Saint Canute IV. King And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 19 January.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.

Saint Canute IV.
King and Martyr.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

The death of Saint Canute IV of Denmark,

in the Church of Saint Albanus (1086).

Author: Christian Albrecht von Benzon (1816 - 1849).

Date: 1843.

This File: 21 February 2006.

User: Neko~commonswiki.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Canute, having ascended the Throne of Denmark (1080-1086), ardently endeavoured to spread The Faith in his Kingdom. His Charity, and his zeal for Religion, soon made him enemies, who put him to death while he was Praying at the foot of the Altar in the Church of Saint Alban.

God made manifest the Holiness of His servant by numerous Miracles wrought at his tomb.

Mass: In virtúte tua.

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

Canute IV (Circa 1042 – 10 July 1086), later known as Canute The Holy (Danish: Knud IV den Hellige) or Saint Canute (Sankt Knud), was King of Denmark from 1080 until 1086. Canute was an ambitious King who sought to strengthen The Danish Monarchy, devotedly supported The Roman Catholic Church, and had designs on The English Throne.

Slain by rebels in 1086, he was the first Danish King to be Canonised. He was recognised by The Roman Catholic Church as Patron Saint of Denmark in 1101.

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Saints Marius, Martha, Audifax, Abachum. Martyrs. Feast Day 19 January.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.

Saints Marius, Martha, Audifax, Abachum.
Martyrs.
Feast Day 19 January.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

The Martyrdom of Saints Marius, Martha, Audifax, Abachum.

Even though these Holy Saints lived, and suffered Martyrdom, nearly 2,000 Years ago, we

would do well by recalling their Holiness each year on their Feast Day of 19 January.

It is a modern error to regard only the most recent Saints, or most recent events,

as applicable to us. We can learn from the lives of all of the Saints from all times.

Illustration: A CATHOLIC LIFE

Marius and Martha, his wife, were Persian nobles, who, with their two sons, Audifax and Abachum, came to Rome to Worship God in the Reign of Emperor Claudius II. There they visited Christians cast into prison for their Faith: "You had compassion on prisoners," says the Epistle.

They devoted themselves in many ways to the service of Religion; but, soon, they had, themselves, to suffer for The Faith: For "they were tortured and put to death" (Gospel).

"Without fearing the persecutors" (Communion), they underwent all these torments with Prayers of Thanksgiving on their lips, for, in them, they saw like "the sparrow liberated from the bird-catcher's net and who escapes towards Heaven" (Offertory), the means of going to enjoy God for evermore (Introit).

They were Martyred in 270 A.D.

Let us ask Jesus Christ "Who showed Himself so admirably in these Martyrs" (Alleluia) also to make manifest  in our Souls the effects of His Divine Power, so that "enjoying Peace in this life, we may in the other receive the eternal reward" (Collect).

Mass: Justi epuléntur.

Commemoration: Of Saint Canute.

Epistle: Rememorámini.

Gospel: Sedénte Jesu.

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The New York Central Railroad. Part Five.

NYC Hudson Locomotive, built with iconic Streamlining

designed by Henry Dreyfuss, used to haul

The 20th Century Limited Train, starting in 1938.

Photo courtesy SMU.

Date: 1938.

Source: Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library: Robert Yarnall Richie Photographs. Retrieved from Flickr: Hudson Locomotive for The New York Central.

Author: Robert Yarnall Richie (1908-1984).

(Wikimedia Commons)

English: Grand Central Station Terminal,

42nd Street, New York,

United States of America.

Français: Vue extérieure nocturne de la gare

Grand Central Terminal sur l'ile de Manhattan, à New-York (États-Unis).

Date: 1/08.

Source: Own work.

Author: Fcb981 ; Eric Baetscher (attribution required).

(Wikimedia Commons)

Perlman's cuts resulted in the curtailing of many of the Railroad's Services; Commuter Lines around New York were particularly affected. In 1958-1959, Service was suspended on The NYC's Putnam Division in Westchester and Putnam Counties, and The NYC abandoned its Ferry Service, across The Hudson, to Weehawken Terminal. This negatively impacted the Railroad's West Shore Line, which ran along The West Bank of The Hudson River from Jersey City to Albany, which saw Long-Distance Services to Albany discontinued in 1958 and Commuter Service between Jersey City and West Haverstraw, New York, terminated in 1959. Ridding itself of most of its Commuter Services proved impossible, due to the heavy use of these Lines around Metro New York, which Government mandated the Railroad still operate.

The New York Central Railroad's Streamlined Steam Locomotive, "Commodore Vanderbilt",

as it left Chicago's LaSalle Street Station pulling "The 20th Century Limited" Train.

Photo: 22 February 1935.

Source: eBay

Author: International News Photos.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Many Long-Distance and Regional-Haul Passenger Trains were either discontinued or downgraded in Service, with Coaches replacing Pullman, Parlour, and Sleeping Cars on routes in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. The Empire Corridor, between Albany and Buffalo, saw Service greatly reduced, with Service beyond Buffalo to Niagara Falls discontinued in 1961. On 3 December 1967, most of the great Long-Distance Trains ended, including the famed "Twentieth Century Limited". The Railroad's Branch Line Service, off The Empire Corridor in Upstate New York, was also gradually discontinued, the last being its Utica Branch between Utica and Lake Placid, in 1965. Many of the Railroad's great Train Stations, in Rochester, Schenectady, and Albany, were demolished or abandoned. Despite the savings these cuts created, it was apparent that, if the Railroad was to become solvent again, a more permanent solution was needed.

Four Trains on The New York Central Main Line,

in Little Falls, New York. Promotional picture taken in 1890.

(Wikimedia)

One problem that many of the North-Eastern Railroads faced was the fact that the Railroad Market was saturated for the dwindling Rail Traffic that remained. The NYC had to compete with its two biggest rivals: The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), and The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B and O), in addition to more moderate-size Railroads, such as The Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad (DLW), The Erie Railroad, The Reading Company, The Central Railroad of New Jersey, and The Lehigh Valley Railroad.

Mergers of these Railroads seemed a promising way for these Companies to streamline operations and reduce the competition. The DLW and Erie Railroads had showed some success when they began merging their operations in 1956, finally leading to the formation of The Erie Lackawanna Railroad in 1960. Other mergers combined The Virginian Railway, Wabash Railroad, Nickel Plate Road and several others into The Norfolk and Western Railway (N and W) System, and The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B and O), Western Maryland Railroad (WM), and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C and O) combined with others to form The Chessie System. Heavy streamlining and reduction in Passenger Services led to the success of many of these mergers.

Postal Cover, carried in the Railway Post Office on the first Streamlined run of

"The 20th Century Limited" Train (New York Central System), 15 June 1938.

Source: The Cooper Collection of Railroad Postal History.

Author: U.S. Government.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Following this trend, The NYC began to look for a potential Railroad to merge with, as early as the mid-1950s, and had originally sought out mergers with the B and O, and the NYC-controlled Nickel Plate Road. Unlike the aforementioned mergers, however, a NYC merger proved tricky, due to the fact that the Railroad still operated a fairly extensive amount of Regional and Commuter Passenger Services that were under mandates by The Interstate Commerce Commission to maintain.It soon became apparent that the only other Railroad with enough capital to allow for a potentially successful merger proved to be The NYC's chief rival, The Pennsylvania Railroad (The PRR), itself a Railroad that still had a large Passenger trade. Merger talks between the two Railroads were discussed as early as 1955; however, this was delayed due to a number of factors: Among them, interference by The Interstate Commerce Commission; objections from Operating Unions; concerns from competing Railroads; and the inability of the two Companies, themselves, to formulate a merger plan, thus delaying progress for over a decade.

Two major points of contention centered around which Railroad should have the majority controlling interest going into the merger. Perlman's cost-cutting, during the '50s and '60s, put The NYC in a more financially healthy situation than The PRR. Nevertheless, The ICC, with urging by PRR President Stuart Saunders, wanted The PRR to absorb The NYC. Another point centered around The ICC's wanting to force the bankrupt New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, better known as The New Haven, into the new System, which it did in 1969, something to which both Companies objected. Eventually, both points would ultimately lead to the new Penn Central's demise.

Part of "The 20th Century Limited's" carpet, next to that Train's Observation Car

"Hickory Creek", at Track 35, Grand Central Terminal, New York,

across the Platform from the Train's original departure site at Track 34.

Photo: 12 May 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: Rickyrab.

(Wikimedia Commons)

In December, 1967, The New York Central published its last public timetable. The final timetable revealed a drastically-truncated Passenger Schedule in anticipation of its merger with The PRR. Most De-Luxe, Long-Distance, Passenger Trains ended on 3 December 1967, including the famed 20th Century Limited. Only those Trains which were to be continued after the merger with The PRR were retained, along with the Railroad's Commuter Trains.

PART SIX FOLLOWS

The Fourth Annual Nellie Gray Mass, On Friday, 22 January 2016. 1600 hrs. After The 2016 March For Life.

Illustration: NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT

The Paulus Institute for The Propagation of Sacred Liturgy, Washington, DC,

has announced that The Fourth Annual

Nellie Gray Mass will take place after

The 43rd March for Life,

Friday, January 22, 2016.

The Mass will be Celebrated at 4 pm in The Extraordinary Form (Traditional Latin Mass) at St. Mary Mother of God Church at

5th and H Sts. NW in downtown Washington DC, where Nellie attended Mass.

A Pontifical Solemn High Mass will be Celebrated at The Faldstool by The Most Reverend Edward J. Slattery, Bishop of Tulsa.

(His Excellency was the Celebrant of The Mass in The Extraordinary Form,

arranged by The Paulus Institute,

at The High Altar of the Basilica of The National Shrine

of The Immaculate Conception, in Washington, in 2010.) 

Assisting Ministers will include Rev. Fr. James Bradley,

of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, Master of Ceremonies, and Rev. Fr. Gregory Pendergraft, F.S.S.P., Director of Development for the

North American District of The Fraternity, Deacon.

The Mass will be The Missa Intret for Two or More Martyrs on The Feast Day of Saint Vincent of Saragossa, Deacon and Martyr, and St. Anastasius of Persia, Martyr.

The Vox in Rama Choir, from The Church of The Holy Innocents, in New York City, (Director Kirsten d'Aquino) and members of

St Mary's Schola (Director David Sullivan) will sing

The Missa Secunda, by Hans Leo Hassler (1562-1612),

Ave Maria, by Victoria (1548-1611),

Ave Maria (Angelus Domini), by Franz Biebl (1906-2001)

and O Sacrum Convivium, by Luigi Molfino (1916-2012)

as well as The Gregorian Propers.

Further information is available HERE.

Night Train.

Night Train.

Found on pixdaus.com
Copyright © John West.

Illustration: PINTEREST

The New York Central Railroad. Part Four.

NYC Hudson Locomotive, built with iconic Streamlining

designed by Henry Dreyfuss, used to haul

The 20th Century Limited Train, starting in 1938.

Photo courtesy SMU.

Date: 1938.

Source: Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library: Robert Yarnall Richie Photographs. Retrieved from Flickr: Hudson Locomotive for The New York Central.

Author: Robert Yarnall Richie (1908-1984).

(Wikimedia Commons)

English: Grand Central Station Terminal,

42nd Street, New York,

United States of America.

Français: Vue extérieure nocturne de la gare

Grand Central Terminal sur l'ile de Manhattan, à New-York (États-Unis).

Date: 1/08.

Source: Own work.

Author: Fcb981 ; Eric Baetscher (attribution required).

(Wikimedia Commons)

The New York Central Railroad, like many U.S. Railroads, declined after The Second World War. Problems re-surfaced that had plagued The Railroad Industry before the War, such as over-regulation by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), which severely regulated the rates charged by the Railroad, along with continuing competition from automobiles. These problems were coupled with even more formidable forms of competition, such as airline service in the 1950s, that began to deprive the NYC of its long-distance Passenger Trade.

"The 20th Century Limited" of The Boston and Albany Railroad, prior to 1920, from [1]

This Train was a famous New York Central Railroad Train which ran from 1902-1967.

This image is available from The United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Division, under the digital ID det.4a33145.

This File: 20 October 2011.

User: Centpacrr.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Interstate Highway Act of 1956 helped create a network of efficient roads for motor vehicle travel through the Country, enticing more people to travel by car, as well as haul freight by truck. The 1959 opening of The Saint Lawrence Seaway adversely affected NYC freight business. Container shipments could now be directly shipped to ports along The Great Lakes, eliminating the Railroads' Freight hauls between the East and The Midwest.

The NYC also carried a substantial tax burden from governments that saw Rail Infrastructure as a source of property tax revenues: taxes that were not imposed upon Interstate Highways. To make matters worse, most Railroads, including the NYC, were saddled with a World War II–era tax of 15% on Passenger Fares, which remained until 1962, seventeen years after the end of the War.

In June 1954, management of The New York Central System lost a proxy fight to Robert Ralph Young and The Alleghany Corporation, that he led.

1912 advertisement for The New York Central's, New York - Chicago Express Train,

"The 20th Century Limited", as "The Most Famous Train In The World".

Date: 1912. Scanned 1 June 2013 (according to Exif data).

Source: Advertisement.

Author: Unknown.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Alleghany Corporation was a Real Estate and Railroad empire built by the Van Sweringen brothers of Cleveland, in the 1920s, that had controlled The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and The Nickel Plate Road. It fell under the control of Young and financier Allan Price Kirby during The Great Depression.

R. R. Young was considered a Railroad visionary, but found The New York Central in worse shape than he had imagined. Unable to keep his promises, Young was forced to suspend dividend payments in January, 1958. He committed suicide later that month.

After his suicide, Young's role in NYC management was assumed by Alfred E. Perlman, who had been working with the NYC, under Young, since 1954. Despite the dismal financial condition of the Railroad, Perlman was able to streamline operations and save the Company money. Starting in 1959, Perlman was able to reduce operating deficits by $7.7 million, which nominally raised NYC Stock to $1.29 per share, producing dividends of an amount not seen since the end of the War. By 1964, he was able to reduce the NYC Long Term debt by nearly $100 million, while reducing Passenger deficits from $42 million to $24.6 million.

North Yard, in Denver, Colorado.

A typical U.S. Railroad Classification Yard.

.Photo: 6 October 2009.

Source: originally posted to Flickr as trains

Author: Bradley Gordon

(Wikimedia Commons)

A Classification Yard (American and Canadian English) or Marshalling Yard (British, Hong Kong, Indian and Canadian English) is a Railway Yard found at some Freight Train Stations, used to separate Railway Cars on to one of several Tracks. First the Cars are taken to a Track, sometimes called a Lead or a Drill. From there, the Cars are sent through a series of Switches, called a Ladder, onto the Classification Tracks. Larger Yards tend to put the Lead on an artificially-built hill, called a Hump, to use the force of gravity to propel the Cars through the Ladder.

Perlman also enacted several modernisation projects throughout the Railroad. Notable was the use of Centralised Traffic Control systems on many of the NYC Lines, which reduced the Four-Track Mainline to Two Tracks. He oversaw construction and/or modernisation of many Hump, or, Classification Yards, notably the $20-million Selkirk Yard which opened outside of Albany in 1966. Perlman also experimented with Jet Trains, creating a Budd RDC car (the M-497 Black Beetle) powered by two J47 Jet Engines, stripped from a B-36 Peacemaker Bomber, as a solution to increasing car and airplane competition. The project did not leave the Prototype Stage.

PART FIVE FOLLOWS

The New York Central Railroad. Part Three.

NYC Hudson Locomotive, built with iconic Streamlining

designed by Henry Dreyfuss, used to haul

The 20th Century Limited Train, starting in 1938.

Photo courtesy SMU.

Date: 1938.

Source: Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library: Robert Yarnall Richie Photographs. Retrieved from Flickr: Hudson Locomotive for The New York Central.

Author: Robert Yarnall Richie (1908-1984).

(Wikimedia Commons)

English: Grand Central Station Terminal,

42nd Street, New York,

United States of America.

Français: Vue extérieure nocturne de la gare

Grand Central Terminal sur l'ile de Manhattan, à New-York (États-Unis).

Date: 1/08.

Source: Own work.

Author: Fcb981 ; Eric Baetscher (attribution required).

(Wikimedia Commons)

For two-thirds of the 20th-Century, The New York Central had some of the most famous Trains in The United States. Its 20th Century Limited Train, begun in 1902, ran from Grand Central Terminal, in New York, to LaSalle Street Station, Chicago, and was its most famous Train, known for its Red Carpet Treatment and First-Class Service. In the Mid-1930s, many Railroad Companies were introducing Streamliner Locomotives. Until The New York Central introduced the Commodore Vanderbilt, all were Diesel-Electric. The Vanderbilt used the more common Steam Engine. The Century, which followed the Water Level Route, could complete the 960-mile trip in sixteen hours after its 15 June 1938 Streamlining. Also famous was its Empire State Express, through Upstate New York to Buffalo and Cleveland, and Ohio State Limited, from New York to Cincinnati. NYC also provided The Rexall Train, of 1936, which toured forty-seven States to promote the Rexall chain of Drug Stores.

Excavations for New York Central Railroad Station.

Artist: Detroit Publishing Company.

Date: Circa 1908.

Current location: Library of Congress,

Washington D.C., United States of America.

Source/Photographer: This image is available from

The United States Library of Congress's

Prints and Photographs division

under the digital ID det.4a22981

(Wikimedia Commons)

"The Railroad Signal".

New York Central Railroad

Educational Documentary 1948.

Ella73TV.

New York Central Railroad Educational Documentary from 1948 that gives an overview of railroad signals and related safe working infrastructure used by trains, as well as the ongoing improvements to the signalling systems due to technological advances.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/d2jbS0cpq8s

Famous New York Central Trains:

New York to Chicago

20th Century Limited: New York to Chicago (limited stops) via The Water Level Route 1902–1967.
Commodore Vanderbilt: New York–Chicago (a few more stops) via The Water Level Route.
Lake Shore Limited: New York–Chicago via Cleveland with Branch Service to Boston and St. Louis 1896–1956, 1971–Present (Reinstated and combined with New England States by Amtrak in 1971).
Chicagoan: New York–Chicago.
Pacemaker: New York–Chicago All-Coach Train via Cleveland.
Wolverine: New York-Chicago via Southern Ontario and Detroit.

St. Louis Union Station.

Missouri, United States of America.

The New York Central Railroad's Knickerbocker Train

and The Southwestern Limited Train

ran between New York and St. Louis.

Photo: 12 May 2015.

Source: IMG_0693

Author: Dustin Batt

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Mercuries. (All Mercuries ran between 1936 and 1959.)

Chicago Mercury: Chicago-Detroit.
Cincinnati Mercury: Cleveland-Cincinnati.
Cleveland Mercury: Detroit-Cleveland.
Detroit Mercury: Cleveland-Detroit.

New York to St. Louis.

Knickerbocker: New York–St. Louis.
Southwestern Limited: New York–St. Louis.

Michigan Central Station's Beaux-Arts façade.

The New York Central Railroad's Michigan Train 

ran between New York and Michigan.

Photo: August 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Urbanarcheology.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Michigan Central Station (also known as Michigan Central Depot or MCS) was the main Inter-City Passenger Rail Depot for Detroit, Michigan. Built for The Michigan Central Railroad, it replaced the original Depot in downtown Detroit, which was shuttered after a major fire on 26 December 1913, forcing the still-unfinished Station into early Service. Formally Dedicated on 4 January 1914, the Station remained open for business until the cessation of Amtrak Service on 6 January 1988. At the time of its construction, it was the tallest Railway Station in the World.

Photo of the Streamlined New York Central Train, "The 20th Century Limited", leaving Chicago's LaSalle Street Station on a trial run 9 June 1938. The Train was put into Service on 15 June 1938. This Train was a famous New York Central Railroad Train which ran from 1902-1967.

Source: eBay

Author: Associated Press.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Other Trains

Empire State Express: New York-Buffalo and Cleveland via The Empire Corridor 1891–Present.

Ohio State Limited: New York-Cincinnati via Empire Corridor.

Xplorer: Cleveland-Cincinnati 1958–1960 (Special experimental Lightweight Train).

Cleveland Limited: New York–Cleveland.

Detroiter: New York–Detroit.

James Whitcomb Riley: Chicago-Cincinnati.

Michigan: Chicago-Detroit.

Motor City Special: Chicago-Detroit.

New England States: Boston-Chicago via The Water Level Route 1938–1971. (Retained by Penn Central and, for Amtrak, combined with re-instated Lake Shore Limited).

Twilight Limited: Chicago-Detroit.

Trains left from Grand Central Terminal in New York, Weehawken Terminal in Weehawken, New Jersey, South Station in Boston, Cincinnati Union Terminal in Cincinnati, Michigan Central Station in Detroit, St. Louis Union Station, Missouri, and LaSalle Street Station in Chicago, Illinois.

PART FOUR FOLLOWS

Second Sunday After Epiphany.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.

Second Sunday after Epiphany.

Semi-Double.

Green Vestments.

Jesus changes the water into wine at The Marriage Feast at Cana.

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

Artist: Rene de Cramer.

"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".

Used with Permission.

Almighty God, faithful to His Promises to Abraham and his children, sent His Son to save His people; while, in His Mercy, He willed to redeem the heathen as well. Therefore, Christ is The King, Whom, as its Redeemer, the whole World must hail and Adore (Introit and Gradual). It was through His Death on The Cross that He became our King, and it is through The Eucharist, The Memorial of Calvary, that, by applying the merits of His Redemption to our Souls, He exercises His Kingship over us.

In this Miracle at Cana, a type of The Holy Eucharist, did Our Lord formally manifest His Divinity, i.e., His Character as Divine and, therefore, Royal, and "His Disciples believed in Him". The turning of water into wine is a type of Transubstantiation, called by Saint Thomas the greatest of all Miracles, by which the wine of The Eucharist becomes The Blood of The Covenant of Peace, which God has made with His Church.

Since, also, The Divine King wishes to espouse our Souls and since, as Bossuet says, it is through The Eucharist that this mystical marriage is consummated, The Marriage Feast at Cana also signifies the union of The Word with His Spouse The Church.

"Having been invited to The Wedding Feast at Cana, in Galilee," says Saint Augustine, "Our Lord attended, that, being alone the author of The Sacrament of Matrimony, He might confirm Conjugal Chastity."

He also meant to make known to us the Mystery of which these nuptials were the sign, that is, the union of Christ with His Church. For even those who, by a Vow, have bound themselves to Almighty God in the Virginal State, are not without nuptials, since, with the whole Church, they have a part in the nuptials in which Christ Himself is the Spouse, and, in this case, Our Lord is typified by the bridegroom who kept to the end the good wine, that is, the Gospel.

Every Parish Priest Celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.

Mass: Omnis terra.

The Gloria in excelsis is said on all the Sundays before Septuagesima, even when they are Celebrated "In Anticipation" on the Saturday. It is not said on Ferial Days, when The Mass of the preceding Sunday is used.

Second Collect: Of The Blessed Virgin.

Third Collect: Against The Persecutors of The Church, or, For The Pope.

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Saint Bernard Of Corleone.

This Article was generated by interest in a Post by VICTIMAE PASCHALI LAUDES

English: Saint Bernard of Corleone.

Polski: Święty Bernard Corleone.

Date: Unknown.

This File: 20 October 2008.

User: Tomasz Wachowski.

Author: Unknown.

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"Paradise ! Paradise ! Paradise !

O, Blessed are the Disciplines,

Blissful the Night-Watches !

Blessed the Penances,

the Self-Will sacrificed !

O, the Blessing of Fasting,

and Acts of Obedience !

How great is the Blessing of Religious Life

well lived ! "

Last words of Saint Bernard of Corleone.

Iona Abbey,

Scotland.

Image: SHUTTERSTOCK

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,
unless otherwise stated.

Saint Bernard of Corleone, O.F.M. Cap., is a Catholic Saint, who was born in the Town of Corleone, in The Kingdom of Sicily, on 6 February 1605. His name was Filippo Latino, before becoming a Friar. His father was a Shoemaker, and Bernard learned this trade. After the death of his father, he became a Soldier and took up Fencing, becoming skilled in the art.

While in the Army, he displayed a fiery temper and was quick to challenge men to a duel. His only fault, in the words of two witnesses at his Beatification process, was that "he was quick to draw his Sword at the slightest provocation." His life was not noted for its moral content and he had quite a reputation.

Though not particularly Devout, he would defend old people and other helpless and defenseless persons against violence. He frequently made visits to a local Crucifix, and provided that a Lamp be kept burning before it. He was a Devotee of Saint Francis of Assisi.

Illustration: DICCON BEWES

In 1624, when Filippo was nineteen, he became involved in a duel, which cost his opponent his arm. This incident was witnessed by many, and caused an uproar, and Filippo was nicknamed "the Finest Blade in Sicily". To escape from the man's avengers, he sought refuge with The Capuchin Franciscans.

While staying with the Friars, Bernard began to reflect on his past life and to repent of his life of anger and violence. He appealed for admission to The Capuchins as a Lay Brother, and on 13 December 1632, he entered their Novitiate. His Devotion became very severe: Seven times a day he scourged himself, drawing blood; His sleep was limited to three hours a night on a narrow board, with a block of wood under his head; He Fasted for the most part on bread and water. If other food was given to him, he would place the food in his mouth, to whet his appetite, and then take it out, without consuming it.

During his entire Religious Life, he would wear the most-worn Habits available in The Friary and slept in the most uncomfortable Cell in The House. One result of this, was that he suffered from rheumatism for much of his later life. He worked long hours during the day, and had a special concern for the sick, growing into a man known for his gentleness and compassion.

Bernard had a strong Devotion to The Blessed Virgin Mary, and encouraged others in this Devotion. His biographers claim that Mary appeared to him and placed Jesus, as an Infant, in his arms. It is also claimed that She gave him knowledge of the day of his death, four months in advance. He died at Palermo, Sicily, on 12 January 1667, a few weeks short of his Sixty-Second Birthday.

His Funeral Procession was extensive, due to his fame as a Holy Man. Numerous Miracles reportedly occurring at his Grave, and recorded by historians of The Church, promoted the cause of his Beatification by Pope Clement XIII in 1767, and, later, Canonisation by Pope Saint John Paul II in 2001.

The New York Central Railroad. Part Two.

NYC Hudson Locomotive, built with iconic Streamlining

designed by Henry Dreyfuss, used to haul

The 20th Century Limited Train, starting in 1938.

Photo courtesy SMU.

Date: 1938.

Source: Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library: Robert Yarnall Richie Photographs. Retrieved from Flickr: Hudson Locomotive for The New York Central.

Author: Robert Yarnall Richie (1908-1984).

(Wikimedia Commons)

English: Grand Central Station Terminal,

42nd Street, New York,

United States of America.

Français: Vue extérieure nocturne de la gare

Grand Central Terminal sur l'ile de Manhattan, à New-York (États-Unis).

Date: 1/08.

Source: Own work.

Author: Fcb981 ; Eric Baetscher (attribution required).

(Wikimedia Commons)

Cornelius Vanderbilt obtained control of the Hudson River Railroad in 1864, soon after he bought the parallel New York and Harlem Railroad.

Along the line of the Hudson River Railroad, The High Line was built in 1934 in New York City as an elevated by-pass to Street Running Trackage on Tenth Avenue. The elevated section has since been abandoned, and the Tunnel North of 36th Street, opened in 1937, is used only by Amtrak Trains to New York Penn Station (all other Trains use The Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad to reach The Harlem Line). A surviving section of The High Line, in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, recently opened as a Linear Park.

Third Series $50 Confederate States of America Banknote. Uniface. Vignettes of Hope, Hudson River Railroad, Justice. Third series (Act of August 19, 1861 amended December 24, 1861), funded by 8% bonds, payable six months after a ratified peace treaty, total authorized circulation $150,000,000. Between 1861–1864, there were seventy-two different types issued with numerous varieties.

Date: 1862.

Source: Image by Godot13.

Author: Southern Bank Note Company, printers for

The Confederate States Department of The Treasury

National Museum of American History.

Permission: Use of this image should give credit to the

National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The New York Central Railroad.

Historic Trains in America.

New York Central Railroad in the Early-1950s.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/D6EG3QgInc8

The generally-level topography of The NYC System had a character distinctively different than the mountainous terrain of its arch rival, The Pennsylvania Railroad. Most of its major routes, including New York to Chicago, followed rivers and had no significant grades other than West Albany Hill. This influenced a great deal about the Line, from advertising to Locomotive design, built around its flagship New York-Chicago Water Level Route.

Steam Locomotives of The NYC were optimised for speed on that flat raceway of a Main Line, rather than slow mountain lugging. Famous Locomotives of the System included the well-known 4-6-4 Hudsons, particularly the 1937–38 J-3a; 4-8-2 World War II–era L-3 and L-4 Mohawks; and the Post-War S-class Niagaras: fast 4-8-4 Locomotives often considered the epitome of their breed by Steam Locomotive aficionados.

Despite having some of the most modern Steam Locomotives anywhere, NYC's difficult financial position caused it to convert to more economical Diesel-Electric power. All Lines, East of Cleveland, Ohio, were converted to Diesel usage as of 7 August 1953. Niagara Locomotives were all retired by 1956. The last Steam Locomotives were retired in 1957. Bu, the economics of North-Eastern Railroading became so dire that not even this switch could change things for the better.

The New York Central Logo.

Date: 26 October 2003 (original upload date).

Source: Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by SchuminWeb using CommonsHelper.

Author: The original uploader was Gerard Czadowski at English Wikipedia.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The restored frame of an old news-stand kiosk.

Buffalo Central Terminal.

Part of The New York Central Railroad Network.

Date: 14 October 2007.

Source: The Union News Company

Author: Jamie

from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

(Wikimedia Commons)

PART THREE FOLLOWS