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This giant gas pump is in Sapulpa, OK at the Heart of Route 66 Auto Museum. Their website claims to hold the record for the largest gas pump and I'm not going to question them. This pump is huge. The museum houses antique cars and is a non-profit organization. The museum was the brainchild of some car enthusiasts in Tulsa. When they couldn't find a building that would work for them in Tulsa, the city of Sapulpa came to the rescue. This is another interesting roadside attraction on Route 66.
Please look at my Route 66 album to see more of the Mother Road. www.flickr.com/photos/35900399@N07/albums/72177720300815453
Ironmaking blast furnaces require large amounts of air to be blown into the bottom of the furnace to intensify the combustion, the same way a blacksmiths forge needs air blown into it to make it hotter. That air blast, probably 40,000 CFM at around 25 psi, was provided originally by blowing engines. These were injected with natural gas and the large flywheels supplied kinetic energy. These were also used to generate electricity. These engines were in constant operation for almost 100 years except for when they were shut down for routine maintenance. If anyone has more information on these engines, I would be happy to hear from you. For a sense of the size of these engines, check out the stairs along the right side.
Today, I am told, steel mills use turbo blowers that are much smaller and operate much like jet engines. These are piston engines that operate like the compressor in your garage, on a much larger scale of course.
CSX Y322 switches Sun Gas a couple hours later than usual. The overcast frontal weather makes for more even light on the train, as otherwise it would be backlit. Classic ex CRR GP38-2 #2656 leads.
Mr Twigg was really nice and my son played with his and he showed me around his shop. Here is his gas pump.
Taken and originally posted in 2014.
Gas Works Park on Seattle's Lake Union, seen from the Museum of History and Industry at the other end of the lake.
The "gas ghosts" of the taboro deserts are sometime called upon for the refuelling of large machinery in remote locations, it is best to keep your eyes on them however, because they are just as likely to steal what you have left and sell it to the next calling customer at a premium.
Limited build time of late (and that trend will continue into the foreseeable future), but I have seen a lot of great speeders in my contacts stream lately (I know there is a contest/this is not for the contest) and guess I wanted a small piece of the action.
Another shot with a slightly different angle and editing method.
Gas Works Park, Seattle, Washington State
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In this post: flic.kr/p/2nPBzXk I shared the first spot of the day on our epic morning chase of the empty returning 'Day Gas' from Pipeline just east of Thompson Falls back to Missoula. Now here was the last...I'll fill in the middle bit by bit.
SD70ACes 4408 and 4406 (both built new for the road in Apr. 2014) are dropping down the 2.2% grade of Evaro Hill at about MP 5.2 on the modern day MRL's 10th Subdivision mainline. The rails here are the original Northern Pacific Railway mainline that opened in 1883 as the second transcontinental railroad. This route was largely supplanted in 1909 when the NP completed a cut off between the mainline at Paradise and the Coeur d'Alene Branch at St. Regis creating a water level route from DeSmet (just west of Missoula) that exists today as MRL's 4th Subdivision Mainline. In days of old the 10th Sub over Evaro Hill was largely the domain of passenger trains though today MRL sees fit to use it for empty eastbound unit trains such as this. The only regular exception to the rule are the gas locals which seem to take this route west whenever they can due to their light tonnage which allows them to make the hill with ease while shaving off nearly 30 miles.
These gas trains are strictly an intra-MRL affair having come into being in 1995 when a gap was created in the 40 yr old and 531 mile long Yellowstone Pipeline when the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe chose not to renew the pipeline company's lease of 21 miles of right of way across their Flathead Indian Reservation. To learn about how and why this came about this article may be of interest: www.bigskywords.com/montana-blog/the-yellowstone-pipeline...
Evaro Hill
Missoula County, Montana
Monday September 5, 2022
Gas station was not overly busy as many snowbirds have not arrived yet to the popular desert destination of Quartzsite, Arizona.
Montana Rail Link SD70ACe no. 4308 leads an SD45 and the eastbound Gas Local along the Flathead River near Perma, Montana.
Bergger BPF-200, 4" x 5", 200 iso, Expired, Normal development in Ilford Ilfotec DDX developer, 1:4, 7:00 minutes, 24C. Taken April 2017. Ebony SV45TU. Fujinon-A 240mm.
Abandoned Gas Pump, southern Alberta. I like the way the willow trunk has grown around the pump nozzle. Although willows grow like weeds, obviously this has been unused for a long time...
I recently realised that it has been a month and a half since I posted anything to my Flickr account... Life has been busy, and my photography has paid the price. Hope to be posting some work on a more regular basis moving forward.
Rolling down under the Hume Highway again as the suns rays begin to fade, C506 and C510 lead SSR's 9347 empty graincrop grain, en route from Inner Harbour Port Kembla to Temora through Yass Junction.
Agrupación ANDHA Chile, manifestación que termino con varios detenidos y lacrimógenas a granel Ilustre Municipalidad de Lo Barnechea.
Stgo. Chile 16/04/2009
The Iconic Gas Club loved by many a Huddersfield Town fan. In this shot most of the building has gone now.
More information here: huddersfieldhub.co.uk/date-is-set-for-demolition-of-hudde...
Taken 2014.
Edit today.
B&W conversion and square crop.
I thought about straightening it but then left it as it was.
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Peace and quiet (normally!) in the centre of Birmingham. I have heard it suggested that moves should be made to have the canals of Birmingham designated as a World Heritage Site.
Gas Forklift in Neo Classic Space version.
Yes we use a Gas Forklift because the display is called "Space Panic", so it is imperative to use a product likely to explode. ^^
Abandoned Gas Station along Highway 67 near Fredericktown Missouri by Notley Hawkins Photography. Taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV camera with a Canon EF16-35mm f/4L IS USM lens at ƒ/18.0 with a 1.6 second exposure at ISO 400. Processed with Adobe Lightroom CC.
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