Monday - April 18, 2005

Toot the Flute!

One of my winnings from the World Charity Fair was the chance to go up to the Bridge to sound the noon whistle. Once, when travelling across Canada by train with my Dad who worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway, my sister Jackie and I got to go to the locomotive car to meet the engineer and pull the train whistle. I never forgot what a thrill this was for me and I was equally excited about having the chance to sound QE2's deep, deep, horn. It was all a matter of pressing a rubber button at the right time. Or, as my invitation from the Captain referred to it, "tooting the flute"!

Going up to the Bridge at noon was quite different from being there at midnight. I took my camera and between the two of us, Mike and I got a number of pictures, some of which I've included here. You can see the Captain at work, the cat that "lives" in one of the bridge windows, Mike out on the bridge wing and the view from the wing, the radar system at work, and a strategic portion of the instrument panel and my magic moment!