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Leads 67023 through Wing with a Test Train for Luton. Not the right choice of location for a sunny afternoon.
Mastery leads to freedom from the fear of death, which in turn is the freedom to live. This is sometimes referred to as living in the moment, neither anticipating the future nor regretting the past.
This is a B&W conversion using Lightroom and Silver Efex.
43093 leads 43157 through a snowy Burton Salmon on the 29th December 2000. They were in charge of the diverted 1V49 06:30 Dundee to Penzance. This sums up what what I miss about the current scene. Who wants to go out and phot a diverted Voyager?!
Some cyclists intrepidly climbing the path that leads to the current main gate of the castle of Gormaz, Soria, Spain.
Photo taken from one of the best observation points of the historic castle.
This magnificent castle, located near the small town of Gormaz (Soria, Spain), north of the Duero River, is the longest castle in Europe, its dimensions are impressive: 446 m from east to west, a perimeter of 1,200 m, a total of 38 towers.
It was built around the year 1,000 on the remains of Celtiberian and Roman constructions.
The famous knight Rodrigo DÃaz de Vivar "El Cid", vassal of several Christian kings and Muslim kings, was the first Castilian mayor.
When most castles eventually lost their usefulness, this castle was used for some time as a prison. It is currently in ruins and can be visited for free.
CICLISTAS SUBIENDO AL CASTILLO DE GORMAZ, 2024
Algunos ciclistas subiendo intrépidamente por el camino que lleva a la actual puerta principal del castillo de Gormaz, Soria, España.
Foto tomada desde uno de los mejores puntos de observación del histórico castillo.
Este magnÃfico castillo, situado cerca de la pequeña localidad de Gormaz (Soria, España), al norte del rÃo Duero, es el castillo más largo de Europa, sus dimensiones son datos impresionantes: 446 m de este a oeste, un perÃmetro de 1.200 m, un total de 38 torres.
Fue construido hacia el año 1.000 sobre los restos de construcciones celtÃberas y romanas.
El famoso caballero Rodrigo DÃaz de Vivar "El Cid", vasayo de varios reyes cristianos y reyes musulmanes, fue el primer alcalde castellano.
Cuando la mayorÃa de los castillos acabaron perdiendo su utilidad, este castillo se utilizó durante algún tiempo como prisión. Actualmente está en ruinas y se puede visitar de forma gratuita.
HL203 leads FL220 around the curve approaching the Hume Fwy bridge near Wandong with 6L65, Southern Aurora to Melbourne for the 2014 Melbourne Cup. 04/11/2014.
BNSF #968 leads the H GALTUL off of the KCT onto the ex-Frisco BNSF Fort Scott Subdivision. It will stop a few feet from here to swap the Marceline Sub crew out for a Ft. Scott Sub crew. Many would agree that this might be the best looking road power on the BNSF roster.
43083 leads 1D46 1510 London St Pancras - Nottingham over the summit north of Kibworth on Sunday 9th April 2017. 43044 was on the rear.
As the train approached a Stoat was running along the grass in the foreground, sadly it isnt in the shot as the HST spooked it
68004 leads 68001, 68018, 68002 & 37419 working 0Z30 Norwich Crown Point - Crewe Gresty Bridge | Frisby On The Wreake
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!
A Santa Fe GP40X leads four other units in the eastbound charge up Cajon Pass with a uniform TOFC consist in tow. The train is passing the classic Santa Fe station sign at Ono which was located along Cajon Boulevard in San Bernardino, CA. 3807 was one of ten GP40X locomotives on Santa Fe's roster. It would have a long career, eventually being reclassified by BNSF as a GP25X (BNSF 3037). This location has changed a bit today, with the addition of a third main track plus several sidings. Of course, the station sign is gone, as is the code line at right. Within five months Santa Fe would cease to exist, so this visit to Cajon Pass was well-timed.
ATSF 3807 GP40X
004 leads with a test run from Taunton to North Pole, it and 003 had run separetely within minutes of each other from Taunton to Bristol, 15/6/17. Due to cloud watching I didn't quite frame the picture properly!
76006 leads 76024 westward at Torside with a train of Yorkshire coal, 20th February 1981.
Locomotive History
76006 was originally E26006 and was built at Gorton works with electrical equipment provided by Metropolitan Vickers. It entered traffic in January 1951 initially working trials allocated to Ilford before moving north to Wath in June 1951. It was one of the class to be fitted with dual brakes for operating with modern air braked wagons. It survived until the end of the Woodhead route in July 1981 and was broken up at CF Booth Rotherham in May 1983. 76024 entered traffic in October 1951 as E26024 and like 76006 was withdrawn in July 1981 and broken up at CF Booth Rotherham in June 1983.
Canon AT1, Ektachrome 200
The RHTT season is finally over and the remaining locos from Stowmarket returned home to Carlisle today on a stock move that included a defective Mark 2. Meeting 4L41 exiting from the down yard grubby 57 310 leads 57 003 (this pair then went forward from Willesden to Tonbridge to work a snowplough test tomorrow to Ashford), 66 430, 37 419 (traction motor defects) and on the rear 66 424. Although in grim light here the edge of the cloud was visible only a few miles further west.
My main concern here was being bowled by the 12.05 from Clacton which had already passed East Gate Junction. Fortunately this was motoring!
37006 leads 37001 on a train of empty bogie steel wagons past Thornaby station, 18th June 1976.
Locomotive History
37006 was released from English Electric Vulcan Foundry, as D6706 on the 20th January 1961 and initially allocated to Norwich MPD before being transferred to Stratford a few weeks later. Between October and December 1967 D6701 -09 transferred from Stratford to Wath at the same time as D6960 - 68 were transferred to Stratford from Wath. It would appear that on arrival at Stratford D6960 - 68 were dual brake fitted and received the Clayton RO2500 steam heating boilers from D6701 -09, thus D6706 lost its steam heating capability. One wonders why they went to all this trouble? D6706 transfered to Thornaby in May 1970. Originally built with vacuum train brakes it was fitted with dual (air/vacuum) train brakes during a classified repair at Doncaster works in October 1975. It stayed at Thornaby for eleven years before transfer to Healey Mills in October 1981. It was back to the North East in September 1984 with a transfer to Gateshead. In the summer of 1986 it entered Crewe works for refurbishment and reappeared in September 1986 as 37798. During this refurbishment the English Electric generator was replaced with a Brush BA1005A alternator, the locomotive was extensively re-wired and ballast weight was added to give extra 'pulling power' when hauling heavy freight trains. On release from Crewe works it was off to the Western Region with a transfer to Cardiff where it was to remain for five years before transfer to Immingham in May 1993. This was followed with spells at Stewarts Lane, Toton and Crewe before finally being stored at the end of 2003. Following withdrawal it could be found dumped at Cardiff Canton before being moved to Margam until it made its final journey to CF Booth, Rotherham in May 2009 where it was broken up in July 2009.
Praktica LTL, Orwochrome UT18
The Gooseberry River, a stream in Lake County Minnesota in the fall, leads into Gooseberry Falls waterfall State Park
It's a breezy afternoon as CSX 5481 leads a trio of EMD power and a manifest across Newburgh Road within the industrial heart of Livonia, MI. This train is heading east towards the Motor City. Timing was key here because the sound of the train was muffled by all the traffic.
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)
With the closure of the southern end of the WCML for Bank Holiday engineering work Chiltern strengthened and ran extra services into Marylebone, many calling at Wembley Stadium for traffic generated by the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final between Wigan and Hull. This included the hiring in of two ROG class 47s and drivers for two round trips between Birmingham and London and a set of Riveria Mark 2s.
The southbound morning service passes a northbound Met train on its final leg of the journey.
BNSF 4755 leads the V-SDGWSP2-23L eastbound east of Cadiz, CA with Bolo Hill, Amboy Crater, and the Bullion Mountains in the background on November, 24, 2009.
Medvinden – tour-skating on natural ice. The course leads from Badhusparken and is 10 km long with an extra loop of 5 km in Kungsgårdsviken. All skating at your own risk. Please note that the courses may be temporarily closed due to mild weather and poor ice conditions.
Tour skating is a sport and recreational form of long distance ice skating on natural ice.
The Nordic style of tour skating is popular in the Nordic countries, especially Sweden, but increasingly in Finland and Norway, where it is respectively called långfärdsskridsko (Swedish), retkiluistelu (Finnish) and turskøyting (Norwegian). In Canada and the USA this style is often called Nordic skating. Other names used are trip skating and wild skating.
Another spoert of skating, which is popular in the Netherlands, is called toerschaatsen (Dutch).
While the Nordic skating usually involves choosing your own tours over the ice, in the Netherlands skaters follow marked routes on frozen canals and lakes. Consequently the equipment used and safety requirements differ very much between these two skating sports.
A short coastal footpath leads to Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge. On the way, there are wonderful vantage points to stop and take in the natural beauty. The geology, flora and fauna have won Carrick-a-Rede recognition as an area of special scientific interest. Fulmars, kittywakes, guillemots and razorbills breed on the islands close to the rope bridge.
Of course, Carrick-a-Rede also boasts an exhilarating rope bridge experience. Traditionally fishermen erected the bridge to Carrick-a-Rede island over a 23m-deep and 20m-wide chasm to check their salmon nets. Today visitors are drawn here simply to take the rope bridge challenge!
The rope bridge originally consisted of a single rope hand rail which has been replaced by a two hand railed bridge by the National Trust. Sheep Island View Hostel display a collection of old photographs of people doing stunts on the bridge.
Once you reach Carrick Island, the reward is seeing the diverse birdlife and an uninterrupted view across to Rathlin Island and Scotland. There is only one way off the island - back across the swinging bridge! Don't look down!
The area is exceptional in is natural beauty, to the left as you come down the steep hill is Larrybane headland which once stretched out towards Sheep Island and had a promontory fort on the top dating to 800AD, underneath large caves once served as home to boat builders and a safe resting place from winter storms. Despite having been quarried in the 1950's this quarry is still worth a visit for its exceptional views.
BNSF 8162 leads an SD70ACe west through Corona with a train load of OOCL and CMA-CGM boxes heading for the, Long Beach Container Transfer facility in the harbor the train will make a long stop at Pardo to wait for Metrolink trains and higher priority westbound BNSF trains that have caught up to it.
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)
Milwaukee SD40-2 #190 leads Train #203 (Bensenville - St. Paul) westbound through Hartland, Wi with an MKT SD40-2 in consist. The MKT run through power was not unusual during this period of operations. Photo taken on October 2, 1984 by Mike Hoff.
68018 leads 37716(DIT) with 6K05 on 10/7/2019 north of Long Marton on the Settle-Carlisle.See also the pic of 6201 alongside for further info.
This was taken from the new access road and it was just possible to keep the works site off shot.However we were soon politely asked to clear off for "Health and Safety" reasons.There is a public footpath alongside the railway here but we were told it had been diverted although there were no signs to that effect on our approach
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Italien / Südtirol - Dreiburgenwanderung bei Eppan
This very pleasant hiking tour leads you to three popular castles: Castel d’Appiano, Castel Boymont and Castel Corba
Our starting point is the small village of Missiano in the municipality of Appiano. Having reached the car parking space underneath Castel Corba, we start our hiking tour on an asphalted street. Very soon we can see two of the castles on our tour: first Castel Corba and than Castel Boymont, which lies a little further above in the woods.
Later on, the trail leads us along vineyards and fruit orchards, presenting wonderful views to the valley and the city of Bolzano. Soon afterwards we reach a farm, which we simply cross, staying on the asphalted street. At the beginning of the wood we follow trail no. 12 until the so-called „castle trail“ (in German „Burgenweg“). Having gained height on a small steep track the trail goes on on a series of serpentines until we finally reach the tower „Kreideturm“.
We pass the „Kreideturm“, keep to the left and continue until we reach an asphalted forest street which will finally lead us to Castel d’Appiano. Before the trail gets steeper we decide to stop and drink some water we brought with us in our rucksacks. Continuing our hiking, we soon arrive at our first destination, the Castel d’Appiano. A breathtaking view to the valley and the city of Bolzano is welcoming us here! Having taken some fotos, we decide to explore the inside of the castle. Passing a small bridge we reach the castle’s gate and enter the courtyard. In the castle’s tavern we treat ourselves with some refreshing drinks.
After a short visitation we continue our hiking tour towards Castel Boymont, passing some horses and pigs who are looking at us half asleep. We follow the track steeply downwards to a gorge where we take some steps and cross a little bridge before we walk upwards again to reach the other side where we can once again enjoy the great view to the castle and its chapel. We continue our hike through the wood (trail no. 14), finally arriving at our next destination, Castel Boymont. After a short visitation, we enjoy the warming autumn sunlight.
Starting our way back we take the same trail on which we came to Castel Boymont. After a few metres we turn into the trail that leads us back to Castel Corba.
Please note: This hiking tour is particularly recommendable in spring and autumn and very suitable for families since castles and their courtyards are great playgrounds for children who like adventures.
(suedtirolerland.it)
Hocheppan Castle (German: Burg Hocheppan) lies on the territory of the frazione of Missian in the municipality of Eppan near Bozen in South Tyrol (Italy). Hocheppan is one of the most important fortifications in South Tyrol.
The medieval hill castle stands on precipitous crags above Missian.
Most South Tyrolean castle scholars believe the castle hill was already settled and fortified in the Rhaetian period. The most recent archaeological finds confirm this.
According to one theory, Hocheppan Castle was built around 1125 by Count Ulrich II of Eppan as a stronghold (Trutzburg). Other researchers believe a later construction date is more probable.
The former seat of the counts of Eppan near the village of St. Pauls had become unsafe due to conflicts with the counts of Tyrol. Where it was, exactly, is not known, but in any case the Altenburg ("Old Castle") in Eppan is not the predecessor of Hocheppan.
In 1158, after the Eppans had ambushed a Papal delegation, the castle was destroyed in a punitive expedition under Henry the Lion, but was then rebuilt. In 1315, it was transferred to the princes of Tyrol, who subsequently enfeoffed it to various families. In 1834, Emperor Francis I enfeoffed the castle to Martin Teimer von Wildau. Since 1911 the counts of Enzenberg have owned Hocheppan.
Meanwhile, the structure of the castle has been consolidated and, in places, restored. The site is home to a snack bar today.
Access to the castle, which was extended over the centuries, is from the north through a complex system of outworks, guarded by battery towers, from the late Middle Ages, much of which dates to the 16th century. Outside the actual enceinte, an open roundel, which could be defended with firearms, guards the site. Dominating the castle is the high pentagonal bergfried, a shape which is rare in the Tyrol, whose condition is endangered by a deep fissure in the masonry.
The frescoes in the castle chapel are some of the best preserved in Tyrol. On the inner and outer walls scenes from the life of Jesus and the apostles are depicted as well as other Biblical scenes, such as the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins.
About ten minutes walk from Hocheppan is the Chalk Tower (Kreidenturm), a separates outwork of the castle. It consists of a very high, white, limed tower that is probably still at its original height. It is surrounded by a small chemise.
(Wikipedia)
Eine gemütliche Wanderung, die Sie zu drei bekannten Schlössern führt: Burgruine Boymont, Schloss Hocheppan und Schloss Korb.
Ausgangspunkt unserer Wanderung ist die kleine Ortschaft Missian, eine Fraktion der Gemeinde Eppan. Mit dem Auto erreichen wir den Parkplatz etwas unterhalb von Schloss Korb und machen uns von hier aus auf den Weg und folgen anfangs immer der asfaltierten Straße. Hier können wir bereits zwei der Schlösser der Wanderung entdecken: Schloss Korb und etwas weiter oben im Wald können wir schon Schloss Boymont erspähen.
Der Weg führt uns an Weinbergen und Obstwiesen entlang und wir genießen die herrliche Aussicht auf das Tal und die Stadt Bozen. Bereits nach kurzer Zeit erreichen wir einen Bauernhof, den wir, der asphaltierten Straße folgend, einfach durchqueren. Nun erreichen wir einen Wald und folgen immer dem Weg Nr. 12, bis wir den Burgenweg erreichen. Über einen kleinen Steig gewinnen wir an Höhe und schlängeln uns über Serpentinen hoch. Bald schon haben wir den Kreideturm erreicht.
Wir spazieren am Kreideturm vorbei, halten uns links und erreichen eine asphaltierte Waldstraße, der wir nun Richtung Schloss Hocheppan folgen. Der Weg wird deutlich steiler, doch bald haben wir bereits unser erstes Ziel erreicht: Schloss Hocheppan, mit einem herrlichen Panorama auf das Tal. Über eine Brücke erreichen wir das Tor des Schlosses und treten in den Innenhof ein. In der Burgschenke erwartet uns die Gelegenheit für eine erfrischende Pause.
Nach einer kurzen Besichtigung wandern wir Richtung Schloss Boymont weiter. Wir kommen an Pferden und Schweinen vorbei, die uns etwas schläfrig betrachten. Der Weg führt nun steil abwärts in eine Schlucht. Von dort aus müssen wir über Stiegen und eine kleine Brücke auf der anderen Seite wieder hoch. Hier angekommen genießen wir noch einmal die schöne Aussicht auf das Schloss und seine Kapelle.
Durch den Wald setzen wir unsere Wanderung fort (Nr. 14) und nähern uns somit unserem nächsten Ziel, Boymont. An der Burg angekommen, besichtigen wir auch diese und genießen die wärmenden Sonnenstrahlen des Herbstes. Dann machen wir uns auf den Rückweg. Über den selben Weg, den wir zum Aufstieg zur Burg bewältigt haben, wandern wir ein kurzes Stück zurück bis zur Wegkreuzung, die uns direkt zu Schloss Korb zurückbringt.
Hinweis: Diese Wanderung ist besonders im Frühjahr und Herbst zu empfehlen. Besonders für Kinder sind die mittelalterlichen Burgen und Schlösser immer wieder ein großer Abenteuer- und Spielplatz.
(suedtirolerland.it)
Die Burg Hocheppan zählt zu den wichtigsten Wehrbauten in Südtirol (Italien). Sie liegt auf dem Gebiet der Fraktion Missian in der Großgemeinde Eppan bei Bozen.
Die Burganlage liegt oberhalb von steilen Felswänden über Missian. Sie gehört zum Typus der Höhenburgen.
Nach Ansicht der meisten Südtiroler Burgenforscher war der Burghügel bereits in rätischer Zeit besiedelt bzw. befestigt. Neueste archäologische Funde bestätigten dies.
Burg Hocheppan wurde nach einer Theorie um 1125 von Graf Ulrich II. aus dem Haus Eppan als Trutzburg erbaut. Andere Forscher halten ein späteres Entstehungsdatum für wahrscheinlich.
Der vorherige Sitz der Grafen von Eppan in Dorfnähe von St. Pauls war wegen der Auseinandersetzungen mit den Grafen von Tirol zu unsicher geworden. Wo er genau lag ist unbekannt, jedenfalls ist die Altenburg nicht als Vorgängerburg von Hocheppan anzusehen.
Nachdem die Eppaner 1158 eine päpstliche Gesandtschaft überfallen hatten, wurde die Burg durch eine Strafexpedition unter Heinrich dem Löwen zerstört, danach aber wieder aufgebaut. 1315 wurde sie an die Landesfürsten von Tirol übergeben, die in der Folge verschiedene Familien damit belehnten. 1834 gab Kaiser Franz I. die Burg an Martin Teimer von Wildau als Lehen. 1911 ging Hocheppan in den Besitz der Grafen Enzenberg über, die den Baubestand konsolidierten und teilweise auch restaurierten. 2016 erwarb die Gemeinde Eppan die Burg zu einem Kaufpreis von rund 3,5 Millionen Euro.
Der Zugang der über Jahrhunderte erweiterten Burg wird im Norden durch ein komplexes System von Vorwerken mit Geschütztürmen aus dem späten Mittelalter geschützt, das zu großen Teilen aus dem 16. Jahrhundert stammt. Außerhalb des eigentlichen Mauerberings schützt ein offenes Rondell, das mit Feuerwaffen verteidigt werden konnte, die Anlage. Dominant ist der hohe und in Tirol seltene fünfeckige Bergfried, dessen Bestand durch einen tiefen Riss im Mauerwerk gefährdet ist.
Die Fresken der Burgkapelle gehören zu den besterhaltenen Fresken Tirols. Auf Innen- und Außenwänden sind Szenen aus dem Leben Jesu und der Apostel sowie weitere biblische Szenen, wie die klugen und die törichten Jungfrauen, abgebildet.
Etwa zehn Fußminuten vor Hocheppan befindet sich der Kreidenturm, ein separates Vorwerk von Hocheppan. Es besteht aus einem sehr hohen, weiß gekalkten Turm, der wohl in ursprünglicher Höhe erhalten ist und von einer kleinen Ringmauer umgeben wird.
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MARC GP39H-2 leads a six car train eastbound crossing Sunnyside Ave in Beltsville MD, August 4, 1993. to the left of the train Metrorail's Greenbelt Maintenance facility is under construction. The 74 continues to work for MARC to this day (2020) in regular service on all lines of the system including the Penn Line.
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Fragonset liveried 31128 'Charybdis' leads a trio of barrier coaches with 47703 at the rear on the approach to Norton Junction on a damp day in Febrary 2007. This was a Cotswold Rail Z19 [11:45] move from Gloucester to Long Marston to collect stored coaches for transfer to Gloucester and onward movement [47703] to Doncaster on the following day.
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43112 leads the 11:45 GNER service to London King's Cross at Doncaster on November 1st 2000 with Midland Mainline liveried first class coach 41154 having been borrowed due to a stock shortage.
CN 5790 leads 384 through Lynden on a lovely July morning.
I was living in Lynden at the time and being able to catch a train on the way in to work was a pretty sweet deal.
UP 5630 leads the MPUNY (Pueblo, CO - North Yard, CO) north into the Greenland Open Space.
Based on the head-end power, you might mistake this as a garbage train...but it's just the daily UP manifest that runs between Pueblo and Denver. This train is typical a nocturnal move, but it was a bit late today.
Well, Pat and Wesley, here you go...Armour Yellow! Or should I say, a lighter, faded, and stained version of that color. Nothing represents a company and a country's image like rust and scorching. Seriously, if UP wants to wrap itself in the flag of this nation, they need to do a better job at preserving the image of Old Glory on their equipment or not put it on there in the first place.
Normally I would make a remark about Armour Yellow and the many cow pies in the field next to the tracks, but I'm just too exhausted. I've been poisoned with too much Armour Yellow in the past week or so. You'll see. They'll be shared here against my better judgement!
SLR 3008 leads local 512 back eastbound toward Lewiston Jct. after switching NEPW in South Paris. Today's train consisted of nine boxcars going east. They are seen at a private crossing close to the Mechanic Falls / Oxford town line.
March 3, 2022
Former Crosscountry Powercar 43357 leads the NMT formed of 977984. 875814, 977993,975984, 977995 + 43277 "Safety Task Force" on the rear working 1Q20 05.34 London Paddington - Derby R.T.C. [Network Rail] via Swansea.
CSX 6015 leads train R136 under the new cantilever at the West end of New Castle yard on August 10, 1994. The abandoned foreground ROW was one of the P&LE mains. The remaining ex P&LE track is below the train and it was in the process of being made into the new CSX Eastbound main at New Castle Yard. Refrigerated reefers were the norm on the head end of R136.