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It would seem the headman of this construction outfit is a practitioner of the Ontake faith which worships Mt. Ontake (2nd tallest independent mountain in Japan after Fuji), as he has plastered the office door with its talisman stickers.
Earlier the month we added this nice piece to our Kosta Boda collection:
“Headman” by Bertil Vallien
Headman blue by Bertil Vallien, from Kosta Boda Artist Collection, is shaped in glass with silver leaf forming the face at the core of the object.
Headman is hand-made at Kosta Glassworks and mounted on an iron plinth.
Last march we added this nice piece to our Kosta Boda collection.
An air bubble captured in a egg. Looking into the crystal ball while lying on one's back.
Shaped by hand on the glassblower's pipe.
Face coated with genuine silver.
Breakfast for the abbot in the house from the village headman elected, as part of a merit making inauguration!
Here is a not very good photo of the Five-Storied Pagoda of Sensoji Temple (showing four stories only), one of the most famous in Japan.
In 942, Taira-no-Kinmasa built the Five-storied Pagoda and the Main Hall of Senso-ji Temple. The pagoda met with destruction and fire several times during its history and burned to the ground in World War II. It was rebuilt in 1973 with a steel frame and reinforced concrete and is now 48m high (53m from the ground up). Relics of the Buddha received from Sri Lanka in 1966 are enshrined on the top floor.
Senso-ji:
Early in the morning on March 18, 628, when the capital of Japan was in Asuka, in what is now a part of Nara Prefecture, Hinokuma Hamanari and his brother Takenari were fishing in the Sumida River. Bringing in their net, they were surprised to see that it held one statue . When Haji no Nakatomo, village headman of what is now Asakusa, realized what they had was a statue of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva (Sho Kanzeon Bosatsu),Kannon called usually.he devoted himself to Buddhism. He remade his house into a temple soon and devoted the rest of his life to worship and holding memorial services for this Kannon.
In 645, a Buddhist priest named Shokai came to this region and built a hall for the Kannon. Following a revelation he received in a dream, Shokai decided to hide the statue from view. Since that time, it has remained never unveiled.
Asakusa at the time was a small fishing village located in an estuary of Tokyo Bay in the vast wilderness of the area known as Musashino. It grew and flourished as people arrived in increasing numbers to worship. When Ennin (794-864), head priest of Enryaku-ji (the main temple of the Tendai School of Buddhism) visited Senso-ji in the mid-ninth century, he created a statue identical to the main image (absolutely Hibutsu) so that it could be shown rarely to the public.
During the Kamakura Period (1185-1333), the Shoguns demonstrated great devotion to Senso-ji. Gradually, other prominent figures, including military leaders and literati, followed their example, and the temple’s importance increased. In 1590 Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa Shogun, designated Senso-ji as the temple where prayers of the shogunate would be offered. After that the successive Tokugawa Shoguns had often visited Senso-ji and the belief in Kannnon of the Senso-ji had spread among common people during the Edo Period(1603-1867).
As from the end of the 18th century through the 19th century Edo city developed into the largest population city in the world , the culture specific to Edo flowered and Asakusa had become the cultural center in Edo.
In the modern times Asakusa has been the popular culture center such as theater,movie,music and vaudeville.
Senso-ji is the oldest temple in Tokyo and also called Asakusa Kannon because it houses the Kannon, It is known throughout Japan. This important center of worship draws 30 million visitors every year.
Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo
Judging by the mucky looking snow on the ground, there are some pleasant winter temperatures on this day in Norwich, NY.
The headman Jimmy Page, (no, not the guitar extraordinaire), has lined the switch that leads to the large Victory Markets warehouse at Borden Ave. back to the main and Jim Sharpe eases Conrail GP-8 #5451 back to grab the next cut to be placed in order for the grocery company.
Fuzztar at it's finest!
Port Huron & Detroit Alco S4 #62 stops at Marysville MI. as the Headman walks to throw a switch to switch an industry on a Rainy day. October 1976.
On a rainy afternoon in the Omo Valley, in a remote corner of south-western Ethiopia, I was visiting a Daasanach settlement not far out of the market town of Turmi.
For the story, please visit: www.ursulasweeklywanders.com/travel/a-visit-to-a-daasanac...
The Headman climbs back into 415's cab after lining switches so the Dolly Sisters and the Railway Transfer run can enter Humboldt Yard in Minneapolis, June 1978.
It's going to be another "Grab-a-Box" week. This box is loaded with grab shots that I took on my to the Roberval & Saguenay Railway in August of 1988. We had went via Maine.
After shooting the morning B&ML excursion, it was time to move north.
Brownville Jct. had nothing to show, but upon arrival at Millinocket, ME the Bangor & Aroostock was polishing the rails. This switch job was working the paper mill. The headman walks in front lining things up as needed while keeping the train in motion. I have other shots here that were pulled from the box for showing and I hope to come across them soon. I really enjoyed the one night stand I had with the BAR and wish I had returned for more loving, but by time I experienced them, the rail industry in Maine would soon be in turmoil.
Here is a previous posting from this day.
An evening amongst your own when the world seems to turn a deaf ear.
These elderly men accumulate their stories, ideas and thoughts to unleash them at each other during these evening congregations.
The gatehouse of the noble estate Gut Testorf in the village of Wangels with its willow tree alley, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Some background information:
Gut Testorf in the village of Wangels in eastern Schleswig-Holstein was founded in 1460 by the long-established noble family von Buchwaldt. The estate, with its manor house, gatehouse, and outbuildings, is a typical example of the estate architecture of Schleswig-Holstein in the 18th century. Gut Testorf is located in the region of Eastern Holstein, about 50 km (31 miles) to the east of the city of Kiel, about 60 km (37 miles) to the north of the city of Lübeck, and about 10 km (6.2 miles) to the south of the Baltic Sea coast.
Since the Middle Ages, the land of the present-day estate was owned by the abbey of Cismar. In 1460, it came into the possession of the family von Buchwaldt, who built a castle-like, fortified manor house here around 1482. The actual estate farming was established from 1565 onward, at which point the estate passed to the noble family von Blome. Around 1606, a new manor house was built on the other side of the courtyard, which was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War in 1644.
The family von Blome left the estate in 1681, and a period of constantly changing owners began. The estate was subsequently owned, among others, by the House of Hesse-Kassel, als well as the noble families von Reventlow, and von Brockdorff. During the 18th century, a new manor house was built. The large gatehouse also dates from the 18th century. In 1879, the estate passed to the noble family von Abercron, who is descended from the noble family Abercromby from Scotland. In 1900, the family von Abercron also acquired the neighboring estate Gut Ehlerstorf. Gut Testorf has been farmed by the family to this day.
The estate complex is located on a courtyard island that is only partially surrounded by moats today. It is divided into two spatial units by the gatehouse and the farm buildings at the front and the adjoining manor house with outbuildings. The island and its surrounding area were designed as a Baroque garden in the 18th century, and parts of its structure have been preserved to this day, such as the rectangular layout of the estate and some lime tree avenues. From 1870, a large landscape park with sightlines extending to the neighboring Hansühn was created.
The present manor house dates from 1774, with vaulted cellars from the original house of 1482 still remaining. The two-story building has a high mansard roof and was significantly renovated and expanded in 1902, with the tower-like annex on the courtyard side dating from this time. To the left and right of the courtyard side are two free-standing wings built in 1771 and 1772. These were used as the gentlemen's house and coach horse stable.
The gatehouse from 1769 was built on the site of the manor house of the family von Blome from 1606. It is a wide, symmetrical building modeled after the gatehouse at Gut Hasselburg. The central part is pavilion-like, flanked on both sides by two stable wings. The courtyard side of the gatehouse is surrounded by two large farm buildings, with the large barn at the core still dating from around 1600. The northern cowhouse was rebuilt in 1888. The old wheat barn with a deep thatched roof is a tall five-aisled two-post building with low side aisles and annexes. The core frame dates from 1670 and in 1767, the barn was expanded. Today, it still shows its original structure with gates and lofts.
The noble estate – similar to the knightly or the chancery estates – refers to a specific type of estate in the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. In the once independent Duchy of Lauenburg, the term "noble court" was also used. The noble estates were both agricultural operations and administrative districts. They formed the dominant economic structure of the three duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, and Lauenburg from the Middle Ages until their dissolution during the Weimar Republic. Historically, most noble estates are located in the eastern part of the region.
The noble estates originated in the Middle Ages. In Schleswig and Holstein, a knightly class emerged from the most important local families and knights who had settled the land, some of whom came from Saxony. The Schleswig-Holstein knighthood was granted land by the rulers of the region, particularly in the areas formerly inhabited by the tribe of the Wends in the eastern parts of the region. This arrangement benefited both parties.
The knights, often from the Equites Originarii (the original knights), built lowland castles or motte-and-bailey fortifications, which served both as protection for the knight and his family and as a means of securing the land. These simple but fortified residences were usually the nuclei of the later manor houses. In exchange for securing the land, the knights became landowners to whom the resident peasants paid dues and performed labor services on farmsteads called "curia".
Over the centuries, the legal status of the originally free peasants changed. After several waves of the plague had led to a population decline and, as part of the Reformation, church lands had passed to the nobility, the landowners became increasingly concerned with binding their peasants to the land and preventing them from migrating. As a result, many peasants became serfs. Some peasant villages were abandoned, and from these former farmsteads, the later estate villages emerged.
In the Great Regional Matriculation of 1524, King Frederick I of Denmark granted the clergy and the knights the right to exercise judicial authority over their estates, including the "right over life and limb." They were thus granted "high jurisdiction" without interference from the local rulers; this was in contrast to the rest of the empire, where capital punishment was reserved for the monarch and only in exceptional cases could it be delegated to vassals. The practice of serfdom – though it came with obligations of care – was legally confirmed. The estates of the knights granted this privilege were listed in the matriculation as "noble estates," and their owners had a seat in the regional assembly.
The fortified seats of the Middle Ages developed into estates, some of which have been preserved into the present day. The castle-like manor houses evolved in the 17th and 18th centuries into stately residences, increasingly without fortifications. The manor houses were surrounded by farms with gates, barns, stables, and other agricultural buildings, and often estate villages followed. Mills, dairies, and craft businesses were also part of the estates.
The noble estates were largely autonomous within the state structure of Danish-controlled Schleswig-Holstein. The supreme authority over the estate districts alternated between the Danish crown and the ducal house of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf from 1544. Over the 18th century, the significance of the regional assemblies and thus the political influence of the estate owners diminished, but the economic and cultural importance of the estates remained.
In 1804, the Crown Prince Regent Frederick VI issued a decree that abolished serfdom (including compulsory labor and service) on the noble estates in Schleswig and Holstein. The peasants were freed, and over several years, this was implemented. The estate holdings were often converted into leasehold arrangements. In the estate villages, peasant self-administration was ensured until 1867 through a village headman.
With the introduction of the Prussian constitution in 1867, the noble estates lost their judicial authority and were reorganized into estate districts. However, the estate owners remained the "authorities of the lowest administrative level" until the dissolution of the estate districts in 1928, based on their landownership.
After World War I, most of the former time estate villages were separated from the estates, with the peasants becoming free landowners at low rents. After World War II, almost all dairy farms were also separated from the estates. However, many of the once-noble estates continue to exist today, either as agricultural operations or sometimes as tourist attractions. Most of the estates are still in private ownership, with the former estate lands being farmed by the still mostly noble families or often leased. But some of the estates even serve public or cultural purposes.
The estates form a significant feature in the cultural landscape of Schleswig-Holstein. They are often the focal points of former estate villages and, with their farms, access avenues, while the hedgerows that border the fields, are key components of the landscape.
The headman rides the strirup of 2225-B after cutting off of train 912 at Sault Ste Marie MI. on a rainy day in September 1978.
Daily communal life at this traditional Iban longhouse or Rumah Panjang converges around an elongated wooden veranda that serves as an open social area and meeting space.
The longhouse is naturally positioned along a remote rainforest stream about a half day's jungle trek from Kapit, a small riverine supply town that caters to the many Iban and Orang Ulu longhouse communities in the upper Rajang River region of Sarawak (East Malaysia, Borneo).
The wooden longhouse structure and adjoining veranda are raised on tall stilts with separate family apartments sectioned off on the left side of the housing edifice. Notched logs are used as ladders leading up from the stream to the longhouse veranda.
Few traditional wooden longhouses of this kind remain today. Most longhouses are now made from concrete and milled timber with access to electricity, satellite TV, and the perennial corrugated tin roof.
Traditional hand-tapped Iban tattoos on the headman's back are seen as having magical protective powers.
Digital film scan, Asahi Pentax Spotmatic, circa 1973.
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Postscript - The modern era of fast travel and organized tourism now prevail in the region. Today, the upper Rejang riverine region can be reached overland by taxi or bus, also by air on cheap Expedia tourist flights. Express boats with air-conditioning and cushioned first-class passenger seating ply the Batang Rejang daily, cutting longboat travel time from Kapit further north to Belaga by a day or more.
Organized package tours to the longhouses flourish as up-to-the-minute smartphones and credit cards dictate the modern travel experience.
Accelerated contact with the outside world has also contributed to sweeping social changes and a gradual erosion of the region's original charm.
While the legendary warmth and hospitality of the Iban longhouse communities persist, much of the mystery and serendipity of independent travel to this remote region deep in the heart of Borneo is sadly on the wane.
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Context - Around the time this photo was taken (1973), a robust ethnic Chinese-dominated communist insurgency was fully underway in the region. Malaysia's postcolonial government was about to launch an ambitious counter-insurgency operation.
Government agents would travel upriver on longboats or by foot through dense tropical rainforests to remote riverine settlements and indigenous longhouses “to explain” why it was in their interest to support the government in the renewed anti-communist insurgency campaign.
The campaign appeared to have been effective at the time because the Malaysian government soon scored a major victory with the surrender of a key insurgent leader, Bong Kee Chok, along with about 500 of his supporters. With the subsequent capture or surrender of other members in the movement, communist activities in the Rajah river basin began to subside.
The communist movement of Sarawak finally ended in 1990 with a signed peace accord that coincided with the final collapse of Communist Bloc support and the end to the larger global Cold War.
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The best of the worst, they are the foot soldiers and security of Headman's drug and gun running empire.
After a cruel ride down the mountains in northern nok territory Dread finishes a meeting with Headman. They need run product down south into south america for a disclosed recipient.
The metal sculpture of a girl on the waterfront of Puerto Varas, Chile, points towards volcano Osorno. According to the legend, people sacrificed the headman's daughter, the most beautiful girl of the tribe, to pacify the evil spirit living in the volcano. A Condor came out of the volcano and ripped out the heart of the girl. Soon it began to snow and the volcano was extinct.
Tighremt n-Ali ou Moh in Imilchil/Ayt Lghazi was built for the first headman of the Ayt Iâzza (Aït Yazza) subtribe after the French military administration took over in 1933.
Pentax MX, smc Pentax-M 1:4 200mm, Ilford FP4 film/Promicrol 1+3 developer
Testorf manor, the main building of the noble estate Gut Testorf in the village of Wangels, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Some background information:
Gut Testorf in the village of Wangels in eastern Schleswig-Holstein was founded in 1460 by the long-established noble family von Buchwaldt. The estate, with its manor house, gatehouse, and outbuildings, is a typical example of the estate architecture of Schleswig-Holstein in the 18th century. Gut Testorf is located in the region of Eastern Holstein, about 50 km (31 miles) to the east of the city of Kiel, about 60 km (37 miles) to the north of the city of Lübeck, and about 10 km (6.2 miles) to the south of the Baltic Sea coast.
Since the Middle Ages, the land of the present-day estate was owned by the abbey of Cismar. In 1460, it came into the possession of the family von Buchwaldt, who built a castle-like, fortified manor house here around 1482. The actual estate farming was established from 1565 onward, at which point the estate passed to the noble family von Blome. Around 1606, a new manor house was built on the other side of the courtyard, which was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War in 1644.
The family von Blome left the estate in 1681, and a period of constantly changing owners began. The estate was subsequently owned, among others, by the House of Hesse-Kassel, als well as the noble families von Reventlow, and von Brockdorff. During the 18th century, a new manor house was built. The large gatehouse also dates from the 18th century. In 1879, the estate passed to the noble family von Abercron, who is descended from the noble family Abercromby from Scotland. In 1900, the family von Abercron also acquired the neighboring estate Gut Ehlerstorf. Gut Testorf has been farmed by the family to this day.
The estate complex is located on a courtyard island that is only partially surrounded by moats today. It is divided into two spatial units by the gatehouse and the farm buildings at the front and the adjoining manor house with outbuildings. The island and its surrounding area were designed as a Baroque garden in the 18th century, and parts of its structure have been preserved to this day, such as the rectangular layout of the estate and some lime tree avenues. From 1870, a large landscape park with sightlines extending to the neighboring Hansühn was created.
The present manor house dates from 1774, with vaulted cellars from the original house of 1482 still remaining. The two-story building has a high mansard roof and was significantly renovated and expanded in 1902, with the tower-like annex on the courtyard side dating from this time. To the left and right of the courtyard side are two free-standing wings built in 1771 and 1772. These were used as the gentlemen's house and coach horse stable.
The gatehouse from 1769 was built on the site of the manor house of the family von Blome from 1606. It is a wide, symmetrical building modeled after the gatehouse at Gut Hasselburg. The central part is pavilion-like, flanked on both sides by two stable wings. The courtyard side of the gatehouse is surrounded by two large farm buildings, with the large barn at the core still dating from around 1600. The northern cowhouse was rebuilt in 1888. The old wheat barn with a deep thatched roof is a tall five-aisled two-post building with low side aisles and annexes. The core frame dates from 1670 and in 1767, the barn was expanded. Today, it still shows its original structure with gates and lofts.
The noble estate – similar to the knightly or the chancery estates – refers to a specific type of estate in the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. In the once independent Duchy of Lauenburg, the term "noble court" was also used. The noble estates were both agricultural operations and administrative districts. They formed the dominant economic structure of the three duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, and Lauenburg from the Middle Ages until their dissolution during the Weimar Republic. Historically, most noble estates are located in the eastern part of the region.
The noble estates originated in the Middle Ages. In Schleswig and Holstein, a knightly class emerged from the most important local families and knights who had settled the land, some of whom came from Saxony. The Schleswig-Holstein knighthood was granted land by the rulers of the region, particularly in the areas formerly inhabited by the tribe of the Wends in the eastern parts of the region. This arrangement benefited both parties.
The knights, often from the Equites Originarii (the original knights), built lowland castles or motte-and-bailey fortifications, which served both as protection for the knight and his family and as a means of securing the land. These simple but fortified residences were usually the nuclei of the later manor houses. In exchange for securing the land, the knights became landowners to whom the resident peasants paid dues and performed labor services on farmsteads called "curia".
Over the centuries, the legal status of the originally free peasants changed. After several waves of the plague had led to a population decline and, as part of the Reformation, church lands had passed to the nobility, the landowners became increasingly concerned with binding their peasants to the land and preventing them from migrating. As a result, many peasants became serfs. Some peasant villages were abandoned, and from these former farmsteads, the later estate villages emerged.
In the Great Regional Matriculation of 1524, King Frederick I of Denmark granted the clergy and the knights the right to exercise judicial authority over their estates, including the "right over life and limb." They were thus granted "high jurisdiction" without interference from the local rulers; this was in contrast to the rest of the empire, where capital punishment was reserved for the monarch and only in exceptional cases could it be delegated to vassals. The practice of serfdom – though it came with obligations of care – was legally confirmed. The estates of the knights granted this privilege were listed in the matriculation as "noble estates," and their owners had a seat in the regional assembly.
The fortified seats of the Middle Ages developed into estates, some of which have been preserved into the present day. The castle-like manor houses evolved in the 17th and 18th centuries into stately residences, increasingly without fortifications. The manor houses were surrounded by farms with gates, barns, stables, and other agricultural buildings, and often estate villages followed. Mills, dairies, and craft businesses were also part of the estates.
The noble estates were largely autonomous within the state structure of Danish-controlled Schleswig-Holstein. The supreme authority over the estate districts alternated between the Danish crown and the ducal house of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf from 1544. Over the 18th century, the significance of the regional assemblies and thus the political influence of the estate owners diminished, but the economic and cultural importance of the estates remained.
In 1804, the Crown Prince Regent Frederick VI issued a decree that abolished serfdom (including compulsory labor and service) on the noble estates in Schleswig and Holstein. The peasants were freed, and over several years, this was implemented. The estate holdings were often converted into leasehold arrangements. In the estate villages, peasant self-administration was ensured until 1867 through a village headman.
With the introduction of the Prussian constitution in 1867, the noble estates lost their judicial authority and were reorganized into estate districts. However, the estate owners remained the "authorities of the lowest administrative level" until the dissolution of the estate districts in 1928, based on their landownership.
After World War I, most of the former time estate villages were separated from the estates, with the peasants becoming free landowners at low rents. After World War II, almost all dairy farms were also separated from the estates. However, many of the once-noble estates continue to exist today, either as agricultural operations or sometimes as tourist attractions. Most of the estates are still in private ownership, with the former estate lands being farmed by the still mostly noble families or often leased. But some of the estates even serve public or cultural purposes.
The estates form a significant feature in the cultural landscape of Schleswig-Holstein. They are often the focal points of former estate villages and, with their farms, access avenues, while the hedgerows that border the fields, are key components of the landscape.
かつて人類に連なるものが銀河を旅し、壮大な播種を目指して光年の彼方を駆け巡ったことがある。新天地を目指す人類にとってそれは苦難の旅となった。後に「パイオニア計画」と呼ばれる片道切符の無謀な偉業。その始まりのA.U.W.3076、建造された恒星間移民船団パイオニア2に乗り込んだ大勢の人たちの中にとあるハニュエールの少女の姿があった。その少女は志を同じくする者を集め、惑星ラグオル軌道上のパイオニア2船団Ship8 section2-Block8に村を興すことになる。これがPSOの「はにわ村」の始まりであったという。原生生物や原住民との死闘、アイテムロストの苦難等を経て村民は謎の強い結束で結ばれた。そして時は過ぎ、少女はいつしか村長と呼ばれるようになった。村人たちはその村で平和に楽しく、なにもせず穏やかに過ごし続けた。
あれから幾年月もの年月が過ぎ去り、すでに惑星ラグオルのことも村の存在も忘れ去られている。それでも村長の魂を宿す存在はいくつもの転生を経てもはにわ村を忘れ去ることはなかった。そして気が付けば最後の転生を経て、村長はニューマンの少女うさ山として惑星ハルファの大地に立っていたのである。改めてうさ山は思った。再びこの地にあの村を興さねばならない。そして効率厨が蔓延る世知辛いネットゲームの世界を我々の手に取り戻さねばならない。
はにわ村はNGSの世界で新たに再興する。
これは原点にして最後の一歩。
ありがとうPSOシリーズ、ありがとうSEGA
私たちの最後の闘いはいま始まったばかりだ。
arp2600
Agathe Latte（Usaco2600）
うさ山（Stellavox）
Once upon a time, a race of humans traveled across the galaxy and traversed light years in pursuit of a grand sowing. It was an arduous journey for humanity as it sought to reach new heights. A reckless feat of a one-way ticket that was later called the Pioneer Project. On A.U.W. 3076, the beginning of the Pioneer Project, a young HUnewearl girl was among the many people who boarded the Pioneer 2, an interstellar immigrant fleet. She gathered like-minded people and established a village on the Pioneer 2 fleet Ship8 section2-Block8 in the orbit of the planet Laguor. This was the beginning of PSO's "Haniwa Village". Through mortal battles with native creatures and natives, and the hardships of lost items, the villagers were united by a mysterious bond. Time passed, and the girl came to be known as the village chief. The villagers continued to live there peacefully and happily, doing nothing.
Many years have passed since then, and the planet Laguor and the existence of the village have already been forgotten. Still, the existence of the village headman's soul never forgot Haniwa Village, even after many incarnations. Then, after the last incarnation, the village headman found herself standing on the planet Halfa as Usayama. Once again, Usayama thought. I must build that village here again. And we must take back the world of internet games, where efficiency is the norm. Haniwa Village will be reborn in the world of NGS.
This is the starting point and the last step.
Thank you PSO series, thank you SEGA!
Our final battle has just begun.
arp2600
Agathe Latte (Usaco2600)
Usayama (Stellavox)
Today, April 15, 1982, is a somber day for Bruce Sharpe. This is the last Conrail freight on the Utica Branch before operations are taken over by the NYS&W. The local has spent the morning clearing out empties from customers at Sherburne and Norwich and is now underway for Binghamton as seen at Division Street crossing in Norwich.
Headman Bruce has made his way from the fireman's side of the Conrail geep to the walkway to get one last look out at Division Street. Two houses down on the left is his brother Danny's home.
Bruce has been through here hundreds of times, and every time he passes here he makes sure he is on the east side of the train or the caboose or locomotive end platforms. In the DL&W and Erie Lackawanna days just about every train from the Norwich local to NE74 would slow here as Danny and sometimes his father Walt, a retired EL conductor, would be out on the porch enjoying what upstate New York has to offer and they would make their way to the track to hand up offerings to the crew and Bruce. Sometimes notes, sandwiches, and most importantly, Rule G violation refreshments. In today's world, and even when this shot was taken, this type of thing has become totally unacceptable. But from the mid 70's prior, a train without a six pack was like a train without a throttle. I was at this crossing one day in the summer of 75'. Bruce was conductor and had the engineer bring the train to a halt. There he invited me aboard EL C876 and we sped off for Oxford to do some switching. I was just 10 years old and this would be my first ride in a hack. What a different perspective than the locomotive. Quiet, relaxing, oh, and a much better view! Bruce gave me the VIP tour and even let me blow the back up whistle on the rear platform as we rolled through the Chenango Valley. I always knew Bruce as the brakeman who rode a runaway boxcar down Paris Hill trying to stop it from disaster and broke his back when it finally crashed. This was the first day that I really got to know him and is the memory I have most of him.
This photo, less than seven years after that ride to Oxford, would be the last time I would see him. I believe he went south to the RF&P, eventually CSX and retired in North Carolina.
On Tuesday, December 6, 2016, Bruce passed on at the age of 73 at is home in North Carolina taking another piece of Utica line railroad history along with him. RIP, Bruce.
After the world exclusive of Horace carrying out his bungee jump, possibly the first time in history that a pig has done this, it is now time to act sensible, behave, and continue on from where we left off on our recent day out, photographing locations on Dartmoor.
We have arrived at Norsworthy Bridge which is at the eastern edge of Burrator Reservoir. I got a couple of shots of this bridge while Hoof and Horace had a well deserved cup of tea from their special hip flask, must be quite a strong blend of tea as their personality always seem a little different afterwards, hey ho.
Now I really don’t know if is me or what, I know some of you think I make this stuff up (but as Charlotte Headman found out, there is a magazine called Practical Pigs) I heard some really strange noises coming from behind this bridge, I kid you not suddenly there was a diver complete with wet suit and an underwater camera, now come on this is the middle of Dartmoor not The Great Barrier Reef, Hoof and Horace immediately took up defensive positions, you know tails in the air and sights locked firmly on to said subject, to which I responded “easy boys we don’t want this to get messy”.
As I have been in many a tricky situation I approached said diver, whereon we struck up a fascinating conversation and he told me he photographs sunken wrecks during the summer in the Plymouth Sound and Whitsand Bay area, then turns his attentions to fish and other aquatic life inland during the winter months.
We had a lengthy exchange of many pleasantries and had a good laugh which to me is what life is all about.
As it was now getting dark we bid farewell to our new found diver friend, saddled up and headed towards home.
Then Hoof spoke to me via the on board communications system, and he suggested that we stop at the Blacksmiths Arms (I know what you are thinking horse, Blacksmiths Arms) honestly you cannot make this up.
This pub is in the village of Lamerton, google it.
Hoof loves a few games of spoof with the locals in here, and we always get a warm welcome from the unsuspecting landlord.
So after a good skinful full we bid our goodbyes and thanked the landlord for all the money we had extracted from him following our little games.
However just as we were going out of the door a customer came in with such a cute looking Labrador, Horace said “what a lovely dog you have there” to which its owner replied “well thank you but it has a nasty habit, it chases people on a bike” Horace said “that is easily rectified, take away his bike”.
Horace leapt up into his special little seat, he put on his head torch so he could see where he was coming from, we wired him up in order that a three way conversation could be held, and off we went like the speed of sound into the darkness via road, field, and track.
Not long and we were back in our village, stealthily we went under the cover of darkness, imagine explaining to a policeman, a talking horse a surf board riding pig and little old me, talk your way out of that one Bri.
This concludes our present Dartmoor series.
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Milwaukee Road 89-A pulls up to the switch at Seatonville Junction as the Headman walks up to throw it so the train can get, I think onto the BN. This area was very confusing as to who's railroad is it? The trains ultimate destination is the steel mill at Hennepin IL. with a stop to pick up cars at Depue. November 1978.
The Headman gets ready to through the Derail to let 802 come off the Georgia Pacific lead after meeting a westbound in Gary IN. June 1980.
The very small township of Bogan Gate is west of Parkes. The township and local area have an outstanding population of around 300 souls. It is grain country. The town name as it stands is derived from the aboriginal for “the birthplace of a notable headman of the local tribe”.
On the other side of the coin, the word “bogan” has also entered the Aussie vernacular for “ an uncouth or unsophisticated person regarded as being of low social status”. Don’t blame us locals though...the word “bogan” in itself was an occupational name for a maker of bows, derived from the Old English words buga or boga meaning “to bend”.
Now go figure that one out!
This house is just down the road from Bogan Gate and has seen better days!
This picture was taken at the home of Hasmed, the current Kampung headman and the neffew of Muhamed Ali, the previous headman of the kampung. When I lived in Kampung Bangkahulu back in 1966-67, Ali was the only English speaking person in the village.
Headman and his goons wait for a new buyer to purchase a tank of liquid acid. If everything goes right he will make a hefty profit.
Headman: watch it you idiots if that barrel of lsd falls and opens on us we will never be sane again!!!!!
A couple of days ago a certain Flickerite just happen to mention, quote, “After all, I haven’t seen any photos of Hoof” well I will not say any names just watch my eyes (Charlotte Headman).
So as always to confirm my stories are authentic, I secretly photographed the boys, well they call it at play but basically they are scheming, as you can see in the foreground we have Horace carrying out surveillance work, he could be the next James Bond when Daniel Craig retires, then on the left is Hoof the master, then we have what Hoof calls Project X.
Project X is a young Horse which is under the expert tutelage of Hoof and Horace and one day will take the lead role when Hoof hangs up his saddle and relinquishes the keys to his Typhoon jet.
So I will not say much more as I would not like to compromise the boys secret location, so until the next adventure, toodle pip.
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