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"I climb fences, when I got fences to climb…."
Quote— John Steinbeck
Found this almost decayed mural in Oostende, Belgium.
Happy Fence Friday ;-))
An eastbound Union Pacific intermodal train passes milepost 550 west of Hermosa, Wyoming. The train is climbing the grades of Sherman Hill on the afternoon of September 24, 2003.
There aren't a lot of places in southwest Minnesota where trains have to fight steep grades, but a notable exception is the climb southbound BNSF trains make along the Redwood River from Marshall to Florence. This train was struggling about as hard as any I've seen along here. It took 25 minutes to make the 8 miles between Russell and the US 14 overpass at Florence. It will soon be rolling downhill again through the hills of the Buffalo Ridge toward Pipestone.
After getting stopped by the defect detector at Singer due to a handbrake 105 cars deep, NS 19M claws up Christiansburg mountain passing through Shawsville, Virginia with a pair of SD70ACes up front.
Some ideas are better in my head than in the actual execution. I guess that is why I keep working at it every day. How is it that some days I feel like I've never picked up a camera before or edited an image? Hoping your rainbows are easing to conquer than mine were today.
A Southern Pacific CSUX coal empty climbs through the “S curves” at Crater, Colorado, on the afternoon of July 30, 1996. The head end with lone SP AC4400CW No. 298 has already passed through the cut that is visible at the top of the photo. Mid-train DPUs Nos. 217 and 371 climb between the curves in the middle, while rear DPUs follow below with Nos. 361 and 226.
turning 60 is no time to take it easy, this is my wife in action after her 60th birthday, that pack wasn't light and yes it was really steep
Two SD50’s lead a westbound manifest up the ruling grade on the Southern Tier line at McClure, New York. McClure is about halfway between Deposit and Gulf Summit.
and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.” – John Muir
Enjoying another awesome hike with beautiful & relaxing views. I took this one on our way to Courthouse Falls located in the Pisgah National Forest.
Not something i would want to do, even the guy standing on the top was making me nervous! I don't mind heights as long as feel safe!
picture taken from Giralda Tower, Seville, Andalucía, Spain
Best if seen in a large screen .... press "L"
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Northbound Reading and Northern train NRFF is passing the intermediate signal at MP LS 149 of modern day RBMN's Lehigh Division mainline at a spot on the railroad known as Berger's. Unlike the signals on the Reading Division which were all reinstalled by RBMN, the signals on the upper Lehigh Line date to NS, CR, and predecessors LV or CNJ.
'America's Freight Train' is climbing the 0.9% grade to Crestwood with a healthy sized train behind 5018 and 5019 dressed in the Fast Freight scheme. These locomotives are both rebuilt SD50-2s acquired from CSXT and Jan. 1983 and Mar. 1984 as Seaboard System 8507 and 8550 respectively. Trailing are SD40-2 3054 (ex CNW 6867 blt. Sep. 1974), SD50 5049 (ex MP/UP 5049 blt. Dec. 1084), SD40-2 3064 (ex NS 3550 originally blt. Sep. 1979 as BN 7194).
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Friday June 30, 2023
After overextending themselves acquiring Milwaukee Road, Soo Line established a wholly-owned division called Lake States Transportation Division on February 10, 1986, to operate its mostly former Soo Line trackage in Wisconsin and prepare it for sale. With this move, older locomotives and some leased power began to be much more common on these lines. On March 22, 1987, a southbound Soo Line (Lake States) freight climbs to the top of Byron Hill at Byron, Wisconsin, powered by two Soo EMD GP9s and a leased Conrail EMD GP38.
An eastbound Southern Pacific coal train climbs the steep west slope of Colorado’s Tennessee Pass out of Minturn at a location once known as Rex on September 8, 1992. Two SP SD45T-2Rs (Nos. 6867 and 6854) are assisted by BN SD40-2 No. 8125 on the point of the heavy train. On a side note, this photo was taken on my honeymoon!
N&W J 611 climbs the Loops near Old Fort, North Carolina during it's April 10, 2016 trip to Ashville.
Spined Citrus Bug (Biprorulus bibax (Subfamily Pentatominae - Shield Bug))
I thought this one deserved another look.
Happy Beautiful Bug Butt Thursday!