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My favourite shot of the day - agreeable early autumnal sunshine and an exhaust that behaved itself in the strong northerly wind, just before blowing down over the coaches - 35018 'British India Line' makes an impressive exit from Hellifield, and approaches the shadows of the trees and cutting at Hellifield Brow, in charge of the 1Z24 07:35 Carnforth to Scarborough 'Lune Rivers Trust' charter on Saturday 26th September 2020.
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(Inside Echo Base)
[Loudspeaker]: *IMPERIAL WALKERS APPROACHING BASE. EVERYONE TO YOUR STATIONS. I REPEAT, EVERYONE TO YOUR STATIONS. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. I REPEAT, THIS IS NOT A DRILL*
[Rebel captain
]: "You heard it men! Everyone to your stations, and prepare for the Attack!"
[Several rebels]: "Yes sir!!"
*EVACUATION PROCEDURES ARE IN PROGRESS. PLEASE STAND BY FOR YOUR ORDERS*
[Rebel captain]: "Evacuation, eh? Has it really come to that? The imperials must be gaining ground fast."
[Rebel soldier]: "Not that I'll miss this planet anyway sir, I say the sooner we leave the better."
[Rebel captain]: "Get back to your station soldier! Whether you survive this conflict, or not, I expect you to do your best in your post! Now, is that communicator online?"
(Rebel soldier 2): ( Somewhat shaken by the attack ) "A-almost sir."
[Rebel captain] "Well, hurry up! We need to get up the communications to the trenches, to find out whats happening out there!"
(1 minute later)
[Rebel 2]: "Got it sir! communications are up and running, and there's a message coming through! Stand by..."
[Rebel 2]: "Sir! that was point beta! they say, their taking heavy casualties from the AT-AT's!" They are requesting air support!"
[Rebel captain]: "Right! give me the control of the loudspeaker!
[Rebel 1]: "Yes sir!"
(two minutes later)
[Rebel captain on loudspeaker]: *ATTENTION! THE TRENCHES ARE BEING HEAVILY SEIGED, AND ARE REQUESTING AIR SUPPORT! WE NEED ALL T-47 PILOTS TO THEIR VEHICLES! I REPEAT, ALL PILOTS TO THEIR SPEEDERS!*
( Captain catches sight of a pilot walking around on his phone, not headed for the hanger )
[Rebel captain]: "You! pilot! to your aircraft you idiot!"
[Pilot]: "Just a minute sir! I've been chasing this pokemon for thirty minutes, and I've almost got him!"
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Nothing like sitting on the floor of your room, eating crunchy, greasy, fried fries, and building hoth! XD
This is the second build for the contest between me and these other two guys. www.flickr.com/photos/141433104@N04/ & www.flickr.com/photos/carnagetheclone/
The theme for this build was "star wars, rebels/empire." So, since i have already done hoth, I kinda decided it would be fun to try again. :)
Sorry for the lame story, but after all those stories, about how stupid pokemon go is, i just had to mention it. :D
Thanks guys for your support guys! Really appreciate it as usual!
TFVAHAGD!!
god bless!
those who are pumped for mission 9.1, say "oh yeah!" XD
About 25 miles west of Glenwood Springs, the Zephyr is approaching the east switch of Rifle. Once upon a time, the Rio Grande Zephyr stopped at Rifle. When the Rio Grande Zephyr retired in April 1983 and Amtrak ran the California Zephyr through here, Amtrak's California Zephyr initially stopped at Rifle as well. However, just six months later, in October 1983, Amtrak removed Rifle as a station stop.
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Just a simple clean boring wedge shot I kind of like from this splendid day. At least the old school MEC flange lift sign at right ads a bit of interest.
Having traveled 29 miles from North Conway and run around beside the historic former Maine Central depot at Fabyans, Conway Scenic Railroad's 470 Railroad Club is starting their eastbound return trip. They are seen here approaching the gateway at MP 84.5 of the old Maine Central Railroad's Mountain Sub, having just departed from the Crawford's depot at the 1900 ft high point of the railroad. Ahead looms the long 1400 ft 2.2% descent down the mountain through Crawford Notch.
Both units are owned by the 470 Railroad Club and are original Boston and Maine locomotives wearing their as delivered EMD designed scheme. 4266 was built in Mar. 1949 and was acquired for preservation in 1981 off the Billerica deadline. Restored a couple years later, she has called North Conway home ever since and has been operational off and on for the past four decades.
4268 was built in Oct. 1949 and ran for the very first time in almost a half century just earlier this year. I'm not sure when her last run was, but I can find no photos of her in service after about July 1974. She languished for a decade behind the Billerica shops after being stripped of all major components including prime mover, main generator and traction motors. In 1986 she finally left Billerica by truck after being acquired by George Feuderer who displayed her in a field in East Swanzey, NH until acquired by the 470 Club and trucked to North Conway in October of 1991.
She received a cosmetic restoration in 1993 and had been prominently displayed at the Conway Scenic in the company of her operational sibling ever since. After years of planning, the club began restoration in earnest in 2018 with the full support of the railroad and its shop using ex New Hampshire Northcoast GP9 1751 (ex PRR) as a major parts donor for the four year long restoration project.
Addendum: thanks to Carl Byron for supplying the fascinating historical information below that I'd never read about before.
The 4268A was actually built in March, 1949 as Engineering Test Dept Locomotive #930. Used for high altitude component testing on the DRGW's Soldier Summit among other locations. It spent some of that summer masquerading as a CB&Q locomotive leading their passenger car display at the 1949 Chicago World's Fair. It was then was cleaned up, re-engined, and made into to a standard F7A and offered for sale at a "slightly used demo" price. The B&M bought it and it was renumbered and painted into the B&M livery and shipped east, so while the builders plate may well say 10/49 but it certainly had a prior interesting career.
Crawford Notch
Carroll, New Hampshire
Saturday October 22, 2022
The BR Table 122 07:35 Basingstoke to Reading Route 66 DEMU 207 013 was recorded between Bramley and Mortimer on a splendid morning in early May 1993.
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Well, more like "Approaching light rain shower" - but that wouldn't be half as dramatic!
Tenby Harbour, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
Olympus OM1, Kodachrome 64, digitised by photographing the original 35mm slide on a light pad using a 12mm extension tube. Tethered capture and development in Lightroom.
Eldgjá is the largest volcanic canyon in the world, approx. 40 km long, 270 m deep and 600 m wide at its greatest. (Wikipedia)
A branch of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge passes through here; the North American Plate and the Eurasian Plate are separating from each other. To the left, America, to the right, Europe.
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approach the new year with resolve to find the opportunities hidden in each new day.
~michael josephson
hbw! :)
New Haven Railroad EMD FL-9 locomotive # 2053 leads a three car passenger train along the Penn Central Park Avenue third rail approach tracks of the former New York Central Railroad to Grand Central Terminal in New York City, 1968. Bob Hughes appear to be riding in a New Haven Railroad Multiple Unit Train that is operating in the opposite direction.
This is the view that greets the majority of visitors to Venice, with its towering columns and the Campanile dominating the space. Notice, also, the clock tower in the distance. I'll post a separate picture of that in the future. The basilica is undergoing restoration work and you can see this with the scaffolding and coverings in the center of the picture. The work has been going on for years. Not sure when it will be completed.
Finally, the Doge's palace to the right can also be seen.
On the fourth day of my Markha Valley trek in Hemis National Park, we left our camp at Skyu (3,370 m, 11,056 ft.) and walked southeastward some 12 km (7.5 mi.) along the Markha Chu (Markha River) to Sara (3,590 m, 11,778 ft,), where we stopped for lunch, and then continued southeastward along the Markha Chu some 9 km (5.6 mi.) to camp at Markha (3,760 m, 12,336 ft.). The ruins of the Markha Fortress are seen here looking southeast from 0.15 km (0.1 mi.) north-northwest of our Markha campsite. Chortens at the Markha Gompa are seen at left in sunshine.
a fun day of surfing with Brando at the 'con ended with a fast approaching storm, coincidentally rolling in as soon as I swam out with my waterhousing.
Paul Stone flying the famous curved approach as he brings Spitfire Vc AR501 into land at Old Warden after diplaying at the Shuttleworth Collection Festival of Flight 2025.
508139 & 507008 seen approaching Blundellsands & Crosby working the 2U26 1407 Southport - Hunts Cross 17/4/21. (Taken using a pole)
Western Railway YP 4-6-2 No. 2178 (Krauss-Maffei 1954) on the 06.15 Ujjain Junction - Mhow fast passenger.
Longyearbyen is located in the valley of Longyeardalen and on the shore of Adventfjorden, a bay of Isfjorden located on the west coast of Spitsbergen.
We arrived in the Bay very early in the Morning.