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Bit of a surprise to wake up to a thick frost this morning. The sun melted it all away quickly, but not before I'd walked round the garden with my camera!
Bit of a poppy fest going on just now. Firstly were these fields in Menorca a few weeks ago and last night I came across a cracker in East Lothian. I haven't looked at the East Lothian shots yet but am hopeful of some more good poppy shots.
A bit of history about this loco :-)
Johnson designed the 1F (41660) class after coming to the Midland Railway in 1873. They were the Midlands standard type of shunting engine. Between 1874 and 1899 280 engines were built at Derby and by outside contractors Neilson, of Glasgow and Vulcan Foundry). In 1907 they were renumbered in the series 1620-1899.
A further sixty locomotives were built by Vulcan Foundary to a slightly enlarged design in 1899-1902. These were numbered 1900-1959. Many of them were fitted with condensing apparatus for working over the Metropolitan widened lines and they were subsequently spent most of their working lives in the London area.
The engines were built with round topped boilers and enclosed cabs. Between 1919 and 1942 they were all rebuilt with Belpaire boilers and a raised cab roof. They were renumbered 7200-7259 in 1934.
After the 47200 class engines were rebuilt with Belpaire boilers the design was adopted by the LMS after grouping as a standard shunting design. The engines were known as Jinties but the origins of this name are not known despite many theories being put forward. They differed from the preceding class in having larger smokeboxes and increased capacity tanks and bunkers.
Four hundred and fifteen engines were built between 1924 and 1931, plus another seven for the SDJR. They were built by a number of outside contractors and they were intended to replace the large number of varied shunting engines inherited by the LMS.
The engines were numbered 7100-7156 and 16400-1764 until 1934. Apart from the War Department locomotives, and two engines which were sold to the NCC in Northern Ireland in 1944 (and regauged to the 5 feet 3 inch gauge) which are detailed below all of the locomotives were taken into BR stock on nationalisation in 1948.
Several of the class were later used as departmental engines by BR. Apart from shunting, some engines were used on North London passenger services and others based at Bromsgrove for banking on the Lickey Incline.
47477, 47478, 47479, 47480, 47481, 47655 and 47681 were fitted for push-pull train working on the Western Region. They were allocated to Upper Bank depot which was transferred from Midland Region to Western Region ownership in 1950. Some of these also spent time at Swansea Victoria and Swansew East Dock.
47310-16 were built in 1929 for the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway. They were numbered 19-25 and they became part of LMS stock in 1930.
On the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 they were initially chosen as the standard shunting locomotive for the War Department, but later the more modern Hunslet “Austerity” 0-6-0ST was chosen in preference. Nevertheless, eight engines were transferred to the War Department in 1940 for overseas use. Five of these engines returned to Britain from France in 1948, complete with bullet holes in the tanks. 47659 had carried the name CORSAIR while in France. 47589 was carrying a chimney from a GWR Dean Goods 0-6-0 when it returned.
Two, 7456 and 7553, were converted to the 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Irish broad gauge in 1944 and 1945 for use on Northern Counties Committee lines in Northern Ireland, becoming the NCC Class Y, and numbered 18 and 19. The engines were reboilered by the LMS in 1944, just before delivery to the NCC in August. The conversion to 5 ft 3 in gauge was simply done by reversing the wheels and renewing the tyres and crank pins. Their frames were not altered at all and, possibly due to the light nature of their work, the engines do not seem to have suffered from widening the gauge.
Designated Class Y, the engines were at first used on local trains to Carrickfergus but this practice was discontinued when it was discovered that the bearings were inclined to run hot. A test train of thirty wagons of coal was worked by No.19 from Belfast to Ballyclare Junction without any difficulty. No.18 worked a similar train but had trouble with lubrication. Subsequently, they were put to work on the Belfast Harbour Commissioners’ lines at Belfast docks where despite their relatively long wheel base they could negotiate a 4 chain (80 metre) curve if they proceeded slowly.
Altogether No.18 ran 219 441 miles on the NCC and a total of 612 266 miles in its life. A suspect crank pin led to its early withdrawal in 1956. No.19 ran 667 521 miles altogether, of which 291 971 were on the NCC. It lasted until 1963 although not doing much work in its final year.
In late Spring 1960 the Ulster Transport Authority acquired two 0-6-4Ts from the former Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, which took over duties on Belfast docks.
A total of 412 thus entered British Railways stock in 1948, rising to 417 by the end of the year.
47260 class locomotives were to be found all over the Midland Region on shunting duties which included station pilot work. Five of the class were deployed in Scotland around the Glasgow area with most spending time at Polmadie. On the Western Region there were a small number in the Swansea area of which some were fitted for push-pull working. In addition there were a very few allocated to Bath Green Park and Gloucester Barnwood. Some were utilised in old LMS depots in Yorkshire that in BR days transferred to the North Eastern Region. The odd one was also to be seen on the Eastern Region at places like Tilbury, Spittal Bridge, New England and Stratford. None were deployed on the Southern Region.
47298 was built at a cost of £3,168 by the Hunslet Engine Co Ltd. at Leeds and entered service in 1924 as 7138 but was renumbered 7298 in 1935.
It was initially allocated to Camden depot but moved on to Northampton four years later. Here it stayed until 1941 when it was transferred to Willesden. In 1942 it moved to Bletchley and this became its home until August 1954 when it moved to Sutton Oak, St Helens which was to become its final allocation before being withdrawn and sold for scrap.
Whilst at Bletchley it was renumbered 47298 following the nationalisation of the railways and the forming of BR in 1948.
William Breedon, the father of Brian, was employed to drive 47298 whilst it was based at Bletchley. He was assisted by George King as Fireman and Arthur Lee as shunter. William Breedon was assigned to shunting duties following an accident in November 1941 when he slipped off the step of LMS 12086 after someone had spilt oil. The locomotive was in the process of reversing off a turntable at the time and the accident resulted in every bone in his foot being crushed. He was then unable to operate on the main line as he was unable to run and place detonators on the line in the event of a breakdown etc. This restriction appears to have been ignored during the Second World War.
During its life it went through nine boilers, averaging a boiler change every five or six years. Normally a repaired boiler from another Jinty was received, but in 1938 a new one was fitted. Ten assorted heavy overhauls were carried out, together with a range of light repairs. Derby did some of this work but Bow (North London) is also mentioned on two occasions.
47298 spent its final period at Sutton Oak in store having been declared surplus in 1965 but was not withdrawn from service until December 1966 when it was sold to Woodham Brothers at Barry for scrap. It arrived at Barry in June 1967 and stayed there until July 1974 when it moved to Steamport at Southport.
47298 was fully restored at Steamport in 1979 took part in the Rocket 150 in 1980 and also steamed into Southport station for a joint Steamport/British Rail Joint Exhibition in April 1980.
In 1983 47298 was moved to the Llangollen Railway. During its time at Llangollen 47298 was painted blue and ran as Thomas the Tank Engine.
In April 1988 the locomotive moved to The East Lancs Railway.
In 1996 the locomotive hauled the reopening train on the Northampton & Lamport Railway.
In 2012 it was purchased by Ian Riley and moved to the East Lancs Railway. It has not been steamed since but had previously visited the railway back in 1988 a year after the Bury to Ramsbottom section of the railway opened.
The owner had hoped to have it back in steam before the end of 2017 but later revised this to 2018.
In December 2019 it was revealed that Ian Riley was in the process of selling the locomotive. It is understood that the locomotive will be based on a private railway once the overhaul has been completed.
The locomotive arrived back at Bury shed on the East Lancs Railway in October 2020 following a swift overhaul by its previous owner. It is not known how long the locomotive will stay at the East Lancs Railway.
350 mile round trip only to get home at 11pm to find out my equipment was filthy so this wasn't the shot I wanted but I've uploaded it as a reminder to myself to check my bits more thoroughly before indulging in activities where cleanliness is a must..
Bit lighter then light pink. Not sure if they intended to go for a pink color or it was a color transition between white and red (rubber material)
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My posts over the past week and a bit all came from a hotel stay. Apart from an odd picture thats them all out there. I needed (yes its a need) to post a picture today and I have decided to pick one of me having a bit of a laugh with my/our precious hobby.
except for a bit of rain, the past couple weeks have been one of the mildest autumns we've enjoyed. After a few complications with my ruptured bile duct, then a blood infection that was hiding and took a while to find in a lab culture, and a week on IV antibiotics my gallbladder was finally evicted. I was hoping the past many months of ill health were coming to a close. Unfortunately, after a week of testing negative while admitted to hospital, I tested positive for covid on the 7th day. That cancelled my last ERCP to remove the blockages and shunt put in last month. Somewhat on hold with getting all fixed, but hoping to end 2022 much healthier. Through this all Halle Lu has been amazingly careful and attentive with me. Today I went outside for the first time and sat in a lawn chair with my real camera. Had my favourite 70-200mm lens on the Canon which I realized instantly was a mistake. Halle Lu was so excited to have me outside with her again she wouldn't go more than 10" away from me. Had to call my husband outside to lure her away. You can tell by the slight torquing of her front paw she held still for only a 1/2 second then raced back to me. She had a blast! I'm itching to be well enough to hike, play and be active with her again.
Halle Lu trivia: my husband Don needed to use chicken breast and lots of calling to get Halle Lu far enough away from me to take her pic
Taking the Hasselblad out of its comfort zone once again in one of my favourite Tokyo hang-outs, the famous (and now very crowded) Kabukichou.
I tried imaging of the object with dual narrow band filter, IDAS NB12 with a bit wider bandwidth, 12nm. It is said to be better for faster optics up to f/1.8.
The faintest hydrogen-alpha emission filaments got clearer near the east end compared to a frame taken without narrow band filter as below.
Here is a frame of the object taken with the same optics without narrow band filter in Hawaii December 2019:
www.flickr.com/photos/hiroc/50384659041
equipment: Takahashi FSQ-130ED, F3 Reducer 0.6x, IDAS NB12 filter, and EOS R-SP4II, modified by Seo-san on Vixen AXD Equatorial Mount, autoguided with TS 32 mm Mini Guide Scope, focal length 120mm, ZWO ASI 120MM-mini, and PHD2 Guiding
exposure: 10 times x 1,200 seconds, 15 x 240 sec. and 9 x 60 seconds at ISO 6,400, focal ratio f/3.0, and focal length 390mm
The exposure started at 11:13:33 UTC March 2, 2024.
site: 1,467m above sea level at lat. 35 55 54 North and long. 138 24 25 East near Mt.Yatsugatake 東沢大橋展望台駐車場. SQML was up to 21.04. Ambient temperature was around -9 degrees Celsius or 16 degrees Fahrenheit. Wind was mild, though atmospheric turbulence was awful as in the season here. Guide error RMS was around 1.3."
A Bit set I have with my tools, if your interested it also has three sockets which fit on the end bit. Tool talk is so technical...........
Powering through Wandsworth Rd is 47326 with the 'Ford' , 7O58 Dagenham-Dollands Moor, train on the 8th April 1997 at 1224
#500pxGPW15 - 500px Fujifilm Global Photo Walk, Aarhus - Denmark.
Photo by Poul-Werner Dam / bit.ly/PWD_Flickr
Plus a Costa to keep me going!!
Seen five patients and hence five crews that I knew as well.! Nice!!
I am a Community First Responder for Yorkshire Ambulance Service in and around Sheffield.
It's a volunteer role not paid like when I was a Paramedic with YAS 18 months ago..
Have you thought about this sort of role?
You do not need any medical background at all!!
Check the website..-
www.yas.nhs.uk/get-involved/volunteer-with-us/community-f...
I received this lovely bits and pieces collage from Catie Ann in Jenny's swap, it's full of lovely things and the details are all personalised to me!!!!!
PH-BIT seen doing some circuits in Ballyboughal airfield in North county Dublin ( just north of Dublin Airport ) 14/AUG/2020
a bit frozen - überfrierende Nässe und die Streudienste haben es mal wieder verschlafen
- viele Unfälle zwischen 4:00 und 6:30 Uhr
6:15 habe ich den ersten in Tübingen gesehen.
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Berufsverkehr im Stau
www.verkehrslage.de/B27/Unfall
Aichtal / B27 / Unfall - 1,5 Stunden rechter Fahrstreifen blockiert
gemeldet: 2017-11-29 05:47:43
Meldung vom: 29.11.2017, 07:26 Uhr / 08:33 Uhr
zwischen Walddorfhäslach und Einfahrt in Aich Unfallstelle teils geräumt / Störung beendet
Tübingen Richtung Stuttgart
B27, Tübingen Richtung Stuttgart, zwischen Aichtalbrücke und Einfahrt in Aich Unfall, rechter Fahrstreifen blockiert, Gegenstände auf der Fahrbahn
Hätte man wissen können dass es glatt wird.
Die aktuelle Temperatur am Flughafen Stuttgart sinkt von 4° auf 1 °C, die Luftfeuchtigkeit ist bei 100 %.
Im Aichtal -2°.
Der Wind kommt mit einer Geschwindigkeit von 1 km/h aus 0° (Nord).
Das Barometer zeigt 1005 mb und die Sichtweite liegt bei 10 km.
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VW BEETLE
ROTER VW KÄFER
RETRO CLASSICS
NOSTALGIE
Auf der Baustelle zusätzlich
Mobile Blitzer 60-er Zone
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Wenn die Abschreckungswirkung stationärer Anlagen auf ortskundige Verkehrsteilnehmer eher gering ist, werden zusätzlich mobile Kontrollen durchgeführt.
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In zwei Tagen Mobile Blitzer:
etwa 600 Autofahrer zu schnell unterwegs.
viele geringfügig.
eine über 120 in der 60-er Zone
So this is a bit of an on and off project I’ve had, and so happy with the final result.
Captain America was the first figure I finished out of the 5 I made. The helmet is from the Cat Woman from TLBM, which I sanded the shit out of. The torso is layered with E-tape, and the pouches are dry sculpted. The shield was painted with metallic blue, silver, and red.
Black Widow was inspired by TheMooseFigs version he posted a while ago. I painted the head and hair piece, sculpted the chest, used etape for the straps, my favourite part is the shield logos painted on her shoulders.
Hawkeye was made in a day. The face was painted, just a shaved version of my Civil War Hawkeye figure. The torso is layered in etape. The legs have etape straps. The bow was stolen from my Civil War version, and the quiver is a LEGO one i sanded down.
Thor’s torso was sculpted, with etape underneath. The chainmail on the arms were sculpted. I used fabric on the waist for the cloth thing he has, sculpted the circles. Replaces the handle on Mjolnir with a brown one, used a strip of etape for the handle boi at the end.
Wanted to make Iron Man in a battle damaged look, which meant a lot of gunmetal. I really liked DaLastPrime Battle Damaged Mark 42, which inspired me to sculpt the arms and legs.
Hulk is just my IW hulk which used Chris ball joint arm technique.
That’s it for these figures! Let me know you r thoughts!