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In the Grande Serres in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris
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Ein Güterzug auf dem Weg nach Holland passiert das Städtchen Oberwesel im schönen Mittelrheintal.
A freight train on its way to the Netherlands is passing the town of Oberwesel in the beautiful Middle Rhine Valley.
Recently, fake tilt-shift miniatures caught my attention. Since weather is bad and I do not have any old city pictures from an elevated angle I've decided to play around with an indoor picture from Casa Loma, Toronto. I'm not happy with the miniature effect in this one, but I'll continue to work on it!
A series of photos I took at my friend's home, which she and her family turned into a miniature Christmas wonderland.
Miniature quilt showing little Christmas ornaments or package tags. It's a free pattern from Bunny Hill Designs!Go to www.bunnyhilldesigns.com and click on free patterns!
"The miniature world" at Downtown Victoria is an awesome place and for sure one of the greatest little show. Some of the world's most recognizable landmark stories, events, incidents are kept so nicely in a small form. A must visit place...
Victoria, Vancouver Island
Handmade out of polymer clay by me
1:12 dollhouse scale
blogged: petitplatbysk.blogspot.com/2009/08/fruity-week.html
This postcard shows the railway during it's final incarnation during the mid/late 1980s.
The Southsea Miniature Railway first opened in 1932 as a 9.5" gauge line operated by a pair of Bassett Lowke 4-4-2 steam locos. After the war it was taken over by new owners and reguaged to 10 1/4" and operated by a pair of steam locos built by Guest and acquired secondhand from Dudley Zoo. The railway was a huge success .....for example, over 7,000 passengers rode the train over the August bank holiday weekend in 1946.
During the late 1940s/early 50s a company called Southern Miniature Railways built three similar steam locos - 'Valiant' and 'Victory' went to Southsea while the third, 'Vanguard' went to their own railway in Poole Park...in 1951 they also took over operation of the Southsea line.
In the early 1960s the railway built a couple of petrol locos and the steamers were sold off in 1964.
The railway closed at the end of 1976 and the two petrol locos were sold to the railway at Sandham Castle on the Isle of Wight. The line at Southsea reopened the following year as a 17" gauge third-rail electric operation. In 1985 it was rebuilt back to 10 1/4" by a Mr Hudell but finally closed in 1989.
The two old petrol locos were later scrapped when the Sandham Castle railway closed down. The steam locos, Valiant and Victory, spent some years in a scrapyard before being rescued, the best bits of the two were incorporated into one locomotive and this now runs on a private railway in Lincs.
Where was the railway situated? The station was located close to where the aquarium now stands. It then ran down beside the sea wall towards Southsea Castle where it turned around a loop and came back again. Back then this area was known as Children's Corner and in addition to the train there was an outdoor swimming pool, boating lake, amusements and even a zoo. Everything is now gone and apart from the aquarium the remainder of the site is now just an empty field.
I am trying a little lens tilt effect here after seeing one of my contacts pics. (Neil Armstrong2, his work is amazing you should check it out)
This is a shot we took last summer and its a Marina between Vancouver and Horseshoe bay. Nothin spectacular about the shot, just needed something for my first Lens shift attempt:) Lemme know your thoughts! Should I keep tryin this sorta stuff or abandon it completely:)
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St Joseph County 4H Fair Grounds
5117 Ironwood Road
South Bend, Indiana. USA.
Miniature Train Ride that once operated at Playland Amusement Park in South Bend, Indiana. 1941-1961. The three car train was custom built and is powered by a gasoline Briggs and Stratton motor. It' seen here in its original condition at the St Joe 4H Fair Grounds in South Bend, Indiana during a Studebaker antique car show.
The train was hauled from Colorado to Indiana in a 1952 Studebaker stake truck.
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SOUTH BEND — A miniature train that provided rides for delighted children during the 1940s at Playland Park in South Bend is back home again for a few days.
The vintage amusement park ride is on display and available for free rides through Saturday during the Studebaker Drivers Club International Meet at the St. Joseph County Fairgrounds.
The antique train, which is powered by a gasoline engine, is owned by Roger List, of Aurora, Colo. He brought it to South Bend this week in the bed of his 1942 Studebaker pickup truck, one of two Studebaker vehicles he owns.
"It's like a family heirloom," he said Wednesday while setting up the train on portable tracks at the fairgrounds. He was helped by his wife, Sue, and his nephew, Adam Nehrt.
Playland Park was an amusement park at the northwest corner of Lincoln Way East and Ironwood Drive from 1925 until 1961. (In earlier days, it was known as Springbrook Park.) Playland was a popular destination that included roller coasters, a Ferris wheel, a carousel, a dance hall, a race track and the miniature train, among other attractions.
After the amusement park closed, the site had a nine-hole lighted golf course and a miniature golf course. The property later was sold and now is the site of Indiana University South Bend's on-campus student apartments.
The small train is a link to the owner's late father, Adolph "Bosco" List, of Carlyle, Ill., who bought the used ride from Playland Park owner Earl "Pete" Redden in 1949. Roger List still has the signed handwritten receipt for his father's purchase of the train for $750.
It's not clear whether Redden sold the train and replaced it with a new one, or if the ride was simply phased out. Newspaper clippings about Playland Park from the 1940s through 1961 make no mention of the miniature train.
A photo published in the September 1947 edition of the Studebaker Spotlight, the auto manufacturer's in-house magazine, shows children riding in the train at an Aug. 10, 1947, gathering at Playland Park for Studebaker employees and their families.
A miniature train that operated in the 1940s at Playland Park amusement park in South Bend is back in town for a few days. The train is owned by Roger List, of Aurora, Colorado, and he brought it to town for the Studebaker Drivers Club 2017 International Meet at the St. Joseph County Fairgrounds.
The train will remain on display and be available for free rides until Saturday afternoon, May 6.
The elder List operated the train ride for a few years at Fairview Park in Centralia, Ill. Then he took it on the road, setting up the train and operating it at employee picnics, July 4 celebrations and church gatherings until the 1970s, when it went into storage.
The elder List passed away at age 97 in 2009.
"I ran the train while I was in high school," Roger List said. "Two cousins ran it after that."
Although in worn condition from decades of use, the train still bears the same red, green and gold paint pattern it had during its Playland Park days. Made of galvanized sheet metal, it includes an engine and three passenger cars. Little red and green passenger stools that fit inside the cars are believed to be original.
The train can carry about 15 passengers.
List set up the train at the last Studebaker international meet in South Bend, in 2012. The reception was positive, so he decided to bring it back for this meet.
The exact age of the train isn't known. The engine has a manufacturer's tag dating it to 1936. The cars themselves have no maker's mark. "We suppose the whole thing was handcrafted," List said.
To be released on March 10th. I was lucky, I could get one before, and I got the special set!! Here you can see the all the Re-Ments, with the box and display they added (to create a real shop display). It's adorable!!!
The Re-ment Addicts Group did a Color Theme Challenge quite some time ago, but I didn't have time to do it. I was inspired by all of the great photos they did, so now that I have a lot of time on my hands, I decided it would be fun to do. I am going to do the whole rainbow, and probably post way more photos than I should!