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This lad was waiting for a train . This was shot through the train window as my train was pulling out of the station .
A stereopair I had shown as anaglyph. The side by side style just gives me less headache :)
Three Dimension Company TDC Stereo Colorist and its two Rodenstock 35mm f/3.5 Trinar, Kentmere 400 shot as 200 in Rodinal 1+50 for 15 min @ 20°C and digitalized using kit zoom and extension tubes.
Thank you everyone for your visits, faves and comments, they are always appreciated :)
Il mio pensiero vola verso te
per raggiungere le immagini
scolpite ormai nella coscienza
come indelebili emozioni
che non posso più scordare
e il pensiero andrà a cercare
tutte le volte che ti sentirò distante
tutte le volte che ti vorrei parlare
per dirti ancora
che sei solo tu la cosa
che per me è importante...
A day less before to start the weekend celebration!!!
But today we have a new Dj's debut on our stage!!! For the first time we will have the pleasure to have her tunes in da club... and how to do it??? Of course with a loooooot of foam!!!!
Put your beachwear and join us for this Thursday Party!!!! A lot of great tunes are waiting for some wiggles!!! And there are plenty of sets too!!!
I was so excited to see these today at the Chicago History Museum. I was there for a fundraiser. I did not have time to read any of the info about them as I was working, but I may be able to research the Zaretsky sign later. I’ll see ya tomorrow… I’m exhausted.😴
Mais um esmaltinho da minha troquinha com a Dani Sanchez.
Foi o primeiro Elke que usei.
Achei a cor bem linda, ele tem um glow rosado... Não acho que seja esmalte de pessoas mais velhas... mas ele me lembrou muito a minha vó materna (que já faleceu).... Ela adorava essa cor.
Passei duas camadas e ele está sem top coat e suuuuper mal esmaltado .
Meninas... tenho tentado olhar a galeria de todas, infelizmente não tenho conseguido... Mas eu chego lá....
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh, se alguma de vcs tiver acesso a Guga/ Cora e/ou Lorena quer fazer uma troquinha??? =]
Glastonbury is a town of less than 10,000 inhabitants, but it is also a myth. A number of stories dating back to the Middle Ages link Joseph of Arimathea to Glastonbury and also to the legend of the Holy Grail, King Arthur and Avalon. The abbey flourished at that time, as do the many esoteric shops and services today, and then there is the annual Glastonbury Festival, one of the most important music events in Europe.
One legend claims that the abbey was founded by Joseph of Arimathea in the 1st century. But it´s proven, that the abbey was founded in the 8th century and enlarged in the 10th. It was destroyed by a major fire in 1184. Reconstruction began almost immediately and the Lady Chapel, was consecrated in 1186. There is evidence that, in the 12th century, the ruined nave was renovated enough for services while the great new church was being constructed. Pilgrim visits had fallen and in 1191 the alleged discovery of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere's tomb in the cemetery provided fresh impetus for visiting Glastonbury. In the 14th century, only Westminster Abbey was more richly endowed and appointed than Glastonbury.
The abbey was suppressed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII of England. The last abbot, Richard Whiting, was hanged, drawn and quartered as a traitor on Glastonbury Tor in 1539.
After the Dissolution, two of the abbey's manors in Wiltshire were sold by the Crown to John Thynne. The ruins of the abbey itself was stripped of lead and dressed stones hauled away to be used in other buildings. The site was granted by Edward VI to Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset who established a colony of Protestant Dutch weavers on the site. When Seymour was attainted in 1551, the abbey site reverted to the crown, but the weavers remained until they were removed in the reign of Queen Mary. In 1559 Elizabeth I of England granted the site to Peter Carew, and it remained in private ownership until the beginning of the 20th century. Further stones were removed in the 17th century, so that by the beginning of the 18th century the abbey was described as a ruin. The only building to survive intact is the Abbot's Kitchen, which served as a Quaker meeting house. Early in the 19th century the site became a quarry.
A medieval tile found on the Abbey grounds depicting an elephant
Less than 6 months to go before the route is closed and the loco's are consigned to history - 76028 heads west past Penistone Goods with a train of mineral wagons.
Image was purchased on ebay. I hold no claim to image
and posted it for historical reference purposes.
Framingham center Ma. Lowell branch southbound home semaphore signal.
Stiles mechanical dwarf mounted on a mast.
This image has floated around from other sources but getting detail was difficult due to copy protection, so now this image is large file so enjoy.
Now the image is clean and large for detail viewing
and more clearly shows a back spectacle , less roundel .
This signal may have had life at another location as the back spectacle is centered to the home signals mast.
The mast mount: Stiles made mast mounts for his dwarf mechanical semaphores whether this is a Stiles manufactured
type or New Haven shop made bracket is not determined.
However my hunch is this bracket is NHRR made.
notice "J" hooks are used to secure the base of the dwarf to the bracket.
"J" hooks are used for mounting pipe carriers, for the pipeline that operated mechanical signals , locks , and points.
Notice the weight, does it not look like the weight has been altered to accommodate the jaw for the balance bar.
If the idea for tower operators to see the back spectacle would be very difficult as the angle plus tangent in the track or direct line of sight to the leadout's back window in the tower. would be impossible. so this signal must be recycled from ground use to a high dwarf application .
also to point out Aug 15 1924 is the second tower location
on route 9 Worcester road. north side of street.
Looking at this image, the in service March 1891 tower would be thirty feet left of image, same side of this home signal.
The 1891 tower was raised when the 1924 tower was in service.
incidental... nice spackle job on the dwarf, looks like it was a perfect perch for some bird or a little sloppy in painting the signal silver.
Added info 2/13/22
added history from the last time i visited here.
I would say being on this property
from 1973 to 1980 other interests such as girls took most of my time and i can remember 1981 -82 was virtually railroad interest free other for some weird warm but heavy snow events which right after the snows had ended the sun would show and become warm and i remember visiting north yard for a few pics then that was it.
1984 while in school i had enlisted in the Marines and graduated a bit early to make the trip to Parris Island .
when i returned home i discovered my place was no longer and the attraction of the place the charm held nothing for future visits everything except one track was all that was left it was all gone.
flickr and new found friends .
With interest in photography and having a laptop to access the net, I joined flickr in 2008 and with finding a way to document a little of my railroad collectables, one of which a signal i would find the manufacturer made by Thomas George Stiles (the above image).
I would be contacted by a person who had the same interests
and his friend as well. Brian Duarte very knowledgeable in early New Haven railroad history notably signals and it apparent the Stiles dwarf mechanical has many attractors .
Brian would be instrumental with his contacts including Kevin Kholes .
At this time adding another name to the story Brian Maihar .
and his help in acquiring another mechanical dwarf to complete a spectacle i had my father gave me while the stand
not being fully authentic the modern cast parts removed and made more with authentic parts to finish the signal this was about the time another name enters the story .
Phillip Paradis .
Phillip was a person well known to many in the collectors fields
He was also instrumental in saving scores of railroad artifacts from not only the old New Haven but Boston and Albany lines as well.
From what I was told by a close friend Robert Grubinskas
Philip saved lots of Framingham's early railroad signals and apparatus, it was said the mechanical dwarfs located at Framingham center Philip acquired also manual gate stands of the F&J type also Concord st manual gates stands .
I did ask whether the Home signals and 12 lever S&F machine
was collected sadly these were not saved the gate apparatus
went to the RMNE and dwarf semaphores was in Philip's collection.
Philip passed away and Philip's personal collection went to auction.
It was voiced by numerous collectors that Brian Maihar
cleaned that auction out and many of the artifacts of Framingham would end up in Ohio.
Added 12/26/22
Brian Maiher of Carroll, Ohio passed January 5, 2019
The tradition of collector's steamrolling one another continues
Many of Philip's collection held by Brian with his passing those artifacts had well dispersed prior to any official dispensation of Brians auction.
O-364 model board exist by a private collector out west also included four mechanical T.GEO.STILES the dwarf in this image, plus a high dwarf Stiles with longer balance lever that traversed the pipelines and two low dwarfs by Stiles those signals are unaccounted for but certainly held
by private collectors .
Original Caption: This entire field of straw west of El Centro in the Imperial Valley, burned off in less than half an hour. Smoke was visible for 20 miles. Owner wished to clear field quickly for planting another crop, May 1972
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88002 rolls towards Carlisle Citadel with a Daventry to Mossend intermodal working on 7th October 2017.
Hey! I'm signing in less and less, it seems and it seems like it's time to sign in tonight for a wave and a peek.
My sister, who you don't see because she didn't want to be filmed ... she's in a funk. You see, she's been taking care of Dad instead of my youngest sister. I think they had an argument or something, maybe her dog bit him? just kidding ... I don't know exactly, but I do know that my visits cheer my sis up, so I found myself riding in her car today as we ran some errands. I forget how busy one's life can be when there are children and a parent to care for. We know there are other options out there, and thank goodness money is not an issue, but this is what my sister wants.
And I thought I was busy.
Life is furious and fast at the moment. I am, however, taking the time to work on a virtual project because I found some really cool animation, but I think I'm getting ready to take a long break soon. I need to spend some extra time with my personal relationships. And get ready for graduation!
It's all good:)
Oh! I bought a green screen! I don't know why or what I'm going to do with it, but I'm sure I'll play with it.
I'm trying a bit of this and a bit of that, so that when I retire some years down the road, I'll have lots of hobbies to occupy me.
My friends, have a wonderful week!
Alexander Gronsky was born in 1980 in Tallinn, Estonia. He has begun to work as a photographer at the age of 18 and joined the Photographer.ru agency in 2003, the same year that he was selected as a finalist of the Joop Swart Masterclass in the Netherlands. He moved to Moscow in 2005 where he is still based. In 2008 he was a finalist in the biggest independent Russian award in contemporary art, the Kandinsky Award and in 2009 Alexander Gronsky won the Linhof Young Photographer Award.
Gronsky's photographs have been published in Ojode Pez, Art + Auction, Intelligent Life, Esquire Russia, National Geographic, Conde Nast Traveller.
Russia is always the main subject of Gronsky's photographs. By photographing the vast empty landscapes he investigates the notion of psycho - geography, the effects of the geographical environment on the emotions and behavior of individuals. Less Than One is about the remote regions where the population is less than one person per square kilometer.
You can get on a plane in one place in Russia, fly for ten hours and find yourself in the same Russia, same forest, same hills and same block building.
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