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And so began the assault on Stout Keep Hill/
The attack began shortly after the East garrison fell. Lord Stout's men had gathered for weeks in anticipation for the assault on Stout Keep. The council had concocted a three phased attack in order to break the defenses.
Phases I. The main gate was accessed only by a long and shallow staircase that fronted the main battlements. The staircase also bottle necked, allowing only a few men to defend it effectively. The assault would be long and hard fought, but the East Stowburn elite, the Blood Helms, had volunteered their unit to lead the charge,. They knew many of them would not see the dawn of the next day, but still they would push the enemy line to their brink.
Phase II. The main attack would come against the South stable wall and main tower.Scaling ladders would be brought up after the bulk of the defenders were drawn to defend the gate. They would come fast and hard to overwhelm the Outlaw forces. The only drawback being that the wall access was only five men wide and they could get only a few ladders up at a time. Never the less this would be the focus point of the campaign.
Phases III. Lord Stout took the fleet he was newly awarded to lead to assault against the waterfall side of the Keep. He took the most veteran of men and planned to take the Northeast guard tower. The waterfall did provide the most direct access to the Keep, but if the men were caught then it would also prove to be the most dangerous.
This attack would be all or nothing. If they could not take the Keep that afternoon, they would not be able to take the Keep until after they had been re-enforced after the assault on the Royal Isle.
thanks to google street view again...my hunch told me this place would produce. hopefully a different angle
A long shot taken at 150mm from the end of Platform 3 at Retford sees 37407 "Blackpool Tower" and 37402 "Stephen Middlemore" coasting down grade to pass beneath the East Coast Mainline and onwards to Gainsborough Central.
The Railhead Treatment Train 3S13 providing a little relief from the usual fare on this line these days.
Some timelapse clips with music from my good day after a snowstorm at the canyon.
Jan 24, 2017. 75 seconds. Music by SmartSound under license.
The last GC GE resides here at Oak Ridge TN in the deadlines of the Southern Appalachia Railway Museumluckily serviceable. This unit escaped the torch when G&W purged themselves of the GE's. Sadly I never made it down to the GC before this happened.
EN GreenCargo 1081 underway with mixed cargo train 34953 from Ånge Godsbangård towards Sävenäs Rangerbangård (at the west coast). At Fagersta we see the green Rd2 locomotive.
NL GreenCargo 1081 onderweg met gemengde goederentrein 34953 van Ånge Godsbangård naar Sävenäs Rangerbangård (aan de westkust). Te Fagersta zien we de groene Rd2 locomotief met diverse schuifwandwagens en gasketelswagens (brandstoffen, UN 23/1965). Links in beeld is X14-treinstel 3235 van Tåg i Bergslagen zichtbaar.
In the smugglers hideout Roger finds an old map. He follows it find ancient ruins hidden in unexplored jungle.
After almost 3 months of being out of service due to a traction motor blowing up we see the 1004 3 weeks after being put back in service working hard in Vidalia on a long freight.
Despite wearing the rain boot, I still got soaked by one of the crashing wave...and had so much fun with it. I quickly held up the tripod and camera to dodge the wave, then return to shooting. Doing that repeatedly had eliminated the need for working out, though I was probably looking as goofy and silly as ever. Got so much water into the boot that I couldn't take it off without enlisting help. This reminds me of the moments of transcendent bliss during childhood years. Add life to your days, not days to your life. And if you are going to be weird, be confident about it. Happy Shooting!
GC #3965 leads the excursion train back to SARM. The L&N Cow Creek branch actually rolled east-west at the next crossing back... although the two railroads never actually crossed.
A debut for a photo never edited before until today. Taken in march 2009 in JPEG format of a newly repainted 60163 leaving Loughborough Central