Jay, that sounds right when I think about it. I'll have to look up the ballad by Conrad Ferinand Meyer to be sure. Interesting bit of history, though.
Tom ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of JGG KahnSr [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 12:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Re: Hi SCALE - BC&G S Scale layout Somewhere in that cobwebby attic I call my memory is that it was the Tay bridge. Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > Firth of Forth bridge? Is that the one on which the famous accident took > place years and years ago. If it is, one of theGerman poets wrote a ballad > about it: "Tand, tand ist das Gebilde von Menschenhand." > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of John > [[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: Hi SCALE - BC&G S Scale layout > > NZ is where I learned to drink scotch. (1943) They only served the good > stuff. Drank more in Scotland in 1957. Rode over the Firth of Forth bridge > as well. > > Rode the train from Edinburg across Scotland to the airport,. with the > caretaker of the Battle Monument. A true Scotsman. I got the bill. > > John Armstrong [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
