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Celle ci a une saveur tout à fait particulière puisque c'est enfin mon tout premier Martin 2020 , après m'être cassé les dents à plusieurs reprises sur mes spots habituels ces derniers temps , j'ai donc décidé de changer de tactique en exploitant d'autres endroits , armé d'une paire de jumelles j'ai cherché les indices m'indiquant ses lieux de pêche , et je suis tombé finalement sur une grosse branche de saule qui surplombe la rivière et c'est depuis cette branche que j'ai pu observer mon gaillard en action de pêche , ni une ni deux j'ai mis en place mon fameux mode opératoire habituel en fichant sur la berge un perchoir non loin de la branche et finalement ce matin là il est venu à deux reprises prendre possession de son tout nouveau plongeoir .
Image prise depuis la tente affût et dans un milieu naturel .
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This one has a very special flavor since it's finally my very first Martin 2020, after having broken my teeth several times on my usual spots lately, so I decided to change tactics by exploiting 'other places, armed with a pair of binoculars I looked for clues indicating its fishing grounds, and I finally came across a large willow branch overlooking the river and it is from this branch that I I was able to observe my fellow fishing, neither one nor two I set up my famous usual operating mode by tying a perch on the bank not far from the branch and finally that morning he came twice to take possession of its brand new diving board.
Image taken from the hide tent and in a natural environment.
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Incredible structure on a beautiful morning in Sydney Harbour.
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With most shortlines generally operating on weekdays, I had to take advantage of an entire Wednesday off work yesterday. Initially I had planned to head east to Delaware on good authority that ESPN would run a blue and yellow trio out of Wilsmere, but when I punched this into the GPS I must've had a brainfart of some sort, as it began taking me west towards the MMID. By the time I noticed my mistake I was already half way to Union Bridge, so turning around would've been of a low mental standard. Instead I caught up to UBHF at Thurmont, where I was very pleasantly surprised to see a lashup of three flared 40's and a pair of oldies in tow, lined up with the 2060 facing east for the return. After a westbound chase to Highfield, I set up in Sabillasville after scoping out all the possible eastbound angles and settled for this winner. A nerve-wracking two hours later, and surely not long before the shadows consumed the ROW, the screaming dynamics of the MMID quintet could be heard roaring down the mountain, and a scene for the ages was converted into pixels.
Neko Harbor, Antarctica.
Neko Harbor is an inlet on the Antarctic Peninsula on Andvord Bay, situated on the west coast of Graham Land. Neko Harbor was discovered by Belgian explorer Adrien de Gerlache in the early 20th century. It was named for a Norwegian whaling boat, the Neko, which operated in the area between 1911 and 1924.
9H-RTU Airbus A330-202 Luke Air, At BHX taxying for departure Back to Warsaw WAW after operating a evacuation flight from Afganistan.
Operating out from Prestwick airport in Ayrshire, Scotland is the soon to be retired Royal Navy BAE Hawk T1 training aircraft.
The City of White Rock has a railway that runs along the waterfront. This single track rail line operates 24 hours a day and is operated by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) and is used by BNSF and Amtrak passenger trains.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC is the parent company of the BNSF Railway (formerly the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway). The company is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, which is controlled by investor Warren Buffett.
History
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation was incorporated in 1993 to facilitate the merger of Burlington Northern, Incorporated, parent of the Burlington Northern Railroad, and Santa Fe Pacific Corporation, which owned the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (Santa Fe). The corporate merger was consummated on September 22, 1995, at which point shareholders of the previous companies became shareholders of BNSF and the two companies became wholly owned subsidiaries of BNSF. In December 1996, the two holding companies and two railroads were formally merged, and in January 1998 the remaining intermediate holding company was folded into the railroad.
Robert D. Krebs of Santa Fe Pacific was president of BNSF from the merger until 1999, chief executive from the merger until 2000, and chairman from 1997 until 2002. He was succeeded in all three positions by Matthew K. Rose.
On November 3, 2009, Berkshire Hathaway made a $26 billion offer to buy the remaining 77.4% of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation it did not already own, valuing the purchase at $34 billion. The deal, which including Berkshire's previous investment and the assumption of $10 billion in Burlington Northern debt brings the total value to $44 billion. Consummated February 12, 2010, it is the largest acquisition in Berkshire Hathaway's history.
The deal was structured so that the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation would merge with and into R Acquisition Company, LLC, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. The deal closed on February 12, 2010, and at the same time, the now merged company changed its name to Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC that remains an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway.
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After overextending themselves acquiring Milwaukee Road, Soo Line established a wholly-owned division called Lake States Transportation Division on February 10, 1986, to operate its mostly former Soo Line trackage in Wisconsin and prepare it for sale. With this move, older locomotives and some leased power began to be much more common on these lines. On March 22, 1987, a southbound Soo Line (Lake States) freight climbs to the top of Byron Hill at Byron, Wisconsin, powered by two Soo EMD GP9s and a leased Conrail EMD GP38.
The famous lighthouse on Denmark's west coast has an exciting history. Inaugurated in 1900, it was hit by a shifting dune just ten years later. In 1968, the lighthouse had to stop operating because its light could no longer be seen from the sea. In 2012, the shifting dune completely passed the lighthouse and has been moving north ever since. However, the sea was now increasingly becoming a threat to the lighthouse. There was a risk that it could tip over if it crashed onto the coast. Therefore, it was moved 70 meters inland in 2019.
The Ontario Southland operates a fleet of vintage EMD and Alco/MLW products on a few sections of former Canadian Pacific trackage in southern Ontario. Two of the coolest locomotives on their roster are a pair of former SOO Line GP7s, 378 and 383. Both Geeps are seen here working the Woodstock Turn on their way back west, stopping to do a bit of switching in Beachville.
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Aeroflot Cargo (operating for Air India Cargo) Ilyushin IL76 (Polar livery) CCCP-76479 - ZRH mid 80's
Operating on Montana Rail Link’s 2nd Sub main line, a westbound BNSF oil train finds a patch of sunlight as it negotiates Lombard Canyon east of Toston, Montana, on the morning of June 30, 2018.
Operated by Jet Edge International for Zarky Aviation rolls for takeoff on Rwy 30 at Long Beach Airport (LGB/KLGB) as "Jet Edge 91" bound for Salt lake City International Airport (SLC/KSLC).
(Photo by Michael Carter / Aero Pacific Images)
The Trona Railway operates one of the most isolate and desolate piece of track in western United States. The scenery of the line along with a full roster of EMD product fresh from the 70s help to attract many people over these empty roads to the mining town.
Clearly showing the colours of their former owners even if they are badly burned by the merciless Death Valley sun, six SDs slowly pull an empty coal train out of Trona, ready to attack the 30 miles uphill ride toward the interchange point with Union Pacific in Searles, the railway's only connection with the outside world.
TRC road job
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Milepost 2.6 TRC subdivision
Trona,CA
March 24, 2011
I did this shot a couple months prior with a blue leaser in the lead as seen here: flic.kr/p/2nFRZeX and have been wanting to attempt a do over with a proper red leader. And here it is.
Vermont Railway train 263 is slowing for a stop beside the Chester depot for the crew to grab luncc in this view ooking down the rusty rails of the Back Track that loops around the station. Leading the way is SD70M-2 431 built in December 2006 for the Florida East Coast, and one of only two six axle units on the roster. She is trailed by three geeps and thirty cars destined for Riverside Yard in Rockingham here at MP B13.5 on the Green Mountain Railroad's Bellows Falls Subdivision. This line dates from 1849 when the mainline from Bellows Falls to Burlington opened for business by the Rutland Railroad's precursor company.
At left is a classic old time Vermont Institution, the R.B Erskine feed store. While the sign says established 1952 there has actually been a feed store here much longer. The original R.B. Erskine was elsewhere in town but moved into this spot around 1962 when they purchased it from Park and Pollard that had operated a feed store going back much longer. It was a feed store at least as far back as 1939 when a young Richard Bedford Erskine started managing it before striking out on his own and from what I can find online it appears that it was a feed store as far back as 1917 though I don't know exactly how old the simple false fronted building actually is. To read a little history of the store if you're interested in that sort of thing check out this link: vermontjournal.com/featured-articles/erskines-feed-store-... And happily the store reopened in January 2021 under new ownership but keeping the name and this Vermont institution alive.
Chester, Vermont
Tuesday October 18, 2022
BNSF’s east local operating out of Greybull crawls along the rocky cliffs in Wyoming’s scenic Wind River Canyon just south of the siding of Minnesela on BNSF’s Casper Subdivision on June 28, 2021. Today’s tiny local is powered by a pair of EMD SD40-2s and has a single car for Bonneville.
ROG operated Class 37/8 No.37800 'Cassiopeia' hauling a half set of LNER Mk4's including DVT 82220 at Creeton. The working was 5Q73 13:23 Doncaster Works Wagon Shops - Wembley Receptions 1-7. 24-04-2022.
The Sun was in a small blue hole between two large clouds, the shadows in the background show how close the second cloud was to wiping me out.
Taken with the aid of a pole.
The Strathspey Railway operates from platform 3 of Network Rail's Aviemore railway station. Until 1998 the railway's southern terminus was Aviemore Speyside about 300 yards (270 m) further north. Aviemore Speyside is no longer in regular use, although its platform has been retained as a fallback in case of problems with access to the Network Rail station. Coaling of the steam locomotives is carried out at a facility constructed in 2014 on the site of the former Aviemore Speyside station building. Its signal box, which was formerly at Garve West and transported from there in 1986, was retained when the station itself shut. New features are gradually being brought into service at the Aviemore site controlled using traditional British Railways mechanical semaphore signalling.
From Aviemore, the line passes the four-road locomotive shed which was constructed by the Highland Railway in 1898. The original purpose of the shed was to house locomotives for the lines to Perth and Inverness (via Carrbridge and Forres). It was common for original Highland Railway engines to be allocated to the shed and in London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) days it housed Stanier Black Fives, Pickersgill Bogies (Caledonian Railway), Caley 439 tanks, Caley 812 classes, and Fairburn tanks. In British Railways days the shed was allocated the shed code '60B'. These days the engines that are in traffic on the Strathspey Railway still bear the 60B shedplate on their smokebox. The shed has a 60-foot (18 m) turntable, originally from Kyle of Lochalsh.
There is also a carriage maintenance shed which was erected and opened for use in 2005; this shed allows the railway's volunteers and staff to work on its fleet of coaches indoors. On the opposite side of the line is a three road carriage storage shed erected and opened in 2011; this allows the coaches to be stored under cover and protected from the weather.
The former engine crew hostel, called Spey Lodge, stands just to the north. This building was erected by the LMS during the Second World War to provide railway crews with a safe and cheap option for accommodation whilst rostered to work locally. The British Railways Staff Association For Scotland then took it on to provide holiday accommodation for railway staff and their families. It was saved by the Strathspey Railway Company during the 1970s and gradually the facilities have been upgraded by volunteers. Spey Lodge now fulfils its original role again, providing hostel accommodation for engine crews and other volunteers working on the railway.
After Spey Lodge, the railway passes the site of the new Aviemore Hospital then crosses Dalfaber level crossing, an Automatic Open Crossing, Locally Monitored (AOCL). This level crossing was not originally part of the railway, but was installed after the development of the Dalfaber Estate in the 1980s. After crossing the road and passing the Cairngorm Brewery the line climbs through Granish Moor. This heather moor affords views of Cairngorm Mountain and the line runs parallel to the Speyside Way, a popular walking and cycling route. Once into the forest at the north end of the moor, the line descends past Boat of Garten golf course and into the village of Boat of Garten itself.
Operating out from Prestwick airport in Ayrshire, Scotland is the soon to be retired Royal Navy BAE Hawk T1 training aircraft.
Operated by Finnair for only 8 and a half years, between delivery in July 2008 and retirement in January 2017.
CPKC train 230 operating on NS trackage rights from Chicago to Detroit passes through Montpelier. This was once a crossroads for the Wabash RR with the crossing of the Chicago to Toledo line with the Detroit to St Louis/Kansas City main. The Wabash Railroad was once a dominant force here with a large yard and loco servicing facility along with divisional offices.
Thanks to a few birdies for the help in tracking this one.
Operating across the old Rock Island mainline from Blue Island, IL to Council Bluffs, IA the Iowa Interstate can rightly claim the mantle of successor on the heart of that once 'Mighty Fine Line.' I truly did not expect to be so lucky as to see one of their trains in the short time I allotted for my first visit to this famous location. So this was second only to the UP heritage unit in terms of my excitement here.
Anyway, I figured another frame was worth adding to my archives so here it is.
In this post I told the story of my first visit to Blue Island and the crazy variety show of trains.
Here is the sixth one I listed, as a pair of Iowa Interstate GE ES44ACs thump across the CN diamonds after crossing the bridge across the Calumet Sag Channel on Indiana Harbor Belt Main 1 at MP 15.2. I'm not sure where this train was headed or what it's symbol was but it appeared to be almost all empty ethanol tanks presumably headed back to Iowa via the old Rock Island Line.
Blue Island, Illinois
Friday July 2, 2021