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43062 leads the New Measurement Train out of the loop at Trent Junction, working the 09.34 Derby RTC - Derby RTC via Boston and Skegness on 7 July 2017 (taken with a 5m camera pole).
Great Western Railways (GWR) HST 43162 'Exeter Panel Signalbox 21st Anniversary 2009' leads the 1A76 0657 Plymouth to London Paddington out of reading with 43078 at the rear of the train.
Venedig - Canal Grande
seen from Rialto Bridge
gesehen von der Rialtobrücke
The Grand Canal (Italian: Canal Grande [kaˌnal ˈɡrande]; Venetian: Canal Grando, anciently Canałasso [kanaˈɰaso]) is a channel in Venice, Italy. It forms one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city.
One end of the canal leads into the lagoon near the Santa Lucia railway station and the other end leads into the basin at San Marco; in between, it makes a large reverse-S shape through the central districts (sestieri) of Venice. It is 3.8 km (2.4 mi) long, and 30 to 90 m (98 to 295 ft) wide, with an average depth of 5 metres (16 feet).
Description
The banks of the Grand Canal are lined with more than 170 buildings, most of which date from the 13th to the 18th century, and demonstrate the welfare and art created by the Republic of Venice. The noble Venetian families faced huge expenses to show off their richness in suitable palazzos; this contest reveals the citizens’ pride and the deep bond with the lagoon. Amongst the many are the Palazzi Barbaro, Ca' Rezzonico, Ca' d'Oro, Palazzo Dario, Ca' Foscari, Palazzo Barbarigo and to Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, housing the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. The churches along the canal include the basilica of Santa Maria della Salute. Centuries-old traditions, such as the Historical Regatta [it], are perpetuated every year along the Canal.
Because most of the city's traffic goes along the Canal rather than across it, only one bridge crossed the canal until the 19th century, the Rialto Bridge. There are currently three more bridges, the Ponte degli Scalzi, the Ponte dell'Accademia, and the controversial Ponte della Costituzione from 2008, designed by Santiago Calatrava, connecting the train station to Piazzale Roma, one of the few places in Venice where buses and cars can enter. As was usual in the past, people can still take a ferry ride across the canal at several points by standing up on the deck of a simple gondola called a traghetto, although this service is less common than even a decade ago.
Most of the palaces emerge from water without pavement. Consequently, one can only tour past the fronts of the buildings on the grand canal by boat.
History
The first settlements
The Grand Canal probably follows the course of an ancient river (possibly a branch of the Brenta) flowing into the lagoon. Adriatic Veneti groups already lived beside the formerly-named "Rio Businiacus" before the Roman age. They lived in stilt houses and relied on fishing and commerce (mainly salt). Under the rule of the Roman empire and later of the Byzantine empire the lagoon became populated and important, and in the early 9th century the doge moved his seat from Malamocco to the safer "Rivoaltus".[clarification needed]
Increasing trade followed the doge and found in the deep Grand Canal a safe and ship accessible canal-port. Drainage reveals that the city became more compact over time: at that time the Canal was wider and flowed between small, tide-subjected islands connected by wooden bridges.
"Fondaco" houses
Along the Canal, the number of "fondaco" houses increased, buildings combining the warehouse and the merchant's residence.
A portico (the curia) covers the bank and facilitates the ships' unloading. From the portico a corridor flanked by storerooms reaches a posterior courtyard. Similarly, on the first floor a loggia as large as the portico illuminates the hall into which open the merchant's rooms. The façade is thereby divided into an airy central part and two more solid sides. A low mezzanine with offices divides the two floors.
The fondaco house often had lateral defensive towers (torreselle), as in the Fondaco dei Turchi (13th century, heavily restored in the 19th). With the German warehouse, the Fondaco dei Tedeschi (which is also situated on the Grand Canal), it reflects the high number of foreign merchants working in Venice, where the republic supplied them with storerooms and lodging and simultaneously controlled their trading activity.
More public buildings were built along the Canal at Rialto: palaces for commercial and financial Benches (Palazzo dei Camerlenghi and Palazzo dei Dieci Savi, rebuilt after 1514 fire) and a mint. In 1181 Nicolò Barattieri constructed a pontoon bridge connecting Rialto to Mercerie area, which was later replaced by a wooden bridge with shops on it. Warehouses for flour and salt were more peripheral.
The Venetian-Byzantine style
From the Byzantine empire, goods arrived together with sculptures, friezes, columns and capitals to decorate the fondaco houses of patrician families. The Byzantine art merged with previous elements resulting in a Venetian-Byzantine style; in architecture, it was characterized by large loggias with round or elongated arches and by polychrome marbles abundance.
Along the Grand Canal, these elements are well preserved in Ca' Farsetti, Ca' Loredan (both municipal seats) and Ca' da Mosto, all dating back to the 12th or 13th century. During this period Rialto had an intense building development, determining the conformation of the Canal and surrounding areas. As a matter of fact, in Venice building materials are precious and foundations are usually kept: in the subsequent restorations, existing elements will be used again, mixing the Venetian-Byzantine and the new styles (Ca' Sagredo, Palazzo Bembo). Polychromy, three-partitioned façades, loggias, diffuse openings, and rooms disposition formed a particular architectural taste that continued in the future.
The Fourth Crusade, with the loot obtained from the sack of Constantinople (1204), and other historical situations, gave Venice an Eastern influence until the late 14th century.
Venetian Gothic
Venetian Gothic architecture found favor quite late, as a splendid flamboyant Gothic ("gotico fiorito") beginning with the southern façade of the Doge's Palace. The verticality and the illumination characterizing the Gothic style are found in the porticos and loggias of fondaco houses: columns get thinner, elongated arches are replaced by pointed or ogee or lobed ones. Porticos rise gently intertwining and drawing open marbles in quatrefoils or similar figures. Façades were plastered in brilliant colors.
The open marble fascias, often called "laces", quickly diffused along the Grand Canal. Among the 15th-century palaces still showing the original appearance are Ca' d'Oro, Palazzo Bernardo a San Polo, Ca' Foscari (now housing the University of Venice), Palazzo Pisani Moretta, Palazzi Barbaro, Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti.
Renaissance
By the start of the 15th century, Renaissance architecture motifs appear in such buildings as the Palazzo Dario and the Palazzo Corner Spinelli; the latter was designed by Mauro Codussi, pioneer of this style in Venice. Ca' Vendramin Calergi, another of his projects (now hosting the Casino), reveals a completed transition: the numerous and large windows with open marbles are round-arched and have columns in the three classical orders.
Classical architecture is more evident in Jacopo Sansovino's projects, who arrived from Rome in 1527. Along the Canal, he designed Palazzo Corner and Palazzo Dolfin Manin, known for grandiosity, for the horizontal layout of the white façades and for the development around a central courtyard. Other Renaissance buildings are Palazzo Papadopoli and Palazzo Grimani di San Luca. Several palaces of this period had façades with frescoes by painters such as Il Pordenone, Tintoretto, Paolo Veronese, all of them unfortunately lost. Particularly noteworthy were the frescoes by Veronese and Zelotti on Ca Cappello, overlooking the Grand Canal at the intersection with the Rio de S. Polo.
Venetian Baroque
In 1582, Alessandro Vittoria began the construction of Palazzo Balbi (now housing the Government of Veneto), in which Baroque elements can be recognized: fashioned cornices, broken pediments, ornamental motifs.
The major Baroque architect in Venice was Baldassarre Longhena. In 1631 he began to build the magnificent Santa Maria della Salute basilica, one of the most beautiful churches in Venice and a symbol of Grand Canal. The classical layout of the façade features decorations and by many statues, the latter crowning also the refined volutes surrounding the major dome.
Longhena later designed two majestic palaces, Ca' Pesaro and Ca' Rezzonico (with many carvings and chiaroscuro effects), and Santa Maria di Nazareth church (Chiesa degli Scalzi). For various reasons the great architect did not see any of these buildings finished, and the designs for all but Santa Maria Della Salute were modified after his death.
Longhena's themes recur in the two older façades of Palazzo Labia, containing a famous fresco cycle by Giambattista Tiepolo. In the Longhenian school grew Domenico Rossi (San Stae's façade, Ca' Corner della Regina) and Giorgio Massari, who later completed Ca' Rezzonico.
The 16th and 17th centuries mark the beginning of the Republic's decline, but nevertheless, they saw the highest building activity on the Grand Canal. This can be partially explained by the increasing number of families (like the Labia) becoming patrician by the payment of an enormous sum to the Republic, which was then facing financial difficulties. Once these families had achieved this new status, they built themselves with impressive residences on the Canal, often inducing other families to renew theirs.
Neoclassical architecture
Neoclassical architectures along the Canal date to the 18th century: during the first half was built San Simeone Piccolo, with an impressive corinthian portico, central plan and a high copper-covered dome ending in a cupola shaped as a temple. Date to the second half Massari's Palazzo Grassi.
Modern era
After the fall of the Republic of Venice in 1797, much of the palatial construction in Venice was suspended, as symbolized by the unfinished San Marcuola and Palazzo Venier dei Leoni (housing the Peggy Guggenheim Collection). The Patrician families, bereft of their hereditary role in governance and sometimes persecuted by revolutionary forces, sought other residences. Several historical palaces were pulled down, but many found other uses, and some restorations have saved their 18th-century appearance. By the late 20th century, most of the more prominent palaces were owned by the city, state, or civic institutions.
During the era of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, the Napoleonic suppression of the monastic religious orders vacated large sectors of real estate in the city. It also freed large amounts of furnishings and works of art into the antiquarian market or into the possession of the state. Large monasteries changed functions: the Santa Maria della Carità complex became a museum, the Gallerie dell'Accademia); the Santa Croce complex, was converted into the Papadopoli Gardens area; and the Santa Lucia complex (partially designed by Palladio) was razed for the establishment of the Santa Lucia Station.
The Kingdom of Italy accession restored serenity in the city and stimulated construction along the Grand Canal respecting its beauty, often reproduced in Gothic Revival architectures like the Pescaria at Rialto.
Events
Historical Regatta
On the first Sunday of September the Historical Regatta ("Regata Storica") takes place, a competition between Venetian boats watched by thousands of people from the banks or from floating stands. Competitions are preceded by a historical procession ("Corteo Storico") remembering the entrance of the Queen of Cyprus Catherine Cornaro after abdication in 1489: gondoliers in costumes sail in typical 16th century boats following the Bucentaur, doge's state galley.
The Feast-day of the Madonna della Salute
On November 21, Venetians thank the Virgin Mary for salvation from the plague epidemic in 1630-38 with a pilgrimage to Santa Maria della Salute. Pilgrims cross Grand Canal on a temporary pontoon bridge from Campo Santa Maria del Giglio, and enjoy stalls and traditional dishes.
(Wikipedia)
Der Canal Grande, im Venezianischen Canałazzo, ist eine knapp vier Kilometer lange, zwischen 30 und 70 Meter breite und bis zu fünf Meter tiefe Hauptwasserstraße in der Lagunenstadt Venedig. Die erste Biegung des S-förmigen Kanals wird als Volta di Canal bezeichnet.
Er ist das letzte Stück des nördlichen Armes des Flusses Brenta, der durch die Lagune zieht, weshalb das Wasser hier im Gegensatz zu den übrigen venezianischen Kanälen immer fließt. Rund 45 kleinere Kanäle (italienisch Rii) münden in den Canal Grande ein.
Lage
Der Canal Grande trennt die citra (diesseits)-Stadtsechstel (Sestieri) San Marco, Cannaregio und Castello von den auf der rechten Kanalseite gelegenen ultra (jenseits)-Stadtteilen Dorsoduro, San Polo und Santa Croce.
Brücken und Gondeln
Derzeit überspannen vier Brücken den Kanal, deren älteste die Rialtobrücke ist. Es handelt sich dabei um eine gegen Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts anstelle einer Holzbrücke errichtete, gedeckte Brücke in Kalkstein.
Bis zur Errichtung der Scalzi-Brücke und der Accademia-Brücke im 19. Jahrhundert (beide erneuert im 20. Jahrhundert) war die Rialtobrücke die einzige feste Verbindung über den Kanal.
Im Sommer 2007 wurde mit dem Bau einer vierten Brücke nach Entwürfen des spanischen Architekten Santiago Calatrava begonnen. Am 11. August 2007 wurde das Mittelstück der tragenden Konstruktion eingesetzt. Dazu wurde der Canal Grande für mehrere Stunden gesperrt. Am 11. September 2008 wurde die Brücke als „Ponte della Costituzione“ eingeweiht. Die 94 Meter lange Brücke mit Treppenstufen ermöglicht Pendlern und Busreisenden, ohne Umweg von den Parkplätzen und dem Busbahnhof am Piazzale Roma zum Bahnhof Santa Lucia zu gelangen.
Neben den Brücken und den städtischen Vaporetti ermöglichen Gondeln (italienisch Traghetti) an acht Stellen ein Übersetzen über den Canal Grande. Die Gondeln verkehren ausschließlich tagsüber.
Verluste an historischer Bebauung, darunter die Kirche Santa Lucia, mussten im 19. Jahrhundert durch die Errichtung des Bahnhofs am westlichen Ende des Kanals verzeichnet werden. In Erinnerung an die abgerissene Kirche wurde der Bahnhof Stazione Ferroviaria Santa Lucia genannt.
Im Canal Grande besteht ein bußgeldbewehrtes Badeverbot, das streng durchgesetzt wird.
Paläste
Der Canal Grande wird von über 200 prächtigen Adelspalästen gesäumt. In Venedig war die Höhe der Paläste von zahlreichen Vorschriften der Stadtrepublik vorgegeben und jeder akzeptierte das. Auch hier herrschte im Vergleich zu anderen italienischen Städten ein starker gemeinsamer Geist, der Einzelinteressen überlagerte. Das Gegenbeispiel sind die Geschlechtertürme in anderen Städten, mit denen sich die einzelnen Familien gegenseitig zu übertrumpfen suchten.
Nach dem großen Vierten Kreuzzug von 1204, in dessen Verlauf die Venezianer reiche Beute gemacht hatten, waren die ehemals hölzernen Häuser zunächst durch Steinbauten im byzantinischen Stil abgelöst worden. Vom 15. Jahrhundert an wurden sie nach und nach durch prunkvolle Paläste ersetzt – im Stil der Gotik, der Renaissance und auch des Barock. Byzantinische Elemente blieben in wenigen Gebäuden erhalten, sind jedoch noch in den Maßwerkformen der gotischen Fenster zu sehen.
Der Abstand der Paläste zum Canal Grande war im frühen und hohen Mittelalter teilweise größer. Erst im 13. Jahrhundert begann man, die Bauten, die auf vielen kleinen Inseln errichtet waren, zum Kanal hin zu erweitern und den Hof nach hinten zu verlagern. Gleichzeitig wurde die Hauptfassade zum Wasser hin verlegt, die zuvor zur Landseite wies. Entgegen einer weitverbreiteten Meinung standen die Paläste der berühmtesten Familien nicht am Canal Grande, sondern an größeren und kleineren Plätzen oder an Seitenkanälen.
Die Steine für diese Paläste wurden hauptsächlich vom Festland herbeitransportiert, besonders aus Verona (roter Marmor) und aus Istrien (weißer Kalkmarmor). Alles Baumaterial, auch Ziegel für Mauern und Dächer sowie erhebliche Mengen von Holz musste von außerhalb, zum Teil über hunderte von Kilometern, herangeschafft werden, da in der Stadt Venedig nichts davon vorhanden war.
Die Paläste sind zwar in ihrer Größe oft sehr unterschiedlich, aber alle nach dem gleichen Bauprinzip – einem dominierenden Mittelteil und seitlich untergeordneten Flügeln – angelegt. Die durch große Fenster geöffnete Fassade und die Bevorzugung der leichten vor der festen Bauweise ergibt sich auch durch die Notwendigkeit, auf unsicherem, oft sandigem Grund mitten im Wasser der Lagune keine allzu schweren Häuser bauen zu können. So sind alle Gebäude Venedigs auf einem Gerüst aus tausenden von Eichenpfählen, die viele Meter tief in den Untergrund getrieben wurden, errichtet. Die innere Anordnung der Räume ist meist an der Fassade abzulesen. Hier zeigt sich die jahrhundertelange Erfahrung der Baumeister, dass das fundamentale Element Venedigs das Wasser ist, dessen Lichtreflexionen in die Räume hineinspiegeln sollten.
Das untere Geschoss, das Wassergeschoss, war schon deshalb offen, um die Waren aufnehmen zu können, die von den Schiffen gebracht wurden. Dieses ganze Geschoss, das Piantereno, war auch auf der Hofseite seit dem 14. Jahrhundert dem Handel vorbehalten, also der wirtschaftlichen und finanziellen Grundlage der meisten venezianischen Familien, die solche Paläste bewohnten. Hier legten vor dem Portal die Boote an, wurden be- und entladen und die Waren unmittelbar in den angrenzenden Räumen und Magazinen eingelagert. Vor den Palästen stehen die berühmt gewordenen Pali, die bunten Pfähle zum Anbinden der Schiffe. Sie bezeichnen mit ihren individuellen Farben auch den jeweiligen Hausherrn.
Das erste Obergeschoss, das Piano nobile, und oft noch ein weiteres, war der Familie vorbehalten. Hier gab es den großen Saal, den Portego, der in der Mitte die ganze Tiefe des Hauses einnahm. Dieser Mitteltrakt war meist zu beiden Seiten von kleineren Räumen umgeben. Die Dienstboten wohnten ganz oben im Mezzanin. Die Küchen lagen ebenfalls meist unter den Dächern – aus gutem Grund. Wenn es hier zu einem Brand kam, wurde nicht das ganze Haus in Mitleidenschaft gezogen.
Innenhöfe fehlen fast immer. Dafür hatte jeder Palast im nach hinten offenen Hof seinen eigenen Brunnen. Die weniger Begüterten holten ihr Wasser aus öffentlichen Zisternen, die auf den Campi standen. Über jeder Zisterne war ein Brunnen eingerichtet.
Das Wasser für die Zisternen kam zum Teil von den Dächern. Rund um das Dach verlief nämlich die so genannte Gorne, eine steinerne Regenrinne, die über senkrechte Abflussrohre mit den Zisternen verbunden war. Die Dächer der Paläste sind relativ flach, und zwar – der Sage nach – weil die Venezianerinnen dort ihre Haare von der Sonne so lange bleichen lassen konnten, bis sie jenen Farbton des goldenen rötlichen Blonds erreicht hatten, für den sie schon zu Tizians Zeiten berühmt waren. Nur das Haar wurde gebleicht, nicht die Haut gebräunt. Das galt als vulgär. Braune Haut hatten nur die Leute, die im Freien arbeiten mussten. Die Dächer der venezianischen Palazzi waren aber entgegen einer weit verbreiteten Meinung nur selten wirklich begehbar, jedoch gab und gibt es in Venedig zahlreiche Altanen, hölzerne, balkonartige Aufbauten über den Dächern.
Viele Paläste waren trotz ihrer luftig-lichten Bauweise im Inneren sehr dunkel, vor allem im hinteren Bereich, wenn das Haus, wie meist in Venedig, eingekeilt zwischen Nachbargebäuden stand, mit oft nur wenig oder gar keinem Platz für einen Innenhof. Vor allem die Treppenhäuser und Erdgeschosse ließen an Licht und Luft zu wünschen übrig. Deswegen kam es im 16. Jahrhundert zu einer Aufwertung dieser Bereiche.
Kirchen
Direkt dem Canal Grande zugewandt, nur durch kleine Plätze oder gepflasterten Uferbereich von ihm getrennt, sind auch einige Kirchen: die Santa Maria di Nazareth (Scalzi), San Simeone Piccolo, San Geremia, San Marcuola, San Stae, San Samuele und Santa Maria della Salute. Als Teil der Accademia, dem größten Museum für Venezianische Kunst, ist auch noch das Langhaus der ehemaligen Kirche Santa Maria della Carità zu sehen. Für die Errichtung des Bahnhofs am nordwestlichen Ende des Canal Grande war im 19. Jahrhundert die Kirche Santa Lucia abgebrochen worden.
(Wikipedia)
MSRW GP7 leads a decent sized MOW train through the small town of Smithville, TN on a nice late May morning. Smithville was nearly wiped off the map back in 2011 when a monster EF-5 tornado came through right where I am standing destroying dozens of homes and businesses. If you go to Smithville now there are not many buildings (as many as there was) but it is still a lovely town in Monroe County.
86639 leads 86637 as they pass the small but hardy gallery (complete with dog) at Kitchen Hill whilst working 1Z42 Glasgow Central - Crewe on the final day of GBRf’s ‘Out of the Ordinary’ Charity Railtour which this year visited the delights of Port Talbot, Blackpool and Fort William. 73141 and 73107 were tagged on the rear having been involved in various shunts in Scotland. 23/09/18
UP 2619 leads a northbound manifest freight past the south switch at Springfield Junction. The track to the right gave northbound trains access to the Siskiyou Line, but is no longer used. Now all trains entering the line originate at the Eugene yard and are routed via the north switch. One of the many SP trestles over the Willamette River is in the background.
43029 leads a GWR 'Castle' HST set as it approaches Langsdown Rock and curves into the Exe estuary at Dawlish Warren working 2E12 08:52 Penzance - Exeter St Davids.
GWR have retained 14 shortened 4-coach HST's to work regional services between Cardiff, Bristol, Taunton, Exeter, Plymouth and Penzance The sets have been fully refurbished including fitting automatic sliding doors in place of the previous slam doors.
The Dawlish sea wall from this angle shows little evidence of the massive ongoing project to re-build and strengthen the structure, which will without doubt change this view considerably in the not too distant future.
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.
DRS 66304 leads a nuclear flask with 66301 behind on the 6Z30 07.48 Devonport Royal Dockyard - Crewe Coal Sidings approaching Harford Bridge west of Ivybridge at 09.07 running 10 minutes late. A half hour previous and it was so gloomy I wouldn't have even bothered leaving the house. I went out in hope that it was getting brighter as in 'not as gloomy as before' optimism. ISO was not brilliant at 6400 but seconds before the shot as the sheds could be heard crossing the viaduct around the corner a small bit of watery sun emerged between the grey slabs of cloud cover. A few seconds is all I needed but wasn't enough time to drop the ISO but who cares. A minute later the sun was gone and it was pouring down. For once the sun was shining on me.
DBZ2310 leads a Caustic Soda train from Bunbury, toward Worsley Bauxite Mine, as it passes through the town of Yarloop.
2019-03-20 Aurizon DBZ2310 Yarloop
43102 Leads 1C43 1144 Sheffield to St Pancras International with 43274 on the rear.
Looks like I was lucky as they were pulled from service later in the day due to window hanging enthusiasts.
SD45 3621 leads a cab hop towards the city on a cold but sunny January back in 1976. I would like to think that I got caught on the wrong side of the sun for this shot, but more likely, I wasn't smart enough to know the difference. It seemed to take forever before I learned to look up and see where that big ball of light was in relation to what I was trying to shoot. Slide film was very unforgiving in that regard, and I have a ton of slides to prove it.
CSX SD70MAC No. 727 leads eastbound manifest Q-628 at Thompson Road in Syracuse on October 22, 2000. The siding to the right leads to the Midler Industrial Park and in 2016 still sees an occasional car.
5110 leads train 710, the 0731 Northwood Siding to Watford 'Rail Adhesion Train' through Northwood, 18/10/15.
GP20 leads the day's train south just outside of Strasburg, Ohio on June 17, 2017. When I grabbed this shot during a chase from Justus to Dover, I didn't think of how fitting it is with today being Father's Day. The overpass in the background is a newer bridge but is the former US Rt 21 and the site of one of my earliest memories. It must have been 1956 or 1957 out with my Dad when he parked at the bottom of the ramp to the old bridge about a 1/4 mile north. We walked back to the bridge which was too narrow to have room to stand but we made our way down to the abutment where there was a clear view of the track. I don't remember a picture of a B&O Big Six at this location so maybe he didn't get a shot that day, but the big adventure for a little kid might have something to do with a lifetime of walking around and climbing up and down to get the shot.
CN 5737 leads M337 over the Fox River in South Elgin, IL, and passes between high-tension poles on either side. The former IC line in this area had some nice vantage points which were ruined by the new power poles erected along the tracks.
IC's Coleman station once stood in the foreground. It was the interchange location with the AEFR (Aurora, Elgin & Fox River Electric Co.) and the connection track ran off to the right just out of this photo. IC would hand off coal loads to be delivered to the State Mental Hospital in Elgin until the early 1970s.
The Fox River Trolley Museum now uses about 3 1/2 miles of the AEFR ROW, which runs parallel to the river just under the third car of the train.
GP9 7205 leads a westbound freight train through the cut at Cassandra, PA in October of 1959. The same iron bridge that stands over the rails today is visible, more than likely carrying automobiles over the rails at this point in history. It appears there's virtually no vegetation to the right as well, in contrast with the dense forest that's there today. What a sight this must have been - pure Pennsy at its finest!
PRR 7205. Cassandra, PA.
October 3, 1959. Bill Volkmer photo.
Adam Klimchock collection.
MILW 261 leads the 2016 Fall Colors train down the ex Minneapolis & St. Louis after turning south at Norwood Young America.
New Haven Railroad EMD FL-9 locomotive # 2053 leads an eastbound passenger train operating on an express track as it passes through the station while an eastbound round roof MUT departs the station platform in the early evening at Stamford, Connecticut, 1968. Bob Hughes captured this image on film in very low light and it represents another portion of the day when the trains were operating.
CP 2279 leads an eleven car through Rock Jct. in Brunswick, Maine where MEC's Augusta Lower Road splits off from the Rockland Branch, nowadays known as Pan Am's CPL-17.
The sun can be tough here as there isn't nose light when F17 usually runs in the late morning or early afternoon, but I was able to make the best of it with this later than usual run and go as wide as I could to fight the growing shadows.
August 27, 2021
One of CSX's small fleet of Dash 9's leads Q162 as it heads east out of Buffalo through Lancaster, New York. This train carries a block of reefer cars ahead of its intermodal train.
See & Hear:
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CSX Rochester Sub
Lancaster, NY
CSX Q162 (North Baltimore, OH to Port Newark, NJ)
CSX 9003 C40-9W Blt.1994
CSX 5224 ES40DC Ex. CSX 5224 ES44DC Blt. 2005
A hundred years into the future, Lord Satanus sits upon a twisted metal throne in the ruins of metropolis. His sister rules by his side. The world is fire, pain and blood. The world is theirs. Ten years in the future, Lord Satanus leads a legion of demons through hell; their hissing and screaming and chanting carves a bloody swath through the inferno to behead the Demon lord known as Neron.
Twenty years in the future, Lady Blaze will usurp Lord Satanus’s then-immense power, and leave him for dead, a withered, aching husk. Stripped entirely of his former glory, and cast into the abyssal wastes to fend for himself among the lesser demons.
Today, she is his only hope.
Lord Satanus sits, powerless in his cell. The vibrations on the dampeners boring into his head. He attempts to meditate, to find some kind of inner calm, but fails. A figure sulks towards his glass enclosure.
Blaze: Brotherrrrr . . . I have come.
Satanus: Wicked Sister! You are my salvation! Release me from this bondage, and we shall engulf this prison in flames.
Blaze: Yes, brother. We shall feast, and this pit will become our own!
Blaze conjures a ball of fire and attempts to destroy Satanus’s cell and power dampeners. They refuse to budge, or even char. Somewhere, Niles Caulder smiles.
Blaze: Satan’s breath. Rest easy, brother, I shall free you, yet.
Blaze merges with the barely-tangible shadows of the hallway and floats down the corridors, past all manner of incarcerated, monstrous people. Psycho Pirate sneers as she goes by. Prometheus cowers in the corner of his cell. Other villains, long forgotten by the public, watch with silent eyes as Blaze shifts around the corner.
Christopher Hackett, twenty three, is newly married. His wife Ellen and he expect a baby within the month. Thanks to Blaze, Ellen will be a single mother.
Blaze tears open the shaft of the service elevator at the end of the hall and floats down it, gentle as a leaf despite her armor, gnarled and heavy, and tears the doors open to the basement. She can feel a great surge of power emanating from this room. Her brother has been stripped of this power, she deduces, releasing it will release him.
Ted Manalo is a single father. After tonight, his daughter will go into the custody of his ageing parents. She will learn to grow up far too quickly. Billy Logan is the only sibling left of three, and the only one who cares for the elderly Mrs. Logan. After tonight, she will have no one.
Blaze approaches the box of power. She can smell the fumes of it, feel energy radiating off it. She drinks a little, makes a sound not unlike a purr, then in one swift movement slashes it to ribbon. It explodes in a fireball of sparks, then dies like Christopher, Ted, Billy and Jerald.
Jerald Parker works the nightshift. He’s here filling in for another man. He wasn’t even supposed to be here today. He won’t survive the afternoon. There is no one to mourn him.
On the floors above, An alarm begins to sound. Blaze courses swiftly back to Satanus’s cell, the doors behind her swinging open as she goes.
“Grodd’s Balls, you filthy chain-smoking Layabouts! Get down to detention block S immediately!” shouts Michael Patten to Digger Harkness and Floyd Lawton. He sends a distress signal to Amanda Waller. Waller is in Washington, there’s nothing she can do.
Digger, withdrawing Boomerangs: Another day in paradise eh?
Floyd, still not looking at him: Another day.
Answer: I’m sure it’s not in your vocabulary, but I advise you to be as non-lethal as possible. You both know how the boss likes her toys broken.
Systematically, the doors start swinging open. The guards begin grapping weaponry. Some suit up in light armor, though generally, they know it wont help. They all grab tranquilizers, Emps, sonic rifles and other non-lethal neutralizers. They’ve been through the training, they know the drill.
Dave Rebor, married father of two, will die despite the training.
If the guards had it their way, they would kill their prisoners on-sight in this situation, but that’s not what they’re being paid for. Floyd Lawton is no guard, and Floyd Lawton is not having a good day, mentally. Even before he pulled his mask on, the world was red around him, the walls coated in blood, and a bullet hole placed neatly between the eyes of everyone around him. One freak, smiling toothily, breaks free of his cell and begins to sprint down the hall. Deadshot shoots him through the neck. They’re all dead to him anyways, today, what’s a few more. Captain Boomerang runs ahead, dodging and weaving through the chaos, scoring hits where he can. Deadshot just walks casually, firing through the riot. Wading through the dead.
Prometheus seizes the opportunity and sprints to the monitor room. In a time like this, who’s to stop him from lifting all of Belle Reve’s secrets and making a nice profit off of them.
Ben Smith and Jerry Cawse do not see tomorrow thanks to him.
Prometheus slams open the door to the monitor room, and basks briefly in it’s low, glaring light. Only one man stands in his way.
Answer: Not now, man! Can’t you see there’s a god damn riot on! It’s like the 1960’s all over again and you’re up here, gnashing at me like a wildebeest!
Prometheus, preparing a fight stance: I hope you have your house in order. *He lunges forward.*
Answer, in one swift motion, spins his chair, grasps his cane and ignites a flashbulb within it, blinding Prometheus for a moment. He swings the cane and jabs Prometheus in the stomach, then grabs the back of his helmet and smashes it on the monitor. Prometheus crumples to the floor.
Answer: This is my house, bitch.
Black Orchid, sitting on the far end of the monitor, smiles widely.
Answer: Flower, baby, you should probably get out there and crack some skulls. Maybe bring me back one to gnaw on.
Orchid nods, kisses his forehead, brushes his chin a second, then flies out of the room and into the fray. Randy Miller, John Beckel, and Lance Henry see tomorrow because of her. Another man, Mike Derry, will be saved at the last minute by Bito Wladon, not wanting to seem dishonorable. No one will live or die because of Angelo Bend, sitting patiently in his cell until Wladon comes to speak with him.
Satanus exits his cell, his power grows. He breathes in the screams and carnage.
Satanus: Sister, you have done well. This structure shall soon be ours.
Blaze: Brother, it alrea-
Her sentence is cut short by Orchid’s fist, plowing squarely into her face. Blaze hits the ground hard, and Black Orchid continues to pummel her. Satanus grabs Orchid by the throat, lifts her bodily, and stares.
Satanus: Child. . . I smell . . . The Green on you. *he pulls her closer to his face* Curious.
Black Orchid goes limp, and Satanus tosses her aside bodily.
Satanus: Rise, sister. This is no place to fall.
Blaze smiles, rises, and arm-in-arm, the two begin to stroll casually through the violence.
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She's fine. She's okay. She's fine . . .
1995 leads a stack train east at Benicia, CA on April 27, 2019.
Locomotive:
UP 1995 - EMD SD70ACe (CNW Heritage Unit)
BNSF ES44AC 6414 leads BNSF ES44DC 7045 and its Detroit Edison coal empty down the Toledo Terminal coming across Ironville which is directly behind me. CSX got smart and decided to actually run D800 series jobs to protect the DE coal business. This D805-21 is returning from CN Lang Yard and taking the train to CSX Walbridge Yard where it would become a E927. This crew had taken a load up to Lang and is returning a few hours later. These TT signals are about to be history.
Blanche leads Lyd past Archer's Dam on the 'deviation' that runs along the shore of Tanygrisiau reservior. The original Ffestiniog route lies beneath said reservior, leading the railway and its volunteers to forge the current line through the mountainous landscape to return to Blaenau in the 1970s. Saturday of the recent Ffestiniog Victorian weekend. I think this train was supposed to be the matching pair of Blanche and Linda, but the latter must have had an issue.
NJT 4213 leads Train 1003 out of Denville NJ after taking a short rest for Train 853 to pass. 853 was the train of the day with NJT 4101 leading. I was glad to catch both with the short time I had, I will take any GP40s! Taken 11/5/22
Italien / Südtirol - Bozen
St. Oswald Promenade
The St. Oswald Promenade leads from Sant’Antonio to Roncolo Castle and finally to the vineyard slopes of Santa Maddalena.
The St. Oswald Promenade proceeds in the north and east of Bolzano, between Sant'Antonio at the entrance to the Val Sarentino valley and the famous wine-growing area of Santa Maddalena. The path along the slopes of the Monte Tondo mountain dates back - such as the Guncina Promenade - to more than a century ago. Like the street at its foot, it was named after the late Romanesque little church of St. Oswald of Northumbria, which was damaged in an air raid in 1943 and of which only the supporting walls are now visible.
The promenade is lined by a mixed forest of downy oaks, fern-lead beeches and bushes from meridional realms growing on the porphyry rock. Information panels tell about the local flora and fauna and about the illustrious sons of the town, such as the architect Karl Ritter von Müller (1821 - 1909). Also two towers of porphyry conglomerate, similar to a pyramid, soar from the forest. These are called "Wilde Mander" (Wild Men) and are typical for the St. Oswald Promenade.
Starting point of the walk is the Lungotalvera Promenade near the Talvera Meadows which leads northwards to Sant'Antonio. From there, serpentines lead up the hill - this section can perfectly be combined with a visit to Castel Roncolo, the "Painted Castle". Finally the trail reaches the well-known Eberle tavern near Santa Maddalena, a picturesque winegrowing hamlet above the quarter of Rencio (375 m a.s.l.). The way back to the starting point follows the same trail, alternatively there are the urban buses passing and stopping at Rencio.
Length: 2.5 hours
Trail length: 6.1 km
Altitude difference: 140 m
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The Rafenstein Castle Ruin rises high above the town of Bolzano at the entrance of the Val Sarentino valley.
On a rocky hill high above the Talvera Gorge, at the entrance of the Val Sarentino valley close to Bolzano, Rafenstein Castle - "Burg Rafenstein" in German, "Castel Rafeinstein" in Italian - appears in conspicuous position. The complex was constructed in the 13th century by the Bishop of Trento Friedrich von Wangen in order to control the commercial relationship between north and south and in order to keep the sovereignty of Bolzano. As this is also where an important commercial road passed by, this castle in the Mediaeval and still in early modern times was rather significant.
At that time, Rafenstein Castle was only composed of a great hall, a low donjon as well as a circular wall. Only in the 14th century an outer ward, a bastille and a southern wing were added to the complex. In 1357, the castle was owned by Franz von Ravenstein. As his son died very early, the possession was handed over to the Goldegg family, thereon it was bequested to the Weinecker family. From 1500 to 1599, Sigmund Gerstl and Hans Wueff owned the castle, afterwards the Earls of Wolkenstein took it over. The most significant construction phase of Rafenstein Castle took place in the 16th century, when the Mediaeval complex became a late Gothic building. Only in the 19th century, when the Earls of Wolkenstein did no longer inhabit the castle, it began to decay.
After extensive stabilisation and renovation works in the last years, the ruin of Rafenstein Castle is now accessible again to the public. Closeby there's a restaurant, named Rafenstein Castle Restaurant, offering homemade South Tyrolean specialities. And how to reach Rafenstein Castle? It can even be reached by car, but the road is steep and narrow and only recommended to those who are experts. On foot, however, the ruin is reachable from the road to San Genesio.
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Von St. Anton führt die St. Oswald-Promenade hinauf zu Schloss Runkelstein und schließlich zu den Rebhängen von St. Magdalena.
Die St. Oswald-Promenade verläuft im Norden und Osten der Stadt, zwischen St. Anton am Eingang des Sarntales und dem bekannten Weinanbaugebiet von St. Magdalena. Der Weg am Hörtenberg mit seinen zahlreichen Serpentinen wurde - wie auch die Guntschna-Promenade - bereits vor über einem Jahrhundert angelegt. Benannt wurde sie, genau wie die Straße, die zu ihren Füßen liegt, nach dem spätromanischen Kirchlein Hl. Oswald von Northumbria, das im Zweiten Weltkrieg bei einem Luftangriff beschädigt worden ist und von dem daher heute nur mehr die tragenden Mauern zu sehen sind.
Am Porphyrgestein des Hörtenberges wächst ein Mischwald aus Flaumeichen, Hopfenbuchen und Büschen aus südlicheren Gefilden. In regelmäßigen Abständen geben Infotafeln Auskunft über die einheimische Tier- und Pflanzenwelt und erinnern an bekannte Persönlichkeiten wie Karl Ritter von Müller (1821 - 1909), einen Architekten aus Bozen. Auch zwei Türme aus Porphyrkonglomerat, pyramidenähnlich und auffällig, erheben sich aus dem Wald: Sie werden im Volksmund "Wilde Mander" genannt und sind ein typisches Merkmal der Oswaldpromenade.
Startpunkt ist die Wassermauer-Promenade bei den Talferwiesen, die nordwärts bis St. Anton führt. Von dort geht es in Serpentinen den Hügel hinauf, bestens kombinierbar mit einem Besuch von Schloss Runkelstein, der "Bilderburg". Schließlich erreicht der Weg das bekannte Gasthaus Eberle bei St. Magdalena, dem malerischen Weindörfchen oberhalb von Rentsch (375 m ü.d.M.). Der Weg führt danach wieder zurück, alternativ halten die städtischen Buslinien in Rentsch.
Dauer: 2,5 Stunden
Strecke: 6,1 km
Höhenunterschied: 140 m
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St. Jakob am Sand (auch St. Jakob im Sand) ist ein Südtiroler hochmittelalterlicher Kirchenbau in Gries, einem Stadtteil von Bozen. Die Kirche befindet sich in erhöhter Talrandlange am Guntschnaberg auf einer Höhe von 500 m s.l.m., umgeben von den Höfen Kreuzbichl, Thurner und Oberposch.
Die Kirche wird ersturkundlich in einem Besitzverzeichnis des hier reich begüterten Prämonstratenserklosters Schäftlarn von ca. 1200 als „sanctus Iacobus in Arena“ genannt. Zu 1386 ist die Erteilung eines Ablasses bezeugt. In der Landgerichtsordnung von Gries-Bozen aus dem Jahr 1487 erscheinen mit Hanns ab Platten, Nickl Gúrr und Jacob Sagmaister eigene Viertelhauptleute „im Sandt“, die zugleich als landesfürstliche Steuereinnehmer fungieren. Kirchlich war St. Jakob Teil des alten Grieser Pfarrsprengels, wie die Lagebestimmung „in dem Sante plebis de Chelre“ aus dem Jahr 1335 verdeutlicht (Keller war der alte Name von Gries).
Das tonnengewölbte Langhaus mit Saalraum und Apsis wurde im 14. Jahrhundert erhöht und außen mit einem polygonalen Chorschluss versehen. Der Turm ist mit Biforien- und Triforienfenstern versehen, sein Spitzhelm mit grünen Glasziegeln gedeckt. In der Apsis, am Triumphbogen und an der Wand sind Fresken aus dem Anfang des 14. Jahrhunderts (Majestas Domini mit Evangelistensymbolen, Apostelreihe).
Aus den Jahren 1598 bis 1807 sind 80 Rechnungsbücher von St. Jakob im Sand am Stadtarchiv Bozen überliefert (Hss. 1091, 1171–1250), die von den jeweiligen Kirchpröpsten geführt wurden.
Die Kirche wurde 1977 unter Denkmalschutz gestellt.
(Wikipedia)
St. Peter auf Karnol ist ein Südtiroler spätmittelalterlicher Kirchenbau im Weiler St. Peter, einem Stadtteil von Bozen in der ehemaligen Landgemeinde Zwölfmalgreien. Die Kirche befindet sich in erhöhter Talrandlange auf den Ausläufern des Rittner Bergs.
Der romanische Bestand, im Jahr 1213 als „ecclesia sancti Petri“ in einer Urkunde Graf Alberts III. von Tirol erwähnt[1], wurde im 15. Jahrhundert als einfacher, tonnengewölbter Bau mit Rundapsis, Spitzturm und einer Seitenkapelle mit Spitzbogenfenstern und Kreuzgratgewölbe vergrößert. Die romanisierende Fassadengestaltung stammt aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.
1288 wird die Kirche im landesfürstlichen Gesamturbar Graf Meinhards II. von Tirol-Görz als „sand Pêter“ genannt. 1295 ist ein Weinhof „ad Curnol ad sanctum Petrum“ im Register des Bozner Notars Jakob Tugehenn belegt. In der Landgerichtsordnung von Gries-Bozen aus dem Jahr 1487 erscheint mit Ulrich Rueb ein eigener Viertelhauptmann „zu sand Peter auf Karnol“, der zugleich als landesfürstlicher Steuereinnehmer fungiert.
Der neuromanische Nischenaltar wurde von Josef Überbacher geschnitzt, die Statuen von ca. 1880 wurden von Anton Kob gefertigt.
Aus den Jahren 1603 bis 1806 sind 69 Rechnungsbücher von St. Peter auf Karnol im Stadtarchiv Bozen überliefert (Hss. 1251–1320), die von den jeweiligen Kirchpröpsten geführt wurden.
Die Kirche wurde 1977 unter Denkmalschutz gestellt.
(Wikipedia)
Die Ruine von Schloss Rafenstein erhebt sich über der Stadt Bozen, südöstlich von Jenesien am Eingang zum Sarntal.
Auf einem felsigen Rücken über der Talferschlucht, am Eingang zum Sarntal nahe Bozen, ist die Ruine Rafenstein weithin sichtbar. Erbaut wurde die Burg im 13. Jahrhundert vom Trientner Bischof Friedrich von Wangen, um die Kontrolle über die Handelsbeziehungen zwischen Nord und Süd und die Herrschaft über Bozen in der Hand zu haben. Da hier ein wichtiger Handelsweg vorbeiführte, war die Burganlage vom Mittelalter bis in die frühe Neuzeit sehr bedeutend. Zu jener Zeit bestand Rafenstein lediglich aus einem Palas, einem Bergfried und einer Ringmauer.
Erst im 14. Jahrhundert wurde ein Zwinger, der Torturm und der Südtrakt hinzugefügt. 1357 war der Bau Sitz von Franz von Ravenstein. Nach dem frühzeitigen Tod seines Sohnes ging der Besitz an die Familie von Goldegg über, später über Erbwege an die Weinecker. Von 1500 bis 1599 war Rafenstein im Besitz von Sigmund Gerstl und Hans Wueff, dann übernahmen die Grafen von Wolkenstein. Die bedeutendste Bauphase gab es im 16. Jahrhundert: Die damals noch mittelalterliche Burg wurde im Stile der Spätgotik umgestaltet. Erst im 19. Jahrhundert, als die Herren von Wolkenstein das Schloss nicht mehr bewohnten, wurde es dem Verfall überlassen.
Heute ist nur noch die Ruine von Burg Rafenstein zu sehen, seit Sanierungs- und Sicherungsarbeiten in den vergangenen Jahren ist ist sie aber wieder öffentlich zugänglich. Ein nahe gelegenes Restaurant, das hausgemachte Südtiroler Spezialitäten anbietet, trägt heute den Namen Restaurant Schloss Rafenstein. Und wie ist die Ruine Rafenstein zu erreichen? Sie ist mit dem Auto zugänglich, die Straße ist jedoch sehr steil und eng und nur erfahrenen Bergfahrern zu empfehlen. Zu Fuß ist Rafenstein von der Jenesiener Straße aus erreichbar.
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SD70ACe 1135 leads train I97 west down the 4-track right-of-way east of Hazel Dell.
I have had some good outings over the years railfanning Norfolk Southern on Lincoln's Birthday, but 2018 was a bust. Only 3 trains passed thru Springfield during daylight hours and this I97 train was the only one with decent light. If this keeps up, I am going to have to change my screen name to LowHor$epower.
NS 1135 (SD70ACe)
Penn Central GG-1 motor leads a passenger train while it's stopped during the rainy night along a station eastbound platform in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Winter 1969. As soon as Penn Central took over the New Haven Railroad operation on January 1, 1969 they started to use their GG-1's on the line. Actually the PC test run the GG-1's prior to the takeover to make sure they would fit into the clearance diagram. There is an over abundance of leaking water vapor coming from the GG-1.
This photo came from my New Haven Railroad photo collection and the photographers name is known but he doesn't want it posted. Any credit for this photo must be provided to the original photographer.
Copyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for the purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
On Sunday 22/12/2024, a very late 5PM9 (SCT intermodal) is seen approaching Dawkins road, Two Wells (SA) with csr022-sct006 in charge, with C502-C508-C503 being hauled to their new owner SSR.
EJE 703 leads R967 as it makes its way toward Glenn after working its industries on the far south side of Chicago. 703 is the only EJ&E-painted GP38-2 in existence and is one of only three engines featuring the "J Ball" nose logo, with the rest having white stripes. Knowing this, and being downtown for the trip back, I went for one of the most unique shots with the buildings surrounding the tracks as the train cuts between them. Safe to say, the crew wasn't happy to see us here, but we were able to get away quickly because of the train only being 6 or 7 cars. With a very small patch of sunlight that only came out for a split second, this made for one of my favorite shots I've taken in this part of the city.
43061 leads the Midland Mainline hire in HST set to Virgin Trains as it passes Besford at 08.59 on Saturday the 8th August 1998 with 1V38, the Saturdays only 06.05 Leeds to Newquay.
66414 leads the High Output Ballast Cleaner on the last leg before Fairwater Yard having originated at Toton working as 6Y11. 66596 was located at the rear with 2 RHTT vehicles in consist to be used to prevent the dust spread when the HOBC is in operation.
New Haven Railroad EP-5 class motor 377 leads a westbound head-end heavy passenger train 181 on the electrified main line while it's stopped at a station platform in Stamford, Connecticut, 12-20-1967. The first heavyweight baggage car may be a Lackawanna Railway car, however; by this date it would be the Erie Lackawanna Railway. the two center tracks that are divided by a fence in the station platform area are the express track that by-pass the station. The famous triangular catenary is used in this area and farther on to the West. The tracks seen to far left are for MUTs operating in commuter service to New York City. Notice the short round end blade semaphore signals on the bridge.
This photo came from my New Haven Railroad photo collection and the photographers name was not provided. Any credit for this photo must be provided to the original photographer.
Copyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for the purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
57008 (formerly 47060) leads 4K58 1539 Seaforth to Crewe Freightliner out of Pighue Lane tunnel at Edge Hill and into the Gullet Sidings to run round. Slide dated August 2003.
**ROB CLARK COLLECTION - I have been given Rob's prints & slides after his passing in March 2022 and have started (Jan 2023) to scan the 2,000 plus images. This will however be a slow process, as to do them justice they will need a fair amount of tidying and processing as a lot of them have deteriorated over their time in storage.
Unfortunately, no notes of the photographs are available and any gen within the Flickr photting community will be appreciated!