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Minutes after meeting a coal empty in the siding at Starr, a Union Pacific Wattis, Utah to Barstow, California coal train is back on the move, whistling for the 200 North crossing in Mona on a spectacular Aug. 24, 1990 evening in Juab County, Utah.
66747 “Made in Sheffield” passes Bleasby during very shortly after a few hours of heavy rain, making for some lovely sharp light. Working 6M75 16:50 Immingham HIT - Ratcliffe PS GBRf.
Coal tit
Scientific name: Periparus ater
Smaller than many other tits, Coal Tits show a preference for conifer forests, though they are also common garden visitors. The wings and back are largely olive-grey, with pale wingbars.
I had planted a Norway Spruce aka Xmas tree 🎄 in my little wood area and this little guy decided to land on it :) 😊 Full frame
Another simple roadside shot from this great chase more than a dozen years ago that's never been seen before.
Three SD70MACs lead a 70 car unit coal train (with three more on the) as it snakes along the icy tidal waters of Turnagain Arm. The train is crossing Bird Creek at MP 86.6 on an ancient hand me down "temporary" WWII era rivited pony truss bridge. Alas this classic structure is on borrowed time, and is finally scheduled to be replaced this year. You can read all about the project here: www.alaskarailroad.com/sites/default/files/Communications...
Use of six units set up in DP mode precludes this coal train train from having to double the hill at Grandview which features 3% grades and 14 degree curves and is one of the most challenging and treacherous avalanche prone stretch of railroad. Alas, as those of you have read here with captions on other photos, a decade later big export coal trains are but a memory in the Last Frontier....At least we have photos like this to look back on in wonderment to those halcyon days we thought would never end.
And one other thing I'd like to note about this photo. Look closely above the horizon line of the water and you can see the glacier covered peaks of the mighty Alaska Range rising in excess of 11,000 ft. The closest are some 90 miles away on the far west wide of Cook Inlet and it always amazed me when they were out and visible.
Bird (Municipality of Anchorage), Alaska
Saturday November 14, 2009
Taken this just before i badly broke my finger! Total shame about the branch in the background but still uploading as i really like coal tits.
I will keep trying to upload some photos, wont be able to take new ones for a bit as i cannot hold my camera for a while :(
" Dull day Coal Tit "
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A lovely wee Coal Tit foraging under the snow. Showing a bit of feather-mite damage on the flanks - Coal Tits seem to be particularly prone to this infestation which must impact on the insulating properties of the feathers
Apologies for yet another woodland bird shot , so looking forward to getting out and about when lockdown ends.
A Burlington Northern Santa Fe train hauling coal eastbound on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision descends the front range of the Rocky Mountains at Rocky, Colorado, on June 18, 2001. On the point are two of BNSF’s EMD SD70MACs—BNSF No. 9783 and BN No. 9599.
in a wet forest a week ago
the Coal Tit, our smallest tit species, lives in forests and has a huge distribution range across Europe and Asia
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