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I have't done this for a while but I do think it's time for a quiz.
Where is this?
You don't have to be Irish to enter. In fact, it's probably better that you're not.
Normally, I would offer the winner a weekend away with pieceoflace, a second prize of a week away with pieceoflace and a consolation prize of a month away with John Frisch.
I haven't heard from Comrade Lacey in a while so I hope she's OK.
66168 heads through Newport ADJ yard, another location thats now lost due to a combination of masts and bridge access. 6B27 13:19 Llanwern Exchange Sidings to Margam.
Location: Malay Peninsula, wild specimen found by a friend, what an amazing find. Sub-adult
[LIFER]
IUCN status: Least concerned but rarely seen.
Local name: Biawak Kudung (Harrison and Lim 1957).
In Thailand, V.drumelii is known as túdtū̀ (ตุ๊ดตู่), according to the stories of the Thai communities, this animal has been mentioned in a few children's folk songs.
One of rarer of the four species of monitor lizards in Malaysia. Together with Varanus rudicollis, both these species are uncommon due to their cryptic and arboreal nature.
Etymology: This species is named after French herpetologist André Marie Constant Duméril.
Distribution: Southern Burma, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, Riau, Bangka–Belitung, and other smaller islands of Indonesia. After 75 years, in 2008, a single specimen was found in Singapore.
Habitat: Dense evergreen forests and mangrove swamp.
Hatchlings and juveniles exhibit shiny orange-red or, sometimes yellow heads. My personal friend had found a hatchling in Sabah 3 years ago. However, the young coloration will gradually disappear after 28-56 days.
Breeding: According to Mampam Conservation, one of their projects, 14 eggs were laid over eight days, of which five were fertile.
LOCATION:- Coed-Y-Dinas.
TRAIN:- 6C55 15:49 Aberystwyth Run Round Loop to Chirk Kronospan Colas Rail.
DATE:- 24.03.2023
location : Azusa River ,Kamikochi ,Matsumoto city,Nagano prefecture,Japan
altitude : 1,500m (4,921 ft) high
Kamikōchi (上高地 Upper Highlands) is a remote mountainous highland valley within the Hida Mountains range, in the western region of Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
It has been preserved in its natural state within Chūbu-Sangaku National Park. It is designated as one of Japan's National Cultural Assets, on the list of Special Natural Monuments and Special Places of Scenic Beauty.
Kamikōchi is a high mountain valley approximately 18 kilometers in length. The average elevation of the valley floor ranges between roughly 1,400 m (4,600 ft) above sea level at the south end and roughly 1,600 m (5,200 ft) at the northern tip.
Kamikōchi is located in the Hida Mountains, the "Northern Alps" of the Japanese Alps. The surrounding mountains reach 3,190 m (10,470 ft). Kamikōchi is bordered on its northern end by Mount Hotaka, and on its southern end by Mount Yake, an active volcano.
The Azusa River flows the length of the valley, filling Lake Taishō at the base of Mt. Yake. Lake Taishō received its name because it was formed by the eruption of Mt. Yake in 1915, which was part of the Taishō period in Japan.
Because of the relatively flat topography of the Kamikochi Valley, marshes and ponds are a common feature, including the Takezawa Marsh, Tashiro Pond, and Myojin Pond. As the waters are mainly from melted snow runoff or underground aquifers, the water temperature is cold, even in the height of summer. The Tokusawa area at the far northern end of the valley served as a grazing area for horses and cattle until 1934, when the area was completely integrated into the park.
-wikipedia
Captured this Spotted Towhee in the Desert Garden at "The Huntington" - the POV made me a "little" nervous
♫ Christina Aguilera ♪ Believe Me ♫
Location: Backdrop City.
Tumblr: Savvy’s
Collar: Insouciant Collar from Narcisse@ The Black Fair
Pose: Bento Model 3 from Secret Poses
Hair: Laurene from F.I.O.F.O @ Gallery Event
Backdrop: Backstage - Scene RARE from Birdy
Film location for the 1957 film Bridge over the River Kwai,
directed by David Lean, starring William Holden and Alex Guinness, based on the novel Le Pont De La Riviere Kwai by
Pierre Boulle, the bridge in the film was near Kitulgale in Sri Lanka, the fictional film is loosely based on the building in 1943 of one of the railway bridges over the Khwae Yai at a place called Tha Ma Kham five kilometres from the Thai town of Kanchanaburi
Niagara Yard's afternoon industry road runner L035 spots one loaded TBOX at 84 Lumber's Tonawanda, NY location at last light following heavy rainfalls which left behind a small gift in the gauge.
Prior to 2022, daylight shots here were hard to come by, with steel coil customer DKP almost always being the first stop for this job on the southbound journey. DKP was located about a mile south of 84 Lumber, however on track two rather than off of track one like all the other customers L035 caters to. With the closure of Kenmore Yard's office in late 2020, this job's former iteration Y234 was moved to Niagara Falls as its base, merging with a job already based out of Niagara at the time Y203. DKP was one of the most consistently worked customers on the Branch, almost always on the three days a week it was allotted. With 84 Lumber more of as-needed stop, DKP took precedence since the remainder of the evening's work is otherwise off of track one. On days when the crew had both to work, they would do DKP first thing, spin the train at Blackrock and head back north on track one (barring a necessary shove move into the Kam Siding at CP 8), complete their northbound track one work, lock in on the Lockport Industrial Runner north of 84, run around at the end of the industrial, open back up onto track one at QDN 14.1, then work 84 Lumber as their last customer stop on the second trip south to spin again, before returning north to Niagara. In this order of operations, 84 was virtually always left in the dark. In March of 2022 CSX made sweeping symbol changes across its system, converting Y203 to L035. In summer of that year, DKP succumbed to supply chain shortages and took a pause on rail service for a brief time, returning for a few months before finally giving it up for good. Ever since, 84 Lumber is now always the first customer L035 can work going south, with no work off of track two required any longer. The only things left to work on track two are the myriad of customers jutting off of Kenmore Yard (or what's left of it), covered by first shift Niagara job Y136 these days. Both that job and L035 share the same PTC power five days a week, unless Y136 is late to return after L035 goes on duty. But that condition is only fulfilled if there are two PTC units at Niagara, which up until this year has not been a regular thing since the symbol changes in 2022. A brief history of operations for ya.
Only once in April 2021 did I ever hear of DKP skipping a day of rail service, which allowed for my first opportunity to shoot 84 Lumber, and ultimately failed as I didn't find the right path back to the tracks in time. The closest access points to the spur are either walking south straight down the right of way from the nearest road crossing, or my preferred and much more discreet method, climbing down a small embankment behind the storage unit lot directly next to 84, emerging right onto the switchback siding into the customer. On that particular occasion I instead elected to drive right into 84's lot and walk the tracks next to the building, which was met with a disgruntled employee informing me they were locking up at that moment. I was not afforded another chance for over a year till May 9th, 2022 as part of a full sunrise to sunset unforgettable day of railfanning. This was a special circumstance which saw both 84 and DKP worked back to back. Due to repaving projects for the major road crossings on the Lockport Industrial in North Tonawanda, the customers on the industrial would not be getting served that day, leaving L035 with only three customer stops all within three miles. Being up at Niagara at the time of departure, I spotted the loaded centerbeam they had with them from afar and my face lit right up when they told dispatch their first stop would be 84. Following their stop there, they would go down to CP 9 and use the handthrow crossover switches to switch to track two, then shove back north a mile to DKP. Their last stop that day was Aurubis on the Kam Siding at CP 8 after turning the train. With all three customers switched well before sunset, it was an early trip back to Niagara for the quit. That was 2022 though. The shot above is 2025. The only other thing to note is that box cars have separate designated placement spots than centerbeams for unloading. The engine doesn't normally get this deep into the spur, as half the time they work here with other cars on the head end, sticking out a bit on the curve. It certainly made for a unique angle, and one I haven't seen again this year, nor ever before that evening. The puddle reflection perfectly still between the rails was just a little bonus. I swear I never start off these posts thinking I have that much to say, but the details naturally flow forth.