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Direct Rail Services liveried Class 66/4 No. 66428 passes through Platform 3 of Church Fenton Station, working the 12:27 Doncaster Up Decoy to York Thrall Europa Network Rail interdepartmental service on 2nd July 2015.
Direct Rail Services Class 66 66422 is pictured on the slow line through Newcastle Central, at the head of the Mossend to Tees Dock containers, on May 16th 2021.
I have always liked cameras with direct vision viewfinders. I do use SLRs too particularly for close up photography and their versatility.
Since I was young I was fascinated by the viewfinder on our family camera, a boots Instamatic which took 126 film. I like a clear bright viewfinder and an uninterrupted view when the exposure is being made.
These cameras use range finders, autofocus or distance estimation. My prefference is either rangefinder or single point AF where I can identify the point of focus and hold the focus until the exposure is made.
Befoer this photograph was made I had just finished a roll of Portra 160 in the Super Isolette, the last frame being a portrait of my son at St Albans Abbey.
Most of these cameras are Olympus, my favourite camera maker. I have OM SLRs too. Any Olympus camera from the Maitani years I find a delight to use and I can rely on it havong a good lens. I Prefer the MJU-1 over the MJU-II, MJU-1 is so smooth and ealy to use, just lift it to my eye and make a photograph.
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Direct Rail Services 88010 is photographed at Beckfoot in charge of the 4S43 Daventry to Mossend Tesco Express.
Direct Rail Services' 37087, leased to West Coast Railway Company, shunts through Crianlarich onto the rear of the Royal Scotsman having hauled the train from Taynuilt, while WCRC's 47854 ties on to the front of the train to take it forward to Wemyss Bay
Direct Rail Services Class 66 No. 66413 approaches the Seymour Road bridge, Rainham working the 6Z74 Sheerness steel works to Hitchin empty bogie wagons
For the first time since at least 2016 when the DB 92s were restricted to the Channel Tunnel/HS1 only, a Class 92 ran under its own power direct from Dollands Moor to Crewe ETD.
GB Railfreight Class 92, 92 032 "IMechE Railway Division" made the c.225 mile trip from the Kent coast to Cheshire for a brief visit to DB Cargo's Crewe ETD - or Crewe International Electric Maintenance Depot (IEMD) to give it its full name.
Crewe IEMD was the original base for the entire Class 92 fleet and after over a decade away, the 92s owned by GB Railfreight are once again regular visitors for major repairs and certain specific work that cannot be done at Wembley.
032 - seen at Crewe - was on its way to have its annual TVM430 recertification performed. Crewe ETD is one of only two places to have the equipment to do this - the other being Eurotunnel in France.
TVM430 is the in-cab signalling used in the Tunnel/HS1 - the antennae is housed in the black box beneath the buffers. TVM stands for "Transmission Voie-Machine" or "track-to-train transmission" with the 430 referring to the maximum speed in km/h it can control trains up. 430 km/h is required for the TGVs where this system is used in France, but is more than enough for the 140 km/h top speed of the 92s.
Direct Rail Services Class 57312 "Solway Princess" leads 1Z56 London Victoria - Kingscote through the tranquil settings of the old Riddlesdown Quarry with Class 57305 "Northern Princess" on the rear of the train
Direct Rail Services Class 37/4 37401 'Mary Queen of Scots' diesel-electric locomotive at Nethertown on the Cumbrian coast line with Northern's 2C41 the 08:45 Barrow-in-Furness to Carlisle passenger service.
Virgin Atlantic has now been operating to Atlanta for over a year now thanks to its joint-venture with Delta Air Lines, who own 49% share of the company. Since the transatlantic joint-venture was inaugurated, Virgin Atlantic and Delta codeshare on select flights as well as swapping of routes to provide competition.
One of the markets where Virgin Atlantic and Delta is strongest is Atlanta, which is Delta's main and biggest hub. In October 2014, Virgin Atlantic acquired one of Delta's London Heathrow to Atlanta flights whilst in return, Delta received one of Virgin Atlantic Los Angeles to Heathrow flights. In May 2015, Delta handed over its Manchester to Atlanta flights over to Virgin Atlantic, and established direct flights to New York-JFK from the north-west airport.
Between London Heathrow and Atlanta, there are 4 daily flights including a 5th seasonal flight. Delta operates the highest proportion with 2 daily flights (DL28/29, DL30/31) whilst Virgin Atlantic operates a single daily flight (VS103/104) as well as a summer seasonal flight (VS115/116). Providing competition, British Airways operates a single daily flight between Heathrow and Atlanta (BA226/227).
Virgin Atlantic currently operates 10 Airbus A330's, all of which are Airbus A330-300's delivered between 2011 and 2012. Out of the 10 Airbus A330-300's that Virgin Atlantic have in service, 2 are based at London Gatwick primarily on Caribbean flights whilst 8 at London Heathrow.
Victor November Yankee Charlie was delivered new to Virgin Atlantic in June 2012 originally on lease from AerCap, now leased from CDB Leasing since November 2013 and she is powered by 2 Rolls-Royce Trent 772B-60 engines. On 24th December 2013, she suffered damage to her landing gear and underside of the fuselage after landing at Vieux Fort, St. Lucia after the runway was flooded with mud and water. She returned to service under a month later on 23rd January 2014.
Airbus A330-343X G-VNYC 'Uptown Girl' on final approach into Runway 09L at London Heathrow (LHR) on VS116 from Atlanta-Hartsfield Jackson (ATL).
Direct Rail Services Class 57, 57007 is seen passing Causeway Lane foot crossing with a light engine move to Doncaster.
0Z75 09:05 Norwich C.Pt. T&R.S.M.D - Doncaster West Yard.
Operator: Direct Rail Services
Location: Norwich
Platform: 3
Class: 47
Number: 805
Type: Diesel Locomotive
Origin: Norwich
Destination: Great Yarmouth
Date: 29th December 2014
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Directed by F. W. Murnau, Nosferatu (1922) was an unauthorized adaptation of Dracula - actually just a completely illegal ripoff, with a bare minimum of names and plot details changed. Dracula became Orlok, Harker became Hutter, Renfield became Knock, and so on. The filmmakers were sued by Bram Stoker's widow, and lost, and the film was almost lost forever. Now that Dracula is under public domain, it's perfectly legal and fine - note to copyright thieves: Just wait seventy years!
Aside from the theft, Nosferatu is one of the most significant horror movies ever made. I know you've heard this before, but why, you may ask? Well, there are several reasons - it was the first vampire movie, for one, and its creepy cinematography inspired... well, horror movies. If you do get to watch it, pay attention to things like the use of light and shadow, Orlok's explicit relation to rats and the plague, or the fact that this was the very first time sunlight killed a vampire.
Yep! That's it! Traditional vampires - including Dracula - were often inconvenienced by sunlight, or perhaps had their powers lessened, but Orlok is the first to actually die when he sees the sun. The very first. Just him.
Orlok also brought vampires around full-circle - early Eastern European legends had them as ugly, monstrous peasants, but early literature, such as Lord Ruthven in The Vampyre (1819) made them suave, seductive... and a lot like Lord Byron. Varney the Vampyre, as another early novel, had the first truly sympathetic creature of the night. Both Carmilla and Dracula seemingly completed and cemented the vampire's image as a suave, seductive force of raw lust... and then Nosferatu came around and reintroduced the monstrous vampire. Sure, Orlok has a way with people, and spends most of the movie fooling folks into thinking that he's a decent guy, but he's still a horrible, gaunt, shrivelled plague rat. Sure, most of culture has stuck with pretty vampires, but you can still find echoes of Nosferatu all over the place.
Oh yeah, and as an aside - this figure of Orlok is from Aztech Toys's Silent Screamers line. He turns dark/burnt purple in sunlight. Cool!
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Ex First London / Tower Transit Enviro 400 DN33776 (SN12 AVR) now operates for City Direct as 12-G-7463 and is seen in Galway, 12th July, 2023.
The word "goose" is a direct descendent of Proto-Indo-European root, *ghans-. In Germanic languages, the root gave Old English gōs with the plural gēs and gandres (becoming Modern English goose, geese, gander, and gosling, respectively), Frisian goes, gies and guoske, New High German Gans, Gänse, and Ganter, and Old Norse gās.
This term also gave Lithuanian žąsìs, Irish gé (goose, from Old Irish géiss), Latin anser, Greek χήν/khēn, Dutch gans, Albanian gatë (heron), Sanskrit hamsa and hamsi, Finnish hanhi, Avestan zāō, Polish gęś, Ukrainian гуска and гусак, Russian гусыня and гусь, Czech husa, and Persian ghāz.
The term goose applies to the female in particular, while gander applies to the male in particular. Young birds before fledging are called goslings. The collective noun for a group of geese on the ground is a gaggle; when in flight, they are called a skein, a team, or a wedge; when flying close together, they are called a plump.
Chinese geese, the domesticated form of the swan goose
The three living genera of true geese are: Anser, grey geese, including the greylag goose, and domestic geese; Chen, white geese (often included in Anser); and Branta, black geese, such as the Canada goose.
Two genera of "geese" are only tentatively placed in the Anserinae; they may belong to the shelducks or form a subfamily on their own: Cereopsis, the Cape Barren goose, and Cnemiornis, the prehistoric New Zealand goose. Either these or, more probably, the goose-like Coscoroba swan is the closest living relative of the true geese.
Fossils of true geese are hard to assign to genus; all that can be said is that their fossil record, particularly in North America, is dense and comprehensively documents many different species of true geese that have been around since about 10 million years ago in the Miocene. The aptly named Anser atavus (meaning "progenitor goose") from some 12 million years ago had even more plesiomorphies in common with swans. In addition, some goose-like birds are known from subfossil remains found on the Hawaiian Islands.
Geese are monogamous, living in permanent pairs throughout the year; however, unlike most other permanently monogamous animals, they are territorial only during the short nesting season. Paired geese are more dominant and feed more, two factors that result in more young.
Other birds called "geese"
Cape Barren goose
Some mainly Southern Hemisphere birds are called "geese", most of which belong to the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae. These are:
Orinoco goose, Neochen jubata
Egyptian goose, Alopochen aegyptiacus
The South American sheldgeese, genus Chloephaga
The prehistoric Malagasy sheldgoose, Centrornis majori
The spur-winged goose, Plectropterus gambensis, is most closely related to the shelducks, but distinct enough to warrant its own subfamily, the Plectropterinae.
The blue-winged goose, Cyanochen cyanopterus, and the Cape Barren goose, Cereopsis novaehollandiae, have disputed affinities. They belong to separate ancient lineages that may ally either to the Tadorninae, Anserinae, or closer to the dabbling ducks (Anatinae).
The three species of small waterfowl in the genus Nettapus are named "pygmy geese". They seem to represent another ancient lineage, with possible affinities to the Cape Barren goose or the spur-winged goose.
A genus of prehistorically extinct seaducks, Chendytes, is sometimes called "diving-geese" due to their large size.[5]
The unusual magpie goose is in a family of its own, the Anseranatidae.
The northern gannet, a seabird, is also known as the "Solan goose", although it is a bird unrelated to the true geese, or any other Anseriformes for that matter.
Well-known sayings about geese include:
To "have a gander" is to examine something in detail.
"What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander" means that what is appropriate treatment for one person is equally appropriate for someone else.
Saying that someone's "goose is cooked" means that they have suffered, or are about to suffer, a terrible setback or misfortune.
"Killing the goose that lays the golden eggs," derived from an old fable, is a saying referring to any greed-motivated, unprofitable action that destroys or otherwise renders a favorable situation useless.
"A wild goose chase" is a useless, futile waste of time and effort.
There is a legendary old woman called Mother Goose who wrote nursery rhymes for children.
DRS - Direct Rail Services Class 57/0 No.s 57010 FEA's 642019/041 & 57009 power away from Ely Cathedral at Dock Junction with the 1502 Norwich Cpt. - Stowmarket leg of 3S01 0920 Stowmarket DGL - Stowmarket DGL via Ely, Lynn, Norwich & Acle 'RHTT' - Railhead Treatment Train on the 23.10.2014.
Direct Rail Services' 37716 (with 68016 on the rear) are seen passing Denton School crossing (just west of Gilsland) working 6Z60 1323 Seaton-on-Tees to Crewe Coal Sidings nuclear flask on the afternoon of Monday 9th May 2016.
This is the first time a Class 68 locomotive has appeared on the Seaton working; the inward light engine 0E44 this morning had the '68' leading. Various other '68s' have appeared on the Tyne Valley prior to now, however. Notably 68007 on a route refresh trip to Middlesbrough and Nunthorpe and 68003 on an empty stock Northern Belle to Craigentinny.
Direct Rail Services Class 37/4 37409 'Lord Hinton' diesel-electric locomotive departs from Carlisle Citadel railway station on the west coast mainline pushing Northern's 2C34 the 14:33 Carlisle to Barrow-in-Furness passenger service.