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No acostumo a posar aquí fotografies antigues de la guerra civil, o de les guerres mundials (ja tinc un altre lloc per a això), però he de fer una petita excepció, aquí. Vaig trobar a Internet en venda una serie de fotografies originals, provinents d'un album d'un membre de la infame Legion Condor. Formaven part segurament d'un album fotografic recollint les seves experiencies bèliques. Com vaig veure que unes quantes clàrament mostraven el camp de batalla del Ebre, que conec prou bé, vaig decidir fer-me amb elles per a poder-les compartir amb tots vosaltres. Pe això les pujo aquí, per a integrar-les amb l'album que tinc dedicat a la batalla del Ebre.
L'autor de les imatges sembla que fou Erich Schumann (1914-1999), de Halle-Saale. Després de la guerra civil, va lluitar i sobreviure a la Segona Guerra Mundial.
Probablement, això és Corbera d'Ebre poc despres de ser aniquilada pel bombardeig artiller i aeri, durant la Batalla del Ebre. No he trobat gaires fotografies de Corbera bomberdejada, i la majoria semblen com a minim de diversos anys després. Però considerant que aquestes fotos les varen fer membres de la Legion Condor sense dubte son de durant la batalla, poc després de que Corbera caigués de nou, ara completament destruida, en mans feixistes.
Aquesta és una de les imatges del grup que no sé del cert que sigui Corbera, però com anava amb el grup on si n'hi havia clarament (es veu el campanar, en altres), és possible que ho sigui.
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I do not indent to put old photos of the spanish Civil War, or the World Wars here (I already have another place for that), but I have to make a small exception, here. I found a series of original photographs for sale on the Internet, from an album by a member of the infamous nazi Legion Condor. They were probably part of a photo album recounting their war experiences. As I saw that a few clearly showed the battlefield of the Ebro (1938), which I know well enough, I decided to take them so I could share them with all of you. That's why I upload them here, to integrate them with the album I have dedicated to the battle of the Ebro.
The owner of the album, and probably photographer, was a Legion Condor veteran named Erich Schumann (1914-1999), from Halle-Saale. He also fought as captain in the Luftwaffe in WW2.
Shocking view of Corbera d'Ebre shortly after being destroyed by artillery and aerial bombardment, during the Battle of the Ebro. The Legion Condor was an active part of this. I haven't found many photographs of Corbera just bombed, and most of them look like at least several years later. But considering that these photos were taken by members of the Condor Legion, they are certainly from during the battle, shortly after Corbera fell again, now completely destroyed, into fascist hands.
I'm not sure if this is Corbera, but some other pictures of the group certainly are.
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World War II Memorial complex Saur-Mogila was destroyed in August 2014 during the armed conflict in the east of Ukraine.
Der Yardang Geopark ist nicht frei zugänglich. Kein Individualverkehr, keine PKW, keine Fahrräder, keine Fußgänger. Immer, wenn sich 50 Menschen zusammengefunden haben, fährt ein Bus zu den wichtigsten Aussichtspunkten. Bislang fand ich es immer befremdlich und belächelte asiatische Touristengruppen, die z.B. hier bei uns in Heidelberg aus den Bussen regelrecht herausquollen, sich gierig auf irgendwelche Sehenswürdigkeiten stürzten um alsbald wieder zum Bus zurückhetzten und zur nächsten Attraktion weiterzufahren. Und jetzt ?! Jetzt steckt man mich selbst auch in so einen Bus. Ausgerechnet MICH, der ich immer so viel Wert auf Freiheit, Individualität, Ruhe und Muße setzte. Aber, hilft ja nix, besser in dem Gedränge das Naturwunder erleben, als komplett drauf verzichten. Dennoch, es zerreisst mir fast das Herz, dass man auf diese Weise das, was für mich das ganz Besondere dieser Landschaft ausmacht, nämlich Weite, Einsamkeit und natürlich Stille nicht erleben kann.
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The Yardang Geopark is not freely accessible. No individual traffic, no cars, no bicycles, no pedestrians. Whenever 50 people come together, a bus brings them to the most important viewpoints. Till now I have always found it strange and ridiculed Asian tourist groups, which, e.g. here in Heidelberg, literally oozed out of the buses, greedily plunged into any sights to rush back to the bus and continue to the next attraction. And now ?! Now I am put in a bus like that myself. ME, who always put so much emphasis on freedom, individuality, calm and leisure. But, that's the way it is, it's better to experience the natural wonder in the throng than to do without it entirely. Nevertheless, it almost tears my heart that in this way you cannot experience what makes the landscape so special for me, namely expanse, loneliness and of course silence.
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A Caterpillar used for crushing concrete into smaller pieces sits inbetween two buildings in muddy soil in the Binondo District, Manila, Phlippines.
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Art gif series homage to Paul Jaisini 25th years anniversary. Paul Jaisini destroyed his artworks to paint invisible paintings in 1994 RGB Glitch effect
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The inspired hill of Vézelay
The Burgundy hill of Vézelay, which French writer Paul Claudel named “eternal”, has been drawing hundreds of thousands of pilgrims (nowadays more likely tourists) since time immemorial. It has also drawn strife, battles and pillage: the big monastery was no less than six times destroyed by fire, and always rebuilt. Here, the Second Crusade was preached on Easter Day of 1146 by Bernard, abbot of Clairvaux, whom King Louis VII of France had summoned to be lectured on the sort of penance his royal person should submit to to atone for his many sins: Bernard chose the Crusade. Crusaders congregated here as well for the Third one, in 1190.
The history of Vézelay began around 850, when Count Girard de Roussillon founded a nunnery at the foot of the hill, in the locale now occupied by the village of Saint-Père-sous-Vézelay. Fifteen years later, the nuns had been replaced by monks for reasons that never reached us. What we know is that further to a Viking raid on Burgundy in 887, the monks took refuge at the top of the hill, in the remnants of a Roman oppidum, and never went down again.
Originally dedicated to the Virgin Mary, the monastery they built on the hilltop was placed in 1050 under the patronage of Mary Magdalene, further to the claimed transport of her bones from the Holy Land by a monk named Badillon. This so-called “transposition” was validated by the Pope, but the people of Provence rebelled fiercely against that ruling: it had indeed always been well known that the saint, who had been the very first, even before the apostles, to see Christ resuscitated, had left the Holy Land and come to France where she finished her life in the mountains of the Sainte- Baume, which were named after her. Her bones had been kept in the basilica of Saint-Maximin, the largest church in the whole of Provence.
Thus sanctioned by the Pope, and confirmed yet again by Pascal II in 1103, the claim of the Vézelay monks drew immense crowds (and brought enormous riches). The fact that they also claimed to have the bones of Martha and Lazarus were not for nothing in the considerable attraction the abbey had on a pilgrimage-hungry Christendom. However, the Provençal people were victorious in the end, when they revealed that the bones of the Magdalene, which had been hidden during the 900s as the Saracens drew nearer, were opportunely re-discovered in 1279. This time, Pope Boniface VIII found in their favor and that ruling was never overturned: the pilgrimage to Vézelay was dead, even though the big church kept its dedication.
The rest of the history of Vézelay is a long downhill walk. In 1537, the Benedictine monks are replaced by canons. In 1568, the Protestants seize the church and burn it again. Finally, in 1819, lightning strikes and sets the church aflame for the last time. When architect Viollet-le-Duc, mandated by Minister Prosper Mérimée, arrives on-site in 1840, the abbey church of Vézelay is but a gutted carcass, ready to collapse. That same year, the church was put on the first list of French Historic Landmarks (“Monuments historiques”) and restoration works were undertaken urgently; they were to last until 1861, and many other such works have been undertaken since.
The church was granted basilica status in 1920, and in 1979 it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, as it is the starting point of one of the major Paths to Compostela, the Via Lemovicensis, so-named because it runs through the large city of Limoges.
On that day of June 2024 I went to Vézelay as a side trip during a photographic expedition for the Fondation pour la Sauvegarde de l’Art Français, one of the non-profit heritage organizations I work for as a pro bono photographer, it was raining. Therefore, I took no photo of the outside, but instead concentrated on the inside. Furthermore, a lot of what can be seen on the outside, including the façade and the tympanum, are re-creations of the 19th century by Viollet-le-Duc, and thus much less interesting for our purpose.
Under the chancel and apse is a large groin-vaulted crypt that features more ancient columns and rudimentary, archaic capitals. Some of those columns were replaced and “re-invented” by Viollet-le-Duc in the 19th century, as was his wont. You can easily distinguish them on this photo.
This crypt is where the claimed remains of Mary Magdalene were kept. They still keep up the pretense, as you will see in upcoming photographs... I also found, on no less than the official tourism website for the département of Yonne, in which Vézelay sits, the outright lie according to which the Magdalene’s bones had been carried away from Provence to Vézelay under the Saracen threat... The cheek is unbelievable, when the papacy itself has recognized since the late 1200s, as explained above, that this never happened...!
Jello Biafra, of the punk band Dead Kennedys, runs for mayor of San Francisco in September of 1979. He came in fourth.
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this is a bit bring and quite cliche, but it's cute, and I needed to upload something to tell you a couple of things.
1. all this time I thought I had never had a photo in explore (because I always check the scout.com thing and it said there were none), but today I checked and it said four of my old one's were in explore!!!! I FREAKED OUT. even though I don't like how explore works, I've always dreamed of being in it. check out which one's are explored here.
2. I got my hair cut today. it's a little shorter than I wanted but I really like it :) (comments)
3. I am deeply saddened by the result of Boston/Miami game 7. HOWEVER I have confidence that OKC will destroy them in the finals so it's all good! :D
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Archway resp. arcade of the Château de Hautefort, connecting its western with its eastern wing, Dordogne, France
Some background information:
The Château de Hautefort (in English: "Hautefort Castle") is situated on a plateau in the northern part of the French department of Dordogne. It overlooks the village of Hautefort and is located approximately 34 kilometers (21 miles) northeast of the town of Périgueux. The building complex is the largest Baroque castle in southwestern France and one of the most significant castles in the Périgord region. Located in the far eastern part of the White Périgord (in French: "Périgord blanc"), the castle was classified as a historic monument in 1958. Since 1967, its French formal gardens and the landscaped park have also been listed as historic monuments.
As early as the 9th century, a fortress was located at the site of the present-day Hautefort Castle, belonging to the viscounts of Limoges. In 1030, the castle became the property of Guy de Lastours after he defeated the rebellious viscounts at Arnac on behalf of the Count of Périgord. Following his death in 1046, his sole daughter Aloaarz brought the property into her marriage with Aymar de Laron, who adopted the Lastours name.
Through the marriage of Agnes de Lastours in 1160, the castle passed to the family of her husband, Constantin de Born. Constantin and his brother Bertran de Born, quarreled over the castle, as they supported opposing factions of the English princes Henry the Young King and Richard the Lionheart. Bertran sided with Prince Henry, while Constantin aligned himself with Richard's camp. In 1182, Bertran managed to expel Constantin from the castle, but in the following year, after Henry's death, Richard the Lionheart laid siege to the fortress. After eight days, he captured it, took Bertran prisoner, and demolished the fortifications.
However, King Henry II of England granted Bertran his freedom and even restored the castle to him. In 1184, the rebuilding of the castle began. By 1196, Bertran retired to the Cistercian Abbey of Dalon and became a monk, while the grounds passed to his son. At that time, the structure consisted of a large donjon and several smaller towers connected by curtain walls and battlements.
In the course of the Hundred Years' War, English soldiers occupied the castle in 1355 and forced its owners to recognize the English king as their liege lord. However, in 1406, the castle returned to French control. Shortly before, the last male representative of the family, Bertrand, had died, and the property passed to his sole daughter, Marthe. Her son Antoine, from her second marriage to Hélie de Gontaut, adopted the name of the Hautefort lordship when he became the new lord of the castle. In 1588, the northwestern entrance wing of the castle was altered and fortified – perhaps influenced by the French Wars of Religion. This renovation likely replaced a less defensible Renaissance-style structure.
In 1614, under François de Hautefort, the seigneurie was elevated to a marquisate. Accordingly, he sought to replace the outdated structure with a representative château. In 1633, the marquis commissioned Nicolas Rambourg, an architect from Périgueux, to undertake a major renovation of the estate. When François passed away in 1640, the work was far from complete, leaving the task of continuing the project to his successor, his grandson Jacques-François. Jacques-François' sister, Marie, gained fame at the Parisian royal court as the platonic companion of King Louis XIII.
The death of Nicolas Rambourg in 1649 temporarily halted construction, but in 1651, the inauguration of a château chapel on the ground floor of the new logis was celebrated. In 1669, the marquis resumed the renovation project, enlisting the Parisian architect Jean Maigret. Maigret completed the château as a symmetrical three-wing complex in the style of classical Baroque, adding the current south tower and relocating the chapel there in 1670. Although the second marquis died in 1680, Maigret's work on the château continued until 1695. During the renovations, the defensive elements that had still been present at the beginning of the 17th century were gradually dismantled.
During the French Revolution, the citizens of Hautefort prevented the château's destruction. From 1793 to 1795, the estate was used as a prison. But after the revolutionary period, Sigismonde Charlotte Louise de Hautefort, the daughter of the last marquis, Louis Frédéric Emmanuel, regained control of the family seat. In 1853, the redesign of the château's gardens was commissioned and the plans were drawn up by Paul de Lavenne, one of the most renowned landscape architects in France at the time. He reimagined the baroque gardens on the terraces surrounding the château and designed a large English landscape garden with broad sightlines into the surrounding countryside.
After the death of Maxence de Hautefort in 1887, his second wife sold the estate in 1890 to wealthy industrialist Bertrand Artigues. Artigues undertook various restoration projects and demolished the old outbuildings to the northwest of the château. Despite these efforts, the structural condition of the château remained poor. After Bertrand Artigues passed away in 1908, his heirs sold the château in 1913 to a real estate speculator. Between then and 1925, the speculator sold off all the furnishings and interior elements, including paneling and parquet floors. Subsequently, the parceled estate was sold off piece by piece.
In 1929, Baron Henry de Bastard and his wife Simone, the daughter of banker and patron David David-Weill, purchased the château. They began extensive restoration work in 1930, which continued until 1965. The couple undertook a complete restoration of both the interior and exterior of the buildings and also worked to restore the baroque garden parterres based on historical plans. While the flowerbeds were replanted, the design created by Paul de Lavenne was preserved.
After the death of the baron in 1957, his widow opened the château to the public. However, this decision proved disastrous for the estate. In 1968, a major fire broke out, caused by a carelessly discarded cigarette butt from a visitor. The fire devastated the main northeastern wing, including its interiors and furnishings. Only the side wings with their round towers at the ends remained intact. But the baroness wasted no time and began restoration work as early as September of the same year. Using old photographs, the destroyed wing and its rooms were faithfully reconstructed and refurnished.
Today, the Château de Hautefort, along with its park and large sections of the French gardens, can be visited for an admission fee. Visitors can explore the interior rooms, including the grand reception hall, the château lord’s bedroom, Marie de Hautefort’s room in the Louis Quinze style, the chapel, and the kitchen. Furthermore, it is worth mentioning that the palace has also served as a film location for several productions. The last one was the movie "Ever After" from 1998, starring Drew Barrymore and Anjelica Huston.
The Khatyn Memorial Complex, Khatyn village, Belarus.
In January 1966, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus built the memorial complex in memory of the hundreds of Belorussian villages destroyed by Nazis during this period, making it the most significant war memorial in Belarus.
Sadly, the Khatyn massacre was not an unusual incident in Belarus during the second World War. At least 5,295 Belarusian settlements were burned, destroyed by the Nazis and some or all their inhabitants were killed as a punishment for collaboration with partisans. In the Vitebsk region 243 villages were burned down twice, 83 villages three times, and 22 villages were burned down four or more times. In the Minsk region 92 villages were burned down twice, 40 villages three times, nine villages four times, and six villages five or more times. Altogether, over two million people were killed in Belarus during the three years of Nazi occupation, almost a quarter of the country’s population.
In memory of lives lost, each individual village destroyed is represented and those that have been since repopulated are honored by their names in tree sculptures, representing new life and survival. Bells ring every 30 seconds to commemorate the rate at which Belarusian lives were lost throughout the duration of the war. Possibly the most affecting piece in the complex is the statue of Yuzif Kaminsky, the only adult survivor of the Khatyn massacre. The 56-year-old was wounded, burnt, and left for dead during the killings, but recovered consciousness after the executioners had left. The statue shows him holding the body of his young son in his arms.
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This garden occupies the area where the Tuileries palace appeared, destroyed in the fire of 1871. The entrance gate is the little that remains of that magnificent palace.
Napoleon Bonaparte, then only general chief of the army that invaded Italy in the name of the Directorate, in his first campaign (1796-1797), took Venice and took the statues (the golden quattro cavvalos of St. Mark's Basilica) to Paris, where were placed in the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel built between 1807 and 1809. After the Battle of Waterloo and the fall of Napoleon, the looting was returned to Venice and St. Mark's Square in 1815. On top of the arch, replicas were placed, to which a chariot with the statue of Peace was added.
Strong people of our indomitable country!
Eight years of war against us. The 20th day of full-scale invasion. Attempts to destroy us all, to destroy Ukraine. We are fighting for our lives. We are fighting for our lives against missiles, bombs, artillery, tanks, mortars and everything else that Russian troops are using to destroy us. Everything else that Russia is destroying itself with now.
Because every shot at Ukraine, every blow at Ukraine are steps towards Russia's self-destruction. Steps to self-isolation, poverty and degradation.
Everyone who just wants to live and has something to think with is leaving Russia. Scientists, artists, businessmen, IT specialists, etc. The Russian state has not experienced such a blow at human capital for decades. A blow, which it inflicted on itself. We do not care. This is not our problem.
Our problem is to save our people. The strength of our society. Its scientists, its artists, its businessmen, its people, its strong people. All our Ukrainians who defend the state and bring closer the peace that every Ukrainian needs.
Last night there were air alarms almost all over our country. The airport in Dnipro was destroyed by a missile strike. Kharkiv. Russian bombs hit residential areas. Artillery. Mortars. Fighting continues in the region - Izyum, Chuhuiv.
Disassembly of wreckage in Rivne after the missile strike on the TV tower is ongoing. As of now, 19 casualties are confirmed.
Ancient Chernihiv and Oster are under such a brutal attack by Russia that it has wiped out any claims to its cultural ties to the times of Rus’. The invaders have no roots, no memory and no soul.
Russian troops attacked Kyiv, attacked Kyiv residents. Four apartment buildings were destroyed. Disassembly of the debris is still ongoing. As of now, five casualties are confirmed.
I will tell you in Russian: this happened in our capital. In the city that you always called “the mother of Russian cities”. That made our nations historical. And that you bombed today. Just people, residential areas. Bombed and bombed again. We don't need such children. No, thanks.
The invaders continue to consider the capture of our capital as their key goal, their political goal. They hope that control over Kyiv will give them control over Ukraine. This is absolute absurdity from all points of view.
To further strengthen the defense of the capital and the Kyiv region, I appointed Hero of Ukraine, Lieutenant General and Commander of the Joint Forces Operation Oleksandr Pavliuk head of the regional military administration.
Dismissed head of the regional administration Oleksiy Kuleba will help the military leadership.
Therefore, the Kyiv direction and the situation in the region will get even more attention.
Major General Eduard Moskaliov became the new commander of the Joint Forces. Professional man, patriotic man. The decree is signed.
Every morning, every evening, I thank the military. I thank all our heroes who bravely defend our state. All who stop the enemy despite the fact that the invaders are many times more. Dozens of times.
And now, today, I want to speak about all peaceful Ukrainians who were taken away by this war.
Eternal memory to everyone who died for Ukraine! Eternal curse to the enemy who took thousands of lives.
Humanitarian corridors have been partially opened today. There is a corridor from Sumy, Trostyanets, Lebedyn, Shostka and Konotop in the direction of Poltava.
The invaders did not stop the shelling and disrupted humanitarian corridors in the Kyiv region.
The convoy with humanitarian cargo for Mariupol also remains blocked. For several days in a row. But still little by little people are leaving the besieged city by private transport.
I want to thank SES officers, police, doctors and everyone else who saves people for this important work. And of course, I am thankful to our military.
Today I spoke at the summit organized by Great Britain, a friend of Ukraine - Boris Johnson. I addressed the United Kingdom Joint Expeditionary Force. Spoke to the leaders of the Baltic states and the countries of northern Europe.
I said what, of course, all our citizens would like to say.
About NATO. About help. About sincerity and... the fact that not everyone took a moral stance in response to the Russian war.
Each of more than 800 Russian missiles that have hit our country is an answer to a long-standing question about NATO. Whether the doors of the Alliance are really open for Ukraine.
If they were open, if it was fair, we would not have to convince the Alliance for 20 days that the sky over Ukraine should be closed. Closed to the death brought by the Russian Air Force. But... They don't hear or don't want to hear us yet. Some Allies have intimidated themselves. Saying that they allegedly can't answer. They cannot collide with Russian missiles and planes in the sky of Ukraine. Because this, they say, will lead to escalation, will lead to World War III...
And what will they say if Russia goes further into Europe, attacking other countries?
I'm sure it's the same thing they say to Ukraine. Article 5 of the NATO treaty has never been as weak as it is now. This is just our opinion.
When some members of the Alliance are afraid to be truly an alliance capable of protecting everything for which it was created. Freedom and democracy. Humanity and justice. We need to look for effective guarantees. Guarantees for us, for our sky. And we will not give up. We need planes. And I will continue to talk about it, I will continue to pursue it.
We need long-term security guarantees for the state. For all Ukrainians.
Concrete things. Concrete guarantees. Legally enshrined. So that there is no doubt in them. And so that no excuses sound. As they sound now, when we turn to those who signed "Budapest" and who... had the power to stop the Russian invasion even before it began. Using preventive measures. By helping Ukraine, which is convincing. Using sanctions that do not allow war.
Ukrainians!
There are more than 40 million of us in our state. And millions more around the world. This is a great force. Plus our friends. Plus many of our partner countries. We all now have a common task, a national task. We must put pressure on Russia so that the price for this war against Ukraine becomes extremely painful. So that everyone in the world takes a moral stance. Not only states, but also companies. I'm talking about business.
Large corporations that still sponsor Russia's military machine and have not left the Russian market, although they should have done so immediately. As soon as the world saw what Russian troops were doing on our Ukrainian land.
You know these brands. They are well known. And there are no secrets here.
Nestle, Mondelēz and other giants of the food industry. As well as Raiffeisen, Societe Generale and other banks. BASF, Samsung and LG. Bayer, Sanofi and other pharma companies.
Unilever, Johnson & Johnson... And dozens of other companies. And that's billions of dollars.
We turn to the world. To states and to people. But this is not just the work of politicians.
I appeal to Ukrainians. To everyone and in any country. Where you can influence it. Everything is in your power. All business with Russia must be stopped. All trade operations.
So that they can't sponsor the killings. Killings of us and our children. So that dollars and euros are not paid for blood. Please contact politicians. Put pressure. Talk to reporters. Boycott their products.
They must feel our strength! They must feel your strength!
Because we have the strength.
Glory to Ukraine!
SLR Class :- M6
Introduction years :- 1979 to 1980
No of Locos :- 16
Loco Nos :- 783 to 798
Builder :- Henschel Thyssen
State :- West Germany
Prime Mover :- General Motors - V12 G M 645 E
Mode of Power transmission :- Diesel Electric (AC to DC Power Transmission )
Power :- 1650 hp
rpm :- 900
Weight :- 87 ton
Length :- 54' 5"
Wheel arrangement :- A1A - A1A
Brake system : - Vacuum and Dynamic
Max speed :- 105 Km/h
Gauge :- 1676 mm
Type :- Locomotive
Purpose/Used line :- Main line Passenger and Freight train Not to run Matale line.
M6 793 Destroyed due to Bomb blast in 25.03.1986 between Pulliyamkulam - Vavniya.
M6 798 Destroyed due to Bomb blast at Tambalagamuwa in 05.12.1996
M6 785,788,792 and 797 re painted Red and Yellow colours for use Intercity train.
14 Locomotives are presently on service.
Information as at 27.08.2021
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Theme: INSPIRED BY A BOOK/MOVIE/POEM
This is inspired by Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.
It was a pleasure to burn.
It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed.
Ray Bradbury
"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them."
Ray Bradbury
"Era una gioia appiccare il fuoco.
Era una gioia speciale vedere le cose divorate, vederle annerite, diverse.”
"Per distruggere una cultura non c'è bisogno di bruciare i libri: è sufficiente indurre la gente a non leggerli più."
Ray Bradbury
Shot taken for the Igp Project Photographer. The theme of the challenge this week was: "Inspired by a book/movie/poem".
Things I've been asked:
Did you burn a book for real? Well, yes and I did not like it...even though this was not a real, published book, but a promotional one.
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Everything was destroyed. I never thought they could find our base, but they did. They call themselves SMOF, they're weapons were too much for us. We couldn't handle it. Everything was lost. I am only one of seven survivors. I am now hiding in an abandoned weapons room. They have been passing by here for days now, they never found me until...
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At 2150hrs (0950PM) on the 6th of September 2014, 30km south of Charleville, Queensland, a truck carrying 53 tonnes of ammonium nitrate crashed into Angelalla Creek by the historic railway bridge, igniting flames. As the truck driver escaped to safety, a passerby on the southern end and another truck on the northern end stopped to help. The passerby on the southern end went to a nearby station to alert authorities, subsequently fire and ambulance teams arrived at the scene. The ammonium nitrate was alight in flames for about an hour before a minor explosion occurred, alarming those involved to keep away from the fire.
As the fire and ambulance team backed away from the fire, a major explosion occurred. The explosion entirely destroyed the road bridge and railway bridge, that stood since 1897. The blast radius was more than 1km and the affect of the blast could be felt for over 30km away. A police car traveling to the scene was damaged about 1km away from the blast.
Eight people were injured. The truck driver, the four firefighters, one police officer, and two bystanders. It was described as a miracle that there were no fatalities. The truck driver received burns to 35% of his body while the firemen, police officers, and two bystanders suffered multiple fractures, lacerations, head and chest injuries, and deep burns from the explosion.
On that day Charleville firefighters went beyond the call of duty and have been recognised for their efforts; Commissioners Medal of Valour: LT Jake Sullivan, LT Peter Hackwood, Commissioners commendation for bravery: FF Nathan Thompson, FF Clinton McCarthy. The four firefighters also received the "Pride of Australia Award". Amongst the devastation a small fragment of the driver's bible was found; Pslam 31.
A memorial was later erected to remind highway commuters of the incident, recycling remaining pylons of the 1890s railway bridge found after the explosion.
Ammonium nitrate was the chemical found to be the cause of the Beirut explosion in August 2020.
Source: Murweh Shire Council, Queensland Government (www.business.qld.gov.au/industries/mining-energy-water/ex...), & Frontiers (www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.657996/full)