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spotted this immaculate rare to see Classic Datsun 240Z. Its from a dry state in North America and the body work is rust free.
A detail shot of a door panel as seen at the 2017 Paola Heartland Car Show held in Paola Kansas on the historic town square.
On August 31, 2021, the legendary Rio Grande Southern Railroad was brought back to life (if only for a day). Built in 1891 by Otto Mears, the original RGS was located in Colorado’s southwest corner and ran between Durango and Ridgway via Lizard Head Pass, hauling coal, silver ore, and other goods from the mining communities of Telluride and Rico. The RGS was profitable for only a few years before a silver panic crippled its finances, but nevertheless it managed to stay in business, struggling through two world wars before running its last train in 1951. Following this, its 3-foot-gauge rails were taken up.
Rio Grande Southern No. 20, an 1899 Schenectady Ten-Wheeler, is one of four RGS steam locomotives still in existence. It was preserved by the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club in 1952 when the RGS was abandoned and over the years was cosmetically restored for display, first in Alamosa and later at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden. After fifty years sitting cold, No. 20 was transported to the Strasburg Rail Road in Strasburg, Penn., for a top-to-bottom restoration beginning in 2006 that took 12 long years to compete. The restoration was spearheaded by a donation from the Moedinger family of Pennsylvania, who put up $400,000 for the effort. After additional fundraising, No. 20 finally steamed again around the loop track at the Colorado Railroad Museum in 2020.
While a 3/4th mile loop is nice for a short train ride, Jeff Taylor and others at CRRM desired take No. 20 to a railroad where it could really stretch its legs. That opportunity came in 2021. For No. 20’s first major outing since restoration the museum took the 4-6-0 to the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad at Antonito, Colorado. Its visit coincided with the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup, held in in celebration of the C&TS’s 50th anniversary, which featured four locomotives built before 1900.
The trip with No. 20 on August 31 was sponsored by TRAINS Magazine, with editor Jim Wrinn and video producer Kevin Gilliam coordinating the event for photographers. The event was dubbed “Sunset on the Rio Grande Southern.”
Tickets for the event went fast, despite it costing nearly $900. The primary goal of “Sunset on the Rio Grande Southern” was to recreate an RGS trip that the late William Moedinger photographed in 1941, with the brakeman riding the pilot beam to watch for landslides. The first half of the consist matched the train that Moedinger photographed that day, which was featured on the cover of TRAINS in February 1942. William Moedinger’s son Linn was the person that did much of the restoration work on No. 20 during its time in Pennsylvania.
Denver & Rio Grande Western 2-8-2 No. 463, owned by the C&TS, was re-lettered as long-scrapped Rio Grande Southern No. 455 for the trip, and doubleheaded with No. 20. Thanks to decades of hard work by the Friend of the C&TS, the Cumbres & Toltec was able to provide a long string of authentic narrow-gauge equipment with an authentic RGS short caboose bringing up the markers. The scenery on the C&TS between Antonito and Osier is similar to the territory the RGS ran in.
The charter was an incredible experience and recreated scenes that hadn’t been seen since the 1940s. Was it worth the money? I’ll let you be the judge of that, but for me it certainly was. A big thanks is due Jim Wrinn and Kevin Gilliam, plus the men and women of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic for making it all possible.
Camera: Canon EOS 450D
Lens: Canon 70-200mm f/4
f/stop: f/4
Focal Length: 104mm
Shutter Speed: 1/500sec.
ISO: ISO 400
Visit to the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan on October 2, 2020. The museum is currently showcasing "Legendary Packard" in the Heritage Center.
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The legendary man Abdul Sobhan is a dock yard labour. Around 55 years old & about 15 years workinging in dock yard. Every morning 7am began his work & 6pm closing. Only 250 to 300 taka daily wages.
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Since the beginning of time, among all the creatures of this world, the fable of the legendary continent of Safe Haven has endured. The legend tells of the merchants trading in the barren, desolate lands, who offer all kinds of fantastic and magical things in their stores. It describes the special lessons of role-playing in the caravanserai, off the conventional route through the desert city – and last but not least of the well-hidden mystical “Mana’Olana” – the Oasis of Hope. An arduous and risky path through ruins supposedly leads to the oasis.
The legend describes that oasis as a sanctuary for all living beings, a place free and detached from prejudices or the insistence on stereotypical prejudices and expectations – regardless of the gender, genus, color, language, appearance of its visitors.
The Oasis is a place of peace, community, colorful gathering, where pure-hearted beings are given the chance to find a safe refuge from persecution and the fulfillment of their deepest desires. The secret lies embedded in the oasis – in the form of a magical color fountain and the unique tree of healing, as well as the temple of meditation and dance art.
According to legend, no visitor has ever voluntarily returned to their old life – but is it really possible?
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spotted this immaculate rare to see Classic Datsun 240Z. Its from a dry state in North America and the body work is rust free.
C501 George Brown resting at Seymour awaiting its next use, this loco will be the star attraction in November when it will lead L277 and C510 to Albury with Steamrails Standard Gauge carriages
Thursday 9th of July 2015
It seems hard to imagine that an artform as recent as iPhoneography would have it's legends already.
Nacho Cordova, a long time traditional photographer who became well known for his contributions towards advancing iPhoneography was killed in an accident last weekend.
He was an early joiner of the Amazing iPhoneography group, someone I just recently met here on Flickr and would like to have had more time to get to know him better.
There is most certainly controversy over what iPhoneography actually is. Whether is it's purely 100% done with an iPhone or using an iPad or iPod Touch to process a shot taken with something else. I see it as a whole emerging genre with an identity much like when you order a 'Coke' at a restaurant. Not that an iPhone or Coke could ever be considered generic, but they are the leaders. When I did my research to start the group, I looked at all these factors. iPhoneography had the most passion and life to it compared to other specific types of cameraphone photography.
See Nacho's perspective on iPhoneography here and I tend to agree. And here is just one example of what Nacho gave to the iPhoneography community.
Links to the news article and to Nacho's blog, Foto-Rhetoric are in this article from Life In LoFi.
He was a legend indeed.
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Led by its customary ET ALCo twins , the legendary Karnataka express skips TDV at around 15 kmph due to a TSR for the on going electrification work !!
Resting Buddha...inspired by Serena's statue in Australia....and reinterpreted here as the Illustration Friday challenge: "Legendary."
See Serena's Blog here:
...See the actual photo here:
artbyserena.blogspot.com/2009/01/sacred-life-sunday-photo...
“Look famous.
Be legendary.
Appear Complex. Act easy.
Radiate presence.
Travel light.
Seem a dream. Prove real.”
~Author Unknown
This awesome Legendary Superman is exclusively made for the members of the Legendary Bricks, fully pad printed on authentic Lego parts. Truly special and valuable.
Pic credit to Facebook Taiwan 李文中
Shown is a westbound CN manifest freight passing the legendary Durand Union Station. It is used by Amtrak and houses a railroad museum.
ROSE DUGDALE came from a wealthy English background and her journey into the Irish republican struggle stems from her inherent interest in the world around her. From her idyllic childhood on a farm in Devon, to her nine-year prison sentence and finally her progression into Sinn Féin, Rose’s contribution to republicanism is being honoured at this year’s annual Dublin Volunteers Dinner Dance in November.
» BY SORCHA BERRY
BORN into a wealthy family in Devon, in the south-west of England, Rose Dugdale’s childhood was idyllic and she spent her early years surrounded by wildlife. She was a keen hunter and was a self-proclaimed ‘Tom Boy’. She spent some holidays in Scotland where she went stalking, shooting grouse and salmon fishing. Rose talks fondly of her upbringing:
“I had a marvellous life. It’s certainly safe to say that money was never a great shortage.”
She went to the magnificently-named Miss Ironside’s School for Girls in Kensington and her family home was in Chelsea.
In 1959, she studied at St Anne’s College, University of Oxford, where she says she was surrounded by “brilliant” tutors.
“University was a time to relax, learn, think and talk with people. My tutors were wonderful but they didn’t politicise me; I was just always very enthusiastic to learn something about the world.”
After studying in America for a Master’s Degree, Rose returned to England where she taught economics and obtained a doctorate in Philosophy.
She was heavily involved in the demonstrations against the Vietnam War and it was this that led her to visit Cuba for summer camps that were set up by Fidel Castro to attract Vietnam War activists.
“It was in Cuba that I saw the possibility of socialism in the making. Academic life was dominated by great new theorists such as Marx and Mao and it really felt possible to change the world.”
Rose became involved in working-class movements in Tottenham, north London, a community with high poverty rates and a huge Irish population. It was around this time (1972) that Bloody Sunday happened and that event had a profound effect on Rose and spurred her decision to join the republican armed struggle.
“There was a struggle going on right on my doorstep in Ireland and there was never any doubt that I had to be involved. When I got off the boat in Belfast, I saw the British Army on the streets in their uniforms with their high-tech weapons. I saw British troops raid a set of flats and I found it horrifying. I became anxious to get involved in the armed struggle.”
In June 1974, Rose was sentenced to nine years in prison by a Dublin court for her role in IRA operations and months into her sentence in Limerick Prison she discovered she was pregnant.
“I wasn’t scared at all. Being pregnant felt nice. I was delighted.”
Her main concern in prison had to do with the ordinary prisoners.
“They lived in appalling circumstances and we could do very little to help them. The authorities treated them terribly and drove some to suicide. For them a prison sentence of a few months was horrible; as republican prisoners, we knew why we were there — we were prepared for it.”
Her time in prison shaped her participation in the movement upon her release.
“The fact that I was an ex-prisoner gave me a certain status within the Republican Movement. There had always been an attitude that I was from a strange background, from the monied classes. I was considered an oddball and a maverick. Some would have said that I belonged with the Stickies because I wasn’t the ‘typical’ republican.”
Soon after being released from prison, Rose joined Sinn Féin.
“My background had me believe that armed struggle was the only way forward but the revolutionary army that was the IRA had achieved its principal objective, which was to get your enemy to negotiate with you. They did that with amazing skill and ability and I can’t help but respect what was done in terms of the Good Friday Agreement.”
Coming from such a wealthy background, Rose has no regrets about her decision to leave everything behind her and take part in the Irish struggle.
“I did what I wanted to do. I am proud to have been part of the Republican Movement and I hope that I have played my very small part in the success of the armed struggle.”