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Reeth lies in a natural amphitheatre, surrounded by spectacular scenery and stunning panoramas at the junction of Swaledale and Arkengarthdale
In Saxon times, Reeth was only a settlement on the forest edge, but by the time of the Norman conquest it had grown sufficiently in importance to be noted in the Domesday Book. Later it became a centre for hand-knitting and the local lead industry was controlled from here. In its heyday Reeth was producing over 10% of the country's lead but it was always a market centre for the local farming community.
Reeth was championed by Ella Pontefract, one of the Yorkshire Dale's most esteemed authors as "a little country in itself.
The N&W Romulus area local with GP9 644 is about to pass the tower enroute to switch the industries west of Romulus, Michigan in May 1976.
Local jobs in the Lower Mainland typically see CN SD60s, and this evening's 591 is no exception. CN SD60 No. 5486 leads the evening "Tramp" job (Train No. 591), as they slowly head toward the Fraser River Bridge with traffic for the SRY and the local industries.
Local buzzards have been using the same nest for the past 10 years and this week this seasons surviving chick fledged.
I have had depot torn down on me that I didn't even know they were going to come down til I came back by. So when I hear the CP B67 local coming out of Sabula towards Clinton, I figured I would make the most of it. After work at Lyons, the crew now crosses the UP Clinton Sub here at 5th Street. The train is passing the old CN&W depot here at 5th Street. In 2017 the UP bought this property in preparation for a new bridge that will be built in 2021. The Union Pacific plans to build a $400 million clear span bridge over the Mississippi River to replace the swing span bridge built in 1909. I am unsure the plans for the depot currently. The crew heads down to the yard by ADM to swap cars before heading back to Savanna.
Last Sunday, I had a great opportunity to capture images inside a terrain with many young born sheeps. I like the attached a lot, as it creates some smile just when watching. Looking at local weather here today, just the opposite is happening. But there is not bad weather, just...All good weekend ahead. Thanks, Udo.
PRATO CARNICO. LOCALITA' PIERIA.
Prato Carnico si trova in Val Pesarina, nella regione montana della Carnia. La valle, che ha direzione est-ovest, è attraversata dal torrente Pesarina, sulla cui riva sinistra sorgono 9 dei 10 paesini che compongono il comune (solo Pradumbli si trova sulla riva destra).
A nord, il magnifico arco delle Dolomiti Pesarine offre svariate possibilità di escursioni in roccia e scalate, anche impegnative. A Sud, la più dolce catena montagnosa che fa da spartiacque con la conca di Sauris, consente un trekking più “dolce” fra i verdi pascoli alla scoperta della vita in malga.
Il cuore pulsante della Valle del Tempo, nome con cui è conosciuta la Val Pesarina, è il magnifico borgo rurale di Pesariis.
La produzione artigianale degli orologi in questo paese pare abbia avuto inizio alla fine del 1600 ad opera di artigiani che avevano appreso tale arte nella Foresta Nera in Germania.
CANON EOS 600D con ob. CANON EF50mm f/1.8 II
Local Woodland.
Hasselblad 500 C/M, Carl Zeiss Planar 80MM F2.8 Lens, Kodak Portra 400 developed with a Tetenol Colortek C41 kit, scanned in monochrome.
With our train put together and air tested, conductor Jay Marston is in position watching closely as we roll down the siding at Neenah before heading to Manawa, via Black Creek with our local.
UP Train LPB14, the Kearney Local, rolls eastbound through Wood River, NE. This local operates between Kearney and Grand island, NE
El canal de Castilla recorre parte de las provincias de Burgos, Palencia y Valladolid, en la comunidad autónoma de Castilla y León. Fue construido para facilitar el transporte del trigo de Castilla hacia los puertos del norte. Con la llegada del ferrocarril, el transporte por el canal quedó obsoleto.
El canal discurre a lo largo de 207 kilómetros, atravesando 38 términos municipales, tiene una anchura que varía entre los 11 y 22 metros, con un desnivel de 150 metros.
Une las localidades de Alar del Rey (Palencia), donde tiene su nacimiento, con las de Valladolid y de Medina de Rioseco.
Esclusa del Canal de Castilla en Frómista(Palencia), Castilla y León, España
On one of my weekend wanderings after moving to Texas in 1979, I found this geep-powered local tied down somewhere in Shreveport. I don't remember where in Shreveport; it was kind of a confusing place with tracks in all directions. I always thought the small numbers under the cab on KCS locos were odd.
A of pair SD40-2s make easy work with 91 cars on Selkirk local B768-04 at New Scotland. The train will work South Schenectady and Rotterdam Junction.
I'm not sure what train this is but I saw the same power doing the same thing two days in a row so I suspect it's a local transfer job of some sort. At any rate, this pair of UP Deuces is heading north out of Fort Worth and soon to go over the Trinity River. 5/18/18
Camera: Rollei 35
Lens: Tessar f/3.5 40 mm
Film: Fuji Acros II 100, rated @ ISO 100
Exposure: 1/30 sec and f/3.5, hand-held
Film developed and scanned by Foto Brell, Bonn
Edited under Adobe Lightroom
Photographically, the result was initially unsatisfactory, as the fine detail in the bark is missing. The camera was loaded with a film unsuitable for the scene and lighting conditions: too high in contrast and too low in sensitivity for the harsh backlight in the dark forest. Leaning against a tree allowed for an exposure of 1/30 second with the aperture wide open. However, the shape of the tree trunks against the illuminated background was brought out, which was what I was actually after.
Another shot of Silbury Hill. This shot is from a higher altitude and shows the top of the hill. The general public are not permitted to climb the hill, so the last time I saw the top was as a young child in the 1970's.
More info: thirdeyetraveller.com/silbury-hill-avebury-pyramid-wiltsh...
This is Asker's bakehouse where the bread and cakes are made for the denizens of Stamford. The bakery shop is in town a couple of minutes walk away.
Kiev 4AM rangefinder camera
Helios 103 lens
Kentmere 400 film
Lab develop & scan
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I like to document the scene so even with a long hood forward and high sun this rather unique signal arrangement was just too cool to pass up!
After making the nearly 64 mile trip south to Dorena for some industry work, Florida East Coast Railway local 905 is starting back to Bowden Yard in Jacksonville. Running long hood forward is FEC 508, an EMD GP38-2 built new for the road in Apr. 1978 and still adorned with the simplified blue dip scheme and classic large Hurricane logo. They are passing this interesting intermediate signal in the middle of the 20,500 ft Dorena siding as they approach the Otis Hunter Road crossing at MP 63.8 on the Flagler Subdivision mainline north of the town of4th Bunnell.
The mainline here dates from 1925 and is known as the Moultrie Cutoff. It was constructed as a nearly straight arrow higj speed line from St. Augustine to Bunnell that eliminated the long dog leg out to East Palatka via the original mainline dating from 1885.
Flagler County, Florida
Tuesday April 26, 2016
Ransuil - Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus).
Chance encounter in the local city park - making two new friends. (-;
Think "Holland" and you've probably already conjured the iconic images of tulips and windmills. More precisely, the very specific windmills you're envisioning right now are that of Kinderdijk.
Though it may sound odd for how technical and pragmatic the region proved to be, the name Kinderdijk translates in Dutch to mean "children's dike." According to local legend, after a particularly terrible flood in the 15th century, a lone basket was left floating in an inundated canal. Upon closer inspection, a cat was found bounding from one side of the basket to the other in an effort to keep it balanced, for inside rested an orphaned baby. The cat had kept the babe afloat, safe and sound during its journey… Thus giving the world the folktale "The Cat and the Cradle" in addition to the village of Kinderdijk its name.
Back in the modern day, visitors will find 19 historically authentic windmills scattered across Kinderdijk's canal-riddled landscape. With their sails raised to the skies (coming to rest in formations that communicate across the bogs in a language of semafors), one could be forgiven for believing these are creatures beholden to the air. What history reveals, in fact, is that the Netherlands' famous windmills are well-disguised creatures of the sea, without which the nation's famously innovative water management system would not have been possible.
Sometime in the 13th century, Zuid-Holland's peat rivers ceased to drain as they had been, creating a pattern of flooding that devastated the beautiful landscape at Alblasserwaard, which already existed below sea level. Berms were built to prevent flooding, but pumping stations needed to be constructed to continue water flow from low to high areas; hence, the 19th windmills still seen today.
Nowhere else in the world offers a complete portrait of early water management like that of Kinderdijk, which accounts for UNESCO's inclusion of the site among its World Heritage as of 1997 for its "unique character." Thanks to its truly groundbreaking unification of sea and sky, plus the added bonus of a world-renowned folktale, a visit to Kinderdijk is the sort of treasure that offers something for dreamers and pragmatists alike. www.atlasobscura.com/places/windmills-of-kinderdijk
Another short walk in my local nature reserve this morning. Much more sun but still only warm in direct sunlight. A few butterflies only were seen and of those this was the only one that allowed a decent photo.
These are always appealing to me but generally in Spring the males rarely seem to stop, so I guess the cold conditions were the reason this one stayed totally still while I was there.