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As the eastbound Empire Builder rounds the curve near Browning Montana, I quickly realize myself and a childhood friend are running a little late. Normally this wouldn't be an issue, however on this day I'm due to get married at Essex! Really I should have known this would happen, since my friend, and Best Man, has never been on time for anything since we were 14 years old. Thanks to some light fall traffic on Highway 2, we made it to the alter in plenty of time, with my bride to be exclaiming "I knew you two would be late!!"
At Track speed, the Empire Builder cruises through Frontenac MN on a code blue day. As it passes, I wish I were on it having French toast, bacon and coffee in the warmth of the diner.. Great day for a trip along the Mississippi as the Builder travels to Chicago.
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It’s my 24th entry for Iron Builder competition vs. Gilcelio Chagas. The secret ingredient for this round is 2 x 2 Domes in Dark Blue.
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Engagement 2,200+
Ship Listed as HAV BRIM from 2022
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VESSEL BUILDER
Constructed Guernica Spain 2008
by Astilleros De Murueta
2,998grt
IMO 9361756
Arriving into the River Clyde and making good pace
eastbound as she passes Greenock waterfront.
NAMING HISTORY
2008-2022 > ARKLOW FREEDOM ( 14 Years )
I've finally finished it!
I started this in early August of last year and after many months being untouched I've finally completed it to a presentable standard.
One thing I'm not too happy with however are the cliffs but I hadn't the money or patience to tear it down and restart.
The rear side and the left side are made up of Technic bricks so I could potentially expand it in the future if I ever feel the need to. Who knows!
Well I'd love to hear what you guys think, I'm expecting to receive a hell of a lot of suggestions and ideas so maybe in the near future I'll revisit parts of it.
Inspiration taken from numerous builders.
The Empire Builder at Red Rock with Heritage engine 145 on the point and the Milwaukee Road Super Dome operated by Railroading Heritage of Midwest America (RHMA) bringing up the rear. 261.com/about-us/
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The galleries give a unique sense of space, enclosing the nave on three sides.
Master builder George Bähr designed the church with five gallery levels. He divided the first of these galleries into individual prayer rooms with windows at its front end. Wealthy Dresden citizens were able to hire these rooms. This gallery is a faithful copy of the original in visual terms, but without a subdivision into individual rooms in view of the use made of the church today.
Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder crosses the big fill just east of Bison, Montana, during a snowy crossing of Marias Pass on December 21, 1998. Three GE P40DC “Genesis” locomotives power No. 8—Nos. 809, 823 and 828—all in different schemes.
Here is my custom LEGO Mario as he appears in the Super Mario Maker games. I think he's a unique addition to my collection! What do you guys think?? :p
Iron Builder model 6.
Antman is the closest approximation I can get with my parts. I wanted to use Bionicle/HF in one of my builds.
Master Builders House was originally occupied by its builder, Alexander Morris, a Beaulieu builder who also managed the Beaulieu brickworks.
Shipbuilder John Darley was resident in 1747 and Master Shipbuilder Henry Adams lived there from 1749 to 1805. Henry's son Edward Adams followed from 1813 to 1849 and his widow remained in occupation until 1852. Henry Adams oversaw the building of over 50 ships for the Royal Navy, including Nelson’s favourite ship, the Agamemnon.
The building was constructed around 1729 and since 1925 it’s been a hotel, originally called the Shipbuilders House. Among the visitors to the hotel in the 1920s was Queen Mary who visited during Cowes Regatta week, and fittingly, during the Second World War the hotel was taken over by the Admiralty.
Source: New Forest Explorers
Just a simple clean boring wedge shot I kind of like from this splendid day. At least the old school MEC flange lift sign at right ads a bit of interest.
Having traveled 29 miles from North Conway and run around beside the historic former Maine Central depot at Fabyans, Conway Scenic Railroad's 470 Railroad Club is starting their eastbound return trip. They are seen here approaching the gateway at MP 84.5 of the old Maine Central Railroad's Mountain Sub, having just departed from the Crawford's depot at the 1900 ft high point of the railroad. Ahead looms the long 1400 ft 2.2% descent down the mountain through Crawford Notch.
Both units are owned by the 470 Railroad Club and are original Boston and Maine locomotives wearing their as delivered EMD designed scheme. 4266 was built in Mar. 1949 and was acquired for preservation in 1981 off the Billerica deadline. Restored a couple years later, she has called North Conway home ever since and has been operational off and on for the past four decades.
4268 was built in Oct. 1949 and ran for the very first time in almost a half century just earlier this year. I'm not sure when her last run was, but I can find no photos of her in service after about July 1974. She languished for a decade behind the Billerica shops after being stripped of all major components including prime mover, main generator and traction motors. In 1986 she finally left Billerica by truck after being acquired by George Feuderer who displayed her in a field in East Swanzey, NH until acquired by the 470 Club and trucked to North Conway in October of 1991.
She received a cosmetic restoration in 1993 and had been prominently displayed at the Conway Scenic in the company of her operational sibling ever since. After years of planning, the club began restoration in earnest in 2018 with the full support of the railroad and its shop using ex New Hampshire Northcoast GP9 1751 (ex PRR) as a major parts donor for the four year long restoration project.
Addendum: thanks to Carl Byron for supplying the fascinating historical information below that I'd never read about before.
The 4268A was actually built in March, 1949 as Engineering Test Dept Locomotive #930. Used for high altitude component testing on the DRGW's Soldier Summit among other locations. It spent some of that summer masquerading as a CB&Q locomotive leading their passenger car display at the 1949 Chicago World's Fair. It was then was cleaned up, re-engined, and made into to a standard F7A and offered for sale at a "slightly used demo" price. The B&M bought it and it was renumbered and painted into the B&M livery and shipped east, so while the builders plate may well say 10/49 but it certainly had a prior interesting career.
Crawford Notch
Carroll, New Hampshire
Saturday October 22, 2022
I got this LEGO set as a thank you for being a beta tester for LEGO World Builder several months ago.
I decided to take a photo of it yesterday since taking on a role with the company recently.
Very excited to build out the community and surface AFOL-created worlds to the team!
The Portland section of Amtrak's Empire Builder train #27 approaches the BNSF Cooks Siding with the 167 leadig, in Washington along the Columbia River not long after dawn on a cloudy cool morning December 30, 2019.
Amtrak's Empire Builder was running on BNSF's Aurora Subdivision due to trackwork on the traditional CP routing back in 2004. Back in the Burlington days, the Empire Builder would have been right at home rolling west through Chana, but Amtrak chose to run this train via Milwaukee upon startup in 1971.
The Florida Brewing Company building is a historic brewery building that once housed Ybor City Brewing Company, which became Florida Brewing Company. It has been restored and converted into a law office. It is the tallest building in Tampa's Ybor City Historic District.
The Florida Brewing Company Building was built to house the Florida Brewing Company, which was founded in 1896 by cigar industrialists Vicente Ybor and Edward Manrara. The brewery building is six stories tall and remains the tallest building in Ybor City.
Florida Brewing Company was the first brewery in the state of Florida. When operational in the late-19th and early-20th centuries, the building housed the leading exporter of beer to Cuba and was a leader in western Florida. After brewing operations ceased, the building was used for a variety of purposes, although it was eventually abandoned and fell into disrepair. Recently, the building was renovated and is now home to several commercial enterprises.
It was built on the Government Spring, which originally supplied water to the military men of Fort Brooke. This spring was valued by many cultures to be sacred. Florida's Paleo Indians believed the water in the spring to be of a sacred nature. They brought their sick and wounded to bathe in the water with the belief that it would cure their injuries and diseases. Nearly every Indian tribe respected the spring's holiness and thus would use the land around the spring as a peace zone, where no one would attack. Influenced by these tales and others in Europe, Spanish Conquistadors fell under the belief that there were crystalline fountains of youth hidden in the springs. Juan Ponce de León helped spread these rumors when he and a Spanish Armada set out to find a mythical fountain of youth. Many still believe the spring to have supernatural powers.
In its prime, The Florida Brewing Company produced 80,000 barrels of beer annually. It was the leading exporter of beer to Cuba in the U.S. and the premier brewery on Florida's west coast. Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders visited for a beer in celebration after the Spanish–American War.
The brewery survived the adversities of the Prohibition and the Great Depression. However, the business closed in 1961 as a result of the embargo on Cuba and the opening of rival breweries by Anheuser-Busch and the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company in Tampa.
In the years following its closing, the former brewery served several purposes. It was used as a storage place for fresh tobacco in the 1960s and later became a bomb shelter throughout the Cold War. However, it was abandoned for the latter 25 years of the 20th century, and its condition declined. The former brewery became generally considered a detriment to the redevelopment of Ybor City
In 1999, attorney Dale Swope and contractor Joseph Kokolakis purchased the building to restore and convert it into a law firm and office space. The restoration project received a Builders' Choice grand award in adaptive re-use.
www.emporis.com/buildings/285674/florida-brewing-co-tampa...
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is not Each of us a Builder in a Little World within a Bigger One???
Multiple exposure of a reflection, captured at night in Linz, Upper Austria.
Extensive post-processing in SilkyPix Developer Studio Pro 9.
SMC Pentax-DA 40mm f:2.8 Limited
PENTAX K-1
HSS!
This bridge that carries both foot and rail traffic over the Potomac River is known as the Appalachian Trail/CSX - Potomac River Bridge. The ruins of the bridge pylons in the foreground once supported the Baltimore & Ohio (B & O) railroad bridge which was an unusual wooden covered bridge.
From the National Parks Service:
The Baltimore & Ohio (B & O) railroad bridge was once a majestic wood covered bridge that spanned the Potomac River and carried train traffic on the B & O Railroad for 23 years prior to the outbreak of the Civil War. In 1859, John Brown, a staunch abolitionist, launched a raid across this bridge to capture the United States Armory and start a war to end slavery. Brown failed at his attempt but made a major impact on the Harpers Ferry area. With the secession of Virginia in April, 1861, the bridge became a tenuous connector between the Confederacy and the Union. The bridge was over an important border, the Potomac River, and constantly had to worry about attacks from both sides of the war. During four years of Civil War, the bridge would be built and destroyed nine times - four times by war, five times by floods.
On June 14, 1861, as the Confederates were leaving Harpers Ferry, Brig. Gen. Joseph Johnston ordered the burning of all bridges on the Potomac under Southern control. The bridges that were destroyed were Point of Rocks, Shepherdstown, and Berlin. The Berlin Bridge is called Brunswick today. The Harpers Ferry region was a dangerous border area for the next eight months, disallowing rebuilding of the bridge. When the Union army occupied Harpers Ferry in February of 1862 and B & O bridge builders accompanied them. A new iron trestle was completed atop the original piers in less than three weeks, which allowed for supplies to be sent to the Union forces in Harpers Ferry and further south.
The Confederates regained Harpers Ferry on September 15, 1862 but just a few days later they would abandon that post. On September 18, 1862, the bridge was destroyed for a second time by Confederates when they left Harpers Ferry due to the outcome of the Battle of Antietam in Shepherdstown. B & O bridge builders returned with the Union army a few weeks later and had the bridge operational once again by early October.
The third time the bridge was destroyed was during the Gettysburg Campaign in 1863. This time, the retreating Union forces had destroyed the bridge to ensure the Confederates could not use it to support their invasion into the North. Union forces would reoccupy Harpers Ferry during the third week of July of 1863, following the Confederate retreat from Gettysburg. Once the Confederates had retreated, the B & O bridge builders arrived to rebuild the bridge.
The fourth and final time the bridge was destroyed occurred during the final invasion of the North in July of 1864. Once Confederate Jubal Early's forces withdrew from Maryland by mid-July, the B & O railroad rebuilt the bridge once more. In the fall of 1864, the Union used the bridge to transport an immense amount of supplies across the Potomac and into the armory depot for use by Philip Sheridan's army during its Valley Campaign. The Valley Campaign conquered the Confederate army in the Shenandoah Valley and the B & O Railroad was the artery of life for Sheridan's army.
Nikon D850 with Nikkor 24-85mm F3.5-F4.5 lens @ 62mm. 1/100th sec @ F11. Cropped to 5x12 aspect ratio in post.
HMS Somerset is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. She is the eleventh ship of the class to join the fleet since 1989. She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd on the River Clyde, in Scotland and was launched in June 1994 by Lady Elspeth Layard, wife of then 2nd Sea Lord Admiral and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command Admiral Sir Michael Layard. She entered service in 1996. Lady Layard is the ship's sponsor. She is named after the Dukedom of Somerset.
The fourth Somerset to serve in the Royal Navy, she has inherited four battle honours from previous ships of the name; Vigo Bay (1702), Velez Malaga (1704), Louisburg (1758) and Quebec (1759). The previous ships all served during the 18th century and ensured that the name Somerset played a significant part in that period of naval history.
Somerset's home port is HMNB Devonport. The ship has the Freedom of the City of Wells and is also affiliated with the County of Somerset, the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, the 2nd and 4th Battalions of The Rifles (inherited from affiliation with the Royal Green Jackets), TS Weston and TS Queen Elizabeth Sea Cadet Units, Downside, Baytree and Helles Schools, Bridgwater College and the Somerset Legion House of The Royal British Legion. The 19th Duke of Somerset takes a keen interest in the ship and is a regular visitor, and the ship also hosted Harry Patch, Simon Weston (in place of Johnson Beharry) and Marcus Trescothick whilst docked at Avonmouth for a remembrance service to launch the 2008 British Legion Poppy Appeal.[2]
Operational history[edit]
In 2007, the first at-sea firing trials of the UK Royal Navy's new 30mm DS30M Mark 2 Automated Small Calibre Gun system were completed by Somerset.[3]
On 18 February 2009, Somerset sailed from Devonport as part of the Taurus 09 deployment under Commander UK Amphibious Task Group, Commodore Peter Hudson. She was joined on this deployment by landing platform dock Bulwark, as Hudson's flagship, landing platform helicopter Ocean, Type 23 frigate Argyll and four ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[4]
In June 2009, she took part in exercise Bersama Shield with Ocean and RFA Wave Ruler off the Malay Peninsula.[5]
In May 2010 she sailed for Operation Telic conducted boarding operations and oil platform protection operations in the Persian Gulf.
On 3 May 2012, she began a refit at the Devonport Royal Dockyard operated by the Babcock International Group. The refit was expected to take 9 months.[6] She took part in Exercise Joint Warrior 2013.[7] In January 2015, HMS Somerset took part in the search for the crew of the Cyprus-registered cement carrier Cemfjord, which had capsized in the Pentland Firth.[8]
On 23 April 2015, with the Border Force cutter Valiant, she intercepted the Tanzanian-registered tug Hamal in the North Sea about 100 miles off Aberdeen, leading to the seizure of more than three tons of cocaine, believed to be at the time the single largest seizure of a Class A drug in the UK.[9] It was announced that she would provide security for the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting along with HMS Bulwark.
In Autumn 2015, she carried out security patrols in support of the European Heads of Government meeting in Malta.
In November 2015, she visited Valencia - the first Royal Navy ship to do so in a number of years.[11] While there, she met a delegation led by Juan Carlos Valderrama Zurián, the Central Government Representative for the Valencia region, and hosted a lunch to thank representatives of various Armed Forces charities for their work.[11] In December 2015, she returned to port after performing guard duties at the 2015 CHOGM.[
In March 2016, as the Russian destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov a tanker and a tug entered the United Kingdom's exclusive economic zone, they were intercepted and escorted by Somerset.
Name:HMS Somerset
Operator:Royal Navy
Ordered:January 1992
Builder:Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down:12 October 1992
Launched:25 June 1994
Sponsored by:Lady Layard
Commissioned:20 September 1996
Refit:Major 2012-2013
Homeport:HMNB Devonport, Plymouth
Motto:
Foy pour Devoir
"Faith for Duty"
Status:in active service
Badge:Hms Somerset badge.gif
General characteristics
Class and type:Type 23 Frigate
Displacement:4,900 t (4,800 long tons; 5,400 short tons)[1]
Length:133 m (436 ft 4 in)
Beam:16.1 m (52 ft 10 in)
Draught:7.3 m (23 ft 9 in)
Propulsion:
CODLAG:
Four 1510 kW (2,025 shp) Paxman Valenta 12CM diesel generators
Two GEC electric motors delivering 2980kW (4000 shp)
Two Rolls-Royce Spey SM1C delivering 23,190 kW (31,100 shp)
Speed:In excess of 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range:7,500 nautical miles (14,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement:185 (accommodation for up to 205)
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
UAF-1 ESM, or, UAT Mod 1
Seagnat
Type 182 towed torpedo decoy
Surface Ship Torpedo Defence
Armament:
Anti-air missiles:
1 × 32-cell Sea Wolf GWS.26 VLS canisters for 32:
Sea Wolf missiles (range 1-10 km)
Anti-ship missiles:
2 × quad Harpoon launchers
Anti-submarine torpedoes:
2 × Twin 12.75 in (324 mm) Sting Ray torpedo tubes
Guns:
1 × BAE 4.5 inch Mk 8 naval gun
2 × 30mm DS30M Mk2 guns, or, 2× 30mm DS30B guns
2 × Miniguns
4 × General purpose machine guns
Aircraft carried:
1 × Lynx HMA8, armed with;
4 × Sea Skua anti ship missiles, or
2 × anti submarine torpedoes
or
1 × Westland Merlin HM1, armed with;
4 × anti submarine torpedoes
Aviation facilities:
Flight deck
Enclosed hangar
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Busy little Wren collecting nesting material & not bothered by people @ Lakenheath Fen visitor centre today.
A boat builder is totally absorbed in his work, crafting a new vessel beside the Buriganga River in Dhaka.
Bangladesh. March 2025. © David Hill
The Gelati Monastery, was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. Founded in 1106 AD by King David IV (David the Builder, ruled 1089-1125 AD) and the site of his tomb, a wall surrounds the monastery complex within which are: The 12th century Church of the Nativity of the Virgin; Two 13th century churches, the Church of St. George and the Church of St. Nicholas; A 13th century bell tower; The 12th century Academy of Gelati building, which was a center of science and education; And other structures including monk’s quarters.
UNESCO notes: “The monastery is richly decorated with mural paintings from the 12th to 17th centuries, as well as a 12th century mosaic in the apse of the main church, depicting the Virgin with Child flanked by archangels. Its high architectural quality, outstanding decoration, size and clear spatial quality combine to offer a vivid expression of the artistic idiom of the architecture of the Georgian “Golden Age” and its almost completely intact surroundings allow an understanding of the intended fusion between architecture and landscape.” In addition to the tomb of David IV, other royal graves are found on the grounds including those of Demetrius I (died 1156), George III (died 1184), Vakhtang II (died 1292), George V (died 1346), Bagrat VI (died 1748), and Solomon II (died 1815). Tradition holds that Queen Tamar the Great is buried here, however her tomb has yet to be found.