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This train didn't get many clear signals. Most were advance clear to stop signals.
This train had 6 hot axels according to the defect detector in Fabyan
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92212 with a goods approaches Ropley's outer home signal with a goods train during a Timeline Events photo charter.
As we got nearer we could see Honister Slate Mine and it's huge car park. Our guide book rather downplayed the size of the place, making it sound like it was some tiny little hut or something, but this is a full blown "Slate Experience" with zip wires and everything
Day 2 on the Coast to Coast blogged about at ramblingman.org.uk/coasttocoast/coast_to_coast_day_2
An "Approach Medium" is displayed at SPORT for NS H81.
NS H81 @ East Rutherford, NJ
NS SD70ACe 1045
NS ES40DC 7562
Yesterday was my last full day in America. It began in Brooklyn, where Peter had taken us so that he could visit his grandmother; while I rested in a pizza parlor, sipping a ginger ale and reading the Scarlet Letter - I bought a 6.95 special pizza, by the way, which Peter and I both enjoyed in the car. Later, we briefly partook in the festivities of a verily authentic Italian cafe, which Peter so desired to show me and in which elderly men had gathered to watch football (Juventus versus Manchester United), to smoke and to kick up the banter typical of these sagacious, cultural folk. In the evening, Mark and I met at Starbucks, to play chess and to test, once more, our respective price sensitives against an armada of niched coffees. I drank the lemonade.
Shot on a Pentax ESII, SMC Takumar 105/2.8 and Agfa Optima 100 film.
The Optima is over a decade expired - best before 1999 - but seems to have stood up well.
In this photo, I'm seated close to the edge of a cliff in Dyer's Bay with the forest and lake beneath me. This image captures a moment in which I was completely disconnected from the everyday chaos at school and work, finally just getting some peace of mind.
I enjoy how the photo is separated into three different layers almost, one with the rock, one with the trees, the next with the water. I suppose I could have edited to make it more vibrant, but the water along the coast in this area is a really unique aqua kind of colour which makes it interesting. If I could change anything, I probably would have used a different subject that isn't my feet since there are definitely more interesting things I could have used.
I mentioned this before, but the photo is divided into three sections which kind of help with how bottom heavy the photo is. The layers help divide it into thirds and my foot also kind of follows the rule of thirds.
On 26th January 1985 a Class 101 DMU passes How Mill on the Tyne Valley Line, working the 12:42 Newcastle to Carlisle service.
Here's the Hughes Fowler Crab approaching Summerseat with the 11.50 from Bury — at East Lancashire Railway.
Here we see the RPSI Spare Link Rail tour, worked by ex-DSER 2-6-0 loco No.461, passing through Clonsilla Station as it approaches the recently re-opened branch to Dunboyne. You can see the green signal and the route indicator set for the branch in the distance.
As well as shooting stills I also shot video which you can see on my YouTube channel.
(Best viewed large on black - hit the 'L' key or click on the photo)
Union Pacific 4014 Big Boy has just come into view as it approaches a group of onlookers at Pumpkin Vine.
Canon EOS R6 Mark II, Canon RF 800mm f/11 IS STM, processed in Lightroom.
Branta leucopsis - Barnacle Goose - Weißwangengans - Brandgans - Barnacla cariblanca - Bernache nonnette - Oca facciabianca - Vitkindad gås - Bramgås - Bernikla białolica - Казарка білощока - . .
One of the 21 watchtowers along the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall of China.
Mutianyu is possibly the second-most known section of the Great Wall after Badaling. Many heads of state have visited the Great Wall and they usually choose one of these two sections, probably for their easy access; both have cable cars ascending to the wall. For Americans reading this, President Clinton chose to see Mutianyu while Presidents Nixon and Reagan went to Badaling.
Mutianyu isn’t a long section – only a 3 kilometer hike, atop a ridge, so it’s not terribly steep (especially compared to a section like Juyonguan) – but it is quite pictureseque. It’s famous for its views of the surrounding mountains and also for its Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) watchtowers.
Getting to Mutianyu is a little cumbersome. From the heart of Beijing, you need to go to Dongzhimen Station and transfer to a bus in the long distance bus hall. It’s about an hour to an hour and a half trip northeast to Huairou County, then a private car for another 30 minutes or so to the wall. The drivers will usually wait for you as long as you don’t spend more than a few hours there. (I hiked about ¾ of the way out and back in about 3 hours, counting stops for shooting.)
Mutianyu is also a good choice because there are other sections of the wall nearby. The wild Jiankou section has basically been left untouched, and makes for extraordinary photography. As it’s also among the most dangerous sections because of its lack of upkeep, I’ll save that shoot for the spring. (Look here for a return to Badaling or Huangyaguan in winter should there be enough snow.) Other areas of the wall slightly farther out from Beijing, but also northeast of town include Simatai and Jinshanling in Miyun County and Hebei province, respectively, where I will also try to visit in the spring. Last but not least is the Huanghua section, also near Jiankou and Mutianyu.
This history of the wall – especially of the architecture – is impressive, as is its modern use as a tourist attraction/trap. The wall was built by poor Chinese or prisoners (such as the Juyongguan section, which literally translates as: “to live…criminal…(mountain) pass,” which reflects that it was built by prisoners. Many people worked to death on the construction of this massive wall.
In many sections of the wall, there is a famous quote by Chairman Mao in which he says, “You are not a man until you have visited the Great Wall of China.” (I take this tongue in cheek as this same man also encouraged Chinese to be resourceful and use the bricks of the wall as construction materials.)
The world at large seems to be rather taken with the romance and history of the wall. It seems to me that the world feels this way more than most Chinese. I’ll make that assumption based on the fact that a lot of sections of the wall are in disrepair or, in the case of the Datong section, dismantled. Also, in conversations with Chinese, most seem to have a rather nonchalant attitude towards seeing the wall and don’t think much about its historical context – including people who live close enough to travel there easily.
All in all, the wall offers many different panoramas, each section slightly different from the other, and each having a reasonably-priced admission of ~50 RMB during peak season and a little less between November and March. Outside of the Beijing area, there are also some rather notable sections of the wall (such as the eastern and western termini which end in the ocean and desert, or in Shanxi province near Datong where the bricks have all been torn down and all that remains are earthen mounds where the watchtowers once were).
As long as I live in China, I will continue to try to visit different sections of the wall to highlight some of the differences (albeit many are subtle) and to highlight that the wall has an enigmatic meaning and symbolism, contributing to the complexities of China.
Anflug auf Klagenfurt
A few weeks ago, I had the chance to take a flight in the cockpit of an Airbus A319 on the jumpseat. It was a rotation from Cologne/Bonn (Germany) to Klagenfurt (Austria) and return. For known reasons, please do not ask any questions to date, time, airline, pilot or registration of the aircraft. The Date shown by flickr is changed and the plate with the data of the aircraft is disguised .
Vor einigen Wochen hatte ich die Möglichkeit, einen Flug im Cockpit eines Airbus A319 auf dem Jumpseat zu erleben. Es war ein Umlauf von Köln/Bonn nach Klagenfurt und zurück. Aus bekannten Gründen bitte ich von Fragen zu Datum, Uhrzeit, Fluggesellschaft, Pilot oder Kennzeichen des Flugzeuges abzusehen. Das von flickr angezeigte Datum ist geändert und das Schild mit den Flugzeugdaten ist unkenntlich gemacht.
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Whoa! What a storm head. This is taken outside my unit complex in Carina. So incredible, I've never seen anything like it.
- ISO 100, f8, 1/15 seconds, 10mm
- Sigma 10-20mm Lens
- Handheld
Processing
- Pseudo HDR in Dynamic HDR Pro
- Soft Light Layer in Photoshop
- Crop and noise reduction in Lightroom.
Music
Ministry of Sound Chillout Sessions 9
Pima Air and Space Museum
The North American P-51 Mustang is widely considered to be the best American fighter of World War II. However, if it were not for the British Royal Air Force, the Mustang would never have been built. In January, 1940, the British approached several American aircraft companies with their requirements for a new fighter and required that a prototype be ready within 120 days.
North American Aviation responded with the Mustang. The early versions of the aircraft proved to be underpowered at high altitudes, but when it was redesigned to use the excellent Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, the Mustang soon proved to be a superb fighter at all altitudes.
The P-51D features a cut down rear fuselage and a bubble canopy to improve rearward visibility, and six .50 caliber machine guns in the wings in place of the four guns present in most earlier versions.
The Mustang remained in military service in the United States Air Force until 1957, and the last combat Mustang was retired by the Dominican Air Force in 1984. Mustangs remain popular in civilian aviation with nearly 100 flying in private hands and fetching prices of over two million US dollars.
This P-51 has been constructed from a combination of original parts of various Mustangs and newly manufactured parts made by the Pima Air & Space Museum’s aircraft restoration staff and volunteers. Approximately 60% of the aircraft is original North American Aviation built parts. The paint scheme represents the aircraft flown by Louis E. Curdes with the 3rd Air Commando Group in the Philippines in 1945.
Technical Specifications
Wingspan: 37 ft
Length: 32 ft 3 in
Height: 12 ft 2 in
Weight: 16,000 lbs (loaded)
Maximum speed: 437 mph
Service Ceiling: 41,900 ft
Range: 950 miles (without drop tanks)
Engine: Packard V1650-7 Merlin, 1,490 hp
Crew: 1
Pilot Lt. Louis E. Curdes
Louis Curdes was born November 2, 1919 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He joined the Army in March 1942 and graduated from pilot training at Luke Field, Arizona on December 3rd, 1942. Curdes was assigned to the 82nd Fighter Group, 95th Fighter Squadron, flying P-38 Lightnings over the Mediterranean and southern Europe. He arrived at the unit on April 17, 1943 and shot down three Messerschmitt Bf109 fighters on April 29th. He destroyed two more Bf109s on May 19th to become an ace in only a little over a month of combat. Over the next three months he shot down an Italian Mc. 202 fighter and two more Messerschmitts before he was himself shot down by a German fighter on August 27, 1943 over Salerno, Italy.
Curdes was captured and interned in a POW camp near Rome. Only a few days later, Italy surrendered and he and several other American pilots escaped from the camp before the Germans could take over. He made his way out of German occupied Italy, arriving back in Allied controlled territory on May 27, 1944. After a brief leave Curdes volunteered for another combat tour. He was assigned to the 3rd Air Commando Group, 4th Fighter Squadron in the Philippines, flying the P-51 Mustang. Curdes arrived in the Pacific Theater on November 19, 1944. On February 7, 1945, he shot down a Mitsubishi Ki46 "Dinah" reconnaissance plane near Formosa, making him one of only three Americans to have kills against Germany, Italy, and Japan.
While attacking the Japanese held island of Batan, between the Philippines and Formosa, one of Curdes' wingmen was shot down. Curdes stayed in the area to guide a rescue plane and protect the downed pilot. While they were circling, Curdes noticed an aircraft approaching to land at the Japanese base. Upon investigating he saw that it was a Douglas C-47 and that it carried American markings. After several attempts to direct the Dakota away from the island Curdes decided that he had no choice but to take drastic measures. Carefully lining up behind the transport, he shot out first one and then the other engine. The C-47 ditched in the ocean only about 50 yards from the pilot Curdes had been protecting. As darkness descended, Curdes and his wingman were forced to return to base. The next morning, he returned and flew cover while a PBY picked up the downed Mustang pilot and the twelve passengers and crew from the wayward C-47, including two female nurses. For his actions, Curdes was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross, making him, perhaps, the only pilot to receive a medal for shooting down a friendly aircraft.