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Never have I seen the streets in Reykjavik as empty as this year. Not that I mind so much, but it did feel a bit unreal. The country that has so much revenue from tourism will have lost quite a bit of revenue this year. It was striking that so many souvenir shops had disappeared from the streets. I wasn't too happy about that because I was looking for a cap with a figure of Thor on it. Two years ago I bought a very nice one and I was very happy with it. But when I was home for two weeks, I had already lost it. Luckily I remembered where I bought it. Unfortunately the store was no longer there. After a long search I found a store where luckily they still had the same cap. When I said to look for a long time, the lady in the shop said that most of the shops were now closed due to lack of customers. And we don't buy souvenirs from Iceland ourselves, she said. I was glad I found what I was looking for.
The sky looked the way I love, the structures just perfect for my photographic taste, the place always thrilling... what more could I ask for?
Empty space in front, emptying worries and unecessary burdens. Peace of mind seems achievable in such places.
Location: The lumber mill of the monastery of Iviron, Mount Athos (Agio Oros), Hellas.
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.....as I waited in vain for a steam locomotive that I found out later had been cancelled.
ANSH 112 (2) empty
Shot 82/100 x
“There's just something obvious about emptiness, even when you try to convince yourself otherwise. ”
Quote ― Sarah Dessen
Location: Eemshaven (seaview), Groningen, the Netherlands
Happy New Week ahead ;-)
“To notice the beauty in things left behind is to see the soul of the life it once lived.” - Heather Durren
A trio of Lehigh Valley Rail Management switchers haul an empty ingot car from Lehigh Heavy Forge Corporation.
CN U73082-09 approaches Iron Junction with an empty train returning to Thunderbird for another load of crude iron ore. This is one of the two "T-Bird" trains that shuttles crude ore from Thunderbird to Fairlane around the clock. Luckily for us, this one had a classic old IC SD40-2 for power. The train uses loops to both load and unload, so the same engine leads in both directions.
NSM 650 leads an empty tailings train past probably the most shot location on the Iron Range towards Silver Bay for another load before returning to the tailings pond later in the morning. The overlook looking towards "Railfan Rock" may be a common shot, but I understood why when I visited for the first time. It really is fantastic.
A Baltimore & Ohio GP40-2 and a Chesapeake & Ohio B30-7 bring a train of empties through Danville, West Virginia. The S4 on the left belongs to the Southern Appalachian Coal Company (Julian Mines). It’s interesting that it is an as-built Alco, and not a Caterpillar re-engined “bug slug” more typical of mine power in the area.
"Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities." D.T. Suzuki