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water drips from the limestone stalactites.
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Former SOU B23-7 #3986 is now the permanent resident at the HMCR's latest property at the South Limestone Industrial Park near Tanner, Alabama. It is one of the last ex-Southern high hood GEs left in existence anywhere.
The industrial park was formerly the site of General Motors Saginaw Stearing Gear Division Plants 21-23, opened in 1975. It employed nearly 4,000 workers at its height during the mid-1980s and closed in 2009 during the last recession.
The steep karst formations of the Subis Limestone Complex of Niah National Park hold numerous large caverns, among which are numerous important archaeological sites. The presence of humans in Niah Cave has been dated to about 40,000 years ago, making it the oldest known settlement in East Malaysia. Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo).
This was my next destination, Limestone Falls after Brasstown Falls last Friday morning. It had been only a passing thought but as I drove down Chattooga Ridge Road towards Whetstone, I passed Grapevine Branch Road, and I couldn't let myself pass the opportunity by to visit here. Grapevine Branch Road is a gravel forestry road that twists and winds down through Sumter National Forest several miles before it reaches an old, overgrown forestry road connecting in from the left. I just have to say a few words to describe what it's like to arrive here and how appealing it is to me. First you park on the road at the intersection and hike down the old, blockaded road toward the sound of the creek. After about 120 yards when you arrive at the creek, you bear 90 degrees to the right and pick up a foot trail through a beautiful forest that continues parallel on creek-side right. Gradually the trail begins to climb up away from the creek... at first slightly, then quite dramatically. The land begins to fall away on the left side of the trail quickly as it circles back around towards the creek, and you'll end up finding yourself on a step ledge with a severe falloff as it approaches the top of the waterfall in the heavily forested setting. Suddenly the trail begins to drop, steeply...then incredibly steep until you reach a rope strung between trees for a handhold on the final descent to the creek. To reach the place where I made this photograph, you hike upstream a short distance in the creek bed to get into position. To me this setting is incredibly peaceful and secluded. The trek down the trail from where I parked to where I made this photo can't be more than 10-15 minutes, yet it's quite the adventure. It has it all. It's impossible to tell from this photo how incredibly steep the flanking ridgelines are and it is best realized on your way down and back out. I love this waterfall. I hold it as the keeper of my deepest secrets.
The Elephant Rocks near Duntroon in North Otago, New Zealand, are a collection of large weathered limestone rocks. They are located on a private farm 5 kilometres south of Duntroon, in the Maerewhenua Valley. The wider area around Duntroon is known for its interesting geology and preserved fossils.
It's a crisp January morning as a limestone empty rolls under the former DWP at Munger, nearly back to Proctor. A mixed bag of EMD's trail a GE motor on the train this morning.
the dramatic limestone landscape of Cap de Formentor rising above Port de Pollença in northern Mallorca
Here's the same limestone empty I posted a drone shot of a couple days ago, this time from down low. The grime isn't as apparent at this angle.
At the end of Chichibu Railway's freight operations lie the limestone loadout at Kagemori, Saitama Prefecture. Here the railway loads around 3-6 trains a day with crushed limestone to be transported roughly 40km to the cement plant in Kumagaya. Leading these trains are the popular DeKi class boxcab electric locomotives.
Here, DeKi 302 eases out of the loadout with a near full train of limestone. Once loaded and the switches are lined, the crew will move the train down the branch line to the staging yard at Kagemori, before awaiting their slot to depart for the cement plant.
Chichibu Railway
Chichibu DeKi Class 300
Kagemori, Saitama Pref., Japan
Taken while fell running today in the 3 peaks area. This is the first run on the hills since I injured my ankle running last August. It felt hard, but good to be back in the open space, especially as the weather was so fine.
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An image from this afternoon's brief excursion to Hadrian's Wall country.
This is the inappropriately named* Limestone Corner, where the Roman workers just seem to have 'run out of puff'.
*There is no limestone at Limestone Corner.
Indian Railways WDM-3A 14095 had earlier arrived at Jaisalmer, Rajasthan with an overnight passenger service from Delhi. The locomotive was then used to position empty open box wagons for loading with limestone for an evening block train departure to one of the Tata Iron & Steel Company production plants in the east.
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Roseland man has discovered the joy of ankle breaking search for Dales trees. Happy shooting!
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The Historic Village of Elora is a community in the township of Centre Wellington (Wellington County) in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It is well known for its 19th-century limestone architecture and its geographically, historically, and culturally significant limestone gorge.
Elora is no longer an incorporated municipality in its own right, although it is the seat of the municipal government which succeeded it. The Township of Centre Wellington was formed in 1999 when, on the advice of the Province, the County amalgamated the Town of Fergus; the Village of Elora; and the surrounding townships of Nichol, Pilkington, and West Garafraxa (along with the northwestern part of Eramosa.)[2] The decision — along with the Ontario government’s role therein — remains highly controversial among Elora’s inhabitants.
In 2011, the Village was estimated to have had a population of approximately 7,756.[1]
History
Roman Catholic missionaries first visited the area in the early to mid 1600s attempting to Christianize the indigenous people, particularly the Neutral Nation on the Attiwandaronk Lands. The first European settlers arrived in 1817, and Roswell Matthews built a home here the next year.[3][4]
Captain William Gilkison (1777–1833) was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, and emigrated to North America in 1796. He served with the British forces in the War of 1812 as an assistant quartermaster-general, and in 1832 purchased some 14,000 acres of land in Nichol Township. He selected this area near the falls of the Grand River as a town site for his proposed settlement and named it Elora. It was laid out by Lewis Burwell, deputy provincial land surveyor, late in 1832, and the following year Gilkison established a sawmill and a general store. The founder of Elora died in April, 1833, before the full results of his foresight and enterprise were achieved.
One of the interesting aspects of spending time chasing the ore pool motors on the former DMIR is the limited roster. Unlike many other locations, these 6 axle units rarely stray far from Proctor. Last night's post was one example, the second time I had shot the 2006 leading in August. Here is another example, this time, the 408 leads the same power set it was leading when I shot it in the same location 10 days earlier. I posted that shot a couple days ago. There was a different set of cars on the hook the second time, but the power set was the same. Funny how things can happen.
On both occasions I caught the train a second time at Spirit Mountain, and those are in the backlog waiting to be posted.
Rollei SL66SE, Carl Zeiss Planar 80mm f/2.8, Kodak T-MAX 400 Professional, developed in Kodak D-76, 60mm negative digitised by photographing on a light pad, digital processing in Lightroom.
Lens tilt used to adjust the plane of focus to coincide with the subject plane. The limestone is not horizontal, the camera was exactly levelled.
The geotag is approximate.
56052 approaches Old Alder Lane with 6V23 Hardendale to Margam with a rake of CBA loaded covered limestone hoppers during June 1996. Having watched the train round the sweeping curve towards Winwick Junction I'd assumed it was just another MGR working looking at the wagons, so it was quite a surprise when the covered hoppers were more visible and would be the only time I caught this working here.
CN's Limestone moves out of Proctor have lately largely been the domain of Dash 8s. Here a pair of standard cab Dash 8s lean into the curve over Leiste Road just outside of Munger, MN with 48 loads of stone. This limestone move to Minorca with CN 2038 and 2131 carries a U719 symbol.
The new limestone moves to Utac are the exception to the Dash 8 rule and have been assigned BLE 902 and CN 5317 and run as a U720. Everyday last week after school I saw either a U719 or U720 limestone running north out of Proctor.
The spectacular karst complex of the Sangkulirang Peninsula is the most extensive limestone area in Borneo. This region is poorly explored but is believed to harbour a rich diversity of endemic plants. East Kalimantan, Indonesia (Borneo).
Having seen this loco earlier heading up to Hindlow Quarry with a train of loaded stone, we now see the result of the limestone sludge that covered the loco. 66620 is running round its train, which is near Great Rocks Jcn, and is about to pull up near Peak Forest Signal Box before heading back to its train.
13/9/18 at 1724
The flat topped "peak" - how can a peak have a flat top? - is Pen-y- Ghent., one of Yorkshire's "Three Peaks".
A warning at what was the Omya/Lafarge Dowlow limestone quarry. This quarry was acquired by Breedon Aggregates Limited from Hope Construction Materials in 2016.
Limestone Photography in Sahastradhara, Dehradun.
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A view recorded back in May 1984 at Clink Road Junction, Frome. BR large logo 56116 heads a trainload working of Yeoman branded PGA hoppers from Merehead Quarry, I assumed heading to Acton or Theale.
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Accessories: Manfrotto 190XB Tripod, Manfrotto 322RC2 Heavy Duty Grip Ball Head, Canon RC1 Wireless Remote
Date and Time: 20 January 2010 9.00pm
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8157 and 8159 cruise into Cabramatta with a limestone wagon transfer to Enfield as 2120.
Traditionally all freight excluding trip trains and Berrima cement services operate via the ARTC SSFL, however due to trackwork taking place over the weekend, all freight was operated on the Sydney Trains network.
Saturday 13th July 2019