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SocksSocks:
A Work of Historical Fiction

These days people don't fully comprehend how important clothes really are. Clothes in them selves have become merely cloth to too many people. Perhaps the most overlooked and disrespected piece of clothing today is the sock. Socks are not just devices of warmth and comfort or hilarity in it's purest form, as most people believe; no, they are much more. Socks teach us lessons you could not begin to comprehend until the sock teaches them to you itself. Considering that it is very unlikely a sock will actually talk to you, I'll attempt to convey the message instead. To understand the sock is to understan

Yautja dictionary~~~Beings, gods and family ties~~~

Yaut'ja / Yautja : Predator Species Name

Kainde Amedha : Hard Meat (Xenomorphs)

Pyode Amedha : Soft Meat (Humanoids)

Ek'so-Oota : Combat Exosuit

Ooman : Human

Jehdin : (a.) One; Solitary; Individual. (b.) An un-blooded warrior.

Mei-hswei : Brother

Mei-jadhi : Sister

Paya : The Yaut'ja Warrior God

Cetanu : The Yaut'ja God of Death (The Dark Warrior)

D'yeka : The Ultimate Prey (Mythological)

Hult'ah : Watcher

Vor'mekta : Stalker

Kv'var-de : Hunter

Sain'ja : Warrior

P'kya'uha : Sniper

Nrak'ytara : Guardian

N'yaka-de : Master

Mar'cte : Killer

Kujhade : Destroyer

U'darahje : Abomination

Kha'

Stalemate :APH RussiaxUS:

It was a cold winter night when it all began. A chilly American was wrapped up tight in his sweater, his hands covered in wool-lined leather gloves and his neck in a thick flag-print scarf, made from yarn. It had been his Christmas present last year, for times such as this when he had to venture out to a late night diner, snagging some food before he turned in for the evening.

These days were stressful. Ever since the war had ended, Russia was a hot button for him. They were so close geographically and yet as people, so far. He was in the allies at one point but in the end, his statements had all been true. He was loyal to himself, not any o

VadhaI have seen two blossomings of the Kurinci flower and twenty-four black monsoons since Kalinga Magha first landed on the shore of our island Kingdom. He arrived as the rainy season ended – greenery erupting from every hollow, pepper vines snaking up every tree. Cranes and peacocks drank from the bowls of mangrove roots, elephants rolled and snorted in watering holes, and the mists were slinking back to stalk the lush valleys of the Hill Country.

The thousands of soldiers Magha brought with him trudged for days through our country's red mud, sinking in potholes and cursing their gods in all the languages of the mainland. Farmers knee-dee

The Outsiders Extra ChapterEpilogue

Four years later…

“Ponyboy!” I turn my head and see my older brother, Sodapop. He’s now nineteen, turning twenty soon. “You coming?” I nod my head and I go to the door where he is standing. Soda then opens the door and steps outside.
“Hey Darry, can I drive?”
“No, we want to get there safely,” Darry replies.
Same old Darry.
I get my shoes on and go outside to join my brothers.
“You alright Ponyboy?” asks Darry.
“I’m fine.”
A lie.
I can’t tell Darry how I feel. We get along better now, but things still aren’t perfect. I get into the car, si

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I hate playing with dinosaurs. Common sense would dictate that they would be excellent poker players, as they are incapable of facial expression. I've deduced that when they lunge at you and eat your face, they're displeased, but I don't know if you could call that a facial expression per se. It's like Wild West movies where everybody pulls out a six-shooter, except instead of a gun, it's a dinosaur, and instead of being shot, your face gets eaten. However, I digress. My original point was that dinosaurs should be good at poker, and yet this is simply not the case. Take, for example, a game I held earlier this very evening.

We had jus

Stalemate 3 :RussiaxUSxUK Fic:

Three days.

It was always three days, wasn't it?

Alfred had waited three days and yet nothing. The prickly stubble began to grow like patches of scratchy weeds on his face, and his eyes were bloodshot and dreary. He had continued to come into the briefing room, half-listen to the days news and come home at night to a frosty beer from his empty refrigerator. All the while, the words that dropped from his mouth were cold and unfeeling. Ever since the night, he had felt a callus grow over his soul that detached his usually energetic zest from him. Every day was like a boring sitcom without a laugh track. He watched himself move from location t

Stalemate 2 :APH RussiaxUS:

America's hand stood poised over the phone, his blue eyes fixated on it's off-white color. His eyes blurred and then focused, in and out, using his glasses as aid. In the end, he drew his hand back from the object and placed both of them in his lap, his bottom positioned on the end of his king-sized bed. He frowned, looking aimlessly among the carpeting in his bedroom, his mind wandering a thousand miles away from his head, into a less secure location.

It had been two days since he had seen Russia last. Negotiations weren't going well, and the White Houses eye was fixated on him, watching him carefully. He, too, watched. Every day he showed

Beat I met one of those Beat poets once. He said his name was Erik and I told him that my name was Eva, and after that, names didn't really seem to matter anymore. We became the type of people who were together whenever we needed each other.
Magic can happen at any time of day, week, month, year, but our type of magic always seemed to occur by night. Dancing on a bridge, under the spotlight of a street lamp, in the middle of the highway. We would sort of just groove on those neatly painted white lines on the asphalt. We'd weave in and out of them, spinning, leaping, rocking. True artists, great artists, we'd t

Chernobyl

The placid lake, so tranquil and solemn, hides a horror that seeps through cracks. Beyond the still waters and the blades of grass lies a box: a concrete sarcophagus, supposed to subdue her. No one can subdue her. Once a queen, now a fiend, she lurks in the shadows, in the unseen. Her cloak is intangibility itself. Her crown long tarnished, lies broken, beyond the placid lagoon. Like an invisible fog, she seeps through the cracks of her sepulcher, taking with her the horrors that lie inside. She then solidifies into the monster she has become. She passes through the pale malachite grass, and even stoops down too look at the wormwood a while.

The Easter Journal

April 23, 1916 – Easter Sunday

My family found it interesting that this year my twentieth birthday coincided with the rising of our Lord. I didn’t really think much of it. Perhaps I should have been somewhat proud of the similarity, but it wasn’t exactly the most pressing issue on my mind. Father got me a present this year, just like he said he would. He spent nearly all of his money to buy me a Winchester 1897 12-gauge shotgun that was smuggled into the country.

It was hard to come by ever since those damned Brits put up the imported weapons ban. But Father didn’t want me to be stuck with some German piece of junk

If Anne Frank SurvivedThe tired face is raised towards us, and the hollow eyes beg us to take the numbers away from her skin. But we can’t. They wont go. They are there for eternity. There is a glow that surrounds her, unmistakably bright against the grey pallor of her fading self. One would imagine it came from the window that outlined her frail frame. But it surrounds her, a sunlight beam so strong it dries her salty tears from the inside out. The glow is warm, it warms her heart and attempts to touch her soul. But her skin remains cold, proving for her that it’s what is on the outside that counts.

As she sat there in front of us, it was the day of h

The Clearing: AltMalMika crept through the hallways of Masyaf, listening to the sounds of the dust and the sandstorms outside the safe sandstone walls of the fortress. It was dark in the castle, the torches had been extinguished as expected at this late hour. They only light came from the glint of an assassin guard's sword, shining silver through the murky darkness and the flash of their brown eyes, intent on rooting out an intruder who would dare set their feet in this place, this place that belonged to them.

The apprentice trembled as they glared at him, telling him with their eyes to get back in bed. He couldn't sleep. Too many monsters plagued his dreams, a

APH: The Death of Kievan RusThe anguished cries of fallen soldiers echoed across the battlefield, mingling with the noise of skittish horses and whizzing arrows. One lone soldier, however, seemed to be holding her own against the odds. She hacked and slashed as they came at her, her long blonde hair whipping about like a white rope. It didn't seem to matter how many she cut down; there was always another to replace.
This war had been inevitable. For years the signs had all been there; the internal political turmoil, the invasions and assassinations…but she had chosen to ignore it. She paused briefly as the soldier flow stemmed a bit and she looked to the deva

APH- SumieniePłonie. Wszystko płonie.
Złowrogie świsty tną powietrze, raz po raz. Wybuchy. Huk walących się kamienic starego miasta.
Nad głową pobrzmiewa złowrogi warkot motorów. Samoloty. Rżną z karabinów maszynowych bezbronne już miasto.
Na ulicach, pośród kłębów pyłu i kurzu, przewijają się szarozielone mundury. Równomierny stukot obcasów oficerek.
Wielu… jest ich tak wielu.
Pojedyncze krzyki mężczyzn. Zrozpaczone wrzaski kobiet. Płacz dzieci. 'Moi kochani…'
Walczą. Wci

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MYSTIC RIVER ENGINE REFERENCE:

NG locomotives:

(class letter)-O = Oceangoer / Suitable for running the Rockpool Line

2 foot 3 inch gauge prefix "A" #'s 100-599 class letters A-M

"A" Class 2-6-4T 3-cylinder compound
100------A
101-Harvey-A
102------A
103------A
107------A
121------A
125------A
127------A

"B" Class 2-4-0
150-Ironclad-B
151---Invincible-B-O
153---Industrious-B-O
155---Oceangoer-B-O

"C" Class 2-4-4T
170-----C-O
172-----C-O
177-----C

NO "D" CLASS

"E" Class 0-8-0ST
200-----E
210-----E
212-Worker-E
213-----E-O

NO "F" CLASS

"G" Class 0-4-2ST
220-----G-O

"H" Class 0-4-4T
230-Sturdy-H-O
231-----H-O

"I" Class 0-6-2T
235-----I-O
236-----I-O
237-----I-O

"J" Class 0-6-4T & "J1" Class 0-6-6T
240-----J-O
241-----J-O
242-----J-O
243-----J-O
244-Wharf-J1-O
245-----J1-O
246-----J1-O
247-----J1-O

"K" Class 0-8-2T & K1 Class 0-8-4T 3-cylinder compound
250-----K-O
251-----K (due to weight from modifications)
252-----K-O
253-----K-O
254-----K1-O
255-----K1-O
256-----K1-O
257-----K1-O
258-----K1-O

"L" Class 0-8-6T  three-cylinder compound
260-Swan-L-O (only when very much needed because of weight and oceangoing modifications)
261-----L
262-----L
266-----L
267-----L
268-----L
269-----L
270-Piper-L-O (same case as #260)

"M" Class 0-10-0
350-----M
355-----M
356-----M
357-----M
358-----M

2 foot 6 inch gauge prefix "B" #'s 600-999 class letters N-Z
"N" Class 0-10-0T
600-----N
601-----N
602-----N
603-----N

"O" Class 0-12-0T & "O1" Class 0-12-2T
604-Goliath-O
605-----O
607-----O
608-----O
609-----O
610-Giant-O1
611-----O1
612-----O1
613-----O1
614-----O1

"P" Class 2-4-0
615-Watson-P-O
616-----P-O
617-----P-O
618-----P-O
619-----P-O

"Q" Class 0-6-2T & "Q1" Class 0-6-4T
620-----Q-O
621-----Q-O
622-----Q-O
623-----Q1-O
624-----Q1-O
625-----Q1-O

"R" class 0-6-6T
626-----R
627-----R-O (slightly modified)
628-----R
629-----R

"S" Class 0-8-2T, "S1" Class 0-8-4T & "S2" Class 0-8-6T 3-cylinder compounds
700-----S-O
701-----S-O
702-Delta-S (modified for land-work)
703-----S-O
704-----S1
705-----S1
706-----S1
707-----S1-O (modified for seawork and weigh reduced)
708-----S2
709-----S2
710-----S2
720-----S2

"T" Class 0-4-0ST
800-Porter-T-O
801-----T-O
802-----T-O
803-----T-O
804-----T-O

"U" Class 0-6-0ST
805-----U-O
820-----U-O
821-----U-O
822-Eldridge-U-O
823-----U-O

"V" Class 2-2-2
825-Whitecap-V-O
826-Barracuda-V-O
827-Milo-V-O

"W" Class 0-6-2+2-6-0 Garratt-type
900-Oddity-W
901-Stranger-W

NO "X" CLASS

"Z" Class 0-4-0 Vertical-Boiler Platform-Engine
980-Howitzer-Z
981-Jamestown, III-Z

STD-G locomotives:

Gauge prefix: S-1000's-2000's

Mixed Traffic / freight engines:

"Twilight" Class 2-10-2
725 of the South Connecticut Freight division (Non-MRTC Engine which works revenue on the MRTC)

"Watchman" Class 2-6-0
1000-Annabelle
1001-Trilobite
1002-NinePins
1003-Ieta

"Scout" Class 2-6-2
1004-Southeastern

"Symphony" Class (Non Oceangoing due to insufficient traction) 4-2-4T  3-cylinder compound
1005-Symphony
1006-Chopin
1007-Liszt
1008-Papa Bach
1009-Beethoven
1010-Leonard Bernstein
1011-Antonín Dvořák

"Defiant" Class 2-8-2
1030-Defiant
1031-Hawk
1032-WaterLily

"Shoreline" Class 2-10-0
1035-Coastline
1036-Backwater
1037-Creek
1038-Estuary
1039-Ford

"River" Class 0-4-0
1050-Filemore
1051-Landing
1052-Mooring
1053-Kingfisher

"Outlander" Class 0-8-6T  3-cylinder compound
1100-Cahirciveen
1101-Shamrock
1102-Strand
1103-Courageous
1104-Irish Warrior
1105-Celtic
1106-Fenian
1107-Newry Highwayman
1108-Titan

Mixed / All-traffic / Express Passenger engines:

"Warrior" Class 4-8-0  3-cylinder compound
2000-Arrow
2001-Javelin
2002-Ballista
2003-Comet
2004-Claymore
2005-Plains of Kildare
2006-Curraugh

"Workhorse" Class 4-8-0
2007-Workhorse
2008-America
2009-Workman
2010-Fogman
2011-Owen
2012-Luna
2013-Shining Time

"Polaris" Class 4-6-4
2100-Polaris
2101-Reflection

"Laborer" Class 2-6-2T
2136-Dilligent
2137-Constance
2138-Foreman
2139-Doctrines

"Soldier" Class 4-8-4T
2150-Corporal
2151-Sergeant
2152-General
2153-Commander
2154-Admiral
2155-Northumberland

"Constable" Class 4-10-2  3-cylinder compound
2200-Constable
2201-Scotland Yard

"Dragga" class 0-8-8-0
2256-"Jaeku"

"Fell" class 4-6-0T/OC
2265-"Chris Van Allsburg"

"Tae" class 4-4-0  (based off of the NBR 4-4-0, namely the one that plunged into the Forth of Tae in Scotland off of the Tae bridge)
2300-"Edelweiss"
2301-"Beautiful Dreamer"
2302-"Blue Moon"
2303-"Autumn winds"

"Smith" class 4-4-4-2 non-articulated Mallet
2310-"Craftsman"
2311-"Merlin"
2312-"Seagull"
2313-"Bali"
2314-"Kali"

Standard-gauge Locomotives for use specifically on the New York City Locomotive Works' underground railway:

"Manhattan" class condensing 4-4-0T (Designed off of Metropolitan condensing 4-4-0T)
20-Empire State
21-Long Island Bullet
22-Warbler
23-Mad Maud

"Brooklyn" class condensing 0-4-4T (designed off of Metropolitan & LSWR Condensing M7 class 0-4-4T's)
30-Dennis Parker
31-Astikatus Wemyss
32-Colt Stewart

Standard-gauge Diesels:

"Idiot" Class 66-ton diesel
0002-Mao Zedong (out-of service 75% of the time due to failure, put in storage unserviceable until further notice as of 2009)

BG locomotives:

(5-foot)  Gauge prefix:  "SB" or "5B" for "Semi-broad"  or "Five-foot broad", Built and designated for use only in the New York City Locomotive Works' underground railway.

Two-digit numbers:

"Woodthrush" Class 4-4-0, (Re-gauged version of "Tae" class 4-4-0)
10-"Metropolitan"
11-"Great Western"
12-"Moorland storm"
13-"Fire Tail"
14-"Red Sovereign"
15-"Blue Sovereign"

(7-foot) Gauge prefix:  none or "B" for "Broad" or "Brunel".

3000's-4000's

"Connecticut" Class 4-4-2  3-cylinder compound
3000-Mystic
3001-Niantic
3002-Groton
3003-East Lyme
3004-Old Lyme
3005-Saybrook
3006-Essex
3009-New Haven
3010-Stamford
3011-Stonington
3012-New London
3013-Black Beauty
3014-Rosepetal

"Progress" Class 2-4-0  4-cylinder compound
3100-Progress
3101-Resilience
3102-Steadfast
3103-Reliable
3104-Forward
3105-Grace
3106-Heinrich
(2nd run of class)
3150-Arcturus
3151-Watch Hill
3152-Wolf
3153-Advance
3154-Celt
3155-Triumphant

"Resilient" Class 0-10-0T 3-cylinder
3200-Resilient
3201-Michael
3202-Marshland
3203- Coleraine Regatta

"Town" Class 0-6-0
3205-Steamrunner
3206-Stallion
3207-Friesian
3208-Britannia
3209-Gladstone
3210-Mill Bastard

"Harmony" Class 0-4-2
3300-Harmonious
3301-Cardinal
3302-Crow
3303-Raven
3304-Silent Hills
3305-Blackbird
3306-Dusk
3307-Swift
3308-Swallow
3309-Rovin' Jack of all Trades

"Reliant" Class 2-2-2
3310-Reliant
3311-Beautiful Moon
3312-North Star
3313-Crescent
3314-Firefly
3315-Wind in the Willows
3316-Donald Favell
3317-Zorran
3318-Zebede
3319-Warspite
3320-Vladimir
3321-Isambard Kingdom Brunel

"Terror" Class 4-2-2
4000-Terrible
4001-Horrible
4002-Grim
4003-Gothic
4004-Cathedral
4005-Ghost
4006-Echo
4007-Zero
4008-Black Rose
4009-Ivy
4010-Winter Haunts
4011-Horizon
4012-Darkness
4013-Night Wind
4014-Jacobite
4015-Watt

"Cauldron" Class 4-2-2
4159-Bleak
4160-Dusk
4161-Hatred
4162-Dauntless
4163-Witch's Brew
4164-Hallows Eve
4165-Lantern
4166-Signal
4167-Telegraph
4168-Horrid
4169-Abomination
4170-Cursed
4171-Incubus
4172-Demon
4173-Devil's Kitchen

"Beauty" Class 2-6-2
4200- Lovely Rita
4201-Lady
4202-Jane
4203-Sasha
4204-Lily
4205-Bella
4206-Clara
4207-Victoria
4208-Savannah
4209-Anne Marie
4210-Irene

"Orion" class 4-4-4T

4300-"Orion"
4301-"Witch Hazel"
4302-"Orinocco"
4303-"Shepard"
4304-"Carribean blue"
(2'nd run of class to be built by New York City Loco. Works)
4305-"Tripoli"
4306-"African Lady"
4307-"Guiding Star"
4308-"Guardsman"
4309-"Robert Louis Stephenson"

Broad gauge is the Mystic River Traction Co.'s standard gauge.

ROAD ENGINES:

3-Cyl Highroad engines:
"Roadrunner"
"Belladonna"
"Bridgewater"

Rollers:
"Xena"
"The Mystic Thunderbolt"
"Viktor"---Equipped with scarifier

Traction-engines:
"indispensable"
"indomitable"
"Unapproachable"
"Impervious"
"Dreadnought"

Steam-shovels
"Isaac"

FULL MRTC ROSTER-For Dennisby ~steamby51

Literature / Prose / Fiction / Historical

For Dennis and Sam actually, for the new list now incorporates all the new classes AND the ones specially made for the new Tunnel commissioned to operate by the NYC Loco Works, plus the engines from the WRR now based on and operated by the MRTC.

All Standard gauge engines and BG engines are now approved for travel across the now dual-gauged "New York Turn", except the standard-gauge Symphony class 4-2-4T because of insufficient traction in high water.

~SteamRailwayCompany Oct 25, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

You once said you have cape gauge locomotives on the MRTC. Could you shed some light on those?

~steamby51 Oct 25, 2012

they are refurbish jobs we did for South Africa

~SteamRailwayCompany Oct 25, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

The Red Devil must be top priority. The KNGRR is taking pride in helping restore some B class DHR 0-4-0ST tank engines, along with we are making supplementary tenders to go with them. The Isle of Man Railway is also having us build some new coach stock for them. The EBT is our biggest customer for which we are building a dinning car currently.

~steamby51 Oct 25, 2012

oh yes. We are trying to get our hands on Red Devil, but she as you know is buried away beneath Cape Town Station and considered an embarrasment to the current African Railways systems such as Transnet.

Personally I would not give the DHR locomotives tenders. On the 7% grades and insane curves, the machines must be self-contained and compact. Carrying their own fuel means more weight on their driving wheels and more adhesion to get a grip with.

Do you know of the Darjeeling C class pacifics?

~SteamRailwayCompany Oct 25, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

An embarrassment? By Joe! She's the most ingenious advancement of the most poetic and beloved machine in history!

We are giving the B class engines tenders so they have fuel and water in addition to their bunker and tank provisions. Since the railway uses diesel more often, the steam refueling stations are probably not as active as they used to be.

The C class pacific engines are quite interesting for a gauge of two feet.

~steamby51 Oct 25, 2012

yes sir, the only ALL outside framed pacifics in the world and the smallest 4-6-2 wheel arrangement locomotives in the world. Imagine THOSE climbing up the mountain in their heyday. I also love how both that were manufactured were preserved.

The class A 0-4-0ST, Baby Sivok, is also in steam these days as well.

~SteamRailwayCompany Oct 25, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

Speaking of wheel arrangements, I think a seven foot gauge 4-6-2T would go great on the MRTC.

~steamby51 Oct 25, 2012

well you see, I would normally agree, however we already have the Orion class 4-4-4T's. 4-4-4T's are very good at being double directional, as well as compact and VERY fast, like the Raven H1's of the LNER were. Sadly, many of these engines were not liked due to their comparative lack of adhesive weight and were turned INTO 4-6-2T's, such as how the H1's were turned into A8's.

Ill give it thought. XD

However, what I DO plan on doing is giving a broad gauge class of Du Bosquet type, such as [link]

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~SteamRailwayCompany Oct 5, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

What do your Broad Gauge Beauty 2-6-2 and Orion 4-4-4T locomotives look like? They sound like very interesting engine types, never before used for a Brunel Gauge railway. Are they British in appearance, like your Connecticut Class 4-4-2?

~steamby51 Oct 5, 2012

the Orion class 4-4-4T is a tank locomotive version of the connecticut class, and the 2-6-2's are very odd and hard to describe, id have to illustrate one

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