Sylderon

As nicked from :iconldlawrence: with his permission.How did your train addiction begin? What made you interest in this kind of transport?I would have to say it has a lot to do with where I grew up. Downers Grove IL is on the former CB&Q from Chicago to Aurora, a triple-track high-speed line appropriately nicknamed "The Racetrack". It has about 80 trains/day now, many of them Metra commuter runs. Basically, I was lucky enough to grow up within hearing distance of a very busy line, watching green and white E9s blasting through with expresses to the Loop, along with various freights. It also runs in the family. My father grew up in Rockford, ...

Damn, it's been a while...but something happened get me off my arse and bring me back here. So all you that have missed me...yeah, right.First thing I have to say is yes, I watched that show. And so did you. And you enjoyed it just as much as I did, even if you were a bit thrown when Ringo disappeared, and was replaced by some guy without the British accent or British conductor's whistle. But we both got over that fairly quickly, I think.Then I found out about the other aspects of his career...looking through the 'Humor' section of the recordings at my delightful public library, and amongst the PDQ Bach and Monty Python was something title...

I've recently come across a very nice book at my local library, and there is a passage I would like to share with you; the reasons for doing so will become clear shortly, so please bear with me:You have to wonder at the ego that could disable and then lead to destruction of the world's best fighting machine. [He] created and then lost a war that he did not have to fight. He chose to fight this war on terrain that gave the enemy every advantage. [He] seems to have gathered no intelligence about the enemy and their tactics, or the terrain his army would cross. Perhaps most foolishly, a commander who had just one battle's worth of experience ...