The Illinois Railway (Helm Leasing Company) HLCX 1003 (ex-UP 2503) a GP38-3. This is at milepost 85.6 on the CN Freeport Subdivision at the East Rockford control point and the interlocking with the Illinois Railway. The crew is about to manually operate the electric lock switch just ahead allowing them to leave the CN main and back into Behr Iron and Metal (in the background) as it does most weekday evenings. After they complete their duties at Behr they will back down the CN main past the interlocking and then head south on their own line which is the diverging track in the foreground. The Illinois Railway line south from here is former CB&Q track. It passes over (and can interchange with) the IC&E diamond at Davis Junction and terminates with the BNSF at Flagg Center where this segment of the IR is based. The two switches on the CN were specifically set up for the nightly Behr switching operations. These switches replaced the historic IC/CB&Q diamond at this site which was once controlled by a manned interlocking tower. Incidentally, the old diamond is still at this location tossed aside and just rusting away in the tall grass.

She was there, less than 10 feet from me... and she didn't realize I was shooting. Times Square trance...

Oakwood on another empty, just after leaving Bingera

U.S. Army Soldiers from the New York and New Jersey Army National Guard gear up for a full scale exercise involving over 600 Army and Air National Guardsmen from New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 17, 2015. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers from the New Jersey Army National Guard's 2-113th Infantry Regiment gear up for a full scale exercise involving over 600 Army and Air National Guardsmen from New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 17, 2015. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)

Mong Ha Second Order Geodetic Control Point (#AB14)

And more stunning than ever

There's a specific place on the NW corner of Bryant Park. Right by the lamppost and the stairs, people stop and check their phones

The more I go there, the more people I see.

One day I may come out with an entire album about it

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers provide medical aid to a simulated victim of an accident during a full scale exercise involving over 600 Army and Air National Guardsmen from New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 17, 2015. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)

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U.S. Army Soldiers from the New Jersey Army National Guard's 2-113th Infantry Regiment provide perimeter security during a full scale exercise involving over 600 Army and Air National Guardsmen from New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 17, 2015. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)

Two simulated crash victims hold hands during a full scale exercise involving over 600 Army and Air National Guardsmen from New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 17, 2015. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)

SW2014-0393-01.

06 DEC 2014.

5CDSB Gagetown

Master Corporal (MCpl) James Pollard from 1 Squadron, 36 Signal Regiment, Charlottetown conducts communications from the Control Point (CP) during Exercise SADDLING TREAD 2015 at 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown on 6 December 2014.

Exercise SADDLING TREAD 2014, an annual 5th Canadian Divisions (5 Cdn Div) exercise, took place from 5-7 December 2014 in the 5th Canadian Division Support Base (5 CDSB) Gagetown Training Area near Oromocto, New-Brunswick, to train and test members of The Prince Edward Island Regiment (PEIR), 8th Canadian Hussars (Prince Louise's) and The Halifax Rifles on Battle Task Standards at the squadron level. Throughout the weekend, activities conducted by PEIR members occurred in troops of Light Utility Vehicles or G-Wagons including route, area, point, and zone reconnaissance, observation posts at night, and blank firings during simulated contact.

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L’exercice SADDLING TREAD 2014, un exercice annuel de la 5e Division du Canada (5 Div CA), a eu lieu du 5 au 7 décembre 2014 dans le secteur d’entraînement de la Base de soutien de la 5e Division du Canada Gagetown (BS 5 Div CA Gagetown), près d’Oromocto (Nouveau-Brunswick), afin de former des membres du Prince Edward Island Regiment (PEIR) et de mettre à l’épreuve leurs compétences en matière de normes d’aptitude au combat au niveau de l’unité. Tout au long de la fin de semaine, des membres du PEIR ont mené des activités de troupes blindées à bord de véhicules G Wagen, notamment la reconnaissance de route, de secteur, de point et de zone ainsi que des postes d’observation la nuit et des tirs à blanc lors de contacts simulés.

Credit: LS Brad Upshall.

12 Wing Imaging Services, Shearwater, N.S.

© 2014 DND-MDN Canada

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Michael Supon from the 107th Communications Flight, New York Air National Guard sets up communications for a full scale exercise involving over 600 Army and Air National Guardsmen from New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 17, 2015. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)

A civilian actor dressed in moulage to simulate an injury stands by to be placed at an accident site during a full scale exercise involving over 600 Army and Air National Guardsmen from New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 17, 2015. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jim Tompkins, a medic with the 106th Rescue Wing, gears up for a full scale exercise involving over 600 Army and Air National Guardsmen from New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 17, 2015. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)

A U.S. Army National Guard Soldier assists simulated victims of an accident during a full scale exercise involving over 600 Army and Air National Guardsmen from New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 17, 2015. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)

A civilian actor dressed in moulage to simulate an injury stands by to be placed at an accident site during a full scale exercise involving over 600 Army and Air National Guardsmen from New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 17, 2015. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)

A U.S. Army National Guard Soldier assists a simulated burn victim of an accident during a full scale exercise involving over 600 Army and Air National Guardsmen from New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 17, 2015. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers assist a simulated victim of an accident during a full scale exercise involving over 600 Army and Air National Guardsmen from New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 17, 2015. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers provide medical aid to a simulated victim of an accident during a full scale exercise involving over 600 Army and Air National Guardsmen from New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 17, 2015. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)

This picture reminds me of one of Jack Kerouac, smoking while standing near a wall.

The pic can be seen here

www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/beat-poet-jack-kero...

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Michael Supon from the 107th Communications Flight, New York Air National Guard sets up communications for a full scale exercise involving over 600 Army and Air National Guardsmen from New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 17, 2015. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers from the National Guard set up tents during a full scale exercise involving over 600 Army and Air National Guardsmen from New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 17, 2015. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)

6th Avenue and W 4th Street

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers provide medical aid to a simulated victim of an accident during a full scale exercise involving over 600 Army and Air National Guardsmen from New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 17, 2015. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)