Tracks, Volume 40

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, 1955
 

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Halaman 44 - DOES the road wind up-hill all the way ? Yes, to the very end. Will the day's journey take the whole long day ? From morn to night, my friend. But is there for the night a resting-place ? A roof for when the slow dark hours begin. May not the darkness hide it from my face? You cannot miss that inn.
Halaman 39 - It ain't the guns nor armament, nor funds that they can pay, But the close cooperation that makes them win the day; It ain't the individual, nor the army as a whole, But the everlastin' teamwork of every bloomin
Halaman 21 - Association; Railway Employees Department. AF of L. ; International Association of Machinists; International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America; International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers; Sheet Metal Workers...
Halaman 14 - ... the rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.
Halaman 40 - Home Signal — A fixed signal at the entrance of a route or block to govern trains or engines entering and using that route or block.
Halaman 48 - But, General Lee, did you never feel resentment towards the North?" ("Yankees" one might not say in his presence.) Standing in the radiance of the myriad lighted crystals his face took on a far-away, almost inspired look, as his hand involuntarily sought his breast. He spoke in low, earnest tones: "I believe I may say, looking into my own heart, and speaking as in the presence of my God, that I have never known one moment of bitterness or resentment.
Halaman 2 - Isn't it strange that princes and kings And clowns that caper in sawdust rings And common folk like you and me Are builders for eternity? "To each is given a bag of tools A shapeless mass and a book of rules; And each must make, ere life has flown, A stumbling block or a stepping stone.
Halaman 53 - The time will come when people will travel in stages moved by steam engines, from one city to another, almost as fast as birds fly, fifteen or twenty miles an hour.
Halaman 35 - ... solely to the residents of the mother country. What else is this but colonialism, crude, stark, undisguised and unashamed? When both the presidential and congressional drafts failed of passage, President Eisenhower declared he was "deeply disappointed" and added: "The nation badly needs good roads.
Halaman 48 - When you go home, I want you to take a message to your young friends. Tell them from me that it is unworthy of them as women, and especially as Christian women, to cherish feelings of resentment against the North. Tell them that it grieves me inexpressibly to know that such a state of things exists, and that I implore them to do their part to heal our country's wounds.

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