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My first attempt at setting up for a shoot. There are more in my album if you wish to have a look...JK
While at the salt desert to the border of Pakistan, we wanted to take a stroll to get some pictures and get a feeling of walking on the semi-dry salt lake. Our camel driver/guide took his camels for a stroll as well, giving me an excellent opportunity to capture them from a distance with a clean background. The salt lake was dry on the surface, but still held a few centimeters of water once the dried salt cover broke. Since I was walking in sandals, I cut myself over and over again, instantly filling the small cuts with salt. Needless to say, it was rather painful. That being said, though, I would easily do it again, albeit with a different pair of footwear.
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Canon EOS 7D, ISO 160, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM @ 200mm, f/10, 1/320
Volvo BZL DD / MCV
On Loan from Volvo, Coventry dealer to Metroline Manchester for Driver Familiarisation Duties
Here is my model of Southern Pacific 4-4-2 #3025, built in 1904 by the American Locomotive Company as part of the A-3 class of locomotives. They had 81” drivers, allowing them to reach triple digit speeds pulling many well known passenger trains. Over their lifetime, some of them were rebuilt into modernized class A-6’s. As trains became heavier, they began to be displaced by larger locomotives like P class 4-6-2s and GS 4-8-4s. Number 3025 specifically was retired in 1952 and saved from scrap to be donated as Griffith Park Travel Town’s first locomotive, and the only SP 4-4-2 to be preserved.
This model was designed over the course of two years, finally coming together digitally in June of 2024. I made it a goal to complete it physically in time for Christmas and I’m happy to have exceeded that goal. I’ve modeled 3025 as it looked when it rolled into the museum, with the red roof, white wall tires, cylinder plaques, 70-C vanderbilt tender, and other details. It’s powered by an L motor and rechargeable battery box, and have yet to show any issues. All axles except for the drivers are equipped with bearings for smooth operation. The locomotive was probably the easiest part of this whole model, with no boiler taper and many dimensions lining up well in the Lego grid. The tender was a big challenge, since I had to stuff an entire battery box and ir receiver in the tiny footprint of a 70-C tender. By using numerous unconventional techniques, It ended up working well and being sufficiently structurally stable for my liking. Decals were designed by me and printed by Okbrickworks, and as always I love how they came out. For white pinstriping along the running boards I used 1/16” white decal striping from amazon. Driving wheels are from big ben bricks (size xxl) and the rear M size wheels I printed myself. The rods I designed and printed myself, and painted in a metallic silver matching the smokebox front and cylinder accents.
I’ve already had this model running under my Christmas tree, and its been reliably pulling six freight cars without traction bands. Eventually I’d like to put together a set of old SP passenger coaches to go behind it, since that is much more prototypical than freight. I’m happy to have this locomotive complete and once again have a reliable power functions steam locomotive ready to run at a moments notice.
Also running late, but just by a few minutes, is one of the new Class 800's on a driver training run. 800202 is seen passing Inveresk with 5Q92, 1003 Edinburgh Waverley - Newcastle , on the 19th October 2018 .
Seen on the occasion of the Hants & Dorset Running Day at Poole in April 1989 was Wilts & Dorset driver training bus Bristol Lodekka FLF6G / ECW 9204 EMR294D.
Previously a Hants & Dorset bus, it was one of a few of the EMR-D batch to see out their lives as driver trainers, namely 288 (9201), 292 (9203), 294 (9204), 295 (9206) and 296 (9205).
Cicero, NY. March 2016.
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Cicero, NY. March 2016.
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New to Mitcham Belle and later with Metroline, Dennis Dart / Plaxton W134 WGT spent a number of years working in the fleet of Grant Palmer, Flitwick and was subsequently sold to a individual based in the Dunstable area providing PCV driver training. The vehicle is seen here parked in High Street North, Dunstable in July 2018 still retaining it's Grant Palmer colours.
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Speed 'RAMPED' pedestrian crossing Less than 30 metre's - just under 97 feet
YOU and YOU alone are responsible for the safety of your reversing manoeuvre. IT is ABSOLUTEY incumbent upon the reversing driver to ENSURE that it is safe FOR all other road user's BOTH BEFORE AND DURING this manoeuvre. IF their manoeuvre IN ANY WAY IS DANGEROUS or IMPEDES THE FREE MOVEMENT, OR IS LIKELY TO IMPEDE THE FREE MOVEMENT, OF ANOTHER ROAD USER THE PERSON REVERSING MUST STOP UNTIL IT IS SAFE TO CONTINUE.
www.gov.uk/.../the.../using-the-road-159-to-203
AT THIS POINT I'm now LESS than 18 Metres - 62 Feet and at that point YOU SHOULD HAVE STOPPED
JUST AS YOU BEGIN TO MOVE BACKWARDS I AM LESS THAN 9 Metres - 28 Feet from you colliding with me. You were on the other side of the road at this point MY SIDE IS CLEAR THEN YOU IMPEDE ME WITH YOUR MALICIOUS AND INCONSIDERATE ACTION. (Don't let you insurer see this - IT will increase your liability)
I'm DOING TWENTY MILE's PER HOUR that's 20 MPH
OH AND FOR THE RECORD I DON'T WEAR GLASSES BECAUSE I DON'T NEED THEM (He claims Mr Ray Charles & Mr Stevie Wonder can see better than me!!!!!)
This is a public road where there can be no reasonable expectation of privacy and anyone expecting privacy is therefore being wholly un-reasonable
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Pukka Driver Mr T has sent you a message via YouTube
Hello, I would appreciate it if you could remove the video you posted in which I am doing a u turn, it was a mistake, I didn't judge how far you were from me. People make mistakes; I have a clean licence and have been driving for 12 years. I apologise for any inconvenience caused. It's (I’VE EDITED HIS NAME & REGISTRATION HERE SO HE CAN’T COMPLAIN ABOUT HIMSELF EXPOSING HIS OWN PRIVACY) LR** HDX. Thank you.
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Pukka Driver to Mr T you were quite brazen and bullish at the time of the incident with un-kind words. Since then you have made comment that I somehow perpetrated your mistake with aspersions that it was I at fault. Furthermore you are not the only ‘taxi’ driver who has been grossly inconsiderate to me and the public at large and just like all of them you resort to verbal abuse in defence of your WRONGDOING (mistake). Not content with this you further malign Mr Ray Charles and Mr Stevie Wonder and compare their blindness to me. How dare you besmirch those who unlike you and I do not have the privilege and good fortune of sight.
You made absolutely no attempt to judge my distance from you. I do not consider your manoeuvre to have been anything other than utter selfishness and gross inconsideration to me or anyone else who might find themselves in a similar situation. Your problem sir is that your erratic driving has been exposed and you do not like that, well DON’T drive like that then. I’ve held a licence for far much longer than twelve years and it is clean and I have never driven with such inconsideration towards another road user ever. So no sir I will not remove the video
He then complained about this, the current one and you 'can't' see anything, BUT it’s had more views of nothing than the original had views of something. How ironic is that?
The Great Western Steam Up was held on the grounds of the Nevada State Railroad Museum from July 1 – July 4, 2022, in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. Nine operating steam locomotives were featured with many more on display. The event was billed as the largest reunion of existing V&T locomotives in over 75 years.
Daily events included rides behind visiting narrow and standard-gauge steam locomotives, a daily pageant of steam locomotives, historical vehicle and equipment displays, local food trucks, live entertainment, and “lost art” demonstrations.
This image is from the third day of the event, July 3.
The featured locomotives were:
Glenbrook, narrow gauge 2-6-0 (Baldwin 1875) built for the Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company and used at Glenbrook, Nevada, along with an identical twin, Tahoe (see NCNG 5, below). It last ran in the 1920s and was acquired by the Nevada County Narrow Gauge for parts. In the 1940s it was placed on exhibit at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City and beginning in 1981 was restored to service (completed in 2015). It has been returned to its 1875 appearance.
No. 1, Joe. Douglass, narrow gauge 0-4-2T (H. K. Porter 1882) built for the Dayton, Sutro & Carson Valley Railroad. It operated at a mine in Dayton, Nevada, and later helped build Lake Arrowhead dam in California. It was cosmetically restored to its present appearance in 1994 and is displayed at the Nevada State Railroad Museum. It is a wood burner, but not operational.
No. 1, narrow gauge 0-4-0T (Porter 1889) built for the Sacramento Brick Company. It was later acquired by Hal Wilmunder and operated on his private Antelope & Western Railroad near Roseville, California. The engine is now owned and cared for by the Wilmunder family, and can usually be seen at the NCNG Museum in Nevada City, Calif.
No. 1, standard gauge 2-truck Heisler (Heisler Locomotive Works 1916), built for Bluestone Mining & Smelting. It originally worked on a 2.5 mile line near Mason, Nevada, before being acquired by a quarry in California. This oil-fired locomotive is owned by Chris Baldo and sees frequent use at Roots of Motive Power in Willits, California.
No. 1, Lyon, standard gauge 2-6-0 (Gentry/Strasburg/Kloke) which is a partially completed replica of the first locomotive built for the Virginia & Truckee. The original was manufactured by the Union Iron Works of San Francisco in 1869. The full-scale working replica was donated to the Nevada State Railroad Museum by Stan Gentry, builder, and is being completed by the museum shop staff. It will burn wood as did the original.
No. 3, standard gauge 0-4-0T (Porter 1909) built for the Santa Cruz Portland Cement Company. Upon retirement it was used as a billboard for a chicken restaurant in Stockton, California. It was restored to service by Stathi Pappas beginning in 2006 and is currently located at the Placerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad in Folsom, California. Nicknamed “Chiggen,” it is oil-fired.
No. 4, Eureka, narrow gauge 4-4-0 (Baldwin 1875), built for the Eureka & Palisade Railroad. Retired in 1938, it was later featured in several Hollywood movies. This classic wood-fired locomotive was restored by Dan Markoff in the 1980s and is usually kept at his home in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
No. 5, Tahoe, narrow gauge 2-6-0 (Baldwin 1875) built for the Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company and used in logging service. It was later sold to the Nevada County Narrow Gauge of Grass Valley, Calif., and was retired in 1942. It then appeared in numerous movies and TV shows for owner Universal Pictures. No. 5 is now part of the NCNG Museum in Nevada City, Calif., and was restored to service in May 2022. This oil-fired locomotive has been restored to its 1940s appearance.
No. 8, standard gauge 4-4-0 (Cooke Locomotive & Machine Works 1888) built for the Denver, Texas & Fort Worth Railroad, and later operated on the Dardanelle & Russellville in Arkansas. It was used in 1976 on the V&T tourist railroad at Virginia City. Oil fired, it last steamed in the early 2000s.
No. 11, Reno, standard gauge 4-4-0 (Baldwin 1872) built for the Virginia & Truckee. The most renown of all V&T’s Americans, the Reno was retired in 1937 and sold to a movie studio. It spent over fifty years at Old Tucson Studios in Arizona before being acquired by the V&T tourist railroad of Virginia City, Nevada, in 2021. It is currently under restoration. Oil fired.
No. 12, Genoa, standard gauge 4-4-0 (Baldwin 1873) built for the Virginia & Truckee. It was a back-up locomotive to the Reno and was retired in 1908. For the past 40 years it’s been on indoor static display at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento. It last ran in 1979 and was never converted from burning wood to burning oil, like most V&T 4-4-0s were.
No. 18, narrow gauge 4-6-0 (Baldwin 1911), built for the Nevada-California-Oregon and last used by the Southern Pacific. Restored by Carson & Colorado Inc. in 2017 after being on display in an Independence, Calif., park since 1954. It is normally kept at the Eastern California Museum in Independence. Oil fired.
No. 18, Dayton, standard gauge 4-4-0 (Central Pacific Sacramento Shops 1873) built for the Virginia & Truckee. Ran on the V&T for nearly seven decades before being acquired by a movie studio. It was cosmetically restored for display in 1982 by the Nevada State Railroad Museum. Oil fired.
No. 21, J. W. Bowker, standard gauge 2-4-0 (Baldwin 1875) built for the Virginia & Truckee. Bowker served as a switch engine in Virginia City. It was later purchased by the Sierra Nevada Wood & Lumber Company. Wood-fueled but not currently operational, it has been exhibited at the California State Railroad since 1976. An oil burner, it is not currently operational.
No. 22, Inyo, standard gauge 4-4-0 (Baldwin 1875), built for the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. It served in passenger service and was nicknamed “Brass Betsy.” It was later sold to Paramount Pictures and appeared McLintock, Union Pacific, and The Great Locomotive Chase. Restored to operation in 1983 and currently housed at the Nevada State Railroad Museum. Wood fired.
No. 25, standard gauge 4-6-0 (Baldwin 1905) built for the Virginia & Truckee to handle both freight and passenger trains. It was the first new steam locomotive purchased by the V&T and replaced older 4-4-0s on the passenger run between Reno and Carson City. Oil fired, it was restored to operation in 1980 and sees frequent service at the Nevada State Railroad Museum.
Well I wasted my time here really, since 853 (509) I've seen numerous times and while 856 (215) is one I want a better photo of as a trainer, the back isn't exactly what I wanted. Oh and there's 914, which 853 seems to be doing a good job of reflecting so it looks complete.
Although this is the first time I've seen one of the double decker trainers, I'm still more concerned about the single decker ones.
851 (507) has apparently gone to a school according to NCT Fleet List so it doesn't look like I'll ever be getting a decent shot of that.
852 (508) I do actually have a couple of good photos of and isn't a problem.
853 (509) I have plenty of photos of and is the least of my worries.
854 (510) I also have a couple of photos of, so for these three at least I have done pretty well with them.
855 (209) when it was a Uni Hopper I photo'd it plenty of times but I've never even seen it in Training livery, so if that one showed up somewhere I'd be quite pleased.
856 (215) is another I have a few photos of it in its previous (Citylink 2) livery, but the only ones I have of it in Training livery is one of it behind a fence, one of it poking out of the garage doorway and this one here.
Even though I'm pleased to get decent photos of any of the driver trainer Omnicities, I am getting slightly tired of it being 509 all the time when I so desperately need some of the others.
Volvo B10M\Plaxton Premiere Interurban P804XTA and Volvo B7R\Plaxton Profile SV55FKM, parked in Exeter Bus Station on 22nd January 2017.
We arrived at Mgahinga National Park that afternoon. In the driveway of the place we stayed was an amazing line of ants, which were there for the next two days, crossing the driveway and not seeming to be fazed by the occasional car running them over.
Using his 1929 Graham-Paige automobile, Amos E. Neyhart established the first course in driver education. The Williamsport native graduated from Penn State and joined the faculty there in 1929.
Cicero, NY. March 2016.
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