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Nachdem ich bei meinem letzten Bild über den Güterverkehr zwischen Foggia und San Nicola di Melfi berichtete, schauen wir uns heute den Nahverkehr dort an. Die Autozüge zweigen in Rocchetta von der Strecke Foggia - Potenza ab, ab dem Abzweigbahnhof bis San Nicola di Melfi findet überhaupt kein Personenverkehr mehr statt. Die Reisezüge nehmen ab Rocchetta stattdessen die Strecke nach Potenza. Hierbei findet ein Mischbetrieb mit alten ALn 668 und modernen ATR 220 statt. Bei dem abendlichen R 19902 von Patenza nach Foggia kommt planmäßig ein Fahrzeug der älteren Generation zum Einsatz, wir erwarteten den Zug am 20.05.2021 zwischen Melfi und Rocchetta an einer der für die Strecke typischen Steinbogenbrücken.
Wohl kein Bahnereignis wie dieses setzt die Bürger und Bürgerinnen Stuttgarts und Umgebung in helle Aufruhr – die Stammstreckensperrung. Im Jahre 2025 ist es schon Staffel 4, die Pendler und Pendlerinnen aushalten müssen.
Auf den Grund der Sperrung werde ich in diesem Beitrag nicht eingehen, da ich jenes schon in einem älteren ausgiebig thematisiert habe. Wer sich dafür interessiert, bitte hier lang → flic.kr/p/2qaxZgN
Wie im oben verlinkten Beitrag angesprochen, gibt es, wenn die Lok in Stuttgart am Bock steht, bedeutend weniger Stellen zum Ausprobieren. Eine der wenigen, wo sich Charlottes Nase mit Sonne bespitzeln lässt, ist das 111 Meter lange Nesenbachviadukt, welches zur Überquerung des Kaltentals dient. Nur in den frühesten Stunden an den längsten Tagen bekommt hier eine Falte der 111 noch oranges Sonnenlicht ab. Grund genug also, einen Versuch zu starten.
Leider wurde aus dem einen Versuch ein zweiter, dritter, vierter und schließlich auch sechster Versuch.
Zeitsprung in die weite Vergangenheit: Sommer 2024.
Auch bei diesem Panoramapendel-Ersatzzug wollte ich dieses Motiv schon umsetzen und stand dementsprechend früh auf. Glücklicherweise wohnt mein Bett nicht einen halben Marathon entfernt von der Stelle, weswegen ich es immer mit einem Morgenspaziergang verknüpfen konnte. Somit beginnt Tag 1, 9.8.2024:
Die Zukunftsblicke der Hobby-Meteorologen sahen vielversprechend aus: keine Wolke auf der Karte zu sehen, Zeit, um in die Heia zu schlüpfen. Am Morgen zeigte sich gleiches Bild, also raus aus den Federn. Am Viadukt angekommen, offenbarte sich dann aber ein ganz anderer Anblick. Ein massives Wolkenband, welches wohl über neueste Stealth-Technologie verfügte, denn auf keinem Radar war es ersichtlich. Zu allem Überfluss versagte mein Autofokus in den entscheidenden Millisekunden…
Tag 2, 10.8.2024:
Nach dem Nackenschlag am Vortag war ich mit ordentlich Demut gefüllt, dieses Motiv heute endlich von der Liste streichen zu können. Das Wetter war dieses Mal ausnahmslos top, und so malte ich mir das Endresultat schon im Kopf aus. In der Zwischenzeit rauschte der RDC-Autozug, welcher wegen einer Vollsperrung der Rheintalbahn den Umweg über das Gäu nehmen musste, vorbei und erschreckte mich aus meinem Halbschlaf. Nicht allzu viel später erklomm ich die Mauer, es war eine Minute nach Abfahrt des Panoramapendel-Ersatzzuges in Vaihingen, die Gleise zwirnten, der Lüfter von 111 189 wurde hörbar, die Sonne schien, und mein Autofokus… war wohl noch im tiefsten Tiefschlaf gefangen, denn es passierte erstaunlich wenig und wenn etwas, dann erstaunlich langsam. Zug vorbei, Loknummer nicht erkennbar dank grandioser Schärfe – super. Am Ende des Tages ergab ich mich etwas der Erkundungstour am Dachswald, letztendlich wollte ich ja etwas bei dem schönen Wetter machen.
Das sollte es gewesen sein für 2024. Zwar habe ich die seitliche Umsetzung geschafft (oberer Link), doch das Wunschfoto blieb aus. Das Ganze brach mich so, dass ich mich nicht mehr traute, den Hang hinaufzusteigen, und mich mit der Stelle abgefunden hatte.
Zeitsprung ins Jahr 2025:
Auch dieses Jahr wurde die Stammstrecke feierlich vollgesperrt, und es herrschte gleiches Programm wie 2024: Die Centralbahn wurde beauftragt, den stündlichen Pendel-RE zu bedienen – wie 2024 – mit einer Doppelstock-Wendezugeinheit, bespannt mit der Baureihe 111.
Da die Garnitur dieses Mal aus vier anstelle von fünf Wagen wie im Vorjahr bestand, wovon sich alle Wagen im perfekten Zustand befanden, und Centralbahn die beste 111 auf deutschen Schienen vorspannte, herrschte so wie jedes Mal bei diesem Ersatzverkehr helle Vorfreude. Zumal die „Panoramabahn“ ja eh stark auf der Kippe steht, verbindet es sich gut, jedes erdenkliche Motiv auf diesen knapp 15 Streckenkilometern zu absolvieren. Dazu gehörte immer noch das Nesenbachviadukt in der Frontalperspektive.
Doch das Wetter war erstmal der totale Reinfall, so blieb Zeit, um alles noch genauer zu planen. Die Planung verlief übrigens Hand in Hand mit Hobbyfotograf Sven aus TSM, man arbeitete sich immer gegenseitig zu, bis wir beide eigentlich jeden Baum in Streckennähe kannten, da das schlechte Wetter uns dazu verleitete, Schatten zu berechnen…
Bei der ganzen Planerei fiel uns aber etwas recht Betrübliches auf: Im Jahr zuvor, also 2024, war die Planabfahrt in Vaihingen um 6:22, der Sonnenaufgang an den längsten Tagen für 6:02 angesetzt. Nun aber, in 2025, wurde die Abfahrt des ersten nordfahrenden RE um zehn fatale Minuten nach vorne gelegt, auf 6:11. Das war in jener Hinsicht katastrophal, da nun, laut unseren Berechnungen, noch keine Sonne die schöne Charlotte bestrahlen sollte. Doch für den nächsten Morgen war ein Sonnenfenster von 3h am Morgen angekündigt, also optimale Bedingungen, um zu checken, ob unsere Berechnungen stimmten.
Tag 3, 5.8.2025:
Dank des anhaltenden Tiefdruckgebietes hatte ich meinen Schlafrhythmus eh schon tief in die Nacht verlegt. Demnach war an Schlaf in der Nacht nicht zu denken, und da das Wetter ab 9:00 rapide bergab gehen sollte, stand einer „taktischen Verlegung“ des Energietankens nichts mehr im Weg. Eine Nachricht an Sven später hatte man sich für den ersten Versuch 2025 verabredet. Zum Anbruch der Dämmerung gegen 5:20 nochmals gecheckt, ob mein Gegenüber noch im wachen Zustand war – dem war so, also Abfahrt gen RE 19902. Das Ganze kombinierte ich wie immer mit einem Morgenspaziergang. Die Ruhe tat wirklich gut, keine Seele auf der Straße, die Ampel blinkte nur Gelb, und nach zwei Extraumwegen, um diesen Vibe aufzusaugen, war man am Viadukt angekommen. Und wie unsere Berechnungen vorausgesagt hatten, erreichten fast gar keine Sonnenstrahlen den RE 19902. Zur Aufmunterung schaute dann „Motivkatze“ Charlie vorbei (so haben wir ihn getauft, wegen männlicher Form von Charlotte). Nachdem er die Lage inspiziert hatte, tapste er munter weiter.
Wir tapsten wenig später nicht, wir stampften auf Dornen umher, denn ehe man sich versah, befand man sich auf einem meterhohen Bahndamm. Hier wurde dann die 7:11-Fahrt erfolgreich erledigt. Eventuell gibt’s davon bald auch ein Bild zu sehen, denn ich habe noch einige Geschichten zu diesem Ersatzverkehr zu erzählen. Danach übernahmen die Wolken das Zepter am Himmel, und für uns beide ging es nach einem Besuch bei der Bäckerei Bausch erstmal ins Bett.
Tag 4, 6.8.2025:
Noch während ich im Land der Träume schlummerte, entschied sich Badenser Yassine E., in Richtung Schwabenland aufzubrechen. Stunden später musste der Übeltäter am lokalen Bahnhof abgeholt werden…
„Morgen wieder um 6?“ lautete die Nachricht von Sven gegen 22:00. Nach einer FIFA-Blamage für den ausländischen Gast ging er schlafen, ich brach Richtung Hauptbahnhof auf, um dort einen anderen Kollegen, welcher auf ICE-Durchreise war, zu besuchen. An Schlaf im Dunkeln war eh nicht zu denken. Um 5:50 stand man dann zu dritt wieder kerzengerade auf Lauerstellung, doch das Foto wurde erstmal ein ganz anderes: Ein weiterer Fotograf aus einer anderen Fotografieabteilung war auch auf die Brücke erschienen, denn laut seinen Informationen sollte die Sonne an diesem Morgen direkt hinter dem Fernsehturm aufgehen. Eine halbe Stunde später war das auch Gewissheit, und man hatte ein schönes Landschaftsbild erstellt. Da nun die Sonne aber aufgegangen war, hatten wir einen schönen Blick auf aufgezogenen Schlonz. Machen wir es kurz, damit die Beschreibung hier kein Buchband wird: Keines der vier versuchten Bilder war zufriedenstellend. Die Gruppe aus Sven und Yassine E. teilte sich auf, und ich ging mal wieder ins Schlafgemach.
Tag 5, 7.8.2025:
Auch an diesem Morgen versuchte ich mein Glück, doch um vier Uhr morgens waren die Wettervorhersagen eher mau. Da ich aber immer noch wach war, versuchte ich es erneut. Die klassische „Morgen wieder um 6?“ Nachricht wurde am Abend zuvor von Sven prompt abgelehnt, so schritt ich alleine zur Tat. Die Wolken waren, wie vorhergesagt, stark ausgeprägt, und nur der 6:40-Rückschuss nach Böblingen klappte bei einer Pseudo-Sonne.
Tag 6, 8.8.2025:
Diesmal war der Wetterbericht blendend, weswegen sich auch Hobby-Frühaufsteher Sven abermals an den Rand des Talkessels traute. Doch, wie so oft, gab es ein Hindernis: Ein Wolkenband zog noch über den Himmel. Es hatte die Dämmerung wohl überlebt und zog nun in rasanter Fahrt Richtung Sonne. In 10 Minuten sollte der Zug in Vaihingen abfahren – ob das wohl klappt? Im Kopf malte ich mir schon die schlimmsten Szenarien aus: ein dunkler Zug mit blauem Himmel, herrlich! Einen Wolken-Liveticker für Sven stellte ich auch zur Verfügung, indem ich berichtete, dass die Wolken erstaunlich schnell verdampften. Fünf Minuten vor Abfahrt des Zuges trudelten noch mehr Fotografen ein, die Wolken waren inzwischen verschwunden, es stand nichts mehr im Weg. Mit zwei Minuten Verspätung polterte dann 111 096 „Baddie Charlotte“ (zu dem Baddie habe ich auch noch einiges zu erzählen) mit dem RE 19902 an uns vorbei.
Nach 6 Versuchen, einem Schlafrhythmus, der auf links gedreht wurde, und viel benötigter Geduld war dann das Wunschmotiv im Kasten.
Die nächsten Stunden wurden auch an der Panoramabahn verbracht, ehe es dann ins Allgäu ging. Dazu aber wann anders mehr…
Grüße an alle getroffenen Fotografen – vielleicht sieht man sich ja nächstes Jahr wieder!
Hinweis: Die gute Charlotte wurde einer digitalen Pediküre unterzogen.
111 182-2 (Krauss-Maffei/SSW, Nr. 19902) vom Bh. Nürnberg West fährt mit RE 4278 München - Passau aus Dingolfing aus. (KBS 931)
In der Mitte ist 363 118-1 (MaK, Nr. 600.433) vom Bh. Nürnberg Rbf. und links 363 135-5 (MaK, Nr. 600.450) vom Bh. München West zu sehen.
Lines on folder
Red ballpoint
light blue neon Sharpie
Since I don't have alot of time to do art projects, I make work for fun by using colored pens and markers on the folders at work after I enter them in the computer.
Light blue and red are my current favorite colors.
On the south side of Zion National Park is the town of Colorado City. We decided to stop just before the sunset and we were pleased with our view. Colorado City is a town in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, and is located in a region known as the Arizona Strip. The population was 2,478 at the 2020 census.[4] At least three Mormon fundamentalist sects are said to have been based there.[7] A majority of residents and many local officials belong to the most prominent of these sects, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, whose corporation also owned much of the land within and around the town until state intervention in the 2000s.
History
Colorado City, formerly known as "Short Creek" (or the Short Creek Community), was founded in 1913[8] by members of the Council of Friends, a breakaway group from the Salt Lake City–based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The Council of Friends membership desired a remote location where they could practice plural marriage, which had been publicly abandoned by the LDS Church in 1890. On July 26, 1953, Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle sent troops into the settlement to stop polygamy in what became known as the Short Creek raid.[9] The two-year legal battle that followed became a public relations disaster that damaged Pyle's political career and set a hands-off tone toward the town in Arizona for the next 50 years.[10]
After the death of Joseph W. Musser, the community split into two groups: the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints stayed in Short Creek, while the Apostolic United Brethren relocated to Bluffdale, Utah. The FLDS changed the name of the community to Colorado City (on the Arizona side of the border) and Hildale (on the Utah side) to eliminate any ties to the Short Creek raids.[8]
In January 2004, local FLDS fundamentalist leader Warren Jeffs expelled a group of 20 men, including the mayor, and gave their wives and children to other men.[11] Jeffs, now a convicted sexual predator, stated he was acting on the orders of God, while the men expelled claimed they were penalized for disagreeing with Jeffs. Observers stated[by whom?] that this was the most severe split to date within the community other than the split between Colorado City and Centennial Park. According to the Utah attorney general's office, this was not the first time Jeffs was accused of expelling men from the community; as many as 400 young men are estimated to have been expelled by Jeffs from 2001 to 2006. Most were removed for failing to follow Jeffs' rules, or for dating women without his permission. Many of these expelled men and boys were very naïve and sheltered and often wound up homeless in nearby towns such as Hurricane and St. George, Utah. Jeffs was placed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list and eventually arrested on August 28, 2006.[12]
Most of the property in the town was owned by the United Effort Plan, a real estate trust of the FLDS.[13] In 2007, the state authorities began dismantling church ownership of Colorado City lands.[14] The FLDS church retaliated and indoctrinated their followers against the state, believing they were being targeted because of their beliefs. The FLDS followers became further secluded as a result. Remaining FLDS members refuse to believe the charges against Jeffs.[15]
On April 6, 2010, law enforcement officials in Mohave County, Arizona, and Washington County, Utah, served five search warrants seeking records from town officers. The warrants were served on government officials and departments, including the Town Manager, David Darger, as well as Colorado City's fire chief Jacob Barlow. As a result of the initial warrants, the Hildale Department of Public Safety was shut down, and emergency responders were prohibited from responding to calls without the approval of county officials. Firefighter Glen Jeffs indicated that the warrants referenced "misuse of funds".[16][17]
In response to a civil rights lawsuit by the United States Justice Department alleging that the Colorado City government, including law enforcement, was taking orders from the FLDS Church, Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne announced in July 2012 that he was allocating funding to allow the Mohave County Sheriff's Department to provide daily patrols in the town.[18]
On March 20, 2014, a jury hearing the case of Cooke et al v. Colorado City, Town of et al[19] ruled that the towns of Colorado City and Hildale had discriminated against Ronald and Jinjer Cooke because they were not members of the FLDS Church.[20] The Cookes were awarded $5.2 million for "religious discrimination".[20] The Cooke family had moved to the Short Creek area in 2008 but were refused access to utilities by the towns of Colorado City and Hildale.[21] As a result of the ruling, Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne issued a press release stating that he "wants to eradicate discrimination in two polygamous towns" and believes that the court ruling will give him the tools to do it.[22]
Geography and climate
The landscape surrounding Colorado City in 2014
Colorado City is located in northeastern Mohave County at 36°59′25″N 112°58′33″W (36.99026, −112.97577) Its northern border is the Arizona–Utah state line, with the town of Hildale, Utah, to the north. Arizona State Route 389 passes through the center of town, leading east 31 miles (50 km) to Fredonia. To the north, Route 389 becomes Utah State Route 59, which leads northwest 22 miles (35 km) to Hurricane.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 8.924 square miles (23.11 km2), of which 0.008 square miles (0.02 km2), or 0.07%, are water.[2]
Colorado City has the typical cool semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) of the interior Mountain West, with very warm to hot summers and cool to cold winters, typified by very large diurnal temperature ranges throughout most of the year. The hottest day on record was July 15, 2005, with 110 °F (43 °C). Rainfall is lowest from April to June, but is never particularly high on average, though during strong extratropical low pressure systems, as much as 5 inches (130 mm) may occasionally fall during a month.[23] The wettest year has been 1998 with 27.48 inches (698.0 mm), whilst the driest year has been 1956 with 4.76 inches (120.9 mm).[24] Snowfall is relatively light; the most in a month was in January 1982 with 29.0 inches (74 cm) and that winter had the most for a year with 46.5 inches (118 cm). The highest daily snow depth was however on February 2, 1979, with 13 inches (33 cm).
Climate data for Colorado City, Arizona (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1950–2012)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °F (°C)70
(21)78
(26)88
(31)90
(32)98
(37)105
(41)110
(43)105
(41)99
(37)94
(34)83
(28)70
(21)110
(43)
Mean maximum °F (°C)62.0
(16.7)66.2
(19.0)74.0
(23.3)82.2
(27.9)90.7
(32.6)98.6
(37.0)102.5
(39.2)99.0
(37.2)94.3
(34.6)85.1
(29.5)72.2
(22.3)62.0
(16.7)103.0
(39.4)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)48.9
(9.4)53.3
(11.8)60.6
(15.9)67.6
(19.8)77.7
(25.4)89.4
(31.9)94.6
(34.8)91.9
(33.3)84.5
(29.2)72.4
(22.4)58.8
(14.9)48.4
(9.1)70.7
(21.5)
Daily mean °F (°C)36.7
(2.6)40.5
(4.7)46.7
(8.2)52.7
(11.5)61.8
(16.6)71.9
(22.2)78.2
(25.7)76.7
(24.8)69.3
(20.7)57.4
(14.1)44.9
(7.2)36.1
(2.3)56.1
(13.4)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)24.5
(−4.2)27.6
(−2.4)32.9
(0.5)37.8
(3.2)46.0
(7.8)54.3
(12.4)61.7
(16.5)61.6
(16.4)54.2
(12.3)42.4
(5.8)31.0
(−0.6)23.8
(−4.6)41.5
(5.3)
Mean minimum °F (°C)9.7
(−12.4)13.6
(−10.2)20.0
(−6.7)25.9
(−3.4)33.1
(0.6)41.2
(5.1)52.5
(11.4)52.5
(11.4)41.3
(5.2)28.4
(−2.0)15.8
(−9.0)8.2
(−13.2)5.0
(−15.0)
Record low °F (°C)−11
(−24)−4
(−20)6
(−14)13
(−11)22
(−6)28
(−2)40
(4)40
(4)29
(−2)6
(−14)1
(−17)−9
(−23)−11
(−24)
Average precipitation inches (mm)1.33
(34)1.81
(46)1.67
(42)1.12
(28)0.56
(14)0.31
(7.9)1.22
(31)1.43
(36)1.48
(38)1.16
(29)1.10
(28)1.13
(29)14.32
(362.9)
Average snowfall inches (cm)2.9
(7.4)3.6
(9.1)1.1
(2.8)0.6
(1.5)0.0
(0.0)0.0
(0.0)0.0
(0.0)0.0
(0.0)0.0
(0.0)0.4
(1.0)0.7
(1.8)3.1
(7.9)12.4
(31.5)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 inch)5.67.56.34.73.22.64.86.54.14.84.05.159.2
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 inch)1.31.30.70.40.00.00.00.00.00.10.31.15.2
Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (mean maxima/minima 1981–2010)[24][25]
Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
19801,439—
19902,42668.6%
20003,33437.4%
20104,82144.6%
20202,478−48.6%
2022 (est.)2,550[5]2.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[26]
2020 Census[4]
2000 census
As of the 2000 census, there were 3,334 people, 444 households, and 417 families residing in the town. The population density was 317.3 inhabitants per square mile (122.5/km2). There were 457 housing units at an average density of 43.5 per square mile (16.8/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 96.9% white, 0.2% black or African American, 0.1% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 1.8% from other races, and 0.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.9% of the population.
Of the 444 households, 83.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 85.8% were married couples living together, 3.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 5.9% were non-families. 4.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 1.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 7.51 and the average family size was 7.58. Colorado City had the fourth-highest household size in the nation, based on the 2012 5-Year American Community Survey count of an average household size of 8.04 people by zip code tabulation area.[27]
In the town, the population was spread out, with 60.4% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 20.2% from 25 to 44, 6.3% from 45 to 64, and 1.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 14 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $32,826, and the median income for a family was $32,344. Males had a median income of $24,429 versus $22,969 for females. The per capita income for the town was $5,293. About 29.0% of families and 31.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 34.5% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.
The Colorado City/Hildale, Utah area has the world's highest incidence of fumarase deficiency, an extremely rare genetic condition which causes severe intellectual disability. Geneticists attribute this to the prevalence of cousin marriage between descendants of two of the town's founders, Joseph Smith Jessop and John Y. Barlow; at least half the area's roughly 8,000 inhabitants are descended from one or both.[28]
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Heading into Edinburgh on North Bridge is one of three new Bike enabled Alexander Dennis Enviro 400MMC recently introduced by Borders Buses. Arriving from Melrose is 11902 - SK19ELW.
La villa Cavrois à Croix, dans le département du Nord, est une commande de Paul Cavrois, industriel roubaisien du textile, à l'architecte parisien Robert Mallet-Stevens.
Inaugurée en 1932, elle fait l’objet d’un classement au titre des monuments historiques depuis le 12 décembre 19902.
P100 WCM is a Dennis trident/Plaxton President new as Lothian Buses 526 (V526 ESC) in November 1999. It was new as a main fleet bus but was later converted to partial open top and used on the Majestic Tour in Edinburgh. It was bought by the Craig of Campbeltown Group in 2017 and was initially used at Glasgow before being sent to Oban to cover for their own accident damaged R300 WCM (V528 ESC).
P100 WCM is a Dennis Trident/Plaxton President new as Lothian Buses 526 (V526 ESC) in November 1999. It was new as a main fleet bus but was later converted to partial open top and used on the Majestic Tour in Edinburgh. It was bought by the Craig of Campbeltown Group in 2017 and was initially used at Glasgow before being sent to Oban to cover for their own accident damaged Trident.
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Aircraft MSN: 19902
Type & Series: Boeing 727-222
Registration: N7629U
Operator: United Airlines
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La villa Cavrois à Croix, dans le département du Nord, est une commande de Paul Cavrois, industriel roubaisien du textile, à l'architecte parisien Robert Mallet-Stevens.
Inaugurée en 1932, elle fait l’objet d’un classement au titre des monuments historiques depuis le 12 décembre 19902.
Am 14.06.2023 fand die große Rundfahrt des Sonderzuges der DB Netz AG statt. Eine der Fahrten führte von Betzdorf nach Hagen Hbf. Im Abendlicht gelang mir bei Hohenlimburg ein Bild vom Zug!
DPE 19902 Betzdorf (Sieg) - Hagen Hbf
(Railflex GmbH)
Seen pulling out of the former Tyneside Central Freight Depot, with MGRs that it had brought here from Wardley before running round the rake.
10/02/2016 1805
A capital interloper in Scotland’s premier city
When Lothian Buses replaced its fleet of open top Tridents with a brand new fleet of open-top Volvo B5TLs/Wright Gemini 3, the former Tridents were snapped up by various operators to supplement their tourist operations. Although the buses were over fifteen years old by this stage, Lothian’s exemplary engineering standards meant the buses were still in excellent condition for their age.
West Coast Motor’s Craig Of Campbeltown subsidiary acquired three of these buses including this one, 19902 (P100WCM) which was former Lothian Buses 526 (V526ESC). They tend to be used to support the Glasgow tour in summer months, when Glasgow gets a massive influx of tourists, but one was subsequently sent to Oban to launch a tour there, although that’s not re-appeared for summer this year (2018). So these former Edinburgh tour buses may all be appearing in Glasgow this year. They wear a generic City Sightseeing livery which allows them to be used on other tours around Scotland if needed.
[order] Charadriiformes | [family] Burhinidae | [latin] Burhinus oedicnemus | [UK] Stone-curlew - Thick-Knee | [FR] Oedicnème criard | [DE] Triel | [ES] Alcaraván Común | [IT] Occhione comune | [NL] Griel
spanwidth min.: 76 cm
spanwidth max.: 88 cm
size min.: 38 cm
size max.: 45 cm
Breeding
incubation min.: 24 days
incubation max.: 27 days
fledging min.: 36 days
fledging max.: 42 days
broods 1
eggs min.: 1
eggs max.: 3
Physical characteristics
A nocturnal species, the eyes of the stone curlew are large, enabling this bird to spot prey in dim light. The bill is small and slender to snap up insects from the ground. The light buff and grey coat, streaked with dark brown and black and white provide ideal camouflage in dry, open terrain. It prefers to run fast on its long, sturdy yellow legs rather than flying. It has a habit of freezing still when alarmed, which makes it a difficult bird to spot.
Habitat
Stone curlews prefer to breed on very short, grazed, often sparsely-vegetated calcareous or acid grasslands. They also nest in late spring-sown arable crops on suitable soils where the clutches and chicks are vulnerable to farming operations.
Other details
Burhinus oedicnemus is a widespread but patchily distributed breeder in much of the southern half of Europe, which accounts for less than half of its global breeding range. Its European breeding population is relatively small (30%) overall.
This bird with crepuscular and nocturnal habits is breeding in a major part of northern Africa, Europe - northwards to 55°N - and south-western Asia. The birds from the Mediterranean regions are sedentary. Those breeding farther north winter in the south as far as sub-Saharan Africa. Since the second half of last century, this species of dry heaths, calcareous or acid dry grasslands and sand-dunes is declining. Its breeding area is contracting, and it has been extirpated from several regions. The total population of the European Union is currently estimated at 30000-50000 breeding pairs
Feeding
Ground dwelling insects and larvae including large beetles, grasshoppers, crickets, earwigs, flies, moths, caterpillars. Also earthworms, slugs, snails, frogs, small lizards, mice, voles and birds' eggs.
Conservation
This species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 1,000,000-10,000,000 km2. It has a large global population estimated to be 140,000-330,000 individuals1. The status of the European population (46,000-78,000 pairs, occupying 25-49% of the global breeding range) was recently reassessed, and following a large decline in Europe during 1970-19902, the species continued to decline during 1990-2000, when up to 20% of birds were lost and several national extinctions occurred. Overall, declines in Europe exceeded 30% over three generations (27 years)3. However, there is no evidence of declines elsewhere in its global range, and incomplete data from Central Asia and southern Russia suggests that there the species is stable or increasing in places4. The species is therefore not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern. [conservation status from birdlife.org]
Breeding
Some stone curlews are already paired when they reach breeding sites in spring. The rest pair up after courtship displays in which the male bows deeply and touches the ground with his bill, his fanned tail held high in the air. They leap into the air, wings beating, and run around, calling loudly. They nest in a scrape in an open position where 2 eggs are laid, pale in colour with dark speckles on. They are incubated by both the male and female for 24- 26 days.
Migration
North European and Central Asian populations migrate in autumn to South Europe, Middle East and beyond into Africa. Populations of Iberia, North Africa, India and South East Asia are resident. North African breeders sometimes move South beyond Sahara, but normal extent of migration poorly known. Canary Islands birds remain within the island group, but sometimes move from island to island. In Britain the small population arrives in mid-March from Southern Europe. Most birds have left there by the end of October.
31463, at the Northerners playground of Blackpool (North), Monday 4th June 19902, after arrival with the 17:10 ex Manchester Victoria,with a fairly ramshackle set of stock, presumably substituting for a newly introduced Sprinter or Pacer.
La villa Cavrois à Croix, dans le département du Nord, est une commande de Paul Cavrois, industriel roubaisien du textile, à l'architecte parisien Robert Mallet-Stevens.
Inaugurée en 1932, elle fait l’objet d’un classement au titre des monuments historiques depuis le 12 décembre 19902.
Borders Buses 19902 P100 WCM in Golden Square running 9 minutes late on the 13:05 477 Holy Island to Berwick Service
New to Lothian Buses as V526ESC 526 and was ultimately converted to half open top and used by them on Edinburgh bus tours. Sold to West Coast Motors where it gained registration P100WCM and fleet number 19902.
Now acquired by First Scotland East for similar tour duties in direct competition with its original owners. The venture under the title Bright Buses operates an identical route to Lothian's City Sightseeing route.
New to Lothian Buses as 526 and was ultimately converted to half open top and used by them on Edinburgh bus tours. Sold to West Coast Motors where it gained registration P1000WCM and fleet number 19902.
Now acquired by First Scotland East for similar tour duties in direct competition with its original owners. The venture under the title Bright Buses operates an identical route to Lothian's City Sightseeing route.
The vehicle has now been reregistered as MKZ3389..
New to Lothian Buses as V526ESC 526 and was ultimately converted to half open top and used by them on Edinburgh bus tours. Sold to West Coast Motors where it gained registration P100WCM and fleet number 19902.
Now acquired by First Scotland East for similar tour duties in direct competition with its original owners. The venture under the title Bright Buses operates an identical route to Lothian's City Sightseeing route.
Borders Buses 19902 P100 WCM in Golden Square running 7 minutes late on the 10:05 477 Holy Island to Berwick Service
Dennis Trident / Plaxton President new as Lothian Buses 526 - V526ESC. During its service life it lost its centre door, later losing half its roof for use on the Majestic Tour. After Lothian service it passed to West Coast Motors, registered P100WCM, as their 19902 for use on their Glasgow tours.
La villa Cavrois à Croix, dans le département du Nord, est une commande de Paul Cavrois, industriel roubaisien du textile, à l'architecte parisien Robert Mallet-Stevens.
Inaugurée en 1932, elle fait l’objet d’un classement au titre des monuments historiques depuis le 12 décembre 19902.
New to Lothian Buses as V526ESC 526 and was ultimately converted to half open top and used by them on Edinburgh bus tours. Sold to West Coast Motors where it gained registration P100WCM and fleet number 19902.
Now acquired by First Scotland East for similar tour duties in direct competition with its original owners. The venture under the title Bright Buses operates an identical route to Lothian's City Sightseeing route. It appeared on its first day of operation on 1/7/19 with its original V526ESC registration.
Photo André Knoerr, Genève. Reproduction autorisée avec mention de la source.
Utilisation commerciale soumise à autorisation spéciale préalable.
Les VBZ à la dérive!
Après la remise en service commercial des deux motrices historiques Mirage sans arriver à exploiter les lignes avec les convois prévus, une (nouvelle) rupture d'un cardan de transmission sur une motrice Cobra (Be 5/6 3001-3088) en date du 24 décembre 2018 (!) a nécessité trois mois plus tard (!) des mesures d'urgence en vigueur dès le 22 mars 2019 pour une durée indéterminée:
1) réduction de la vitesse maximale des Cobra à 42 km/h et 12 km/h sur les appareils de voie
2) pour limiter sectoriellement les retards attribution des Cobra aux lignes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13 et 17.
Les autres lignes, y compris les lignes 10 et 12 du Glattalbahn, sont exploitées avec des convois Tram 2000 sans garantie d'accès surbaissé.
De plus, à partir du 1 janvier 2019 et avec une arrogance toute zürichoise, des mangers des VBZ ont imposé unilatéralement au TMZ l'immobilisation de pas moins de cinq motrices historiques sous le prétexte fallacieux de délai de révision. C'est faire bien peu de cas du sérieux du travail exécuté depuis plus de cinquante ans par les membres actifs du TMZ.
Si ces bureaucrates ne sont pas en mesure de comprendre la logique différence entre un simple contrôle technique et une inutile révision sur des véhicules en parfait état budgetée à un prix exorbitant ils n'ont certainement pas les compétences requises pour occuper leur poste et ils devraient être poussés vers la sortie par tous les moyens légaux disponibles!
Que la B2 644 récupérée auprès d'un privé et dont l'aménagement a été modifié avec l'installation d'un bar reste cantonnée au musée sans avoir subi une révision technique est compréhensible, contrairement à l'interdiction arbitraire de circuler pour des motrices en parfait état de marche.
19902
La villa Cavrois à Croix, dans le département du Nord, est une commande de Paul Cavrois, industriel roubaisien du textile, à l'architecte parisien Robert Mallet-Stevens.
Inaugurée en 1932, elle fait l’objet d’un classement au titre des monuments historiques depuis le 12 décembre 19902.
New to Lothian Buses as V526ESC 526 and was ultimately converted to half open top and used by them on Edinburgh bus tours. Sold to West Coast Motors where it gained registration P100WCM and fleet number 19902.
Now acquired by First Scotland East for similar tour duties in direct competition with its original owners. The venture under the title Bright Buses operates an identical route to Lothian's City Sightseeing route.
New to Lothian Buses as V526ESC 526 and was ultimately converted to half open top and used by them on Edinburgh bus tours. Sold to West Coast Motors where it gained registration P100WCM and fleet number 19902.
Now acquired by First Scotland East for similar tour duties in direct competition with its original owners. The venture under the title Bright Buses operates an identical route to Lothian's City Sightseeing route. It appeared on its first day of operation on 1/7/19 with its original V526ESC registration.
Pictured in Anfield is this Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire owned Alexander Dennis Enviro400. It's registered SN09 CDZ with the fleet number of 19902 and is captured working the Soccerbus service from Sandhills Station. It wears the livery of Peoplesbus, of which the vehicles and staff were acquired by Stagecoach in July 2023.
59204 hauls
7067740081 HOA
7069551267 IIA
7067740180 HOA
7067740347 HOA
ARC 17909 JHA
ARC 19841 JHA
ARC 19820 JHA
ARC 19885 JHA
ARC 19851 JHA
ARC 19811 JHA
ARC 19826 JHA
ARC 19903 JHA
ARC 19902 JHA
ARC 19897 JHA
ARC 19864 JHA
ARC 19901 JHA
ARC 19828 JHA
ARC 19846 JHA
ARC 19900 JHA
ARC 17902 JHA
6M20 10:38 Whatley to St Pancras Churchyard Sidings
New to Lothian Buses as V526ESC 526 and was ultimately converted to half open top and used by them on Edinburgh bus tours. Sold to West Coast Motors where it gained registration P100WCM and fleet number 19902.
Now acquired by First Scotland East for similar tour duties in direct competition with its original owners. The venture under the title Bright Buses operates an identical route to Lothian's City Sightseeing route.
Dennis Javelin / Duple - C57F7/19902/2007GHA (white)- new to Peter Evans & Son, Denbigh, with GHA Coaches from Feb 2007 until
Aug ust 2012 where it had fleet number CA03 and bore registration number 708WPG
Now with dance troop in Wrexham area - seen here at local repairer.
Borders Buses 19902 P100 WCM at Haggerston Castle running 9 minutes late on the 13:05 477 Holy Island to Berwick Service
La villa Cavrois à Croix, dans le département du Nord, est une commande de Paul Cavrois, industriel roubaisien du textile, à l'architecte parisien Robert Mallet-Stevens.
Inaugurée en 1932, elle fait l’objet d’un classement au titre des monuments historiques depuis le 12 décembre 19902.
Bus lot - Depew, NY
This bus has since been retired: www.auctionsinternational.com/auction/19902/item/2008-for...