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New from Sugarflake for Color Me Cute Event
1) sibling love (Bebe, Td and Youth)
2) Spring Time
3) Hi5
4) Catch Butterfly
Ancien Sanatorium de Saint Hilaire du Touvet.
En mai 2009 l’activité est délocalisée à Grenoble et le bâtiment doit être détruit.
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Ancien Sanatorium de Saint Hilaire du Touvet.
En mai 2009 l’activité est délocalisée à Grenoble et le bâtiment doit être détruit.
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A bucket list item of mine had always been to shoot the CMC switching operations in Sayreville, NJ. The small steel mill has an irregular schedule for these operations, and one often has to be lucky to see them perform any operations. On this given day, after dinner with a few friends, we decided to go down to see if we could see them working. Low and behold as we pulled up, #26 had just dragged a set of cars out of the mill.
Picken's Anderson job is seen on the east side of Anderson pulling two cars from CMC Recycling so that the next day's Belton job could just tie onto the two gons and head back east towards Belton.
Storm clouds move in over CMC Steel in Cayce, South Carolina as a local crew out of the nearby former SAL yard picks up cars from the plant. Meanwhile, three EMD end cab switchers congregate in the background. The blue and white SW900, PLCX 905, saw the most use back in those days.
Place: Wanhua District, Taipei
Traditionally the small vans and pick-ups from Mitsubishi and Ford were favourites among owners of small businesses and restaurants. CMC started locally assembling the third generation in the late seventies, early eighties. The fourth generation was launched in 1982 in Japan and found its way to Taiwan after some time. In 1988 the Minicab was refreshed and renamed to Varica. It was made for about twenty years. The fifth generation Minicab never made it to Taiwan, however the sixth generation (from 1999) is still in production in both Japan and Taiwan. The Taiwanese is easily exceeding kei-car regulations with its 1.3-litre engine and length however.
Place: Neihu District, Taipei
The China Motor Corporation (CMC) was established in 1969 by Yulon (Yue Loong) founder Yan Qingling. CMC started locally assembling Mitsubishi cars, but mostly vans.
One of the most interesting Mitsubishi's in Taiwan is the Towny. The Towny is based on the fifth generation Mitsubishi Minica (1984-1989) kei car and was launched in 1985 with a 783 cc engine and 4-speed manual transmission, unique for Taiwan but also offered in the Minicab. In 1987 the Towny received a new 796 cc engine and 5-speed transmission. In 1992 the Towny was discontinued. As of today it's probably the only small car that has ever been locally produced in Taiwan.
Place: Taichung
Besides the compact vans/trucks of Mitsubishi (the Minicab/Varica and Veryca), the Delica is another evergreen in Taiwan. Both the second, third and fourth generations were locally assembled by CMC. The fourth generation was marketed as Space Gear and only sold as a MPV, whereas the third generation is currently still in production. The second generation pick-up is also still very common in Taiwan, the panel van is rarer.
An SW1 completes some late night switching within CMC Steel's Knoxville Tennessee plant. CMC Steel is served by the Knoxville and Holston River Railroad.
Place: Sanchong District, New Taipei
Besides the compact vans/trucks of Mitsubishi (the Minicab/Varica and Veryca), the Delica is another evergreen in Taiwan. Both the second, third and fourth generations were locally assembled by CMC. The fourth generation was marketed as Space Gear and only sold as a MPV, whereas the third generation is currently still in production. The second generation pick-up is also still very common in Taiwan, the panel van is becoming quite rare. Most of these type of cars, including the Ford Econovan and smaller Varica's, Pronto's etc. were painted in the same bright blue, which was probably required by law.