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In the run up to International Women's Day, Channel 4's International Editor, Lindsey Hilsum, asks women reporters with roots in the Arab world how women are changing the face of war reporting. As a founder of The Marie Colvin Journalists' Circle which was launched in February of this year, Hilsum is part of a network mentoring young women journalists in the Middle East. What draws them to the frontline?
She was joined by BBC journalist Yalda Hakim, documentary filmmaker Safa Al Ahmad, current affairs journalist Mina Al Oraibi, and Lebanese journalist and senior lecturer in international journalism at City University, Dr Zahera Harb.
Found a wasp outside. It looked like it was dying - the air was quite chilly. As I was preparing to snap more shots, it suddenly shook off its lethargy and flew away.
この雀蜂を外で見つけた。空気が涼しく、もう死んでいると思ったが、雀蜂は突然翼を開き、飛び去った。
Canon EOS 50D + Tamron 180mm.
Explore: 2015-11-27
I purchased this book not long after the horrible events of 9/11 and although it is a great read it most certainly is a difficult read. Each year on the anniversary I pick up One Nation and begin to read, again!
We will never forget and America will always remember!!
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Pan Am Railways Train WA-R smokes it up as they pass through the "Dirty Lew" on 1/16/2022.
At the time Pan Am was in the process of cleaning up several derailments around the network. In December of 2021 Sappi-3 stacked up about 15 cars on the Hinkley Branch, two of which the 175 ton road cranes couldn't rerail. The "repaired" section through the derailment site ultimately resulted in 4 more derailments over the following months. While it seemed like Pan Am had the intention of leaving those two loaded paper cars for CSX to clean up, not wanting to bring out the two wreck trains, a derailment in Saco caused by the crew of PO-3 running a derail for the second time in a week, resulted in several LPG cars flipping over.
Since those weighed too much for one of the road cranes to rerail, they brought out both the Waterville wreck set with the 200 ton Brownhoist crane and support cars and the East Deerfield wreck set with a 250 ton Brownhoist and two Cat 583H pipelayers.
In the end, the flatcar the exB&M pipelayer rode on and its support car got kicked out at North Chelmsford, after one of the friction bearing trucks overheated. As a result, the wreck crews had to use just the cranes to rerail the cars, normally only doing one per day.
Since the train was already in Maine, the decision was made to send it to the Hinkley Branch to recover the two paper cars.
So on the morning of 1/16/2022 the train was supposed to depart Rigby before sunrise, to get into position at the derailment site in Hinkley.
Well, per the usual train WAPO lost enough of its units, that it died in Portland blocking the busy Forest Ave. With no available power or crews, the train had to block the single track main until a maintainer got enough of the units going to get the train to Rigby. By that point the original crew had timed out and it was some time before a yard crew could be freed up to come and drag the train into Rigby.
Several Downeasters piled up waiting for the traffic jam to clear as well. This resulted in the wreck train finally getting out after lunch.
Things wouldn't be smooth sailing, in Cumberland Center the leader MEC B40-8 5973 sprung a coolant leak and ran out of water, before shutting down. Not long after taking the Backroad at Royal Jct the train had to stop due to sticking brakes. There were several more stops at New Glouster and Danville Jct before the issue was finally resolved. By the time they were rolling across the L/A bridge light was quickly fading.
Due to traffic I got behind them at Leeds Jct and didn't pick them up again until Readfield (despite the 20 MPH restriction for plain bearing cars I think they were going faster). By that point all the light was shot.
The train would rerail the two cars over the following days before the Waterville set was left at Waterville, while the ED set languished at Yard 8 in Portland for a few months before returning to East Deerfield prior to the takeover.
Since then the equipment has been scattered. The 470 Club got the Waterville baggage car and idler flat, the rigging car, the MEC dozer rigging car, B&M wheel car and the exMEC flatcar. The Railroad Museum of New England got the exB&M troop sleeper and the exB&M caboose that was welded to a flatcar. The Batten Kill and the SC&H got the other flat car, the ED baggage car, the exB&M flatcar and the 250 ton crane and idler, however I think they have since passed up the the latter two. I believe the Waterville dining car is still up for grabs, while the 200 ton crane despite being donated to the 470 Club, was sold to a buyer out of PA. The two Cat 583H's were sold to a company in the MA area which does work for CSX and a few other railroads.
The loss of the Pan Am wreck train was truly the end of an era for railroading in North America. The retirement of the train under CSX marked the end of the wreck train, something which had been used by railroads to clean up wrecks for over 100 years. It is worth noting a few railroads still retain a few cranes, however to my knowledge, none still employ a dedicated train and I haven't heard of any cranes being used in the modern era.
Pan Am Railway
Train: WA-R
1/16/2022
Lewiston, ME
ST District 1 Freight Main Line
One of Europe's most striking birds. I have an almost identical shot already uploaded, but this one was taken without direct sunlight and makes it in my opinion even more striking.
In Finland Highway One ( or National Road One) is a motorway the whole way and it runs between the capital Helsinki and the former capital Turku.
This picture is taken close to Turku, - 16 C outside.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWlkmkZW2hk
"I am the Highway" - Audioslave
A cloudless morning but still a nice glow on the sunflower field horizon! This little guy just stood out among the others!
In the same place as a previous one, but from an other angle... the opposite one. This particular old narrow alley of the modern city center of Huangdao District are not well frequented... and almost empty all the day. What about night time? This is China.
One of many rural gravel roads this Union Pacific stack train will cross on its way westward across the country, this one happens to be the last grade crossing in Iowa before the tracks climb to the Missouri River bridge into Blair, Nebraska.
you should leave no range road un travelled as you may miss something! thats advice i will take,and make Jim drive!!! :)
418 has been a bit of a back-and-forth bus between Carousel and Thames Travel of late, but is now on permanent duties back at Carousel on the 'red' half of route 1 between High Wycombe and Chesham Grammar School.
Unfortunately the branding hasn't been best designed, and the red aspects (including the word 'red' above the o of one and the outlines of the orange circles) can't be seen on the overall red colour of the bus!
Route One has had a new ticket introduced in the last week or so, and is continually proving that partnership between two operators is not only possible but a reality, despite the drawbacks.
Carousel Buses
MAN 14.240 / MCV Evolution
418, AE59AWH
Here is one for my mom. Today, I'm departing from my favourites(raptors) to one of my mom's favourites(hummingbirds).
Happy M-day to all of you Moms out there in cyberspace.
Day 021/365
A chilly morning but beautiful with the hoar frost on the trees
Have a great day friends
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Theres a couple of old railway tunnels near me but we always avoid this one as we thought it was lit for cyclists. I'm glad I was wrong. There is street lighting at road height, on top of the bridge which casts light at each end of the tunnel and that's probably why we have avoided it-until now.
Shot with the Sony A7ii and 14mm Samyang lens at f8.
Put the camera on the rotation Gimbal and used the new LACE BLS (Back Light Scanner) torch attachment. Just walked from the back of the shot towards the camera, rotated the camera and then repeated the lighting. I have tweaked this in LR (adjustment brush) as I walked to far out into the light and could be seen at the end of the tunnel.
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The tiniest kitten is timid to be seen but I was able to get a bright eyed shot before she scampered off.
Ice cold... opposite to my warm feelings towards all the great people I've 'met' here on this site. I haven't forgotten you, but I'm real short on time at the moment... and in that situation, something has to give... I'm sorry to say that Flickr is that something. But I promise to try and find some time soon... ;-D