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They made a nice job of the exposed aggregate finish concrete slab on the sea wall at Dymchurch, U.K.
Although three lines run to London from Dartford, nearly all freight uses the route via Sidcup which meets the mainline at Hither Green and then provides access to the South London Line via Lewisham. This is known as the Dartford Loop line.
A working that still operates in 2021 is pictured here. Cliffe, Angerstein Wharf and Dagenham all forward sea dredged aggregates by rail. Here, approaching New Eltham station is 7y94, the 10:00 Purley to Cliffe empties behind 33012 on 31st March 1988.
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Water cascades over concrete aggregate blocks in the Active Pool at the Philip Johnson-designed Fort Worth Water Gardens in the south end of Downtown Fort Worth, Texas.
I was driving around the industrial area by the river and found an aggregate/concrete business. Lots of interesting patterns.
These lovely roses were taken in our garden this summer 2024.
A rose is a woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing or trailing with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds. Most species are native to Asia, with smaller numbers native to Europe, North America, and northwest Africa. Species, cultivars and hybrids are all widely grown for their beauty and often are fragrant. Rose plants range in size from compact, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach 7 meters in height. Different species hybridize easily, and this has been used in the development of the wide range of garden roses.
The name rose comes from French, itself from Latin rosa, which was perhaps borrowed from Oscan, from Greek ρόδον rhódon (Aeolic βρόδον wródon), itself borrowed from Old Persian wrd- (wurdi), related to Avestan varəδa, Sogdian ward, Parthian wâr.
The leaves are borne alternately on the stem. In most species they are 5 to 15 centimetres (2.0 to 5.9 in) long, pinnate, with (3–) 5–9 (–13) leaflets and basal stipules; the leaflets usually have a serrated margin, and often a few small prickles on the underside of the stem. Most roses are deciduous but a few (particularly from South east Asia) are evergreen or nearly so.
The flowers of most species have five petals, with the exception of Rosa sericea, which usually has only four. Each petal is divided into two distinct lobes and is usually white or pink, though in a few species yellow or red. Beneath the petals are five sepals (or in the case of some Rosa sericea, four). These may be long enough to be visible when viewed from above and appear as green points alternating with the rounded petals. There are multiple superior ovaries that develop into achenes. Roses are insect-pollinated in nature.
The aggregate fruit of the rose is a berry-like structure called a rose hip. Many of the domestic cultivars do not produce hips, as the flowers are so tightly petalled that they do not provide access for pollination. The hips of most species are red, but a few (e.g. Rosa pimpinellifolia) have dark purple to black hips. Each hip comprises an outer fleshy layer, the hypanthium, which contains 5–160 "seeds" (technically dry single-seeded fruits called achenes) embedded in a matrix of fine, but stiff, hairs. Rose hips of some species, especially the Dog Rose (Rosa canina) and Rugosa Rose (Rosa rugosa), are very rich in vitamin C, among the richest sources of any plant. The hips are eaten by fruit-eating birds such as thrushes and waxwings, which then disperse the seeds in their droppings. Some birds, particularly finches, also eat the seeds.
Rose thorns are actually prickles - outgrowths of the epidermis. While the sharp objects along a rose stem are commonly called "thorns", they are technically prickles — outgrowths of the epidermis (the outer layer of tissue of the stem). (True thorns, as produced by e.g. Citrus or Pyracantha, are modified stems, which always originate at a node and which have nodes and internodes along the length of the thorn itself.) Rose prickles are typically sickle-shaped hooks, which aid the rose in hanging onto other vegetation when growing over it. Some species such as Rosa rugosa and Rosa pimpinellifolia have densely packed straight prickles, probably an adaptation to reduce browsing by animals, but also possibly an adaptation to trap wind-blown sand and so reduce erosion and protect their roots (both of these species grow naturally on coastal sand dunes). Despite the presence of prickles, roses are frequently browsed by deer. A few species of roses have only vestigial prickles that have no points.
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose
Aggregate haulers in action. Ellis & Eastern's empty sand train cuts in front a a waiting Dakota & Iowa loaded rock train in downtown Sioux Falls.
Shortly after sunrise 66707 Sir Sam Fay rolls through the frozen Warwickshire countryside heading 6G80 Peak Forest to Small Heath.
La 740-861 della Olomoucká Dopravní è qui ripresa nei pressi di Hradčovice (CZ), al traino di un breve convoglio di tramogge.
Olomoucká Dopravní 740-861 is seen here leaving Hradčovice, Czech Republic, at the head of a short westbound aggregates train.
Breukelen - Kanaaldijk West
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DCR 60029 seen powering away from Whittlesey with 6Z28 Loaded aggregate from Tunstead To Brandon. 22/11/21
Railfreight Construction 33064 and BR blue 33027 'Earl Mountbatten of Burma' head a Cliffe - Sevington Channel Tunnel aggregates train passing Petts Wood Junction on 27 July 1989
DR 'Rekolok' 2-10-0s 52 8075-5 and 52 8079-7 gradually but positively get their heavy aggregates train on the move along the branch serving the Immelborn loading point on 31st October 2008.
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A house at Kings Cliffe which caught my eye with the sun on it.
Voigtlander Bessa 66 deluxe
Heliar lens
Kodak TMax 400 film
Lab develop and scan
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The sun struggles to shine through the milky cloud cover, as train CT-1 with three B39-8s for power approach Route 150 in Wallingford. This train takes stone loads from Tilcons Reeds Gap quarry to Cedar Hill Yard. Later at night, a new crew operating as train CHFP will make the trip to Fresh Pond Yard in Queens, NY. The antique truck on the left is home to the Connecticut Street Rod Association.
Aggregate Industries liveried (GB Railfreight) 66711 'Sence' leads the 6T64 0827 Stratford (London) to Whitemoor Yard L.D.C Gbrf departmental through Waterbeach. 66539 can be seen in the distance.
After a reversal at Maryport, 56113 eases through Parton with the 6Z87 08:38 Workington Docks to Drigg BNF. Stockpiled from local quarries, the aggregates conveyed in this short term flow were used not just for construction purposes but also for the capping of storage vaults at Drigg Low-Level Waste Repository, near to Drigg village. The site is the UK's central long-term storage facility for low-level radioactive waste. Although Colas operated, the trips utilised blue JNA-T wagons hired in from Cappagh / DC Rail.
27th March 2023.
Concrete Materials uses its railroad subsidiary, Ellis & Eastern, to move its products around. That means raw materials like sand, as well as industrial products like cement. The railroad's pair of SD40-2Ws accelerate from the sand pit at Corson, S.D., on BNSF's Corson Subdivision. The sand will go to Concrete Materials' plant on the west side of Sioux Falls.
Part of my body of work that made finalist at New York's Exposure 2011 (Artists Wanted)
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John F. Bjorklund Photo • Doug Harrop Collection • June 18, 1983
CP Rail 4718, an MLW M636, leads a westbound manifest train beneath an aggregate conveyor system in Zorra, Ontario.
The 101 Locust Tower (Wells Fargo Building) in Downtown Denton, reaches into the cloudy North Texas sky.
Another couple of hours out today, judiciously timed to catch a remarkable six freight movements in the Northwich area.
Arguably the pick is DB Cargo Shed 66115 easing the 10.00am Dowlow Briggs Sidings - Southampton Up Yard (6O11) loaded limestone around the tight curve at Northwich, and on to the single track Middlewich line.
There's a nice network of footbridges over the Northwich Triangle giving good access to pedestrians around the local residential area. I liked the patina and texture of the one in frame and the shot was composed to give this quaint low-sided bridge at least equal prominence with the train. The houses on the right lie on Royle Street.
12th September 2017
Dog-rose is the most abundant and widespread of our wild rose species, and also the most variable. It is an aggregate of similar subspecies and its sweet-scented blooms can vary in colour from white to deep pink. Whilst usually about five metres in height, Dog-rose can scramble to the tops of tall trees like a rainforest vine. Bright red hips form in late summer and these have traditionally been foraged to make rose-hip syrup. Confusion can arise as sometimes eglantine also refers to Rosa rubiginosa.
66711 is seen approaching Langham junction with the 6L27 1714 Mountsorrel sidings - Whitemoor yard 20/6/22. (Taken using a pole)
Almost didn't bother with this as shooting into the sun...But I like the dust coming off the stone wagons. Creates a nice effect I think.
Aggregates liveried 59002 'Alan J Day' passes the Crofton Beam Pumping station near Bedwyn in Wiltshire. The Kennet and Avon canal adds to the scene. 20/07/20
Before aggregate mining companies, housing developers, and Utah Transit Authority altered the landscape, the Jordan Narrows between Lehi and Riverton, Utah was a rural retreat with deer, birds, fish, and foxes for sightseers to enjoy. Utilizing trackage rights on the D&RGW granted late in 1985, Union Pacific's LUC51 rolls through the greenery with 71 cars for North Yard in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 8, 1993.
Southern Shorthaul Railroad’s CLP9 and RailPower’s CLP13 scream through Picton as with empty aggregate train 2283 bound for Peppertree Loop.
The comapny Dolata was established in 1998, but it wasn't until 2018 that they expanded to the railway. They started in Dąbrowa (near Poznań) as a gravel/aggregates mine and sorting facility. Now they also do transports and produce concrete. The name comes from the company owner - Agnieszka Dolata.
The expansion to the rails happened (afaik) in 2018 and BR232-789 was the first class 232 locomotive to receive Dolata's black and silver livery. The company currently has a railway operations base in Szamotuły (also near Poznań), where they repair their sizeable fleet, now consisting of a couple of 232 and TEM2 locomotives (additionally - they own an ex-PKP ST44 locomotive, but there are no plans of bringing it back to life).
On a foggy November morning, while visiting my family in Rokietnica, I made my way to the local railway station and snapped this picture of Dolata's first 232 at the aggregate siding near the station. Since then, the station has had a substantial overhaul and the siding has ceased existing.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
With last-minute cancellations being something of a problem on Northern's Chester to Leeds route recently, I decided to take the earlier service today to guarantee making a lunch appointment with an old college mate coming down from Scotland.
In truth there was something of an incentive - an earlier arrival also meant I would likely see the 9.53am Hunslet Tilcon - Arcow Quarry (6M31) stone empties rolling through the centre road at Leeds, rather than miss it by a few minutes as has happened on other occasions. Oddly enough however, today, the freight was not its usual 'right-on-schedule' pass-through, but running 35 minutes behind time.
Anyhow, with apparently no other snappers around to witness the event (perhaps the grotty light and rainy conditions put them off), GBRf 'Tug' 60076 is captured here doing the honours and looking quite nicely turned out too. Eventual arrival at the quarry would be 13 minutes ahead of due time, thanks to a very generous schedule that normally sees the train looped at Kirkstall for almost 40 minutes.
Comments switched off for this one, thanks.
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11.14am, 1st October 2024
CAT 980M Wheel Loader (Aggregate Handler) on display in the show area at the Toromont Cat Dealership on corner of Jaguar Road and Riverside Drive in Mountjoy Township in the City of Timmins Northeastern Ontario Canada
Class 60 No.60076 works the 6D50 Hull Dairycoates Tilcon Gbrf to Rylstone Tilcon (Gbrf) past Clints Rock near Rylstone Yorkshire.
Originally this line ran from Skipton to Grassington but the services were withdrawn many years ago. The only reason for the lines existence today is for the transportation of limestone aggregate from Swinden Quarry near Cracoe further up the line. This is also where the line now terminates a few miles short of Grassington. The rock face on the left is an example of Limestone in its raw state, a material which is abundant to the area.
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www.phoenix-rpc.co.uk to the Phoenix Railway Photographic Circle.
Excerpt from the plaque:
HueScape by Art Aggregate: With HueScape we want to encourage viewers to engage with the piece as both individual objects and as an immersive space. By shifting vantage points we can focus on the work as a tunnel or view it as a porthole drawing our attention through to the environment beyond the structures.
The work is a marker with delineating lines that mark one’s presence in time and the presence of an act upon the wood.
Freightliner 'Shed' 66588 runs the gauntlet of Friday night passengers and station staff as it rumbles slowly through Reading's platform 8 with the 6.34pm Churchyard Sidings - Whatley Quarry discharged aggregate hoppers (6V51).
Most freight is scheduled to run through platforms 12 and 13 (and, occasionally, 15) but keeping an eye on the virtual signal diagram while staying close to the footbridge can pay dividends for those last minute platform changes - as happened here.
In what is now a mostly rebuilt station, I do like the way the main legacy building has been retained and incorporated into the new structure - a comforting link to the station's heritage. Note too the homage to the station's previous name, Reading General, on the large-scale totem at right. Have to say I thought the 'General' name was given to the station much earlier during Great Western Railway ownership rather than post the 1948 nationalisation, but I could be mistaken.
What isn't in doubt are the sheer numbers of passengers using the facility - some 17million in the year prior to Covid. And, while current numbers are still well down on that, catching a train for the 36 mile ride to London, even in the mid-morning off-peak period, can still be a sardine-like experience.
I also noted that the line at platform 8 is roughly where the through line was in the 1970s. This was where the daily joy could be experienced of a Western passing through the station at speed at the head of the Up "Cornish Riviera Ltd'. Heady days for diesel-hydraulic spotters and snappers alike!
For this image I've opted to not over-egg the lighting, but instead keep it similar to the levels it actually was.
Shot at 1/60s @ F7.1, and 8000asa
8.38pm, 13th October 2023