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Another image from my trip to the Southern California desert back in the fall of 2015.
I need to make time for more adventures like this in 2016.
Narrow twisty country lanes - wet and muddy - can make for exciting driving in a rear wheel drive sports car - providing you don't meet a tractor coming the other way.
A little something to listen to as you browse the images:
Sniff 'n' The Tears - "Driver's Seat"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SCzVEUlqqA&list=RDMMBuyFhOIA...
Hemyock, Devon, UK.
A steam locomotive drives into the setting sun at sunset. The locomotive driver looks out of his locomotive
Ex EMT now Locomotive Services HST Powercar No. 058 is seen on the Up Fast at Crewe, at the head of 5Z44 Carnforth Good Loop to Rugby driver training run. Powercar 059 was on the rear between the mix of green and blue ex GWR mk3 coaches.
Curtis Turner was one of the early pioneers of NASCAR Racing, Competiting against such greats as Junior Johnson, Glen "Fireball" Roberts, and Joe Weatherly. Born in Floyd County, Virginia, Curtis made his forturn in the timber and lumber business, and was famous for his hard living and hard driving. In 1960 he conceived and built a 1.5 mile speedway near Charlotte, North Carolina. The Charlotte Motor Speedway was deep in debt when it opened and soon after holding its first race, Curtis and the other investors lost the track. Under new ownership the speedway prospered and is today one of the premier tracks on the NASCAR Circuit. Throughout his career he found himself at odds with NASCAR's Founder and President William H. G. "Big Bill" France. The final straw came in the early 1960's when Curtis attempted to organize a drivers union. Even though his efforts failed, Curtis was banned from any form of NASCAR Racing. In 1965 NASCAR lifted the ban and Curtis returned to NASCAR Racing in the American 400 ath the North Carolina Motor Speedway, in Rockingham, North Carolina. Curtis showed that his hard driving style had not changed as he held off a young Cale Yarborough for his most lucrative victory. For the next few years Curtis was semi-retired, racing only when the price was right. He intended to race in the 1970 National 500 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, but on October 4, 1970, Curtis and golf professional Clarence King were killed in a plane crash near Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Curtis Turner is buried in the Blue Rigde Memorial Gardens in Roanoke, Virginia.
LMS Duchess of Sutherland 4-6-2 arriving at Ramsbottom from Rawtenstall, next stop Bury & Heywood. Not the typical footplate crew these days,......but becoming more attractive, a future trend?!.
I was one happy driver, in southern-Utah, as the weather and scenery was terrific! Also, John's great truck was a real pleasure to drive and we found some nice rocks in that area. (this is the only Avalanche we experienced on our 2,000+ mile trip - John had already traveled about 5,000 miles with his daughter, Karen, before we joined up in Oregon!)
Given that this vintage car is right-hand drive tells us that it was at least manufactured for either the British or Australian market. Even today I'd suggest it would be a fun driving experience.
This is the forward view from the full-fronted Barton AEC Regent V 851 FNN. Picture taken on the A483 heading out of Swansea during Swansea Bus Museum's AEC Regent V event on February 26th 2012
Adopt her here:
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Strobist:
LumoPro LP180R in Strip Box CL
430EXII Bare overhead
580EXII Rogue FlashBender on ground behind for background
Fired w/ Phottix Odins
Fotodiox 5X7 Background
She's not slow:
Truck Driver
HDR 7 scatti
Fotocamera: Nikon D750
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: 1/4 s
Lente: 14 mm
ISO: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Lens: Nikkor AF-S FX 14-24mm f/2.8G ED