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Named for its bug-like appearance, the Cargo Critter, is a tiny ship with the inglorious job of picking up small objects in one place and putting them down somewhere else. It began its life as a bet between engineers who, having lived far too long, had become bored of thinking of good ideas and moved on to bad ones. The bet, so the story goes, was that the ship's architect could design and sell a cargo ship with the capacity to carry no more cargo than two strong humans could lift comfortably. The designer won the bet by giving the ship more thrust than a comparably-sized fighter. It can't carry much, but it will get it there quickly!
This little guy was looking for handouts at the Cascade Lookout at Manning Park. He was being followed around by a pair of large Common Ravens. Fortunately there were enough nuts for everyone but he was still cautious enough to dine under a concrete canopy.
Seen in Prompton State Park.
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Here's an Eastern Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) sitting in the Empress trees in our yard. The Eastern Grey or black in this case are considered an invasive species in British Columbia. Pretty and cute but they have played havoc on the local population of Squirrels. I guess if your bigger and stronger than the local, you're going to lay down the law!
The engine is a GE 25-ton, 150hp Diesel Electric Switcher nicknamed the Critter, The building is the rail yard storehouse which is scheduled for restoration. Ludlow Rail Yard, Ludlow, KY.
...we have Critter Chow Mein.
Yes he is obsessed with the dinner plates now...fortunatley these plates are for decoration and haredly ever get used.
Thank god it's Friday :-)
A porcupine minding his own business in Prompton State Park.
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This shot is an example of the beautiful stone work which adorns the Converse Memorial Library, Malden’s central library, at 36 Salem Street. The building was designed by the noted architect H.H. Richardson and constructed in the years 1883 to 1885. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987.
Thought I better redeem Critter's rep after yesterday's post of his blanket sucking addiction. Here is a rougher, tougher, Critter :-)
No matter where you look he is there.
could not believe my luck when this critter appeared from some drift wood I was using as a prop but as he was very much alive it was very hard to capture him still enough, really want him to crawl out the eye of the skull which he do but was too fast for me lol!
A pair of "critters"- this one at the Solvay Coke Works in Milwaukee. I never visited this operation, looks like it was pretty interesting.
Dupe slide in my collection, photographer unknown.
One of the Eastern Gray Squirrels out front in God's garden. Eating seed from the feeder that falls into the native Sunshine Mimosa. Cute to photograph, but phew they are pesky critters.
Parked on stub ended track 9 in West Davisville Yard beside the Seaview Transportation Company's new shop are two of their little GE switchers, a 65 tonner and a 25 tonner that looks tiny by comparison
The owner of Rhode Island's Seaview Transportation Company and sister tourist operation Newport and Narragansett Bay Railroad added to his expanding collection of center cab locomotives in 2024 by purchasing two former US Navy units that had been long based at Portsmouth Navy Yard but were replaced in recent years by a car mover. They are both GE 65-tonners, USN 65-00308 and USN 65-00566, built in 1945 and 1943, respectively. The latter was trucked to the isolated trackage on Aquidneck Island where it is service pulling the Grand Bellevue Dinner Train. The former has just recently been put back in operation joining the Seaview's former US Army 80-tonner cousin, 1667, in revenue freight service here at the busy Quonset Business Park.
At left is a dimutive two axle GE 25-tonner of unknown heritage that last worked on the defunct Kosciusko and Southwestern Railroad in Mississippi. It has recently been painted in this Seaview 'heritage' scheme paying tribute to the former owner of the line, Pete Verges who also ran the Narragansett Pier Railroad during its last years.
North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Wednesday January 8, 2025
I'm not sure if these are Muskrats, or Beavers, or maybe even Otters? If anybody has a clue, let me know. This was very early morning. It was so cool to watch them. The water was so still & they were just slowly moving along. The one following would often dive for a few seconds & then re-surface right in the same position each time. Very cool to watch
One of the many interior lagoons we entered, this one is absolutely lovely. The water is still, and the air is silent except for slight sounds of critters.