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Landore allocated 47134 leads the 10:00 Swansea - Cardiff parcels train past Cardiff Canton, 15th April 1978. The train is an interesting mix of vehicles and is formed of three Great Western Railway Siphon G’s, a Mark I BSO passenger coach, A London Midland and Scottish Railway full brake, a Mark I full brake, a further London Midland and Scottish Railway full brake and finally a British Railways Covered Carriage Truck (CCT).
Locomotive History
47134 was built by Brush at the Falcon works, Loughborough as D1726 and delivered in April 1964 allocated to Cardiff Canton MPD. On the 20th September 1966 it was damaged when it derailed on a curve at Chipping Sodbury due to excessive speed. Following repair it was allocated to the London Midland Region (Birmingham Division) until returning to the Western Region (Bristol) in January 1972. In October 1974 it transferred to Landore where it would stay for nine years until transferred to Bristol in April 1983. It transferred to Cardiff in February 1984 and shortly afterwards it entered Crewe Works to be fitted with electric train heating and emerged in October 1984 as 47622 and was allocated to Old Oak Common. It spent five years as 47622 being also allocated to Cardiff, Eastfield and Crewe before it was fitted with long range fuel tanks, renumbered 47841 in January 1990. It is currently undergoing overhaul at Eastleigh.
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60063 leads a dead class 66 on a Llanwern to Margam empty steel train, while a class 66 arrives with the twice monthly Dollands Moor to Barry working. The line to Ebbw Vale heads off to the left, while the line to Newport Docks heads off to the right beyond the yard throat.
Two SD40-2s leads a Kelly Lake to Duluth taconite chip train under the former Missabe bridge at Alborn on May 12, 2007. These chip trains have run seasonally off and on through the years and often run different power, not from the ore pool.
This view was what I was going for with the 2 ACEs earlier this month, but has grown in during the past 10 years. Kinda hard to believe, but trees everywhere on the hillside now.
BNSF 8053 was eventually sold to Independent Locomotive Services. Many of the BN tac. cars on this train are stored. Both mines from 2007 are currently operating on BNSF, but with no all-rail moves south of the Twin Ports, not as many tac. cars are needed.
73107 leads 73212 on the final approach into London Bridge while working the 3W90 Snow and Ice Treatment Train (SITT) based out of Tonbridge.
I have wanted to have a go at some drone shots on the approach to London Bridge for some time and the class 73's provided the catalyst to give it a go. Unlike several London Termini (notably, and frustratingly, including Waterloo) which lie under strict 'no-fly' zones, London Bridge does not. This means that with due diligence it is quite possible to capture these views of the trains on the viaduct with the City of London as a backdrop. You can probably spot a few other London Landmarks and the River Thames as well!
Such is the intensity of the train service here it was fortuitous to find a gap- just big enough for the SITT!
47614 leads the Branch Line Society's 1Z50 09.45 Crewe to Bidston "The Wirral Squirrel" through Ince & Elton on 3rd October 2021. The rear loco was 40013.
The line sees few loco hauled passenger trains and a number of people had turned out at the quiet shack to witness the event.
The loco was originally D1733 and was the one chosen by BR for the experimental "XP64" livery in 1964. It was subsequently renumbered to 47141 and then 47614.
NS leads the way northbound thru Woonsocket R.I making it's way to Gardner M.a with empty ethanol cars
Clinchfield 800 leads the 1981 NRHS Convention train across the Green River Bridge.
July 5th, 1981, unknown photographer, Adam Comer collection.
This baby snow monkey watched intently as its mother foraged for edible roots. Shortly after, the baby did the same itself!
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CP 7021 Military Tribute Locomotive leads Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway loaded ethanol train 528 as they charge through Westport at mp 129. 7021's paint scheme represents the colors of US and Canadian military vehicles used in Desert Storm and arid regions.
37516 Loch Laidon leads the Branch Line Society's "The Merchant of Teesside" railtour, 1Z71 12.15 Merchant Park Sidings - Saltburn, along the Up Goods No. 2 at Tees Yard. It had just been to Middlesbrough Goods, and was heading for Thornaby East Jn. to reverse in order to continue its journey to Saltburn via as many goods lines as possible.
Unfortunately, today had turned into a day of cloud with a few holes, and it was a little disappointing that the back of the train is not full lit in this view. The train had left Middlesbrough Goods in sun, although with the angle more head-on than is ideal (especially with a maroon loco and coaches), but I'd managed to chase it to here. I didn't stay for its second eastbound passing of Tees Yard, as the hole in the cloud looked to be in the wrong place and I wanted to make sure I got to Marske well ahead of the train. (In the event, I got there in plenty of time, despite taking a wrong turning, but the train was delayed around Redcar Central and the sun came out at booked time and went back in again.)
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6AM6 Contrans service from Islington to Melbourne powers uphill through Balhannah with X52,C502 on 20-1-1995
CM3305 leads 1104, 4836, 864 and 852 across a bridge on the approach to Grong Grong with 9367 empty QUBE Logistics grain to Goolgowi for loading from Inner Harbour at Port Kembla
Thursday 9th April 2015
37403 "Isle of Mull" leads 73967 and two Mk5 Caledonian Sleeper coaches forming 1Z72 05:43 Edinburgh Waverly to Aberdeen off the Forth Bridge and through North Queensferry station on the morning of 1st May 2023.
Due to engineering work on the WCML, the northbound sleepers departed from London Kings Cross meaning the formations had to be shortened to 12 vehicles. As a result the Aberdeen portion was formed of two coaches operating between Edinburgh and Aberdeen only. This gave GB Railfreight an ideal opportunity to send SRPS owned 37403 “Isle of Mull” to Aberdeen where they could assess whether the 37/4 was able to supply ETS to the full four car rake with the 73 acting solely as a coupling adapter, giving them another option in the event of issues with availability of the small fleet of 73/9s.
www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:M50065/2023-05-01/...
CN 3303 leads an eastbound stack train over the St. Croix River at Gordon, Wisconsin. First time I have caught one of the rebuilt AC44C6M units and checking off a photo location I have wanted to revisit in some time was a definite bonus. The St. Croix River headwaters in just a few miles upriver, and this location near Gordon demonstrates the narrow width of the river as it starts its course south toward meeting the Mississippi River 160+ miles away.
CSX #7384 leads NS Charlotte-Atlanta #221 across the calm waters of the Tugalo River as it crosses from South Carolina into Georgia on this beautiful December morning.
Pere Marquette 1225 leads a 31-car, double-header eastbound through lush Michigan farmland, just moments before a late August sunset.
While browsing my archives recently, I came across this frame from the August 2009 Lerro Productions Photo Charter in Owosso, MI. That trip paired the last two operable Lima Berkshire Locomotives, the PM 1225 and the NKP 765 with some 31 freight cars on Michigan's Great Lakes Central Railroad, in what has to be one of the most impressive photo freights ever assembled. Not sure how or why I overlooked this one 6 years ago, but it now has me wondering how many other undiscovered gems I might have hiding in the 2 Terabytes or so of photos I've accumulated in the last 7 or 8 years.
New Haven Railroad GE EP-5 motor # 379 leads a westbound passenger train past tower SS38 at Stamford, Connecticut, ca 1968 Bob Hughes Photo. In the background you can see the traffic on busy highway I-95. This train is operating on the westbound express track. It appears that this train has a consist of all Pullman standard stainless steel lightweight cars.
K183 leads and K153 trails on a Steamrail Victoria suburban shuttle on the return to Flinders Street Station from Sandringham. The train is pictured at Brighton Beach Station which is located very close to Port Phillip Bay.
Steam near the Sea and in the City on Sunday 28-11-2021.
Another shot dug out of the archives. Stac Pollaidh, seen from the main path up that wonderful little mountain.
The path leads round the back of the buttress on the right, to emerge on the summit ridge at the little gap indicated by the photo note. The main summit (612m) is at the far end of the ridge; it's a fairly serious scramble to get there.
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T385 leads T386, G531, BL34 and XR555 into Kangaroo Flat on the 27/8/20 with 0079 from South Dynon to Bendigo.
Video available at: youtu.be/P51HgyjgcWE
Norfolk Southern 8101 Central of Georgia leads mixed freight 14N into Berea before doing it's routine pickup/drop-off in Rockport Yard.
She definitely needs a bath!
37066 leads 37003, both sporting Dutch Civil Engineers livery through the cutting with the empty tanks for LOR, Immingham, running as 6G47. The delivery had comprised of 11 x 100 ton and 2 x 90 ton tanks, all carrying Diesel.
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What a great morning to wake up and see this! Oct 15, 2016 Scranton, PA
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On a gloomy Cheshire morning, 20132 leads the refurbished Brighton Belle stock through Tattenhall on its first proper test as LSL's 5D41 0925 Crewe HS to Chester on 28th January 2025. With 20118 at the rear, the ensemble was then returning to Crewe and is planned to be back out on a couple of runs later in the day. It was running an hour late at this point, having been late off the depot and missed its slot. The test was running at progressively faster speeds on each run starting with 35mph on 5D41, then 45mph on 5K42 and finally 65mph on 5D43 - assuming all goes well!
I'd last seen the stock in 2020 on a work tour of LSL when it was undergoing refurb work at the Crewe location so it's great to see it out and about.
The Pullman train ran from 1933 to 1972 between London Victoria and Brighton. The trust that is in charge of the restoration has said that there are plans to add a fifth vehicle, and the current four car formation will undergo self propelled tests on the Merseyrail network later in 2025. That will be worth seeing!
56081 leads GBRf's 5Q77 1010 Crewe CS to Walton Old Sdgs along the Down Arpley line at Warrington with two new Stadler class 777 units in tow on 1st February 2021.
The Merseyrail sets were 777003 & 777009 and were being moved to Walton Old sidings from Crewe where they had been at Crewe CS for door modifications since coming up from Dollands Moor.
There is no room on Kirkdale for the Stadler sets as the 507s & 508s are still present in large numbers due to Covid restrictions halting the planned crew training for the new stock. Bringing up the rear of the train was 47739.
Not being equipped with a pole, I had to make do by standing on a temporary road sign to gain a bit of height!
Fortunately only a 3 mile bike ride for me to see this unusual working of a daytime 777 movement.
EDIT: This would appear to be the only time that this move is likely to be seen in the daytime here, as the next time it ran, the train stopped by Walton Old and was drawn in on a shunt move unnkown to the planners (or crew obviously!) thus avoiding the needless run to Latchford to reverse.
Penn Central GG1 leads a passenger train on a former New Haven Railroad express track through the station at Green Farms, Connecticut, early 1970's. There are numerous old vehicles to be seen in the parking lots within this scene. This little station building reminds one of a small county depot that might be found along a single track branch line. This photo was provide to me by the photographer that capture this image on film.
43161 leads four coach slam door set past Charlton Bridge with the 2C83 16.00 Cardiff Central-Taunton local.
Both powercars are now in storage with an uncertain future, with all remaining slam door MK3 coaches with Great Western been withdrawn from regular passenger service in December 2019.
73968 leads a rather late 1A25 London Euston to Aberdeen 'Caledonian Sleeper' north through Carnoustie some 7 and 1/2 hours late.
An unfortunate combination of a late start from Euston caused by stock issues, a signalling problem en route and then issues with the train loco at Thornton led to one of the latest recorded arrival's in Aberdeen for the sleeper ...3pm.
73966 on the rear was summoned from Craigentinny to assist from Thornton but in the even doesn't appear to have been required.
This stair leads from the main kitchen in the previous photo, back down to the courtyard.
So, the history! The three great families that owned Crichton Castle were so central to Scottish 14th and 15th century history that it would take me a week to write it all down here! And it's all on the internet (Wikipedia) already! So I shall try to restrict myself to giving an outline only - which may not be easy!
The Crichtons
In the late 14th century John de Crichtoun (d.1406) built the original tower-house here - the great keep on the east side.
John's eldest son and heir was William Crichton. He was one of eighteen gentlemen to receive the honour of knighthood at the coronation of King James I on 21 May 1424, and was later made a Gentleman of the Bedchamber. Two years later he took part in a diplomatic trip to Norway, following which he was appointed governor of Edinburgh Castle, Master of the Royal Household and by 1435 Sheriff of Edinburgh.
By 1424, things were looking up in Scotland. King James I, who had been held captive in England for many years, was finally released and Scotland could at last be ruled by a king again, rather than a brutal and self-serving regent and a few overly powerful nobles. But, in 1437, James was murdered in Perth and his son and heir, now King James II, was only 6 years. The perils of regency were about to return.
Whoever possessed the king wielded the power in the land and as Keeper of Edinburgh Castle, it was Sir William Crichton that held the king. Crichton promptly (1439) had himself proclaimed Lord Chancellor of Scotland and set about countering the greatest military threat (to him!) in the land - the Douglases.
Following the death in 1440 of the Regent, Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas, Crichton and Sir Alexander Livingston invited the 16-year-old William, 6th Earl of Douglas and his brother to dinner in Edinburgh Castle. While they ate, a black bull's head, a symbol of death, was brought in and placed before the Earl. Over the protests of the young King James II, the two brothers were then dragged out to Castle Hill, given a mock trial and beheaded. This brutal incident of murder and betrayal of hospitality has become known as the ‘Black Dinner’. The Douglases then laid siege to Edinburgh Castle, however, perceiving the danger, Crichton surrendered the castle to the king and was rewarded with the title Lord Crichton!
Lord Crichton remained King James' closest advisor until his death, being entrusted in 1448 to travel to France to find a bride for the king. He returned the following year with Mary of Guelders, daughter of Arnold, Duke of Guelders and subsequently mother of King James III.
TBRX B39-8E 8537 leads a Naugatuck Railroad Easter train along the face of the Thomaston Dam. The four motor GE was blt. Dec. 1987 as LMX 8537 and is a long way from wheeling fast intermodal trains across Montana for the Burlington Northern for which she was built. The modern GE does seem a bit out of place with the motley train of heavyweight cars, a wooden CV caboose, and a New Haven RDC leading the way on the north end!
This view looks down from atop the 2000 feet long and 142 feet high earth and rockfill dam that opened in 1960. Holding back the floodwaters of the Naugatuck River when necessary, it was built in response to the devastating 1955 flood following Hurricane Diane that decimated much of the state and also destroyed significant pieces of the New Haven Railroad, some of which never returned to service.
To learn more about the dam read this interesting article: www.ogind.com/news/60-years-after-the-great-flood%2C-thom...
As for the railroad, the Naugatuck is the operating arm of the Railroad Museum of New England. Home to one of the largest collections of preserved historic railroad equipment in New England, RMNE and its predecessor organizations have been active since the 1960s and the RMNE name was adopted in 1987.
This line goes back to the original Naugatuck Railroad which was chartered in 1845, to be built between Bridgeport and Winsted, adjacent to the Naugatuck River. Construction began in April, 1848, and was completed by May, 1849. The first regular train service began June 11, 1849. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad began leasing the Naugatuck in 1887; and formally merged it in 1906.
Passenger service between Waterbury and Winsted was discontinued in 1958. Facing hard economic times as a result of the decline of its New england industrial base in the 1960s, the New Haven Railroad became a part of the Penn Central merger on January 1, 1969. The branch line suffered during the Penn Central years, losing freight customers and falling into disrepair and was left out of inclusion in Conrail by the USRA's final system plan.
In 1976, the State of Connecticut stepped in to save the northern portion when it purchased the line between Waterbury and Torrington, and Conrail was named the designated operator. In 1982, Boston & Maine leased the line line when under progressive president Alan Dustin it expanded into Connecticut for the first time in its history. But traffic continued to decline on the route, and Guilford Rail system (owners of the B&M) discontinued regular freight service on August 2, 1995 and the future of the line was in question. Looking for a new home where it could establish a tourist operation the RMNE moved from Essex on the Valley Railroad to Thomaston.
The RMNE restored the original Naugatuck Railroad name from 1845 when it obtained a state charter for its new wholly owned operating subsidiary on June 7, 1995 an the first passenger trains ran in October of 1996. They operate regular excursion service on the southern portion of the lines and occasional charters and specials to the northern end in Torrington.
In 2016 the the NAUG also began regular freight operations when Cherry Hill Construction opened its brand new C&D Transfer Facility called Frost Bridge about 2.5 miles south of this point.
Thomaston, Connecticut
Saturday March 31, 2018
G535 leads EL60, 4816 and 4836 north out of Milvale with train 3856N (empty AWB grain train from Junee to Parkes), having crossed a southbound PN wheat train bound for Maldon.
There's a story here...
Over the weekend that Todd and I visited Junee, looking to shoot some grain trains on the various branch lines around the Junee/Coota area, there was a complete shut down of the Unanderra to Moss Vale Line. Thus, when we arrived in Cootamundra, we found at least three export rakes parked up, with all of the locos sitting nearby. At Junee, we found one AWB/El Zorro rake stabled in the workshops, while near Stockinbingal, we found the other one, again stabled over the weekend.
The good news was, that the QRN/Glencore grain rake had been loading on the Stockinbingal-Parkes line, and was preparing for a Sunday evening run back to Goulburn (convenient, as we were spending the night in Goulburn). We set up camp at Weedallion to wait for it to arrive. Of course, it naturally got put away one station north of Weedallion, to wait for 3856N, which had departed Stockinbingal. With the light rapidly fading, we packed up and headed south to Milvale, to shoot 3856N coming into "town".
With that accomplished, we went to depart for the chase north, only to notice that the grain train was slowing to a stop (across the level crossing we needed to cross), so we hesitated to see 3856N going into the loop at Milvale. Cursing, we moved north to the Parkes end of the loop to wait for (what we assumed to be) 8958N, the QRN/Glencore train. Imagine our surprise to see 8169 and 8175 blast through on the main with 8234N domestic wheat from Parkes to Allied Mills at Maldon...
After assuming that 3856N would be held for 8958N to run through behind 8234N, we were preparing to depart, given that the sun was now sitting on the horizon - there would be no chance for a silhouette (let alone a "normal" photo) of anything now! Just as we prepared to leave, the crew of the El Zorro train set the points across to depart, and powered up. Moments after the sun had vanished forever, they crawled past us exiting the loop to run north, which is the result you see above. Sure, we missed out on the QRN grain train, but this was a nice second prize!
For those trying to figure out the train numbering, the first number corresponds to where the train has come from (so above, 3 is Junee/Cootamundra, and 8 is Parkes), the second number is where the train is going to (so, 2 is Picton/Moss Vale/Goulburn/Canberra, and 3 and 8 are the same). The third number is allocated to the operator (5 is a bit of a wild card number, hence why it was applied to the El Zorro and the QRN trains). The fourth number is the "train number", to help differentiate trains with the same first three numbers. Clear as mud? You get used to it.
BNSF 8581 leads another coal load off West Burlington Hill and past Lucas Street and into Burlington on June 23, 2016. Coal traffic still seemed heavy along the Ottumwa Sub., at least for the 3 days we were down in Burlington in June. Lots of ACEs if that's your thing. I remember shooting some of the first BNSF SD70ACes brand new in Burlington in the Spring of 2006 and really didn't like them. They've grown on me a bit, even though they will never be one of my favorites. Not as cool as the green C30-7s and U30Cs I remember as a kid.
I also remember being a kid visiting the grandparents in Burlington before there was a bridge here. My dad usually liked to gas up at the long gone gas station here on Central. This spot was all old factories and industrial buildings making a canyon for the railroad to run and whistle through. All long gone. Just a wide open quiet zone now.
The route that leads to the Piton de la Fournaise crosses through a lunar landscape: Plaine des Sables, a stretch of scorch marks and volcanic rocks at more than 2,000 above sea level.
The destination of today's walk is none other than Piton de la Fournaise, one of the highlights of Reunion Island's stunning natural landscape and one of the most active volcanoes in the world. Even when she is not erupting, Her Majesty la Fournaise is worth the visit, not least because the route which leads there crosses such stunning scenery!
First of all it climbs through a forest of cryptomerias, conifers with straight trunks, which quickly gives way to vegetation stunted by the cool temperature and the altitude. The road is now a track, in the middle of a landscape where volcanic rock is everywhere.
A plain between heaven and earth
We arrive at Pas des Sables, on the edge of a rampart, 2,350m above sea level. A breathtaking panorama opens up before us: a desert full of scorch marks with reddish reflections, just like the surface of the moon. Plaine des Sables stretches out beneath our eyes!
The sea of clouds borders both ends, in the North and the South. For several kilometres, the arid plain seems poised between heaven and earth. The rock and volcanic sand take on different colours depending on the sunlight. Sometimes swept by banks of mist, or drowned under downfalls in the austral summer, it's a continually changing spectacle.
The Kingdom of Vulcan
As we cross Plaine des Sables it feels like we're walking on the Moon. The end of the route approaches: Pas de Bellecombe, a belvedere on the summit of Piton de la Fournaise (2,632m above sea level). The volcano sits majestically in the middle of a high rampart in the shape of a horseshoe, the Enclos, created by the many collapses which have marked the geological history of the massif.
Leaning on the guardrail, I let my gaze wander to the bottom of the Enclos which bears the marks of thousands of eruptions. The black traces of recent lava flows cover the rock washed out by the bad weather caused by older volcanic eruptions. Everywhere you can make out the hellish shapes of solidified magma. It's like an incredible sculpture park that you should see at least once in your life!
(reunion.fr)
Die Straße zum Piton de la Fournaise führt durch eine absolute Mondlandschaft: die Plaine des Sables, eine weite Fläche aus Schlacke und Vulkangesteinen auf einer Höhe von über 2.000 Metern.
Das Ziel unserer Tageswanderung ist kein geringerer als der Piton de la Fournaise, eine der Glanznummern des großen reunionesischen Naturschauspiels und einer der aktivsten Vulkane der Erde. Selbst wenn er nicht gerade brodelt, verdient die Majestät La Fournaise einen Besuch, zumal die zu ihm führende Straße 5-Sterne-Kulissen durchquert!
Zunächst führt sie bergauf durch einen Sicheltannenwald; das sind Nadelhölzer mit geradlinigem Stamm. Nach kurzer Zeit macht er einer aufgrund der kühlen Höhenlagen verkümmerten Vegetation Platz. Jetzt wird die Straße inmitten einer Landschaft, wo Vulkangestein allgegenwärtig ist, zum Weg.
Eine Hochebene zwischen Himmel und Erde
Wir erreichen den 2.350 Meter hohen Pass Pas des Sables an der Kante eines Steilhangs. Ein atemberaubender Panoramablick bietet sich unseren Blicken: eine Wüste mit rotbrauner Schlacke, die einen absolut mondähnlichen Charakter besitzt. La Plaine des Sables erstreckt sich vor unseren Augen!
Beidseitig wird sie im Norden und Süden vom Wolkenmeer begrenzt. Auf mehreren Kilometern scheint die karge Wüste zwischen Himmel und Erde zu liegen. Das Vulkangestein und der vulkanische Sand ändern ihre Farben im Licht der Sonne. Durch die zeitweise über sie hinweg wabernden Nebelschwaden oder die Wassermengen des Südsommers bietet sie ein ständig wechselndes Schauspiel.
Im Königreich des Vulkans
Wir durchqueren La Plaine des Sables und haben dabei den Eindruck, auf dem Mond zu laufen. Das Ende der Straße ist nah: der 2.632 Meter hohe Aussichtspunkt auf dem Gipfel des Piton de la Fournaise, Le Pas de Bellecombe. Der Vulkan thront inmitten eines hohen, hufeisenförmigen Steilhangs, der Vulkanebene L’Enclos, die sich aus den zahlreichen Einstürzen herausgebildet hat, welche die geologische Geschichte des Massivs begleiteten.
Auf das Geländer gestützt lasse ich meinen Blick über den Grund dieser Ebene L’Enclos schweifen, welche die Narben tausender Eruptionen trägt. Die schwarzen Spuren der jüngeren Lavaströme bedecken den Felsen, welcher von den Witterungseinflüssen der älteren Vulkanausbrüche aufgeweicht wurde. Überall erahnt man die dantischen Formen erstarrter Magma. Ein wunderschöner Skulpturengarten, den man mindestens einmal im Leben bewundert haben muss!
(insel-la-reunion.com)