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That smell of the sea on the air, the wind picks up a bit and the spray of rain patters onto the window. Much of my life in Seattle was made up of little vignettes like this. I miss it from time to time....but then I don't miss that constant damp from the same vignette. I do love watching a storm approach from the sea though and miss that at this time of the year very much.
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Approaching the crossing at sunrise, with just a few modern giveaways. Can you spot them? A Lerro Productions charter.
On the morning of February 1, while a powerful Nor'easter was slamming the NYC area, an inbound LIRR train arrives at Nostrand Avenue, splitting the two position light signals on the elevated structure. By 3 pm all LIRR, Metro-North, and above-ground subway service would be suspended due to the storm.
M7 (Bombardier, 1999-2006)
Nostrand Avenue station
Atlantic Branch - LIRR
Snowy Egret approaches its nest deep in the Eucalyptus tree. His gullet is swollen with food for its young.
Early morning mixed train approaching Eendekuil on the Klawer branch of South African Railways in the Western Cape.
Lancaster Falls on the Mt. Defiance Trail, Columbia River Gorge. Another Autumn shot that I recently rediscovered.
In contrast to the previous few days the morning of Saturday the 22nd March was rather misty and damp. The rather dreary conditions are briefly enlivened by the presence of 60002 approaching the newly opened Newsham station with the 6N86 0911 Tyne Coal Terminal to Lynemouth loaded biomass working.
I captured this young bald eagle in a tree near Portage Alaska. It looks like dirty feathers but I believe this to be a young bird as it doesn't have the clean white of a fully mature eagle. It takes several years for an eagle to fully mature. It was eating some food - what I couldn't tell - in its claws on the branch.
Taken 30 September 2017 near Portage, Alaska.
The standard three pack of ex CNW C40-8s have a U789 train of modern CN era ore cars (over 1000 of which were acquired between 2009 and 2018) loaded with taconite from US Steel's Minntac Plant destined for the docks in Two Harbors by way of the Minntac Sub to Wolf, the Missabe Sub to Iron Jct., and finally the Iron Range Sub east and south to Lake Superior. The train is at about MP 1 on the eight mile long Minntac Subdivision just north of the Kane Road crossing as the train approaches Nomi Junction.
This is a region that should need no introduction to even the most casual fan as the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway is in a word legendary. I won't bore you with pages of history as I couldn't do the road or region justice anyway. It simply needs to be experienced for oneself. But I will direct you to two resources. Absolutely check out the fabulous historical information here: www.missabe.com/
And for a fabulously well written overview of modern CN operations find yourself a copy of the April 2023 edition of Railfan and Railroad right now! shop.whiteriverproductions.com/products/rfr-202304
Mountain Iron, Minnesota
Tuesday May 9, 2023
Olympus OM2, Kodachrome 64, digitised by photographing the original 35mm slide on a light pad; 12mm extension tube used. Tethered capture in Lightroom.
We are a little below 3300m in the Shilla gorge, still a kilometre or two from the village of Wanla. As usual, I've been spending too long on photography, and am behind the first ponies.
The Flickr mapping gives Kashmir as the location, which may be politically true but culturally we are firmly in Ladakh, having left Kashmir behind.
A beautiful August, golden hour turned out to become a nasty thunder storm within a few minutes. Nothing else to do than pack the gear, and call it the day. But, fortunately I manage to get a few shots of the approaching storm.
The afternoon Zephyr is running about an hour late as it crosses over Yarmony Creek at the east end of the Glenwood Springs Subdivision, just west of the west switch of Bond.
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On a chilly February afternoon in 2016, 306 (with double DP) races down the hill towards Glendyne and ultimately the village of Saint-Marc du Lac Long. The manifest has just completed their meet at Tarte with a very late 121, and now tries to make up time before changing crews in Edmundston. At one time, Glendyne housed a siding just under 5000' in length, however now the first siding west of Edmundston isn't until Tarte, due to fewer and longer trains running.
Le pont de Wandre relie, en enjambant la Meuse et le canal Albert, Herstal à Liège. Conçu par le bureau d’études René Greisch, il remplace deux ponts indépendants – un sur chaque voie d’eau – devenus obsolètes suite à la mise au gabarit du canal Albert, dont la largeur est passée de 35 à 85 m. Cet ouvrage, inauguré en 1989, vaudra une distinction au bureau qui l’a imaginé, outre une indéniable reconnaissance internationale.
Long de 524 m, le pont est un ouvrage haubané à pylône central unique d’une hauteur de 102 m, réalisé en béton armé et précontraint. Les travées principales ont une portée de 168 m (Meuse) et 144 m (canal Albert) et sont suspendues au pylône en Y renversé par 19 haubans (entre 73 et 175 m de longueur espacés tous les 6 m au niveau du tablier). La travée d’approche de la rive gauche est désolidarisée du reste et courbe afin de palier d’éventuels tassements dus à la présence d’anciens puits de mine.
La mise en œuvre adoptée a maintenu l’utilisation continue des axes routiers et fluviaux, si bien qu’une grande partie du tablier a été réalisée sur la rive gauche et mise en position par poussage, une technique inédite pour les ponts haubanés. Cette première architecturale mondiale est adéquatement rehaussée par un éclairage de nuit mis en place dès la conception.
Depuis 1993, le pont de Wandre est classé monument du patrimoine historique majeur de Belgique.
The Wandre bridge links, by spanning the Meuse and the Albert canal, Herstal to Liège. Designed by the René Greisch design office, it replaces two independent bridges - one on each waterway - which had become obsolete following the upgrading of the Albert Canal, whose width was reduced from 35 to 85 m. This work, inaugurated in 1989, will be worth a distinction to the office which imagined it, in addition to an undeniable international recognition.
The 524 m long bridge is a cable-stayed structure with a single central pylon, 102 m high, made of reinforced and prestressed concrete. The main spans have a span of 168 m (Meuse) and 144 m (Albert canal) and are suspended from the Y pylon overturned by 19 stay cables (between 73 and 175 m in length spaced every 6 m at the level of the deck). The approach span to the left bank is separated from the rest and curved to compensate for any settlements due to the presence of old mine shafts.
The implementation adopted maintained the continuous use of the road and river axes, so much so that a large part of the deck was carried out on the left bank and put into position by pushing, a new technique for cable-stayed bridges. This world architectural first is adequately enhanced by night lighting implemented from the design stage.
Since 1993, the Wandre bridge has been classified as a major historical heritage monument in Belgium.
The Chateau of Monsieur Epernay Freschi can be seen through the trees of this island encased in a circle of mountains, like the most precious jewel. The rumor says it contains one of the most unique collections of French Art of the XVIII th century, Monsieur Freschi being the last exponent of Le Grand Goût of the Enlightenment era.
But I decided to visit the Park first....
Location: Petit Trianon @ TIKKI
This storm brought a wall of large hail and rain drops that hit with such ferocity that I could not hear my car stereo.
DBS "Red Shed" 66115 approaches Pantyffynnon signal box along the single track on its journey to Gwaen -Cae - Gurwen open cast coal mine on the 6B15, having originated at Swansea Burrows. The train will return to Swansea Burrows loaded with anthracite and will be despatched by another train journey to Onllwyn for processing.
Poznan, Poland
Autumn 17
Recently, I find myself looking back into my massive catalog of unseen images and thought I would begin to share them. Enjoy the memories.
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CN 589 is highballing by Carlsbad Springs after making a trip to Hawkesbury to serve Ivaco rolling mills
A lengthy SP manifest is rolling along through Cable and is fast approaching the summit. In Tehachapi they will cut out their helper set and begin the descent into Mojave. So many good memories wrapped up in this shot from the four elephant style tunnel motors to the variety of freight cars. I sure miss the SP. 7.86
The dirty one on the left is Valerie and the one on the right is Hubbard. The keener folk are out in the wind and mist on the 5th deck , the smart ones are in the Celebrations' Lounge on the 11th deck. The outside temperature falls to 0 degrees C as you get closer.
Storm clouds approaching Leysdown , Isle of Sheppey
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May 6, 2019
Summerland Bluffs
FujiFilm GW690III
Fujinon 90mm f/3.5 EBC
Ilford Pan F Plus
f/5.6 16" ASA 50
Yellow Filter & 9 Stop Hoya ND Filter
T-Max Developer 1:4 5.5 Minutes
Epson Perfection V550 Photo
Took this minutes before the rain started to come down.
Many thanks to the talented Tom Farrell for the wonderful poem
With Approaching Storm
Moments before the darkening clouds
Crept across the horizon of the morn...
I watched my God now sketching
....with Charcoal in His Hand
Knowing full well,
(As evening follows day)
A watercolor masterpiece
With every shade of gray
Was scheduled for performance:
With this Symphony of Rain
And as I ran to seek for cover
From the torrent of first drops,
Splashing such exuberance
To the garden where I toiled --
I hear one flower whisper
With expectancy in pitch...
“Praise you Lord, for finally coming
I’ve been waiting -- for Your Touch”
© Tom Farrell 2006