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With an RMT strike on this day causing the independent freight lines by-passing Crewe to be closed, trains were passing through the station. The driver of Freightliner Class 70 No. 70016 opens up the power after approach control slowed him to a crawl before taking the junction to Manchester with 4Z20, the 10:30 Southampton MCT – Trafford Park intermodal on 3rd January 2023.
Thunderstorm approaching on the Haythorn Ranch in the Sandhills of Nebraska.
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Looking out over the Atlantic ocean to an area called the Western approaches, this shot is from Pendeen lighthouse .
The Western Approaches is an approximately rectangular area of the Atlantic ocean lying immediately to the west of Ireland and parts of Britain. The north and south boundaries are defined by the corresponding extremities of Britain. Wikipedia.
My last upload for a while as I`m off to all points West .
Another look at one of the many abandoned buildings at Rosewood Center a psychiatric hospital that closed around 2006 near Owings Mill MD. A lot of security there now so not very easy to get access to unfortunately.
On Sept 5th, my beautiful granddaughter's birthday, we traveled to Tybee Island and walked amongst the gulls and rolling waves. About an hour into our fun, a sudden storm rolled in cutting short our trip and had us running back to the safety of our car.
There's nothing better than the laugh of a grandchild…the joy of seeing her stretch out her hand to capture mine, and letting her guide me where her mind wants us to go. This is only my 2nd grandparent's day and after a 16 hour trip yesterday back home, I find myself teary eyed and emotional thinking of this fairylike child who claims my heart.
Happy grandparent's day to those of us who know this privilege.
DB regeared class 66 66656 speeds towards Naas crossing in Hardwicke near Gloucester with the diverted 6V92 Corby BSC to Margam TC empty steel train
We found a pride of lion just north of Grootkolk. They are roaring, playing and fighting short after sunrise.
Lion (Panthera leo) Löwe
South Africa February 2019
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
A Conrail westbound intermodal passing PRR Altoona Works led by Dash8-40CW No., 6230. 9 September 1994.
Built in 1385, Bodiam Castle is a perfect example of a late medieval moated castle and is
one of Britain's most famous and evocative castles.
It is situated beside the River Rother in East Sussex and was built in the late 14th century by a veteran of King Edward III's wars with France, originally as a coastal defence. In 1385, Sir Edward Dalyngrygge was given permission to fortify his house against invasion from France, but then decided to build a new stone castle a short distance away from the house.
What can be seen today is a relatively small, picturesque building that symbolises the movement from traditional medieval castle to comfortable manor house. With an almost square construction, Bodiam Castle has a notable symmetry and is surrounded by a wide moat. The moat was created from an artificial lake which, in turn, originated from allowing the river to flow into a rectangular area of marshy land.
For more information please visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-bodiamcastle and www.theheritagetrail.co.uk/castles/bodiam castle.htm
The friendly puffins are tireless fishing. With very fast flight and strong wind, they have to maneuver very quickly to land successfully and bring the prize back to their nest.
This is the approach to Baring elevator, the subject of the first image in this series. Aside from the elevator, there is not much to see except the road and the remains of the town on the right. The Baring elevator was built by the Maple Leaf Milling Company in 1909 and it was closed and abandoned in the early 60s when the railway line was closed.
Baring, Saskatchewan, Canada.
If you'd like to read about my recent winter trip to Saskatchewan, you're welcome to check out my blog post about it.
At one time, grain elevators could be found every 8 to 10 miles along every railway line in western Canada. That allowed most farmers to make a round trip to an elevator to deliver and sell their grain with a horse and wagon in one day. From that elevator the grain would be shipped to ports on the Great Lakes or the west coast, across Canada and around the world. Grain elevators started appearing across the Prairies in the late 19th century, and the number of grain elevators peaked in 1938, when there were nearly 6,000 primary (country) elevators in the Prairie provinces. Many factors led to the decline of the primary elevator: the Depression, increased mechanization, improved roads for transportation, rural depopulation, the closing of branch lines of the railway and the buying out or merging of the grain companies and the building of large, concrete grain terminals. In 2023 there were only around 400 country elevators left in Saskatchewan and only about 100 are still in use. Many of the old, wooden elevators have been destroyed – burned down, struck by lightning, demolished - but some of them still remain - weathered but beautiful and stalwart.
Sources: Dommasch, H. (1986) Prairie Giants. Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books and Farrell, I. (2023) Reflections on Wooden Grain Elevators. heritagesask.ca/news/reflections-on-wooden-grain-elevators
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This IAIS manifest passes alongside 5th Street in Davenport as it approaches the IAIS yard in Silvis.
A 3 image panorama as we were first approaching Sedoan near Oak Creek at the visitors center before we started our 'Pink Jeep Tour'.
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Grain is our daily challenge. I went for a walk to take a subject that would suit a grainy B&W treatment. This plane was unexpected, but seems to fit the bill. The larger you view it, the grainier it looks.
YAY, finally a little bit of nice cloud cover - it has been quite cloudless around here for a long time now, and of course the clouds came yesterday morning with a beautiful sunrise - I was totally unprepared, so just had to enjoy it from our bed. ;-)
Decided to get out this morning, hoping they would still be around. I was not dissapointed, a nice little storm was approaching the coast line - so were able to get a few long exposures before the clouds dumped their payload. Got drenched running back to the car, but never mind, the clouds are back!
After the storm had passed I went back down to the rocks - but the camera did not want to turn on!!! Arrgh - packed everything back up again and were just enjoying the sunrise.
Not sure what happend, but the camera turned back on when I got home. phew.
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I'm only uploading this one today due to some glitches from Flickr this morning. This is a view that opened up across the Dee Valley as we approach our final destination of Llangollen
Another view of Stanier Pacific 46233 Duchess of Sutherland approaching Sileby station on the Midland Mainline with the York Yultide Express, December 2017
Beacon Rock stands like a fortress as another powerful storm approaches and threatens to slam the Columbia River Gorge.
On the way to the summit of Galdhøpiggen you have to pass Svellnose. A narrow rim with a glacier on one side and a vertical drop on the other. And in icy fog it was not that pleasant...
A very windy and wet evening down La Corbiere Lighthouse... I took a right battering from the sea spray!
Olympus OM4, Ektachrome EB100, digitised by photographing the original 35mm slide on a light table using a 12mm extension tube; tethered capture and digital processing in Lightroom.
"Grassholm (Welsh: Gwales or Ynys Gwales) is a small uninhabited island situated 13 kilometres off the southwestern Pembrokeshire coast in Wales, lying west of Skomer. It is the westernmost point in Wales other than the isolated rocks on which the Smalls Lighthouse stands. Grassholm is known for its huge colony of northern gannets; the island has been owned since 1947 by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and is one of its oldest reserves.
Grassholm National Nature Reserve is the third most important site for gannets in the world, after two sites in Scotland: St Kilda and Bass Rock. It serves as a breeding site for 39,000 pairs of the birds, and supports around 10 percent of the world population. The turbulent sea around Grassholm is a good feeding area for porpoises and bottlenose dolphins." (Wikipedia, edited)
This location is something of a classic on the Moffat, as the Zephyr wraps around the tight curve on the approach to Tunnel 29, the shortest tunnel in the Tunnel District at only 75 feet in length. My dad has a shot of the Rio Grande Zephyr, with DRGW 5771 leading, from roughly this same perspective. Note the slight discoloration in the rock by the final Superliner, This used to be Tunnel 28, but was daylights decades ago due to cave-ins.
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37425 is seen approaching Wichnor junction working the 3z01 1845 Derby RTC - Bristol Kingsland road 9/8/22.
Along the Myakka River at Myakka River State Park near Sarasota Florida.
After drought conditions the summer rains have finally begun.
Almost walked into the alligator on the lower right of the picture.