WHEN in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary….
Winston Churchill Speaks for Me.
byVanderleunonApril 29, 2022
For the pace is hot, and the points are near, And Sleep hath deadened the driver’s ear; And signals flash through the night in vain. Death is in charge of the clattering train!
Runaway Train remains an amazing, exciting, thrilling movie.
gwbnycApril 29, 2022, 9:16 PM
Great film, Kurosawa’s script originally. Voight sitting on top of the engine has always stayed with me.
Some tech if still applicable these days-
In my younger days I worked for ConRail in the boilermakers craft tearing down and rebuilding locomotives. In the cab there is a pedal, the deadman’s pedal, that must be depressed for the locomotive to operate. It has a small air whistle attached to it that sounds when the engine is running and the pedal is not depressed. Every cab I was in had a loose (and illegal) coupler knuckle on the floor to place on the pedal so the engineer didn’t have to keep his foot on it.
Too, if a brake hose is cut or leaks (a pressure drop) the brakes go on. I recall an incident that took place in Arizona c.1978 where an unmanned train was stopped by a railroad employee chasing it with his truck and holing a brake hose with a shotgun, that then causing the brakes to apply.
VanderleunApril 30, 2022, 8:16 AM
The Voight image has always stayed with me as well. Can’t shake it as an emblem of the damned human race.
The Duke of New YorkMay 1, 2022, 1:31 PM
An overlooked movie and one of John Voight’s best parts
Real World Address for Donations, Mash Notes and Hate Mail
Gerard Van der Leun
1692 MANGROVE AVE
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Green Pants Interior by Klahn
Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
Gerard Van der Leun
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Runaway Train remains an amazing, exciting, thrilling movie.
Great film, Kurosawa’s script originally. Voight sitting on top of the engine has always stayed with me.
Some tech if still applicable these days-
In my younger days I worked for ConRail in the boilermakers craft tearing down and rebuilding locomotives. In the cab there is a pedal, the deadman’s pedal, that must be depressed for the locomotive to operate. It has a small air whistle attached to it that sounds when the engine is running and the pedal is not depressed. Every cab I was in had a loose (and illegal) coupler knuckle on the floor to place on the pedal so the engineer didn’t have to keep his foot on it.
Too, if a brake hose is cut or leaks (a pressure drop) the brakes go on. I recall an incident that took place in Arizona c.1978 where an unmanned train was stopped by a railroad employee chasing it with his truck and holing a brake hose with a shotgun, that then causing the brakes to apply.
The Voight image has always stayed with me as well. Can’t shake it as an emblem of the damned human race.
An overlooked movie and one of John Voight’s best parts
“You’re a monster”
“No, worse,…human”
This is relevant
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2022/04/29/former-rolling-stone-editor-the-liberal-media-campaign-to-shield-joe-biden-is-be-n2605652
A great movie.
Now that movie is on my to watch list.
Survival: Don’t get down in the mouth, and never give up. Churchill said that, too.
worth the admission for the interior of the prison alone.
another part of the film that stays with me.
Off subject, but I just realized you’re the one doing the paintings on this site that I love so much. Wunderbar!
The entire poem:
https://winstonchurchill.org/publications/finest-hour/finest-hour-131/poems-churchill-loved-the-clattering-train/