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An Airbus CC-150 Polaris from 437 Transport Squadron Trenton (not pictured), conducts air-to-air refueling operations with a CF-18 Hornet fighter from 401 Tactical Support Squadron Cold Lake over the Canadian Arctic during NORAD Exercise AMALGAM DART 21-2 on March 23, 2021.
Photo: MCpl PJ Letourneau, Canadian Forces Combat Camera
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Un Airbus CC-150 Polaris du 437e Escadron de transport de Trenton (ne figure pas sur la photo) effectue des opérations de ravitaillement en vol avec un chasseur CF-18 Hornet du 401e Escadron d’appui tactique de Cold Lake, au-dessus de l’Arctique canadien, au cours de l’exercice AMALGAM DART 21-2 du NORAD, le 23 mars 2021.
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An old abandoned farm in Battenbroek during sunset.
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Standard 3 exposure HDR -2..+2, on a tripod. The sun was setting on the left outside the picture and threw light patches through some trees on this beautiful old farm.
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I was going for the painted look here, since the scene looked like a painting already that wasn't too hard to get.
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A Southern Pacific Lines train leaves Houston Union Station circa 1950. The number '2' on the front of the locomotive denotes that it is a Sunset Limited service eastbound to New Orleans.
If I've understood the literature correctly, Alco built the 2,000 horsepower diesel PA-1 locomotive # 205 sometime between September 1946 and June 1950. The carriages, built by a different company were also state of the art at that time. Part of a much longer Pacific to Gulf Coast timetable, the journey time in 1950 between Houston and New Orleans was 7 hours. The same route in 2017 takes 9 hours 30 minutes!
Processed using calibrated orange, green, and blue filtered images of Jupiter taken by Voyager 2 on July 9 1979.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill
Fog of Ferguson Fire filling Yosemite valley. Yosemite National Park, CA, USA. Taken on day of evacuation of the valley.
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The Ferguson Fire started on Friday night, July 13 at 9:36 PM in the South Fork Merced River drainage on Sierra National Forest. In the steep, rugged terrain, with scarcely any road access and a heavy presence of beetle-killed trees, firefighters knew it would be more than a challenge to contain.
In the first 24 hours, it had grown to 828 acres, as management of the fire was taken over by the Southern Central Sierra Interagency Management Team Type 2 and an incident command post was set up at Ahawahnee Hills Regional Park near Oakhurst, California. Under unified command between the U.S. Forest Service, Cal Fire, and the Mariposa County Sheriff, the community of Jerseydale among others were evacuated. Also on the second day of the fire, heavy equipment operator Braden Varney from the Cal Fire Madera-Mariposa-Merced unit was tragically killed in a bulldozer rollover accident while constructing line in a steep canyon.
One week later, management of the fire transitioned on July 19 to a Type 1 team, California Interagency Incident Management Team 4. Yosemite National Park joined the Forest Service, Cal Fire, and the Sheriff under unified command. On July 20, the communities of Old El Portal, Rancheria Flat, Foresta, and Yosemite View Lodge were put under mandatory evacuation. The following day, Yosemite West and Anderson Valley area were evacuated.
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and Congressman Tom McClintock, CA-4 (R) paid a visit on July 21 to express their support.
Old Yosemite Road was evacuated on July 22. Some specific areas within the communities surrounding the fire started to be allowed to return to their homes, and others continued to be evacuated. From July 24 to 31, many communities and subdivisions including Mariposa Pines, Jerseydale, Ponderosa Basin, Lushmeadows, and others were advised of mandatory evacuations and repopulations.
A memorial service for Braden Varney was held on July 23 in Modesto, California.
By July 28, the fire grew to 42,017 acres, and the following day another horrible tragedy happened: Captain Brian Hughes of the Arrowhead Hotshots from Sequoia & Kings National Parks was struck by a snag tree and killed. A memorial service was held for Brian Hughes on August 4, 2018 in Fresno, California.
Firefighters completed firing operations from Henness Ridge to the Merced River on the Sierra National Forest on July 27, and steadily made progress on containment lines. The fire weather transitioned from moderate to extreme pushing the flame front across Glacier Point Road and closed all access to Badger Pass. Wawona was evacuated on August 1, while El Portal was repopulated on August 2. On August 3 the residents of Yosemite Valley were evacuated and the Park Service closed it to the public due to multiple hazards from firefighters working in the area. The Highway 140 corridor was also closed that day.
Fire crews at the Badger Pass camp sheltered in place on August 4, as extreme fire behavior continued.
On August 5, the National Park Service closed Yosemite National Park indefinitely. Firefighters conducted strategic firing operations off the Foresta and Big Oak Flat roads, keeping the fire from spreading into the community of Foresta and access to and from Badger was restored.
As the new week began on August 6, the weather moderated which gave firefighters the opportunity to reinforce containment lines, mop-up hot spots, and complete firing operations along Wawona Road. Along the southern portions of Wawona Road, firing operations continued south of Chinquapin to prevent it from entering further into Yosemite National Park. Air inversions lessened, which allowed large interior islands to burn off quickly. Wawona residents were now safe to return to their homes, however several road closures continued due to road hazards.
The residents of Yosemite West were allowed to return on August 7. By now, most of the residents were allowed to return to their homes, and those living in Yosemite Valley were the last to return. Throughout this fire, firefighters worked diligently night and day to achieve containment objectives without compromising safety and getting residents back into their homes as quickly as possible.
The closure of Yosemite National Park had a local and global impact on those who had planned to visit during the active life of the fire. Economically, businesses were impacted in the gateway communities who depend on the summer tourist season to sustain them throughout the year. The impacts of smoke in the Yosemite Valley, Merced Grove, and other areas will continue to impact those who live and visit the Sierra National Forest, Stanlislaus National Forest, and Yosemite National Park.
Several community meetings were held for the residents of Mariposa, El Portal, Wawona, Groveland, Yosemite Valley, and Oakhurst during the most active times of the fire. Ferguson fire public information staff provided information at farmers markets, CASA street fair in Mariposa, and presented at a well-known climber's seminar in Groveland.
There is a lot of work ahead before the fire is out, including post-fire rehabilitation to curtail erosion and other devastating effects to natural resources from fire suppression efforts. Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) teams have started surveying burned areas to determine methods of erosion control measures.
Full containment was expected on Wednesday, August 22, however on Saturday evening, August 18, the fire was 100% contained. Interior parts of the forest will continue to smolder and burn for some time, causing lingering smoke.
Sunrise in the desert smashes the first rays of light into the dust that never seems to sink
Zeiss Apo Sonnar 135mm f/2 on Nikon D800E
Stagecoach Manchester's 'Poppy' liveried Alexander Dennis Enviro 400MMC 10429 SL64JCV is pictured on Todd Street, Manchester, operating a Free Bus Service 2, on January 18th 2025.
W829 PFB 48229. First Devon & Cornwall (ex First Bristol) Volvo B6BLE/Wright Crusader 2 on Royal Parade, Plymouth operating 83. Only 8 years ago but so much has changed!
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Rotterdam Blaak is a railway and metro station in Rotterdam, Netherlands located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway between Rotterdam Centraal and Dordrecht. The station is located in the centre of the city, near the cube houses and the Markthal.
On 2 May 1877 the first railway station on this location was opened, then called Rotterdam Beurs. This station was part of a 2.2 km (1.4 mi) long viaduct. After the station had been destroyed during World War II, a new station opened in 1953, called Rotterdam Blaak.
When the underground metro station was opened on 6 May 1982, space was already reserved for a possible underground railway station directly underneath the metro station. On 15 September 1993, this new underground railway station was opened, as part of a 2.8 km (1.7 mi) long tunnel. This tunnel, including the station, now had 4 tracks instead of the 2 on the viaduct. Train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS).
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A Mercedes Tourismo M/2 on layover when visiting Macclesfield for the town's monthly Treacle Market.
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The Institute for stained glass in Canada has documented the stained glass at the RCMP Museum Chapel.[2] On each side of the altar is a stained glass memorial window, each portrays a member of the force. On the left is a constable in mourning; on the right is a trumpeter sounding reveille. The model for the windows was Constable Roy Fraser of Westville, Nova Scotia in 1943. Fraser retired in the fall of 1978. The Memorial Project came about following the shooting of Constable Willis Edward Rhodeniser on the White Bear Reserve near Carlyle, Saskatchewan on August 26, 1939. Two more stained glass memorial windows on each side wall near the front were dedicated on November 4, 1951. "The Resurrection" in the west window honours serving members and "The Nativity" in the east window honours ex-members of the force who gave their lives in World War II.
The chapel is one of the oldest Anglican houses of worship in the Northwest.
Casino. Pop 10,000. This historic town was named after a pastoral cattle estate on the Richmond River. In early 1840 George Stapleton and Mr Clay took out the Cassino run which Clay named after Monte Cassino in Italy. Stapleton and Clay were unsuccessful as squatters and sold the leasehold in 1844 to Clark Irving who renamed the station with an Aboriginal word Tomki. It comprised 30,700 acres. Irving was the first on the Richmond River to establish a boiling down works to produce tallow from his cattle for the Sydney market in 1847. Irving died in 1865 but his son kept the property. In 1880 most of this estate was subdivided for closer settlement. The district is an important beef region and calls itself the “Beef Capital”. Once a year it holds a “Beef Week” which includes markets, fairs, educational programs, livestock sales and social events including near naked young male body builders showing their “beef” in the Mr Beef competition! The Northern Cooperative Meat Company has an abattoir at Casino.
Casino is the oldest town along the Richmond River. This first settlement emerged in the early 1850s and was known as The Falls. The NSW government surveyed a town in 1853 and later that year a hotel, general store and a rudimentary police station opened. In 1854 the first Courthouse was erected and in 1855 the name was changed to Casino. By 1861 the town had a public school, a doctor and a second hotel- the Tattersalls. In the 1870s more permanent buildings were erected. The Commercial Bank of Sydney opened a branch in 1870; a newspaper began publication; a telegraph station began linking Casino to the world; the first bridge across the Richmond River was built (and a second one in 1908). Selectors came to take up small holdings around Casino after the passing of the Robertson Land Act in 1861. By 1875 Casino could boast an Anglican Church, a school, a Post Office, bank, newspaper, two hotels, saddlery, photographic studio, 3 blacksmiths, slaughter house, Courthouse, four stores etc. A Catholic Church was erected in 1876 and the town had around 600 residents. Once it became a municipality in 1880 the big issues were water supply, kerbing, street paving and drainage during downpours. The first Town Hall opened in 1890 but was replaced in 1937. Drought and three days of temperatures around 47 degrees made the Council do more work on water supply in 1903. One of the far sighted ideas of the local council was to encourage construction in brick rather than easily burnt wooden structures.
Big changes came with the arrival of the railway in 1894. The first wooden railway station opened in 1903 although the railway line from Murwillumbah had reached Casino in 1894. It was 1905 when Casino got a line southwards to Grafton but the Clarence River had no rail bridge until 1932. The Casino to Kyogle line was built in 1910. When it was extended to Brisbane trains could travel from Sydney via Casino to Brisbane from 1930. A new railway alignment and station with refreshment rooms was built in 1930. The old station closed in 1974 and became a museum. Casino has had a roundhouse for engine maintenance since 1928. Undoubtedly the biggest disaster to hit Casino was the Spanish flue pandemic in 1919. The first public hospital in Casino was built in 1886. Although there had been an outbreak of bubonic plague in 1905 the big disaster was 1919. In January 1919 Casino was ready for an outbreak of the flue with a temporary hospital in the showgrounds if needed. In February nursing staff were inoculated and citizens warned of the symptoms. On 5 February some Lismore residents fell ill with the flue and the first death in Sydney was recorded. Street patrols in Casino began late February in case people needed help at home. Confirmed cases were announced in Lismore and Kyogle. A horse race was cancelled and some no longer attended church. On 14th May two cases were confirmed in Casino. On the 21st May the first Casino death was recorded and hospital patients were moved to the Masonic Hall as Spanish flue cases were in the hospital. By then there were 26 cases in Casino. By July 2nd the showground pavilion was also in use for Spanish flue cases. By 9th July there were 150 cases in Casino and 13 people had died. The School of Arts was taken over as another pandemic hospital. Three days later there were 180 cases and 26 deaths. By July 23rd there were 37 deaths from influenza in Casino. Travellers needed clearance papers to enter Casino or leave it. By August the worse was over but 45 people had died out of a few hundred residents but 6,000 people died in NSW. Around 40% of Sydney’s population got the Spanish flue.
Unlike many towns in Australia Casino continued to grow and expand during the depression so it has an array of Art Deco buildings erected in the 1930s. Through much of the 20th century saw milling, the beef industry and slaughtering and dairying were the main economic supports of Casino. Our heritage walk begins at Canterbury Street.
1. St Mary’s Catholic Church. Opened in 1940 of local bricks. This stunning building has an Art Deco interior. The first Catholic Church was built on this site in 1876. The church also had Romanesque features.
2. On the left is a quaint red brick Federation style building but with some 19th century cast iron lace work. Built for the London Bank in 1911. Later became an English Scottish and Australian bank. Turn right here into the Main St.
3. Next on left are some nice Art Deco stores which need painting in Art Deco colours.
4. Next left on the corner with the lane is the bakery with a cupola on the corner of an Art Deco building. Thomas’s bakery began here in 1892. This building was erected 1911 when Rimmington was the baker.
5. Opposite is the ANZ Bank. Another Art Deco building erected in 1911 as the Union Bank.
6. Next on left the Casino Centre buildings in Art Deco style. Built 1912. Was the largest store in the region.
7. On the next corner right is the School of Arts. It is the third building erected in 1934. The first School of Arts was erected in 1873. The first Council meeting was held in it in 1880. The new 1907 building burnt down in 1932.
8. The Art Deco building opposite on the left was built in 1937 as a department store.
9. On the other corner is the Westpac Bank. Built in 1905 but the Bank of NSW began trading in Casino in 1889.
10. On other corner is the Commercial Hotel. Began trading 1869. Current hotel built 1890. Turn right to Barker St.
11. Next on the left is the former Rural Bank built in 1907. One of the most elaborate buildings in Casino. Note 1907 in the cartouche on the façade, upper storey bay windows, roof parapet and large rounded Art Deco window.
12. Next on right is the Casino Post Office built in 1879. Architect Walter Liberty Vernon. The upper floor post master’s residence was added in 1915. Georgian style rounded windows, double pillars perfect symmetry.
13. Next to it is the former Commercial Bank of Sydney the oldest bank opening in 1870. A two storey Greek classical building, triangular pediment and built in 1884 in front of the original Courthouse. The second Courthouse was built in 1882 on the corner of Walker and Richmond Streets.
Tenterfield. Population 3,000.
Tenterfield is often regarded as the home of Federation as the Premier of NSW Sir Henry Parkes gave a seminal address here in 1889 about the need for a national government which led, many years later, to the formation of the Australian Commonwealth in 1901. Although Parkes (1815- 1896) died five years before federation he started the movement and pushed for the first Constitutional Convention in 1891. Parkes was Premier of NSW for five separate terms between 1872 and 1891 being in office for 16 years. Tenterfield is nearly 900 metres above sea level on the New England Tablelands. The first sheep station was established here in 1840 called Deepwater station. When Stuart Donaldson bought it in 1844 he renamed it Tenterfield after his family’s Scottish property. Donaldson became the first Premier of New South Wales in 1856. A town site was surveyed within Tenterfield station in 1849 but Courthouse had been established in 1847. A hotel and post service started in 1849. The town was officially gazetted in 1851 with land sales starting in 1854. The town grew after 1858 when gold was discovered in the Great Dividing Range and a bank was built in 1858. A flourmill had been built in 1854 and the first church, which was Anglican, opened in 1860. Tenterfield was declared a municipality in 1871 and the era of fine stone buildings began. The railway reached the town in 1884 although the official opening was in 1886 when the line continued to Brisbane.
Some of the impressive array of heritage buildings in the Main Street beginning in the south include are:
1.Stannum House. This fine Victorian mansion was built in 1888 for John Reid a mining magnate. It was used a military hospital during WW2 when 10,000 troops were stationed in Tenterfield ready to defend NSW again a Japanese invasion. It is now run as a bed and breakfast establishment. Note its bay windows, fancy barge boards to the street facing gable, the exquisite cast iron lace work on the verandas and the captain’s walk on the roof.
2.On the corner is the Information centre but turn left here when coming from Stannum House to see the modern red brick Romanesque style Catholic Church.
3. The Sir Henry Parkes Museum is in the former School of Arts building. The stuccoed classical part was built in 1876. Sir Henry Parkes delivered his Tenterfield Oration here in 1889. It was the first building acquired by the National Trust in NSW in 1957. It is now the museum. It was built in four stages with the last building erected in 1913 but most of it was built in 1884.
4.Turn left here only if you want to walk a few blocks to see the railway station built in 1886.It is now a railway museum. Also just a short way down this street is a fine three storey house built in 1871. It was built as a flour mill for Thomas Peberdy. It was converted to a steam mill and flour sold locally and into Queensland. The mill closed in the early 20th century.
5.Post Office. The Italianate style Post Office was built in 1881. Its French mansard roof clock tower is a dominant feature beside the classical Greek style arched colonnade. The tower was completed in 1891. If you turn left here along Manners St for 7 blocks you get to the historic railway station. It is now a museum.
6.The Art Deco style Bank of NSW with inset porch and arched window above it is next. Built around 1920.
7.Beyond the park on the right is the Bank of NSW. A superb early example of Art Deco architecture. Further along on the right are the Art Deco National Buildings 1914.
8.Turn next right in High St for the Saddler Shop which is next to the Vinnies OP Shop. It was built in 1860 and run by George Woolnough the grandfather of song writer and singer Peter Allen. Peter Allen immortalised the building in the song “Tenterfield Saddler”. Peter Allen (1944) grew up in Armidale and later moved to Lismore. His father committed suicide and the song tells this story on the Tenterfield Saddler.
9.Opposite it is the two storey Spanish Mission style Art Deco Royal Hotel. This was the site of the original George Inn in 1849.
10.On the next cross road is the Methodist Church. The first one was built in 1867 and replaced with this brick church in 1928 after the first burnt down. Next to it in Logan St is the manse built in the 1890s in red brick. Two blocks along Logan St is the Presbyterian Church built in 1884. Banjo Paterson got married here in 1903. Return to Methodist Church. Continue across High Street.
11.See the Centenary Cottage. This charming steep pitched roof cottage was built in 1871 and now is a local museum. Return to the Methodist Church corner.
12.Good walkers might like to see Deloraine House. Continue along High St. and left into Clarence St. This stone house was built in 1872/73 for Henry Bauer. The land was sold in 1858. His wife inherited it in 1872. It may have been a hotel for a short time. After 1877 it was leased to the Moses family who held Jewish religious meetings in it. It changed hands in 1889 to the Whitton family who held it from then until 1985. It is now run as a bed and breakfast place. Return to the Main Street.
13.At the Main Street if you cross over you will see the old Tenterfield School built in 1887. A slab building behind it was the first school in 1866. Return to the Main Street and turn left.
14.Next on right is a two storey square squat tower building with the triangular pediment over the front door was a late 19th century bank built in 1891. It is now a rural bank.
15.Next on right is Kneipp Saddle and Harness Emporium 1892. It is a great example of a 1890s commercial premise. It still has the old urns on the corners of the pediment.
16.Almost next door is the Tenterfield Star Building. This produced the local newspaper. This building was erected in 1913. The paper was founded in 1870. The owner had his solicitor offices in it too.
17.Next left at Molesworth St for some architectural gems. The first is the Soldier Memorial Hall 1924 with the War Memorial in front of it. It is a fine red brick building with cement rendered and painted quoins.
18.Next to it is the Tenterfield Courthouse with its clerestory windows. It was built in 1885 and designed by Colonial architect J Barnet. The complex originally had a police station and gaol beside it. The central Courthouse has two Palladian identical wings each side of it. One would have been the police station. The early gaol and police structures were built in 1870. Return to Main Street and turn left to our meeting point.
A couple of friends and I decided to follow Chicago, South Shore & South Bend freight job AF-2 on Wednesday, November 10th, 2021, which runs from Michigan City to Kingsbury, Indiana on the former NKP (LE&W) line. I know little about this old line and had no idea about AF-2. This day turned out great and I will be posting shots I took between Michigan City, Indiana and Stillwell, Indiana. When the train got to Kingsbury and we finally found it, it was too dark for pics.
This chase needs to be done in the summertime.
In this photo, the South Shore AF-2 job is finally getting their turn at the diamond in LaPorte, Indiana at "WIRE" interlocking. The tower that was here was in the same quadrant as I am standing, and in the LS&MS days was referred to as "C" tower. Later, the NYC renamed it "WR" tower. After it was removed, the interlocking was controlled from "JD" tower just west of here.
CSS GP38-2's #2005-2006 were built by EMD in 1981.
South Shore AF-2
November 10th, 2021, 12:51 pm
Looking N/E
Posting another non-current roid week shot today - from a whole six days ago. It just missed the cutoff.
Nearly ten year old film still working to perfection - this is one of our favourite shots in a while!
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Polaroid SLR 680 + Polaroid 600 Film, exp '04.
July 12, 2013.
Freightliner Class 66 No. 66547 is seen here passing through Maryhill Station Platform 2 on the rear of service 6K40 which was the 18:50 Millerhill S.S to Tulloch [JJA Autoballaster Train].
Coupled on the front of the train was fellow Freightliner Class 66 No. 66506 Named. "Crewe Regeneration".
Sudbury Ontario.
Chief Dan George was not only chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, near Vancouver, but an author, actor and poet. He famously starred with Dustin Hoffman in Little Big Man in 1970, and appeared in a number of other Hollywood films. He also spoke publicly about native rights issues, which is why he was at this event.
He died in 1981.
Shot originally with a Pentax Spotmatic 2 on Ilford HP4. Negative photographed with Fujifilm X-T1 and MCEX-16 extension tube.
There was presumably a bridge in this location already before the Dissolution, giving access to the Augustinian priory of Beddgelert from the northern side of the river. By 1623 the bridge was recorded as being in need of repair and was repaired and widened again in 1778. Much of the bridge appears to have been swept away in a flood of 1799 and was again repaired and doubled in width between 1802 and 1811. In the latter year a toll was established on the bridge for the turnpike road. Further repairs were carried out c1890 and in 1906.
Triple-arched rubble road bridge, doubled in width on the downstream side; set on a cobbled plinth-raft, projecting beyond the bridge proper on both up- and downstream sides. Rough-dressed voussoirs to segmental arches, with narrow stones forming projecting arch-rings. The central arch is the largest, with a slightly smaller N arch and a small flood-arch to the S. The carriageway is gently humped to the centre and on each side is a refuge contained within a triangular cutwater. Long slatestone capping stones to rubble parapets, splayed at the approaches. On the inner downstream splay at the N end are inset milestones of incised slate, probably late C19 or early C20. That on the L is inscribed: 'To Penygwryd 7; to Llanberis 13, to Capel Curig ..[indistinct]'. That to the R is inscribed: 'To Portmadoc Miles 7 1/2.
On the N side of the bridge the splayed parapets continue beyond the approaches as low rubble walls; these run parallel with the river on both sides with rough coping stones and extend for approximately 100m, with an average road-side height of 0.60m and a reveted river-side height of approximately 3m. In the angle with the bridge on the downstream side is a squinch. The downstream S side also adjoins a (rebuilt) rubble wall, which extends for a similar distance at an average height of 1m.
Afon Glaslyn (Welsh for 'River Glaslyn') is a river in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. While not of great significance in terms of its length (about 16 miles (26 km)), it is one of Gwynedd's primary rivers, and has greatly influenced the landscape in which it flows.
It has its source in Glaslyn, a cirque lake on the flanks of Snowdon. It is joined by Nant Traswnant which drains Pen-y-Pass and by Nant Cynnyd before entering the beautiful lake, Llyn Gwynant. The river then flows through Llyn Dinas before entering the village of Beddgelert. In the middle of the village it is joined by the substantial tributary, the River Colwyn which drains the south-western flank of Snowdon. The much enlarged river flows down past Gelert's grave before tumbling down into the Aberglaslyn Pass. This is a small rocky gorge close to the main road which provides easy public access to a most picturesque piece of Snowdonian scenery.
Passing through Pont Aberglaslyn, the river emerges from the gorge into the relatively flat agricultural land of Tremadog and Porthmadog. This wide flat valley – now called Traeth Mawr – was once the estuary of the Glaslyn before the Porthmadog Cob was created. This sealed off the mouth of the estuary, enabling the land to be reclaimed. Once the river has crossed under the railway line, it meanders in large pools and marshes before eventually passing through the tidal sluices on the Cob at the south-eastern end of the town of Porthmadog, and from there into Tremadog Bay. Further south, the River Dwyryd also drains into Tremadog Bay.
The first pair of breeding ospreys in Wales nest at Pont Croesor about 4 miles (6.4 km) upstream from Porthmadog where the RSPB have set up observation facilities. They first bred in 2005 and have returned every year since.
Fishing on the Glaslyn up to Beddgelert is controlled by the Glaslyn Angling Association.
Beddgelert is a village and community in the Snowdonia area of Gwynedd, Wales. The population of the community taken at the 2011 census was 455, and includes Nantmor and Nant Gwynant. It is reputed to be named after the legendary hound Gelert. The community is large and sparsely populated and covers 86 square kilometres.
The village stands in a valley at the confluence of the River Glaslyn and the River Colwyn. Just above the confluence of the rivers, in the centre of the village, is an old stone bridge with two arches. The River Gwynant also exists in the area, coinciding with the River Colwyn under what locals know as ‘Pont Bren’, creating the River Glaslyn. Many of the houses and hotels are built of local dark stone. To the west is Moel Hebog and its neighbours to the north and a series of hills rising to the top of Snowdon. A lane of the A4085 between Caernarfon (13 miles north) and Porthmadog (8 miles south) runs through the village.
The outdoor equipment company Gelert originated in Bryncir then moved to Beddgelert but later moved its headquarters to nearby Porthmadog.
The folk tale of the faithful hound "Gelert" is often associated with the village. A raised mound in the village is called "Gelert's Grave" and is a significant tourist attraction. But the grave was built by the late 18th-century landlord of the Goat Hotel, David Pritchard, who created it in order to encourage tourism. Similar legends can be found in other parts of Europe and Asia.
The village is probably named after an early Christian missionary and leader called Celert (or Cilert) who settled here early in the 8th century. The earliest record of the name Beddgelert appears on a document dated 1258, and the name recorded is "Bekelert". In a document of 1269 it is recorded as "Bedkelerd".
The Church of St. Mary stands at the end of Stryd yr Eglwys (Church Street). This was originally a part of an Augustinian Monastery (the chapel), but is all that remains since the rest of the monastery was burnt down during Edward I's war of conquest. Rebuilding was probably not completed at the time of the suppression of the monastery in about 1536. Parts of the building date from the 12th century and is still in active use today.
Beddgelert is a significant tourist attraction, its picturesque bridge crossing the River Colwyn just upstream of its confluence with the River Glaslyn. It is also the nearest village to the scenic Glaslyn gorge, an area of tumultuous river running between steep wooded hills. Much of the area is, however, becoming invaded by the alien plant, Rhododendron ponticum which provides a covering of pink blossom in May and June, but which is slowly blanketing out the native flora. Attempts have been made to control its spread by cutting and burning.
River levels on the River Glaslyn in Beddgelert are constantly monitored by the Natural Resources Wales, in order to give advance warning of flood conditions lower down the valley.
Beddgelert has a range of hotels with public bars, guesthouses, cafes, and restaurants. The car park in the village provides the easiest access route for climbing Moel Hebog, the mountain which directly overlooks the village.
Part of the restored Welsh Highland Railway runs through the village. In April 2009 the railway station was reopened to the public. The line links the village with Caernarfon to the north and Porthmadog to the south.
Other local attractions include the Sygun Copper Mine.
The village is also linked with the Rupert Bear stories, as Alfred Bestall wrote and illustrated some of the stories whilst he lived in the village, in a cottage at the foot of Mynydd Sygun.[8] There is even a small area known as ‘Rupert Garden’ in the village, dedicated to the Bear; a short walk from Alfred Bestall's old home.
Many films have made use of the scenery around Beddgelert; most notably The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, starring Ingrid Bergman. Other more modern films such as Tomb Raider 2: Lara Croft and the Cradle of Life have also been filmed here; starring Angelina Jolie.
Gwynedd is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy, Denbighshire, and Powys to the east, Ceredigion over the Dyfi estuary to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The city of Bangor is the largest settlement, and the administrative centre is Caernarfon. The preserved county of Gwynedd, which is used for ceremonial purposes, includes the Isle of Anglesey.
Gwynedd is the second largest county in Wales but sparsely populated, with an area of 979 square miles (2,540 km2) and a population of 117,400. After Bangor (18,322), the largest settlements are Caernarfon (9,852), Bethesda (4,735), and Pwllheli (4,076). The county has the highest percentage of Welsh speakers in Wales, at 64.4%, and is considered a heartland of the language.
The geography of Gwynedd is mountainous, with a long coastline to the west. Much of the county is covered by Snowdonia National Park (Eryri), which contains Wales's highest mountain, Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa; 3,560 feet, 1,090 m). To the west, the Llŷn Peninsula is flatter and renowned for its scenic coastline, part of which is protected by the Llŷn AONB. Gwynedd also contains several of Wales's largest lakes and reservoirs, including the largest, Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid).
The area which is now the county has played a prominent part in the history of Wales. It formed part of the core of the Kingdom of Gwynedd and the native Principality of Wales, which under the House of Aberffraw remained independent from the Kingdom of England until Edward I's conquest between 1277 and 1283. Edward built the castles at Caernarfon and Harlech, which form part of the Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd World Heritage Site. During the Industrial Revolution the slate industry rapidly developed; in the late nineteenth century the neighbouring Penrhyn and Dinorwic quarries were the largest in the world, and the Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales is now a World Heritage Site. Gwynedd covers the majority of the historic counties of Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire.
In the past, historians such as J. E. Lloyd assumed that the Celtic source of the word Gwynedd meant 'collection of tribes' – the same root as the Irish fine, meaning 'tribe'. Further, a connection is recognised between the name and the Irish Féni, an early ethnonym for the Irish themselves, related to fían, 'company of hunting and fighting men, company of warriors under a leader'. Perhaps *u̯en-, u̯enə ('strive, hope, wish') is the Indo-European stem. The Irish settled in NW Wales, and in Dyfed, at the end of the Roman era. Venedotia was the Latin form, and in Penmachno there is a memorial stone from c. AD 500 which reads: Cantiori Hic Iacit Venedotis ('Here lies Cantiorix, citizen of Gwynedd'). The name was retained by the Brythons when the kingdom of Gwynedd was formed in the 5th century, and it remained until the invasion of Edward I. This historical name was revived when the new county was formed in 1974.
Gwynedd was an independent kingdom from the end of the Roman period until the 13th century, when it was conquered by England. The modern Gwynedd was one of eight Welsh counties created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It covered the entirety of the historic counties of Anglesey and Caernarfonshire, and all of Merionethshire apart from Edeirnion Rural District (which went to Clwyd); and also a few parishes of Denbighshire: Llanrwst, Llansanffraid Glan Conwy, Eglwysbach, Llanddoged, Llanrwst and Tir Ifan.
The county was divided into five districts: Aberconwy, Arfon, Dwyfor, Meirionnydd and Anglesey.
The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 abolished the 1974 county (and the five districts) on 1 April 1996, and its area was divided: the Isle of Anglesey became an independent unitary authority, and Aberconwy (which included the former Denbighshire parishes) passed to the new Conwy County Borough. The remainder of the county was constituted as a principal area, with the name Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire, as it covers most of the areas of those two historic counties. As one of its first actions, the Council renamed itself Gwynedd on 2 April 1996. The present Gwynedd local government area is governed by Gwynedd Council. As a unitary authority, the modern entity no longer has any districts, but Arfon, Dwyfor and Meirionnydd remain as area committees.
The pre-1996 boundaries were retained as a preserved county for a few purposes such as the Lieutenancy. In 2003, the boundary with Clwyd was adjusted to match the modern local government boundary, so that the preserved county now covers the two local government areas of Gwynedd and Anglesey. Conwy county borough is now entirely within Clwyd.
A Gwynedd Constabulary was formed in 1950 by the merger of the Anglesey, Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire forces. A further amalgamation took place in the 1960s when Gwynedd Constabulary was merged with the Flintshire and Denbighshire county forces, retaining the name Gwynedd. In one proposal for local government reform in Wales, Gwynedd had been proposed as a name for a local authority covering all of north Wales, but the scheme as enacted divided this area between Gwynedd and Clwyd. To prevent confusion, the Gwynedd Constabulary was therefore renamed the North Wales Police.
The Snowdonia National Park was formed in 1951. After the 1974 local authority reorganisation, the park fell entirely within the boundaries of Gwynedd, and was run as a department of Gwynedd County Council. After the 1996 local government reorganisation, part of the park fell under Conwy County Borough, and the park's administration separated from the Gwynedd council. Gwynedd Council still appoints nine of the eighteen members of the Snowdonia National Park Authority; Conwy County Borough Council appoints three; and the Welsh Government appoints the remaining six.
There has been considerable inwards migration to Gwynedd, particularly from England. According to the 2021 census, 66.6% of residents had been born in Wales whilst 27.1% were born in England.
The county has a mixed economy. An important part of the economy is based on tourism: many visitors are attracted by the many beaches and the mountains. A significant part of the county lies within the Snowdonia National Park, which extends from the north coast down to the district of Meirionnydd in the south. But tourism provides seasonal employment and thus there is a shortage of jobs in the winter.
Agriculture is less important than in the past, especially in terms of the number of people who earn their living on the land, but it remains an important element of the economy.
The most important of the traditional industries is the slate industry, but these days only a small percentage of workers earn their living in the slate quarries.
Industries which have developed more recently include TV and sound studios: the record company Sain has its HQ in the county.
The education sector is also very important for the local economy, including Bangor University and Further Education colleges, Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor and Coleg Menai, both now part of Grŵp Llandrillo Menai.
The proportion of respondents in the 2011 census who said they could speak Welsh.
Gwynedd has the highest proportion of people in Wales who can speak Welsh. According to the 2021 census, 64.4% of the population aged three and over stated that they could speak Welsh,[7] while 64.4% noted that they could speak Welsh in the 2011 census.
It is estimated that 83% of the county's Welsh-speakers are fluent, the highest percentage of all counties in Wales.[9] The age group with the highest proportion of Welsh speakers in Gwynedd were those between ages 5–15, of whom 92.3% stated that they could speak Welsh in 2011.
The proportion of Welsh speakers in Gwynedd declined between 1991 and 2001,[10] from 72.1% to 68.7%, even though the proportion of Welsh speakers in Wales as a whole increased during that decade to 20.5%.
The Annual Population Survey estimated that as of March 2023, 77.0% of those in Gwynedd aged three years and above could speak Welsh.
Notable people
Leslie Bonnet (1902–1985), RAF officer, writer; originated the Welsh Harlequin duck in Criccieth
Sir Dave Brailsford (born 1964), cycling coach; grew up in Deiniolen, near Caernarfon
Duffy (born 1984), singer, songwriter and actress; born in Bangor, Gwynedd
Edward II of England (1284–1327), born in Caernarfon Castle
Elin Fflur (born 1984), singer-songwriter, TV and radio presenter; went to Bangor University
Bryn Fôn (born 1954), actor and singer-songwriter; born in Llanllyfni, Caernarfonshire.
Wayne Hennessey (born 1987), football goalkeeper with 108 caps for Wales; born in Bangor, Gwynedd
John Jones (c. 1530 – 1598), a Franciscan friar, Roman Catholic priest and martyr; born at Clynnog
Sir Love Jones-Parry, 1st Baronet (1832–1891), landowner and politician, co-founder of the Y Wladfa settlement in Patagonia
T. E. Lawrence (1888–1935), archaeologist, army officer and inspiration for Lawrence of Arabia, born in Tremadog
David Lloyd George (1863–1945), statesman and Prime Minister; lived in Llanystumdwy from infancy
Sasha (born 1969), disc jockey, born in Bangor, Gwynedd
Sir Bryn Terfel (born 1965), bass-baritone opera and concert singer from Pant Glas
Sir Clough Williams-Ellis (1883–1978), architect of Portmeirion
Owain Fôn Williams, (born 1987), footballer with 443 club caps; born and raised in Penygroes, Gwynedd.
Hedd Wyn (1887–1917), poet from the village of Trawsfynydd; killed in WWI
SD60 6252 leads a pair of Union Pacific EMD's past mile 43.2 on the Galt sub. Sad what one cloud can do!!
In December 2013 two BYD eBus E9 saloons were show cased in the Go-Ahead Waterloo depot. Both are being trialed on the former red arrow routes 507 & 521. EB1 and EB2 were used on these services, however it seems the 507 service has seen the EB's working. On my last visit to London I managed to photograph EB1 working the 507 service in the morning. On Thursday Feb 13th, I sampled EB 2 on the 507 service. The Red Arrow services were standee style Leyland Nationals which succeded AEC Swifts with Marshall bodies.
Today the 507 & 521 are worked by Mercedes-Benz Citaro MEC class saloons. Inside EB2 the interior is light blue and pretty much plastic, but light and airy. The seats were thin basic but comfy for the short 10 minute or so journey into Waterloo from Victoria. The BYD accelartion was very quick and the breaks keen, not too loud inside. The ride quaility very good and the body did not rattle that much. The ibus vocal announcement system played its part in telling passengers stop information. The stopping bleep was not too loud, with initial button press illuminating the stopping signs. Tfl have another six or so BYD vehicles arriving during Feb 2014, possilblly for use on other short routes.
My first time driving on the 307. For my 2nd half i had the absolutely fantastic DW190. Don’t let the tatty exterior fool you. This bus is a rocket ship with a completely different fuel mapping. Lower RPM at idle higher RPM when you put your foot down 🚀.
Freightliner 66533 is unusual in carrying different names on each side " Senator Express" this side and "Hanjin Express" on the other. It was named on 8/7/2003.
Seen here leaving platform 2 on the 09.22 Crewe Basford Hall to Southampton Maritime Container Terminal.
I captured this image on my garden patio.
It shows 2 males and a female Red Mason bee.
The small clumps of soil around them are from the holes in the Bee Hotel where the have emerged from. The soil had been put into the holes last year to block any predators from getting to her eggs!
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