Midweek Haiku

autotrain on the rails
superliners wait at the station
all aboard, Amtrack

The Self-Appointed
Information Minister
Has found an ally.

Isle of Denial
Influence is spreading out
Check out this web site.
http://www.nycsystem.com/index.html

A-G-H-R Matt
Not as crazy as he seems?
Who are we kidding?

Gosh - dam - a - blam - it!

Made mistake building layout

Need to start over!

Is it Winter or
Is it Spring? Can't say for sure!
Changes day to day.

first line is five long
second line is seven long
third line is five long

first line is easy
second line is difficult
third line is a *****

lots of rain last spring
too much water in basement
overhead sewers

are now installed
should I pray for rain to see
if they keep me dry

CNW
do not see them anymore
watching not the same

quote:

Originally posted by Denny Lyons:
...

CNW
do not see them anymore
watching not the same

Sadly, the merger
of the CNW.
Victim of UP

ATSF Gone!
CNW absorbed!
Southern Pacific crushed!

New York Central and
Pennsylvania into
Penn-Central nightmare

Penn-Central bankrupt
Absorbed into Conrail System
Which later collapsed.

Same thing happened to
B & O and C & O
Now in CSX

Southern Railway and
Norfolk and Western into
Norfolk Southern Line.

Passenger Train Service
Once the star of the railroads
Merged into Amtrak

Isle of Denial
Is the only safe refuge
for the fallen flags.

A-G-H-R Matt
Self-Appointed Minister
of Information.

Isle of Denail
Where the fallen flag railroads
live on in our hearts.

Old railroads are missed
Why can't it be as it was?
Raise the Fallen Flags!

- Mike

I love your laments
Mike Caruso/Matt Jackson
Brothers in despair

The DVR Died
Lots of railroading is lost
Time to start over

Spring has sprung and Fall
has fell now Winter's here and
it's just temperate

Willie on the tracks
The engine made a loud squeal
Scrape Willie off the....

(You really didn't want the ending anyway!)

quote:

Originally posted by AGHRMatt:

Southern Railway and
Norfolk and Western into
Norfolk Southern Line.

When did this happen?
I was not informed of this.
Surely you're joking.

Horse logoed engines
must be a fantasy scheme.
This never happened!

Is there room for one more on the Isle?

quote:

Originally posted by SouthernMike:

quote:

Originally posted by AGHRMatt:

Southern Railway and
Norfolk and Western into
Norfolk Southern Line.

When did this happen?
I was not informed of this.
Surely you're joking.

Horse logoed engines
must be a fantasy scheme.
This never happened!

Is there room for one more on the Isle?

One of these clear days
I must have someone film my
"Baghdad Bob" routine.

I deny any
Existence of these monster
Merger Railroad Lines.

The Isle of Denial
Has plenty of room on board
For more believers.

Trainstock will honor Owen
Suspenders worn by all
and in Australia too.

The house is a mess
Teardown, cleaning in progress
hate this time of year.

quote:

Originally posted by SouthernMike:

When did this happen?
I was not informed of this.
Surely you're joking.

You cling to Southern
I to Norfolk and Western
Same reality

You can keep Southern
I'll take Norfolk and Western
Both will be happy

The Prancing Pony
Some marketing bright idea
I think it's silly

On Isle of Denial
Year is nineteen fifty nine
Make room for one more

Steam will never die
Diesels are a passing fad
My reality

I choose to reject
Another's reality
And substitute mine

Gilly

I don't get haiku.
It doesn't make any sense.
And it doesn't rhyme.

Friday the thirteenth
Broken mirrors and black cats
Kicked under ladders

Black cat crossed my path
No problem, I have white paint
Here Kitty Kitty

Crazy prose for luck
What a great day for Haiku
Glad I'm not a cat

Chafin at the bit,
York is far from now,
Hope I can wait!

We're all on a roll
With all of the fallen flags
Let's keep it going!

This Midweek Haiku
Is one of the best ones yet!
We're in denial.

Denial's not bad.
We get some good laughs in, too.
New Reality.

Mergers are no more.
The fallen flags rise again.
Truly Nirvana.