The headline today says 'tube' and we know that means London, England. In Toronto and N.Y. we use 'subway'. British usage uses subway for an underground pedestrian road crossing. And we hear about the Paris or Washington metro - which can refer to any train system, not just subterranean.
Here are some facts and fancies The station with the most escalators is Waterloo with 23.about the London system:
The busiest Tube station is Waterloo, which was used by around 95 million passengers in 2015. In 2014 Oxford Circus took top spot, in 2009 it was Victoria, and in 2005 it was King's Cross,
Aldgate Station, on the Circle and Metropolitan Lines, is built on a massive plague pit, where more than 1,000 bodies are buried.
The TARDIS, (Dr Who’s transport) can be found outside Earl’s Court station. Or at least an old police call box can.
The station with the most escalators is Waterloo with 23.
The American talk show host Jerry Springer was born at East Finchley during the Second World War: his mother had taken shelter in the station from an air raid.
The inaugural journey of the first Central line train in 1900 had the Prince of Wales and Mark Twain on board.
Every week, Underground escalators travel the equivalent distance of going twice around the world.
These come from the telegraph where there are many more.
Our pictures today were taken from the golf course patio in Durango. Can you imagine this view every day?
Fall 2017 brings up runway collections of clothes and university registration dates. Even though Fall is a time for school, it is not considered a reading time - summer 2017 brings up many best books to read.
I wondered if we track humour, but find that trending jokes are not present on the internet. However, one retrieves most interesting things on queries such as this.
I found Laugh.com and at the top of the list was Firesign Theatre and their Eat or Be Eaten album. An American comedy troupe in the late 1960's and early 1970's, they did live radio performances in Los Angeles. Their approach to comedy was strongly influenced by the Goon Show. To find out about the group you can visit the website firesigntheatre.com. They celebrated their 50th anniversary last year. I remember titles such as:
- How can you be in two places at once when you're not anywhere at all - I think we're all bozos on this bus - Don't crush that dwarf, hand me the pliers
Today's picture is the D&RGW 315 in a photo-op drive by. This is one of the Durango Railroad Historical Society's restoration projects and it has been operational since 2007. We had quite a few of these opportunities during our ride up in the mountains. The train would stop, and we'd disembark, then form a line of photographers. The train would back up and then come around a curve, etc. with all of us snapping away (or taking videos, so no talking).
