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The roar of Big Boy's whistle cuts through the crowd that has gathered on the Warrensburg Depot platform; an 1889-built structure dating back to when sights and sounds like this could be expirienced everyday. Although this line between Jefferson City and Kansas City was originally part of the Missouri Pacific system, the welcomed prescence of steam in Warrensburg returned for just a moment before once again falling still.
UP 4014 was originally built in November 1941 at ALCO's Schenectady Works in New York, and was 1 of 25 "Big Boy" 4-8-8-4 articulated steam locomotives built for the Union Pacific (first order (4884-1 class) numbered UP 4000-4019 being built in 1941 and second order (4884-2 class) numbered UP 4020-4024 being built in 1944). While the class was originally to be named Wasatch, the name Big Boy was ultimately chosen from the chalked words scrawled on UP 4000's firebox door among completion at Schenectady Works. These massive locomotives at the time were the largest steam locomotives built for the Union Pacific, stretching 85 feet (132 feet including the tender) and equipped with 8 68-inch drivers. Originally, the Big Boys were assigned to haul large freight trains across the mountains between Odgen and Green River, but would eventually find themselves as far as Cheyenne, North Platte and Denver in later years. UP 4014 ran it's last revenue freight train on July 20, 1959 between Laramie and Cheyenne, with the final revenue Big Boy run concluding just a few hours later. UP 4014 is 1 of 8 Big Boys to survive, and was donated to the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society of Pamona, California in 1961. In 2013, Union Pacific reaquired UP 4014, and in 2019 fired it up for the first time in 60 years.
And now, the date is exactly 67 years and 1 day since UP 4014 made it's final revenue run in Wyoming, and we find ourselves witnessing this Big Boy leading the Coast-to-Coast Tour Special for America's Semiquincentennial. Today, UP 4014 is leading UP PJCKC between Jefferson City and Kansas City with UP 1776, an EMD SD70M, acting as the diesel "helper" for this move. Along with that, UP 4014 is currently wearing UP 844's original Hancock Longbell 3-chime whistle and has also received some cosmetic treatment for the special move that has travelled around both Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern territory.
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UP Sedalia Subdivision
Warrensburg Depot
Warrensburg, Missouri, USA
July 21, 2026
Canon EOS 77D
Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM
2026 River Gabbert
Chersonesos, on the Crimean Peninsula on the Black Sea, was founded by Greek settlers in the fifth century B.C. and was occupied during the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine eras. It is a uniquely preserved example of an ancient landscape with over 140 stone farmhouses, a grid of country roads, and a network of forts from the Roman and Byzantine periods. In 1400, the city was destroyed by Mongols and not reoccupied. Structures that have survived are often subject to the elements and to crowds of unsupervised visitors. Erosion of the coastline of the Black Sea has undermined major architectural monuments, including the Uvarov Basilica where Christianity was first introduced to the Slavic world. The rapid expansion of Sevastopol, located on a nearby bay, has also threatened the historic landscape of the territory.
Херсонес, расположенный на Крымском полуострове на берегу Черного моря, был основан греческими поселенцами в пятом веке до нашей эры и был заселен в эллинистическую, римскую и византийскую эпохи. Это уникально сохранившийся образец древнего ландшафта с более чем 140 каменными фермерскими домами, сетью проселочных дорог и сетью фортов римского и византийского периодов. В 1400 году город был разрушен монголами и не был вновь оккупирован. Сохранившиеся сооружения часто подвергаются воздействию стихии и толпам неконтролируемых посетителей. Эрозия береговой линии Черного моря подорвала основные архитектурные памятники, в том числе базилику Уварова, где христианство впервые было представлено славянскому миру. Быстрое расширение Севастополя, расположенного в соседней бухте, также поставило под угрозу исторический ландшафт территории.
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BERMEO (Espanha): San Juan de Gaztelugatxe.
San Juan de Gaztelugatxe é um ilhéu na Costa de Biscaia, pertencente ao município de Bermeo, no País Basco (Espanha). Encontra-se ligado ao continente por estreita língua de terra e de longe, na verdade, parece uma ilha. É um dos lugares mais impressionantes da Costa de Biscaia, e apresenta no seu cume uma ermida do século x dedicada a São João Batista, com vistas magníficas. (1)
A HBO filmou cenas da 7ª temporada da sua série 'Game of Thrones' na ilhota. Dragonstone substituiu Gaztelugatxe, com um castelo criado digitalmente no topo da ilhota. (2)
(1) guia-viagens.aeiou.pt/san-juan-de-gaztelugatxe-ilheu-na-c...
St. Bernard de Clairvaux Church is a medieval Spanish monastery cloister which was built in the town of Sacramenia in Segovia, Spain, in the 12th century but dismantled in the 20th century and shipped to New York City in the United States. It was eventually reassembled at 16711 West Dixie Highway, North Miami Beach, Florida, where it is now an Episcopal church and tourist attraction called Ancient Spanish Monastery. It is the oldest European-built structure in the Western Hemisphere.
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The image depicts a nighttime cityscape with a prominent bridge spanning across a river. The bridge has a distinctive curved design and is illuminated by lights, creating a reflection on the water below. In the background, there are tall buildings that suggest an urban environment. The overall atmosphere of the image conveys a sense of tranquility and modernity. JinShangDaQiao bridge, Chengdu, Sichuan province, China
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I've been to Deal – UK before trying to photograph the pier and surroundings on sunrise but I have never found the ideal conditions. I've been watching the weather and it seemed last Friday (25/01) would be a good try. Sea level was coming up, it was a heavy overcast day and there was just a layer of light in the horizon. All good, apart from the freezing conditions. I think it was something around -10Celcius and windy... and snowy! But if you don't do it, you don't get it. My only concern was my hands. I still can't find a decent glove to wear in freezing conditions, but never mind.
I actually took a sequence of photos from near the pear where you can see the sun rising in perfect shape crossing the pier. I will post that picture later. One interesting bit is that after the sun raised, it literally disappeared behind the heavy dark clouds.
I wandered around for a bit trying both 16-35 F4 lens and 70-200 f2.8 so I could isolated some bits of the pier.
This particular picture, I was waiting for a wave to come so it adds some foreground interest against the dark pebble. I adjust the colors on Nik Software and cropped to a 16x9 format to remove a bit of the sky that wasn't so interesting after the initial dark part.
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Lying in an inaccessible gravel pit are three well preserved examples of obsolete technology from the 1920s. They are acoustic mirrors designed to pick up the sound of approaching aircraft before they were visible. They were never taken into use because of the development of radar prior to World War 2.
Legend has it that this church was built by Otho the Great, to whom the Virgin appeared and told him to build build her a church in, what wasthen, a three-cornered meadow scattered with scarlet lilies. A document of 999 says that refugees from the mainland founded this church in the 7th century and dedicated it to the Virgin. The church was rededicated when the body of Saint Donatus, the patron saint of Murano, was brought here from Cephalonia in 1125 by Doge Domenico Michiel, along with the bones of a dragon the saint had slain. This date also seems to be when the church was built in its current form, with the work completed in 1141, a date which is recorded on the mosaic floor. Some of the remains of San Gerardo Sagredo were translated here in 1333 and the urn is taken to San Giorgio Maggiore every hundredth anniversary of his departure to spend a night there.
Базилика Санта Мария и Сан Донато известна своим византийским мозаичным полом 12-го века. Похожий пол можно увидеть в Базилике на площади Сан Марко в Венеции. Кроме того стоит обратить внимание на мозаичный купол с изображением Девы Марии в апсиде. По легенде, здесь находились кости дракона, убитого Св. Донатусом.