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Standing at the turntable at the entrance to Swindon Works, "Warship" D818 "Glory" and "Western" D1015 "Western Champion" are seen on Saturday 15th February 1983. D818, which had been withdrawn from service for over ten years by this time, survived another couple of years before being cut-up.
Here is another original USGS William Henry Jackson stereopticon to retouch. I found the stereo from the WHJ USGS portfolio and snagged it some time ago, probably because it showed little seen hydraulic mining for precious metals. It looks like the washed ore eventually runs downhill until it hits the sluices, across the foreground.
What better way to bring the environment to zero after the American Western Expansion or in other words,
genocide. They left a real mess for tax-payers when done.
Here is yet another retouching break. I got a kick out it for finding and telling this olde West historical tale but I would be interested in seeing what was left for future generations. Is this the place everyone talks about - the Middle of Nowhere? Must be well away in lost Montana.
Boy, the stereo was a pretty darn terrible original and not even close to sharp but I did get it to where I found some folks dipping their toes under the bridge. It took a lot of work to separate the type and hand writing from the original stereo. I even recycled my old stereo card original for the backing and tried some matching coloration to spice it up.
HLR 8516 in a yellow outfit at the yard of Antwerpen Dam.
Class HLR 85 had 25 members all built in Haine St.Pierre. The engines had a diesel hydraulic transmission and were rated at 405 kW. The engines were built in 1956 - 1957. By 2001 the last members have been retired.
Antwerpen Dam, 5-5-1983.
F03701.
Class 52 diesel hydraulics D1013 WESTERN RANGER and D1023 WESTERN FUSILIER approach St. Fagans with the Swansea - Plymouth leg of the Western Tribute on 26th February 1977.
37'1412
Considering this was the day I bought my first 35mm camera, a Yashica GTN rangefinder, and this was the first film I put through it, I'm amazed at my 18 year old self for taking images like this! I suspect I was trying to be inconspicuous rather than going for an 'arty' shot!
There were six Hymeks on shed that day, three were on the scrap line - 7000, 7001 and 7031. Three were extant, 7018, 7028 and 7093. We have two of the latter in this shot.
Two of the Western Region's doomed diesel-hydraulics waiting to be released from the "stop blocks" at Paddington. The locomotive on the left has arrived with the 1025 from Birmingham; that on the right has brought in the 0635 from Penzance. Both will have been detached from their trains and, once these have departed on their next "down" journeys, will go for fuel and minor servicing at Ranelagh Bridge ...the little yard on the north side of the line about half a mile out of the great terminus. It is now early afternoon. These locomotives will probably return to take out trains during the evening rush hour.
It was an inefficient arrangement, but it generated a lot of interesting engine movements. I always thought that the man who devised the "diagrams" for locomotives and rolling stock, i.e. the schedule of work for each individual locomotive and set of carriages, had the world's most fascinating job. I suppose it is all done by computers now ...and in any case today's amphisbœnic multiple-unit trains, which can be driven from either end, have made locomotives obsolete on passenger trains. The yard at Ranelagh Bridge is now given over to car parking I see.
This was taken on a gloomy winter's day, Monday 3rd February 1975, using a tripod and an exposure of four seconds. The chemist on Platform 1 ...handy if you ran out of film... is no longer there. Come to think of it I didn't notice the John Menzies newspaper kiosk on the "lawn" when I made a rare visit to London by train last week. Real shops have given way to Tie Rack franchises and modish eating places.
Hydraulics all working, the bomb doors have been closed
Dedicated to the dedicated people who brought this old aircraft back to life.
HLR 8434 at the yard of the workshops of Hasselt. 70 Engines haven been built in three stages between 1955 and 1962. The 400 kW locomotives were fitted with a Voith hydraulic transmission. The major part of the engines were retired from service before May 2002.
Hasselt, 14-4-1984.
F05917.
Pretty sure this was the 13th December, 1975, possibly 'Western Sultan' on the right, I'm sure 'westernbasher' will correct me if I'm wrong!
The neg of this is past repair. I've just found the print to scan but it had ink damage from years of being in a box under many prints with biro notes and even my (reversed!) signature! This is the cleaned up version! Cleaned up with the 'paint' program, a long process but it does stuff that average 'photoshopping' can't cope with!
Class 52 1068 Western Relaince near Carylon Bay with a London Paddington to Penzance Service 13/07/1975.
image Kevin Connolly - All rights reserved so please do no use this without my explicit permission
Western Class 52 no.1011 Western Thunderer heads the down motorail from Kensington Olympia along the Teignmouth sea wall in the days before motorways eventually made this service unviable. Originally from a slide, I need to improve my scanning and editing skills to eliminate the flaws in some of these shots. Ref: SL231
818 'Glory' and 7014 on Swindon MPD on 8th March 1969. Note the extremely dilapidated shed!
Photo:Alan Walker
I rarely build cars, but a tricked out Cadillac Fleetwood Le Cabriolet lowrider in 1/10 scale had been on my wishlist for a while. After some extensive research on lowrider technicalities and Cadillac 1980s frame design, I started work. This model is constructed out of 100% genuine Lego bricks; many retro-chromed with plating on plastics true chrome technology…. so actual true metal layers there. The gold parts however are sprayed. For the first time I used UV printing technology to apply a mural directly on the bricks on the trunk lid. The only non-Lego parts are some wires and the ‘Rollerz’ club logo, which is lasercut from Acrylic. All in all a lot of new technology to support this build.
Thanks to:
Rene from Jazet.nl for the mural printing and Barry for contributing to the photoshoot.
An early morning shot of Western Class 52 no.1053 Western Patriarch at Exeter St Davids waiting to leave with the morning parcels (or poss ECS, see below) to Paddington. Ref: SL390
Near the end of steam at Waterloo, in February 1967. Very grimy rebuilt Bulleid 'Battle of Britain' pacific 34088 - once named ''213 Squadron'' - next to one of the replacement 'Warship' diesel-hydraulics..
34088 was withdrawn one month after this photo was taken, and scrapped in March 1968. Several members of the West Country/Battle of Britain class have been preserved, but only two 'Warships' have survived..
Restored and cropped/enlarged from an unfocussed grainy purple-colour-shifted original..
Original slide - photographer unknown
Class 52 1005 Western Venturer looks very smart as it runs onto Westbury Depot.06/06/1974.
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!947 Dominion 375 cable operated shovel.
Part of the incredible collection of early bulldozers, cranes, graders, rock-crushers, at Simcoe County Museum.
A big problem about this custom design, is that it’s hooked up to the operating system of a Sidepak, using hydraulics to power an arm usually paired up with different hydraulics. I’m told when they first tried out this result, the lift cycle was around a second going up and a second going down, so adjustments were required. The speed and pressure the lifter operates at now is how the lifter needs to work, because tweaking the hydraulics anymore in either direction reduces the performance and screws up the effectiveness of the lifter - it got explained to me briefly, but I can’t recall the details. This means the Superior Pak mechanics hate it from a longevity and expense point of view, as it runs too quick with too much force. As much as I understand the fact this lifter is going to destroy itself over time, it’s a damn awesome machine from a driver POV, in fact it’s quite possibly the best truck as a whole I’ve ever used on greens!
This is a machine I was very curious about and had to try out, so I was happy to use it for 3 weeks. The grabbers open and close within a second, the lifter going up and down isn’t a second anymore, but it’s still pretty swift and the slide speed is that of a normal Sidepak. The ability to scoop bins is fantastic, you can use all multiple functions at once in any direction and it flings heavy bins in the hopper without effort. As for shaking the bin you can achieve a solid knock, but you rarely need to do it as the first time it slams up the top, everything comes out pretty much first go. One thing which really did shit me about this truck was the angle at which the arm would stop going up when the slide wasn’t fully retracted. You had to time it really well pulling the arm in and up at the same time, otherwise the bin would momentarily stop less than a metre from the hopper and crap would get thrown out and go everywhere. One day the arm on this truck will break apart, sending the grab head and bin into the hopper together.
1959 Ford Fairlane 500/Galaxie/Galaxy Skyliner, fantastic piece of electrical engineering for its time and no hydraulics anywhere in the whole 18 feet of the thing. Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia - Big 3 Car Show. Fairly confident it is a '59, but ....?
Rijksmonument Waterloopbos Flevoland is a beautiful and interesting forest in Noordoostpolder of the Netherlands in which the former Waterloopkundig Laboratorium (WL) (1951-1996) was established. Since 2016 this site is a national monument for the period after WOII.
The Waterloopkundig Laboratorium (the official name of the Delft Hydraulics laboratory) was established for hydraulic research in the Netherlands. It had two laboratories at its disposal, viz. the laboratory at Delft and after WWII the laboratory in Noordoostpolder. In the beginning the laboratory in Noordoostpolder was an open-air laboratory. Because of its low-lying situation, water could be guided into and out of small-scale models without pumps. The aim of the studies may either have been a hydraulic design, calibration or improvement of structures or testing of new ideas. The close cooperation between hydraulic structure designers and the researchers of the laboratory allowed the completion of complex infrastructural works like the Deltaworks, as well as large scale international projects.
Through the years, the Waterloopbos has lost its original function. Fortunately, the forest was preserved and is now being managed by Natuurmonumenten (the Dutch Nature Preservation Society). In 2016, the forest was even put on the National Monuments List. The remains of the hydraulic models are still present. Mosses, plants and trees are slowly covering over the sites that were once so valuable. You can hear water flow everywhere and special plants and animals can be found along the river banks. In fall, there are thousands of mushrooms. These elements all serve to give the Waterloopbos its fairytale ambiance.
The famous ‘Delta Flume’ has been transformed. The artists Ronald Rietveld and Erick de Lyon cut huge concrete panels of different widths from the 240 meter long Delta Flume, turning them 90 degrees. The result is a magical experience in a labyrinthine environment. Stand amazed at the way light and dark interact and enjoy the beautiful views of the surrounding nature. Deltawerk// is an ode to the past and the great engineering work that was done here.
The No.1 'D' Class car makes its way through the Hall Bends during the first stage of the day. Morris and Hutchings would win the class and finish 2nd overall.
MPD, TMD, Diesel Depot, call it what you will! An official visit in December, 1975. I'm sure 'westernbasher' can provide the numbers of the two locos that aren't 1036!
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 13, 2023) U.S. Navy Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Patrick Tripp, from Mullica Hill, N.J., inspects an M61A2 20 mm gun aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (NIMCSG) and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (MKI ARG), with embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (13th MEU), are conducting combined expeditionary strike force (ESF) operations, demonstrating unique high-end war fighting capability, maritime superiority, power projection and readiness. Operations include integrated training designed to advance interoperability between the two groups while simultaneously demonstrating the U.S. commitment to our alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region. Nimitz is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with Allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Caylen McCutcheon)
After two failed attempts, finally, a presentable mech!
Equipped with a state-of-the art sensory array for locating the most exotic of mineral deposits, and a powerful chaindrill to get to them, this fine piece of machinery can face any mining challenge!
Beware of any pesky rock monsters though!
The class V180 (later class 118 then 228) were the East German version of the classic West Germany class V200 diesel hydraulics but were intended for branch line and secondary routes rather than express trains. The class was built in larger numbers between 1962-70 in B-B and C-C wheel arrangements. Towards the end of their working lives the C-C variants were the more common and two are seen here stabled on the shed sidings at Templin Depot being numbers 228 615-1 and 228 733-2 both allocated to nearby Neustrelitz Depot at the time.
Although the depot looks quiet when this picture was taken Templin was still a major crossroads for rural routes in the Brandenburg Region but alas now it finds itself the end of a branch line from Löwenberg (Mark). The other four lines radiating from the town having closed since I took this shot.
Oh-dot-six again.
Possibly for a story, i think.
P.S.: Tab is still open guys!
Done in PMG 0.6, cropped in MS Paint.
ÖBB, Austrian State Railways had 15 of these 590hp B-B Diesel hydraulics for use on the scattered 760mm gauge network of lines across the country. The depot at Gmünd NÖ in the far north of Austria had three allocated back in 1992 no's 2095 007, 012 and 014. They were used on the Litschau and Groß Gerungs branches primarily for residual freight traffic although the Groß Gerungs line did still have some loco hauled passenger workings Litschau was freight only. On the left sits a pair of 0-8+4 Engerth type 760mm gauge steam locomotives, no. 0399 004 sits alongside the 2095 diesel with sister 399 005 partly visible behind. ÖBB retained 3 of these distinctive locomotives for seasonal tourist trains over the three branches from the town of Gmünd running to Groß Gerungs, Litschau and Heidenreichstein.
Class 52 1068 Western Reliance waits at Oxford Station with the 09:05 London Paddington to Birmingham New Street. 15/03/1975.
image Kevin Connolly - All rights reserved so please do no use this without my explicit permission
Camera: Kiev 4a
Lens: Gelios 103 53mm/1.8
Fujifilm Superia X-Tra 400 colour negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
If you’ve just come from the photo showing the aftermath of my paddle breaking loose and the repair job, this picture gives you an idea of what happened at the tip. I got in touch with the workshop boss to give him the heads up my truck was stuffed and to tell SPAK they’ve got a big job to do. He called me back not long after asking if I could try and recover the brace/cap which holds the paddle shaft in it’s housing, as that part is a prick to come by. I was going to try and pull it out regardless like I did the other parts, but knew it had already been pushed into the body, so it might be a bitch to find. I checked a segment of the load after emptying out, with the kind assistance of the boys at Kimbriki who spread the material out and shook the greens in the air with the loader, but as expected I had no such luck finding it amongst so much heavy and similarly coloured material. Anyway I got the body emptied quite effortlessly, simply opened the tailgate and raised the hoist like normal to get the bulk out. This obviously doesn’t do shit with the stuff in the hopper and crammed in the apertures, so I was hoping (I knew it was a fat chance) that the paddle would still be secure enough and able to swing around to push the material through the holes. This may or may not have worked, I dunno, had the body in the air to help the paddle sit where it should, but the resistance from the load might’ve been too great. No matter anyway as the plate holding the paddle encoder was bent and out of place, so as soon as the paddle hit the halfway mark where the sensor is crucial, the thing stalled and an error message showed up on the diagnostic screen. Something I’ll tell you about me is that I can’t leave my truck empty with something bushy wrapped around the paddle or grass/leaves covering the hopper floor - when I see the hopper camera I want it to look properly emptied and somewhat clean. Given this, the chance I’ll feel alright returning to the yard with over a tonne of greens still present in the body holes is substantially low. With no hydraulic pressure to clear things out, my only option then and there was some hands on activity to pull everything loose... and fuck me, what a job that was. I helped a co-worker unblock his hopper the week before and he did a pretty damn good job jamming it up, hopefully he doesn’t do it again after explaining to him what not to do... but he probably will. What he did took enough effort to clear out, with the majority done by the paddle once it gathered enough momentum and force to swing around. I’ll tell you it’s damn different when you’ve got two body holes packed up tight and no hydraulics to assist. Even worse was the fact there was so much grass, which virtually creates a brick wall when compacted tight (and it was squashed up well). I spent about 1hr 45min getting the crap loose, pulling away chunks of grass, weeds, leaves and small prunings bit by bit. For a while it feels like you’re getting nowhere, but gradually you pull out a big chunk or piece which acts like a foundation, because from there the pressure reduces and things loosen, making it easier to pull apart, where you finally see light on the other side and can then eventually kick stuff through. Oh and the smaller the hole the more of a bitch it is to loosen things up, thus why I wish I had this drama with an MJE side loader instead! After moving between the left and right holes a few times, the left side finally gave way and I discovered a couple of paddle components buried deep, including half a bearing, the lower brace and 3 of 4 bolts (which were all rooted anyway) - these bad boys are seen on the bottom left of the photo. This photo shows my progress a bit over halfway through the prick of a task, with the left side cleared out and the right side not far away from surrendering. Would you believe a solid chunk of that stuff on the body floor was crammed into that left aperture? Goes to show you how tight greens can get squashed up and how powerful the hydraulics are! I might also mention this wasn’t my responsibility, I could’ve taken this truck back to the yard like this, not my problem at all, but I couldn’t without making a contribution... wouldn’t have slept that night otherwise.
Having arrived from Merehead Quarry with a stone train at about 8am, a quiet period on the main line allows time for a run around to perform a crew change at the end of the platform, before heading off to collect a train of empties and return to Merehead. Western Class 52 no.1015 Western Champion is looking decidedly weather worn as she approaches the end of her working life. Thankfully, she was preserved by the Diesel Traction Group and lovingly restored to become the only Western to operate to main line running standard, so she can be seen on various excursions all around the UK. Ref: SL406