The Wyoming Valley ( part of NorthEastern Pennsylvania)
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A view from the Galibier at sunrise.
Lens: EF 300 f/4L IS (click to see all my photos with this lens)
300 mm f/7.1 1/50s ISO 100 + tripod
Yesterday I went for a long walk in the forest. The forest lake was nearly completly frozen. At the same time I was able to say goodbye to January. It was cold but sunny and I could enjoy the essence of winter. To be on the safe side I had my Helios lens with me, because I think that the lens underlines the barren beauty of this time of year very appropriately. I hope that February will present even more such beauties after I greeted him very early this morning :-)
Happy Monday everyone!
A pair of herring gulls at Aberdeen Beach - their foot positions reminded me of ballet dancers! while I can also imagine a real couple’s conversation going on …!
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The bar of Étel is a sand bank in perpetual movement at the mouth of the Ria. It is the submarine continuation of the dune cordon of Penthievre to Gâvres, subject to the influence of winds and tidal currents. At low tide there is sometimes not enough depth to enter or exit. Sometimes sudden unfolding surges and unpredictable background waves are formed that are best avoided.
Barre rocheuse sur le Vieux Rhin qui rendait autrefois la navigation difficile .Pour cela on à construit le canal d'Alsace pour éviter ce genre d'obstacle
Mass Central PA2 just departed Barre, MA with 4 empty flat cars in tow as they are seen passing the dead GP20 # 960.
There is a second railroad in the Pittston area that interchanges with the RBMN. In business since 1994 the Luzerne and Susquehanna operates 60 miles of assorted bits of cast of scraps of once important class 1 routes that once served the Scranton Wilkes-Barre area. The valley was placed with a nearly incomprehensible web of rails at one time that generated carloads and revenue to boggle the mind. But now so little remains and what does is but a shadow of itself. In fact the trackage beneath this unit that sits stationary, blue flagged, and tied down was once the LV's mainline into Wilkes-Barre.
LS 1751 itself is an EMD GP9 blt. Oct. 1959 ad Pennsylvania Railroad 7242. The venerable geep is now the property of RJ Corman Railroad group which bought the L&S in August 2020. One wonders if 1751 will survive and trade her somber LS black for brilliant Corman crimson. I guess we'll just have to wait and see...
Pittston, Pennsylvania
Sunday June 20, 2021