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I only need five more blocks, but I think I may start to arrange these a bit so I can see how much white I want in those last five blocks. I got a kick out of the blocks on the top right...just a half inch square surrounded by white :)
Montmeló, Barcelona (Spain).
ENGLISH
The pits usually comprise of a pit lane which runs parallel to the start/finish straight and is connected at each end to the main track, and a row of garages (usually one per team) outside which the work is done. Pit stop work is carried out by anywhere from five to twenty mechanics (also called a pit crew), depending on the series, while the driver waits in the vehicle (except where a driver change is involved).
In Formula One, cars make pit stops with the primary purpose of refueling and changing tyres, although during the 2005 season tyre changing during the race was prohibited. Teams sometimes also make adjustments to the front and rear wings and perform minor repairs, most commonly replacing the nose and front wing assembly. Pit strategies generally call for between one and three scheduled stops, depending on the course.
When the car is approximately one lap away from making its stop, the team's pit crew will set up fresh tyres and all needed pit equipment. Because of the overhead fuel and pneumatic rig, the team may have all pit mechanics in position prior to the car's arrival, with the exception of the rear jack man.
A pit stop involves about twenty mechanics, with the aim of completing the stop as quickly as possible. It lasts for six to twelve seconds depending on how much fuel is put into the car. However, if there is a problem, such as a fuel pump failing or the engine stalling, or repairs having to be made, it can take much longer. Cars are fuelled at a rate of more than 12 litres per second. This is accomplished by a fairly complex closed system that pumps air out of the car's fuel tank as the fuel is being pumped in.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pit_stop
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CASTELLANO
Los boxes comprenden el "pit lane", o carril de boxes, que corre paralelo a la recta de salida/meta y conectado a ella por los extremos, y una hilera de garajes (normalmente uno por equipo). El trabajo de la parada en boxes, que se lleva a cabo fuera de los garages, lo realiza un equipo de entre 5 y 20 mecánicos dependiendo del tipo de deporte, mientras el piloto espera en el vehÃculo (excepto cuando hay cambio de piloto).
En Fórmula 1, los coches hacen una parada en boxes con el prpósito principal de recargar combustible y cambiar ruedas, aunque en la temporada 2005 estuvo prohibido el cambio de ruedas. Los equipos a veces hacen ajustes en los alerones delanteros y traseros, asà como reparaciones menores, como cambiar el morro. Las estrategias de boxes suelen comprender entre una y tres paradas, dependiendo de la carrera.
Cuando el coche está a una vuelta de la parada, el equipo de boxes prepara ruedas nuevas y todo el equipamiento necesario. Todos los mecánicos están en sus posiciones cuando llega el coche, excepto el encargado del elevador trasero.
Una parada en boxes implica veinte mecánicos, con el objetivo de completar la parada en el mÃnimo tiempo posible, que son entre seis y doce segundos dependiendo de la cantidad de combustible repostada. Sin embargo, su ocurre un problema como un fallo en la bomba de combustible o una parada de motor, o hay reparaciones adicionales, el tiempo se puede prolongar. Los coches repostan a razón de 12 litros por segundo. Este rápido repostaje se lleva a cabo por un complejo sistema cerrado que bombea aire fuera del depósito a medida que se llena de combustible.
Welton Gate Box is situated between Melton Lane and Brough on the Gilberdyke to Hull line.
The gates are normally closed to road users and the signals in the off position. Because of the close proximity of the boxes to one another we see Melton Lane's distant signal sharing the same posts as Welton's home signal. in the opposite direction Brough Easts distant signal is similarly mounted beneath Welton's home peg.
Here the driver gives a wave as 185126 glides by the crossing at 15.19 hrs with 1K16 the 13.41 Manchester Piccadily - Hull Paragon service, seen on Friday 31st July 2015.
Another rest day !!! That's two in two weeks.
I'm very conscious that whilst I have these signalling riches on my doorstep I need to get them visited as soon enough I'll be moving on and they'll be a whole lot trickier to find time to visit. Rest days are few and far between but a concerted effort needs to be made to get out more with the camera.
This one saw a very leisurely start visiting in this order
Hull Paragon
Hessle Road
Welton Gate Box
Melton Lane
Crabley Creek
Five very different boxes
I took a myriad of shots , if and when time allows I'll return with more signalling type shots but for now I have just posted one for each location and all featuring a train.
All visited on Friday 31st July 2015
Manufactured by Agfa Kamerawerk AG, Munich, West Germany
Model: c.1956, (produced between 1949-58)
also known Agfa Box 600, a version of Box 50
Box film camera, film 120 roll, format 6x9cm
Lens: 105mm f/11 single-element meniscus
Aperture: f/11 and f/16,
setting: a pull-out tab above the shutter release, without pulling out the tab setting on the large aperture, when pulling out, the first stop (a dot) is for small aperture and the second (filter) stop is for larger aperture w/ yellow filter,
Focusing: fixed focus
Focus range: 3m - inf
Shutter: Instant-return self-cocking shutter, simple spring, w/sliding aperture disc
Speeds: 1/50 +B
Setting: by a small sliding lever above the shutter release:
the dot is for speed and the long line is for B setting
Cocking and Shutter release lever: same, on the lower left side of the camera,
pressing once to downwards the lever cock and release the shutter
Cable release socket: same with flash PC socket, at the corner below the shutter release
Viewfinder: two Bright magnifying viewfinders on top and right sides of the camera,
w/ polished steel reflectors
Winding lever: on the right side of the camera
Flash PC socket: special for dedicated Agfa Clibo-Blitz flash, same with cable release socket, at the corner below the shutter release
Synchro term in the name is for flash sync shutter
Cold-shoe: none
Self-timer: none
Back cover: Hinged, w/ red window, opens by pressing the carrying strap knob on top of the camera
Film loading: via a removable cone magazine ( the lens on it !..), open the back cover, then pull out the winding handle when rotating, and then pull out the inner part of the camera, then insert the film roll to the lower plate, and place it to the upper take up spool, then insert the film magazine into the camera and pull in the winding lever, then close the back cover, wind the film until the number 1 visible in the red window
Sticker on the magazine: Agfa Isopan Film
Tripod sockets: 1/4'', two, left and bottom sides of the camera
Buttons for hand grip on top of the camera
Body: metal, Weight: 412g
serial no. none
The optics are rather simple, so image quality is a bit better than a toy camera, but not significantly so. Photographs can have the dreamy soft focus like Holga pictures, but unlike toy cameras, image quality is fairly sharp throughout the photograph with little or no vignetting around the edges. Also, the large negative size is a definite plus, just print contact sheets from Synchro-Box negatives.
The Milwaukee Railroad E57B Box Cab Locomotive in Harlowton,Montana.
This electric locomotive saw many,many years of service on the line between Harlo and Avery,Idaho.
My recently acquired Japanese Sankyo music box 72N 3Airs (72 notes 3 songs)
This glass model is made by the Japanese Music Box Company, NIDEC
It plays 72notes 3 songs by FF Chopin :
polonaise
tristesse
fantasie impromptu op.66
Japan is the only Asian country which manufacture high end mechanical winding music box.
These damn things have always fascinate me. It's interesting to see how the pins on the cylinder pluck the tuned comb as it rotates sounding out the beautifully resonant notes.
By arranging the pins and fashioning the comb teeth to reproduce specific notations in the musical scale it could made to produce an endless array of tunes very much like a mechanical piano. Brilliant idea. These are the great grand father of the record player and CD player.
Another design is by using a rotating disc with specifically cut hooks which strike a star wheel to produce the required musical tones. Both design are mechanical marvels.
I love them all
A view of the signals and signal boxes looking north from Leicester station. It doesn't look like this any more!
For years I have watched this storm battered little island off Long Beach and wondered what it would be like to live there for a day, or two, a week, a year....
Alston signal box is a North Eastern Railway (NER) type S5 structure that originally stood at Ainderby rebuilt on a new brick base here at Alston in 1991 the box contains a 21-lever McKenzie & Holland frame.
Here 4 wheel battery electric locomotive No 21 'Carlisle' built by Clayton for Metronet Rail/Transport for London, is captured bringing in the ecs for the 10.30 Alston-Slaggyford (11.05) service on the South Tynedale Railway.
The South Tynedale Railway is a preserved 2ft narrow gauge railway and at 875ft is 2nd second highest after the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway.
The line currently runs from Alston (Cumbria) to Slaggyford (Northumberland) which is 5 miles long and runs along the southern section of the trackbed, of the former 13 mile Haltwhistle to Alston Branch Line which was closed by British Rail on the 3rd May 1976.
5th September 2023
A further box visit back in October 2015 was Ulceby Signal Box.
Ulceby had evolved to cover quite a significant area compared with its original area. It had a reduced frame and an IFS panel. There was also room for a panel to cover Brocklesby but this never happened.
Sadly the box was demolished with undue haste following closure, before the local S&T even had time to recover equipment for spares, the box coming down with everything still in place.
One of the new signals can be seen, ready for York ROC to take over.
For the second week running 1BM2 behind NR35 and NR76 enter the loop at Bonville, it will cross 7WB3. The post in the forground are remnants of the old signal box.
They say there's money to be made from photography - maybe not by the photographer through!
And this is only one box!
The portfolio box I made myself for a job interview with a portrait studio. I got a second interview!
The sides of this box are a single plank of wood, almost certainly cedar, that was bent in three places.
How was this done? Well, once the maker had fashioned a plank to tolerances that might challenge a modern furniture maker, the maker cut a groove widthwise across the plank at each of the intended corners. Considerable skill and craftsmanship went into planning the shape of the cut and executing the plan. The groove was deep, but it did not go all the way through the plank. Then the wood was steamed to soften it. When the wood was soft enough, the plank was bent 90 degrees at each of the grooves until the two ends of the plank met. Voilà , a bentwood box!
I'd assume the ends of the plank were fastened to each other right away and, if it were me, I'd attach the bottom promptly to prevent warping.
As for the art, the images are highly stylized animals common to the coastal environment. The iconography also included what some Europeans would call "mythical" creatures, though the First Nations people probably thought of them in different terms.
The selection and combination of images communicated complex and important information about the box's owner and the owner's family and clan.
If you want to study this subject deeply, read The Transforming Image: Painted Arts of Northwest Coast First Nations, by Bill McClellan and Karen Duffek, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver/Tornonto, University of Washington Press, Seattle (2000).
The Canadian Encyclopedia provides the following information about the Tsimshian peoples:
"The term Tsimshian (Tsim-she-yan, meaning "People of the Skeena") is often broadly applied to all those northern BC Indian groups speaking languages of the Tsimshian language family: NISHGA (or Nisga'a), GITKSAN and the Coast Tsimshian. The latter, sometimes referred to as the Tsimshian Proper, included groups along the lower Skeena River from the Kitselas Canyon and Kitsumkalum (near Terrace) and the adjacent coast south to Milbanke Sound, including Port Simpson, Metlakatla (in the Prince Rupert area), Kitkatla, Hartley Bay and Kitasu. The population of this latter group is 6569 (1996c)."
"In 1887, a group of 825 Tsimshians following missionary William Duncan moved to a site near Ketchikan, Alaska, where they founded the settlement of New Metlakatla. Archaeological excavations in the harbour at Prince Rupert have unearthed the remains of cedar plankhouse villages that date back 5000 years; thus, the Tsimshians claim one of the oldest continuous cultural heritages in the New World. Tsimshian groups are also generally held to be related historically to the Penutian peoples of Oregon and California."
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Pa...
(Capitalized terms in the foregoing quotes are topic links within the online Canadian Encyclopedia. The links are not active here.)
In the collection of the Museum of Northern BC, Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
I've complied with restrictions on the use of flash, and taken photos only when permitted by the museum.
A lovely Topper Made by persons unknown decorated the post-box outside the Post Office in Swanage, Dorset.
Detailed photos of Snow White. The glitter covered cape is a bit stiff, but I do like the glitter skirt, since it keeps its shape better than a plain satin skirt. It is similar to the skirt of the 2014 Classic Snow White and the 2013 Singing Snow White 12'' dolls. However, the gold glitter from the skirt does shed, and found its way on her rubber legs, even though she had tissue paper wrapped around them. The best new feature of this Snow White doll is the blue bird figurine. It's claws can grasp the doll's index finger or thumb very securely. It is reminiscent of the blue bird that comes with the LE Snow White 17'' doll, but is much less accurate and realistic, as it is entirely blue except for his eyes and beak. My doll came with hair that was a bit messy and lopsided, but she still looks very pretty. I will post side by side comparisons with previous Classic Snow White dolls soon.
Snow White Classic Doll with Bluebird Figure - 12''
US Disney Store
Released online 2016-06-20
Purchased online 2016-06-20
Received 2016-06-22
$16.95
Item No. 6001040901377P
Arrived at Penmaenmawr just as the 1I16, Holyhead - Birmingham International arrived in the station. With passengers waiting there was just enough time to get onto the footbridge for the departure.Two 2-car units,the second one, 150-259 still in Arriva trains livery !
Design: Clemente Giusto
One Sheet Origami Box
Measurement of paper: 15 cm x 12 cm / 5.9 in x 4.7 in
Article to this design: origamitutorials.com/one-sheet-rectangular-origami-box/
The majestic Victorian signal box at Shrewsbury Shropshire (UK)
Lovely shot of a fantastic structure from David's archives and posted here with kind permission.
I made this using yummy goodies from Emma's Paperie...I'm guest designing there this month! I used Dream Street papers by Audrey Neal, Owl paper by Sassafras Lass, mini Jenni Bowlin paper and tickets, and Making Memories epoxy accents to decorate this scalloped keepsake box...=) So much fun! Thanks for peeking!
Jordan F High School Senior Portrait
Strobist Info: Sony HVLF60M at full power triggered with Cowboy Studio trigger in 26" Westcott Rapid Box Softbox with diffuser just behind and right of camera. Exposed for sky.
I'm currently living out of a box. There are more in the garage and even more in Washington State, but this is the one I access the most.
For Photogamer challenge "Box."
BOX DATE: 2013
MANUFACTURER: Mattel
BODY TYPE: 1999; molded dot panties; straight, non-bending legs
HEAD MOLD: 1998 "Generation Girl"
***My doll is wearing 2011 "Fashion Gift Set" #X4861 Barbie's outfit.
PERSONAL FUN FACT: Ah Malibu Ave Market Barbie...you were a beast to identify!!! Dolls from this era are the WORST to identify since they are so generic. Unlike Barbies from later years, who have codes/stock numbers printed on their backs, this Barbie lacked such a useful feature. I had to comb the internet for photos of her...which took an eternity. When I first saw images of Malibu Ave Market Barbie, I thought I might have solved the mystery. Her body mold and blunt bangs seemed like a match. But I couldn't find any up close images of her face. So I kept on browsing, to see if she matched any other dolls. In the end, I circled back to Malibu Ave Market Barbie because I was having no luck. It didn't help that she was dressed so well in a Fashionistas "Lovin' Lavender" dress that looked SUPER convincing. Once I identified the outfit, I knew it had nothing to do with Barbie herself. So I sat and watched a few Youtube videos that reviewed this set, hoping they'd show closeups of Barbie. NOPE!!! Despite the fact that the videos were all supposed to be reviews, nobody bothered to give Barbie a moment of camera time. In the end, I found Mattel's video on the pack, which DID showcase Barbie for a few seconds. That video still was how I confirmed this Barbie's id. She's very pretty--I especially think the straight, full bangs do her favors. Colleen had an easy time dressing her up (sadly her outfit was not in the lot with her). What makes Barbie even more special is that she was a thoughtful gift. She was part of the "Mountains of Monsters Lot," which we were given in March of 2023.
Shrewsbury station and signal box seen
the Lea Valley Railway Club "Ffestiniog Orbital" railtour going round the Abbey Foregate curve.
This tour ran from Euston to Wolverhampton where the tour split. Half the tour got on DMUs down the Cambrian to Pwllheli and back to Porthmadog followed by the Ffestiniog railway to Blaenau Ffestiniog and 40122 back to Stafford. The other half of the tour did the same circle in the opposite direction.
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