A prayer for modernisation - originally published on
www.boards.ie 23rd May 2007. I very much doubt Iarnrod Eireann would want this published.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...5085688&page=2
"Our Todd, who art in Heuston, hallowed be thine name
Thine branch lines gone, enthusiasts moan
In Ireland as it is in Britain
Give us this day our daily train
And deliver us from Beeching
And lead us under Phoenix Park
Don't deliver us from Cravens"
Altogether now.......let us pray.
"They believe in Branch lines, carrying next to nothing
They 0believe in Maedhbh, the greatest of steam engines
Born of a broke nation, she arose through the gullet
Crucified with Turf, and buried under Bulleid
A Metrovick replaced thee and did Dublin to Cork in 2 1/2 hours
She spoke through EMD, and replaced by a 201
Scrapped in Hammond Lane and turned to useful razorblades
We believe in Multiple Units
High Speed Trains
The Metro
The Interconnector
Buses that link with trains
Integrated Transport, and the end of CIE.
Amen.
Deliver us Todd from CIE, and in your spirit, Slipthru and the ILDA. Grant us rail to Navan in our time, and peace from breakdowns on the Enterprise in your day. In your mercy, keep us free of Baby GM's and Cravens, and keep 2900's off Intercity. May the Rotems be utterly reliable on test and last 30years.
We ask this through Transport21,
Amen.