This fellow waves at me every time I cycle past. And Paddy waves back. ’Tis no day at the beach, to be workin’ on the railway.
Paddy on the railway
This fellow waves at me every time I cycle past. And Paddy waves back. ’Tis no day at the beach, to be workin’ on the railway.
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Still doin’ the Wave Dynamics, eh, brah?
Gots to. He’s become something of a totem. The other day I was lost in thought as I rode past and forgot to salute, so I had to twist around in the saddle and give him a belated how-d’ye-do.
It’s an elaborate deal. Solar-powered, the engineer actually waves, and the bell rings.
That is too cool. I would wave too. It’s a good thing you turned around to do the right thing. Otherwise, your mojo would have been hosed, and you would have flatted for sure.
That’s cute! Finally got a blog post up about last Sunday’s vintage ride. One day before the next one, but better late than never, right?
https://cycleitalia.blogspot.com/2019/06/la-monsterrato-2019.html
I was reminded of another great railway song: “On the Atchison Topeka and the Santa Fe” (see the initials on the engine). Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer won the Oscar for Best Song for the song as performed by Judy Garland in “The Harvey Girls”, 1946. Here is Mercer and The Pied Pipers with their hit: https://youtu.be/cmBKHSZ1pcU
Yes, the video shows a later DIESEL engine instead of the steam powered train that brought settlers and travelers to the southwest and that is celebrated in the song and movie!
So gotta ask, where is it? I need more waves on my rides.