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I'm overdue for another morning out here, it's always worthwhile. Until then, however, here's one that's been laying around for a while from a trip last year.
Connecticut Southern Railroad's Hartford to Springfield turn job CSO-4 is led by a pair of B39-8Es in the form of orange repainted CSOR 3901 and CSOR 8530 still in its as delivered LMX gray paint and number dating from it Nov. 1987 build date by GE.
They are on Amtrak's Springfield Line main near MP 50 crossing the Connecticut River on the Warehouse Point Bridge crossing from the town of Windsor Locks into Enfield. The 1470 ft long double track bridge (though only one track is in service) dates from 1903 when the circa 1866 iron bridge was rebuilt by the New Haven Railroad, but even that structure was the second one on the site replacing a wooden Howe truss that first crossed here in 1843 by NH predecessor Hartford and Springfield Railroad.
Enfield, Connecticut
Friday March 11, 2022
It was nice of the shop to line them up like that, but they could have made them a bit straighter for me! ;) If I could have reached I would have done it myself... =)
Have a great weekend
50mm @ f1.8
A clothes line was a news forecast,
to neighbours passing by.
There were no secrets you could keep,
when clothes were hung to dry.
It also was a friendly link,
for neighbours always knew,
If company had stopped on by,
to spend a night or two.
For then you'd see the fancy sheets
and towels upon the line;
You'd see the company tablecloths,
with intricate design.
The line announced a baby's birth,
to folks who lived inside,
As brand new infant clothes,
were hung so carefully with pride.
The ages of the children,
could so readily be known
By watching how the sizes changed,
you'd know how much they'd grown.
It also told when illness struck,
as extra sheets were hung;
Then night-clothes, and a bathrobe too,
haphazardly were strung.
It said "Gone on vacation now",
when lines hung limp and bare.
It told "We're back!" when full lines sagged,
with not an inch to spare.
New folks in town were scorned upon,
if washing was dingy grey,
As neighbours raised their brows,
and looked disgustedly away.
But clotheslines now are of the past,
for dryers make work less,
Now what goes on inside a home,
is anybodies guess.
I really miss that way of life;
it was a friendly sign,
When neighbours knew each other best,
by what was on the line.
by Marilyn K. Walker
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Il mare spesso parla con parole lontane, dice cose che nessuno sa. Soltanto quelli che conoscono l'amore possono apprendere la lezione dalle onde, che hanno il movimento del cuore...
(Romano Battaglia)
Not the most sensible place to stand I know but I've stood in far worse places and after my disappointment in Burghley park earlier and now seeing the sky alight as I cycled home I decided to try my hand at the local railway station knowing the line faced east.
The dawn itself wasn't disappointing in the slightest but the station platform was not how I remembered it. It was once a very pretty little station adorned with flowers and a typical old wooden platform awning even more elaborate than the one opposite. Sadly it appears to have been replaced with a cheap metal fascia which is such a shame considering the excellent carpentry skills available in the town.
Unfortunately this isn't the only disappointing 'improvement' in the town, more recently a selection of very large planters, the kind you might find outside Buckingham palace, have been placed in the small town square with no thought given to the fact that the square sits on an incline making the planters look quite ridiculous! And as for the pedestrianisation of the high street several years ago, well don't get me started on that one...*SIGH!*
Thank you for passing through :)
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The “line_up“ is a paperwork series I developed since 2010. The “liners” are made out of paper (Din A3/A4),
oil paint and graphite. The theme is the hermetical laws of polarity and movement. There is no ending and no beginning in any direction, just an endless movement. You have the possibility to arrange the papers like you want and that makes it an endless playground for my photo-work and the eyes of the viewers.
Yanomano
The “line_up“ is a paperwork series I developed since 2010. The “liners” are made out of paper (Din A3/A4),
oil paint and graphite. The theme is the hermetical laws of polarity and movement. There is no ending and no beginning in any direction, just an endless movement. You have the possibility to arrange the papers like you want and that makes it an endless playground for my photo-work and the eyes of the viewers.
Yanomano
I knew the neighbours washing would liven up the shot, but did not expect this.....for the record, colours have not been adjusted!
Jean Dubuffet’s sculpture “Tour Aux Récits” - Smithson Plaza, 25-27 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1HJ.
Polyurethane paint on epoxy resin - 350/400 kg
The James Whitcomb Riley rollls by State Line tower with poooch 702 leading the way toward Chicago on a cloudy March 26, 1977.
Morning line up at Dongbolizhan as four JS locomotives prepare for the new shift. Sandaoling, Xinjiang Province, north-west China.
El Prado Park
Old Torrance, CA
07-17-22
Photographed with the telephoto at 123mm with the camera sitting on the grass.
...is a 20.2-kilometer (12.6 mi) long railway line between Myrdal and FlĂĄm in Aurland, Norway.
Because of its steep gradient and picturesque nature,
the FlĂĄm Line is now almost exclusively a tourist service and has become the third-most visited tourist attraction in Norway.
@Wikipedia
@ticket is very "cheap", 40€ p.P
@Taken from train window
Showmans Engines,Steamrollers, and Agricultural Steam Engines,Seen at the opening of the Driffield Steam & Vintage Rally,