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Although the light was poor and we were forced to shoot at high ISO, simply watching the interaction between the bulls was amazing. Although the pecking order had obviously already been established through previous battles it was awesome to watch the false charges, bugling, and the posturing of the bulls when another came to close. A great show for over an hour before they disappeared over the ridge.

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First Potteries 63363 by Stuart Robert Barber

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First Potteries 63363 at Hanley on service 4A to Kidsgrove. 13th September 2023.

First snow by Thomas F Lynch

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Thanks to the remnants of storm Zeta and some cold Canadien air.

First snow by marijke b.

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BW65DCF by trevor plackett

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first 39252 at manchester

First of 2020 by Lou Gerard

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Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr arrives in Glenwood Springs as the station attendant and engine crew exchange waves is the subject of my first photo of 2020.

First Presbyterian Church by Bill Dolak

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As seen from inside the Eastend Studio & Gallery, Marshall, Michigan.

first day... by Nicola

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... out of the nest

A couple of great tits nested in our garden. I was fortunate to watch the first excursion of the young birds

First snows by Chérif Benabid

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First 42631 R131FUP by Sid Thedog

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Plaxton Pointer Dennis Dart SLF new 11/1997 as York Pullman, Elvington 131 Taken at Showbus 2016 Donington Park

First Glasgow 33203 SK68LWP by J.G1004

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First Essex 67755 by Stuart Robert Barber

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First Essex 67755 in Chelmsford on service 336. 01st March 2023.

First Midland Bluebird 36013 SN05HWL - Merry Christmas from First! by J.G1004

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With thanks to the driver for temporarily altering the destination screen for the purposes of the photograph

First 34311 L311PWR by jonathon

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First BT13YVV by Mike McNiven

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First West Yorkshire BT13YVV seen on Burnley Road, Hebden Bridge on service 592 to Todmorden

First Rotherham SN64CSO by Linerz 2011

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First Rotherham's second Streetdeck this one coming from West Yorkshire is 35102 SN64CSO seen heading away from Doncaster at Warmsworth for Sheffield.

first snow #2 by chrisfriel

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First (Unofficial) Run by David Blazejewski

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For the entirety of my more than two decades growing up in New England catching a train on the old Milford Branch beyond Franklin eluded me, but here is my third train in less than a week! Of course you've seen many posts of my chases of CSXT local B733 making its weekly Wednesday trips to Bellingham for Bluelinx and Garelick, including shots from Thursday that may be the last. And you've seen my photos of the crazy MBTA/Keolis detour trains last summer and the GEO train just this past Sunday.

But now here is a third railroad. This is Grafton and Upton local GU1 making the first freight move ever on their new rights on the Milford Industrial. On Monday they are expected to make their first revenue run to service the customers in Bellingham that they are assuming from CSXT. But in order to be able to access the Milford Industrial they had to move a string of hoppers that were blocking their own line between Hopedale and the rebuilt junction. The decision was made to shove this string up to end of track in the remains of the old Milford Yard.

Here is they are with their twin ex SCL MP15ACs in patched CSXT blue blocking Depot Street in Milford. These cars are allegedly still loaded with ilmenite ore tailings that were hauled out of Tahawas at the far northern end of the old Delware and Hudson Adirondack Branch. The cars were moved by Iowa Pacific's defunct Saratoga and North Creek and have been stored at various places for quite some time, including for a time on the Mass Coastal Railroad down towards Wareham.

The entire cut of cars would not fit between switches, and rather than shove the rest into the old runaround they cut away to clear and brought five back to Hopedale Yard. This was as far as they got but it still made for a neat photo of a real freight train (if only storage cars) in town, the first since CSXT's last customer closed in early 2018. And with a little imagination one could pretend these were loaded with anthracite for local homes and business to be unloaded on the spur behind the Barney Fuel building at left.

To learn more about this former New Haven line and three other rail routes that once radiated from this town check out the extensive detailed caption with this image of one of the detour trains that ran last summer:

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Milford, Massachusetts

Thursday January 28, 2021

First Hard Frost by Richard Mansfield

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First LK03EYP by tomstransportsphotos

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First Aberdeen 23307 - YN54 NXZ at Buchanan Bus Stn by Duffy bus photos

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On Megabus Hire to Glasgow

First Set (85) by Tonya Mease

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