Found out today where the name for Mitch's little critter comes from !! An Australian mining company that uses two, big EMD SD90s re-engined to 4300HP. Now I can rest easy.
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Who? What?
It's also the name of Hyacinth Bucket's friend, Mrs. Fortescue from the brit com TV series Keeping Up Appearances.
Huh?
If you don't regularly visit "What did you do on your layout today", there's very little chance you'll understand this topic.
Thanks Jim, inquiring minds want to know.
I'm still not sure that's where Fortescue came from. Why not ask Mitch? Go straight to the giraffe keeper's mouth.
A port on the Delaware bay ?
Huh, what?
"Huh" ?? !! Read Mitch Marmel's posts and you will see Fortescue sometimes. If you don't, your loss not mine.
Mitch knows how to have fun with "O" gauge trains!
And Fortesque is a Gi-raffe, not a Giraffe.
And don't forget the Kitteh either
Indeed- Mitch does keep the fun pedal to 100! 
RSJB18 posted:And Fortesque is a Gi-raffe, not a Giraffe.
I stand corrected.
I can't believe Mitch hasn't chimed in on this yet.....
RSJB18 posted:I can't believe Mitch hasn't chimed in on this yet.....
I think he's just waiting for the right moment to pounce.
Big_Boy_4005 posted:RSJB18 posted:I can't believe Mitch hasn't chimed in on this yet.....
I think he's just waiting for the right moment to pounce.
Probably putting a doosey of a post together right now.
I'm sure Mitch will clarify, but I think Fortescue is also the track foreman on Mitch's Razorback Traction Co lines. I know he is essential to the road's operation in some form anyway (and yes, Mitch has lots of fun with his rail road and sometimes shares it with us!).
What tripped my trigger was the fact that Mitch always has the Aussie lingo on his threads, posts etc. And the company is the Aussie firm Fortescue Mining or something like that. Since Australia was settled by British convicts, it is probably from Great Britain. Too subtle for the Forum.
Ectually, Fortescue's name just popped into my head randomly. This, I think, says something about my thought processes...
(Found this thread by chance!)
Mitch
As for "gi-raffe", I have to credit a chum of mine, E.O. Costello, author of a compendium of Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies references, who pointed out this quote from "A Hare Grows In Manhattan":
Bugs Bunny: Eh, what's up, dogs?
Dog #1: What is it?
Dog #2: Hey, maybe it's a gi-raffe, the gi-raffe!
Spike: Nah, that ain't no gi-raffe. A gi-raffe's got a long neck like this
[Pulls on Bugs' neck]
Spike: Hey, fellows, it's a rabbit.
Dog #1: Oh, a rabbit.
Spike: Dog pile on the rabbit!
Dogs: [as they all jump on top of Bugs] Dog pile on the rabbit! Dog pile on the rabbit! Dog pile on the rabbit!...
Bugs Bunny: [Hopping on top of the dog pile] Dog pile on the rabbit! Dog pile on the rabbit! Dog pile on the rabbit!
Mitch
“Now we know the rest of the story!” I just found this by random too!
Wikipeda needs to be updated
CBS072 posted:Wikipeda needs to be updated
Yes. Yes, it does. ;-)
I agree, Keith and Mitch!!
I agree, how do we edit that Wiki article to add Fortescue the gi-raffe? A long line of the Fortescue family. Gotta get him in the family tree there somewhere!
Editing Wiki is easy. Getting it to STICK, on the other hand...
Lemme see what I can do.
Looks great, Mitch!
Looks like it stuck! The 'Royal' blood line is complete! Great work!!
Obviously a close relative...
- J. Fortescue, a nonexistent doctor created as a hoax, supposedly a founder of the International Board of Hygiene
The Kitty is thinking to itself, go ahead make my day!
Apples55 posted:Obviously a close relative...
- J. Fortescue, a nonexistent doctor created as a hoax, supposedly a founder of the International Board of Hygiene
(reads Wiki entry) (guffaws) Definitely a close relative. 
John Pignatelli JR. posted:The Kitty is thinking to itself, go ahead make my day!
Yes. Yes, she is.
Mitch
I like it!!
My favorite Fortescue is the one made famous by Bud Collins, any tennis aficionados here will remember he regularly referred to the net judge, before electronics took over, as "Fingers" Fortescue, whose fingers were "works of art".....
