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EI-FEF Boeing 737-8MD of Ryanair departing on a winters day at Prestwick on the 2nd of January 2015
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Hori Promo 2009
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Treno a vapore Denver - Cheyenne in occasione dei "Frontier Days" di Cheyenne, Wyoming, In testa la mitica Four-Eight-Four numero 844 della Union Pacific. Luglio 2008.
All’età di novantanove anni Francesco Bellardi, per gli amici Fefè, aveva deciso che era ora di morire.
Non che ne avesse poi tanta voglia, ma aveva sentito parlare della festa che avrebbero fatto per i suoi cent’anni, una roba grossa, con il sindaco in pompa magna e nipoti che arrivavano dal Brasile e il paese vestito da puttana e anche la televisione a riprenderlo, ché di centenari non ce n’erano tanti in giro e così bisognava trattarli da papi e da re.
Ma Fefè non era papa né re, era un vecchio contadino con le mani che avevano fessure sporche di terra, anche adesso che faceva fatica ad alzarsi dalla sedia e gli ci volevano venti minuti per scendere dal letto.
E non aveva voglia di festeggiamenti, non così, non quelli che i figli volevano fare, no.
Che Fefè avrebbe voluto altro, ce l’aveva nella testa, sotto la coppola di panno e sudore, che festa avrebbe voluto.
La sognava, la festa, quando faceva il sonnellino del pomeriggio, accasciato nella poltrona che gli avevano messo nell’aia, all’ombra del grosso albero che era lì da sempre, da prima di lui, da prima dei suoi genitori, da prima di tutto.
Era nato grosso, Fefè, un botolo di figlio che tutti avevano amato subito, ché la leggenda che le donne avevano ricamato su lui diceva fosse nato ridendo, l’unico figliolo che era nato ridendo, un po’ per burla, un po’ per allegria.
Era il sesto di sei figli, l’ultimo, così gli erano toccate le scarpe smesse dai fratelli e abiti che sapevano di vecchio e naftalina; ma il suo piatto era sempre quello più pieno e le donne di casa gli davano di nascosto pane e marmellata fatta in casa, in cambio di uno dei suoi sorrisi.
La madre, donna grassa e austera, perdeva la testa per lui e i fratelli guardavano di nascosto, quando lei prendeva in braccio Fefè e lo cullava cantandogli nenie mai sentite:
li guardavano di nascosto ché lei altrimenti avrebbe smesso, e loro invece non volevano, e si sedevano nel corridoio buio e freddo facendosi prendere da un languore strano e malinconico e ascoltavano quelle nenie e le parole dolci che la madre a loro non aveva mai dato.
Ma non uno dei cinque fratelli aveva mai provato gelosia per Fefè:
perché lui li abbracciava all’improvviso e metteva la sua faccia buffa e sporca di marmellata e terra contro il loro collo e baci umidi e tepore di bambino li scaldava e li faceva ridere forte.
Fefè pareva fosse nato felice e per rendere felici gli altri.
Se cadeva e si faceva male spalancava gli occhi e si guardava il sangue scendere dalla ferita e restava lì, senza piangere, fino a quando qualcuno arrivava a lavarlo e medicarlo.
Non piangeva, Fefè, come se le lacrime non gliele avessero date in dotazione: e non frignava, non si lamentava mai.
Era facile da amare, un bambino così.
Fefè aveva attraversato la storia della sua famiglia, senza versare lacrime, neanche quando era morta la madre neanche quando i fratelli se ne erano andati, mai.
Non che non avesse dolore addosso, anzi.
Sentiva il cuore che gli batteva dentro e lo stomaco attorcigliarsi e male dentro, male che gli chiudeva la gola, male.
Ma non aveva lacrime, piuttosto un abbraccio ecco, un abbraccio e un pane da tagliare a fette e salame da tirare giù dalle travi della cantina e vino novello da offrire, ché Fefè era fatto per consolare gli altri, piuttosto che perdere tempo a versare lacrime.
Sentiva male dentro, ma l’unico modo per sciogliere i nodi della gola era raccontare storie e sviare i pensieri cupi della gente.
Era nato felice, Fefè, e per fare felice gli altri:
non era un dono, piuttosto un fardello, ma così era.
[to be continued…penso]
Southern Pacific 1941 Lima GS-4 4-8-4 #4449 & Union Pacific 1944 Alco FEF-3 4-8-4 #844 At Vancouver, WA
Union Pacific
Former UP 8444
Union Pacific 844 Class FEF-3 was built by the American Locomotive Company in December 1944. She has 80 inch drivers, boiler pressure of 300 lbs, 25 x 32 inch Cylinders and can deliver 63,750 pounds of tractive effort.
The FEF was a series of three types of 4-8-4 steam locomotives owned and operated by the Union Pacific Railway. The classes were: FEF-1; FEF-2; FEF-3. "FEF" was an acronym for the wheel arrangement, "four-eight-four."
FEF-3
Except for the use of some substitute materials, the final batch of ten were nearly identical to the FEF-2. After World War II, coal supplies were affected by a series of strikes. In order to safeguard operations, UP converted the 800s to oil burning, and a 6,000 US gallons (23,000 l; 5,000 imp gal) tank was fitted in the bunker space. Otherwise, few modifications were needed to insure years of mainline service. These were the last steam locomotives delivered for the UP. 844, the last of the FEF-3 class, is the longest continuously operating 4-8-4 engine in the world, and the only one never retired by a Class I railroad. Like many of the "late era" steam locomotives, their final design was cut short by the advent of new monarchs of the rails, diesels. Although it is stated that the UP FEF series was designed to safely operate at 120 mph (190 km/h), no one really knows how fast the final 4-8-4 could go
Union Pacific steam locomotive # 8444, class FEF-3 Northern, is being re-fueled in the railroad yard at Denver, Colorado, Summer 1980. The tank car sitting on the track to the left of the steam locomotive is providing fuel oil for the locomotive's tender, which can contain up to 6,000 gallons of fuel oil. Of interest is the old UP EMD GP30 diesel electric locomotive # 329, sitting on a track to the right of the steam locomotive. The UP locomotive # 8444, is a modern, powerful, oil burning steam locomotive of the Northern 4-8-4 class, built by ALCO during the 1940's. This locomotive was dual purpose in the fact it was designed to haul fast and heavy passenger mainline trains along with fast mixed merchandise freight trains, which it hauled during it's later life in active mainline service. The locomotive is being prepared for it's next day assignment as the power for a railfan trip out of Denver. In this view you can really notice the shields located on the side of the smoke box, known as Elephant Ears or smoke deflectors that were used to create a draft to uplift the smoke coming from the stack when running at speed.
First Aberdeen operated Wright StreetLite DF SN14 FEF - 63207 - is pictured on Union Street with a service on route 23 towards Heathryfold.
This vehicle wears the First Bus Olympia livery with the majority of its Thistle Line Route 3 branding still applied, so it is not a tick in the allocation box here, but I doubt these have been on the 3 for quite some time now as I've mostly seen Hydroliners on it.
Date Taken: April 18th, 2024
Device Used: iPhone 12 Pro Max
Date Uploaded: April 7th, 2025
Upload Number: 1250
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Union Pacific FEF-3 No. 844 and newly restored Big Boy No. 4014 take part in the Spike 150 Celebration in Ogden, UT. The two locomotives were parked face-to-face, recreating that historic moment when the Union Pacific's locomotive No. 119 and the Central Pacific's locomotive "Jupiter" came together face-to-face at Promontory Summit, completing the first Transcontinental Railroad 150 years ago.
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Southern Pacific 1941 Lima GS-4 4-8-4 #4449 & Union Pacific 1944 Alco FEF-3 4-8-4 #844 At Avery Road near Winlock, WA
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10 May 2013
Union Pacific 8444 FEF-3 class 4-8-4 Northern steam locomotive is seen with workers on front pilot servicing the locomotive while in yard at Denver, Colorado, Summer 1980. The locomotive is being prepared for it's next day railfan excursion trip. The tank car located on the left is providing fuel oil for the tender.
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on Sunday 15 August 2021
is Go Ahead South Coast / More Bus
Optare Solo
3716 MX53 FEF.
Union Pacific FEF-3 No. 844 and newly restored Big Boy No. 4014 take part in the Spike 150 Celebration in Ogden, UT. The two locomotives were parked face-to-face, recreating that historic moment when the Union Pacific's locomotive No. 119 and the Central Pacific's locomotive "Jupiter" came together face-to-face at Promontory Summit, completing the first Transcontinental Railroad 150 years ago.
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Union Pacific FEF-3 No. 844 and newly restored Big Boy No. 4014 take part in the Spike 150 Celebration in Ogden, UT. The two locomotives were parked face-to-face, recreating that historic moment when the Union Pacific's locomotive No. 119 and the Central Pacific's locomotive "Jupiter" came together face-to-face at Promontory Summit, completing the first Transcontinental Railroad 150 years ago.
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