CB1100 Monthly Photo Challenge

[the Ferret]

wooo wooooo chugga chugga chugga chugga

Riding on the City of New Orleans
Illinois Central, Monday morning rail
15 cars and 15 restless riders
3 conductors, 25 sacks of mail

All along the southbound odyssey, the train pulls out of Kankakee
And rolls along past houses farms and fields
Passing trains that have no name, and freight yards full of old black men
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles

Good morning America, how are you
Said don't you know me, I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done

[GaryMNM_imp]

wooo wooooo chugga chugga chugga chugga

Riding on the City of New Orleans
Illinois Central, Monday morning rail
15 cars and 15 restless riders
3 conductors, 25 sacks of mail

All along the southbound odyssey, the train pulls out of Kankakee
And rolls along past houses farms and fields
Passing trains that have no name, and freight yards full of old black men
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles

Good morning America, how are you
Said don't you know me, I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done

Great Steve Goodman tune Ferret. Another one of those artists taken from us way too soon. That tune always made me feel like I was all-aboard.




And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming...

[Cormanus]

Nice pictures use2be.

[use2b_imp]

Forgot about this train until i past it today during my Pre Hurricane ride
hope this gets some of you motivated .

[parm_94_imp]

Labour Day ride to Mt. Baker Washington

[use2b_imp]

Fine looking bike parm , would love to see more pics of it and like the color a lot .
btw the " Rubber Lever End Thingies " cops will soon pull you over ;]

http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2491

[Cormanus]

Yep, parm, RLETs would finish that lovely bike nicely.

[emptysea]

wooo wooooo chugga chugga chugga chugga

Riding on the City of New Orleans
Illinois Central, Monday morning rail
15 cars and 15 restless riders
3 conductors, 25 sacks of mail

All along the southbound odyssey, the train pulls out of Kankakee
And rolls along past houses farms and fields
Passing trains that have no name, and freight yards full of old black men
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles

Good morning America, how are you
Said don't you know me, I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done

So... a couple of comments that may further derail this thread (see what I did there?).. Steve Goodman was from Chicago, my home town. He also wrote and recorded "A Dying Cubs Fan's Last Request" and "Go Cubs Go", the latter of which is sung by the fans at the end of each Cubs home victory (so, frequently as of late). Jimmy Buffet performed at Wrigley Field shortly after Hurricane Katrina and song "City of New Orleans" from the right field bleachers, just him, a guitar and a spotlight with scenes of pre-Katrina New Orleans rolling on the video screen. I welled up a bit because I may have been intoxicated and because I used to sing "City of New Orleans" to my daughter at bed time when she was little. She is now attending Tulane School of Law in New Orleans. I don't think her choice of law schools was impacted by my lullabies, however.

Labour Day ride to Mt. Baker Washington

Is there a train in this picture? Worried about my vision, is all.

[parm_94_imp]

Thanks guys. It was super hot at the top, totally unexpected. I have RLETs on my old Hondas!

[Cormanus]

Thanks guys. It was super hot at the top, totally unexpected. I have RLETs on my old Hondas!

Then you know how important they are!