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Two days before Christmas and extraboard crew brings BNSF train L-HLA6921-23I into Spring Hill past CP 292 on Main Track 1 of the BNSF Ft. Scott Sub for work at the kitty litter plant.
For power, they have a pair of SD40-2's, with BNSF No. 1791 in Heritage I paint leading the way. This engine has been used on the R-HLA6911/L-HLA6921 rotation for a couple years now, and recently it's acquired a primer cab door. Can't have nice things, I guess. 12/23/23.
CSXT L13607 has just finished servicing Suburban Propane in Woodensburg, MD and is about to continue east to Emory Grove where the crew will interchange the three lumber flats and the boxcar with the Maryland Midland Railway. January 7, 2025, Ilford FP4, Nikon N8008.
Rundle Mall - fiddling with Dutch angles (remember them?). With the masked, restricted world we are in can't work out who is local and who is a tourist.
I went out to sketch something and noticed that the local NatWest branch had closed. Only the ATM was still functioning, next to the post box in front of the former post office. Plus ça change! Que lastima!
Wisconsin Central GP7 1505 had the Schiller Park local L501 heading home as it rolled south through Buffalo Grove in 2001.
The 1501 was built by GMD in 1951 as Algoma Central 157 and was obtained when the WC took over the AC in 1995. The short high hood was chopped when it was repainted for the Wisconsin Central and scrapped by the Canadian National when they took over the WC.
On just about any rain-free spring, summer or autumn afternoon in my hometown one can spot this hot air balloon. On three occasions this year it has landed in my neighborhood. As the wind currents slow, so does the balloon and eventually it must come down. I find myself chasing it and talking to the captain or helping the chase team pack it up. One of the really cool things about riding in a hot air balloon is . . . you don't feel the wind in your hair because you are traveling at the exact speed as the current.
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A late L318 heads South out of the siding at South Deshler after having run around its train. The local had been in Leipsic all morning and through the eclipse waiting on a northbound and numerous southbounds before getting a gap to head North and run around in the early evening.
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EMDX 798 and BNSF 2927 have come out of Rice's Point yard bound for the elevators and customers in the Port of Duluth.
CSX GP40-2 6446 and a Road Slug had a short local rolling west through Carrolls on a spring day in Baltimore.
The Hillsboro Roustabout heads west out of its namesake, bound for the big Stimson Lumber sawmill at Seghers. Once upon a timetable, this trackage was part of the Westside Line that went all the way to Eugene via McMinnville and Corvallis. For a time, the line was electrified as far as Corvallis for SP's "Red Electric" interurban service.
By 1991, this track was part of a lonely dead-end branch that went to Seghers via Forest Grove. Portland & Western took over in 1995, and still operates this trackage today.
According to local legend, Helfštýn is named after the robber Helfried of Linva, who founded it. The castle was probably built in the last quarter of the 13th century. Around 1320 Vok of Kravař, a member of a prominent Moravian noble family, became the owner of the castle. Helfštýn remained in the possession of the Kravař family for more than a hundred years and underwent far-reaching structural changes during this period. Construction work began on a larger scale in the first half of the 14th century, but the main reconstruction of the castle into a Gothic fortress did not take place until the end of the 14th and the beginning of the 15th century. The Kravařs mainly improved the fortifications of Helfštýn. They replaced the makeshift fortification of the old parkland with a thick stone wall with four bastions, built a prismatic tower over the entrance to the castle itself and secured it with a drawbridge, built a fortified forecourt on the south side and cut the ridge of the hill with a moat carved into the rock.
The era of the Pernštejn family
In 1474, William of Pernštejn took over the castle estate and proceeded to its further reconstruction. In the last quarter of the 15th century,
Helfštýn Castle was enlarged with a thoroughly fortified, extensive farm forecourt (completed in 1480) and another forecourt, which formed a new outpost defending the entire enlarged building. At the same time, the fortifications of the old Kravaře castle were improved with bastions and a new system of towers and gates. The castle's ground plan was definitively given an elongated shape, and in its external form the perfect fortification system significantly overlapped all the other architectural elements.
Renaissance reconstruction
At the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries, the inner core of the castle was rebuilt into a Renaissance residence. The old castle palace was demolished, along with part of its original Gothic fortifications, and a magnificent Renaissance palace was built on the vacant space, in sharp contrast to the extensive system of late Gothic fortifications that surrounded it.
The destruction of the castle
In 1656, quite extensive demolition work was carried out, which, although it did not damage the fortifications of Helfštýn too much, definitively deprived it of the character of a manor house. And thus began the long-term destruction of the castle. The destruction was accelerated in the second half of the 18th century by the Ditrichstein family with demolition works. These attempts culminated in 1817, when part of the inner castle was destroyed by artillery fire.
Present day
The present-day character of the castle is that of a fortress with six gates and a series of 18th-century buildings and ramparts. Since the 19th century, the castle has been presented as a tourist and heritage site. Nowadays it has become a natural cultural centre of the region, with various cultural events taking place here throughout the season
Vehículo de Urbanismo y Medio Ambiente perteneciente a la Policía Local de Ortigeira
Modelo: Nissan Terrano
Matriculado: Marzo de 2007
Foto propia.
This is a Sagebrush Sparrow, mostly found east of California, but it does look very much like a Bell's Sparrow. Another birder found it in advance of the annual Carrizo Plain Christmas bird count, and it stuck around for count day, for which I'm grateful
Carlos Keen es una localidad argentina de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, perteneciente al partido de Luján.
De pequeña extensión, solo alcanza a 6 a 8 cuadras de largo por 2 a 4 de ancho y unos 500 habitantes.
Historia
El pueblo surgió de la construcción del ramal ferroviario Luján-Pergamino cuyas obras comenzaron en 1875. La localidad en la década del ´30 conoció un vertiginoso crecimiento llegando a contar con 4.000 habitantes (hoy unos 500), pero diversas circunstancias llevaron a paralizar ese constante desarrollo. El doctor Carlos Keen, abogado y periodista, nació en Las Flores en 1840; hijo menor de George Keen y Eloisa Vargas de Keen, hermano de Jorge Eduardo.
Participó con el grado de teniente coronel en la Guerra de la Triple Alianza y fue gravemente herido en la batalla de Pehuajó. Murió en la epidemia de fiebre amarilla en Buenos Aires en 1871. No conoció el pueblo que lleva su nombre; no habitó ni tuvo que ver con su creación.
El centro urbano se recuesta adjunto y alrededor del predio rectangular de la estación del FFCC y se extiende a sus cuatro lados, unas pocas cuadras más.
Sus principales arterias lo rodean y corren asfaltadas: dos largas en los laterales y dos cortas en las cabeceras con sus pasos a nivel y señales ferroviarias, una en cada cabecera.
Dentro el predio ferroviario se bifurcan tres vías adicionales a la única principal; aún persiste un galpón de carga y almacenamiento de cereales de los tres primitivos que existían.
Frente a la pintoresca y bella iglesia de San Carlos Borromeo, de principio del siglo pasado, se encuentra una pequeña plaza con algunos bancos y juegos, zona de deportes e instalaciones de la sociedad de fomento local con buffet y salón de festejos.
En su centro sobrevive aún la antigua estación del FFCC, hoy pequeño museo en desarrollo y una feria artesanal.
A su alrededor se ubica además de la iglesia, la panadería, variados comercios, dos escuelas (una primaria y otra de enseñanza media técnica), la biblioteca y Comisión de Preservación y Tercera Edad (ubicada en la ex casa y oficina de correos), un puesto sanitario, algunas fábricas -de elaboración de dulce de leche una y de fideos secos la otra- el conjunto de viviendas y sus pobladores.
Diversas normas legales regulan mantener intacta la fisonomía original del pueblo. Como ejemplo se puede citar: prohibición de derrumbar y/o modificar edificaciones tradicionales, preservar las existentes, mantener alumbrado a bombillas de época, cartelería propia con diseño de imagen corporativa, etc.
Los fines de semana conviven las antiguas tradiciones con la gastronomía y modernos autos relucientes. Hay restaurantes de campo, casas de antigüedades, cabalgatas y paseos en sulkys. También doma y folklore del Círculo Criollo Martín Fierro.
También aladeltismo y vuelos de bautismo se concretan en la escuela y centro de instrucción.
El pueblo de Carlos Keen también es receptor de muchos grupos de actividades diversas: caravanas de amigos de la bicicleta, de autos antiguos, clubes fotográficos, filmaciones cinematográficas y televisivas.
Don Aniceto Gutiérrez, un español dueño de la panadería y fábrica de dulces (hasta tuvo un molino de harina) fue gestor e impulsor, entre otras cosas más, de traer la luz eléctrica y el asfalto al pueblo. A la calle de ingreso se le impuso su nombre. El acto de nombramiento coincidió con el día de su natalicio.
El mismo pueblo fue sede de la novela argentina, Vidas robadas. En la misma, el poblado tomó el nombre de Río Manso. Allí se filmaron importantes escenas.
Hay turismo que viene beneficiado por la construcción de la autopista que facilita un rápido acceso, escasa distancia de la ciudad capital, nuevos y variados emprendimientos, buena difusión, comunicaciones y ordenanzas que tornaron a Carlos Keen como pueblo tradicional e histórico.
Victory Liner 321
- Engine: Hino J08C-TK
- Chassis: RK1JST
- Bus Body: DMMW DM14 S3
- Caught at VLI Terminal Cubao
ČD 362 128 approaches Litoměřice station in May 2025 while working the Table 072 Os6455 13:03 Ústí-nad-Labem-západ to Štětí service.
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These two shots are the last of mine from the Flickr Walk. It really was a fantastic afternoon turned into evening and therefore must link to Wayne's most superior shot of us all.... at the Local.
Cheers!
www.flickr.com/photos/waynephotoguy/2099176529/
PS: I stole the menu
Location : Gubug Makan Mang Engking, Prigen
Mang Engking hut is a restaurant, design architecture shown dominated material from bamboos, thatched roofs and natural stone. design that emphasizes local wisdom and a more environmentally friendly and specials all floating huts, standing on the pond.
With contoured land, natural scenery around (paddy fields) green which makes it a comfortable place to visit, and its atmosphere is so soothing.
It was a bit of an overview of the existing eco green architecture.
Former Bus Éireann AM5 (Alexander Dennis E200) is seen on the Eirebus operated Local Link Service from Knocksedan to Swords Village
Union Pacific LDG51B, also known as the Potash Local, climbs the sandstone shelf above the Colorado River near Bootlegger Canyon. The local runs once a week out of Grand Junction.
Local crosswalk painted in the Pride colours. My town is very welcoming and tolerant of all peoples.
Here's a better view of the amazing paintings down on a local shop by My Dog Sighs.
Here is his website, if you are interested:http://mydogsighs.co.uk/