Well, who knew Mona was a seamstress? There's no end to that woman's talents!

THE LOST CHORD. Inspired by the style of Florian Nicolle.

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Another collage for Digitalmania using figures from Csaba Markus.

Thank you for looking. xx

the 28 posing as DM&IR 332 down at the depot

14 hole doc marten boots

Another attempt at the style of Angie and Silas. By the way, if you have not yet watched their "A Knock at the Door", PLEASE do so. It's beautiful art with equally beautiful words!

A pair of Scania 111 Fridges, JSC 407T & TNS 866W, Douglas Millar Transport, Newbridge, loading at Marshalls.

'Real workhorses these 111's' ..

Proctor Yard. The only remnant of the DM&IR I saw all day.

Volvo F88 Fridge, (Bob Whinham's) USY 139N, Douglas Millar Transport, Newbridge.

2018 Drone Gallery Show

This week's artist offers such a wide range of inspiration it's difficult to choose, but her mail art is one of my favorites.

"DM-SAD" - VEB Ilyushin IL-14P - Interflug

at Oldtimer Museum Rügen (Eisenbahn & Technik Museum Rügen) Prora, Germany (former NVA Museum Rügen

c/n 14803010 - built by the VEB Flugzeugwerke Dresden in 1957 for LOT Polish Airlines as SP-LNG - retired in 1990 - stored Lublinek Airport, Lodz, Lodzkie as SP-FNM -

to Hotel Taurus, Rzeszow, (Poland) as "Pod Skrzydłami" in 1998 -

to Luftfahrthistorische Sammlung Finow, Finow AB, Eberswalde, Brandenburg in 2012 -

to Technikpark M-V, Grimmen, Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, restored in Interflug c/s with fake registration DM-SAD -

moved to Oldtimer Museum Ruegen, Prora, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in 2021

The real DM-SAD was c/s 14003011 built in 1957 for the NVA - transferred to the Egypt Air Force in 1963 (fate unknown)

Image taken 11.12.2015 by David Moth

Built in 1973 Construction Number 182-61489

Cancelled from the British Register as Sold to Guatemala

New CAF-built Northern DMU Class 195, 195 110 heads south through Acton Bridge on 5Z23 15:26 Liverpool South Parkway High Level to Crewe.

The 1930s builing is still there, although the trees behind the bus, like it, have gone.

At sundown on October 29, 2008, DM&E train MHUCC rolls across the Cottonwood River bridge just east of New Ulm, MN. This was DM&E's final day of operational independence, and the following morning CP officials in Minneapolis would literally ring a bell to announce the official integration of all former DM&E and IC&E lines. It was a bittersweet moment for me, as the DM&E had given me a second chance at experiencing C&NW style railroading a decade after that railroad's flag fell into the mighty UP system.

DM&E ran a very similar traffic base as C&NW over miles and miles of light, jointed rail bedded down with pink lady ballast. C&NW station signs were common. Crews still ran in and out of Waseca, Winona, Tracy, Huron, Pierre, Philip, Rapid City, Crawford and Belle Fourche. Ghosts of the C&NW and predecessor railroads Winona & St Peter and Fremont Elkhorn & Missouri Valley were everywhere. Some days, it wouldn't have seemed to be too much of a stretch to come across the Dakota 400 rolling into Sleepy Eye or New Ulm and screeching to a halt in front of the station.

But of course, this wasn't C&NW, this was the DM&E. A modern progressive regional railroad that was welcoming to fans and loads of fun to chase. I spent many hours and many miles along the railroad and enjoyed every last minute of it.

As they say, all good things must come to and end and for the DM&E and my time with it, this moment was truly the end...

Burnett Minnesota September 2023

Another night shot from Atlantic Station

A better view of the three DM&E engines on 393. (If that's possible)

A try at the surreal style of Steven Kenny. Body parts salvaged from googled renaissance art.

We have been so busy lately you just have to take the opportunity for some quick pics where ever you are. Children do not try this at home.