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I was helping out on an eagle project for one of my nephews when I came across this odd catapillar climbing on a water cooler. Very odd fellow this one. =D
Norfolk Southern's "Honoring First Responders" SD60E #911 leads Bloomginton-to-Decatur train D36 west at Cerro Gordo, IL, which literally translates as "Fat Hill."
Thank you Wikipedia...
"When the Mexican American War began General John S Williams took command. At the battle of Cerro Gordo (Mexico) he led the troops in a victory over Mexican troops. He took the nickname of "Cerro Gordo" Williams. After the battle, he returned to Illinois and settled in Bement. About the same time (1855) the people of the town of Griswold chose to move the town from the stagecoach line along the river to the path of the Great Western Railroad. The town was platted by Sheridan Wait and Henry Durfee. "Cerro Gordo" Williams was one of the citizens, as they had other citizens that fought in the battle of Cerro Gordo, they selected the name Cerro Gordo."
Hmmm, I always wondered.
Me at the summit of Carn an t-Sagairt Mor (yes I drag my camera equipment, including tripod, up there!).. Behind me can be seen the summit of Cairn Bannoch, which I'm aiming for to get my second (and last) Munro of the day. Beyond that is Broad Cairn, but i've done that on an earlier expedition, so no need for it today!
Carn an t-Sagairt Mor (pronounced Carn an Tackersht Vole - or something close) is at a height of 1037 meters (3402 feet) and Cairn Bannoch stands at 1012 meters (3320 feet), so an easy days climbing .. yeah, right!!
34072 '257 Squadron' climbing away from Groombridge towards Pokehill crossing on 24th February 2023.
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My friend and sculptor, Gary Hale, created these tigers back in 1997 and they have been climbed on by countless kids over the last 20 years. My two oldest grandkids are delighting in the climb pictured here.
Although they are quite capable climbers, one doesn't normally see Eastern Chipmunks high in a tree like this. Most of the time they are content to forage on or near the ground. This guy seemed to be nipping off newly forming acorns from an oak tree.
FCAB engines 2403, 2406 (both EMD GT22CU-3, rebuilt GR12s) and 2008 (EMD/Clyde GL26C-2) with a "bucket train" (empty in this case; used to transport ore concentrates from Bolivia) will reach Ascotan summit in a few minutes. In the background you can see the massive 6145 m high volcano "San Pedro", covered by a rather unusual amount of snow. The train is on its way to Ollagüe, the border station to Bolivia.
Freshly repainted into NRR colours, 42105 leads fellow preserved 42101 with the Cockatoo Run in tow, seen here at the beginning of the climb up to Robertson at Farmborough Heights.
Must say the NRR paint scheme looks fantastic, especially here in the sun!
This Blue Tit seems to think it's the Edmund Hillary of the bird world! Taken at Lackford Lakes, one of the Suffolk Wildlife Trust reserves.
Many thanks to bobchappell55 for recommending this lovely reserve.
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The Bangor Sub of Central Maine and Quebec Railway has several notable climbs. One such is at mile 63 where the train comes out of a curve and makes a challenging climb on its way south.
SRY 385, an SD35, leads the Valley turn up SRY’s Kennedy Hill which lifts the SRY out of the Fraser River up to Surrey and beyond in the early morning of December 30th, 2024. Usually this job doesn’t have much tonnage going up the hill, but this day they had a sizable train. Combine that with wet rail and the engineer has all 3 motors in run 8, waking up the surrounding neighborhoods.
Spanish artist Jaume Plensa's steel installation titled "Nomade" displays a gigantic man sitting with his knees to his chest.
Most intriguing about the 8-meter-high sculpture is its typographical makeup. Letters circle all around to both create the structure and leave it with a perforated shell for people to walk inside. Plensa explains his thoughtful construction: “I always imagined that our skin is permanently tattooed with text – our life, our experiences – tattooed, but with invisible ink. And then suddenly, somebody is able to decipher these tattoos, that person becoming a lover, a friend. That is probably why I work with sculptures like this, this human form composed solely of letters, like cells. It's almost biological.”
Even though the sign at the base clearly reads, "absolutely no climbing", the attraction for some is too great ;-).
7DWF - Free theme Monday
An extremely wet midday in the Lune Gorge as 46115 'Scots Guardsman with sanders in action storms away in fine form from the level stretch at Dillicar and tackles the 1 in 146 climb up towards Tebay heading the 1Z86 07:10 London Euston to Carlisle (and return south via the Cumbrian Coast) 'Winter Cumbrian Coast Express' charter on Saturday 28th January 2017.
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After learning how to distinguish climbing milkweed from bindweed, I left the milkweed plants to grow in various parts of garden rather than pulling them as weeds, and they are rewarding me with visual interest now.
Climbing a dune at Sandwich Harbour within Namib-Naukluft National Park south of Walvis Bay in Namibia.
Post by Stephen Ball Photography.
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From fairies at the bottom of your garden to 'the borrowers' we are obsessed with the fantasy of little people in a full-sized world. My 'downsizing' project, using model railway figures, food and everyday objects, is merely an extension of those thoughts.
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