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ED4 (Electric train Demikhovskiy 4-th modification) is a series of Russian DC electric trainsets, developed in Russia after USSR breakage (before it all design and production were run on the RVR in Soviet Latvia) and built since 1996 to 2016 yy. In production they replaced trainsets of the ED2T project that still had many import electric components. For 1997-2016 yy were produced 500 trainsets that are currently in service on Russian Railways and in many former USSR states.
АКСМ-32100D trolleybuses are produced by the Belarus company Belkommunmash (BKM; Производственное Объединение «Белкоммунмаш», БКМ). BKM was organized in 1973 on the basis of the streetcar and trolleybus repair shop under the Ministry of Municipal Economy of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic. During the first two decades the plant was repairing trolleybuses and streetcars of Minsk. After USSR breakage the independent Belarus got a strong incentive to develop its own vehicles production. Therefore a few articulated trolleybuses YMZ T1 (ЮМЗ Т1) were assembled at the plant in 1993 from engineering sets of Yuzhny Machine Building Plant of Ukraine. The enterprise also modernized trolleybuses of the ZIU models 100 - 101 produced by the Engels Electric Transportation Plant (later CJSC "TrolZa") in Engels, Saratov region of Russia. Later the company started to develop its own trolleybus models, the first model AKSM 201 (АКСМ 201) appeared in 1996, followed by models 213, 221, 321 and 333. Since 2000 the production of streetcars started: AKSM-1M, AKSM-60102. In 2016, the production of electric buses has been organized. Today the BKM Holding (ОАО «Управляющая компания холдинга «Белкоммунмаш» - ОАО «УКХ «БКМ) is the leading industrial enterprise in Belarus in the field of production and overhaul of rolling stock of urban electric transport.
two on the start: TEP70 (ТЭП70-240) Soviet diesel passenger locomotive and EP2K new Russian DC electric passenger locomotive (both made by the Kolomna locomotive works).
the Ladozhsky vokzal (Ladoga railway station) of the October railway is the newest big railway terminal of St Petersburg designed by architect Nikita Yavein built at 2001-2003 already after USSR breakage. But in the Soviet time, at the end of the 1980s alredy were formed Initial plans for its construction intended to replace the Varshavsky station. Varshavsky vokzal is a former railway station at the initial station of the Peterburgo-Varshavskaya railroad (since 1907 - Northwestern Railway) in St. Petersburg opened in 1860 and closed to 2001. At present it is an architectural monument, reconstructed into a giant food court with some shopping and entertainment areas. Now the Ladozhsky vokzal serves routes to the north and east off the city previously served by Moskovsky railway station, as well as some lines previously served by Finland Station, Vitebsky station and Baltiysky station.
General station appearance refers to the historical The Old Ladoga fortress loacted near the Ladoga lake on the Volkhov river, the first north Russian fortress founded by legendary Rurik, the normann and first Russian knyaz, on the historical route from Baltic to the Black sea.
The Ladoga terminal occupied location of the historical Dacha Dolgorukova local station in St Petersburg worked on of the Volkhovstroevskoe direction of the Oktyabrskaya railway, so the right name of the station still is the Dacha Dolgorukova.
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Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City - Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - Saigon - Sài Gòn - Worship in Traditional Chinese Buddhist Temple - Sacred House of Worship & Prayer - Burning of Incense Spirals
Incense spirals (also called incense coils) are one of the forms of incense. An incense coil is made entirely of incense, without a bamboo core in the middle as seen with incense sticks. They are called incense spirals because they are shaped into a spiral instead of a straight stick shape. A spiral shape allows for a much larger piece of incense which burns longer while taking up little space. An incense stick can be made in any length, but the longer the stick, the greater the chance of breakage. This limits incense sticks to no more than three feet in length in general practice. Incense coils have been in use for a considerable length of time in the East thanks to their much longer burn times and compact footprint. For temples and monasteries which use a lot of incense, these coils are ideal. The coils can be suspended from the ceiling which allows more floor space to be freed up for worshippers. It is not uncommon to see a temple ceiling which is covered with large hanging incense coils. These coils can burn for days at a time. Incense coils this size are not very practical for use in the home, however.
Joss sticks are a type of incense used in many East Asian countries, traditionally burned before a Chinese religious image, idol or shrine. They can also be burned in front of a door, or open window as an offering to heaven, or devas. In modern days, joss sticks can be used for any purpose, such as to enhance the smell of a room, or to light fire crackers. The word "joss" is derived from the Latin deus (god) via Portuguese. Spiral joss sticks are also used on a regular basis, which are found hanging above temple ceilings, with burn times that are exceedingly long.
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I Check Out This Air B&B Palace For A Conference that I was planning for "The Disgruntled And Upset Photographers International Society (DAUPIS)"... On Review Of This Tidy Little Palace, I had to say "No, It is much too small and the group could not afford any breakage and behavior fees..."
Shot taken for Saturday Self Challenge 22/05/2021 ---------
Things that make you Smile .
Well , from the outset this was a challenging challenge and inspiration was not coming at all ( sad old so & so I hear mutterings ) , and with a few things going pear shaped this week it did not come easy . However , one half thought did linger and this did make me smile a lot , so here it is - we had our wedding anniversary earlier this month ( 46th ) and our daughter bought us both a rock/gem/mineral piece each . For my wife she got an Amazonite crystal pendant and for me as we can see above an Aura Quartz Geode which indeed brings a smile to my face . I did not know I was collecting geodes , but I now find I have six already !! ---
Aura quartz is quartz that has been enhanced with a combination of titanium and niobium.
Metal-coated crystals are natural crystals, such as quartz, whose surface has been coated with metal to give them an iridescent metallic sheen. Crystals treated this way are used as gemstones and for other decorative purposes. Possible coatings include gold (resulting in a stone called aqua aura), indium, titanium, niobium and copper. Other names for crystals treated so include; angel aura, flame aura, opal aura or rainbow quartz.
Aqua aura is created in a vacuum chamber from quartz crystals and gold vapour by vapour deposition. The quartz is heated to 871 °C (1600 °F) in a vacuum, and then gold vapor is added to the chamber.
The gold atoms fuse to the crystal's surface, which gives the crystal an iridescent metallic sheen. When viewed under a gemological microscope in diffused direct transmitted light, aqua aura displays the following properties:
A coppery surface iridescence in tangential illumination
Diffused dark outlines of some facet junctions
A patchy blue colour distribution on some facets
White facet junctions, irregular white abrasions and surface pits, where the treatment either did not "take" or had been abraded away.
Rainbow quartz have been treated with a combination of titanium and gold. Titanium molecules are bonded to the quartz by the natural electrostatic charge of the crystal in a process known as magnetron ionization.
The brilliant color of flame aura is the result of optical interference effects produced by layers of titanium. Since only electricity is used to deposit the titanium layers and create these colors, very little heat is involved and the integrity of the crystal is maintained. The crystal does not become brittle or prone to breakage as with other treatments.
In the end this was a grab shot of my geode placed on the cooker top with a black oven-glove as a background , the shot was hand held not bothering to get the tripod out and the reflection was an added bonus that I made the most of .
Time now to listen and relax and chill out with Klaus Schutze's Crystal Lake --
ED4 (Electric train Demikhovskiy 4-th modification) is a series of Russian electric trainsets, developed in Russia after USSR breakage (before it all design and production were run on the RVR in Soviet Latvia) built since 1996. The trains are produced by JSC DMZ (Demikhovo Machinebuilding Plant; Russian: ОАО ДМЗ, Демиховский машиностроительный завод) and currently in service on Russian Railways and many former USSR states.
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Asia - Hong Kong - 香港 - Special administrative regions (SARs) of the People's Republic of China - Man Mo Temple - Man Mo Miu - 文武廟 - Temple for the worship of the civil or literature god Man Tai (文帝) - Man Cheong （文昌） & martial god Mo Tai (武帝) - Kwan Tai (關帝) - Burning incense coils used in religious ceremonies, ritual purification, meditation & for creating a spiritual atmosphere
A Man Mo Temple or Man Mo Miu (traditional Chinese: 文武廟) is a temple for the worship of the civil or literature god Man Tai (文帝) / Man Cheong （文昌） and the martial god Mo Tai (武帝) / Kwan Tai (關帝). The two gods were popularly patronized by scholars and students seeking progress in their study or ranking in the civil examinations in the Ming and Qing dynasties. There are several Man Mo Temples in Hong Kong. This shot is from the one on Hollywood Road.
Incense spirals (also called incense coils) are one of the forms of incense. An incense coil is made entirely of incense, without a bamboo core in the middle as seen with incense sticks. They are called incense spirals because they are shaped into a spiral instead of a straight stick shape. A spiral shape allows for a much larger piece of incense which burns longer while taking up little space. An incense stick can be made in any length, but the longer the stick, the greater the chance of breakage. This limits incense sticks to no more than three feet in length in general practice. Incense coils have been in use for a considerable length of time in the East thanks to their much longer burn times and compact footprint. For temples and monasteries which use a lot of incense, these coils are ideal. The coils can be suspended from the ceiling which allows more floor space to be freed up for worshippers. It is not uncommon to see a temple ceiling which is covered with large hanging incense coils. These coils can burn for days at a time. Incense coils this size are not very practical for use in the home, however.
Joss sticks are a type of incense used in many East Asian countries, traditionally burned before a Chinese religious image, idol or shrine. They can also be burned in front of a door, or open window as an offering to heaven, or devas. In modern days, joss sticks can be used for any purpose, such as to enhance the smell of a room, or to light fire crackers. The word "joss" is derived from the Latin deus (god) via Portuguese. Spiral joss sticks are also used on a regular basis, which are found hanging above temple ceilings, with burn times that are exceedingly long.
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Walking in the Dolomites. Stout shoes and walking poles are necessary to preemt slips and breakages.
The whir of machinery churned in the workshop as the elves prepared the first machine to produce remote control race cars. All that was needed to do was to attach the antenna to the car, take it for a test to make sure the correct remote was matched to the car, and then package them together with all the material printed in the printshop. You’ve seen these pages and pages of instructions which are carefully worded and printed, having gone through at least three different foreign languages, and of course, read by the proof-readers to make sure it all makes sense.
But then again, you know teenagers who will simply rip open the package, put in the batteries, and head out the door to test their new car even in the drifts of snow on Christmas morning.
Yet Santa’s elves are committed to their slogan: “Attention to details.” That includes making sure all the instructions are included in the package before it gets loaded onto Santa’s sleigh.
However, there is one more thing that is not often known outside of Santa’s workshop, and particularly Workshop 86. They test the durability of the toys they produce to make sure they stand up even to the harshest conditions.
That is when Thor is called.
“I can’t believe what I am about to see,” Maurice said to himself. “He’s actually going to try to smash that poor car.”
“Attention to detail!” the elves began to chant as Thor took his position. They also started to grin with glee as they knew what the end result would be: several small pieces of sporty plastic shattered and scattered on the floor. The breakage would be horrendous.
And that is when a loud voice was heard over the megaphone. “Okay, elves, enough! Get back to your regular work!” Mrs. Claus caught them as she always does.
“Whew, that was close,” Maurice sighed in relief. “I hope the rest of this shift goes better. Then I can get my rest in a different place.” He looked longingly at the one elf still sipping his morning grog which was beginning to awaken him to normal duty. But that would soon wear off, and who knows what mischief that elf would later cause.
I typically don't add commentary to my Flickr posts, but compelled to do so here. This is a cross-post from Facebook about this image and some thoughts on the responsibilities anglers need to take when fishing:
"This photograph really pains me.
The first (and obvious) reason is this Willet will likely have to live out its life with the added complications and dangers have fishing line wrapped around it's legs.
The second reason is because this type of situation would be so easily avoidable if anglers would take the necessary precautions to not leave half their fishing line broken off in trees, rocks, logs, etc.
When I see birders/photographers post images of wildlife that involves fishing line, the focus is generally on "lazy fishermen that don't clean up their line". The fact that there ARE (so called) fishermen that abuse and disregard nature to the point that they will leave fishing line on the ground, in accessible trees, or anywhere else in harms way is a disgrace. From my experience, trying to educate these careless individuals on the dangers their actions pose to wildlife generally doesn't generally help matters. Often times it will invoke a vulgar response from them.
Because of this, I want to focus on an issue that I (as an avid angler) see far too often when out on the water. Shore anglers with no intention of leaving their line in the water, trees, etc inadvertently snag their bait or lure in an area that can not be accessed and end up snapping excess line off while trying to free it. I've often times seen people snag and snap off baits and lures, and have tried give them some pointers on how to prevent the same thing from happening in the future.
As for my experience, I've been fishing for over 30 years, both fresh and saltwater, and have caught everything from native brook trout on fly to tuna offshore. I learned how to build rigs and tie knots from my Grandfather ( a retired professional charter captain). While I spend a lot of time fishing from a boat or kayak in lakes and larger rivers, I also spend considerable time shore or wader fishing in small ponds and creeks. When I restring my reels it is because the line is old, NOT because I got half of it stuck in trees. With that, here are some tips to keeping the fishing line on your reel, and not in the trees.
1. Learn how to cast.
There are books, videos, and online tutorials on how to cast a fishing rod to build technique and accuracy. Becoming good at it requires as much patience and practice as learning how to swing a golf club or baseball bat. Tie a lure with no hooks on and go to an open park. Set up targets, and learn how to cast efficiently. When you are confident in your casting abilities, test them on the water. From what I have seen people who don't know how to cast accurately make up the vast majority of line snag offenders. They try to cast straight and the bait ends up overhead or in a tree 20 feet to the left.
2. Think before you cast.
When fishing from shore, survey they area before you cast. Don't cast into cover that will most certainly leave the bait snagged if you are not using weedless/snagproof lures.
3. Check your line.
ALWAYS check the quality of your line. If it is old or frayed this means it will be prone to weak spots. Weak spots will ultimately lead to breakage away from the bait. This will leave excess fishing line in the water.
4. When using lures while shore fishing, tying a short leader that is a lighter line strength than your main line to the lure is a good idea.
If the lure gets snagged and can not be retrieved, the lighter leader line will snap, leaving your main line intact. This is good for you and the wildlife. It is a good practice when shore fishing. I personally prefer an albright knot for this. Here is a good tutorial on how to tie it. www.animatedknots.com/albright/index.php
5. When using bottom rigs, use leaders for the hook and weight that are lighter than the mainline. In the same manner as above, this will prevent you from losing your main line in the case of a snag. On a separate note -- use non-toxic split shot and sinkers, in case any are lost.
6. Finally -- be proactive, and pick up any blatantly discarded fishing line that can be accessed. If you are in a boat, kayak, or wading, it is a great opportunity retrieve lines/lures that were inadvertently snagged by bank fishermen."
ED4 (Electric train Demikhovskiy 4-th modification) is a series of Russian DC electric trainsets, developed in Russia after USSR breakage (before it all design and production were run on the RVR in Soviet Latvia) and built since 1996 to 2016 yy. In production they replaced trainsets of the ED2T project that still had many import electric components. For 1997-2016 yy were produced 500 trainsets that are currently in service on Russian Railways and in many former USSR states.
the Ladozhsky vokzal (Ladoga railway station) of the October railway is the newest big railway terminal of St Petersburg designed by architect Nikita Yavein built at 2001-2003 already after USSR breakage. But in the Soviet time, at the end of the 1980s alredy were formed Initial plans for its construction intended to replace the Varshavsky station. Varshavsky vokzal is a former railway station at the initial station of the Peterburgo-Varshavskaya railroad (since 1907 - Northwestern Railway) in St. Petersburg opened in 1860 and closed to 2001. At present it is an architectural monument, reconstructed into a giant food court with some shopping and entertainment areas. Now the Ladozhsky vokzal serves routes to the north and east off the city previously served by Moskovsky railway station, as well as some lines previously served by Finland Station, Vitebsky station and Baltiysky station.
The Ladoga terminal occupied location of the historical Dacha Dolgorukova local station in St Petersburg worked on of the Volkhovstroevskoe direction of the Oktyabrskaya railway, so the right name of the station still is the Dacha Dolgorukova.
ED4 (Electric train Demikhovskiy 4-th modification) is a series of Russian electric trainsets, developed in Russia after USSR breakage (before it all design and production were run on the RVR in Soviet Latvia) built since 1996 to 2016. The trains were produced by JSC DMZ (Demikhovo Machinebuilding Plant; Russian: ОАО ДМЗ, Демиховский машиностроительный завод) and currently in service on Russian Railways and many former USSR states. Modernised version - ED4M were built from 1999 till 2016. 501 trainsets were produced totally.
ED4 (Electric train Demikhovskiy 4-th modification) is a series of Russian DC electric trainsets, developed in Russia after USSR breakage (before it all design and production were run on the RVR in Soviet Latvia) and built since 1996 to 2016 yy in quantuty of 500 trainsets by the JSC DMZ (Demikhovo Machinebuilding Plant; Russian: ОАО ДМЗ, Демиховский машиностроительный завод), now the leading producer of the suburban trainsets. They are currently in service on Russian Railways and in many former USSR states. Ones expluatated on the Moscow Railway have unusual 11 or 9 units compostion, that replaced the typical 10/8-cars composition. Some ED4M (incl. this) of Moscow region are operated by big private company The Central Exurban Passenger Company (АО Центральная ППК, JSCo CEPC). Trains of the CEPC have individual ivory-white livree clearly distinguishing them from ordinate red-colored commuter trains of the Russian Railways holding (JSCo RZD).
Line D1 of Moscow Central Diameters (MCD-1,МЦД-1) or Belorussko-Savyolovsky Diameter (Белорусско–Савёловский диаметр), a suburban network in Moscow which uses the existing infrastructure of Moscow Railway and provides a regular connection between Lobnya and Odintsovo across Moscow city.
Nur zur Information: erster Schneefall in dieser Saison mitten im Oktober.
Es soll 40 Jahre her sein, das es schon mal so früh im Taunus Schnee gab. Und es war nicht wenig: die B417 (Hünerstrasse) musste wegen umgestürzter Bäume, Karambolagen und Schneebruchgefahr gesperrt werden, in Hünstetten fiel die Schule aus (aber wenigstens dort haben sich sicher ein paar gefreut ; )
For information only: the first snowfall of the season in the middle in October.
It is supposed to be 40 years ago that there were ever so early in the Taunus snow. And it was not a little: the B417-road (Hünerstrasse) had to be closed due to fallen trees and danger of snow breakage, in town Hünstetten school were closed today (at least there have been a few happy ; )
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ED4 (Electric train Demikhovskiy 4-th modification) is a series of Russian electric trainsets, developed in Russia after USSR breakage (before it all design and production were run on the RVR in Soviet Latvia) built since 1996. The trains are produced by JSC DMZ (Demikhovo Machinebuilding Plant; Russian: ОАО ДМЗ, Демиховский машиностроительный завод) and currently in service on Russian Railways and many former USSR states.
The lead car has unpowered bogie model TESK TsNII type M (ТЭСК ЦНИИ М; belongs to the KVZ-TsNII type), the first bogie have receiving coils for locomotive signaling (mounted on the frame just above the rails to the right). This bogie model was developed in the end of 80's as the modernization of the classics KVZ-TsNII type 1 or 2 (КВЗ ЦНИИ тип 1 и 2) basic model in production from 1962 y.
One of the trips out we made was to the Ellesmere Port National Waterways Boat Museum.
This is where the Shropshire Union Canal meets the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey, this transshipment dock allowed produce such as the Staffordshire Potteries output to be shipped along the Trent & Mersey Canal to this transhipment dock. Here goods could be shipped across the River Mersey for export around the world. This would have proven much cheaper and faster than road haulage with associated breakage. Now it is a fascinating museum that can occupy you for a whole day.
these two commuter trains are operated by big private company The Central Exurban Passenger Company (АО Центральная ППК, JSCo CEPC). In contrast to main fleet of suburban trains of the CEPC that have ivory-white livree or "Region express" trains painted in deep blue, these two are painted in standard red color like all others commuter trains of the Russian Railways holding (JSCo RZD).
ED4 (Electric train Demikhovskiy 4-th modification) is a series of Russian DC electric trainsets, developed in Russia after USSR breakage (before it all design and production were run on the RVR in Soviet Latvia) and built since 1996 to 2016 yy. In production they replaced trainsets of the ED2T project that still had many import electric components. ED2T and ED4 trainsets were built by the JSC DMZ (Demikhovo Machinebuilding Plant; Russian: ОАО ДМЗ, Демиховский машиностроительный завод), now the leading and the solely producer of the suburban trainsets. For 1997-2016 yy were produced 500 trainsets that are currently in service on Russian Railways and in many former USSR states.
One of the trips out we made was to the Ellesmere Port National Waterways Boat Museum.
This is where the Shropshire Union Canal meets the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey, this transshipment dock allowed produce such as the Staffordshire Potteries output to be shipped along the Trent & Mersey Canal to this transhipment dock. Here goods could be shipped across the River Mersey for export around the world. This would have proven much cheaper and faster than road haulage with associated breakage. The museum have recreated the interiors of a row of terraced houses to reflect the living accommodation of the workers from the 19th century to the mid 20th century and these are fascinating in themselves. This is a later home.
АКСМ-32100D trolleybuses are produced by the Belarus company Belkommunmash (BKM; Производственное Объединение «Белкоммунмаш», БКМ). BKM was organized in 1973 on the basis of the streetcar and trolleybus repair shop under the Ministry of Municipal Economy of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic. During the first two decades the plant was repairing trolleybuses and streetcars of Minsk. After USSR breakage the independent Belarus got a strong incentive to develop its own vehicles production. Therefore a few articulated trolleybuses YMZ T1 (ЮМЗ Т1) were assembled at the plant in 1993 from engineering sets of Yuzhny Machine Building Plant of Ukraine. The enterprise also modernized trolleybuses of the ZIU models 100 - 101 produced by the Engels Electric Transportation Plant (later CJSC "TrolZa") in Engels, Saratov region of Russia. Later the company started to develop its own trolleybus models, the first model AKSM 201 (АКСМ 201) appeared in 1996, followed by models 213, 221, 321 and 333. Since 2000 the production of streetcars started: AKSM-1M, AKSM-60102. In 2016, the production of electric buses has been organized. Today the BKM Holding (ОАО «Управляющая компания холдинга «Белкоммунмаш» - ОАО «УКХ «БКМ) is the leading industrial enterprise in Belarus in the field of production and overhaul of rolling stock of urban electric transport.
UPDATE on water restrictions. 14 June 2024:
"Calgary Emergency Management Agency Chief Susan Henry said water restrictions will be needed for at least three to five more weeks."
Tuesday, 11 June 2024: LIMIT YOUR WATER USAGE! The water main breakage issue started on 5 June 2024.
"As work to repair a break in a major feeder water main continued Tuesday, Calgarians can expect limitations on their water use to last through the weekend and into next week.
Nancy Mackay, Calgary's water services director, says the work is going to take longer than officials first expected.
"We do not have a date for the restoration of the service. Based on the information we have now, I expect to be able to share a closer date mid-next week," Mackay said on Tuesday." From the Weather Network.
Thursday, 13 June 2024:
"Work to fix a critical water main break that has triggered outdoor water restrictions has been stalled due to injuries on the work site on Wednesday night, Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek said during an 8:30 a.m. update on Thursday morning. The injured workers were taken to hospital and neither is in critical condition."
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Tuesday, 11 June 2024: early evening, windy all day and now stronger winds and maybe some rain (no)?
Posting five odds and ends until I can get out for another drive. I am adding the description that was written under another previously posted image taken on the same day.
"In Bluebirds, the blue colour is produced by the structure of the feather - there is no blue pigment. "Tiny air pockets in the barbs of feathers can scatter incoming light, resulting in a specific, non-iridescent color. Blue colors in feathers are almost always produced in this manner. Examples include the blue feathers of Bluebirds, Indigo Buntings, Blue Jay's and Steller's Jays."
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mountain_Bluebird/id
www.jstor.org/discover/pgs/index?id=10.2307/4077277&i...
"What a great day our group of four people had on 28 May 2017, taking part in the annual May Species Count. We travelled in just one car, which worked out well. On the 2016 May Species Count, we had been unable to find a Great Gray Owl, but then I drove back to the area the next day, and found two of them. No matter how many times I see one of these owls and no matter how many hundreds/thousands of photos I've taken of them, each owl is just as exciting as the very first. So, it was a thrill on 28 May to see one of these spectacular owls.
This Count's owl was on a fence post when we first saw it. As is usually the case with these owls, it was focused on finding a Meadow Vole for a snack and in fact did catch one while I was watching. It moved to a few different fence posts in its search. Once it had caught its prey, it ate it there, down on the ground - with its back to us, of course. I was kind of hoping it would fly back up to the fence with it, but it didn't.
While I was taking photos, various people came along the road, a couple in cars, but most were cyclists out for a long ride on such a beautiful, sunny day. The owl basically ignored everyone, giving just a quick glance at us every once in a while. Their concentration never fails to leave me in awe.
My small group found 72 species of bird on this 2017 Count - amazing, really. Three pairs of great eyes - plus me : ) Part of our Count covers some of my favourite roads, so it is not surprising that I enjoy it so much. Once the Count had finished, I drove a few of the roads again on my way home, mainly focusing on two pairs of Mountain Bluebirds that I had enjoyed watching last year. The male in this photo has four different bands on its legs, more than one usually sees. Needless to say, I went home feeling very happy after a long day of birding, and oh, so tired!"
An eastbound Z grinds to a halt to wait it out as carman fix a troublesome train with an air line breakage ahead on the single main. They were just a 20 minute ride away from crew change. Darn the luck!
AKSM-32100D is a trolleybus with a transistorized control system based on IGBT modules and an AC induction motor, equipped with accumulators based on lithium-iron-phosphate batteries with a reserve of autonomous travel up to 30 kilometers. Unlike base model AKSM-32100, it is equipped with a 150 kW traction motor. The first three ones were delivered to Ulyanovsk, Russia at the end of 2015. In 2016-2019 St. Petersburg received 35 ones, others were delivered to Belarus cities (5 to Grodno, 4 to Gomel, 4 to Vitebsk). In 2021, they were delivered to Belarus capital Minsk (25 ones) and Vratsa (9). In December 2021, three more restyled trolleybuses came to Grodno to operate the new route 24.
АКСМ-32100D trolleybuses are produced by the Belarus company Belkommunmash (BKM; Производственное Объединение «Белкоммунмаш», БКМ). BKM was organized in 1973 on the basis of the streetcar and trolleybus repair shop under the Ministry of Municipal Economy of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic. During the first two decades the plant was repairing trolleybuses and streetcars of Minsk. After USSR breakage the independent Belarus got a strong incentive to develop its own vehicles production. Therefore a few articulated trolleybuses YMZ T1 (ЮМЗ Т1) were assembled at the plant in 1993 from engineering sets of Yuzhny Machine Building Plant of Ukraine. The enterprise also modernized trolleybuses of the ZIU models 100 - 101 produced by the Engels Electric Transportation Plant (later CJSC "TrolZa") in Engels, Saratov region of Russia. Later the company started to develop its own trolleybus models, the first model AKSM 201 (АКСМ 201) appeared in 1996, followed by models 213, 221, 321 (as in foto) and 333. Since 2000 the production of streetcars started: AKSM-1M, AKSM-60102. In 2016, the production of electric buses has been organized. Today the BKM Holding (ОАО «Управляющая компания холдинга «Белкоммунмаш» - ОАО «УКХ «БКМ) is the leading industrial enterprise in Belarus in the field of production and overhaul of rolling stock of urban electric transport.
The start of a very exciting day, Exhibited at Rochester Institute of Technology, Faculty Show, 2009
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Decorated ED4M "SMENA" (ЭД4М-0365 "Смена"; The successors / The change) commuter electric trainset arrives on a station in Leningrad region.
ED4 (Electric train Demikhovskiy 4-th modification) is a series of Russian electric trainsets, developed in Russia after USSR breakage (before it all design and production were run on the RVR in Soviet Latvia) built since 1996. The trains are produced by JSC DMZ (Demikhovo Machinebuilding Plant; Russian: ОАО ДМЗ, Демиховский машиностроительный завод) and currently in service on Russian Railways and many former USSR states.
I Check Out This Air B&B Palace For A Conference that I was planning for "The Disgruntled And Upset Photographers International Society (DAUPIS)"... On Review Of This Tidy Little Palace, I had to say "No, It is much too small and the group could not afford any breakage and behavior fees..."
these two commuter trains are operated by big private company The Central Exurban Passenger Company (АО Центральная ППК, JSCo CEPC). In contrast to main fleet of suburban trains of the CEPC that have ivory-white livree or "Region express" trains painted in deep blue, these two are painted in standard red color like all others commuter trains of the Russian Railways holding (JSCo RZD).
ED4 (Electric train Demikhovskiy 4-th modification) is a series of Russian DC electric trainsets, developed in Russia after USSR breakage (before it all design and production were run on the RVR in Soviet Latvia) and built since 1996 to 2016 yy. In production they replaced trainsets of the ED2T project that still had many import electric components. ED2T and ED4 trainsets were built by the JSC DMZ (Demikhovo Machinebuilding Plant; Russian: ОАО ДМЗ, Демиховский машиностроительный завод), now the leading and the solely producer of the suburban trainsets. For 1997-2016 yy were produced 500 trainsets that are currently in service on Russian Railways and in many former USSR states.
Line D1 of Moscow Central Diameters (МЦД-1) or Belorussko-Savyolovsky Diameter (Белорусско–Савёловский диаметр), a suburban network in Moscow which uses the existing infrastructure of Moscow Railway and provides a regular connection between Lobnya and Odintsovo across Moscow city. Belorussky station is part of the Moscow Central diameters, line MCD-1 (МЦД-1).
EP2D is the last development of ED4M family of 3 kV DC electric commuter trainsets with increased safety level for passengers to comply the new regultaions of the EAC. She is in production from 2015 y. by the JSC DMZ (Demikhovo Machinebuilding Plant; Russian: ОАО ДМЗ, Демиховский машиностроительный завод), now the leading producer of the suburban trainsets. Ones expluatated on the Moscow Railway have unusual 11 or 9 units compostion, that replaced the typical 10/8-cars composition.
ED4 (Electric train Demikhovskiy 4-th modification) is a series of Russian DC electric trainsets, developed in Russia after USSR breakage (before it all design and production were run on the RVR in Soviet Latvia) and built since 1996 to 2016 yy. In production they replaced trainsets of the ED2T project that still had many import electric components. For 1997-2016 yy were produced 500 trainsets that are currently in service on Russian Railways and in many former USSR states.
ED4 (Electric train Demikhovskiy 4-th modification) is a series of Russian electric trainsets, developed in Russia after USSR breakage (before it all design and production were run on the RVR in Soviet Latvia) built since 1996. The trains are produced by JSC DMZ (Demikhovo Machinebuilding Plant; Russian: ОАО ДМЗ, Демиховский машиностроительный завод) and currently in service on Russian Railways and many former USSR states.
AKSM-32100D is a trolleybus with a transistorized control system based on IGBT modules and an AC induction motor, equipped with accumulators based on lithium-iron-phosphate batteries with a reserve of autonomous travel up to 30 kilometers. Unlike base model AKSM-32100, it is equipped with a 150 kW traction motor. The first three ones were delivered to Ulyanovsk, Russia at the end of 2015. In 2016-2019 St. Petersburg received 35 ones, others were delivered to Belarus cities (5 to Grodno, 4 to Gomel, 4 to Vitebsk). In 2021, they were delivered to Belarus capital Minsk (25 ones) and Vratsa (9). In December 2021, three more restyled trolleybuses came to Grodno to operate the new route 24.
АКСМ-32100D trolleybuses are produced by the Belarus company Belkommunmash (BKM; Производственное Объединение «Белкоммунмаш», БКМ). BKM was organized in 1973 on the basis of the streetcar and trolleybus repair shop under the Ministry of Municipal Economy of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic. During the first two decades the plant was repairing trolleybuses and streetcars of Minsk. After USSR breakage the independent Belarus got a strong incentive to develop its own vehicles production. Therefore a few articulated trolleybuses YMZ T1 (ЮМЗ Т1) were assembled at the plant in 1993 from engineering sets of Yuzhny Machine Building Plant of Ukraine. The enterprise also modernized trolleybuses of the ZIU models 100 - 101 produced by the Engels Electric Transportation Plant (later CJSC "TrolZa") in Engels, Saratov region of Russia. Later the company started to develop its own trolleybus models, the first model AKSM 201 (АКСМ 201) appeared in 1996, followed by models 213, 221, 321 (as in foto) and 333. Since 2000 the production of streetcars started: AKSM-1M, AKSM-60102. In 2016, the production of electric buses has been organized. Today the BKM Holding (ОАО «Управляющая компания холдинга «Белкоммунмаш» - ОАО «УКХ «БКМ) is the leading industrial enterprise in Belarus in the field of production and overhaul of rolling stock of urban electric transport.
AKSM-32100D is a trolleybus with a transistorized control system based on IGBT modules and an AC induction motor, equipped with accumulators based on lithium-iron-phosphate batteries with a reserve of autonomous travel up to 30 kilometers. Unlike base model AKSM-32100, it is equipped with a 150 kW traction motor. The first three ones were delivered to Ulyanovsk, Russia at the end of 2015. In 2016-2019 St. Petersburg received 35 ones, others were delivered to Belarus cities (5 to Grodno, 4 to Gomel, 4 to Vitebsk). In 2021, they were delivered to Belarus capital Minsk (25 ones) and Vratsa (9). In December 2021, three more restyled trolleybuses came to Grodno to operate the new route 24.
АКСМ-32100D trolleybuses are produced by the Belarus company Belkommunmash (BKM; Производственное Объединение «Белкоммунмаш», БКМ). BKM was organized in 1973 on the basis of the streetcar and trolleybus repair shop under the Ministry of Municipal Economy of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic. During the first two decades the plant was repairing trolleybuses and streetcars of Minsk. After USSR breakage the independent Belarus got a strong incentive to develop its own vehicles production. Therefore a few articulated trolleybuses YMZ T1 (ЮМЗ Т1) were assembled at the plant in 1993 from engineering sets of Yuzhny Machine Building Plant of Ukraine. The enterprise also modernized trolleybuses of the ZIU models 100 - 101 produced by the Engels Electric Transportation Plant (later CJSC "TrolZa") in Engels, Saratov region of Russia. Later the company started to develop its own trolleybus models, the first model AKSM 201 (АКСМ 201) appeared in 1996, followed by models 213, 221, 321 (as in foto) and 333. Since 2000 the production of streetcars started: AKSM-1M, AKSM-60102. In 2016, the production of electric buses has been organized. Today the BKM Holding (ОАО «Управляющая компания холдинга «Белкоммунмаш» - ОАО «УКХ «БКМ) is the leading industrial enterprise in Belarus in the field of production and overhaul of rolling stock of urban electric transport.
This bogie model was developed in the end of 80's as the modernization of the classics KVZ-TsNII type 1 or 2 (КВЗ ЦНИИ тип 1 и 2) basic model in production from 1962 y.
ED4 (Electric train Demikhovskiy 4-th modification) is a series of Russian electric trainsets, developed in Russia after USSR breakage (before it all design and production were run on the RVR in Soviet Latvia) built since 1996. The trains are produced by JSC DMZ (Demikhovo Machinebuilding Plant; Russian: ОАО ДМЗ, Демиховский машиностроительный завод) and currently in service on RZD lines and former USSR states.
Long story short…lol...I went to emerg last weekend because hubby thought the toe I thought I broke at the beginning of February did not look good. They took Xrays but the doc thought that there was no sign of breakage even though the knuckle was really swollen and red. Late Wednesday night I got a call that the radiologist read the Xrays and it showed a bone chip fracture. Yesterday after gardening I came in and my whole foot was so unbelievably itchy, swollen and red I went back up to emerg to make sure it was just Athlete's foot from the buddy taping I'd been told to do. Yes, just Athlete's foot…:) But the toe won't heal for another six months and I can't do any weight bearing exercises like running so it's back to the swimming pool for me and I'll put the recumbent bike in the driveway to get some fresh air…lol. One of my goals of turning 60 this year was to take part in the Women's Triathlon they have here every summer. Spectator sport now! There's always next year! :)
ED4 (Electric train Demikhovskiy 4-th modification) is a series of Russian DC electric trainsets, developed in Russia after USSR breakage (before it all design and production were run on the RVR in Soviet Latvia) and built since 1996 to 2016 yy. In production they replaced trainsets of the ED2T project that still had many import electric components. For 1997-2016 yy were produced 500 trainsets that are currently in service on Russian Railways and in many former USSR states.
One of the trips out we made was to the Ellesmere Port National Waterways Boat Museum.
This is where the Shropshire Union Canal meets the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey, this transshipment dock allowed produce such as the Staffordshire Potteries output to be shipped along the Trent & Mersey Canal to this transhipment dock. Here goods could be shipped across the River Mersey for export around the world. This would have proven much cheaper and faster than road haulage with associated breakage. The museum have recreated the interiors of a row of terraced houses to reflect the living accommodation of the workers from the 19th century to the mid 20th century and these are fascinating in themselves. Now these are of the house fitted with 1950's furniture. Now the radiogram would've been something very special in a terraced house. The kitchen is much more basic. I can remember this sort of house from my childhood.
Silverleaf Maple_Acer saccharinum
Common Name(s):River Maple Silverleaf Maple Silver Maple Swamp Maple Water Maple White Maple
Phonetic Spelling AY-ser sak-kar-EYE-num
Description
Silver maple is a large shade tree in the Sapindaceae family. It gets its common name from the silvery undersides of its leaves. It is native to eastern North America and is often found in flood plains, along streams or rivers, or low-lying woodlands. It has attractive gray to dark brown bark that as the tree matures develops a shaggy appearance as the bark develops long thin flaky scales that exfoliate at the ends. This tree grows at a rapid pace and has a graceful form making it a once very popular landscape tree. It has fallen out of favor recently because of its weak wood and tendency toward breakage. It would make an excellent addition to a rain garden as it can grow in areas of poor soil or wet conditions where other stronger wooded trees cannot. Specific epithet means sugary in reference to the sweet sap.
ED4 (Electric train Demikhovskiy 4-th modification) is a series of Russian electric trainsets, developed in Russia after USSR breakage (before it all design and production were run on the RVR in Soviet Latvia) built since 1996. The trains are produced by JSC DMZ (Demikhovo Machinebuilding Plant; Russian: ОАО ДМЗ, Демиховский машиностроительный завод) and currently in service on Russian Railways and many former USSR states.
EP2D and Ivolga commuter trainsets in Moscow are operated by big private company The Central Exurban Passenger Company (АО Центральная ППК, JSCo CEPC). Trains of the CEPC have individual ivory-white livree clearly distinguishing them from ordinate red-colored commuter trains of the Russian Railways holding (JSCo RZD). Between them is the "Region express" train of CEPC painted in deep blue.
EP2D is the last development of ED4M family of 3 kV DC electric commuter trainsets with increased safety level for passengers to comply the new regultaions of the EAC. She is in production from 2015 y. by the JSC DMZ (Demikhovo Machinebuilding Plant; Russian: ОАО ДМЗ, Демиховский машиностроительный завод), now the leading producer of the suburban trainsets. Ones expluatated on the Moscow Railway have unusual 11 or 9 units compostion, that replaced the typical 10/8-cars composition.
ED4 (Electric train Demikhovskiy 4-th modification) is a series of Russian DC electric trainsets, developed in Russia after USSR breakage (before it all design and production were run on the RVR in Soviet Latvia) and built since 1996 to 2016 yy. In production they replaced trainsets of the ED2T project that still had many import electric components. For 1997-2016 yy were produced 500 trainsets that are currently in service on Russian Railways and in many former USSR states.
The MCD-2 route (Nakhabino - Podolsk, Kursk-Riga diameter) opened on November 21, 2019 was created on the basis of existing routes, has a length of 80 kilometers, which are overcome in 2 hours. The line includes 34 stopping points, of which 11 have connections to the subway, the Moscow Central (railway) Ring and/or another railroad line. As of the beginning of December 2019, 22 EG2Tv Ivolga 1.0, as well as conventional electric trains EP2D of the motorcar depot TCh-17 Nakhabino, and two ten-car trains ES2G Lastochka from the motorcar depot Kryukovo serve on the route of the MCD-2. In addition to the trains of the MCD, regular suburban trips are served by eleven-car electric trains EP2D from depots Nakhabino and Pererva, temporarily transferred from the Leningrad direction twelve-car train ET2M from depot Kryukovo and ten-car electric trains ER2. 100 pairs of MCD-2 electric trains (not including regular suburban trains) with a stroke interval of 12 minutes run on the route per day.
Based on Russian wikipedia articles. Translation assistance - deepL
I am beginning to get used to having my hair down now its at a longer length.
Sadly i am having all those issues with dyeing it and of course getting old both play havoc with the condition of the old Barnet, I get a lot of breakage and its thinner than it used to be but at the moment its working so i will stick with it as long as it sticks with me lol.
This journey has seen many a change and a corner turned, so many times i have thought i have achieved the best i can only to discover I still have more to come.
This is such a roller-coaster ride.
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The Ladoga rail terminal occupies location of the historical Dacha Dolgorukova (Дача Долгорукова) station in St Petersburg worked on of the Volkhovstroevskoe direction of the Oktyabrskaya railway, so the right name of the station still is the Dacha Dolgorukova.
the Ladozhsky vokzal (Ladoga railway station) of the October railway is the newest big railway terminal of St Petersburg designed by architect Nikita Yavein built at 2001-2003 already after USSR breakage. But in the Soviet time, at the end of the 1980s alredy were formed Initial plans for its construction intended to replace the Varshavsky station. Varshavsky vokzal is a former railway station at the initial station of the Peterburgo-Varshavskaya railroad (since 1907 - Northwestern Railway) in St. Petersburg opened in 1860 and closed to 2001. At present time Varshvsky is an architectural monument, reconstructed into a giant food court with some shopping and entertainment areas. New Ladozhsky vokzal serves routes to the north and east off the city previously served by Moskovsky railway station, as well as some lines previously served by Finland Station, Vitebsky station and Baltiysky station
One of the trips out we made was to the Ellesmere Port National Waterways Boat Museum.
This is where the Shropshire Union Canal meets the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey, this transshipment dock allowed produce such as the Staffordshire Potteries output to be shipped along the Trent & Mersey Canal to this transhipment dock. Here goods could be shipped across the River Mersey for export around the world. This would have proven much cheaper and faster than road haulage with associated breakage. Now it is a fascinating museum that can occupy you for a whole day.