Saturday, December 20, 2008

Merry Christmas And Happy New Year!


I have always liked this tradition on the relatively young Downeaster. Probably worth the cost!


I hope all my HAPT brothers and our many friends have a warm and festive holiday season this year.

Enjoy your friends and family now as you probably should year round. The news headlines are bleak but your spirits don't have to match it. Just remember that poverty is as much a state of mind as it is an economic situation. Prosperity works the same way. Ring in a prosperous new year!



Now, since this is a railroad forum, I must point out that the selection of F40's is pure coincidence and I've never been that fond of them. But, as they disappear, and with few old "covered wagons" to compare them to around, they are beginning to grow on me! Nothing like the combination of winter and passenger trains to lift the railfan's spirits!



Lower photos from Coteau (Montreal-Ottawa VIA, Dec. 2005) and the Dorval AMT Station, Quebec (Inbound Montreal, Dec. 2006).

Merry Christmas!

BC
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 21, 2008 at 12:15 PM

    Thank you Bernard!

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  2. AnonymousDecember 22, 2008 at 2:45 AM

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  3. Debate CoachDecember 24, 2008 at 11:54 AM

    There is a tinge of St. Bernard of Clervaux, but I was borrowing from Adam Smith. There might be an element of Bernard Bear or Bernard Beer mixed in too, if you knew details of the trips.

    BC

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  4. SkullDecember 26, 2008 at 11:52 PM

    MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR
    From the Worcester Foreign Power Team. Now the Gospel according to
    SAINT GARY "Remember to say I LOVE YOU,Before their dead"Then it's too late.
    Saint Skull

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