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47361 'Wilton Endeavour' approaches Eastleigh with 4O18 Lawley Street to Southampton Maritime Freightliner.
Taken a few minutes after my previous frame ( flic.kr/p/HVp7k2 ), this was the second of a large number of freights that operated through Eastleigh on Tuesday mornings in 1995.
I don't normally post multiple images from the same location but I came across this sequence from 1995 and decided to share. In the succeeding 23 years many freight flows have been lost to rail. However, ironically this working is still operating under the same headcode in 2017.
In early 1995 Freightliner were about to be spun off into a separate but still publicly owned, becoming Freightliner (1995) Ltd.
At the time they were considered to have received a poor deal with locomotives, receiving a battered set of the then ubiquitous class 47s. Perhaps as a consequence, hire-ins from other operators were commonplace in following years as well as the re-engineering programme that lead to the development of the class 57.
"The seasons change and you change, but the Lord abides evermore the same, and the steams of His love are as deep, as broad, and as full as ever. " Charles Spurgian
Sometimes a 'composition' just catches the eye. It may not have anything terribly interesting in it. But, something about the lines, the light and so on compels us to click. This set of 3 was about that for me. The last one (with the car) I liked the car appearing between the trees and looking down on it from above, the carriage door handle as the train was moving caught my eye - the light and the dof and this first one... the steam, the glimpse of the drivers head at the front.... all did it for me.
Model is Remy @ Wallflower
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A tilted view of the base of a pillar/column (at ground level) of the Bow Building in Calgary. Compare this with a similar shot taken with my digital SLR camera and posted long ago (January, 2013), near the start of my photostream.
(cellphone camera shot, July 2014)
C. J.R. Devaney
* Whistler is a strange place clearly manufactured for the winter Olympics in 2010 it has the feel of an upscale retail park . It was beautifully manicured and I guess well planned I was reminded of the movie “The Truman show “ . I would like to know where they put all the workers are they lodged in caves underground .
Nevertheless I am glad we visited the town . If for no other reason than to experience the Peak 2 Peak Gondola from Whistler mountain to Blackcomb it is one hell of a ride. It was built in 2008 at the cost of 51 million Canadian dollars and I can see where the money went .
To use the peak 2 peak you have to take a gondola either up Whistler or Blackcomb mountain which takes about 25 minutes . You then take the Peak 2 Peak that crosses above the Fitzsimmons Creek valley between the two mountains and it feels like you are hanging in space .
A few facts about the peak 2 peak . It is the worlds highest lift of its type , it's the worlds longest unsupported span . The total length is 2.7 miles of which 1.8 is unsupported by any towers the highest point is 1427 feet above the valley bottom .
The weather was not good really but it was rather exciting to move through the clouds and mist and every so often it would clear and you had great views of the valley below . Perhaps the weather of the time of the year meant it was fairly quiet we shared a cabin with two Canadian women who rode it regularly and clearly loved it . On the return trip we were on our own, what was odd was how quiet the machine was it was very peaceful and dreamlike slowly drifting across space . I am not one for getting excited by engineering but this was an exception the design of this thing was clearly of a very high quality . I could have happily travelled back and forth all afternoon watching clouds.
At the top of Whistler mountain you can even climb higher and walk across the Cloudraker Skybridge and Raven’s Eye Cliff Walk. This was pretty scary but I will post a shot of it sometime
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Deadpool himself Ryan Reynolds took to Twitter today to share our first look at what Zazie Beetz will look like as Domino in Deadpool 2! Now I was expecting more of a 90's punk look for Domino because that's always how pictured her, but it seems they've gone with a more 70's action star. I'm not a fan of the afro, it doesn't seem so practical. I'm also not a fan of the white on her eye, it doesn't stand out as much as that spot does in the comics. I'm okay that she's black, but I think they could've pulled off a black spot because her skin is light enough. Anyways, I'm just nitpicking, I guess I'm going to have to see it in action to have a full opinion on it. Le me know what you think of this costume in the comments below!
Thai people love lottery. They think that lottery is long term inverstment than a gamble! One talent of Thai people is they can find numbers out of almost everythings. For example, they can very patient carefully search a number(mostly 2 digits or 3 digits) from the pattern of a tree which they believe to be a sacred tree or just simply the numbers from their dreams. If they know that sometime the numbers can also out of the traffic lights, there would no doubt that this sky walk will be crowd of people 2 times a month!
Stockholm 2010, Östermalm
by Mathieu Jaïs
SPNP # 2 "Turn your attention to the four-legged population" - Ying Tang
L-R
Rahs Ul Ghul (probably spelled that wrong)
Made a custom cape out of construction paper and put a custom decal on him.
Deathstroke
This figure is more of a test to see what combinations I like and the decals I combine with. So far this combination looks pretty OK. sooner or later I'm planning on getting a deathstroke head of bricklink.
Dick Grayson (circus)
Thought this is a cool idea since I haven't seen a lot of customs take advantage of the peter pan arms and legs. And I thought that those pieces would look great with a robin torso. And this is the result.
metallo
I just made this just to see how it would turn up, and...I think it looks pretty dumb. I used the yellow jacked torso and legs but couldn't find a head to match metallo, so I made this horrible decal for the head. In the future I will hopefully find a better head.
Lex Luthor
Nothing special. Found the clone head to look a lot like lex. So I used it with the Killian torso.
143 885-2 mit einer S1 nach Bad Schandau auf dem Königsteiner Viadukt
143 885-2 with an S1 to Bad Schandau on the viaduct of Königstein
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In früherer Zeit wurde die Schattenblume als harntreibendes Mittel verwendet. Sie ist aber heute nicht mehr in Gebrauch und aufgrund ihres Saponingehaltes muss man sie auch als leicht giftig einstufen.
SiMo from the FPS-shooter and tower defense game Sanctum 2. One of my favourite games.
Description taken from the wiki:
Built to function as a mobile communication device connected to the military base, SiMo accompanies the Core Guardians and assists them. Robotic technology in Elysion One has been developed over several years and SiMo was one of the first models from its batch. It is considered to have developed into one of the most successful units since the SiMo model was introduced as a part of the military. A programmed ability to learn from experience over time means that the longer a robot is used in the field, the more it learns and adapts to situations in battle and social interaction. Because of all its years of service it is able to act naturally around humans despite not having any real emotions itself. It monitors their behaviour and calculates appropriate emotional responses to make sure its team keeps their spirits up or if it wants to it can make them feel really uncomfortable, just for laughs.
Its main function in the group is to guard the Core Guardians and use that sniper rifle which it can wield with excellent accuracy. It keeps track of missions, coordinates and calculates risks, protecting its team like a bodyguard. As if its default functions weren’t enough, Haigen has made some personal modifications to make sure SiMo really has all the abilities the team needs. To modify a SiMo-unit isn’t exactly legal but the longer the unit stays with the same team, the more loyalty it develops towards its mates. SiMo also acts as a moving sketchbook for Sweet who happens to enjoy drawing and putting stickers all over it. It’s fine with that if it keeps her happy. Androids might not be able to fully understand friendship, but its knowledge of the concept is enough. SiMo can be really likeable if it wants to.
This model has been finished for several months now but I really wanted to get the colors right so I decided to get me some stickers for the orange lines. I'm no fan of stickers/paints/etc...But there is a first time for everything.