Unique Tow Trucks, Maintenance and Roadside Assistance Vehicles
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I sometimes like to grab my toys and go play in the yard. It helps me to feel young again. Or maybe I sort of stayed like a kid at heart.
Happy Truck Thursday
"Sorry to tell you, pretty lady, but you're fucked."
"Well, all right, if that's what I have to do to get a ride."
One hopes we will never need one of these but at least they exist in case we do.
Happy Truck Thursday
Le BB 67503 du fret assure un IC entre Lyon Part Dieu et Tours. La machine est descendu sur le train inverse dans la matinée. Le train est vu sur le Viaduc de Saint Prix.
At Jct de l'Est in Montreal, CN steeple cab Z5a class electric
No. 6726 leads VIA train 133 around the well-camouflaged Gohler connecting track from the Deux-Montagnes electrified line to the St-Laurent sub. The motor will cut off here, and the FPA4 diesel will continue north to Chicoutimi with its consist.
Le train 53018/19 du jour était exceptionnellement assuré par la BB 26057 de chez IC, le train passe Fontenelle pile à l'heure, entre Mulhouse et Belfort. 4 Août 2020.
"Put the "honking" camera down and back away very slowly!!" Good sound advice from Roadside Assistance!
4201 and 42103 follow closely behind as 6D69.
Originally the pairing would run light to Junee, however with the layover of the train at Yass for ST23 resulted in the diesels attaching to the rear.
Thursday 30th August 2018
VIA train 43 with FPA4 No. 6775 in the lead has just run down from Smiths Falls, arriving in Brockville ON in this 27 June 1981 scene. What appears to be a puller engine, CN SW1200RS No. 1306 is just sharing the branch line to clear the main, so the arriving power from the Montreal section can cross over to the station siding. Then the switcher will clear out and 6775 will pull out onto the mainline to lead the combined consist to Toronto. In this briefly executed move, two Canadian-only variations of popular locomotive models pair up in an unusual combination.
An Eastbound UP tank train passes by the Oak Park green line Subway station, in Oak Park outside Chicago. Leading is UP’s Employee Assistance Program unit, which caught me off guard completely until I saw the stickers on the side.
Blue Class 67 67002 drags Royal Mail Class 325s 325003+325011+325012 on 1m44 1617 Shieldmiur RMT - Warrington RMT,passing Stubbins Lane,Claughton on Brock on 27/04/2017
Tug built in 2014 and currently sailing under the flag of Singapore.
Year of Build 2014,
Length Overall (m) 32.00,
Beam (m) 10.00,
Gross Tonnage 386,
Docking, Azamara Onward.
Singapore harbour
Jixi Mining Bureau's 'SY' 2-8-2 No.1446 has come to the rescue of sister 'SY' 0950 to shift its wagons on the icy tracks out of the Didao landsale yard during the morning of 4th January 2010 as workers make their way on and off shift.
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Kanaka Creek Regional Park is a regional park of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, located in the city of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, flanking both sides of Kanaka Creek from its confluence with the Fraser River just east of Haney and extending approximately 11 km (7 mi) up the creek to just south of the community of Webster's Corners. The Maple Ridge Fairgrounds are just east of the lower regions of the park, beyond them is the community of Albion. Derby Reach Regional Park is just across the Fraser in Langley.
A variety of plants and animals can be located in all 3 areas of the park and it is a popular spot for both Black Bear and Salmon populations. Kanaka Creek Regional Park has a rich history- the first purchase of land for the park by the City of Maple Ridge occurred in the late 1970s, and the land is the traditional unceded territory of the Katzie, Kwantlen, Matsqui, Musqueam, Semiahmoo, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. Recently, misuse of the land has negatively changed parts of the park. To fix this issue, Metro Vancouver Regional Parks implemented a 20 year management plan in 2004 with the assistance of the Katzie First Nation among other groups, and the University of Victoria (UVIC) completed a restoration project in areas of the park in 2022.
Recreation
Kanaka Creek is widely recognized for its natural beauty, as well as recreational appeal. According to a local newspaper, the Daily Hive, Kanaka is the 8th most popular park in metro Vancouver, with 610,500 visitors in 2022. The park features walking, hiking, and biking trails publicly available to anyone who wants to use them. Along these walks there is plenty of flora and fauna to view. The park also has a lake in which visitors can fish, or canoe. The park is wheelchair accessible, and equipped with parking and public washrooms.
The 400 ha. park has three main areas. The Riverfront area adjacent to the Fraser and BC Hwy 7 has picnic tables and a boat-launch, suitable for launching canoes and kayaks for navigating the slow-moving waters of Kanaka Creek up as far as the 240th Street bridge. The Riverfront Trail winds along this stretch of the creek and has a number of three-story wooden viewing towers. Above 240th Street the stream is shallower and full of snags and not suitable for boating. Above that a popular swimming hole with slickrock slides is at Cliff Falls. There are twin falls on Kanaka Creek, one on each of its upper fork. Much of the upper area of the park is heavily forested, though hiking along the creek beds is feasible and a number of wooden walkways through the forest and along the creek have been established in the area.
Ref, Wikipedia
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HELMAND, Afghanistan--Canadian Army Warrant Officer Merlin Longaphie of Prince Edward Island, inspects communication equipment while assigned to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Longaphi is a member of the Canadian Operational Mentor Liaison Team where he serves as a Command Sergeant Major mentor training the Afghan National Army. ISAF is assisting the Afghan government in extending and exercising its authority and influence across the country, creating the conditions for stabilization and reconstruction. (ISAF photo by U.S. Air Force TSgt Laura K. Smith)(released)
This year the Providence and Worcester Railroad continued to provide their passenger train and crew for the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council's extremely popular Polar Express trains with trains running and 3:30 and 6:30 PM Fri-Sun for a total of 42 sold out trips in 2024.
The train consist is deadheading south from Worcester to begin the final weekend of performances with B39-8E 3910 (GE blt. Dec. 1987 as LMX 8534) amidst a winter wonderland scene of the first significant snow of the year. They crossing in Blackstone River near MP 17.9 on the historic original Providence and Worcester mainline just north of the Rhode Island state line. This is the 10th of 14 crossings of the Blackstone along the 43 mile line when traveling south from Worcester to Providence.
As I've told you before in previous posts the P&W is my hometown road and it is inextricably linked to the river it follows both historically and physically. The Blackstone River courses 48 miles from its headwaters near Worcester (at the confluence of the Middle River and Mill Brook) to where it flows into the Seekonk River at the headwaters of Narragansett Bay. The river drains a watershed of 640 square miles and more importantly drops 450 feet in the 48 miles. It is that drop, that made this river a pivotal point in American History.
From ririvers.org: A series of steep drops along the length of the Blackstone River provided ideal conditions for the development of water powered industry. Samuel Slater arrived in America in 1790, with managerial experience and technical knowledge of textile manufacturing in England. With the assistance of local merchants and artisans, he helped establish the first successful water-powered textile mill in America. Slater Mill was established on the Blackstone River, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. This achievement is credited with spawning the birth of America's industrial revolution. Development of the Slater textile mill catalyzed the development of water-driven technology throughout the length of the Blackstone River. By 1914 water-powered mills occupied all of the readily available dam sites in the Valley.
As the birthplace of industrial America, the need for transportation quickly arose in the valley, and between 1825 and 1828 the Blackstone Canal was constructed. The canal lasted only 20 years having been rendered obsolete by the opening of the Providence and Worcester Railroad in 1847. The railroad has proven to be a more durable method of transportation and 175 years after its opening here it is still serving the purpose for which it was built.
Blackstone, Massachusetts
Friday December 20, 2024
Station mission Stuttgart main station / Stuttgart / Baden-Württemberg / Germany
Exif wrong: not Vario-Elmar, 21mm Voigtländer Ultron
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I came across this group of trees and thought it looked as though one or two of the still upright trees were trying to help a fallen neighbour to its feet (roots) and out of the loch!
G20 Protest - Toronto
This is my favorite picture of the protest. She's holding up the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The number on her forearm is a phone number for legal assistance in case of arrest. Some police officers interpreted that as a reason to arrest. The next night protesters, shoppers and tourists were arrested in a kettling operation by police on Toronto's Queen Street West.
Taken during storm Corrie,
Running 16 minutes early. Former LNER HST paring of 43290 and 43299 now operating with Network Rail look rather work worn as they head North bound near Tailabout just East of Cupar, with 1Q26 PLPR Inspection train from Edinburgh- Slateford Depot. 1st February 2022.
Dave Straight photo
With some extra assistance, Amtrak's San Francisco Zephyr hustles along near Hudson, CO around 1980. Providing the help is Union Pacific SD40-2 8096, one of the road's "Fast Forty" high-speed units. It was built by EMD in 1979 and was only about a year old when this view was taken. Trailing behind are a pair of Amtrak SDP40Fs, which by this time were on their way off the Amtrak roster. UP 8096 would be renumbered to 3605 in 1981. It would be retired in 2001 and sold to CEFX, who would number it 3159. The unit would be part of the CEFX lease fleet until the early 2010s when it was sold to Norfolk Southern, becoming their 3451. It was sold to LTEX in 2020.
Hudson, CO
Circa 1980
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5/22/25