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Rock Island northbound freight #26 rips through a fine Spring evening, headed by an F9, F9b, ex-DRGW GP7, F9b, GP9, GP7, U28b, U25b (4150….230), obviously some power balancing is happening here! As I recall - and I had worked for them the previous summer and would work again the next summer - Train 26 was often a handy way to get much needed power back north. With grain and other loads predominating the southward traffic, more power was needed to go south than to haul the empties north. With Rock's power woes getting more and more desperate, some creative ways to obtain other railroads' castoffs were taken. One was a three way trade with U.P. and Rio Grande that involved two of the units in this consist. The leader was a former U.P. F9 that had worked its years (probably most its service life) in the Pacific Northwest, and the huge snowplow that had served so well in its former habitat was now an unneeded appendage. UNfortunately there was NO standard pilot behind the snowplow, so it stayed on. I recall an engineer telling me that he took out the planks in a road crossing in one of these things! Rock's penchant for speed and the riding qualities of our mainline made that easy to predict. The Rio Grande Geeps came with no multi-unit receptacles so those had to be installed, and of course the dynamic brakes would see only neglect. But power was power, and the Russian export grain movement to the Gulf made it necessary to scrounge up whatever they could find. Also, they could employ Yours Truly!
Scania Irizar from the Newbury Buses fleet, deputises for the normal Enviro 200 vehicles and seen at the Reading terminus. I suspect this and other Vodaphone dedicated vehicles are surplus during the present Covid 19 issues and therefore helping out with social distancing requirements in the Reading Buses fleet.
Nutri e proteggi l'amore in cui credi prima che cominci lentamente ad appassire e sia troppo tardi
Nourish and protect your love before it starts to slowly wither and it's too late
29092015_IMG_0202 | self at my garage studio
Hi Everyone,
I'm back from the most amazing holiday in Thailand so am now starting to play catch up with my 365.
This shot was taken on our first night from a pedestrian foot bridge.
I could not get over the amount of traffic even at night in this city and had to take this shot.
Hello Everyone,I would like to present my new line BiDoll Ego – my first resin line !!! On the pictures you can see two dolls of the same mold. The mold name is Graceful. Each doll comes with a mask. In this photo session I wanted to show the possibilities for playing. It consists of two parts. In the first part where the dolls are with long hair I wanted to show sincere, light, tender spring emotions. In the second part the dolls wear masks and the mood changes. The make-up is bright and impudent. The dolls show themselves from another side - fashion, grace and bright. I hope that my idea came through and you will like them. The BiDoll Ego dolls will be available for sale. I will tell all the details later. Please enjoy.
Thank you, Rafael
366 2024 - The Future is Now - Day 361 - December 26
The Flickr Lounge - Weekly Theme 52 - Reflection - We have two nice small ponds at the RV park we are staying at, the ducks really like them!
GUYS. This took forever!! I'm really proud of this..
definitely got inspired from someone on flickr, idk where.. And it was a long time ago.. Whoevers photo inspired this is not my contact, so i can't find it ): Herreee it iss! Inspired by this.
But yeah! I am really really proud of this. Lotsa flaws, but i love this :D First time in a while where i was REALLY inspired to actually do something. I think i've got my groove back! :D I made this my new buddy icon! :D change is good.
Tagged agaaain. Sorry for all the tags guys! D: Heh (:
1. What's the last movie you watched? CARS 2!! :D
2. What's your favorite noise? Uhhhh, for some reason i really like the sizzle of food cooking, and the plunk noise a golf ball makes when it drops on a green. IM WEIRD, K?!
3. Do you like some kind of light on when you go to bed, or just darkness? Darkness.. IM A VAMPIRE.
4. What's the weirdest thing you've ever eaten? Umm, goat balls. (LOLJK. Idk..)
5. What's something you really want right now but don't need? Ray ban sunglasses... :)
6. What's your hair look like right now? Straight. Like in the picture above. Nothin special.
7. Have you seen waldo? God, i wish..