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After the hugely successful open day at Inchicore 175 years event which saw the coming together of various traction throughtout the years, it was time to head home.
NI Railways 111 class loco 8112 leads the tripple header with RPSI Locos B141 and No.85 Merlin to Dublin Connolly passing through Drumcondra.
A nice touch with the vintage lanterns.
Photobombing is a the dreaded worry in train photography, alas it worked out alright in this double shot, class leader 071 operates a wagon transfer from Inchicore while the newish weedsprayer heads out of North Wall for some gardening.
Its all go at North Wall, Dublin 3
Irish Rail class 071 General Motors retro 071
Irish Rail multi purpose vehicle MPV 790
Let's go #RetroTrain
Northern Ireland Railways General Motors class 111, 8112, makes its epic trip down from York Road depot to Dublin Connolly, seen above passing Clontarf Road Dart Station.
Northern Ireland Railways are attending the upcoming CIE Inchicore open day on Saturday 7th May 2022, celebrating the Iarnród Éireann Inchicore 175th Anniversary.
NIR are also sending down a modern 3 car CAF set.
In General Electric we thrust.
After an amazing flight down from Frankfurt to Palma, due to remote parking with no airbridge gates suitable for the Queen, a quick walkaround the tarmac thanks to patient ground handling crew.
The giant General Electric GEnx-2B67 engine, usually fitted to both the Boeing 747-800 & 787.
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The Boeing 747 flight from Frankfurt :
LH 1158 - Frankfurt Airport (FRA) 12:35 - Palma De Mallorca (PMI) 14:40 - 02h05m
LH 1159 - Palma De Mallorca (PMI) 16:10 - Frankfurt Airport (FRA) 18:30 - 02h20m
** this flight had an extra touch of excitement as Lufthansa's Boeing 747 in retro livery did the honours - D-ABYT **
The Munich Airbus A350-900 flight :
LH 1796 - Munich Airport (MUC) 10:50 - Palma De Mallorca (PMI) 13:00 - 02h10m
LH 1797 - Palma De Mallorca (PMI) 14:30 - Munich Airport (MUC) 16:36 - 02h05m
these flights were operated by D-AIXL.
Charles M. Beeghly (renamed the Hon. James L. Oberstar, March 2011) entering the Poe Lock, on Engineers Day, June 2010- - Soo Locks, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
Processing alchemy with Nik Dfine, Viveza (select burn and dodge) and Color Efex tonal contrast; finished with Apple Aperture.
September 15 is celebrated every year in India as Engineer's Day to commemorate the birthday of the legendary engineer Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visvesvaraya.
Shot at hosur road, Bangalore.
The ten-km elevated “Hitech” flyover to Electronics City, the IT hub on Bangalore's outskirts, will be the first of its kind in the country.
Now-a-days I am busy at office. Mostly away from photo and flickr. Friends, I will visit your pages when I get time. Happy Clicking.
The American Victory, leaving the MacArthur Lock, passing underneath the International Bridge and International Railroad Vertical Lift Bridge- -Soo Locks Engineer Day, June 2008.
American Victory Scrapped 2019
She's just left the lock and is headed for Lake Superior. Photo taken from inside Karl's Cuisine in Sault Ste Marie on Engineer's Day (6/28) in 2019.
Thousand-foot lakes boat St. Clair downbound in the Poe Lock at Sault Ste. Marie; Engineers Day, 2005.
A photo a day: 181/365.
Engineer's Day at Sault Ste Marie. Downbound cruise ship Victory's just exited MacArthur Lock after a short lap upstream of the locks, while Asher and her barge are about to ride the lock up to Lake Superior's level.
In June of every year the Corps of Engineers holds an open house at the Soo Locks, and thousands of fans show up to explore the grounds, view the passing ships from an unusual perspective, and look over the exhibits. Yesterday was that day, and Joan and I were among the crowd. Here we see some of the visitors crossing the massive gate which holds back Lake Superior at the the downriver end of the 105 foot wide Poe Lock.
While Sault Ste. Marie is an ancient city by North American standards--the first white settlers arrived in the 1500s, and there's been a city at this location since 1638--the event which defines the modern Sault occurred on June 18, 1855, when a ship named the Illinois traversed the then-new Soo Locks and opened traffic between Lake Superior and the rest of the Great Lakes--thus connecting the Lake Superior iron and copper mines to the eastern United States. The locks have been rebuilt and expanded since then, but the traffic's been constant, and constitute an important part of the American economy.
They're celebrating the sesquicentennial this summer, and the celebration began yesterday. We missed the opening ceremony, but had a fine time wandering the grounds and watching as St. Clair and Herbert C. Jackson passed through the locks yesterday.
Road Trip to Soo Locks.
We're at the #SooLocks engineers day. If you are in the Sault St. Marie, #Michigan area at the end of June stop by our tables & chat about our wonderful #GreatLakes and test your knowledge! #KeepThemGreat #GreatLakesSci
Learn more: saultstemarie.com/events-calendar/soo-locks-engineers-wee...
Photo Credit: Aubrey Lashaway.
SAULT SAINTE MARIE, Mich. -- The Roger Blough was leaving the Poe Lock when the first guests arrived. Visitors lining the lock wall were treated to a salute from the ships horn. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Michelle Hill)
CIGLR, GLERL and GLOS, participate in the Soo Locks Engineer’s Weekend that celebrates the engineers who built the Soo Locks, along with the men and women of the past and present who maintain the Locks and allow for successful shipping through the Great Lakes. Photo Credit: Michele Wensman.
Capt. Anders Rasmussen & crew member on the Algolake. (Donna is Mrs. Capt.)
The Algolake was locking through upbound in the Poe Lock.
This, friends, is what the Soo Locks Engineers Day is all about--folks getting close to the ships in the locks.
SAULT SAINTE MARIE, Mich. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water safety mascot, Bobber, was on hand for photos during the open house. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Michelle Hill)
Four years ago I had the pleasure of attending Engineers Day at the Soo Locks. The first ship I had the opportunity to see go through was the Arthur M. Anderson.
www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/ama.htm
The Anderson was the last ship to have radio contact with the Edmund Fitzgerald on November 10, 1975.
Here is a link to the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald. www.ssefo.com/info/timeline.html
On This Date: Photo taken 6/24/2005
Since we were already up north for the car show (see yesterday's On This Date), we headed to Sault Ste Marie for Engineer's Day. And watched the big boats from up close.
St Clair's a 770 foot vessel, launched in 1975 to ferry coal to the Belle River power plant. She now carries other bulk cargoes, like most lakers.
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We'll be heading north for Engineer's Day again this Friday, but we're staying at a Soo hotel this time. See some of you there!
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lighted sign on the gate across the Poe Lock, at the Soo Locks
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Corps of Engineers barge Paul Bunyan in Davis Lock at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The name reflects function: This baby can lift 250 tons. Big.
Another Engineers Day photo from last June.
The highway bridge, the rail bridge, and the bridge of the (ship) St. Clair; Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, on Engineers Day, 2005.
This is a technically dreadful picture--I shot it though the windshield, from the passenger side--but the composition's interesting enough that I thought I'd share it. Seem to be doing that a lot this week.
On a late Friday in June, the Corps of Engineers lets the tourists wander around the grounds at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Engineers Day, 2005, doubled as a kickoff to the Sault Locks Sesquicentennial. Best large; there's some great detail in this pic.
Joan took this marvelous photograph of St. Clair in the Poe Lock, from the edge of the Macarthur Lock. I've cropped a lot of distracting nonsense from the shot, but the vision is hers. I took nothing half this good that day.
Corps of Engineers survey vessel BW Bufe, on display at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, during Engineers Day last June.
Engineers day is an open house, geared toward grade school and middle school children. We use the poster as an announcement, mailing to all the schools, science and math teachers, and principals. The "big blue" space glider and competition car are in this year's poster.
Engineer's Day, June 26, 2015 at the Soo Locks, Sault Ste. Marie, MI. Credit: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Engineer's Day, June 26, 2015 at the Soo Locks, Sault Ste. Marie, MI. Credit: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers