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37405 leads 37716 with 2P20 1236 Norwich to Great Yarmouth through the sun drenched Norfolk Broads at Stokesby on Thursday 23rd May 2019.
Then in their final few weeks of sterling (and entertaining) service on the Wherry Lines, followers of the class would have a short window for further haulage in the Welsh Valleys as a new working started soon after on the Cardiff to Rhymney branch.
Note in the background the six Occupational level crossings for farmers access across the fields.
47848 leads a ROG-operated D.A.T.S. Ltd. (Data Acquisition and Testing Services - see www.datsltd.com/) Midland Main Line OHL test train past Irchester (south of Wellingborough). The working is 3Q18 17.11 Bedford - Corby North Run-Round Loop, and was running nearly an hour late. As it was required to run at no more than 30mph, there was an East Midlands Railway "Meridian" very close behind it!
The formation of the train was:
47848 (ROG), 11018, 12122 (both ex-Virgin "Pretendolino" mark 3 coaches), 91128 (ex-LNER), 90035 (DB), 11074 (ex-125 Group mark 3), 11090, 12032 (both ex-Greater Anglia mark 3s), 12092 (ex-125 Group mark 3), 82136 (ex-Greater Anglia mark 3 DVT), 47815 Lost Boys 68-88 (ROG)
The workings today were:
5Q61 15.39 Leicester LIP - Kettering (transit move; set off 46 late)
3Q60 16.23 Kettering - Bedford (set off 40 late)
3Q18 17.11 Bedford - Corby North Run-Round Loop (set off 56 late)
3Q62 19.43 Corby North RRL - Luton (set off rouhgly on time)
3Q61 21.34 Luton - Kettering (set off 18 early)
5Q59 23.19 Kettering - Leicester LIP (transit move; ran about an hour early)
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GRLW GP30u 4204 leads Z590 past Miliken Road on their way out of town during a fall downpour. 4204 is Ex ATSF 2751, a member of their early 80s GP30u rebuild program. The 30u program involved replacing the 567 prime mover with a 645, boosting the horsepower from 2,250 to 2,500. Other upgrades included replacing the traction motors, adding a rooftop A/C Unit, and others. Somewhere around 80 of these rebuilds were done by the ATSF at Cleburne, and two of them ended up with the GRLW from LTEX. The other unit, 4203, is still in an extremely worn down version of its ATSF freightbonnet scheme and almost never runs. Ironically, 4203 is actually the better pulling motor compared to 4204 but due to how horrid it looks, GRLWs owner hates using it (paint is expensive.)
37 054 leads sister 37 042 (unseen behind) out of Hillfield Tunnel into Newport on the through lines with trunk steel service 6E47 the 11.00 SX Cardiff Tidal Yard to Tees Yard. Both 37's were by this date Thornaby allocated machines so were on the return leg of their outing to Wales.
At the dawn of freight privatisation in 1996 no. 37 054 passed into EWS ownership and was by then allocated to Stewarts Lane Depot, Battersea. Its final depot from November 1998 was Toton in Nottinghamshire before being taken out of traffic in April 1999 and stored unserviceable at Motherwell shed.
Painted in new livery 67021 leads Belmond British Pullman's Venice Simplon-Orient-Express on the first leg of the sold out passengers day trip to Paris starting at £847.00 per person. For that they also got a three-course brunch and a four-course dinner.
It was also photographed earlier on route by Brian Creasey leaving London Victoria and later on route by Adam McMillan at West Malling, then returning by J Diddams at Hollingbourne.
According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were;
London Victoria [VIC].......1115..........1117.............2L
Voltaire Road Junction....1119 1/2....1122 1/4.....2L
Brixton [BRX]......................1121..........1126 1/4.....5L
Denmark Hill [DMK]..........1129.........1128 1/2....RT
Crofton Road Junction....1131...........1129 3/4....1E
Peckham Rye [PMR].........1132.........1130 1/4.....1E
Nunhead [NHD].................1135.........1131 3/4....3E
Bellingham [BGM].............1139 1/2...1138 1/4.....1E
Shortlands Junction.........1144..........1143...........RT
Shortlands [SRT]................1144 1/2...1144...........RT
Bromley South [BMS].......1145 1/2...1145...........RT
Bickley Junction[XLY]......1147..........1147 1/4.....RT
St Mary Cray Junction.....1148.........1149.............1L
Swanley [SAY]....................1153.........1154 1/2......1L
Otford Junction[XOT]......1202........1205 1/4....3L
Maidstone East [MDE]......1218.........1224..........6L
Charing [CHG]...................1232........1239..........7L
Ashford International ......1239........1248...........9L
Saltwood Junction............1248 1/2..1259........10L
Folkestone West [FKW]...1252........1302........10L
20196 leads 20139 on a northbound mixed freight, probably heading for Tinsley yard along the Down Goods at Chesterfield, 28th July 1977.
Locomotive History
20196 was originally D8196 and was built by English Electric in 1967. It was allocated to Toton from new and spent virtually it whole career allocated to this Nottinghamshire depot. However it would spend over eighteen months stored unserviceable until given a classified repair at Glasgow works in October 1984. It was briefly renumbered 20308 in the late 1980’s when dedicated to Peak Forest aggregate duties but had reverted back to 20196 prior to withdrawal in January 1992. It was broken up by MC Metals in September 1993. 20139 was originally D8139 and was built by English Electric in 1966. Withdrawn in May 1991 it was one of four class 20’s sold for further use in France becoming 2003 in the Compagnie de Chemins de Fer Departementaux fleet. On withdrawal in France it was returned to the UK in September 2005 with a view to preservation, however it was sold for breaking up and was broken up in may 2010 at EMR, Kingsbury.
Praktica LTL, Kodachrome 64
Freightliner 66957 glints against the low winter sun crossing the Fens near March on the 4th January 2022. The Class 66 locomotive leads the 4L87 Doncaster Up Decoy to Felixstowe North intermodal working,
37099 leads from the back as the Yorkshire coast RHTT passes through the silver birched pathway to Malton.
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When they put truck trailers on flatcars, they were called piggy-back or trailer-on-flat-car (TOFC) in many places. But Penn Central called them Trailvans or TV trains, a title carried over into Conrail. Photo taken at Rochester, NY, on May 15, 1977.
Only a week since C503 finished up with SSR, C508 has appeared on CA07, as seen here as it leads two BRM's and a CM
DB 66077 leads 6L43 Mountsorrel- Barham east through Cattishall crossing in some very warm Sufflk sunshine thanks to the driver for the friendly toot
A C41-8W leads UP Train ZYCMQB 31 making its way south along the former Cotton Belt past the accompanying pole line next to the UP Jonesboro Sub.
Locomotives: : UP 9553, UP 3543
7-31-07
Bernie, MO
UP #3559 leads a merchandise train through the Dayton's Bluff Yard, supported by UP #2209.
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2007 leads 2008 on a Sunday morning yard job to Eielson. Here he is at the most wide open shot on the branch, near MP 12 (from Fairbanks)
37609 leads 47501 with the 17:00 Workington to Maryport "Floodex" service at Derwent Junction on 22nd April 2010. From a Kodachrome 64 transparency, not long before processing of the type was discontinued. I found the standard of processing (in the USA) at this stage was inconsistent to say the least, this one took quite a lot of time to get to this. Taken with the lovely little Contax G1 camera I still had at this time.
TT07 leads 9203 and TT102 with a loaded coal train through east maitland
Thursday 8th of January 2015
New Haven Railroad GE U25B locomotive # 2516 & another leads an eastbound TOFC train on the express track while passing the station platform in the early morning hours at Stamford, Connecticut, ca 1968, Bob Hughes Photo. There is a good number of passengers standing on the platform while waiting for the next eastbound passenger train. GE U25B locomotive # 2516 is from the later order of locomotives received by the railroad that include the new two piece front cab windows, rather than the earlier versions of the locomotive with the large single piece front cab window.
66136 leads 6D72 , the 11:32 Hull Dairycotes-Rylstone Quarry, empty JGA, 90t glw Tarmac hoppers over the Manually Operated Level Crossing at Rylstone on 12 March 2009.
The image provides a good view of the pneumatic cylinders and mechanical linkage for operating the wagon’s top loading covers.
73201 leads the test train back from Dungenss to the main line connection at Appledore and is seen approaching King Street level crossing a few minutes from Appledore.
02.12.2015
66301 leads the Rail Head Treatment Train back to Carlisle, with 66424 on the rear. This set out from Carlisle the day before at 16:45 and won't get back to the depot until 12:45, a total path time of 20 hours.
BNSF 9647 leads CN train B711 north at Joliet. This unit was the first to wear any kind of BNSF livery, having been painted in a variant of BN's executive paint scheme. It was repainted a few years back and now sports H3 paint, but it still holds the distinction of having been the infamous "Vomit Bonnet" we all knew and loved.
66763 leads 59003, 56006 and 45060 as they pass Ram Hill (Bristol) working 0A45 14:14 Didcot Railway Centre to Bishops Lydeard. The locos were being move to the West Somerset Railway for the upcoming Mixed Traffic Event.
Toledo Hauler crossing a bridge near "Nortons", between Eddyville and Nashville, Oregon MP 737. The PNWR 3001 is working its train through some thickly forested country, up and over the Coast Range Mountains of western Oregon. It is about twenty-nine miles into a 7+ hour, 74.7 mile long trek bound for Albany, Oregon pulling a 14 car train loaded with wood products from the Georgia Pacific Mill at Toledo, Oregon. The consist also includes sister #3002, GP39-2 #2310 and the two slug helper engines #101 & #102.
New Haven Railroad EP-3b class motor 0351 leads a westbound 9 car passenger train into a station platform at Stamford, Connecticut, 4-7-1946. This train consist is made up of heavyweight coaches, except for one Osgood-Bradley Pullman lightweight coach with full skirts remaining. All three tracks to the left of the platform serve the New Canaan Branch. Notice the distinctive installed triangular catenary at this location. The EP-3 motor has the sort of rare pin stripe paint scheme, but it is obscured along the sides due to road grime. Interesting too is the fact that the center carbody window has been filled in and that the brass chime air whistle has been replaced by an air horn. The swing bells on these motors received air clappers. These motors had their original air cooled main transformer replaced by a new main transformer that used pyranol and that ended the snow and rain problems affecting the original transformers. The new transformers also increased the continuous tractive effort. Roller bearing were also applied to all motor axles. The 0351, 351 after 1950, was the first motor of the class to be condemned in 1959.
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8030 leads 44202 on T288 through Clyde heading for Port Botany. With the rain that day having washed out work it was a great opportunity to get this combo
ODC-Come on in
I used a web sharpening setting i came across on this photo as a tester, its too much for me, but i guess the resolution on flickr is quite high so its not needed. I couldnt for the life of me make this look straight either!
Didn't have my camera with me so I made do with my phone. I dropped off David, my better half, at Alfreton station early this morning where the mist was still lifting. Sun across the tops of the rails, tracks disappearing into the distance and the suns rays bursting over the bridge.
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92038 leads the diverted 1M16 Inverness & Glasgow - Euston sleepers under the new A14 road bridge here.
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This issue is from Ben Urich's perspective.
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Osborn’s out of the public eye, Spider-Man hasn’t done anything to make the news, and I have zero leads. In other words, work is slow. I pushed out that piece I promised to write about Jessica Cambell, but I haven’t done much else.
Bored, I spin my desk chair around to look at Robbie. He’s tapping a pen on his desk and staring at an empty document. He looks distressed and I think I know why. “Writer’s block?” I ask, confident in my assumption.
“Yeah,” he says while rotating his chair to face me. “I’m hung up on something.”
“We both know the cure for that.”
“Alcohol?”
“Alcohol.”
“Are you suggesting we ditch work for a drink?”
“No, I’m saying we should drop by my place for a cold beer.”
“Is there a difference? Ah well, it’s not like I’m doing anything.”
“Precisely. By the way, what were you trying to write?”
“Jonah asked me to write a piece on Lonnie Lincoln.”
My jaw drops. “Your high school bully?”
“You remember that conversation?” he asks, surprised.
“How could I not? Damn, you really do need a drink. Or five. Come on.” I jump out of my chair and motion for him to join me. He stands up and we walk to the elevator together.
“So what’s Lonnie up to these days?” I ask as the elevator takes us downstairs.
“He’s a successful businessman. Very wealthy.”
“So he’s still a bully?”
“Pretty much.” Robbie responds, with a laugh.
When we reach the bottom floor, I step out and stretch. “This job sure has a tendency to bring up shitty memories, doesn’t it? Lately I’ve been thinking about my own high school experience.” I laugh at this and then turn to Robbie. “Sorry if it sounds like I’m laughing at you. I’m laughing at the fact that people used to tell me high school would be the best time of my life. That thought used to depress me. I had no friends and I spent my time scribbling down the wild ideas in my head. Now I have one friend and I write for the least respected news outlet in New York. That feels like an improvement to me. Not much of one, but at least I get payed to do what I like. Not to mention I get to hang out with the office’s token black guy.”
Robbie sighs at that last comment. “Let’s go drink your cheap beer. I’m getting tired of standing here.”
“Oh, sorry. And stop knocking my beer.”
“Buy something decent if you want me to stop.”
“Fine. By the way, did you hear about Captain America?”
“Ben, Cap’s not alive. That was someone taking advantage of a day of remembrance to get some attention.”
“But—” I start.
“Save it,” he interrupts, stopping me. “I’ll believe you when there’s proof.”
“Right, right.”
British postcard by De Reszke Cigarettes, no. 10. Photo: M.G.M. Caption: Norma Shearer started acting in school plays at 14, and went to New York in 1920. After several small parts, obtained feminine leads which brought her a Hollywood contract with M.G.M. In Hollywood she met her husband, Irving G. Thalberg, now head of production of M.G.M. Her performance in Divorcee won her the award of the year's best performance by an actress.
American actress Norma Shearer (1902-1983) was the 'First Lady of MGM'. She often played spunky, sexually liberated ingenues, and was the first person to be nominated five times for an Academy Award for acting. Shearer won the Best Actress Oscar for The Divorcee (1930).
Norma Shearer was born in 1902 in Montréal in Canada. In 1931, she would become a naturalised United States citizen. Her childhood was spent in Montreal, where her father had a construction business. Norma was educated at Montreal High School for Girls and Westmount High School. At age fourteen, she won a beauty contest. In 1918, her father's company collapsed, and her older sister, Athole Shearer (later Mrs. Howard Hawks) suffered her first serious mental breakdown. Forced to move into a small, dreary house in a 'modest' Montreal suburb, the sudden plunge into poverty only strengthened Shearer's determined attitude. In 1920 her mother, Edith Shearer, took Norma and her sister to New York. Florenz Ziegfeld rejected her for his Follies, but she got work as an extra at Universal. Other extra parts followed, including one in Way Down East (D. W. Griffith, 1920). She spent much money on eye doctor's services trying to correct her cross-eyed stare caused by muscle weakness. A year after her arrival in New York, she received a break in film: fourth billing in the B-movie The Stealers (Christy Cabanne, 1921). Irving Thalberg had seen her early acting efforts and, when he joined Louis B. Mayer in 1923, gave her a five-year contract. Shearer was cast with Lon Chaney and John Gilbert in the MGM's first official production, He Who Gets Slapped (Victor Sjöström, 1924). The film was a conspicuous success and contributed to the meteoric rise of the new company, and to Shearer's visibility. By late 1925, Norma Shearer was carrying her own films, and was one of MGM's biggest attractions, a bona fide star. She signed a new contract; it paid $1,000 a week and would rise to $5,000 over the next five years. By 1927, Shearer had made a total of 13 silent films for MGM. Each had been produced for under $200,000, and had, without fail, been a substantial box-office hit, often making a $200,000+ profit for the studio. She was rewarded for this consistent success by being cast in Ernst Lubitsch's The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927), her first prestige production, with a budget over $1,000,000. Privately, Thalberg was very impressed by Shearer. On 29 September 1927, they were married in the Hollywood wedding of the year. Thalberg thought she should retire after their marriage, but she wanted bigger parts. One week after the marriage, The Jazz Singer was released. Norma's brother, Douglas Shearer, was instrumental in the development of sound at MGM, and every care was taken to prepare her for the microphone.
Norma Shearer's first talkie was The Trial of Mary Dugan (Bayard Veiller, 1929) with Lewis Stone. Four films later, she won an Oscar in The Divorcee (Robert Z. Leonard, 1930). She intentionally cut down film exposure during the 1930s, relying on major roles in Thalberg's prestige projects: The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) and Romeo and Juliet (1936) (her fifth Oscar nomination). Thalberg died of a second heart attack in September 1936, at age 37. Norma wanted to retire, but MGM more-or-less forced her into a six-picture contract. David O. Selznick offered her the part of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939), but the public objection to her cross-eyed stare killed the deal. She starred in The Women (1939), turned down the starring role in Mrs. Miniver (1942), and retired in 1942. Later that year she married Sun Valley ski instructor Martin Arrouge, eleven years younger than she (he waived community property rights). From then on, she shunned the limelight. Norma Shearer passed away in 1983 in Woodland Hills, California. She was 80 and had been in very poor health in the last decade of her life. Shearer is interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, USA, in the Great Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Benediction, alongside her first husband Irving Thalberg. Shearer had two children with Thalberg. Her son Irving Thalberg Jr (1930) died in 1988 of cancer. He was a philosophy professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her daughter Katherine Thalberg (1935) died in 2006 of cancer. A vegan, she headed the Society for Animal Rights in Aspen, Colorado, from 1989.
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She Leads Me On.
Here is the story...amidst covid
Venturing out to an outskirt place, came upon a group of kite flyers in the open field. It was separated by a deep drain and was wondering how to cross over. There comes this lady, apparently familiar with the place, she choose a spot to cross over, I follow suite behind, and saw the V shape path against a backdrop of backlighted greenery, and a nice rim light cast upon her profile... seize that opportunity with Fuji XE3 and XF35mm F1.4.... "She leads me on" to the kite flyers just round the corner.
BNSF 5753 West leads coal empties through downtown Burlington, IA on July 23, 2015. The three GEs are winding away from the Mississippi River and about to begin the trip up West Burlington Hill. Was down in Burlington for our annual summer visit with Grandma, where my dad grew up. Had limited time by the tracks, so couldn't wait for better motive power to roll through.
My grandfather hired out with the CB&Q in Burlington back in 1949 as a switchtender. He would work most of his years as a switchman, many times switching the overnight mail/passenger trains before retiring in the 80s as a yardmaster in Burlington. The yard office closed here and he could have moved to Galesburg and bumped somebody there, but chose to retire. Neat for me to see trains rolling through Burlington, no matter the power. Have quite a few good childhood memories watching trains in Burlington, mostly with green engines pulling the coal trains.
UP 4564 leads an AC44CW and two more SD70Ms on the point of a southbound manifest heading toward the Cascade Mountains. The siding at this location is called Dougren, and when heading south it is the first siding on the route’s newer 1952 realignment that was built for the creation of Lookout Point Lake. That realignment moved the railroad from the North Bank of the Middle Fork Willamette River to its South Bank. The end of the train is likely near a location once called Fall Creek Jct. that no longer exists. It is on the other side of a bridge that crosses the river and is where the line once split between old and new alignments. The old alignment follows the bottom of the hills in the distance in a more easterly direction on the other side of the river, while the new one jets off in a more southerly direction toward the camera, as demonstrated by UP 4564. The two grades come back together 22 miles railroad south of Fall Creek Jct. on the new alignment, after another bridge back to the north side of the river, passed the siding of Hampton. (Union Pacific’s Brooklyn Subdivision. Taken January 22, 2023.)