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UP 7664 leads an eastbound loaded train up Logan Hill while passing the DPU set with UP 6464 trailing an empty hopper train headed for loading at one of the mines north (RR west) of here. Click here for a look at this location 25 years ago.
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147 arrives in Cambridge Ont. with a coal dusted CP AC4400CWM leading a CN ET44AC...something becoming more common it seems with CN taking over one of CP's coal contracts.
Trona Railway SD40-2 #2008 leads four other EMDs, as they begin their trip up to the Union Pacific interchange at Searles with a unit train of soda ash. Searles Valley Minerals' Argus production facility can be seen in the distance.
4702 leads the AK Cars and 4701 away from Clandulla and onto Rylstone.
Clandulla, NSW.
Wednesday 29 August 2018.
37254 leads 1Z16 Cardiff Canton-Derby RTC around the connecting line at Derby London Road Jn on 05/01/16, I was glad to catch up with this one at last with the threat of a repaint into Colas colours ever closer...
WCOR 309 leads the Buffalo & Pittsburgh SIRI as it passes the B&O CPL signal at CP Dubois in Dubois, Pennsylvania. After working the yard in Falls Creek, the train is back on the move towards its destination of Riker Yard.
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BPRR Main Line Sub
Dubois, PA
BPRR SIRI (Salamanca, NY to Riker, PA)
WCOR 309 SD40-2 Ex. QNSL 252 Blt. 1973
BPRR 3891 SD60M Ex. NS 6779, NS 5529, CR 5529 Blt 1993
BPRR 5019 SD50 Ex. LTEX 7018, KCS 7018, NREX 8699, CSX 8699, CR 6834 Blt. 1986
BPRR 3343 SD40-3 Ex. KCS 3139, 6603, CN 5089 SD40 Blt 1969
CN 8800 SD70M-2 Blt. 2007
37419 leads 68017 past Cragg Hill Farm, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, on 3rd June 2022 with the 12:46 Carlisle to Basford Hall light engines movement. This was a bit of an interesting experience because I was staying in the adjacent campsite and therefore thought I might be OK to position myself in the field to take a photo. But no, the farmer came striding across the track and standing in the 6' berated me for standing in his field. It did strike me to berate him back for trespassing on the railway but at that point the train arrived and moreover, since I was staying on his campsite it was probably best to err on the side of restraint. Thankfully he forgave me for it and I can thoroughly recommend the glamping pods on this site.
CN 8023 leads the westbound '406' freight, as it passes the mile 62 marker of the Sussex Subdivision, about to pass underneath the "Odell Loop Road" train bridge. It's been awhile since I've shot anything from this bridge, so I decided to give it a go today. This time of day, shadows wreak havoc on westbounds, so I was lucky to get this frame before the head head end gets to the tree shadows.
February 12, 2016.
66758 leads 6A33 14:37 North Walsham to Harwich loaded condensate tanks through Salhouse on 15/01/15.
Having stood at Salhouse Church footcrossing for nearly 30 minutes in clear blue sky I only just got this in full sun! As it came into view it went dull for the sun to come out again at the last second before clouding over again as the the last couple of tanks passed me!
A 6,000hp SD90MAC leads an EMD cousin over the Bealville Road exiting the horseshoe curve and starting the climb to Tunnel 1 on a manifest for West Colton. The 6,000hp experiment from both GE and GM was a short lived disaster and in GM's case they had already started marketing it to railroads before a suitable 6,000hp engine was available - hence the early examples were only fitted with a 4,300hp lump which was supposed to be swapped for the larger engine when it became available. Needless to say none were ever converted. The aim had been to make a 2 for 3 loco swap providing many economies in operating trains such as this classic I-5 corridor manifest that encountered many stiff grades.
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NS SD50 #5424 leads train P26 through Atlanta on its Sunday run from Chamblee to East Point while classic Georgia evening thunderheads form in the afternoon sky. 5424 is the last of the Conrail SD50's in operation, and will eventually become an SD40E after going through the Juniata rebuilding program.
323222 leads 323206 out of Bromsgrove with the first ever electric train under its own power after the long awaited electrification works were finally tested after working 5T78 1909 Soho L.M.D. to Bromsgrove. It then worked the 5T79 2011 Bromsgrove to Birmingham New Street.
BNSF 1501 leads the Watts Local west and back into the yard in Dilworth, MN.
Weather-wise, not the best of days as evidenced by the high clouds in this shot, but action-wise, one of the best. I spotted a total of 18 trains during my 7 hours by the tracks, including:
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Not a bad day, one I wish I could revisit...
66771 leads 3Q00 the 14:56 Tyne Yard to Tyne Yard weedkiller train away from Freeman's Crossing on the Blyth & Tyne Line on 11th April 2022. Tail locomotive was 66797.
CN 2905 leads daily '406' westbound, as they crest the small grade and head down into Saint John, New Brunswick. There's a small rock cut on both sides of the tracks, which makes for a great vantage point for shooting. Next time, I might try the other side, depending on the shadows.
May 7,2016.
Cavendish Mews is a smart set of flats in Mayfair where flapper and modern woman, the Honourable Lettice Chetwynd has set up home after coming of age and gaining her allowance. To supplement her already generous allowance, and to break away from dependence upon her family, Lettice has established herself as a society interior designer, so her flat is decorated with a mixture of elegant antique Georgian pieces and modern Art Deco furnishings, using it as a showroom for what she can offer to her well heeled clients.
Today however we are not in Lettice’s flat. Instead, we have followed Lettice south-west, through the neighbouring borough of Belgravia to the smart London suburb of Pimlico and its rows of cream and white painted Regency terraces. There, in a smart red brick Edwardian set of three storey flats on Rochester Row, is the residence of Lettice’s client, recently arrived American film actress Wanetta Ward.
Now that the flat is completely redecorated under Lettice’s deft hands, Miss Ward has vacated her suite at the Metropole Hotel* and has been living at her Pimlico address for a few weeks now. As a thank you to Lettice, the American has invited her to afternoon tea. And so, we find ourselves in the beautifully appointed, spacious drawing room.
“Now, darling girl!” Miss Ward says as she sweeps into the drawing room through the green baize door that leads from the service area of the flat. “You must try my own brew of coffee!” She enthusiastically hoists a beautiful china coffee pot decorated with cherry blossoms in the air. “I promise you that you’ll never go back to that sludge you British call coffee after you’ve had this.”
Lettice smells the rich aroma from the pot’s spout as Miss Ward places it with an appropriately theatrical swoop, enhanced by the brightly coloured Spanish shawl draped over her bare shoulders, onto the silver tray on the cherrywood table between the Queen Anne style settee and the matching pair of Chinese armchairs. “It smells divine, Miss Ward.”
“Darling!” Miss Ward enthuses. “Divine isn’t the word for this!”
“I look forward to tasting it, then.” Lettice replies with a bemused smile. “And afternoon tea, Miss Ward?”
“I know! I know!” the American brandishes her hands in the air. “I admit I said it was a quaint observance, but it’s one that I’ve come to enjoy since living here in England. We might not have petit fours like they do at the Metropole, but trust me, Harriet has found the most wonderful little local bakery that makes an amazing selection of cookies. Try one!” She indicates to the plate piled generously with an assortment of brightly coloured and delicious looking biscuits.
“Harriet, Miss Ward?”
The American picks up a biscuit as she speaks and then pauses with it to her lips. “My new maid, Miss Chetwynd.”
Lettice considers the woman with a rather angular face in black silk moiré afternoon uniform and lace collar, cuffs, cap, apron and cap who answered the door. She didn’t strike her as having such a lovely name. She looked to be more of an Augusta or Bertha.
Miss Ward’s American voice interrupts Lettice’s contemplation. “Oh, I must thank you too, for the number of that domestics employment agency you gave me.”
“You can thank my mother, Miss Ward.” Lettice selects a small pink macaron and takes a ladylike bite from it before depositing the remainder on her plate. She feels the pastry and filling melt in her mouth. “She and I may not agree about a good many things, but Mater certainly knows the best agency In London for staff.”
“Well, Harriet is perfect!” Miss ward exclaims. “She fits in here so well, and she doesn’t throw a fit with all my comings and goings at all hours to and from the studio, taking telephone messages for me with the efficiency of a secretary, and she doesn’t even seem to mind the unannounced arrivals when friends come to pay call.”
“I do hope you told her about me coming today, Miss Ward.” Lettice remarks in alarm.
“Oh I did, Miss Chetwynd! It’s quite alright!” She stuffs the biscuit into her mouth, rubbing her fingers together to rid them of crumbs which tumble through the air and onto her lap where they disappear amidst the fuchsia coloured georgette of her dress. “Mind you,” she continues, speaking with her mouth full. “I don’t think Harriet likes it when I insist on making my own coffee.” She gulps loudly. “She doesn’t like it when I go onto the kitchen. She says it’s her domain.” She looks across at Lettice perched elegantly on the settee, dressed in a pretty pastel yellow frock that matches the trim of her straw hat. “I imagine your maid is the same.”
“I’m sure I haven’t asked Edith, Miss Ward.”
“Well, perhaps you should, Miss Chetwynd.”
“What a ridiculous notion!” Lettice laughs. “Of course she wouldn’t mind! It’s my flat. I can come and go where and when I please.”
“If you’ll pardon me, my dear girl,” Miss Ward picks up the coffee pot and pours the steaming, rich golden brown liquid first into Lettice’s cup and then her own. “But it’s a ridiculous notion that you don’t. If I may be so bold: it may be your flat, but you’re a lady, and even I, the egalitarian American in the room, knows that masters and servants don’t mix. You probably vex the poor little mouse when you swan into her domain, rather than ring the servant’s bell. Not that she would tell you that of course! Your maid is much to meek to speak her mind, whereas Harriet tells me that god invented servants’ bells, so I don’t have to go into her kitchen.” She smiles cheekily. “Mind you, I draw the line at her making coffee for me or my guests.” She indicates to the milk jug and sugar bowl. “Now, there is cream in the jug and sugar in the bowl Miss Chetwynd. Do help yourself.” She picks up the jug and glugs a dollop of cream into her coffee before scooping up two large heaped teaspoons of sugar.
After Lettice has added a small amount of cream and a flat teaspoon of sugar to her own coffee, she looks around the drawing room observantly whilst she stirs her cup’s contents. To her delight, and no little amount of surprise, the room remains as she designed it. She was quite sure that Wanetta would rearrange her well thought out designs as soon as she moved in, yet against her predictions the furniture remains where she had them placed, the gold and yellow Murano glass comport still standing in the centre of the mantelpiece, the yellow celadon vase with gold bamboo in place on the console table. Even the small white vase, the only piece left over from the former occupier’s décor, remains next to the comport on the mantle. The American was ready to throw it into the dustbin at every opportunity, yet it happily nestles between the comport and a large white china vase of vibrant yellow roses and lilies. It is as she notices the celadon vase that she sees the painting of Wanetta, which only arrived at the flat when its sitter did.
“So that’s the famous yellow portrait, Miss Ward,” Lettice remarks, admiring the likeness of the dark haired American, draped in a golden yellow oriental shawl, sitting languidly in a chair.
“Oh yes!” gasps Miss Ward as she turns around in her armchair to look at the painting hanging to the right of the fireplace, above a black console table. “You haven’t seen it, have you? Do you like it?”
“Yes I do,” acknowledges Lettice. “It’s a remarkable likeness, and the artist has captured the light in your eyes so well.”
“Thank you, darling girl! I think it’s beautiful.”
“So is your coffee!” Lettice remarks. “It’s quite delicious, and not at all what Bramley makes for me at Glynes**.”
“I told you, you British drink sludge.” She takes an appreciative, if overly large, gulp of her own coffee. “Now this, is real coffee.”
“So, have you christened your cocktail cabinet, yet?”
“Yes I have. I threw a cocktail party for the actors, actresses, director and crew when we wrapped up ‘After the Ball is Over’. It was quite the occasion!”
“Oh I could well imagine, Miss Ward.”
“Of course,” the American quickly adds. “I’m sure it wasn’t anywhere near as extravagant as your cocktail party that you threw for Mr. and Mrs. Channon.”
“You heard about that then, Miss Ward?”
“Heard about it? My darling girl,” Her eyes widen and sparkle with excitement. “I immersed myself in the article published by the Tattler, drinking in every little detail of your fabulous soiree. You looked stunning, darling!”
Lettice blushes and shuffles awkwardly in her seat on the settee at the brazen compliment. “Thank you, Miss Ward.”
“So did Mrs. Channon, of course! And wasn’t Lady Diana Cooper’s*** robe de style**** to die for?”
“Err, yes… quite, Miss Ward.” Lettice replies awkwardly. Anxious to change the subject and move away from her own private life, and thereby avoid the American’s potential attempts to try and gather some gossip to share with her fellow actors and actresses at Islington Studios*****, Lettice asks. “And what’s the next moving picture you will be making, Miss Ward? Another villainess role in a historical romance?”
“Oh, the studio is shutting for Christmas, so I’m sailing on the Aquitania****** on Monday, back to the States to visit my parents. I haven’t seen them in an age, and, well, they aren’t getting any younger. Besides, Islington Studios are paying for the journey and are organising for me to promote ‘After the Ball is Over’ at a few functions whilst I’m back home.”
“That will be lovely for you, Miss Ward.”
“Oh don’t worry, I’ll be back in the new year, when we start filming ‘Skating and Sinning’.”
“’Skating and Sinning’, Miss Ward?”
“Yes!” the American gushes as she picks up the coffee pot which she proffers to Lettice, who declines, and then proceeds to fill her own cup. “It’s the first picture planned for 1922. Another historical drama, set in London in the Seventeenth Century, when the Thames froze over.”
“Yes, 1607 I believe.”
“You’re a font of knowledge, Miss Chetwynd!” Miss Ward exclaims, clapping her ring decorated hands in delight. “You never cease to amaze me! A first-class interior designer and a historian!”
“Knowing trivial historical facts is just part and parcel of an education in a family as old as mine, Miss Ward.” Lettice deflects, taking another sip of her coffee. “And the sinning?”
“The sinning, Miss Chetwynd?” the American woman queries.
“Well, I assume the frozen Thames explains the skating part of the film’s title, Miss Ward.”
“Oh, the sinning!” Miss Ward settles back in her armchair with a knowing smile, placing her coffee cup on the black japanned table between the two Chinese chairs. “Well, that’s me, darling!” She raises both her arms dramatically, the Spanish shawl gathering about her shoulders as she does. “I will be playing a merry young, recently widowed, Duchess, with her eyes on our heroine’s young betrothed!”
“And do you succeed, Miss Ward?”
“Ah-ah! That,” She wags her finger playfully at Lettice. “Would be telling, darling girl. I can’t go giving away the ending, or you won’t come see the film.”
Lettice smiles at the actress. “Well, I’m glad that London has entranced you enough to return from the delights of America.”
“Well of course it has! And anyway, I have to come back to enjoy and show off my beautiful new home!”
Lettice blushes at the compliment.
“I’ll have you know Miss Chetwynd, that at my cocktail party, I had so many compliments about this beautiful room, the furnishings and the décor. You’ll be hearing from directors and future starlets in the new year, I’ll guarantee!”
“I shall have to see whether I can accommodate them, Miss Ward.” Lettice replies. “As you know, I will be decorating some of the principal rooms of Mr. and Mrs. Channon’s country house in the new year, and I have a few other potential commissions currently under negotiation.”
“Oh, I’m sure you’ll be able to squeeze them in, darling! When the moving pictures come knocking, you just won’t be able to say no.”
“Well…” Lettice begins, imagining her mother’s face drained of colour, and her father’s flushed with anger, if she takes on another commission from a moving picture actress.
“Oh, and thinking of my flat. The other reason why I asked you here.” Miss Ward interrupts, standing up and walking over to the console table beneath her portrait, where some papers sit beneath the base of one of the Murano glass bottles. She fumbles through them and withdraws a small slip of paper. Walking over to Lettice she hands it to her. “A cheque to settle my bill before I set sail for home, darling girl.”
“Thank you, Miss Ward.” Lettice replies, opening her lemon yellow handbag sitting between her and her black and yellow straw hat on the settee and depositing the cheque safely inside. “I appreciate your prompt payment.”
“It’s my pleasure, Miss Chetwynd.” the American replies. “And thank you again for all that you have done.” Her glittering eyes flit about the room. “I just love being here! It’s so perfect! It’s so, so me! A mixture of the old, and the new, the oriental and the European, all of which I love.”
“I’m so pleased you approve, Miss Ward. It is your home, after all.”
“I even have to concede that you were right about having touches of white in here. It adds a touch of class. And that wonderful wallpaper you suggested,” She indicates to the walls. “Well, it is the pièce de résistance of this room’s décor!” Stepping over to the fireplace, she picks up the small white vase. “This puzzles me though.” Her face crumples. “Why were you so anxious that I keep this vase?”
“Well, “ Lettice explains. “Call me sentimental, but I felt that it is part of your home’s story and coming from an old family home surrounded by history, I thought it would be a shame to see it just tossed away. I hope you don’t disagree.”
Miss Ward considers the small Parian vase in her manicured hands for a moment before replacing it. “Not at all, you sentimental girl you!”
The pair smile at one another, happily.
*Now known as the Corinthia Hotel, the Metropole Hotel is located at the corner of Northumberland Avenue and Whitehall Place in central London on a triangular site between the Thames Embankment and Trafalgar Square. Built in 1883 it functioned as an hotel between 1885 until World War I when, located so close to the Palace of Westminster and Whitehall, it was requisitioned by the government. It reopened after the war with a luxurious new interior and continued to operate until 1936 when the government requisitioned it again whilst they redeveloped buildings at Whitehall Gardens. They kept using it in the lead up to the Second World War. After the war it continued to be used by government departments until 2004. In 2007 it reopened as the luxurious Corinthia Hotel.
**Glynes is the grand Georgian family seat of the Chetwynds in Wiltshire, and the home of Lettice’s parents, the presiding Viscount and Countess of Wrexham and the heir, their eldest son Leslie.
***Born Lady Diana Manners, Diana Olivia Winifred Maud Cooper, Viscountess Norwich was an English aristocrat who was a famously glamorous social figure in London and Paris. As a young woman, she moved in a celebrated group of intellectuals known as the Coterie, most of whom were killed in the First World War. She married Duff Cooper in 1919. In her prime, she had the widespread reputation as the most beautiful young woman in England, and appeared in countless profiles, photographs and articles in newspapers and magazines. She was a film actress in the early 1920s and both she and her husband were very good friends with Edward VIII and were guests of his on a 1936 yacht cruise of the Adriatic which famously caused his affair with Wallis Simpson to become public knowledge.
****The ‘robe de style’ was introduced by French couturier Jeanne Lanvin around 1915. It consisted of a basque bodice with a broad neckline and an oval bouffant skirt supported by built in wire hoops. Reminiscent of the Spanish infanta-style dresses of the Seventeenth Century and the panniered robe à la française of the Eighteenth Century they were made of fabric in a solid colour, particularly a deep shade of robin’s egg blue which became known as Lanvin blue, and were ornamented with concentrated bursts of embroidery, ribbons or ornamental silk flowers.
*****Islington Studios, often known as Gainsborough Studios, were a British film studio located on the south bank of the Regent's Canal, in Poole Street, Hoxton in Shoreditch, London which began operation in 1919. By 1920 they had a two stage studio. It is here that Alfred Hitchcock made his entrée into films.
******The RMS Aquitania was a British ocean liner of the Cunard Line in service from 1914 to 1950. She was designed by Leonard Peskett and built by John Brown and Company in Clydebank, Scotland. She was launched on the 21st of April 1913 and sailed on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York on the 30th of May 1914. Like her sister ships the ill fated Lusitania and the renown Mauritania, she was beautifully appointed and was a luxurious way for first and second-class passengers to travel across the Atlantic between Britain and America.
This upper-class 1920s Art Deco drawing room scene may be different to how it may appear, for the whole scene is made up entirely with pieces from my 1:12 miniatures collection, including pieces I have had since I was a teenager and others that I have collected on my travels around the world.
Fun things to look for in this tableau include:
The cherry blossom patterned tea set, which if you look closely at the blossoms, you will see they have gilt centres, I acquired from an online stockist on E-Bay. It stands on a silver tray that is part of tea set that comes from Smallskale Miniatures in England. To see the whole set, please click on this link: www.flickr.com/photos/40262251@N03/51111056404/in/photost.... The wonderful selection of biscuits on offer were made by Beautifully Handmade Miniatures in Kettering.
The wooden Chinese dragon chairs and their matching low table ,that serves as Wanetta’s tea table, I found in a little shop in Singapore whilst I was holiday there. They are beautifully carved from cherrywood.
The Queen Anne settee made by the high-end miniature furniture maker, JBM with great attention to detail.
The black japanned cocktail cabinet with its gilded handles was made by the high-end miniature furniture maker, Bespaq.
All the glass comport on the mantlepiece has been blown and decorated and tinted by hand by Beautifully Handmade Miniatures in Kettering. The white and gold Georgian Revival clock next to it is a 1:12 artisan miniature made by Hall’s Miniature Clocks, supplied through Doreen Jeffries Small Wonders Miniatures in England. The ginger jar to the right of the clock is hand painted. It is an item that I bought from a high street doll house stockist when I was a teenager.
The yellow celadon vase with gold bamboo painted on it, I bought as part of a job lot of small oriental vases from an auction many years ago. The soapstone lidded jar in the foreground came from the same auction house, but from a different job lot of oriental miniature pieces.
Lettice’s black straw hat with yellow trimming and a yellow rose, which sits on the settee is made by Mrs. Denton of Muffin Lodge. It is an artisan miniature made just like a real hat! 1:12 size miniature hats made to such exacting standards of quality and realism are often far more expensive than real hats are. When you think that it would sit comfortably on the tip of your index finger, yet it could cost in excess of $150.00 or £100.00, it is an extravagance. American artists seem to have the monopoly on this skill and some of the hats that I have seen or acquired over the years are remarkable. Lettice’s lemon yellow purse is also an artisan piece and is made of kid leather which is so soft. It is trimmed with very fine braid and the purse has a clasp made from a piece of earring. It come from Doreen Jeffries’ Small Wonders Miniatures in the United Kingdom. Lettice’s furled Art Deco umbrella is also a 1:12 artisan piece made of silk, acquired through an online stockist on E-Bay.
The vases of flowers on the mantle piece and side table are beautifully made by hand by the Doll House Emporium.
The stylised Art Deco fire screen is made using thinly laser cut wood, made by Pat’s Miniatures in England.
The black Bakelite and silver telephone is a 1:12 miniature of a model introduced around 1919. It is two centimetres wide and two centimetres high. The receiver can be removed from the cradle, and the curling chord does stretch out.
Wanetta’s paintings, including the yellow portrait, were made in America by Amber’s Miniatures.
The miniature Oriental rug on the floor was made by hand by Mackay and Gerrish in Sydney
The Georgian style fireplace I have had since I was a teenager and is made from moulded plaster.
The striking wallpaper is an art deco design that was very popular during the 1920s.
IC 1022 leads the day's A408 under US 50 in Odin, Illinois, only a few miles north of the train's final destination of Centralia. This is the second time I have ran into a daylight A408 (with an IC leader) by complete accident. I guess that's a testament to how often I travel up and down I-57...
Maestro Kirk Trevor leads the orchestra during his final performance at the Missouri Theatre for the Missouri Symphony in Columbia. Kirk is retiring after leading the symphony for the past 21 years. Taken with a Sony ILCE-7RM4 camera with a Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS lens at ƒ/2.8 with a 1/250-second exposure at ISO 400. Processed with Adobe Lightroom CC.
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NS 9962 leads priority intermodal 24X through Harrisburg NC passed the Duke intermediates (Behind me).
BNSF 4340 leads a westbound manifest on Main 2 around the sweeping curve on the eastern fringes of Hawley, MN.
MoW had the trains running wrong-main, but what makes this shot interesting to me is certainly not an H2 GE but that H2 GE's green plow. Ever see one so green? Apparently this unit had been in some sort of accident and had gotten a repaint sometime between Sep '05 and when I caught it here.
But speaking of H2 C44-9Ws, have you ever noticed the variation of paint on the nose? Most seem to have all orange top-to-bottom, but this one was repainted with green under the bottom yellow stripe. Not sure why some are green and some are not, but I always preferred the ones with green down there.
43055 leads 1Z62 16:40 Kingswear to Exeter St Davids 'Midland Pullman' charter past Saltern Cove on Saturday 13th April 2024. 43047 on the rear.
BNSF 9650 leads coal buckets down the BNSF Ft. Scott Subdivision near Fontana, KS. This former Frisco line is full of sags and curves.
While it may by filthy, I am glad to shoot a "wagon-wheel" mac leading. I personally do not like non-logo exec macs.
I am pretty happy with this being my first shot of 2023.
BAR 360 leads an eastbound grainer through the Walla Walla Valley in July of 2007. Its destination tonight is Stateline, WA, on the border between Oregon and Washngton States. The crew will carry the train to this point, and return with an already loaded outbound the next day. Meanwhile, above in the hills, hundreds of windmills stand like naked trees, generating power for homes and businesses on the "green" side of the state that doesn't have to look at them.
Nikon N80, Nikkor 75-300 D, Kodak T400-CN, exposure unrecorded. Just east of Touchet, Washington, July 20, 2007.
EMDX 802 leads the westbound Devils Lake Local out the BNSF Devils Lake Sub in Emerado, ND. This train would switch some rock cars in town before processing west.
In the mid-2000s, Grand Forks had locals that ran in all cardinal directions out of town. The Devils Lake Local as well as the Mayville Local were the ones that came west of town. All of these locals were pretty much always powered by 4-axle Geeps. I never really minded these EMDX leasers as they just added to the variety of colors you could see. As prominent as they seemed to be, they disappeared just as fast. I did see them in CO after I moved there from ND, but it seemed like they were gone in the blink of an eye.
SCOUT: “Come along Jago.” *Leads Jago by the paw into the dining room.*
JAGO: “Where are you taking me, Scout.”
SCOUT: “You’ll see Jago! It’s a lovey surprise!” *Giggles.*
PADDY: “Welcome Jago! Please come and join us for elevenses!”
JAGO: “Goodness! What a wonderful selection of delicious treats!”
COUSIN PADDINGTON: “There are some fruit mince tarts, and some shortbread biscuits for us to enjoy Jago, all made by hand by Daddy.”
BOGART: “And there are some jam fancies too Jago, and even though they are shop bought, they are delicious.” *Rubs tummy vigorously.* “Grumbly tummy, Jago! Grumbly tummy!”
SCOUT: “I have a grumbly tummy too!” *Rubs tummy vigorously.* “Grumbly tummy, Jago! Grumbly tummy!”
PADDY: “Cousin Paddington, would you please pour the tea.”
COUSIN PADDINGTON: “With pleasure, Paddy.” *Lifts teapot.* “Jago, would you please pass me your cup. You may have the first cup of tea from the pot.”
JAGO: “Oh thank you, Cousin Paddington.”
BOGART: “I like sitting next to you, Jago.”
JAGO: “Why is that, Bogart?”
BOGART: “Because you are nice and soft and snuggly.”
JAGO: “Why thank you, Bogart! You are lovely and soft too.”
BOGART: “Thank you, Jago.”
JAGO: “Do you have elevenses like this every day, Paddy?”
PADDY: “Oh no, Jago!”
SCOUT: “No Jago. Sometimes we have even more extravagant elevenses!”
JAGO: “You do?”
PADDY, SCOUT, COUSIN PADDINGTON and BOGART: “Yes we do!”
JAGO: “Goodness! How lucky I am to find such a nice new home. It is nice and clean, everybear is so welcoming, and there is enough food for everybear to eat!”
SCOUT: *Puts paw to mouth.* “Was there not enough food for you at Mummy Junie’s?”
JAGO: “Oh there was plenty of food, and so much love at Mummy Junie’s, Scout. No, I was just surprised that there is anywhere in the world quite as lovely as there.”
PADDY: “Well, now you are here Jago, we hope that you will want to stay.”
BOGART: “Oh yes, do stay Jago!” *Snuggles up against Jago.*
COUSIN PADDINGTON: “Yes, please do stay, Jago. We can talk about home over tea with you. I know Paddy and I would enjoy that very much.”
DADDY: *Pops head into the dining room.* “I’d be pleased for you to stay as long as you like, Jago. And I hope that that is a very long time indeed.”
SCOUT: “Yes Jago! You should stay forever! This is my forever home and I love it! Please stay!”
JAGO: “Well, with such a wonderful new family, and delicious elevenses,” *Picks up a jam fancy.* “How can I refuse?” *Takes a bear size bite contentedly.*
This beautiful nursery tea set is made by the Shell China company in the 1910s. It features six cups, saucers (not all the set is being used today) as well as a teapot, milk jug and sugar bowl, all gilt and featuring different nursery rhymes including: "See Saw Margery Daw", "Jack and Jill", "This Little Pig Went to Market", "Taffy ws a Welshman", "Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross", "Little Jack Horner", "Old Mother Goose" and "I Saw a Ship a Sailing" amongst others. It is the prequel set to the Shell China nursery and faerie tale tea sets I have from the 1920s and 1930s. The designs are very Edwardian and the set is made up of smaller pieces.
My Paddington Bear came to live with me in London when I was two years old (many, many years ago). He was hand made by my Great Aunt and he has a chocolate coloured felt hat, the brim of which had to be pinned up by a safety pin to stop it getting in his eyes. The collar of his mackintosh is made of the same felt. He wears wellington boots made from the same red leather used to make the toggles on his mackintosh.
He has travelled with me across the world and he and I have had many adventures together over the years. He is a very precious member of my small family.
Scout was a gift to Paddy from my friend. He is a Fair Trade Bear hand knitted in Africa. His name comes from the shop my friend found him in: Scout House. He tells me that life was very different where he came from, and Paddy is helping introduce him to many new experiences. Scout catches on quickly, and has proven to be a cheeky, but very lovable member of our closely knit family.
Jago is a recent addition to my ever-growing family. A gift from a dear friend in England, he is made of English mohair with suede paw pads and glass eyes. He is a gentle bear, kind and patient who carries an air of calm about him. He is already fitting in with everyone else very nicely.
Travelling all the way from London, Cousin Paddington was caught in transit thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic. After so long here he has decided to stop with us permanently. That makes me happy, as the more I look into his happy, smiling face, the more attached I am becoming to him.
Bogart has travelled all the way from Georgia, via Alabama as a gift to me from a friend. He has lovely Southern manners and seems to be a fun and gentle soul with an inquisitive nature.
60012 leads a well laden 6D65 10:07 Doncaster Belmont - Immingham past Knabbs Bridge. Melton Ross. 02-03-2001.
57316 (47786 on the rear) leads 'The Cotswold Cathedral Explorer' 1Z66 17:23 Oxford to St.Helens Central through Norton.
22nd july 2015
KCS 2014 leads a quartet of Kansas City Southern GP's on the point of CPKC LWY101 as it cruises through Garland, Texas alongside State Highway 78. The train is making a special move of M1 Abrams tanks from Alliance to Wylie after picking them up from BNSF.
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CPKC Dallas Subdivision
Garland, TX
CPKC LWY101 (Military Loads; Alliance, TX to Wylie, TX)
KCS 2014 GP38-2 Ex. KCS 4016, BM 205 Blt. 1973
KCS 2820 GP22ECO Ex. KCS 2820 GP40-3, KCS 4775, UP 661 GP40, WP 3512 Blt. 1967
KCS 1906 GP38-2 Ex. KCS 4015, BM 204 Blt. 1973
KCS 2800 GP22ECO Ex. KCS 4755 GP40-3, UP 882 GP40, CNW 5519, NYC 3030 Blt. 1965
KCS 4177 leads an ethanol train east across the CP Chicago Sub and through Genoa, Illinois on this mid-November night. A few days before, a snowstorm dropped a record of nearly 6" in the area. The clear night allowed temperatures to drop off to 4 above zero F with a wind chill of -10 when this shot was taken. Did I keep my gloves on? Nope. Do I regret it? My hands did a little...
BNSF 9380 leads an eastbound coal train out of the Dilworth Yard in Dilworth, MN for a run up the grade out of the Red River Valley along the BNSF Staples Sub.
Well, here it is...my very first ACe, replete with white numberboards, high headlights, and a non-isolated cab! At just over a year old, the shiny newness has worn off of, at the time, EMD's most recent entry into the locomotive market.
Those of us in the northern plains had to wait some time for the new model to make its way into coal service, not that we were clamoring for that to happen. The ACe led the way for northern coal to switch from DC power to AC power and thus the days of trains being powered by SD60Ms, Oakways, and SD75I/Ms were numbered.
At the time, I was not enamored with the esthetics of the notch-nosed, flared radiator ACe, especially since it meant the death of the DC-powered models that were much-liked, but my views on this unit softened over time to where it's now what I set my sights on when I head out trackside. Hard to believe these units have been plying the rails for more than a decade now.
As for these 1st-generation, non-isolated cab ACes, they were relegated to trailing/DPU status-only in 2009 or 2010 due to crew safety concerns over vibration/noise if I recall correctly...
this path leads to underneath a very, very old beech tree at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum.... it is so magical being 'inside' the heart of this tree and we always enjoy entering... but this day it was closed.... maybe due to weak branches...
Happy Fence Friday and I wish you all a great weekend!
Ian Alcock leads a convoy of Club Cars at the North Wales Austin Healey Clubs "Welsh Weekend".
Beautiful cars in a stunning townscape. Llandudno Cream of Welsh Resorts at it's best.
Shot on Kodak film with an Olympus OM2. 50mm f1.8.
Jen leads the way: steady stride, sensible hat, and a backpack that’s probably packed better than your entire life. This isn’t just a jungle walk, it’s a slow-motion encounter with time. The light breaks through in patches, soft and high-contrast. Ahead: Indigenous Kogi families in full white, beachgoers in activewear, and the ghost of colonialism lurking just off frame. Tayrona does not do neutral ground.
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With the distant signal cleared 37 423 leads train 2C41 the 14.37 Barrow-in-Furness to Carlisle. The train is approaching Foxfield and is viewed from Angerton Hall No.3 Level Crossing as it crosses Angerton Marshes beside the Duddon Estuary.
43040 leads the 09:15 Paddington - Swansea service passing Cardiff Canton, 15th April 1978.
Locomotive History
43040 was built at Crewe Works and entered traffic in December 1976 as part of seven car HST set 253020, part of a batch of twenty seven HST sets built for Western Region services to Bristol, Cardiff and Swansea. 253020 (43040/41) was one of five Western Region HST sets transferred to Midland Main Line duties in 1982. With the completion of East Coast Main Line electrification in the early the East Coast Main Line and Midland Main HST fleet was reorganised and 43040 returned to the Western Region in September 1991, although allocated to West Coast Main Line duties. In practice the Western Region used any of its fleet on these West Coast duties and this was reflected in April 1993 when the “dedicated” West Coast duties allocation was abandoned and 43040 has remained on Western Region services since. In June 2007 43040 entered Brush, Loughborough to be “re-engineered” and has had its original Paxman Valenta engine replaced by a MTU unit. It re-entered service on Great Western Main Line services for First Great Western in September 2007.
Withdrawn in September 2023 it was exported to Nigeria for further use in November 2023.
Praktica LTL, Ektachrome 200
CN 2268 leads the daily westbound '406' freight, as it rumbled by mile 61.11 of the CN Sussex Subdivision, at Passekeag, New Brunswick, 4 miles outside of Hampton, New Brunswick. Last time I caught 2268, 2452 should have been leading. This time around, it's the BCOL 4651. Oh well. Decided to try a different location along here, instead of up at the crossing. I like how it turned out.
January 24, 2016.
CSX 3458 leads Q574 over the elevated tracks at CT Junction, crossing through the maze of supports that hold up I-75 near downtown Cincinnati. This section of Cincinnati was a beehive of railroad and industrial activity during the Golden Age of railroading. B&O, C&O, L&N, NYC, and SOU to name a few all used this area to stage coaches for their famous passenger trains. B&O's St.Louis to Pittsburgh mainline passed through here, hence the B&O warehouse that still survives to this day. Today, the warehouse, now called Longworth Hall, is mainly a parking lot, and the tenants are a mix of local firms, indie businesses and one of the more famous clubs in downtown, Energy Nightclub.