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Manufacturer: Imperial Division of Chrysler Corporation / Chrysler Group Limited Liability Company (LLC), Auburn Hills, Michigan - USA
Type: Crown Series YL43 4-door Hardtop Sedan
Production time: September 1969 - September 1970
Production outlet: 1,333
Engine: 7206cc Chrysler RB-series V-8 440 valve-in-head
Power: 350 bhp / 4.400 rpm
Torque: 651 Nm / 2.800 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 196 km/h
Curb weight: 2386 kg
Wheelbase: 127 inch
Chassis: Chrysler C-platform perimeter type ladder frame with 6 crossmembers and all-steel uni-body (by Chrysler)
Steering: integral power recirculating ball and nut PAS
Gearbox: Chrysler TorqueFlite three-speed automatic transmission / all synchromesh / steering column shift
Clutch: not applicable
Carburettor: Holley R-3918A 4-barrel downdraft
Fuel tank: 91 liter
Electric system: 12 Volts 70 Ah
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: BUDD 11.7 inch hydraulic self-adjusting discs
Brakes rear: 11 inch hydraulic self-adjusting drums
Suspension front: independent upper triangular cross-bar, lower simple cross-bar with elastically mounted tension strut and chrome-steel longitudinal torsion spring bar, sway bar + Oriflow telescopic shock absorbers
Suspension rear: beam axle Hotchkiss type, rubber isolated semi-elliptic leaf springs + Oriflow telescopic shock absorbers
Rear axle: live semi-floating type
Differential: hypoid 2.94:1
Wheels: 15 inch steel discs
Tires: L78 - 15
Options: Bendix Anti-lock braking system (ABS), speed control device, Auto-Temp Air Conditioning, Dual Auto-Temp Air Conditioning, 6-Way power seats, leather bucket seats trimmed with vinyl, power vent windows, AM/FM Multiplex Stereo radio with Stereo tape player, AM/FM Golden Touch tuner radio, power antenna, power door locks, Tilt-A-Scope steering wheel, rear heater, defroster, tinted glass, automatic headlight dimmer, Safeguard Sentinel lightning, power trunk lid release, Sure-Grip differential, dual stripe whitewall fiberglass-belted tires, trailer-towing package,
two-tone colouring
Special:
- The Imperial name had been used since 1926, but was never a separate make, just the top-of-the-line Chrysler, until 1955 when it was launched and registered as a separate luxury marque.
- The new "Fuselage Look" with rounded "tumblehome" sides, bulging at the belt line, and tucking in down to the rocker panels was designed by Elwood Engel.
- This new styling made the cars look longer and wider and surrounded the passengers in a hull-like fashion, similar to an aircraft, hence the reference to "fuselage".
- The 1970 Imperial (Chrysler) Imperial Crown Series was available as this 4-door Hardtop and as 2-door YL23 Hardtop (254 units built).
- This fourth generation Crown (1969-1973) was assembled at the Jefferson Avenue Assembly, Detroit (Michigan - USA).
Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Philadelphia :Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia,1817-1918.
One of the phenomenal bronze sculptures sitting at the Delaire Graff Estate where we stayed a few nights. I will upload some other ones as well as his work is just breathtaking within the environment. This is the cheetahs pair with the Simonsberg mountains in the distance.
South African sculptor Dylan Lewis is forging the evolution of bronze. He was raised in a landscape of red soils rich in copper. His country offers some of the earliest evidence of man, such as the Cradle of Humankind, a Unesco world heritage site near Johannesburg. Here, hunters lived in caves, some of which contain bulbous, tumbling limestone stalactites — natural sculptures directly expressive of primeval forces, wrought through base material.
Lewis claims to be a man of not many spoken words but he communicates a great deal through his work, enlivening inanimate materials by pinch, smear and cut as he moulds clay models to be cast in bronze. “Clay is a highly malleable material that allows me to express emotion through my hands; clay is my voice. I can explain concepts and ideas in words but I seem only able to express emotion through my hands,” he says. Solid stone has a different resonance for him as, he adds, “it requires a slow steady struggle with a very resistant material, whereas clay, because it is so soft, allows me to scream, sob, smile and laugh”.
Each of his clay figures is translated with the use of a silicone rubber mould into a hollow wax copy. The wax model is then encased in a refractory ceramic and heated in a kiln, whereupon the wax oozes from the mould and leaves a cavity into which the molten bronze is poured. When the bronze has cooled the ceramic coat is chipped off to reveal a metal replica of the original clay sculpture, with Lewis’s marks and imprints intact. The possibilities for this ancient “lost wax” technique are as infinite as an artist’s imagination. That is, except for scale: molten bronze can only travel so far within a mould before it cools and hardens. The larger the mould, the more difficult, and expensive, it gets.
Recipe 1 of 50: Fireball Eggnog
I love a good eggnog, but mix it with some Fireball and you have yourself a winner.
I mix 1 oz of Fireball with 4 oz of eggnog, and it makes for a rather mild cinnamon and eggnog drink, just enough to give a little seasonal warmth but not enough to make your head spin.
But if you want a little more "warmth", just add a little more Fireball!
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The lovers met in afterlife
But didn't recognize each other...
Plant in the corner - credit to Whimsy Winx
All the rest is either my stock or public domain
Moments of life are measured and treasure
Life is shared in laughter and love.
Love comes from the peaceful bliss of just being together.
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It is a special event ... a moment to last- forever
one and the same ... yet far apart in years
but, still connected in the cycle of life.
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Ever after to be remembered
As a sunset too soon!
And yet, treasured as a sunshine of love!
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This is why dreams become memories of love
(( Is That true ?? ))
*Made Explore 2-5-09*
A gorgeous (to my eyes) Morning Glory bloom from my father's garden summer 2007. We planted them in my garden this past summer, but a little too late and they didn't do very well. This year I'm hoping to have the success of 2007!! =D
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Silhouettes of San Francisco on an October fire show in the sky. Taken as a 30' exposure on a 50mm prime, the composition isn't really ideal, but in the end it doesn't matter. Sometimes the light just speaks for itself.
I'll have to admit being obsessed with these window variations lately. Especially the arched ones. The initial idea was to use SNOT techniques to better integrate these car fender parts when using them for details on buildings. The one shown here is similar to those in part one and two, but with some tricky building to achieve the thin part between the windows.
A herd of cows along the UP Boone Sub., on the famed "Overland Route" stop and take a look as Big Boy 4014 continues its "Coast-to-Coast Tour" on the eastern leg of the tour, departing Omaha today running as UP Train POMWC 31. They'll overnight in Boone, IA tonight before heading east tomorrow.
Earlier this year the engine made a trip around the western portion of the system as far west as Sacramento, California. Now on the eastern leg of the journey honoring America's 250th Anniversary, they'll get on Norfolk Southern at Chicago for the trip to a 4th of July celebration in Philadelphia. Along the line will be dozens of whistle stops, displays, a visit to Steamtown National Historic Site and sister engine #4012, and trips on the Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad alongside their Reading T-1 Class 4-8-4 #2102.
Union Pacific 4014 was built in November 1941, weighs in at 600 tons, put in 1,031,205 miles during its first career, and was restored to operation in 2019. It is the world's largest operating steam locomotive, and this will be its first trip to the eastern half of the country since it was built.
Locomotives: UP 4014, UP 1776
5-31-26
Westside, IA
Late Gothic church containing an altarpiece of absolute value and a series of interesting frescoes. These include an important depiction of the Battle of Lepanto, which can be compared with a representation of the same event in the beautiful Collegiate Church of Casei Gerola, the neighbouring village.
This is one of the beautiful walks around the headland at St Anthony in Cornwall. It’s a walk that I make at least once a week; I never tire of the stunning views or the breathtaking scenery.
This was taken at the northwest corner of Broadway and 98th Street.
Note: I chose this as my "photo of the day" for Aug 10, 2015.
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This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in this Flickr set), and continued throughout 2009-2014 (as shown in this Flickr set, this Flickr set, this Flickr set, this Flickr set, this Flickr set)), this Flickr set)), and this Flickr set)): a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka "peeps in the 'hood."
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the other side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called "hip shots," where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is one example, and here is another example.
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, far more people who are not so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...
This photo of the Round Island Lighthouse was taken from over 1 mile away on Mackinac Island as the morning sun was casting warm light across the lighthouse and round island treetops during golden hour in the spring of 2022.
A pair of Stellers atop of the harbour wall at the fishing port of Rausu,what you can`t see is there are about 100 birds all along this wall,watching for the boats coming and going,on this particular day the sea really picked up so not many boats were leaving the shelter of the harbour so the birds were keeping an eye out for fish being passed out in the calmer waters of the harbour.
Poem.
A gentler, more colourful Highlands is Perthshire.
Glistening "ribbon" lochs run west to east,
some large, some small.
Verdant pastures for sheep and cattle, and golden arable fields
make a striking patchwork, between the peaks.
High Munros of beige and purple with the subtle tones and textures
of lower slopes, resplendent with mostly
mature Deciduous woodland.
Meandering, surging and vibrant rivers
flow from the famous lochs of Rannoch, Tummel, Tay and Earn, in Straths, as opposed to glens,
being wider, sometimes less steep,
but all farmed on the rich, water-deposited alluvium.
Rapids, cataracts and waterfalls are common,
as Salmon leap back to their spawning grounds.
Rural villages, like Aberfeldy, cradled in these valleys,
have dwellings and bridges made of Granite,
seemingly everlasting.
Legends, poetry and song have immortalised
these timeless hills and valleys.
It is their glorious diversity of colour
that lingers long in our memory.
The last photo of my series: a drity, giant (child-eating-?) mashine made of steel and other things!? Thanks for all the views, favs and comments, I am very happy about the positive echo! The next series is already in planning ;) Germany 11/02/2018 at 08:53 am.
About the series (to which the Photo above belongs)
My dear Flickr-Friends, my dear unknown Flickr-User,
First, I would like to mention: “Mettwurst is a strongly flavoured German sausage, made from raw minced pork which is preserved by curing and smoking, often with garlic. The southern German variety is soft and similar to Teewurst.” (Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mettwurst)
Second, I want to amplify: During the last years I had my camera very often with me. An immense amount of photos have been shot, most of them rather unplanned on walks through my hometown. With the series I would like to present a few of my personal favorites (most of them are less than one year old). As the subtitle promises: the Photos show undoubtedly/exclusively trivial things.
Fuck you reality, fuck you so much, I want to be cheated!
About the post-processing
For editing I've used the Lightromm plug-in "Silver Efex Pro 2". More precisely: Preset "Film Noir 3" as a basis (nr. 32), but with some modifications. Apart from other small corrections (eg in contrast or exposure) I removed the artificial grain and the frame of the preset and I added a blue toning for all the photos of the series. And: For almost all photos I used a green or blue color filter.
Today is the longest day of the year and the official start of summer. A pessimist would say that now the days get shorter and would worry about getting Christmas presents in time, lol. But I promise to enjoy every fucking summer day. See you at the beach :D
Sunday, 21 June 2015
Last update of 2018, so time for a collage of the best pics that I've posted over the last year.
There have been some pretty tough times for me in my real world in the last year, but thankfully things are starting to look up. My girl side is always a welcome distraction, and although I don't dress up as much as I used to, I still love having a girly day when I can.
What really has rejuvenated my girl side was starting to go out again after giving it a miss for over a year. A couple of fabulous nights out to BNO and a welcome return to Torture Garden have been truly amazing, and it's been great to catch up with so many old friends and making some lovely new friends on the way too.
Thank you again to everyone that leaves comments or favourites my pics, it really is appreciated :)
I'm really looking forward to 2019, and wishing you all a Happy New Year.
Penny
xx
Valley of Fire State Park is the oldest state park in Nevada, USA. It covers an area of almost 42,000 acres (17,000 ha)[2] and was dedicated in 1935. It derives its name from red sandstone formations, formed from great shifting sand dunes during the age of dinosaurs. These features, which are the centerpiece of the park's attractions, often appear to be on fire when reflecting the sun's rays.
Complex uplifting and faulting of the region, followed by extensive erosion, have created the present landscape. The rough floor and jagged walls of the park contain brilliant formations of eroded sandstone and sand dunes more than 150 million years old. Other important rock formations include limestones, shales, and conglomerates.
Numerous petroglyphs are scattered through the park, but with temperatures above 100 F, we did not look for them.
Glad to be home after two weeks in the Southwest. I will be catching up over the next few days. Have a great week!
a portrait of a cat
The weather in The Netherlands is like an Indian summer right now!
Kei is loving it :)
Me too!
Good luck with the start of the new week!
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The North Sea Canal is a Dutch ship canal from Amsterdam to the North Sea at IJmuiden, constructed between 1865 and 1876 to enable seafaring vessels to reach the port of Amsterdam. It ends at Amsterdam in the closed-off IJ Bay, which in turn connects to the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal. The North Sea averages about 100 m. The beaches and coastal waters of the North Sea are popular destinations for tourists. The Dutch coasts are especially developed for tourism. Windsurfing and sailing are popular sports because of the winds. Because of the strong tides and areas of still water, the North Sea is more difficult to sail than the Baltic or the Mediterranean. Mudflat hiking, recreational fishing, and diving, including wreck diving, are all possible. The North Pier near Wijk aan Zee shown above is a nice fishing spot. Anglers from all over the country come to the North pier. At the beginning of the North pier, just across the restaurant you can do some good sea bass fishing. In stormy weather there is a good catch of fish on the inner side. On the pier there is not really one super spot with fish. One moment there is a good catch across the corner, the other moment there is not, whilst the catch is then good at the fence. Is the fishing bad from the beach because of the cold weather, then some fish can be caught on the pier in the deeper water. Sole, codfish, gurnard, dab, flounder, garfish, sea brass, eel pout, eel, whiting, plaice, pout, sea trout, pollack, twaite, mackerel, and mullet can be catched. Various types you will only catch in summer, but a surprise is not impossible. Avoid the pier with stormy weather, because it can be perilous because of breaking waves.
A photo of the lighthouse at the beginning of the North Sea Canal. It's beautiful walk of 1.5 km to the lighthouse at the North Pier of Wijk aan Zee - Netherlands. It was a lovely sunny day but I had to work. At the the day's end I went to the beach. I was lucky to catch the m.s. KING OF SCANDINAVIA, one of the two ships sailing on our route between the UK and Holland. The ship can accommodate over 1,500 people, and has a wide range of things to see and do onboard, with numerous bars, restaurants, shops and even a casino. It was 30 minutes after sunset. A funny colorful capture with an exposure 4 sec. F8.0, ISO100 and -1.0EV. After this walk I went for dinner at the sociable Aloha beach club which is open even during the winter season but today it was the first day in spring ;-)
Het Noordzeekanaal is een kanaal in Nederland dat loopt van de stad Amsterdam (het IJ) naar IJmuiden en Velsen Noord aan de andere kant, waar het uiteindelijk uitmondt in de Noordzee. Om de verbinding tussen de Haven van Amsterdam en de Noordzee te verbeteren werd in 1824 het Noordhollandsch Kanaal tussen Amsterdam en Den Helder in gebruik genomen. Dit kanaal voldeet al snel niet meer aan de eisen van het groeiende scheepvaartverkeer. Daarom werd enkele decennia later besloten om via de kortste verbinding tussen Amsterdam en de Noordzee een kanaal te graven. Hierbij werden de duinen nabij Velsen op het smalste deel van Holland ('Holland op zijn Smalst') doorgraven. Er werden sluizen aangelegd die de verbinding vormen tussen het kanaal en de zee.
Zijn de visvangsten door de kou vanaf het strand slecht, dan valt er op de pier door het diepere water nog wel een visje te vangen Tong, kabeljauw, knorhaan, schar, bot, geep, zeebaars, puitaal, paling, wijting, schol, steenbolk, zeeforel, koolvis, fint, makreel en harder. Diverse soorten zal je uitsluitend in de zomer vangen, maar verrassingen zijn niet uitgesloten. Zo kan je midden november nog best een dikke tong vangen en de zeebaars blijft ook steeds langer. De Noordpier bij Wijk aan Zee: een fijne visstek. Hengelaars uit het gehele land komen naar de Noordpier toe. Aan het begin van de Noordpier, even voorbij het restaurant is het goed zeebaars vissen. Bij storm wordt er aan de binnenkant goed vis gevangen. Mijd de pier met storm, want het kan dan levensgevaarlijk zijn door overslaande golven.
Het is een mooie wandeling van zo'n 1.5 km naar de vuurtoren. De hele dag was zonnig maar ik moest helaas werken maar 's avonds uit werk gelijk naar het strand gegaan van Wijk aan Zee. De King of Scandinavia is één van de twee schepen op de route tussen IJmuiden en Newcastle. Dit imposante cruiseschip heeft in 2006 een grote renovatie ondergaan. De lengte is ca. 163m, de breedte ca. 28m op het breedste punt. Het biedt alle moderne gemakken en uitstekende faciliteiten. Goede restaurants, café's, winkels, een bioscoop en een nachtclub met live muziek. Het schip biedt ruimte aan 1534 passagiers en 600 auto's. Mijn statief meegenomen en deze foto grappige foto geschoten een halfuur na zonsondergang met sluitertijd 4 seconde. Na de late strandwandeling in de gezellige Aloha beach club diner gegeten. Deze club is zelf 's winters open maar vandaag was het de eerste lentedag :-)
Of the 80 beaches in Ibiza, this is the most relaxed. Set in a secluded bay, with some of the most atmospheric bars and restaurants, Cala Jondal feels serene, sophisticated and happening all at the same time. Housed in a conservation area and overlooked by pine-clad hills, it offers a 20 yard deep slab of sand and pebbles, which slopes gently into the clear waters.
Already this photograph was long ago in Panoramio
"Well, as I said before, the map of Flickr is terribly bad, the geographic address of this place is as follows: Cala Jundal, s / n, 07830 Sant Josep de sa Talaia, Balearic Islands, Spain"
Yesterday afternoon I went in search of some bluebells..... I FOUND THEM :) :) :)
Peatlands Park, County Tyrone, was the first of its type in the British Isles and it was specifically established to promote and facilitate peatland awareness. There are two national nature reserves within the boundaries, so there's plenty to see :)
Back to work today, hope you are all having a good week, we're half way there :) :)
Thank you everyone for the lovely comments on my last photo :)
This moment before Houdini's daring feat is just one of the photographic slices of time featured in the “Not an Ostrich” exhibition currently on display in Los Angeles, California. Read more about the photos included in the exhibit in our recent Picture This blog post “Not an Ostrich”—Exhibition of Library of Congress Photos.”
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Thurston, John H. (John Henry), 1852-, photographer
[Houdini jumps from Harvard Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts] / John H. Thurston, stereopticons
[1908 April 30]
1 photograph : glass lantern slide ; 82 x 102 mm.
Summary: Photograph shows Houdini standing by the side of the Charles River wearing chains and handcuffs.
Notes:
• Title devised by Library staff.
• Master of the "Impossible Possible," Houdini performs one of his stunning manacled jumps from Harvard Bridge, followed by an under-water escape in the Charles River. As with his upside-down straitjacket escapes, Houdini's jumps drew huge crowds and publicized his stage appearances. In 1908, he appeared in Boston for two weeks at Keith's theater, a major venue on the Keith Vaudeville Circuit.
• Forms part of: McManus-Young collection of pictorial material relating to magic.
• Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Arts section.
Subjects:
• Houdini, Harry,--1874-1926--Performances.
• Magic--Massachusetts--Boston--1900-1910.
• Magicians--1900-1910.
• Bridges--Massachusetts--Boston--1900-1910.
• Jumping--Massachusetts--Boston--1900-1910.
• Handcuffs--1900-1910.
• Escapes--Massachusetts--Boston--1900-1910.
Format:
Lantern slides--1900-1910.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a27316
Call Number: LOT 7427 [item]
"Masterpiece"
Spending so much time at the Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum, one will really begin to appreciate everything in their collection, not to mention the facility itself. Everything from the extraordinary to mundane will find its way into your mind and heart. I must admit that in my years of steam locomotive research and enjoyment, the Nickel Plate 700's did not strike me. For whatever reason, they just didn't click with me. I'm not sure what it was, but obviously, that's changed now.
Cale and I modeled 765 way back in 2017 when we were still figuring out Brick Model Railroader. It took some convincing, but we eventually decided that Nickel Plate Road 765 would be our first collaborative steam locomotive model. We had a running model that needed some adjustment, but quickly became disinterested in the project due to external factors. We were never quite happy with where we left this project, and vowed to each other that we would return to the model some day to do it again, properly.
Several years later, in late October 2021, and on a whim, I laid out a scaled wheelbase in stud.io, just to see what it would look like. I left the file alone for a couple more months until the Holiday season of 2021. I began thinking about a Nickel Plate Berkshire running around a Christmas tree, inspired by the amazing "Travel Refreshed" speculative project:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2mU6jVcv4w&ab_channel=FortWa...
This set my mind racing with thoughts of the late 1940's when large mainline superpower led "hotshot manifest" trains through the heart of America. If there was ever a perfect depiction of postwar steam railroading, it was this, and the Nickel Plate Road was the poster child.
The Nickel Plate Road connected the farms of the Midwest in St. Louis and Chicago to Buffalo in the east. The road took a fast, level route along the southern edge of the great lakes. A direct competitor to the New York Central, it was purchased by the Vanderbilts in an effort to remove competition. As such, the line was never optimized and operated with older and slower equipment. The Nickel Plate was purchased by Oris and Mantis Van Sweringen, brothers from Cleveland who had controlling interests of several other roads including the Chesapeake & Ohio, Wheeling & Lake Erie, Pere Marquette, Erie, and more. The "Vans" would lead efforts to completely transform the Nickel Plate into the powerhouse bridge road it is remembered as today.
One of those efforts included the creation of the Advisory Mechanical Committee (AMC), which served as a design bureau for the roads under control of the Vans. One of the first projects for the AMC was the design of the C&O T-1 class 2-10-4 engines, the largest two cylinder steam locomotives when built. Continuing in efforts to rejuvenate the Nickel Plate, president John Bernet assigned AMC officer William Black the task of designing a super-power locomotive. The result was the Nickel Plate S class of 2-8-4, built by ALCO Schenectady in 1934. The AMC, capitalizing on their winning formula for the T-1, maintained the factor of adhesion just above 4 while scaling down the rest of the locomotive: eliminating the fifth pair of 69" drivers and creating a locomotive with 70% of the tractive effort and 70% of the weight. Unbeknownst to Bernet, Black, and the AMC, they had just captured lightning in a bottle.
To truly appreciate why the 700's were such good locomotives, the operating mentality of the Nickel Plate must be understood. The road was a masterpiece of engineering, maintaining a very flat right of way along the mainline, running shorter but faster trains handling bridge traffic over the line. Operating conditions like these coupled with the high-horsepower 700s, there has hardly been a more perfect match of locomotive and railroad. The Berkshires were so effective and loved, the Nickel Plate laughed away EMD diesel demonstrators multiple times until the end of steam in 1958. Even still, several of these locomotives were stored serviceable in anticipation of a traffic spike that never occurred.
763, part of the third batch of Berkshires in total (S-2 class) and second batch from Lima (Works #8671), was one of these locomotives. Officially retired a few years after the end of steam, it stayed in Conneaut, Ohio until 1966 when it was purchased by the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, Virginia. 763 remained in Roanoke for several years until it was towed to New Jersey for inspection to pull the American Freedom Train, but other locomotives were selected., and 763 returned to Roanoke. Ohio Central and Age of Steam founder Jerry Jacobson purchased the locomotive from the museum in 2007, returning the engine home to Ohio. It is currently stored inside the Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum in stall 4, a regular favorite part of any regular public tour.
All that to say: I never expected to have such a deep, genuine understanding and appreciation for these engines. It says a lot when someone can connect with a piece of machinery in such a way, and gain understanding of its purpose and reason for existing. The 700s were truly magnificent machines.
So, in deciding that I was going to model one of these amazing locomotives, I began working in stud.io, and over the course of several months, I came up with what must have been at least a dozen iterations of the rough shape of the engine solely to achieve "the look." With 765 currently operating and with countless fans of the locomotives, the 700's are well recognized and people are going to be able to pick out the details, so any model of one has to be done properly. Once I had the correct shape and proportions, I filled in gaps and rebuilt section after section until I had a completed digital model in June of this year. By then, I had just seen 765 operate in person for the second time and was feeling inspired, so work on the custom wheels and connecting rods progressed alongside. Refining, trial, failure, adjustment, and testing continued until December 2022 when I completed the physical model. Naturally, I had to model 763 specifically, being the preserved example at Age of Steam.
Under the hood this model is identical to my Mohawk: a pair of Power Functions L motors geared 1:1 driving the third axle, each operating from its own Power Functions IR receiver, and powered by a Tenergy 7.4v 2200 mAh battery. 763 operates smoothly and without issue thanks to the drive train design and high-quality printing of the wheels, rods, and valve gear. Drivers and trailing wheels designed by me and printed by Rob Hendrix, all rods and valve gear designed by me and printed through Shapeways. All artwork was faithfully recreated by Cale Leiphart. Decals printed by OKBrickWorks and UV printed number boards and bearing caps are from Richard Glatter. Thank you all for your help with this project.
Having completed and published Buffalo Creek & Gauley 13, Morehead & North Fork 12, and now Nickel Plate Road 763, my Age of Steam collection grows. Those who know me personally understand that I'm not one to brag about my work. However, I feel I must say that I think I've outdone myself with this model. I would say this is the most new, ground-up design of locomotive I have built in a while. I've achieved detail and accuracy that I haven't seen on even some traditional scale models, and it all works together to make 763 perhaps my best model yet. A masterpiece of a masterpiece, if you will.
As 2022 winds down, I'm elated to publish this locomotive and check it off the list. As I mentioned earlier this year, I've had a lot in progress recently so wrapping something up feels fantastic. There's a bit more in store for the immediate future, but we'll get to that later.
As always, thanks for reading, and thanks to everyone for their support of my work through comments, questions, and compliments. It is always sincerely appreciated and I am thankful to be a part of such a fun community.
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Glenn
Master of the Epiphany of Fiesole (Florence, second half of the fifteenth century) - Mary Magdalene (1470-80) - oil on wood - Accademia Gallery, Florence
Common names: Crown of thorns, Christ plant; Christusdorn (German).
Botanical name: Euphorbia milii.
Family: Euphorbaceae.
Taken at the Stellenbosch University Botanical Gardens in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.
Traveling in a railroad car , Surrounded by Mountains on the rail road track of the Canadian run by Via rail , Trip from Toronto to Vancouver and back with stay in , Vancouver , cropped photograph , Martins photograph , Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada , June 21. 2014
Person’s eye view
Mountain view
Top of the train
The Canadian operated by Via Rail
Waterfall from a mountain
David Village Community Gardens
David Village Community Gardens , Gardening plots
David Village Community , Gardening plots
Gastown Steam Clock
Gastown Steam Clock in Vancouver
Gastown Steam Clock Vancouver , British Columbia
Vancouver rail yards
Mountains
Vancouver harbour
Vancouver harbour and rail yards
Mountains on the background in Vancouver
Night view at a bridge in downtown Vancouver
Allium in bloom VanDusen Botanical gardens in Vancouver
Botanical gardens
Allium in bloom
VanDusen Botanical gardens Vancouver
Alliums
VanDusen Botanical gardens
Allium in bloom VanDusen Botanical gardens
A-maze-ing-laughter
sculptures by Yuen’s Minjun
converted to black and white
Photographs converted to black and white
A-maze-ing-laughter sculptures
A-maze-ing-laughter sculptures by Yuen’s Minjun
Lions Gate Suspension Bridge across the Burrard inlet to the harbour , it’s connect of the Northern end of Stanley park to the North shore
Lions Gate Suspension Bridge
Burrard inlet to the harbour
the Burrard inlet
Fraser River
the Fraser River in Vancouver
Fraser River
Favourites
Bridge in Vancouver
Vancouver
British Columbia
Canada
Martin’s photographs
Bridge in Vancouver
June 2014
Bridge
Nikon
Nikon DF
DF
FX
rail road track
Monochrome
photograph converted to black and white
zwart & wit
zwart en wit
black and white
Black & white
After three days of heavy snow, when I had all but given up hope of seeing the sun... there it was.
And, just like that, it was gone.
Do you prefer this to the horizontal I previously posted? I'm torn between the two -- I like the empty space of the other one, but I like the leading line in this one, so I'll keep both for now. Thanks as always for stopping by!
I just finished an 8-day backpacking trip in the Sierra... and saw what could totally have been the most amazing thing of my life. I'm still working on a few images to try to convey the moment to you... but I promise they are coming :)
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The Star of Hope is an old Shipwreck along the sands between Ainsdale and Formby.
Been waiting patiently for the right morning and tide for around 6 months now, Has to be right on an ebbing low tide, and some decent light with the morning sun in the right position so was pleased with the conditions this morning. For a wreck arround 130 years old, she is not in bad nick.
2 Lee ND Grads used on this 0.6 soft and 0.6 hard.....
Some info on this shipwreck for those interested
The Star of Hope flounded off the Mersey Estuary in 1883.
She was built at the Stephen and Forbes boatbuilding yard at Peterhead and was launched in 1865. In the late 1800's it was normal that Vessels would be expected in the Mersey given that they had been spotted rounding the top West corner of the Welsh coast and the details telegraphed to their owners :
The Southport visitor records :
A telegram says – The German Barque the Star of Hope was known to be off the Mersey, where distress flares were seen. Nothing has been heard of her since. A further report says the crew of the Star of Hope are aboard the Crosby light ship. The vessel must therefore be wrecked.