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Another train, another SD40-2 on point. Here, Q365 heads south passing the last set of B&O Intermediate signals left on the line north of Lima.
Photo taken during the Scott Kelby World Wide Photowalk 2013 in Antwerp, using a JOV Helios 44-2 at 58mm mostly between F/2 and F/2.8.
Thank you Marco Voet for leading this walk.
Guernsey registered Jimini 2, 57785, a fun car for exploring the island’s wartime history. A few of the numerous German fortifications can be seen in the background.
Newly entered service at Stanley depot before this vehicle came up here it was refurbished at Blackburn Bus & Coach World where it underwent single door conversion, repaint and refurbishment ex London Central vehicle Seen here In Newcastle on Toon Link Service 6 to Stanley
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Safeguard's main gain from the closure of Arriva Guildford's depot I suppose you would say is the lack of competitive buses on their patch. Arriva having launched new routes A, B and C in a partly (and very in some parts) competitive move against Safeguard and Stagecoach in November 2018, put Safeguard into survival mode. They have won though: the B around Park Barn fell by December 2019, with the C around Grange Park against Stagecoach 1/2 on what was Arriva's old 26/27 was suspended at the start of the first Covid lockdown in early 2020, and never returned. That left service A between the Town Centre and the Hospital, which finished on 13th November 2021 as a sensible move to bolster available driver resource ahead of the closure of the depot.
So on the 4 and 5, Safeguard are now back to square one, with of course also having won the battle of Bellfields on the 3 which happened in the middle of this.
The core commercial work aside, Safeguard have gained 1x bus' work of work from Arriva's closure - Surrey CC tendered route 18. Previously run by Arriva and interworked with other services due to its short 24 minute round trip, in the new world, it runs by itself as a one bus working.
The slack time, plus a reduction in frequency to every 90 minutes, allows the service to be extended to the other side to Guildford, replacing the bits of the 36/37 that Stagecoach's new 1 and 6 offering don't cover.
I didn't see the very first journey, which was a short from Weylea Farm to the Bus Station (08.26 - 08.43).
The first journey to go round Onslow Village though, marking a return of Safeguard to the area after 92 years to the day(!), was the 09.00 from the Bus Station. Metrocity YJ67 FYX did the honours, driven by the MD Andrew Halliday, and suitably festively decorated inside. It's seen here coming back down Farnham Road towards the town centre.
Farnham Road, Guildford, Surrey.
Newly entered service at Stanley depot for Toon Link X70/X71 former London General vehicle was refurbished and converted to single door layout at Blackburn Bus & Coach World prior to entering service at Go North East seen here in Newcastle on Toon Link Service X71 to Consett
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9-30-11
Portland, Oregon
sticker nerds video ------> www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBM_xkbk2iY
Largest sticker installation in the USA in 2011
Thanks to everyone that sent work in i still have a butt load of slaps for other sticker installations coming up in the future.
I got everyone up and i mean everyone......for sticker nerds we got around 7000-10000 stickers.....
Add yourself and tag yourself if you see your work!
Sticker Nerds 2 crew 2011
SKAM
Mr. Say
Nasty Nate
Rx Skulls
The Lost Cause
Circle Face
Sevaw
The Rastorbator
Poop Mouth
Kanye PDX
Mitsy
Magical
No Bonzo
Beatless
New colony
Homebase records
Mindless design
sticky ricks
Returned to Go North East following repaint, refurbishment and USB Installation at both Blackburn Bus & Coach World and The Works at Go North East where it received Crusader branding to be allocated to Crusader 26/27 this vehicle has now transferred to Riverside depot from Washington depot as a result of new vehicles seen here in Hebburn on Crusader Service 27 to Newcastle
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Bert Hitchen’s former British Railways Stanier 5MT 4-6-0 ‘Black Five’ class locomotive number 45231 THE SHERWOOD FORESTER of Carnforth Motive Power Depot pilots The Jubilee Locomotive Company Limited’s former London Midland and Scottish Railway Stanier 5XP ‘Jubilee’ class 4-6-0 locomotive number 5690 LEANDER under bridge 18 (Manchester Road) in Bury and past Bury South signal box 17 signal (down Broadfield home 2) on the East Lancashire Railway routed into platform 3 at Bury Bolton Street railway station on the East Lancashire Railway with the 15:15 Heywood to Rawtenstall. Sunday 1st April 2007
Note, 45231 was built by Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Company (Engineers) Limited (works number 1286) at Scotswood works in August 1936 to a London Midland & Scottish Railway Company design for the London Midland & Scottish Railway Company as number 5231. It was transferred to British Railways upon nationalisation of the railways on the 1st January 1948, being renumbered 45231 in June 1948. It was withdrawn from Lostock Hall Motive Power Depot at end of steam train traction in August 1968, being purchased for preservation Michael Stephenson. It was named 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment at Quorn on 9th May 1976, and was purchased by the Great Central Railway in the late 1996. It was renamed THE SHERWOOD FORESTER at Ropley in 1997, and was purchased by Bert Hitchen in 2003. It was allocated the TOPS number 98531, and after Bert’s death in May 2015 was sold by his family to Locomotive Services Limited in October 2015
17 signal (down Broadfield home 2) is a three aspect colour light carried on a right hand bracket with a ground level co-acting repeater. It was installed in early March 2006 and was commissioned late in the summer of 2006. Below 17 signal is 16 signal, a position light signal.
16 and 17 signals work in connection with a theatre route indicator. When either 16 or 17 lever was cleared and a 4 is exhibited in the theatre route indicator the movement was being made to platform 4, when a 3 is exhibited in the theatre route indicator the movement was being made to platform 3, when a 2 is exhibited in the theatre route indicator the movement was being made to platform 2, when a U is exhibited in the theatre route indicator the movement was being made to platform 2 via the Up Main, and when a B is exhibited in the theatre route indicator the movement was being made to the Bay Siding
Ref no Olympus E500 - P4011845
Shot at sundown across Brest Bay (on Lake Erie) approximately 5 miles away.
The Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant on the shore of Lake Erie near Monroe, in Frenchtown Charter Township, Michigan. It is approximately halfway between Detroit, Michigan, and Toledo, Ohio. It is also visible from parts of Amherstburg and Colchester, Ontario as well as on the shore of Lake Erie in Ottawa County, Ohio. Two units have been constructed on this site. The first unit's construction started in 1963, and the second unit reached criticality in 1988.
The plant is named after the Italian nuclear physicist Enrico Fermi, most noted for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor as well as many other major contributions to nuclear physics. Fermi won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on induced radioactivity.
On October 5, 1966 Fermi 1 suffered a partial fuel meltdown, although no radioactive material was released. (Source: Wikipedia.org)
On June 6, 2010 a weak tornado touched down and damaged the Fermi 2 generator building and forced an automatic shutdown. The tornados damaged electrical transmission and distribution infrastructure in the area leaving over 30,000 people without power in the area.
Fermi 2 reactor of the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Monroe, Michigan was shut down on Monday, June 25, 2012 due to an equipment problem. The Monroe Evening News reported that crews idled the plant around 1:30 p.m. when its steam condenser lost the vacuum that pulls steam across a series of cooling tubes. The condenser turns steam back into water after it’s used to spin the plant’s turbines.
Currently Fermi 2 is "in a safe, stable condition" according to Detroit Edison's spokesperson.
(Source: thewatchers.adorraeli.com)
Royal Marines from Bravo Company , 40 Commando preparing for Project HERMOD 2 on Bovington Training Area, Dorset.
PROJECT HERMOD 2 was a capability demonstration to mark the Defence Integrated Review (IR).
The Marines of 40 Commando have been utilising new equipment, technology, and concepts as part of the transition to Commando Forces and will display a capability demonstration to Members of Parliament and senior officers.
Trained for rapid worldwide deployment, the troops of 40 Commando are highly skilled, adaptable, and capable of combating a wide range of threats.
The unit are at the forefront of innovation as commandos go back to their roots as raiders from the sea and embrace new technologies to help their specialised operations around the world.
Since its formation in 1942, 40 Commando has served in every major British conflict, playing a pivotal role in several notable campaigns and operations.
Photos: PO Phot Si Ethell
Credit: UK Ministry of Defence 2021
This is another attempt for a total wingspan capture of the seagull. Also look at: www.flickr.com/photos/bhbanerjee/357247809/
Historic pre-TVA Lawrenceburg Hydroelectric Station No. 2 on Shoal Creek near Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. This station was constructed in 1924 to replace a 1907 hydroelectric station (Lawrenceburg Hydroelectric Station No. 1) that no longer met the electricity needs for the city of Lawrenceburg. This station includes a 385-foot long dam of varying heights, a powerhouse supported by reinforced concrete columns and a fish ladder.
The two hydroelectric plants operated as municipal public utilities until 1939 when the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) began to provide electricity to Lawrenceburg. The two plants ceased operating in the 1940s. Lawrenceburg Hydroelectric Station No. 2 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 (NRHP No. 90001005).
‘Scene’ on a PSV Circle Organised Visit
At the Premises of ‘Diamond Bus (North West) Ltd’., Bolton 2.
on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The eighth blog of ten, posted over ten consecutive days.
More tomorrow.
The PSV Circle (of which I have been a member for some years) aims to hold an Annual General Meeting in a different location in the UK every year.
Usually held at a weekend, they also include visits to operators and other bus related venues for the attending members to visit and enjoy.
This year, the location being in the North West of England centred on the Holiday Inn Express, Preston.
Friend Peter Rose joined me for what turned out to be a sometimes wet, but very enjoyable weekend.
As we have done before, we have combined all the images we have gathered.
The credits being joint D.Basford/P.M.Rose.
With the current driver shortage, the driver training fleet is more important than ever.
This was definitely the perfect subject to test the Canon R5 mark 2 on, to say it works well is an understatement!!
strobist info:
PENTAX K-5 IIs with flash in wireless mode, power -2.
on the right flash PENTAX AF360FGZ power +1
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Crawling down Main Track 2 of the UP KC Metro Sub is a transfer from BNSF's Argentine Yard to UP's Neff Yard with an Ex-ATSF SD40-2 on the point. 10/22/14.
I saw Ralph Breaks the Internet (Wreck-It Ralph 2) on Thursday, November 22 (Thanksgiving) at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. I arrived an hour early, and there was no line up for the movie yet, so I took a few photos along Hollywood Blvd close to the theatre. I also browsed the DSSH next door, but didn't buy anything. When I entered the theatre, there was a line of people waiting for a meet and greet with Ralph and Vanellope in the lobby, but the characters were not there yet. The theatre was not quite full for the showing, but I had a great time seeing the movie, as did the audience. After the movie, everyone got a Mickey Mouse Birthday button as they left the theatre.
Teardrop Box
Top: four teardrop twists, with two 60º pleat intersections between them.
I did a different one with four triangle twists on top (2 on each side). I´ll post it later.
Paper: stark paper, hexagon from 20x20 cm square
One of the decent purchases of 2016 seen here in Sunderland on National Express Service 426 to London
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