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The Cliffs Victory follows the thousand footer Belle River into Lake Huron at Point Edward ON. in October 1981. The Victory was one of the fastest ships on the Great Lakes with a top speed of 16.5 knots, about 19mph. She looks fast and had an unusal profile having cargo holds behind her rear cabins! She was built as a Victory Ship during WWll, Notre Dame Victory and converted to a Laker in 1950. She was sold for scrap in 1985,
We visit the Lakes again soon. This is one from a while back where we'd had an extraordinary amount of rainfall and all the outlets were over run ... This was taken as the light was fading fast.
Class 56 Group owned 56301, on hire to DCR, powers through Water Orton with 6Z45 Acton Yard to Burton On Trent West Yard.
EMD FL9 (New Haven Class EDER-5) 2006 is sitting at the Danbury Railroad Museum. The FL9 is a model of electro-diesel locomotive, capable of operating either as a traditional diesel-electric locomotive or as an electric locomotive powered from a third rail.
Sixty units were built between October 1956 and November 1960 by General Motors Electro-Motive Division for the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad.
Pancake tortoises are native to the area of Tanzania and Kenya. The species is thought to be the fastest tortoise in the world. They can quickly evade predators by scampering under rocks, and even climbing nearly vertical services. Unlike many other tortoises, if they find themselves on their backs, they can flip upright quickly.
~Axtel's Autos * Dirt Bike Green~
-Custom paint, poses, 2 passenger, sound & lights-
So I've slowly been working on a mini-amusement park; And this is kinda a quick test for part of it, what do you think?
Dassault Mirage 2000D of the Couteau Delta tactical display team does a fast and low pass about 600knts and you can jus see the top of the fence to show how low they are.
A brilliant display, as always.
The Couteau Delta team comes from Escadrons de Chasse 2/3 'Champagne' and 3/3 'Ardennes at Nancy-Ochey.
RIAT 18
222004 departs from Leicester with the 1C59 14.00 Sheffield to St Pancras International service.
I hadn't intended taking a shot here, but the young girl swinging her feet presented an opportunity so I quickly wound the shutter speed down to get this.
Panned shot of a 1953-built Ferrari 250MM at Lavant corner during the Freddie March Memorial Trophy race at the 2021 Goodwood Revival.
If you ever find yourself in the Knysna area and in search of a bit of an adrenaline rush... you might perhaps consider signing up for a 3km downhill ride through the forest on an unpowered scooter?
"Scootours offers a unique and true forest experience. Enjoy an exhilarating downhill run on a Monster Mountain Scooter. Descend through indigenous forests, sweeping bends and a single track. A scenic minibus ride takes you into the heart of the forest to the best hills to start your descent into the Garden Route National Park. All of this while on the lookout for the our local wild life, the majestic Knysna Loerie, the shy bushbuck and wild boar."
It sure looks like a lot of fun... here's a link to their website... scootours.co.za/knysna-forest/
Just him and me using the far left escalator up.
The two others on the far right, out of picture, are crowded.
All three end in the same place and goes to the same trains.
Think I have to read about human behaviour in large groups....
This is the Boise River and at this point it's running through,
well, Boise, Idaho. I think this 'water feature' is man made but I can't see a reason as to why, except perhaps to provide a pool of water for fish, etc during low water levels in late summer. Further downriver but still within Boise, the city installed gates on the river that they use to create 'waves' that people can surf and kayak. (DSC_5635.jpg)