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CP 8834 leads Chicago bound marine stack train #148 east across the swing bridge over the mouth of the Shuswap River at Sicamous, BC.
During the summer months, this bridge is constantly opening and closing for tourists navigating some of the over 200 rental houseboats that call the lake home in and out of the marina. The towns along Shuswap Lake swell in seasonal population as visitors mostly from the urban centers of British Columbia, and Alberta flock to the region for its warm temperatures, beaches, and watersports.
Until 2014, Sicamous was the junction with CP's Okanagan Subdivision branch line, which diverged south from the main just past the left edge of the image. CP leased the line to shortline operator Omnitrax in 1998. After the largest shipper on the line closed in 2008, the shortline folded. The right of way was sold to the regional district in 2014 for a rails to trails project.
BNSF 9061 leads a southbound coal train through the S-curve just south of Monument, CO.
Note: I uploaded this photo just before the big Flickr server move/blackout and I think it glitched out, so here it is again.
Some of you may know that I collect vintage buttons. The trouble is that when you're an inveterate collector like me, one thing leads to another. It wasn't long before I discovered that vintage thimbles can be very pretty ... and old cotton reels ... and antique needles ... and ribbons. You get the picture. My guilty pleasure is that I'm always looking for the next thing. :)
For this week's Macro Mondays group theme, Guilty Pleasure.
More detail for anyone who's interested. The guilloché button dates from the 1910s. It's made of silver and the back is rose gold. The silver thimble is French and from the same time period. The silver bodkin needle is Georgian and was made in the 19th century. It actually has a lovely pattern on the sides. I'll photograph it properly one of these days. Lastly, the Sylko cotton reel (colour: Lupin) is from some time between the early 1950s and 1960s. I needed to fill a space on the left with a bit of colour, so that's just a piece of modern chiffon ribbon. :)
Oh hey, a dusting of snow. It only took until Bradford Pear trees and red buds started blooming. A clean AC44C6M rebuild leads NS 276 east through Elliston by some spring colors and snow.
3-11-2023
CSS 805 leads a pair of UP GEVOs on an empty NORX train towards Hegewisch, IL, where it will be staged until the UP would have a crew ready to take it towards the Powder River Basin to be loaded with more black diamonds.
Photo by Jamie
Many thanks to NSW and TO for the info and nice to meet Mr Liverpool (not quite 'invincibles') here!
BR Large Logo 47593 'Galloway Princess' leads 14 Ex-Caledonian Sleeper MK2s and MK3s, as well as one 'Pretendolino' MK3 past Manea, 5Z54 1000 from Bishop Auckland West (Weardale Railway) to Great Yarmouth C.H.S. The coaching stock has recently been brought by Eastern Rail Services (ERS), and was being taken to Great Yarmouth CHS for further storage.
Construit au cœur du plus grand parc forestier clos d’Europe (environ 50 km2 ceint par un mur de 32 km de long), il s'agit du plus vaste des châteaux de la Loire. Il bénéficie d'un jardin d'agrément et d'un parc de chasse classés monuments historiques. Chambord est le seul domaine royal encore intact depuis sa création.
Un palais surgit au cœur des terres marécageuses de Sologne. François Ier, tout jeune roi, en ordonne la construction. Le château de Chambord n’est pas conçu pour être une résidence permanente, François Ier n’y passe que quelques semaines. C’est une véritable œuvre architecturale que le roi se plaît à montrer à des souverains et ambassadeurs comme un symbole de son pouvoir inscrit dans la pierre. Le plan du château et ses décors ont été conçus autour d’un axe central : le fameux escalier à doubles révolutions, inspiré par Léonard de Vinci, spirale ascendante qui mène au foisonnement des cheminées et chapiteaux sculptés, sur les terrasses.
Built in the heart of the largest closed forest park in Europe (approximately 50 km2 surrounded by a wall of 32 km long), it is the largest castle in the Loire. It benefits from a pleasure garden and a hunting park classified historical monuments. Chambord is the only royal estate still intact since its creation.
A palace emerges in the heart of the marshlands of Sologne. Francis I, a young king, ordered the construction. Chambord Castle is not designed to be a permanent residence, François I spent only a few weeks there. It is a true architectural work that the king likes to show to sovereigns and ambassadors as a symbol of his power inscribed in the stone. The plan of the castle and its decorations were conceived around a central axis: the famous staircase with double revolutions, inspired by Leonardo da Vinci, ascending spiral which leads to the proliferation of the chimneys and carved capitals, on the terraces.
MBTA 1071 leads Fall River-bound train 1915 southbound in Bridgewater. 1071 is painted in the colors of the former New Haven Railroad. The locomotive is right at home running on the Middleboro Line, which is part of the Old Colony Lines that the NH once operated on. A friendly wave out the window and the train rushes past the camera and over Titicut St.
DL #405 leads LL1 on the final leg of their journey on the Laurel Line as they get ready to cross Cedar Ave and head into steamtown where they will add 2 cars to their consist and run into NS Taylor Yard.
Up 8630 leads the MCBIT north through Coon Creek, passing by the former Foley Blvd grade crossing and getting ready to embark on the trip along the Hinckley Sub. Not sure if I like this style of paint scheme UP is doing, but sure for a different leader on this train.
Utah 9012 leads a loaded coal train west at Kyune, UT as they climb Soldier Summit. Based on the sound alone I would assume these guys were in run 8 as they slowly climbed towards the summit. 10.97
66165 leads 6G45 1653 Toton to Bescot through Barton. Taken a couple if years ago. I think this service is GBRF at the moment. 21st June 2018.
CSRX 252 leads the 216 and the 7470 back from Hazen's to N.Conway. They are about to cross Route 302 in Faybans. This shot was taken from the parking lot at a nearby church. It just so happens they planted flowers on the embankment next to the tracks, to spell out "Hail Merry" and it made a perfect shot possible.
Freightliner 66610 leads the 6L72 0718 Toton Centre to Chesterton Junction Fhh through Waterbeach, on the 8th March 2021.
519 leads the westbound Borealis through Dakota. A first for me, as I had never shot an Amtrak dash 8 before. Unsurprisingly, people were already camped out at this spot well in advance for 2816's return trip.
DRGW 5771 leads the Rio Grande Zephyr, just having exited Tunnel 1 at Plainview, CO. 815am Dec 9 1976. Of note, much of the area behind the tracks is now slated for dev elopment.
T448p-111 leads a set of loaded tanker wagons through the sad, brown, wintery fields on the outskirts of Gdynia, just before terminating its short journey of 4 kilometers.
The fuel base number 21 in Dębogórze is a fun thing to see whenever you are in the area of the Polish northern Tricity (Gdynia+Sopot+Gdańsk). Its railway track is completely detached from the urban part of Gdynia and instead runs through the fields on its outskirts, which makes for a nice atmosphere (at least in summer...), which almost lets us forget that it's not a real full-scale unelectrified railway line.
The rolling stock of PERN, which is stationed at this base almost reminds us of the Czech Republic or Slovakia. They have two T448p locomotives and (since August 2023!) S200-289, only a Brejlovec and Barodtka are missing for the full experience. The newly aquired six-axle S200 locomotive was one of the main targets of my stay in Gdynia for the winter holidays, as I didn't manage to see it in action during summer. Until recently it was the only broad gauge S200 in Poland, because it served trains from the east at the base no. 13 in Zawadówka.
The whole railway network of the fuel base is comprised of two stations, one of which is used as a pickup point for other railway carriers - mostly Orlen, and the other for loading the tank wagons. They are connected by a track with around 3 kilometers of length. The fuel base itself has a direct pipeline connection to the harbour in Gdynia, from which it takes its entire supply of liquid products for storage and later shipping into Poland.
If you ever do decide to drop by, you are almost destined to see some traffic, as there are up to 3 pairs of trains during daytime. I wholeheartedly recommend coming here for some almost-branchline vibes with lots of diesel action... until it gets really monotonous.
Sadly I once again failed to catch the S200. Well, better luck next time I guess.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
As the sun breaks through the clouds, KCS 4859 leads train 603 past the Cargill elevator, and Coop gas plant at Carseland. KCS 4859 is the KCS safety unit, painted in a sliver paint scheme.
BP 3884 leads an SIRI bound only got Johnsonburg, with an SD50 and SD40 across the NY/PA State Line.
BNSF GP39-2R 2825 leads a cut of grain loads in Superior, WI on the morning of June 26, 2017. The 2826 and 2627 are working a switch job out of 28th Street and are coming to a stop with a cut of grain loads near Fraser Shipyard. Once switches are thrown, the Geeps will shove back towards the CHS elevators on Superior's waterfront.
The engineer is probably enjoying the AC on the lead GP30 rebuilt, on a rare warm morning for this June by the lake. I am not liking the weathering that appears to be taking place on the number boards and GP30 brow, which hasn't been out of the paint shop for too long. Hopefully this nice looking GP30 will hold up through the years.
Greater Anglia 90006 'Roger Ford' leads the 1P37 1230 Norwich to London Liverpool Street past Dagworth (Stowmarket).
DM&IR 411 leads a northbound empty Minorca through Virginia, MN back in July 2004. CN had merged the Missabe out of existence a couple of month prior, but things still looked pretty much the same on the Iron Range. I remember more times than the daily train for the Minorca Mine during this late Missabe/early CN era would be in the late afternoon, but here a morning train.
The CTC searchlights here were installed on the DWP from Shelton Jct. to Minorca Jct. when the Missabe obtained trackage rights over the Peg to serve the newly opened Minorca Mine in 1977. This short stretch of CTC remained the only signals on the former DWP until CN put signals north of Virginia in the mid to late 2000s. Now the entire former DWP/DMIR all the way down from the border through the Iron Range to the Twin Ports is CTC with searchlights long gone.
The track leads to St. Begas' Church, to the right behind the large tree. Very close to the spot that inspired Alfred Tennyson with his poem Morte d' Arthur.
Arthur, dying, bids Sir Bedivere cast Excalibur into the mere which he reluctantly does on his third attempt.
So flashed and fell the brand Excalibur
But ere he dipt the surface, rose an arm
Clothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful.
And caught him by the hilt, ...
HHP-C 9750 leads an eastbound Northeast Regional train through Edison during the first week of revenue service for these stopgap "cab cars". The HHP-Cs have been randomly in and out of service over the last month. Not sure what the issues are...but there are apparently issues. These are needed to replace aging former Metroliner cab cars until the new Siemens Airo train sets enter service in the next few years.
AMTK 9750 HHP-C (ex-AMTK 661 HHP-8)
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Špania Dolina is a village in central Slovakia, near the city of Banská Bystrica. Although its permanent population does not exceed 200 people, it is a picturesque historic village consists of a unique set of miner houses built of wood and stones. The former mining village is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful in Slovakia. Copper and silver ores were mined here in the past. Along with the walled structures once owned by the mining administration a substantial part of local architecture is formed by houses of miners mostly built of logs on stone foundations. The tall tower of the church of Conversion of the Lord built on Romanesque foundations dominates the wonderful panorama. In order to reach the fortified church, one can choose to climb 160 stairs of a roofed staircase. The entrance is situated in a little park with the Renaissance building of the former klopačka from the 16th century. A walk over the mining nature trail in a beautiful nature is a nice experience.
Spania Dolina lies in the southern part of Low Tatra Mountains close to the town of Banska Bystrica in Central Slovakia , 782 m above the sea level. It's an old mining town and there is a beautiful Catholic church. A covered stairway leads to this fortified church.
Špania Dolina is een Slowaakse dorpje in de regio Banská Bystrica. Hoewel de permanente bevolking niet meer dan 200 mensen overschrijdt, is het een pittoresk historisch dorp dat bestaat uit een unieke set van mijnwerkershuizen van hout en stenen. Het voormalige mijnbouwdorp is ongetwijfeld één van de mooiste in Slowakije. Koper en zilveren erts werden hier in het verleden gedelfd. Samen met de ommuurde structuren die ooit in handen zijn van de mijnbouw, wordt een wezenlijk deel van de lokale architectuur gevormd door huizen van mijnwerkers. De hoge toren van de kerk domineert het prachtige panorama. Om de versterkte kerk te bereiken, kan men kiezen uit 160 trappen van een overdekte trap. De ingang is gelegen in een klein park met het Renaissance gebouw uit de 16e eeuw. Een wandeling over het het natuurpad in een prachtige natuur is een leuke ervaring.
BNSF 4160 leads a military train and ballast train through the desolate area in Southwest South Dakota. In about 3 miles south of this location a small unincorporated community of Ardmore that sits empty with over 20 empty houses. Back in the day the water in the town was fairly acidic so the railroad took that water in return of fresh water from I'm assuming Alliance. After diesels took over steam they slowly stopped stopping at Ardmore and the constant droughts the town slowly turned it into a ghost town. While looking up history of this town I found they tried to keep the town alive by trying "Dry Farming". After that didn't work the town really lost its population. I've passed this town many times by train, and I only saw one house still with its lights on. Neat little place to explore if you somehow find yourself in this remote area of South Dakota.
NS 1072 leads Pan Am Southern train 16R out of the 4.75 mile long Hoosac Tunnel into daylight in Florida, MA. This is one of the more interesting locations on the west end of the PAS Freight Main. It has interesting history to say the least.
The heat distortion is a bit much and the lighting is pretty harsh but I was in the area and although it isn't super uncommon, a late Amtrak is still not an opportunity you get everyday.
Amtrak P42DC 152 leads the #6 California Zephyr southbound on the Omaha Subdivision past Offutt AFB in Bellevue, Nebraska, September 27, 2022.
The S&A Heritage Locomotive leads NS Train I39 past KCT Tower 14 at Adams Street Interlocking on The Inbound as it prepares to enter UP Armourdale Yard. This was my first time seeing the Savannah & Atlanta Railway unit in its Southern Tuxedo paint scheme. It's a nice looking engine.
About 30 minutes earlier my new Canon 6D Mark II and Sigma lenses were delivered so this was a nice train to fire off a few test shots on.
Locomotive: NS 1065
1-31-19
Kansas City, KS
From the Ante-Chapter-House a curved passage leads to one of the most admirable areas of Spanish Renaissance architecture: the Chapter-House of the Cathedral. It was begun in 1558 under the direction of the architec Hernán Ruiz II and was finished by Asensio de Maeda in 1592.
The layout of this area is elliptical so that all the members of the cathedral chapter were perfectly visible at their meetings where the problems of the spiritual and material government of the church were brought up and discussed. The oval vaulting in one simple unit helps the voice to carry and has exceptional acoustics. The need for hearing and seeing required in the meetings of the numerous clergy was thus satisfactorily solved, but at the same time the wall decoration of the Chapter-House consists of a complex series of pictures and figures to emphasize the virtues expected of those who came to meet there so that their exchange of ideas and opinions would take place in an atmosphere of harmony and concerd. The walls therefore show a moral code for the canons to observe in their chapter meetings. The composition of pictures and figures designed by the canon Francisco Pacheco includes a seies of sculptures ans paintings with Latin inscriptions referring to the meanings of the images. All this decoration appears in the second section of the Hall, and the first to be seen between the pedestals of the columns are painted versions of the Virtues, among which Justice, Charity, Faith, Compassion and Hope can be identified. These virtues are female figures, some of which represent Saints at the same time, such as St Barbara, St Katherine, St Lucy and St Agnes. These paintings were carried out by Pablo de Céspedes in 1592.
The authors of the large vertical reliefs between the columns are Juan Bautista Vázquez el Viejo and Diego de Velasco who made them approximately between 1582 and 1582. They show The Assumption of the Virgin, Two Miracles of St John the Evangelists, The cleasing of the Temple, The Heavenly Father with the Vintagers, The seven Angels calling the Damned, The Ectasy of St John Evangelist and The Allegory of the Mystic Lamb. The rectangular reliefs were carried out by Marcos Cabrera around 1590 and show The last Sermon of Jesus Christ, Daniel in the Lions´Den, Christ´s Baptism, The Storm in the Sea of Tiberias, The Parable of the Sower, Christ,s Agony in the Garden, St Peter contemplating the unclean Animals and Christ washing the Feet of the Apostles.
In the vault there is a magnificent series of paintings by Murillo who was commissioned by the Chapter in 1667. In a splendid carved frame everything centres on La Inmaculada, which may be considered among the most beautiful the artist made of the subject. Painted on circular canvases around the vault there is a series of eight Seville Saints who can be identified by the name on the signs. They are San Hermenegildo, San Fernando, San Leandro, San Isidoro, San Laureano, Santa Justa, Santa Rufina and San Pio. The Chapter-House centres on a magnificent mahogany armchair which was carved by the sculptor Diego de Velasco in 1592. Before it there is the secretary´s bench, also of excellent design by the same artist.
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NS 1801 leads a decent looking NS 171 over the Miami River in Dayton, OH on a hazy December afternoon. Given the lack of decent lashups on the Dayton District over the past 6 months this single train brought out many railfans.
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NS 1801
NS 1821
NS 3646
GMTX (ex Heart of Texas) 2203
GE leads the EMD's on this northbound "Worthville Turn", which would be empties on the way back to DeCoursey Yard and then on to the mines.
We were really happy the L&N seemed to be on a mission painting stuff into the Family Lines scheme, as it wasn't too bad at all for a gray scheme. While the loss of any yellow nose power hurt, the repainting was wiping out the gray ghost dip units that had become so dominating after L&N dropped the yellow nose, and that was nice to see IMHO.
Doug Harrop Photography • August 30, 2005
A new GE ES44AC leads a stack train eastbound at ABS 9484 at Baskin, Utah in Echo Canyon.
DB Cargo UK 66001 leads 92041 'Vaughan Williams' though Kensington Olympia, 0B55 1515 from Wembley Eur Frt Ops Cntre to Dollands Moor Sdgs.
Many a time I've been wondering whether there is a "pathway", a "recipe" that leads a specific profession or activity to the top of its peers' list ? Whether there are quality characteristics of steady nature, whose presence boosts a given venture into a diachronic success, while their absence turn other similar ventures to subsequent mediocrity and gradual oblivion ?
When I posed this very question to a professor of mine once, he came to me with an amazing answer: "The key to success ... " he said " ... in every venture you decide to undertake is to try not to be a little something to almost everybody but to be almost everything to only a bunch of people".
The University of Cambridge followed that recipe and managed to be steadily ranked amongst the top five Academic Institutions of this planet for quite a few centuries now. It has a reputation that acts like "honey to the bees" to young, gifted minds from all over the globe, while at the same time it unsparingly provides both high standards' academic programs for almost all sciences, as well as an amazing Medieval environment whithin which these programs are followed and completed.
The above scene was taken from a floating boat over the river Cam. A few more will follow ...
NIKON D90 DSLR with Nikon Nikkor 18 - 55 lens, Shutter priority mode, shutter speed 1/100 s, ISO 100, f 4.5, focal length 29 mm, use of HOYA ND X 2 filter, cloudy weather white balance, center weighted average metering mode, HDR processing derived from only one RAW file, no flash, no tripod ...
Conrail 6228 leads a mail train past the old tower for "Tower Tuesday", a tower that had a long time ago simply become "CP 141". Already severely downgraded in the PC era, Bellefontaine at one time hosted six different NYC lines heading out of town as well as a good size yard. The tower was the only remaining structure at the time of the photo, and actually somehow remains such today even under CSX, but it is surrounded by tree's these days. Even though Conrail was almost history at the time of the photo, good old #MAIL-44 was still running right on schedule. Actually even about 30 minutes early for it's scheduled 11 AM passing of CP 141.
SOO 6036 leads a leaser and fellow 60 out of the tunnel on Main 2 under gorgeous fall sun. I had followed this train over twelve hours earlier out of Glenwood and through the night up to Dickinson. At Dickinson the plan was for 497 to setout the 6036 in order for the train to continue East, as the 6042 had developed issues. After getting the power all shuffled around, the train was tied down for a relief crew.
I woke up the next morning to find the train was approaching Humboldt, so I decided to go grab some shots of it during normal hours as well. This is always a good spot to nab an Eastbound after the sun swings, and this day was no different.
Just another night on the West Side.
BLS Cargo 485 009-5 CH-BLSC (TRAXX F140 AC1) leads a southbound CargoBeamer JetModule Sdkmss intermodal block train through the scenic stretch near Buggingen, Germany. The consist, featuring its distinctive Alstom-Bombardier "Sub-type CH/D" configuration, is fully loaded with semi-trailers on their transit toward the Swiss border via the Rhine Valley line.
BNSF 7384 leads three other orange GE's east past Santa Fe Lake near La Plata, Missouri on BNSF's Marceline Sub.
June 20, 2015
37706 leads 92042 "Honegger" passes Breaston with the 6T19 1230 Chaddesden Sidings - Toton spoil empties which is also carrying old sleepers in the back wagons on 14th Dec 99.....I'm not really sure why the Dyson was being moved to Toton ,but it wasn't for painting although the loco does seem to have a non standard black square panel on the center bodyside .....While both locos are still with us....the footcrossing has since been replaced with a bridge