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A Union Pacific freight approaches the Western Avenue grade crossing in Geneva, Illinois on a foggy January night.
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View of Mission Valley with downtown San Diego in the distance. The major interchange visible is the I-8/I-805 interchange. Normal Heights is just aft of the inboard flap track fairing.
N467 approaches Wandong with 8333 Shepparton passenger. Due to a shortage of carriages, many regional services are operating as three car trains, requiring buses to supplement train services. V/Line has also sensibly restricted the carriage of "local" passengers on these services to ensure more seats are available for those passengers travelling further.
Doll on the Mundays Hill section of the Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway.
The loco was built for the Sydenham ironstone quarries by Andrew Barclay & Sons in 1919, Works No. 1641
Workers place Geofoam blocks at the site of the north approach to the southbound SR 99 roadway bridge. The approach is where a highway transitions from ground level to a bridge. The Geofoam is a fill material that will support the roadway pavement. Learn more about construction underway to replace the south end of the Alaskan Way Viaduct.
Irish Beach in Mendocino county. I think I could live out my life on this beach with a camera and never get bored.
The Skagen Maersk, built in 1999 by Odense Steel Shipyard, is seen entering Elliott Bay on a track towards Terminal 18. A member of Maersk Line's Sovereign Class of container ships, she is able to carry a load of 8,160 TEU.
This abandoned 1960s building is Ossington Court in Northern Moor, and Ian Simpson's next target. He did Urbis, Beetham Tower, No. 1 Deansgate, and has several other Manc projects coming up. To see what this block of flats will look like after 5.3 million pounds, take a look at his Flash-heavy website and click on Projects -> Residential -> Ossington Court...
www.iansimpsonarchitects.com/site/main.htm
Work due to start some time this year.
Approach to runway 9 at Kelleys Island. It is a short runway and ends at Lake Erie. So if you don't want to get wet, you have to land close to the end of the runway at the right speed. Did I mention there is a road right at this end of the runway?
Hey Victoria! Are you ready for your time travel close up? That’s right folks, we’ve pointed our BC Road Trip Time Machine at Highway 17 on Vancouver Island and captured the provincial capital as it was in the spring of 1966. We know you are eager to see it so, hop in and get ready to roll down memory lane.
About Highway 17 (Patricia Bay Highway): This busy corridor actually consists of two separate highways, one on southern Vancouver Island, the other on the lower mainland, connected by a ferry.
Known locally as the Pat Bay Highway, the island section of BC Highway 17 runs between Victoria and the Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal, north of Sidney on the Saanich Peninsula.
See the whole video and more here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEL3VljsSl4
86258 approaches Kirknewton with a train from Waverley heading to Carstairs and the WCML. This shot was taken from under the footbridge east of Kirknewton. 26/7/93 at 1428
On final approach to the flight deck. We were to be the first Western helicopter to land on a Russian Navy ship, and the wind was blowing at near-gale force speeds... and our pilot had no prior experience landing on a ship!
Seen here to best advantage - when this emasculated main line was singled by the men in big trousers and reduced to the status of a "siding" - the posh boys clapped on and bought the trackbed for their golf ground. Thereafter the railway was quickly slewed-over, out of the way, as it were ...and still is .... out of the way ....
Approaching Riverside, known locally as the Daly Mansion.
What I liked best about the estate is that it was Margaret Daly, widow of copper baron Marcus Daly, who built it. Good for her!
I know that the super-rich enjoy owning lots of big houses, but it was interesting to see how much attention Marcus Daly - a Man of Business - focused on his summer home:
1886: Bought the land with an existing house;
1889: completely remodeled the farmhouse.
1897: house remodeled again, this time into a Queen-Ann style mansion.
1897, plans for another remodeling were started.
The site Dalymansion.org tells us:
A few years [after Marcus Daly's death in 1900] Mrs. Daly contracted A. J. Gibson of Missoula to go ahead with the remodeling plans.
The Queen Anne home was to be incorporated into the new Georgian-Revival style home. The remodeling was completed in 1910.
The home has over 50 rooms, with 25 bedrooms, 15 bathrooms, as well as 7 fireplaces, 5 of which have imported Italian marble.
The home is three stories for a total of 24,000 square feet, plus a full basement.
Some of the main rooms include a large living room, music room, formal dining room, sun room, trophy room which was added in 1914, and upstairs sitting room and a third floor billiard hall.
The sight of Mount Sturgeon and Mount Abrupt (hidden in the cloud) are the first signs of the Grampians National Park on the approach from Dunkeld to the south. Quite a surprise after the low and gently undulating country that we’d been driving through on our way from the coast. It’s a pity the visibility was so poor on this particular day. Taken through the windscreen as there was nowhere to stop.
Here you can clearly see several of the key elements of the city. On the right front in yellow is Fort Amsterdam. The colorful buildings behind it are the Punda. To the left, on the Otrobanda, the structure resting against the harbor wall just in front of the blue building is the old Queen Emma Bridge. This is a floating pontoon bridge which opens each time a boat (large or small) wants to pass through. The towering modern bridge in the background is the Queen Juliana Bridge, built in 1967 and rebuilt in 1974.