocket when he slipped and fell heavily. Struggling to his feet, he felt something wet running down his leg. "Please, God," he implored, "let it be blood!"
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Then there was the Irishman who sued the local baker for forging the Irishman's signature on a hot cross bun....
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What are the best ten years of an Irishman's life? Third grade.
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Two Irishmen met and one said to the other, "Have ye seen Mulligan lately, Pat?"
Pat said, "Well, I have and I haven't."
His friend asked, "Shure, and what d'ye mean by that?"
Pat said, "It's like this, y'see...I saw a chap who I thought was Mulligan, and he saw a chap that he thought was me. And when we got up to one another...it was neither of us."
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An Irish priest and a Rabbi get into a car accident. They both get out of their cars and stumble over to the side of the road. The Rabbi says, "Oy vey! What a wreck!" The priest asks him, "Are you all right, Rabbi?" The Rabbi responds, "Just a little shaken."
The priest pulls a flask of whiskey from his coat and says, "Here, drink some of this it will calm your nerves." The Rabbi takes the flask and drinks it down and says, "Well, what are we going to tell the police?" Well," the priest says, "I don't know what your aft' to be tellin' them. But I'll be tellin' them I wasn't the one drinkin'."
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Sean was fishing and it started to rain, so he moved under the bridge for shelter. His pal McGinty saw him and called, "Sean, me boy, are ye afeared of a few spots o' rain, now?"
Sean replied, "I'm not...the fish come here fer shelter."
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Paddy was trapped in a bog and seemed a goner when Big Mick O'Reilly wandered by. "Help!" Paddy shouted, "Oi'm sinkin'!" Don't worry," assured Mick. "Next to the Strong Muldoon, Oi'm the strongest man in Erin, and Oi'll pull ye right out o' there." Mick leaned out and grabbed Paddy's hand and pulled and pulled to no avail. After two more unsuccessful attempts, Mick said to Paddy, "Shure, an' Oi can't do it. The Strong Muldoon could do it alone, mebbe, but Oi'll have to get some help." As Mick was leaving, Paddy called "Mick! Mick! D'ye think it will help if Oi pull me feet out of the stirrups?"
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The first Irish National Steeplechase was finally abandoned. Not one horse could get a descent footing on the cathedral roof.
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Concerning bagpipes: The Irish invented them and gave them to the Scots as a joke, and the Scots haven't seen the joke yet.
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Murphy was selling his house, and put the matter in an agent's hands. The agent wrote up a sales blurb for the house that made wonderful reading. After Murphy read it, he turned to the agent and asked, "Have I got all ye
say there?" The agent said, "Certainly ye have...Why d'ye ask?"
Replied Murphy, "Cancel the sale...'tis too good to part with."
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Paddy and Mick were approaching a pub which had been destroyed by an IRA bomb only minutes before. As they passed, a head rolled out of the smoldering ruins and across the pavement before them. Paddy stooped, picked it up and held it for Mick to see. "Shure now Mick, isn't this Sean Murphy?" "No, Paddy, no, it couldn't be. It's an amazin' resemblance, but Murphy was shorter than that."
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Did you hear about the Irishman who was tap dancing?
He broke his ankle when he fell into the sink.
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How can you identify an Irish pirate?
He's the one with patches over both eyes.
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Paddy was picked up on a rape charge. He was placed in a lineup with ten other fellows and the accusing woman was escorted into the room.
Paddy jumped forward, and screamed "That's her! That's her! Oi'd recognize her anywhere!"
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"Well, Mrs. O'Connor, so you want a divorce?" the solicitor questioned his client. "Tell me about it. Do you have a grudge?"
"Oh, no," replied Mrs. O'Connor. "Shure now, we have a carport."
The solicitor tried again. "Well, does the man beat you up?"
"No, no," said Mrs. O'Connor, looking puzzled. "Oi'm always first out of bed." Still hopeful, the solicitor tried once again. "Well, does he go in for
unnatural connubial practices?"
"Shure now, he plays the flute, but I don't think he knows anything about the connubial." Now desperate, the solicitor pushed on. "What I'm trying to find out are what grounds you have."
"Bless ye, sor. We live in a flat -- not even a window box, let alone grounds."
"Mrs. O'Connor," the solicitor said in considerable exasperation, "you need a reason that the court can consider. What is the reason for you seeking this divorce?"
"Ah, well now," said the lady, "Shure it's because the man can't hold an
intelligent conversation."
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Tim Kelly was walking through a dim passageway when someone spoke to him. "Good evenin', Kelly," said the muffled figure. "Don't ye be knowin' your old friend Grogan any more?" Kelly stared at Grogan, whose face was a patchwork of bandages and adhesive plaster. One arm was in a sling and he was leaning on a crutch. "Saints!" cried Kelly. "Was ye hit by a train, Grogan, or did ye merely jump from the trestle?" "It could've been both," said Grogan, "considerin' the feel of it. But the truth is, I was in bed with Murphy's wife when Murphy himself comes in with a murtherin' big shillelagh in his hand, and the inconsiderate creature beat the livin' bejazus outa me." "He did indade," said Kelly. "But couldn't ye defend y'rself, Grogan? Hadn't ye nothin' in your own hand?" "Only Mrs. Murphy's ***," said Grogan. "It's a beautiful thing in itself, but not worth a dom in a fight."
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As soon as she had finished parochial school, a bright young girl named Lena shook the dust of Ireland off her shoes and made her way to New York where before long, she became a successful performer in show business. Eventually she returned to her home town for a visit and on Saturday night went to confession in the church which she had always attended as a child. In the confessional Father Sullivan recognized her and began asking her about her work. She explained that she was an acrobatic dancer, and he wanted to know what that meant. She said she would be happy to show him the kind of thing she did on stage.
She stepped out of the confessional and within sight of Father Sullivan, she went into a series of cartwheels, leaping splits, handsprings and backflips.
Kneeling near the confessional, waiting their turn, were two middle-aged
ladies. They witnessed Lena's acrobatics with wide eyes, and one said to the other: "Will you just look at the penance Father Sullivan is givin' out this night, and me without me bloomers on!"
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from: http://www.beaverislandrealty.com

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St. Patrick’s Day Facts ‘n Stuff


Saint Patrick's Day (March 17th), is an Irish holiday honoring Saint Patrick, the missionary credited with converting the Iri***o Christianity (in the A.D. 400's).

Saint Patrick was not actually Irish. Historical sources report that he was born around 373 A.D. in either Scotland (near the town of Dumbarton) or in Roman Britain (the Romans left Britain in 410 A.D.).

His real name is believed to be Maewyn Succat (he took on Patrick, or Patricus, after he became a priest). He was kidnapped at the age of 16 by pirates and sold into slavery in Ireland (I am not making this up). During his 6-year captivity (he worked as a shepherd), he began to have religious visions, and found strength in his faith. He finally escaped (after voices in one of his visions told him where he could find a getaway ship) and went to France, where he became a priest (and later a bishop).

When he was about 60 years old, St. Patrick traveled to Ireland to spread the Christian word. It's said that Patrick had an unusually winning personality, and that helped him win converts. He used the shamrock, which resembles a three-leafed clover, as a metaphor to explain the concept of the Trinity (father, son, holy spirit).

Legend has it that Saint Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland -- that they all went into the sea and drowned. Poor snakes. I don't know why he would want to do this, except that the snake was a revered pagan symbol, and perhaps this was a figurative tale alluding to the fact that he drove paganism out of Ireland.

In America, Saint Patrick's Day is a basically a time to wear green and party. The first American celebration of Saint Patrick's Day was in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1737. As the saying goes, on this day "everybody is Irish!" Over 100 US cities now hold Saint Patrick's Day parades, the largest held in New York City.

Green is associated with Saint Patrick's Day because it is the color of spring, Ireland, and the shamrock. Leprechauns are also associated with this holiday, although I'm not sure why. Leprechauns of legend are actually mean little creatures, with the exception of the Lucky Charms guy. They were probably added later on because capitalists needed something cute to put on greeting cards.

What's good luck on Saint Patrick's Day?

Finding a four-leaf clover (that's double the good luck it usually is).
Wearing green.

(School children have started a little tradition of their own -- they pinch classmates who don't wear green on this holiday).

Kissing the blarney stone.

May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow
And may trouble avoid you wherever you go.
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THEATRE

Mentor Village Emporium (check local listings for showtimes)

Double Features and Three Stooges Short Subject all of the time!

Now Playing

. . . Sunday, March 12th thru 18th: Mystery Alaska (1999) starring: Russell Crowe, Hank Azaria & Mary McCormack – and - Slap Shot (1977) starring: Paul Newman – Strother Martin & Michael Ontkean. SHORT: Beer and Pretzels (1933).

Coming Attractions

. . . Sunday, March 19th thru 25th: Midnight Run (1988) starring: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin & Yaphet Kotto – and - The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) starring: Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde & Charlton Heston. SHORT: Hello Pop (1933).

. . . Sunday, March 26th thru April 1st:Major League (1989) starring Tom Beringer, Charlie Sheen & Corbin Bernson – and – Bull Durham (1988) starring: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon & Tim Robbins. SHORT: Plane Nuts (1933).

. . . Sunday, April 2nd thru 8th: Eight Men Out (1988) starring: Jace Alexander, John Cusack & Gordon Clapp – and – Field of Dreams (1989) Kevin Costner, Burt Lancaster & James Earl Jones. SHORT: The Big Idea (1934).

. . . Sunday, April 9th thru April 15th: The Harvey Girls (1946) starring: Judy Garland, John Hodiak & Ray Bolger –and- The Train (1964) starring: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield & Jeanne Moreau. SHORT: Woman Haters (1934).

. . . Sunday, April 16th thru 22nd: The Molly Macquires (1970) starring: Sean Connery, Richard Harris & Samantha Eggers – and – It Happened to Jane (1959) starring: Doris Day, Jack Lemmon & Ernie Kovacs. SHORT: Punch Drunks (1934).
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Enjoy!

Tom [4:-)] [oX)]

[siberianmo]

. . . . . . Mentor Village Gazette . . . . . .

Vol. II, Number 3 . . . . . . . . Friday, March 17th, 2006 . . . . . . . . . Free
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Patrick’s Day Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SECTION ONE of TWO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

This is a Special Edition and will be a departure from our “normal” bill of fare! So, sit back, relax and ENJOY a bit o’ fun on us!

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HIGH JINKS IN THE BORDER COUNTRY – Exclusive -
By: Howard Ayhangin, Staff Reporter

As all residents of our fair town will be aware, the annual Saint Patrick`s day celebration is upon us once again, when the sleepy border community of Mentor lets down its hair and parties the weekend away.

Whilst a certain amount of high-spirited or `collegiate` behaviour is both expected and tolerated, this years revels have generated an unforeseen `raising of the stakes` between the two principal factions, The Loyal Lodge-Orangemen with a tradition stretching back to King William & Queen Mary and The Sons of Erin, Greens to a man, who can claim a lineage linking them to the High Kings of Tara.

For the benefit of residents new to our village-and perhaps even in the wider world, some background on why Mentor holds this day so close to its collective heart.

The tradition dates back to one of the most significant days in the village`s history, March 17th,1857-The day the railroad came to town.

Long years in the building, the Atlantic, Borders & Western Railroad was the brainchild of one Herr Kommandant Tomas Weber, a retired navy man with a long history of distinguished service in the Imperial German fleet.

Aided & abetted by his surveyor, "Fast Eddie" Kramer-a dissolute Southern Gent & former saloon bar & riverboat pianist and his engineering Chief, Stoneface Austin, a maverick Canadian woodsman and eccentric advocate of `hanging things on poles, to make the place look neater` and other such heretical notions. Herr Weber chose to employ mainly Irish navvies to build his road through the mountains, which they did with the combination of hard work and harder play that is a tradition of the race.

Mentor was chosen as both the principal division point on the new line and the site for the golden spike ceremony, which was performed by Frau Weber, with her customary grace, on the 17th March,1857.

(As an aside,the ceremony was due to take place the previous week and no reason was ever given for the postponement. The Gazette can now,149 years later, reveal the true reason.
In researching this piece, I came across a hand-written note in the company`s files from one Eammon Ironhand, gang-boss to Mr Austin.

In this, Mr Ironhand petitions most strongly for a delay-his reasons:-That the principal bridge over Mentor Gorge was at that point held together with wooden dowels, the requisite nuts & bolts having been sold out of stock. That the hooch for the Golden Spike party was still at a dangerously combustible stage of the fermentation process and that sure and the boys will be havin` a drink wi Paddy next week anyway so why lose a days work....Advice which it would seem, management were quick to listen to.)

From that day onward, the fortunes of Mentor, and with it, the rest of Can-Am County, have gone from strength to strength with March 17th the day upon which they celebrate thier collective good fortune.

This year however, the customary pranks and pratfalls have started earlier and been far more numerous than in recent years-perhaps in anticipation of next years Centennial & a Half party of a lifetime ( See article in Arts & Ents.section).

My first awareness of this phenomenon occurred when the taxi in which I was traveling intercepted a message on the police band calling for assistance at the Can-Am International Air Freight Terminal (The Zeppelin sheds in village-speak ) a swift re-negotiation of rates with the driver and we were on our way.

On arriving at the launch field I was presented with the bizarre sight of two females, identical in every degree, save for the green & orange sashes across the shoulders of leather dress uniforms that would make anything Hitlers’ Luftwaffe came up with seem camp.

More bizarre was that they were being forcibly ( if somewhat tentatively )restrained from tearing each other apart.

I later discovered that the two ladies-Miss Hilda Gruberschnaffeloberleutnantleipzigschnitzel and her twin sister, Miss Helga Smith had been arguing over a man, an assistant chef in local tavern `Our Place`.

It seems all three are recent immigrants from the same small region of central Europe-Lake Snagow in the Carpathian foothills of Wallachia and are embroiled in clan-marriage agreements dating back to the mass executions of the peasants carried out by local overlord Vlad Tepes during the 1400`s.

This assistant chef, in an effort to integrate himself, had joined the local `Greens` in the mistaken belief that they were a lawn-bowling club, such as he`d seen on B.B.C World Service broadcasts, one sister had joined him ,the other ,in a fit of pique, had joined the Loyalists and the stage was set.

My next exposure to Mentor Madness took the form of the now notorious "Green River" incident-for three straight days, every river in the County ran emerald green-A mystery which remains unsolved, although a number of tech support staff from C-A.U chemistry dept are still `helping with enquiries`.

The retaliation to this was no less bizarre-two days after the rivers turned clear again the first reports drifted in of orange animals being seen up in Mentor Park, initially these were dismissed as being seen through the bottom of a bottle, however, once Rangers confirmed these sightings conclusions were rapidly drawn-the Loyalists were still in the race-Wildlife of all shapes and sizes were being caught, spray-painted(with a henna & turmeric based dye) and then released--reports of a giant Bull-Moose with gleaming VIA blue flanks and the message " Eat at `Our Place`"laid over it in rail yellow ( also a large bruise between its eyes bearing a ring imprint identified with a New York `fraternal organisation`) remain unconfirmed.

Next I found myself back in railroad country.

The track and yard gangs of the two freight carriers through town, the C.P & the C.N are all keen adherents to the rituals-many of them take part in the annual sporting pentathlon (......Baseball, Football<N.F.L>,Ice Hockey, Hurling and Rugby Union...)-Said to represent the five kingdoms of the Isle of the Blessed, and all is normally in good part.

This year however, madness rules the day as C.N staff refuse to handle orange painted cars and in response, C.P operatives threaten to refuse to recognise green signals........

Even downtown the tension is palpable-as soon as you step off of the train at Union Stn and out through the arch, between the new high-rises that occupy the site of the old A.B&W roundhouse than you see the signs—

The G.M. dealership with a row of emerald green & chrome love buggies parked out front-Pacific Import, with no cultural handle but a feel for the moment, showing the latest models in candy-apple orange-

The diner, advertising an all day Belfast Fry-

The Green Guinness and Seafood night ( with live entertainment, apparently) in the Broken Rod Lounge.

The Loyalist Lodge poster--" Join us to watch her Majesty open the commonwealth games, pot-luck supper at the Red Hand Lodge, all welcome, might be a band later.....

Swimming bravely against the tide, local Tavern `Our Place` has registered its premises as a Zen Buddhist Monastery and house of retreat (which by a quirk of fate, excludes it from several of the more onerous local licensing & taxation laws.....) and welcomes all true disciples of the shining path to enlightenment, to join them in informed study groups,-serving from 6 am in all time zones, refreshments and fine cuisine always available.


Just for Laffs

A man was walking on a Belfast street one at night when suddenly he was confronted with a masked man who had a gun pointed right at him.
The gunman said "Are you Protestant or Catholic?"
The man was scared out of his wits but figured that he had to give some kind of an answer.
Praying for guidance he replied - "Neither - I'm Jewish!".
Silence for about 5 seconds, then the gunman's reply - "Is that so? Well let me tell you, you're talking to the first Arab in Belfast!"
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"Someday, I'd like a little brother," said a boy to his friend.
"There's only so much you can blame on a dog."
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What do you get when you cross Mexico with Texas?
Oil of Ole.
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A man was very ill and on the verge of dying. The doctor called the man's wife in and said,"There are three things that you can do to help your husband back to health"
"What are they, sir?"
"One: You must make him three huge meals every day.
Two: Never argue with him.
Three: Make love to him every night.
"Agreed." Said the woman
On the way home when the husband asked what the doctor said, the woman replied,"Sorry, honey, but you aren't going to make it."
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An Irishman had been drinking at a pub all night. The bartender finally said that the bar is closing. So the Irishman stood up to leave and fell flat on his face. He tried to stand one more time; same result. He figured he'll crawl outside and get some fresh air and maybe that will sober him up.
Once outside he stood up and fell flat on his face. So he decided to crawl the 4 blocks to his home. When he arrived at the door he stood up and again fell flat on his face. He crawled through the door and into his bedroom. When he reached his bed he tried one more time to stand up. This time he managed to pull himself upright, but he quickly fell right into bed and is sound asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow. He was awakened the next morning to his wife standing over him, shouting, "So, you've been out drinking again!!"
"What makes you say that?" he asked, putting on an innocent look.
"The pub called. You left your wheelchair there again."
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Charles P. (Harlem) Gallagher was in a pub in Charlevoix, Mich. some years ago. A fella down the bar leaned over and said, "Hey, Gallagher, what's the population of Beaver Island?" Charlie leaned out and said, "Oh, mostly beech and maple".! True story!!
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Many years ago a young Island woman went to the doctor to deliver her first baby. Upon her arrival the doctor asked her into the examining room and told her to remove her pants. Well, she would have none of that. The doctor told her that she had already removed them once too often before now!!
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Another Island fella and his wife were in the hospital down state after the birth of one of their children. After a time the doctor came into the room and told the fella that he and his wife should abstain from sex for a couple of weeks. The fella said, "Geez Doc, you should told me that 20 minutes ago!"
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Michael Hoolihan was courting Frances Phelan. The young couple sat in the parlor of the girl's house night after night, much to the annoyance of old man Phelan. One night he couldn’t take any more. Standing at the top of the stairs, he yelled down, "What's that young fella doin' here all hours of the night?" "Why, Dad, " said Frances, "Michael was just telling me everything that's in his heart!" "Well, next time, " roared Phelan, "just let him tell you what's in his head, and it won't take half as long!"
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Two shipyard horses talking to each other. "Are you a Protestant or a Catholic horse?" "Catholic, why?"
"Keep that quiet, I had a friend last week who told them he was lame and they shot him"
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Paddy was found dead in his back yard, and as the weather was a bit on the warm side, the wake was held down to only two days, so his mortal remains wouldn't take a bad turn. At last his friends laid him in the cox, nailed it shut & started down the hill into the churchyard. As it was a long, sloping path and the mourners were appropriately tipsy, one fellow lurched into the gatepost as they entered the graveyard. Suddenly a loud knocking came from in the box. Paddy was alive! They opened the box up and he sat up, wide eyed, and they all said, Sure, it's a miracle of God! All rejoiced & they went back and had a few more drinks but later that day, the poor lad died. Really died. Stone cold dead. They bundled him back into his box, and as they huffed and puffed down the hill the next morning, the priest said, "Careful now, boys; mind ye don't bump the gatepost again"
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A young Irishman sat at a pub in the New World drinking beer and conversin' with the barkeep. Another comes in and sits besides him. He says how you do and hears the lilt and says you be Irish? Yes I am. The first man yells barkeep give us another round and one for my friend here he's from the mother country as well. The second man asks-so where in the old country ye from. Dublin responds the first. Dublin you say - so am I and the second man hollers barkeep bring us another round and a shot of your best Irish Whiskey for me and my friend here. Afterwards the first man asks from where in Dublin and the second man responds with the street and the first man says well I'll be - so am I and yells barkeep another pair of beers and Irish Whiskey for the pair of us. The phone behind the bar rings and the barkeep answers it. The owner of the pub asks - how is business. The barkeep responds - not too bad - The O'Malley twins are here getting drunk again.
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His wife had been killed in an accident and the police were questioning Finnegan. "Did she say anything before she died?" asked the sergeant. "She spoke without interruption for about forty years," said the Irishman.
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Mrs. Pete Monaghan came into the newsroom to pay for her husband's obiturary. She was told by the kindly newsman that it was a dollar a word and he remembered Pete and wasn't it too bad about him passing away. She thanked him for his kind words and bemoaned the fact that she only had two dollars. But she wrote out the obituary, "Pete died." The newsman said he thought old Pete deserved more and he'd give her three more words at no charge. Mrs. Pete Monaghan thanked him and rewrote the obituary: "Pete died. Boat for sale"
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A young Irish girl goes into her priest on Saturday morning for confession.
"Father, forgive me for I have Thinned."
"You've Thinnned?"
"Yes, I went out with me boyfriend Friday night. He held me hand twice, kissed me three times, and made love to me two times."

"Daughter! I want you to go straight home, squeeze seven lemons into a glass, and drink it straight down."

"Will that wash away me Thin?"

"No, but it will get the silly smile off your face."
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Man runs out of a West Belfast pub with his arms on fire Police catch him and charge him with having an armalite.
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Irishman, Englishman and a German are caught in Saudi Arabia drinking. "Under Saudi law you are sentenced to 30 lashes then deported. Before you begin you are entitled to something on you back, what would you like?" said the prison guard to the Englishman just before lashing him. The English man, being a bit of a cricket fan, asked for linseed oil. When they lashed him on a post and let him go to catch his flight back to London he groaned and crawled to the airport. Next came the German. "Under Saudi law you are sentenced to 30 lashes then deported. Before you begin you are entitled to something on you back, what would you like?" said the prison guard "Nothing" said the German and, after receiving his lashes spat on the ground, called the prison guards Schisers and started off towards the airport. The guards then came to the Irishman. "Under Saudi law you are sentenced to 30 lashes then deported. Before you begin you are entitled to something on you back, what would you like?" "Oh", replied the Irishman, "I'll take the German".
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It's revolutionary Paris, 1789, and three spies from across the channel are about to be guillotined. "Do you wan't to be beheaded on your back or your front?" The executioner asked Smith. "On my back," said Smith. "I'm not afraid of death." So Smith was laid on his back under the blade. The executioner pulled the lever. Schlick... and the blade jammed. Smith was reprieved because no man can be sentenced to death twice. Hoskins was next. He too chose to face the knife. Again the blade jammed, and Hoskins was reprieved. Murphy was third. "Back or front?"
"If it's good enough for Smith and Hoskins, it's good enough for me," and so Murphy was laid on his back under the blade. "Begorrah," he said. "Just a minute. I think i can see why it jams."
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Irishman went to a pet shop and asked how many budgies were in stock. "We have 99" replied the shop owner "Give us the lot" said the Irish man, paid for them and left. He went to a tailors shop and had 99 pockets sewn into a jacket, put a budgie in each pocket, went up to the Post Office Tower and jumped off. He hit the ground with an almighty smack and lay there groaning until a passer-by came and asked him what had happened. "I don't know sur" he replied "but that's the last time I try that budgie jumping"
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Irish business men have their names printed on the front and back of their business card in case someone looses them.
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Irishman finds a Genie lamp and rubs it. Out comes the Genie and asks "Master you have released me from the lamp and I grant you three wishes, what would you like" Irishman scratches his head, then answers "A bottle of Guinness that never gets empty. "Granted master" retorted the Genie and produced the bottle. The man was delighted and got drunk on this one magic Guiness bottle for weeks then he remembered that he had two other wishes. He rubbed the lamp again and the Genie appeared. "Yes master, you have two more wishes, what would you like?" "You know that magic, never ending Guinness bottle" he asks the Genies. "Well, for my final two wishes, I'd like another two of them"
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First time ever on an aeroplane and he is noticed by the stewardess who can see he is quite afraid of flying. "Is there anything wrong sir" she asks "No missus" he replies "Just the first time I ever flew, I'm from Ahoghill, near Ballymena and the first man in the town ever to fly" So she leaves it at that and gets on with he her duties. When the plane is due to land she goes back to the passenger "Well sir were you comfy?" she asks. He looks round at her and answers "I telt ye that afore, joost oot side Ballymena. (all the fine pieces above are fromthe Collection of Mr. Adam Flinn)
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"Paddy," asked the barmaid, "what are those two bulges in the front of your trousers?" "Ah," said Paddy. "They're hand grenades. Next time that *** O'Flaherty comes feeling my balls, I'll blow his bloody fingers off!"
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Pat and Mike were doing some street repairs in front of a known house of ill repute in Boston. A Jewish Rabbi came walking down the street, looked the left, looked to right, and ducked into the house. Pat paused a bit from swinging his pick and said "Mike...will you look at that! A man of the cloth, and going into a place like that in broad daylight!".
A bit later, a Baptist minister came down the street, looked to the left, looked to the right, and scurried into the house. Mike layed down his shovel, turned to Pat and said "Pat! Are you seeing what I'm seeing? A man of the Church, and he's giving that place his custom!" Just then, a Catholic Priest came down the street, looked to the left, looked to the right, and slipped into the bawdy house.
Pat and Mike straightened up, removed their hats, and Mike says "Faith, and there must be somebody sick in there."
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from: http://www.beaverislandrealty.com



Stay tuned for SECTION TWO!!



Enjoy!

Tom [4:-)] [oX)]

[siberianmo]

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FRIDAY’s INFO & SUMMARY of POSTS


St. Patrick’s Day Friday is here! Time to start up with a cuppa Joe, some GREEN pastries from The Mentor Village Bakery and of course a selection from our Menu Board for a <light> or <traditional> breakfast![tup]

Green beer & green snacks all day!

Daily Wisdom

When told about the election of a Jewish mayor in Dublin, Ireland, Yogi responded, “Only in America!”[swg]
(yogi-ism)


Info for the Day:

Something Special arrives TODAY! – watch for it!

Railroads from Yesteryear – Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RG) arrives next Tuesday!

* Weekly Calendar:

Friday: St. Patrick’s Day – Special Menu!
Saturday: Steak ‘n Trimmin’s Nite! – and –
ENCORE! Saturday


SUMMARY

Name …..…………… Date/Time …..…..………. (Page#) .. Remarks

(1) siberianmo Tom Posted: 16 Mar 2006, 04:44:24 (277) Thursday’s Info & Summary

(2) siberianmo Tom Posted: 16 Mar 2006, 04:49:26 (277) Cdn Rwys of the Past Ad

(3) passengerfan Al Posted: 16 Mar 2006, 07:20:38 (277) Streamliner #76 – Cincinnatian

(4) siberianmo Tom Posted: 16 Mar 2006, 07:22:51 (277) Gazette Ad

(5) coalminer3 CM3 Posted: 16 Mar 2006, 08:09:54 (277) Daily Report & Cincinnatian

(6) siberianmo Tom Posted: 16 Mar 2006, 10:42:16 (277) Acknowledgments & Comments

(7) siberianmo Tom Posted: 16 Mar 2006, 12:00:00 (278) Cdn Rwys of the Past – HBRY

(8) siberianmo Tom Posted: 16 Mar 2006, 13:16:57 (278) HBRY map

(9) pwolfe Pete Posted: 16 Mar 2006, 14:31:03 (278) Mid-afternoon Inclusive Post!

(10) trolleyboy Rob Posted: 16 Mar 2006, 14:32:44 (278) HBRY & Port of Churchill, etc.

(11) trolleyboy Rob Posted: 16 Mar 2006, 14:40:41 (278) for pwolfe

(12) siberianmo Tom Posted: 16 Mar 2006, 15:18:45 (278) Acknowledgments & Comments

(13) pwolfe Pete Posted: 16 Mar 2006, 15:35:38 (278) etc.

(14) siberianmo Tom Posted: 16 Mar 2006, 18:52:33 (278) reply to pwolfe, etc.

(15) barndad Doug Posted: 16 Mar 2006, 18:54:18 (278) Inclusive Post, Tunnels & joke!

(16) siberianmo Tom Posted: 16 Mar 2006, 19:12:47 (278) reply to barndad

(17) pwolfe Pete Posted: 16 Mar 2006, 19:45:06 (278) Nite Chat!

(18) nickinwestwales Nick Posted: 16 Mar 2006, 20:17:57 (278) Nick at Nite!

(19) siberianmo Tom Posted: 16 Mar 2006, 21:37:23 (278) Acknowledgments, etc.



NOW SHOWING:

The Mentor Village Emporium Theatre
Double Features! Now with The Three Stooges Short Subject!

. . . Sunday, March 12th thru 18th: Mystery Alaska (1999) starring: Russell Crowe, Hank Azaria & Mary McCormack –and- Slap Shot (1977) starring: Paul Newman – Strother Martin & Michael Ontkean. SHORT: Beer and Pretzels (1933).


Coming Attractions

. . . Sunday, March 19th thru 25th: Midnight Run (1988) starring: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin & Yaphet Kotto – and - The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) starring: Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde & Charlton Heston. SHORT: Hello Pop (1933).


That’s it! [tup][;)]

Tom [4:-)] [oX)]
Proprietor of “Our” Place, an adult eating & drinking establishment!

[siberianmo]

Evenin'

Just wanted to make note of Pete's "Nite Report" and the return of Nick for another most anticipated "Nick at Nite!" discussion.[tup][tup]

I absolutely LOVE that "Whiskey in the Jar" tune and it's one of those songs that "stays with ya," if you follow my drift![swg] Appears as if things are gonna be a bit lively 'round the place if Nick has his way. Great![tup]

Received and responded to your Email - many THANX![tup] Your "reward" will be in tomorrow's Gazette![swg]

Pete [yeah] I "dig" those Deltics and absolutely concur with the similiarity. I MUST visit GB again, if for no other reason than to check out the TRAINS![tup] But of course, I guess by the time we get roundtuit, we'll need reservations for the Rugby Wolfden![swg]

Tomorrow is nearing and it should be lots of fun! As previously mentioned, I'll be gone for most of the day . . . Watch for the AM Posts![tup]

Nite![zzz]

Tom[4:-)][oX)]

[nickinwestwales]

Gentlemen All-Good evening..!!..[4:-)][oX)]TOM-A glass of one of your more user-friendly ales please,one for yourself,a pint of Bathams for PETE,a couple of iced Labatts for ROB and put the rest aside to take care of the rest of the boys when they trickle in.
Sorry I havn`t been about much lately-a touch under the weather,one of those gifts that keeps on giving--Get your `flu jabs folks
Whoops,distracted there-
O.K-Lets start again,should be fish & chip night round these parts,however,to be brutally honest with you,I`m saving myself for the weekend and have handed over the galley to Boris for the evening.
I shall be enjoying a much-needed early night (possibly in a ditch) and look forward to seeing you all this weekend for --The Parade--
--The Sports Pentathlon--
--The Miss Mentor Pageant--
---Mentor World Music Night---
--Mountains,Music & Fireworks ( The Can-Am
Symphonia )----
----Vintage Train Runby`s----
---Shakespeare in the round @ the Mountain Bowl--
--Cookouts & bar-b-q`s too numerous to mention--

O.K-As it`s now 1.54am,17/3/06, I guess we can declare the day open-[4:-)][oX)]TOM-pints of Guinness all round please with large measures of Jamiesons to keep them company.
For Herr Wurlitzer-I think we should keep the rebel songs for later in the day,so how about :- Whiskey in the jar by Thin Lizzy to start,Mary of the forth form by the Boomtown Rats,Gloria by Van Morrison & Them,I will follow by U2,Zombie by the Cranberries and almost anything by Rory Gallagher....( Bullfrog blues,Jesse James,shadowplay..the list is endless..)
Time to wend my weary way I think,goodnight gentlemen all--will see you all during the week-end,no doubt--have fun,take care,be lucky [tup]
see you all soon
nick[C=:-)]

[pwolfe]

Hi Tom and all.

I'll have the Fish'n Chips and of course another Bathams please.

DOUG Thanks for the Tunnels article[tup] I found it very interesting if the others are better then we are in for a treat. I think that is the first time I have read how they navigated to keep a tunnel true. I suppose today it is done electronically with GPS etc.

There is an old canal tunnel in the West Midlands of England which has a kink in it where the alignment had gone wrong and the tunnelers were digging past each other at one stage [:I].

TOM I'm with you now about the tenner it was me[%-)]. Thanks for the smillie link the one I was referring to was Badair which I thought was a quaint way of putting it [:)].

I'm glad you liked the photo link, it made me think about transfering some of my slides taken in the 70s on to a disc although they are nowhere near the quality of those pictures. Those photos show that what is commonplace at the time in a very short while is no longer and the photos taken then become classics.

Do you think the BR Deltics have a look of the F series of diesels over here, especially the front end [?] PETE.

[siberianmo]

Evenin' Doug!

A "hit" on the "hitter"[?] And after all we've been through (not to mention the B'day Bash! Well, someone will be sizing YOU for some cement shoes, my man![:O]

Wanted to acknowledge your Post tonight because I'm gonna be on a short-string in the AM. So, consider yourself ACKNOWLEDGED![swg]

Snow![?] Really![?] How much[?] Our weekend forecast has us dropping down to the high 20's with snow, rain, sleet anticipated for Sunday & Monday.<yuck> Lousy, stinkin', rotten so-called winter 'round these parts! I'm movin' back to Alaska. (I wish!)

'fraid I'll have to put off reading your latest until I have a bit o' time. I'll get a roundtuit, fer sure, fer sure![tup] I've read some accounts of the tunneling on the Canadian Pacific and that sure wasn't job for the "faint at heart." Dangerous work indeed. Should be a good read.

Catch y'all later!

Tom[4:-)][oX)]

[Anonymous]

Good evening Tom and gents! I'll have a bottomless draught, and buy my usual round for the house. Hope you've all been having a good day .. we got hit by another winter snowstorm here [:(!]. Don't worry about initially forgetting to give me credit for contributing to the SOU theme the other day. I've accepted the apology and canceled Vito's (the hit) contract on ya [;)]. I'm very much looking forward to tommorow's Gazette. Great Huson Bay posts from yourself and Rob, and those Can-Am pix remind me that I need signs like those for my new train room!

Nice Cincinnatian B&O post Mr. Al. Glad To see some of you enjoyed the Strombecker Pike piece yesterday. If you take a peak at E-Bay, you can see some of the models up for auction! Thanks for classifying some of the trains CM3, and Peter, the picture is such a poor quality that I am unable to identify the engine you asked about as a Shay. Maybe it is ... I dunno. That's the problem with these old magazine pulp publications. At best, the pages are yellowed. At worst the pages are eaten and stained. [xx(]

Here's my little contribution for the day ... and old article on tunnels. I have to warn you, this first submission isn't too exciting ..... but it gets better! (unlike my jokes)

Tunnels by Henry B. Comstock June 1947 Railroad Magazine


Tunnel work in the late ‘Eighties. Timber shoring holds back loose wet stone or “porridge”


The thin tongue of flame which licked up through Cold River saddle that October day in 1865 was hardly brighter than the frost-nipped foliage. But the black smoke hanging like a tattered shroud above it carried its unmistakable message of tragedy to the west summit signal house. Within a matter of minutes all North Adams knew that death had struck again, deep in the slate-quartz heart of Hoosac Mountain.

“Those who do the devil’s work must take the devil’s wages,” thundered the local clergy, while a poet, his tear drops tinctured with an ink-stained thumb, penned thirteen verses of rhyme-corrupted legend which began:

“Only a tunneler” killed last night,
Blown up about twelve o’clock.
There’s no one to blame. The fellow was tight,
And couldn’t endure the shock.”

Meanwhile, surface workers struggles desperately to quench the fiery geyser circling the central ventilating shaft of what was to be the nation’s longest hardrock bore – the mighty Hoosnac Tunnel. A miner shook his singed fists at a blazing wooden drum. “Gasoline,” he coughed. “*** them new commissioners! They should have left the stuff alone ad stuck to oil lamps.” A heavy hand fell on his shoulder. Turning, he looked into a strained face, gray as rock dust; nodded and touched his cap. “Tom,” the newcomer said, “how many men are down there in the shaft?” “Thirteen, sir; all the crew. With the pumping engine cut off they’ll drown like rats in a tub – that is, if they aren’t crushed first by falling …”

The sudden buckling of the elevator gantry finished the sentence for him. Angling crazily to one side it parted in a bright cascade of sparks and plummeted piecemeal into the yawning pit below. For one brief moment volcanic rumblings rose from the crater; then there was silence, broken only by the crackle of the flaming fuel drums. Once more the miner fumbled for his cap. “Mr. Mowbray, that makes more than a hundred of us killed here in the Hoosac. When is this murder going to stop?”

The man with the gray face shook his head. “Not,” he said, “until the Commonwealth of Massachusetts turns construction over to a competent private contractor. You can’t run trains through a mountain honeycombed with political graft.”

A brilliant chemist who had been conducting blasting experiments with the new explosive, nitro-glycerine, Geioge M. Mowbray knew of what he spoke. For fourteen long years this ineptly-operated engineering project had been the laughing stock of neighboring states, and the dismay of every Massachusetts taxpayer. The idea behind it was sound enough – a rail link between Boston and the west which would avoid the difficult Green Mountain grades of the Boston & Albany. What had made the more northerly route especially attractive were the two natural watercourses approaching Hoosac Mountain’s steep flanks – one, the Deerfield River; the other, the winding Hoosac. Both had done a titanic task of preliminary grading. Join the two trenches together with five miles of subterranean railroad and the manufactories of northern New England would stream an endless line of traffic into Albany over an easy profile.

With incorporation of the Troy & Greenfield Railroad, the State Commission had made a brave start. It must be remembered that in 1851 the art of tunnel construction on this side of the Atlantic was in its infancy. Only eighteen years before, the first railroad bore in the United States had been driven through Staple Bend, four miles east of Johnstown, Pa., to carry traffic of the Allegheny Portage Railroad between the canalized watersheds of the Juniata and Conemaugh rivers. This humble little stone-lined corridor, measuring just over nine hundred feet in length, may still be seen today, its sealed portals buried deep in the emerald twilight of the tilted forests.

Four years after the first green-barreled locomotive entered the Portage smoke-hole, blasé’ Manhattanites boarded a New York & Harlem train for a spin through the rock-ribbed transportation lane at Ninety-first Street and Park Avenue. Precursor of the City’s intricate subway network, Gotham’s pioneer tunnel was only three blocks long! Scores of other smoke holes had been drilled before the fathers of the Hoosac fired popular fancy with their bold proposal to pierce the twenty-five-thousand foot mountain barrier from both slopes, working the headings inward toward a meeting point. At the same time a central ventilating shaft was to be driven downward a distance of more than a thousand feet and corridors pushed outward in both directions toward end headings.

Even today the layman finds it hard to understand how tunnel engineers can plot the course of such a project with full assurance that the excavations will not bypass one another.

Yet the Hoosac system, primitive as it was, proved highly accurate. Here’s how it worked: The mountain, itself, did not build up to a central peak. Rather, it had two summits with an intervening saddle. On each of the crests a large stone tower was placed, directly over the line of the proposed tunnel. Thin steel masts capped the monolisks, giving a still more precise indication of the excavation’s center line. So far, so good. But it stood to reason that both towers could not be seen from the portals of the Hoosac. By means of a transit equipped with a powerful telescope, the line of the tunnel was therefore projected on across the Hoosac and Deerfield Rivers to two additional mountain tops, where similar towers were erected. Now it became a simple matter to align the tunnel mouths between cross-river markers. As work progressed into the rock, iron hooks were embedded in the ceiling, from which plummets could be suspended. Each drop line, in its turn, was brought into plane with the two behind it, providing a continuous check.

A more difficult problem was that of getting the central shaft headings started in the right directions. Again the Hoosac towers served to locate the vertical tunnel. On either side of markers, a fifth and sixth tower were raised. A wire stretched between them afforded suspension points for plumb lines dropped to the bottom of the shaft at locations as far apart as the width of the cutting allowed. To prevent their swinging ever so slightly – a variation of a fraction of an inch in so short a spread would have thrown all calculations off – each cord was boxed in an eight-inch square wooden sleeve and the weights themselves suspended in buckets of water. Again the tunnel workers had two fixed points from which to align their iron hooks.

[:I] A man walks into a bar, sits down and orders a cold one. He swigs down the beer, looks in his pocket, cringes and orders another. He gulps down that one, looks in his pocket again, cringes and orders yet another one. This goes on for at least an hour and a half. Finally the bartender, bursting with curiosity, says, "I know it's none of my business buddy, but I have to ask. Why the whole 'drink, look in pocket, cringe and order another one' routine?"
"Well," slurred the man, "There's a picture of my wife in my pocket. When she starts to look good, then I know it's time for me to go home." [:I]

[siberianmo]

Good Evening!

Pete Not quite sure what "smilie" you are referring to ... the URL is: http://www.railroadforum.com/forum/faq.asp#smilies

Oh, I must have confused your 'puter situation with that of Rob's. Happens when you get OLD![swg] Nevertheless, you will really like the change of speeds . . . makes all the difference.

That reference to "tenner" was something I thought was a term YOU used![%-)][%-)] I think I need a Pete-Tom "language definer."[swg] To be followed up by Email.

I browsed that URL you provided and with something like that available, why waste the time and effort to Post[?] Great Pix - thanx![tup]

Leon the Night Man takes the bar at 9 PM (Central)

Later![tup]

Tom[4:-)] [oX)]

[pwolfe]

Hi Tom and all.
Another Bathams please.

ROB I see the car with the Guinness as just arrived at the Mentor loading dock and is being unloaded by H&H and BORIS ready for tomorrow.

Thanks for the Hudsons Bay info. I really hope the line can get the business and that the port of Churchill is kept busy.
It Must be about 45 years since I last saw the painting It showed canoes loaded with furs heading for the Post. I really hope that the famous name is kept.

I am not clever enough yet to post photos at Our Place but I have found a great web site with photos of Deltics(Class55) and other BR diesels it is
http://www.55s.co.uk/

On the home page if you go to Photos there is a picture of a Deltic on the Kyle line in Scotland it struck me of it being very simular scenery to some of the Candian photos that have appeared at Our Place.
Then if you go to Railphots there are pics of Deltics in BR service.
I dont think there is a photo of St Paddy as perhaps photos of her are a bit rarer as she was one of the first two to be withdrawn from service. Her running # was 55001.

Thanks for asking as this is a site I will visit again when I get Broadband although the puter is faster today than it has been all week.

Another Bathams please TOM Just caught your post. I will be still on the same puter but going on to Broadband at least the phone line can be used when I am on line.
Loved the signs and the smilee halfway down, was is that one called[?]
The bug seems to have a good hold of NICK lets hope he is restored to full health very soon. My mate says the weather over there is rainy and then very cold still. PETE.

[siberianmo]

G’day!

Hey! Two customers to liven up the joint![swg] Great to see ya Pete ‘n Rob! Have one on me![tup] It’s been a looooooooooong day thus far . . . .

Rob Figured you’d get a kick out of the HBRY and you are correct, there’s not a whole lot on it. Nice supplemental info![tup][tup]

Surprised that Pete had knowledge of it back in Merry Olde – but then again, “they” do keep track of their ‘former’ colonies, eh[?][swg] Glad to hear that things are on the upswing with the ‘puter and of course, tomorrow means a fresh start! What are you going to do with the “old” one[?] Actually, I’m starting a “museum” in our storage room for ‘puters from the past! What a shame, a real sham, and a waste to essentially have to throw out the old because no one wants ‘em. Even tried to give ‘em away to a couple of outfits around here that “remake” them or train people to repair or build and they didn’t want ‘em! Really. There’s no return on the “investment,” and we’re all better off knowing that beforehand – then the disappointment is lessened later on.


Thanx to that marvelous technological invention of Al Gore, inventor of the Internet JUST KIDDING!! - received Email assurances from Nick ‘n Ted that they are indeed among the living![tup]

In the case of our Chief Chef, [C=:-)] he’s still battling the ravages of whatever type flu has knocked he and his family out of commission on-and-off for weeks. No fun.[tdn]

Regarding our former Manager Ted, he didn’t elaborate – so we’ll go with our best guess – which is he’s busy. Certainly hope he’s well.[tup]

Also heard from the “bookends,” and on the same day and within hours of one another! Spooky, eh[?]

Anyway, Lars is having “installation problems” and thinks that the work involved with their whole house dehumidifier/air purifier may spill over ‘til the ‘morrow. Which of course means it will screw him up for the Big Parade in NYC! That can’t be good on both counts.

BK says that they are going to be quite busy over the weekend, commencing today (now that’s the way to BEGIN a weekend!) and he’ll do his best to stop by, but doesn’t guarantee it. They also have a couple of trips to make before the wedding in May, which means he’ll be offline for a bit – maybe a week here and another, there.


So, looks as if we’re going to be “down” to the nitty-gritty ‘round here. But, ya know we surely can’t continue depending on our “bookends” to bail us out during these rather long and boring afternoons. My approach will be simply to let the Thread idle between mid-morning and evening. I’m sure the idiots, brain dead and assorted other intellectuals Posting the inane crap we all have come to detest, will have a field day without us at “the top.”

Even slower than a plugged up maple tree on “my other thread.” [zzz]


For a smile, check this out: [swg]

From the Can-Am Trainroom! (click to enlarge)



That’s it fer now![tup]

Tom [4:-)] [oX)]

[trolleyboy]

Hey Pete glad to see you. I'll make sure that H&H put an extra big portion of Cod on for you.Any cahnce for photo's of that Deltic named St Paddy [?] It would be an interesting locomotive to see for sure

They do have fun keeping that line open, same type of fun that BCR now CNR has with the ex BC /Nar to Dawson City.

Interesting to hear that you had a picture of Hudson's Bay in your schoolroom,painting of a HBC trading post I would assume. I suppose on a sadder not The HBC has been sold and is no longer in Candian hands [sigh] so far no major name changes have occured but I assume that that will likely change.


Interesting info on China too Sir Pete[^] Nice to see that another part of the world see's the wisdom of heavy rail corridors for passengers and freight.I imagine that with the population base ,fares alone will likley pay for that new rail system within a decade[:0] Why can't we do things like that over here[?] Just frosts my butt[:0][B)]


Tlak to everyone again soon.

Rob

[trolleyboy]

Good afternoon Tom.

Bit slow today are you awake back there behind the bar [?] [:D] I'll nab a Keith's as it's my day off so I'm here when that bright thing is up in the sky.[:O] Yes I know Boris your not used to seeing me before your midnight nap time.

Great info on the Hudson Bay RR there Sir Tom,it's an intersting little road with history back to the CnoR. Running a railway in that kind of inhospitable terraine is a challange,no wonder the CnoR and the like insisted upon the closed cabs on their steam locomotives.

I haven't been able to dig up too much more, but I did come accross a small article in an old Branchline magazine that fits the bill of the day as they say.

This is from the July-August 2003 issue of Branchline mag

Hudson Bay Railway Wins Contract

Hudson Bay Railway received the contract from Manitoba Hydro to rebuild the utilities 14 mile rail spur. The project includes upgrading the track , grading and installing new culverts and geotextiles to improve the track stability.Widening the rail-bed bank ,and replacing the rail itself ."Winning this contract marks our entrance into a new line of the business " said by Darcy Brede vp of Candian rail Operations for the HBRY owner Omnitraxx Inc.

also another little tidbit from the same mag

Port of Churchill To Open For 2003 Sipping Season

One of the worlds biggest grain companies haas come to the aid of Churchill in a dealthat will ensure the northern port continues operations this year.The agreement involving a Canadian Subsidury of Louis Dreyfus is the missing financial link in a Federal-Provincial effort to help OmniTraxx , which owns the troubled port. The port will remain in operation this year and hopefully into the future said one sorce involved in helping secure the deal. Hudson Bay Port Company , an affliiate of OmniTraxx,anounced that the Port of Churchill will be open for the 2003 shipping season . Also it announsed an agreenebt between OmniTraxx and the Canadian Wheat Board to increase it's shipments throught the Manitoba Port.The deal between Louis Drefus and OmniTraxx is described as a strong partnership involving the management of the port and grain terminal.

Enjoy

Rob

[pwolfe]

Hi Tom and all.

A pint of Bathams and a round please. Of course can you put me down for some Fish and Chips for later.

TOM One more day before Broadband(hopefully). The Puter is back in my good books after I recieved a DVD from England and the DVD player would not have anything to do with it. I never knew that DVDs weren't compatable, I know videos arn't, anyway after the bride put the disc in the Puter and changed a setting I was able to see and hear it. Athough the bride didn't appriciate the sound of two 37s at full blast through the speakers.
You have got me wondering what the "Tenner" is.

Great post on the Hudson's Bay Railway [tup][tup][tup].It must be a real hard job to keep the line open in the Winter. Although the washout occured in the Summer the crews must deserve great credit in getting the line open again in such a short time.
The post brought back memories as there was a painting of Hudson's Bay on the wall of my classroom in Junior school and it always fascinated me.Many thanks for the map as well.

DOUG Thanks for the Strombeck-Beaker photos and for CM3 for the answers to your quiz. Is the 3rd loco on the 2nd row a Shay ?

AL and CM3 thanks for the Cincinnatian info another great named train.

In the K.C. Star paper it said that China is about to spend Billions of Dollars on new rail lines, which it said would be the biggest growth of railways since the Mid-1800s in N.America. One line may be a MAG-LEV with trains doing 260MPH.

Well TOM St. Patrick"s Day tomorrow and a new issue of The Gazette GREAT. [^][tup][yeah].

There was a Deltic diesel loco on BR which was named ST PADDY. A pint of Guinness for any one who can say what it was named after. I bet NICK will know. PETE.

[siberianmo]

G'day!

Just something to add to our Canadian Railway from the Past (and present!)


Hudson Bay Railway map (doesn't enlarge)


Later![tup]

Tom[4:-)][oX)]

[siberianmo]

Canadian Railways of the Past (and present!)

Number Four: Hudson Bay Railway (HBRY)



Used with permission from: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Formatting differences made necessary due to Forums requirements. Some heralds from other sources.


Hudson Bay Railway

Locale: Manitoba, Canada

Reporting marks: HBRY

Dates of operation: 1997 – present

Track gauge: 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge)

Headquarters: The Pas, Manitoba

Hudson Bay Railway (HBRY) is a Canadian regional railway operating over 810 miles of trackage in northern Manitoba.

HBRY was formed in July 1997 to purchase former Canadian National Railway (CN) trackage running north from CN trackage at The Pas, MB on two branches, one to Flin Flon, MB and on to Lynn Lake, MB, the other to Thompson, MB and on to the port of Churchill, MB on Hudson Bay. Operations began on August 20, 1997 and the company is owned by railroad holding company OmniTrax.

At the same time, OmniTrax also took over the operation and marketing of the Port of Churchill from the federal government's Department of Transport. Previous owner CN had limited tonnage on these lines as a result of the light rail and poor track base; however OmniTrax has been able to successfully operate heavier rail cars and longer trains in recent years without difficulty, resulting in increased business to the Port of Churchill and from various mines and pulp mills.

HBRY is a vital transportation link in northern Manitoba, hauling ores and concentrates, copper, zinc, logs, kraft paper, lumber, and petroleum products. VIA Rail also operates remote services on HBRY using its Hudson Bay passenger train between Winnipeg, MB and Churchill.

Major customers for HBRY include Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting, Tolko Manitoba, Inco, Gardwine North, Stitcco Energy, and the Canadian Wheat Board.

History

The original Hudson Bay Railway line was built in stages north from The Pas after a railway bridge was constructed over the Saskatchewan River in 1910-1911 by the Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR). Following the CNoR bankruptcy in 1918 and creation of Canadian National Railways (CNR), the federal government undertook to complete the Hudson Bay Railway.

Political interference, financing difficulties, and engineering challenges by the large amount of muskeg and frequent rock outcrops on the Canadian Shield led to inevitable delays. Although initial surveys were done to both the Hudson Bay ports of Churchill, MB and Nelson, MB, it was decided to proceed to Churchill in 1926 and the line to tidewater was completed March 29, 1929.

CNR subsequently built resource railways from The Pas to Flin Flon, opening in 1928, followed by an extension on this line from Cranberry Portage, MB to Lynn Lake, opening November 9, 1953.

On July 27, 2005, heavy rains washed out part of the railroad between between The Pas and Pukatawagan; all service over the line, including VIA Rail trains 290 and 291, was suspended while repairs took place.(VIA) Service was restored on August 2, 2005, two days ahead of initial expectations.(VIA)

References

• VIA Rail Canada (July 27, 2005), Hudson Bay Railway closes line - VIA service form The Pas to Pukatawagan temporarily cancelled. Retrieved August 1, 2005.

• VIA Rail Canada (August 2, 2005), VIA resumes service between Churchill and Winnipeg. Retrieved November 20, 2005.


Used with permission from: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Formatting differences made necessary due to Forums requirements. Some heralds from other sources.

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Enjoy!

Tom [4:-)][oX)]
Did you miss the first three in the series[?] Click on the URL:
#1 Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR), page 246
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=246&TOPIC_ID=35270

#2 Northern Alberta Railways (NAR), page 249
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=249&TOPIC_ID=35270
#3 British Columbia Railways (BCR) (Two Parts), pages 261-262
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=261&TOPIC_ID=35270



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[siberianmo]

Good Morning!

Third day in succession with blue skies and rising temps. The buds are budding and birds are chirping – spring is right around the corner. Petrol up at “Collusion Corner” hit the $2.40 (rounded) mark yesterday and is holding thus far today. Did I miss something[?] [%-)]


Reminder: I will be away tomorrow from about 10 AM ‘til late afternoon. Everything will be set in motion for a St. Pat’s Day! to remember! Just be kind to Cindy as she’ll have the bar ‘til my return. [}:)][:-,]


Not much in the acknowledgment area other than to say “good to see ya,” Rob – Al & CM3! Appreciate the rounds and quarters, as always![tup] Interesting “stuff” on the Cincinnatian, the city I called “home” for most of my military career. However, never was stationed there …….


Received quite a few Emails and it took a bit of time to respond to ‘em all. Thanx![tup]

Looks like the First Annual ”Our” Place Rendezvous in Toronto only awaits our arrival on May 11th. The time has gotten to the point where within a couple of weeks, those of us heading north will be able to say, “Next month!!” [yeah][tup][tup][tup]

RR Book Relay! info has it that the “book” has made it to Ontario, Canada. Awwwright![tup] Still time for others to join in – just ship me an E-mail.


Tomorrow morning will be a be fast ‘n furious, as I have several Posts to get lined up and “out.” Then I’m gone ……..

Oh yeah – before I totally forget, a word or two about Sunday Photo Posting Day!

I’d like to try and keep the Pix Posting between the hours of sunup ‘n sundown if at all possible and also shy away from “pix dumping.” That doesn’t mean one cannot Post at other times, but it surely will help out to keep us “up” on the Forum during the times when people are awake – and of course keeps the flow so that I don’t have to “babysit” to ensure something is being provided every couple of hours or so. Please give it a try – THANX!


Okay, boyz, I’ll be here for the day!

Tom [4:-)] [oX)]


Stick around a few minutes AFTER POSTING - The information you MISS may be for YOU!

Those who acknowledge the other guy, get acknowledged!

[coalminer3]

Good Morning Barkeep and All Present; coffee, please; round for the house and $ for the jukebox. Gas this a.m. is $2.60, a week ago it was $2.20 (zoiks!)

I don't know what it was about mom's scissors, but I was interested to see that things were similar in other people's households.

LARS - Thanks for the AF information

BARNDAD - I had the Strombekcer Rock Island diesel and cars. I do recall seeing some of the other models - some guseese as far as I can remember for some of those in the pictures include the DeWitt Clinton, Tom Thumb, Best Fiend of Charleston, and the Pioneer. The one on the low right looks eithger like a B&O muddigger or an early PRR steam locomotive; can't really tell from the picutre, though. The Hudson is intersting ; a three-way cross among Milwaukee Road, NYC, with a "sort-of" C&O cab. I just remember that my imagination filled in a lot of the details when I was putting stuff together.

PASSENGERFAN's post of the Cincinnatian kicked something forward in what's left of my memory. The C&O/B&O shared passenger service in the days before ATK began. The Cincinnatian was one of these services. In 1969, the Cincainnatian operated between Detroit-Toledo-Dayton-Cincinnati.

It ran as C&O 40/39 between Detroit and Toledo. It was &O 53/54 between Toledo and Cincinnati. The B&O's consist list mentioned reclining seat coaches between Detroit and Cincinnati with beverage and food service between Cincinnati and Lima.

The train left Detroit (Ft. St. Station) at 11:00 a.m.
Arr. Toledo12:55p.m.
Dep. Toledo 1:05 p.m.
Lima 2:58 p.m.
Dayton 4:47 p.m.
arr. Cincinnati 6:20 p.m.

Northbound
Lv. Cincainnati 10:00 a.m.
Dayton 11:40 a.m.
Lima 1:16 p.m.
Arr. Toledo 3:30 p.m.
Dep. Toledo 3:45 p.m.
Arr. Detroit 5:40 p.m.

Let' s close with another interesting consist

PC 177-133 "Federal" (Saturdays)

Lounge car: Boston-New York (6 double bedrooms, buffet)
Sleeping Car: Boston-Washington (14 rtte/4 db)
Parlor car: New York-Washington
Diner: New York-Washington
Coaches: Boston-New York; New York-Washington (Snack bar)

Beats anything that's on the corridor now - you can't even get a sleeper out of Boston to anywhere at the present time. Better stop before Boris escorts me to the Rat Room.

work safe

[siberianmo]

. . . . . . Mentor Village Gazette . . . . . .

Vol. II, Number 3 . . . . . . . . Friday, March 17th, 2006 . . . . . . . . . Free
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .St. Patrick’s Day Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



WATCH FOR IT –

TOMORROW MORNING!



Be sure you are getting the most current information when you log in – Use Reload/Repost repeatedly.[tup]


Tom [4:-)] [oX)]

[passengerfan]

Good Morning Tom and the rest of the gang. Time for a coffee and a crumpet.

Nice to see your S-gauge once again. If I only had the spsce I believe this is the way I would go.

PASSENGERFAN AL'S STREAMLINER CORNER # 76
by Al

CINCINNATIAN B&O Trains 75-76 June 25, 1950 Cincinnati – Detroit daily each direction 582.2 miles each way 12 hours 30 minutes each way

The same two CINCINNATIAN consists of 1947 were transferred from their former Baltimore – Washington to Cincinnati runs, to a new Detroit – Cincinnati run. The five car Coach streamliners had steadily lost money on the original run they had been built for and the B&O in a last desperate effort to try to do something with the trains transferred them to the new route. Fortunately the new route was an almost instant success and the trains soon had grown to nine cars within six months of entering service on the new route. The additional cars unfortunately were heavyweights but in spite of this the trains still showed great ridership improvement. The B&O was able to turn the original CINCINNATIAN a failure into a fine success story by simply changing the train’s route.

CONSIST ONE

1307 EDEN PARK Baggage Crew Dayroom Buffet 24- Seat Lounge Car

3565 INDIAN HILL 60- Revenue Seat Coach

3572 OAKLEY 56- Revenue Seat Coach Stewardess Room

3567 COLLEGE HILL 60- Revenue Seat Coach

3304 PEEBLES CORNER 23-Seat Café 21- Seat Lounge Observation

SECOND CONSIST

1308 HYDE PARK Baggage Crew Dayroom Buffet 24- Seat Lounge Car

3566 WINTON PLACE 60- Revenue Seat Coach

3573 NORWOOD 56- Revenue Seat Coach Stewardess Room

3568 WALNUT HILLS 60- Revenue Seat Coach

3305 FOUNTAIN SQUARE 23- Seat Café 21- Seat Lounge Observation

The CINCINNATIAN was discontinued at the start of Amtrak.


TTFN AL

[siberianmo]

Canadian Railways of the Past –

Hudson Bay Railway (HBRY) -

Arrives on track #1 at Noon – Watch for it!


Tom[4:-)] [oX)]

[siberianmo]

(courtesy: www.trainweb.org)

We open at 6 AM (all time zones!). (Don’t ask how we do that!)[swg]


THURSDAY’s INFO & SUMMARY of POSTS


Thursday is here! Time to start up with a cuppa Joe, some pastries from The Mentor Village Bakery and of course a selection from our Menu Board for a <light> or <traditional> breakfast![tup]


Daily Wisdom

Someone in the dugout said, “Yogi, you’re ugly,” and Yogi’s response was, “So? I don’t hit with my face.“[swg]
(yogi-ism)


Info for the Day:

Canadian Railways of the past – Hudson Bay Railways (HBRY) arrives TODAY – watch for it!

Something Special arrives TOMORROW – watch for it!

Railroads from Yesteryear – Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RG) arrives next Tuesday!

* Weekly Calendar:

Today: Fish ‘n Chips Nite!
Friday: St. Patrick’s Day – Special Menu!
Saturday: Steak ‘n Trimmin’s Nite! – and –
ENCORE! Saturday


SUMMARY

Name …..…………… Date/Time …..…..………. (Page#) .. Remarks

(1) siberianmo Tom Posted: 15 Mar 2006, 05:22:38 (276) Wednesday’s Info & Summary

(2) barndad Doug Posted: 15 Mar 2006, 05:34:58 (276) AM Visit, Pike Perspectives & joke!

(3) passengerfan Al Posted: 15 Mar 2006, 06:15:41 (276) Streamliner #75 – Panama Ltd

(4) siberianmo Tom Posted: 15 Mar 2006, 07:33:04 (276) Acknowledgments & Comments

(5) siberianmo Tom Posted: 15 Mar 2006, 07:56:48 (276) Pike Perspectives Day!

(6) coalminer3 CM3 Posted: 15 Mar 2006, 08:08:55 (276) Informative Post w/Pike Perspectives

(7) siberianmo Tom Posted: 15 Mar 2006, 10:51:34 (276) Acknowledgment, etc.

(8) BudKarr BK Posted: 15 Mar 2006, 13:35:02 (276) PM Report & Lionel

(9) LoveDomes Lars Posted: 15 Mar 2006, 14:28:14 (276) PM Report & AF

(10) siberianmo Tom Posted: 15 Mar 2006, 15:11:28 (276) Acknowledgments, etc.

(11) pwolfe Pete Posted: 15 Mar 2006, 16:50:30 (276) Pete’s Report!

(12) barndad Doug Posted: 15 Mar 2006, 17:52:16 (276) Doug’s Pix, etc. & joke

(13) siberianmo Tom Posted: 15 Mar 2006, 18:03:17 (276) Acknowledgments, etc.

(14) trolleyboy Rob Posted: 15 Mar 2006, 23:35:02 (276) Inclusive Post!



NOW SHOWING:

The Mentor Village Emporium Theatre
Double Features! Now with The Three Stooges Short Subject!

. . . Sunday, March 12th thru 18th: Mystery Alaska (1999) starring: Russell Crowe, Hank Azaria & Mary McCormack –and- Slap Shot (1977) starring: Paul Newman – Strother Martin & Michael Ontkean. SHORT: Beer and Pretzels (1933).


That’s it! [tup][;)]

Tom [4:-)] [oX)]
Proprietor of “Our” Place, an adult eating & drinking establishment!