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Lith print onto Fomatone Nature 532-II.
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UP SD40N No. 1901 pulls the Cache Valley Local into the small town of Smithfield, Utah the morning of June 23, 2021. The LCG41C 23 has three loads of plastic pellets for Presto Products in Lewiston, Utah and two loads of corn for Franklin County Grain Growers in Preston, Idaho.
Pentax SMC Takumar 55mm, developed in Affinity Photo. This group of bushes is located right next to the parking lot at Piper's lagoon. I love the contrast of the white blossoms against the gnarly and lichen encrusted branches, but had not thought to try the Tak on it. In some ways it is the best results I have achieved to date, and these at the very end of the photoshoot when I was tired and ready to break my fast. Glad I stopped.
BNSF SD60M 1431 leads M-CHIGAL East through Lemont, IL. Lately, these locals have mainly been using road power so this was nice to see.
A sound regularly heard in the garden is the distinctive "chiff chaff"
Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita
Our Garden - Leeds
Many thanks as always to those kind enough to comment and fave my photos or even to drop by for a quick peek. It is very much appreciated.
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One of the sights I see in my travels. I finally decided to stop and take a shot with a Black and White conversion in mind. I thought it turned out pretty good.
These local geese fly by every evening at almost exactly the same time of day. As they flew overhead I kept thinking that its a little late to fly south for the winter.
A short IAIS train heads south from Bureau Junction, IL. The Putnam elevator is visible in the distance.
Among the exotic and unusual residents of the Brevard Zoo you will find some local visitors hanging out, too! Though this little bird wasn't very unusual or colorful, I still loved the way she posed for me!
CSXT local L063 (formerly known as DO-1) is on their way home to Rockingham Junction where the Portsmouth Branch meets the Portland Sub mainline with a lengthy train of empties from SEA-3 and Boise on the Newington Industrial Track. They are seen paused at about MP PMT5.1 on CSXT's Portsmouth Branch beyond the west end of the remains of the former Boston and Maine yard while the conductor makes a run into the trackside Dunkin before continuing their 10mph trip west.
Leading the train are MEC 517 and CSXT 2756. The former is a Pan Am blue GP40-2W blt. Apr. 1976 as CN 9660 and one of 20 acquired by Guilford a quarter century ago. Today it is one of a dwindling number of units CSXT inherited from Pan Am three and a half years ago that remain active. Even rarer is the trailing unit which is an EMD GP38-2 blt. Mar. 1973 for the Penn Central as PC 8148. It passed to Conrail and kept that number when later dressed in CR blue then came to CSXT at the split in 1999. Today it is the very last four axle unit on the roster wearing YN2 'bright future' paint and the last standard cab of any kind so dressed!
This particular stretch of track dates from 1840 and was originally the Boston to Portland mainline of the Eastern Railroad which was leased to the competing Boston and Maine in December 1883 then purchased it outright seven years later.
Note the new construction in the background. It is taking place on the North Mill Pond waterfront on former railroad land where the a crumbling three stall roundhouse and 65 ft turntable still survived until only a six or so months prior to this photo.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Friday January 2, 2026
Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:
Description of the District
The MacNab-Charles Heritage Conservation District is a one
block area bounded by MacNab Street South, Hurst Place,
Charles Street and Bold Street in the City of Hamilton. The
district consists of seven properties. These properties include
two multi-unit residences, a church and manse, two residential
properties and offices.
Cultural Heritage Value of the District
According to a plaque, the cultural heritage value of the district lies in the fact that:
The downtown block of MacNab Street South, Hurst Place, Charles Street and Bold Street contains a unique collection of stone buildings primarily dating from the 1850s.
While stone architecture was relatively rare in Ontario, Hamilton’s Mountain offered a ready supply of limestone. The local resource was used to great advantage in the hands of the newly-arrived Scottish stonemasons, establishing pre-Confederation Hamilton as a city renowned for its wealth of handsome stone
architecture.
With the MacNab Street Presbyterian Church as the focal point, the Victorian stone and brick streetscape of MacNab-Charles evoke a genuine sense of history in the heart of this city.
Designation of the District
The designation of the MacNab Charles Heritage Conservation District was initiated by the City Hamilton.
The Study and Plan were conducted and written between 1986 and 1988 by the Local Planning Branch, Planning and Development Department and the Hamilton-Wentworth Region. It was carried out in consultation with a local District Steering Committee made up of owners from the area.
The MacNab-Charles Heritage Conservation District is protected by By-law 90-144 which was passed on May 9, 1990 by the City of Hamilton.
I just love a classic Class 1 branchline local and can't get enough of this scene.
CSXT's Framingham based L004 (old B724) has dropped their train on the at MP QBU28.7 on the Fitchburg Branch and are shoving down the weed choked spur leading to Safety Kleen. This location is known as Marlborough Junction for the 2 mile branch off this branch that once led northeast into Marlborough Center. Abandoned by the New Haven in 1966, the approximately 800 ft into Safety Kleen that they are now now traversing is all that remains of the branch.
To learn much more about this classic traditional branch line refer to the earlier posts.
Marlborough, Massachusetts
Monday May 12, 2025
This marshalling of the train made me laugh. Looking like DPU service, BNSF 2890 and 2893 sandwich a BN hopper destined to be set off at the Elevator in Fairfield, MT
Most of the line from Choteau to Fairfield is 10mph trackage, so it made for a very relaxing chase of the Lost Locals operations. From some quick research I believe this trackage is ex Milwaukee Road? Correct me if i’m wrong, otherwise it was very cool shooting this line.
L-MON8661-28I - BNSF 2890, BNSF 2893
521 series train of West Japan Railway Company
Located : Minami-Imajo station on the Hokuriku Main Line of Japan Railway.
Minami Imajo, Minami Echizen-cho, Nanjo-gun, Fukui pref.
JR西日本 / 521系電車
JR北陸本線 / 南今庄駅
敦賀・京都方面側プラットホームで撮影
福井県南条郡南越前町南今庄7-10
NS Danville, IL, local D91 rolls west at Homer, serving customers at Sidney, Tolono, and Bement this day.
Maya enjoyed a wonderful bike ride along the Provincelands bike path. Here she is taking a brief stop at Herring Cove for a drink.
Blythe a Day - Local Transit - 8/28/26
Dolly Days Sleepover Blythe
Shirt made by me
Herring Cove Beach
Cape Cod - Provincetown, MA
Heading back home to the yard at Reserve, a local nears the west end of the long trestle over the Bonnet Carré Spillway outside of Norco. KCS between the outskirts of New Orleans and Baton Rouge can be a tough stretch to chase trains through, with the traffic lights in the small towns on parallel US 61 and the railroad ducking in and out of huge chemical plants and swamps. One thing that does slow trains down is the rickety trestle over the spillway, with a 10mph speed restriction over its entire 2.1 mile length.
(316/366) We're making an conscious effort to buy more locally produced food. Supervalu in Wellingtonbridge would be our nearest decent sized supermarket, I really liked how they have displayed this fresh produce in wheelbarrows, the person who thought this up deserves a medal (best viewed Large to see the wellington boots!) As well as vegetables they offer a wide range of local produce including fish (of course), butter, bread, hen & duck eggs, bacon, sausages & the most delicious yogurts.
Lovely sunny day here after torrential rain last night. I'm off to explore the grounds of Johnstown Castle with the Wexford Naturalists' Field Group this afternoon so I'll catch up with comments this evening. Have a great weekend everyone.
Near the "station" of Lee, the Potash Local found a gap in a low ridge and now rolls across a more open desert landscape. Soon they'll pass Seven Mile and things will narrow for the big cut leading into the confines of Moab Canyon.
LDG51B 21 (Local- Grand Jct, CO to Potash, UT and return)
UP SD70M #4858
UP SD70M #4869
Lee, UT
April 21st, 2023
Long-billed Curlew LBCU (Numenius americanus)
South of
Carmichael SASK
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This species reliably breed in this part of Saskatchewan ( as do the adjacent posted species , the Upland Sandpiper)
This adult was part of a family group of 5 , 2 parents and 3 fledglings
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I was out to SASK for a Magee family reunion (followed by a week long visit with Dad)
Here was getting a tour around on a Razor by my cousin John Magee
Macro of feather, Sony a7ii , Zeiss 55mm f1.8 @F6.3, iso 160, flash , 1/250s, manual focus ,crop in.
Only posting this taken from the car shot as it was so nice to see hares back in this particular area. Last year there was some illegal activities going on and I thought we had lost the small population. To see two in in this particular field was great after 11 months of no sightings.
Local wood, Kent.
Apologies for posting another image, but i find them adorable creatures, fun to watch and a challenge to photograph.
Taken in late afternoon light. Sheep look a bit dirty but I guess it is due to all the rain and mud.
Running Monday to Friday, nicknamed the Lost Local, and typically having a rather photogenic set of power, this local for BNSF has some pretty classy operations. Originating out of the little treasure trove of Great Falls, MT the Lost Local is seen here on its run south to Fairfield, MT after already servicing the Elevator in Choteau.
L-MON8661-281 - BNSF 2890, BNSF 2893
CSXT Readville based local L001 with GP40-2 6234 (blt. Feb. 1979 as BO 4335 in Chessie paint) is working the big Home Depot distribution center out at the end of the mile and a half long Westwood Industrial Park Lead. This local had scooted down Amtrak's Northeast Corridor mainline with seven loads and then accessed this little branch via a hand throw switch off Main 1 just west of the Route 128 station platforms. This industrial park was developed by the New Haven railroad in the 1950s, and was once laced with customers as indicated by the multitude of rusty and weed choked sidings that reach to assorted warehouses which were all once rail shippers. Alas only Home Depot remains to keep this obscure little line alive but is busy enough to warrant five day a week service.
Norwood, Massachusetts
Wednesday October 1, 2025