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The Meyerson Symphony Center, KPMG Plaza at HALL Arts and the Dallas Arts Tower (formerly Chase Tower) are just a few of the structures in the Dallas Arts District.
Looking south at the distant signal for the CTC island on the BNSF Noyes Subdivision south of Hallock names Chatham. The CTC island controls the switches for the CHS canola processing facility visible on the right side of the frame. Straight down the frame is the Hallock Cooperative Elevator (no rail service).
The Noyes Subdivision has a reasonable amount of activity with daily manifest freights to and from Noyes and Grand Forks, a daily local to Chatham, unit grain facilities at Warren and Argyle, and occasional run-through oil trains. Thank goodness BNSF installed passing sidings in the mid-2010s. There were no previous passing sidings on the entire 90-mile subdivision.
The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge in east central Scotland. The bridge, opened in 1964, spans the Firth of Forth, connecting Edinburgh, at Queensferry, to Fife, at North Queensferry. It replaced a centuries-old ferry service to carry vehicular traffic, cyclists and pedestrians across the Forth; railway crossings are made by the adjacent Forth Bridge, opened in 1890.
The Scottish Parliament voted to scrap tolls on the bridge from February 2008. The bridge was nearing the end of its life in the 2010s, and a parallel replacement was built. On 5 September 2017 the bridge carried its final private cars, as the vast majority of traffic was transferred to the new Queensferry Crossing, seen here in the background. Following a few weeks closure for repairs, the new role of the Forth Road Bridge was as a public transport corridor, open only to buses, taxis, cyclists and pedestrians. At its peak, the Forth Road Bridge carried 65,000 vehicles per day (vpd), which is now expected to drop to only a few hundred following the opening of the Queensferry Crossing. Its probably now the biggest footbridge in the world.
The Queensferry Crossing (formerly the Forth Replacement Crossing) was built alongside the existing Forth Road Bridge and carries the M90 motorway across the Firth of Forth between Edinburgh, at South Queensferry, and Fife, at North Queensferry.
Proposals for a second Forth Road crossing, to meet unexpected demand, were first put forward in the 1990s, but no action was taken until structural issues were discovered in the Forth Road Bridge in 2004. In 2006-2007 Transport Scotland carried out a study and in December 2007, took the decision to proceed with a replacement bridge. The following year it was announced that the existing bridge would be retained as a public transport link. The Forth Crossing Act received Royal Assent in January 2011. In April 2011, the Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors Consortium were awarded the contract and construction began in late Summer/Autumn of 2011.
The Queensferry Crossing is a three-tower cable-stayed bridge, with an overall length of 2.7 kilometres (1.7 miles). Around 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) of new connecting roads were built, including new and upgraded junctions at Ferrytoll in Fife, South Queensferry and Junction 1A on the M9.
The bridge was first due to be completed by December 2016, but this deadline was extended to August 2017 after several delays. It is the third bridge across the Forth at Queensferry, alongside the Forth Road Bridge completed in 1964, and the Forth Rail Bridge completed in 1890. Following a public vote, it was formally named on 26 June 2013 and opened to traffic on 30 August 2017. The official opening was carried out on 4 September 2017 by Queen Elizabeth II, fifty-three years to the day after she opened the adjacent Forth Road Bridge.
The Firth of Forth is the estuary (firth) of several Scottish rivers including the River Forth. It meets the North Sea with Fife on the north coast and Lothian on the south. It was known as Bodotria in Roman times. In the Norse sagas it was known as the Myrkvifiörd.
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CN would give us a treat with the power staying on the entire journey down. The lashup would be very good with the leader being Ex- Citirail 1212 now CN 3967 and a EMDX SD70AH-T4 in sporting the Progress Rail Yellow Scheme. I would have trouble catching the train this morning and barely made it to Rockport where it would be shoving in its train as seen here. Was glad to catch this B241 which is loaded Potash from Chicago, IL to here in Tampa, FL
A bee flies away in the background as two bees are busy at work collecting pollen on a sunflower at the State University of New York (SUNY) campus in Old Westbury, New York (NY), United States (USA). #longisland #newyork #usa #bees
Family owned Briggs Coaches of Swansea ceased trading in July 2023 following the retirement of the owner.
Traditionally a minibus and midi-coach operator, the company dipped its toe into the full-size coach market in the mid 2010s to secure better rates for school contracts.
In 2018, a pair of head turning 15m Plaxton Elite-bodied Volvo B12BTs were acquired and lasted a few years. New to Parks of Hamilton, and subsequently operated for Skills of Nottingham as 'stop gap' National Express coaches, they were purchased from Gardiners of Spennymoor, whose livery they initially retained. However, they subsequently received a Stagecoach 'Beachball'-inspired scheme which certainly made them stand out.
This is illustrated well by SN10 JKE, new as HSK 650, as she passes along Fabian Way in Swansea in April 2021 when on her way to take up an afternoon school run.
Spencer House from the Kersal Wetlands (Racecourse_, Salford on 24th August 2019
For more go to www.kersalflats.co.uk
View is Duke Kahanamoku Beach from the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel's Alii Terrace. It's been about as muggy as a South Texas bayou all week but still a paradise. Always great to be back in my adopted hometown.
During the 2010s, the car sharing service in Paris used these Bluecar models. They were also available for sale, but nobody wanted them. The reason, was that their batteries had to be constantly pugged in and kept warm at 60-80°C. Probably the only electric car who was wasting power even when it wasn't driving. If it was unplugged, the battery could lose 10% of charge per hour.
In 2018 the car sharing service
was stopped in Paris. 4.000 cars disappeared in a question of days, taken away to the car park of the former Matra factory in Romorantin.
Around 800 cars were refurbished and sold to private customers. The rest of the fleet would be used for spare parts. The selling price was 3.700€, but you had to know that the car would be constantly consuming electricity even when parked !
France : 2011 - 2016
Production in Italy (Pininfarina) and France (Renault - Dieppe).
61 HP DIN
Length : 3,65m
Weight : 1120kg
Range : 250km (city) / 150km (road)
Speed : 110 km/h
The Mercedes-AMG GT (C190) is a 2-door, 2-seat grand tourer coupé produced by Mercedes-AMG. The sports car was presented on September 9, 2014 and was officially unveiled to the public in October 2014 at the Paris Motor Show. After the SLS AMG, it is the second sports car developed entirely in-house by Mercedes-AMG. The car is produced in two performance variations, with the Mercedes-AMG GT S (C120) having a slightly higher performance. Both models went on sale in March 2015, with a GT3 racing variant of the car expected to be released in 2016. All variants are assembled at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen, Germany.
History
The interior of the Mercedes-AMG GT was previewed on April 16, 2014. The car made its debut on September 9, 2014 and was officially unveiled to the public in October 2014 at the Paris Motor Show with two performance options: the GT, with 350 kW (476 PS; 469 bhp), and the GT S with 375 kW (510 PS; 503 bhp). The GT has 600 N·m (443 lb·ft) of torque, and the GT S has 650 N·m (479 lb·ft) of torque.
The Mercedes-AMG GT S is Formula 1's current safety car, having made its debut in that role at the 2015 Australian Grand Prix.
Specifications
The GT uses a front mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout, with the engine inside the vehicle's wheelbase. The spaceframe chassis and body are made out of aluminium alloys, while the boot lid is steel and the engine bonnet magnesium. The suspensions are double wishbones front and rear, with forged aluminium wishbones and hub carriers.
The car is powered by a front-mid mounted M178 4-litre twin-turbo V8. This new V8 is in "hot inside V" configuration—with exhaust and turbochargers inside the cylinder banks to reduce turbo lag—and uses dry-sump lubrication. Power is sent to the rear wheels through a transaxle 7-speed AMG Speedshift dual-clutch transmission; the GT S model employs an electronically controlled mechanical limited-slip differential. In a road test executed by Car and Driver, the AMG GT S accelerated from 0–60 mph in 3.0 seconds and ran the quarter mile in 11.2 seconds.
[Text from Wikipedia]
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This Lego miniland-scale Mercedes-AMG GT S F1 Safety Car has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 101st Build Challenge, titled - 'A Matter of Life and Death!'. In this challenge, any vehicle can be built that associates with the themes of life or death.
The F1 Safety car has been used more frequently over the past 20 years, but has been used as part of a number of specialist cars to improve the sports safety, including medical cars for life-saving, rapid emergency intervention.
Highcliffe Castle has been described as arguably the most important surviving house of the Romantic and Picturesque style of architecture, which flourished at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century. Its significance is recognised nationally by its Grade 1 status on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historical Interest.
The Castle was built between 1831 and 1836 and is the realisation of one man's fantasy. That man was Lord Stuart de Rothesay. When he built it he was following in the footsteps of his grandfather the 3rd Earl of Bute, who had built an earlier mansion on the site during the 1770s. A keen botanist, Lord Bute created a scaled-down version of Kew. Perched on the edge of the cliff, on heathland with magnificent views out to sea, this house stood for only 38 years before land springs and sea erosion destabilised it.
Fire and Neglect at the Castle! After it ceased to be a family home, with most of its contents sold or bequeathed, the fortunes of the Castle fluctuated. It was a Children's Home for a short period in the early 1950s, then for 13 years the Claretian Fathers used the building as a seminary training students for the priesthood. Just before they moved out tragedy struck as fire ripped through the Great Hall. A more devastating fire followed the next year, when the Castle was owned by local businessmen. Then for two decades the Castle was left a neglected ruin, exposed to the weather and vandals. Only a flock of white doves came to stay amid the derelict rooms.
However, like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, today the Castle is again a beautiful building - now for all to enjoy. Owned by the Council since 1977 and benefitting from English Heritage funding and two National Lottery grants (in the 1990s and 2010s), the Castle now hosts joyous weddings, stages a variety of productions, and hosts fairs, exhibitions and events throughout the year. It is a valued asset at the heart of the community and a popular tourist attraction. We welcomed BBC's The Antiques Roadshow in 2012 and made an appearance more recently in Mr Selfridge on ITV.
Familiar and yet different. The Ferrari 488 GTB, launched in 2015, in many ways closely resembled the 458 Berlinetta model it replaced. The car looked very similar in overall form, size, and proportion.
The heart and soul of any Ferrari though, is the engine. In the 488, the V8 engine remains. Capacity was reduced from 4.5 litres to 3.9, but with two added turbochargers. The turbos add both power and more importantly, torque. For each measure, the 488 has the highest specific power and torque of any road Ferrari engine ever. This means that for every cc of engine capacity the 488 produces the most useable go. Power is transmitted to the rear wheels via a twin-clutch, 7-speed gearbox. This gearbox design uses two independent clutches. One clutch engages gears 1, 3, 5 and 7, while the second operates on 2, 4, 6 and Reverse. The gears are preselected electromechanically for the next shift.
The 488 is available as both a Berlinetta (coupe) and Spider (convertible) – these are the names commonly used for these body styles in the home of Ferrari, Italy.
Ferrari was founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1948, after he had run the racing team for rival Alfa Romeo. Originally he had built very limited numbers of road cars for well-heeled and well-connected customers – primarily to fund his racing team Scuderia Ferrari. Early road cars were almost exclusively V12 and front engined. Ferrari introduced a companion brand with assistance from FIAT with a V6 mid-engine design in the mid-1960s, named ‘Dino’ after his son Alfredino Ferrari, a name he also used for the V6 engine which Alfredino had helped design. In 1975 the V6 Dino 246 was replaced by a new, V8 engine model – the 308, with a 3.0 litre engine. The V8 line progressed through the 1980s – 2010s, with progressively larger engines. As well as a few low-capacity tax-specials, Ferrari added turbos to the V8 engine, high-performance 288 GTO and F40 models – the pinnacle Ferraris of their day.
This Ferrari 488 GTB has been included in Flickr LUGNuts' 120th Build Challenge, our tenth birthday, - "Happy 10th Anniversary, LUGNuts", - where all the previous challenge themes are available to build to. The 488 has been built to the 76th Build Challenge theme, - "Viva Italia", for vehicle from Italy.
The MotorCity-scale Ferrari 488 has also been included in my 2017 book title: 'How to Build Brick Cars'.
Challenge 82 - 'LUGNuts In Real Life (IRL)' is an opportunity to build your own ride (or that of your parents' that takes you to soccer practice or ballet school. For me, it is often whatever my latest company car is. Last month I picked up a new Ford Escape AWD 2.0 EcoBoost. It is fast, it has lots of grip, it handles well, and I find it really comfortable to sit in (kind of upright with my legs down). However, this is one thirsty car. Having just finished up with a diesel Mondeo, this uses nearly twice as much fuel - Wowsers! Hopefully it improves over time.
Oddly, this car was called the Kuga until the facelift arrived last year, and now the compact Crossover has reverted to the 'Escape' name.
This Lego Miniland-scale Ford 2017 Escape AWD CUV (C520MCA) has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 120th Build Challenge, - 'Happy 10th Anniversary, LUGNuts', - where all the previous challenge themes are open for use in creating builds for the Challenge.
The Challenge theme chosen is number 82 - 'LUGNuts in Real Life' - for any vehicle owned or driven regularly by the builder.
Gerry Boyce in the newspaper room of the former Hastings Heritage Centre in Cannifton, Ontario. He is standing in front of shelves constructed from old doors, on which are stored volumes of newspapers.
Photograph taken by a member of the Hastings County Historical Society in January 2010.
St. Agnes Church in Detroit,1920s and 2014.
The older photo was taken by someone unknown to me but was featured in the book Catholic Churches of Detroit by Roman Godzak. I took the modern image.
EAG Expo, Excel Exhibition Centre - January 18th 2017
Watch the video here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7fhtTclesI
The Ferrari F8 Tributo is a mid-engine sports car produced by the Italian automobile manufacturer Ferrari. The car is an update to the 488 with notable exterior and performance changes. It was unveiled at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show.
The F8 Tributo uses the similar engine from the 488 Pista (F154 CG), a 3.9 L twin-turbocharged V8 engine which has a power output of 720 PS (530 kW; 710 hp) and 770 Nâ‹…m (568 lbâ‹…ft) of torque, making it the most powerful conventional V8 powered Ferrari produced to date. Specific intake plenums and manifolds with optimised fluid-dynamics improve the combustion efficiency of the engine, thanks to the reduction of the temperature of the air in the cylinder, which also helps boost power. The increase in performance is provided in a more reactive way thanks to lightening solutions on the rotating masses, such as the F1 derived titanium connecting rods. The exhaust layout and the Inconel manifolds have been completely modified up to the terminals. The F8 Tributo also uses turbo rev sensors, developed in the 488 Challenge, to maximise the efficiency of the turbochargers based on the demand for power from the pedal. The transmission is a 7-speed dual clutch unit with improved gear ratios.
The front of the car is characterised by the S-Duct (originally featured on the 488 Pista) around which the entire front end of the car has been redesigned, with additional air intakes above the headlights. The front is completed by side aerodynamic intakes which are integrated into the shape of the bumper and feature two aerodynamic side splitters in black. The radiator packs are tilted towards the rear, using the flat undertray to channel the hot air and minimise the thermal interaction with the flows inside the wheel arch. The car also features quad taillamps, a feature that was last seen in the V8 lineage on F430. At the rear, it sports a louvered clear engine cover made from lightweight Lexan which pays homage to the F40 and a wrap-around rear spoiler inspired by the 308 GTB, with additional air intakes on either side.
McLaren 720S (2017-23) Engine 3994cc M838T twin turbo V8 710bhp (
Regigistration Number F 1 00V (Birmingham)
McLAREN SET
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The McLaren 720S was designed by Frank Stephenson and Robert Melville and is the second McLaren Super Series model, replacing the 650S from May 2017. is built on a modified carbon monocoque, which is lighter and stiffer than the outgoing 650S. The 720S was to be the first all-new car to be introduced by McLaren as a part of its new plan to launch 15 new cars into the market by 2022, in McLarens pre-COVID planning strategy Powered by McLarens new M840T engine of 3994cc twin turbocharged with an output of 720PS (710bhp). The carbon fibre tub used in the 720S' chassis is the Monocage II simular but 18kg lighter than the Monocage chassis used in the P1, and allows for dihedral doors with large easy entry-exit cutouts
The 720S Spider was introduced in December 2018 as the brand's new open-top flagship sports car. Due to the integral roll structure of the monocoque used in the 720S, the Spider did not need additional bracing to compensate for the loss of a fixed roof. The modified monocoque loses the spine running from front to the rear of the car and is dubbed the Monocage II-S. Due to the loss of the roof, the 720S Spider uses traditional dihedral doors. The Spider weighs 45 kg (100 lb) more than its coupé counterpart due to the retractable hardtop system. The roof is a single piece of carbon fibre and takes 11 seconds for operation, 6 seconds quicker than the 650S Spider. The roof can be operated at speeds up to 50 km/h (31 mph). The engine and the transmission remain the same as the coupé with the engine generating the same amount of power.
Diolch yn fawr am 72,013,478 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mwynhewch ac arhoswch yn ddiogel
Thank you 72,013,478 amazing views, enjoy and stay safe
Shot 22.04.2019 at the British GT, Oulton Park round Ref 139-114