RMS Mauretania (1906) . In September 1909, "Mauretania" captured the Blue Riband for the fastest westbound crossing — a record that was to stand for more than two decades. In December 1911, as in New York City in December 1910, "Mauretania" broke loose from her moorings while in the River Mersey and sustained damage that caused the cancellation of her special speedy Christmas voyage to New York. In a quick change of events Cunard rescheduled "Mauretania"s voyage for "Lusitania", which had just returned from New York, under the command of Captain James Charles. "Lusitania" completed Christmas crossings for "Mauretania", carrying revellers back to
Crossing the Railroad Tera's high pitched voice was actually too high the technology that time. Even when the microphone was a good quality one, and Tera had tried so hard to keep a proper distance during the recording, her vocal still off peak every time the songs got intensified. So she had to hold her vocal a little bit. In "Crossing the Railroad" album she put a lot of influence from Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin and Alanis Morissette. The producers took care all of the sound arrangements. They even choose the amplifier and instrument's effects for each songs. The personnel accepted this decision