
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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Hans Christian Anderson
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![]() ![]() Casey Jones Dies on the Cannonball Express (1900)Jones was an American locomotive engineer whose main claim to fame, until his fateful run on the Cannonball Express, was his punctuality. On April 30, 1900, he was driving the Cannonball Express south on a dangerous, accident-prone run when he suddenly saw a stalled freight train ahead. Instead of jumping to safety, he stayed to slow his train, saving his coworkers and passengers but losing his own life in the process. Who wrote the ballad that immortalized him as a folk hero? More... Discuss |
14 comments:
Welcome back Jess! By the way, the photo you posted is superb!
some one's bac with with a bang..:)..cool pic...it shows a lit in the darness of life..:)..super..
urs..hemu..
Hi Jessica...
welcome back :)
beautiful sunset :)
hope all is well... talk to ya soon... take care...
cheers...
Nice to see a new post. Hope you are doing well.
What a beautiful photo to tribute your grandma with! Welcome back!
Welcome Back!!! I love that beautiful sunset! Hope you are well...
Ah sunsets. My most favorite thing to photograph. This is lovely color.
Welcome home.
Glad you're back. You were missed!
thats so beautiful, Jessica!
Welcome back!
Lovely photo, Jess. I missed you. Glad you're back. Hope you are doing okay.
great picture...where did you take that?
Oh, that's beautiful...
Aw, thanks Malcolm!
Thanks Hemu!
Arv thanks so much!
Lauren,
Thanks I'm doing really well! :)
Lori,
Thank you--she would have loved it. :)
Fortune,
Thank you, thank you! :)
Vixen,
Thanks! :)
Sherry,
Thank you! :)
Thanks Lena! :)
Barb,
Thanks--I feel good! :)
Whisper,
Isn't it great? I took it in VA as we were driving home. :)
Thanks Gary! :)
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