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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.
A well earnt retirement.....
THE ALWAYS READY is a Liverpool class lifeboat built in 1933 by J Samuel White, Cowes, Isle of Wight. She is of double diagonal construction, mahogany on oak and has a Lister diesel engine model 1PWS4. She was built as the Runswick lifeboat and operated there until 1953. In 1934 the name was changed to ROBERT PATTON THE ALWAYS READY after the loss of the Coxswain in a rescue. Sold out of service in 1954, she became the Sharpness pilot boat until 1978. After several owners she was bought by her present owner in 2007 and has since undergone a major restoration.
As of April 2025 operating as SF Airlines Boeing 767-375ER(BCF) freighter B-222Q
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Two General Electric CF6-80C2 high-bypass turbofans, 62,100-lbf each
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Nikon D300 + Sigma 50-500mm 1:4-6.3 APO DG HSM EX
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A1x Class locomotive no.32678 seen here with a rake of vintage coaches, waiting at Tenterden railway station.
32678 is an A1x 'Terrier' Class 0-6-0 standard gauge steam locomotive. Built by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, it first entered service on the 23rd July 1880.
Between then and 1923 and the formation of the Southern Railway, the loco had already run almost a million miles!
Now owned by the Terrier Trust, the loco operates on the Kent & East Sussex Railway but is currently undergoing restoration.
Operated by Oban based North West Marine, the workboat Meercat leaving Buckie for a wind energy worksite just offshore Portgordon.
People throw coins onto its underwater brick platform, as into a wishing well. I stood on the bridge over the spillway, and pointed my cam down toward the water, to catch this image.
The following info is adapted from the article "Keeping Olmstead Alive: The Biltmore Estate" at landscapeonline.com/research/article.php/5133
The four-mile-square Bass Pond is on the historic grounds near Biltmore House. The Pond has the original flume designed and installed by Fredericik Law Olmsted in 1894 to keep the pond water clear.
The recently restored flume uses gravity feed, no pumps. After heavy rains or when the water is high and muddy, the manually operated release valve is opened and the muddy water is carried through the bottom spillway and pipe into Four Mile Creek, and from there, into the French Broad River. A huge underground pipe made of brick runs under the Pond, which allows one of the valves to be shut off, releasing water to the bottom of the spillway. The recent restoration of the flume system under Bass Pond was headed up by Bill Cecil Jr., the great grandson of George Vanderbilt. Bill Cecil Jr., is the CEO of the Biltmore Estate, a quiet, intelligently run family organization.
Operated by Jazz Aviation
delivered 12-21-1991to Air Ontario
also operated by ...
Air Alliance
Air Nova
Air Canada Regional
Air Canada Jazz
Jazz Aviation
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WCR operated 46115 "Scots Guardsman" stands at Preston Station having just arrived from Carlisle working "The Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express", 1A87 Carlisle - London Euston. Here it would then detach and go on to Carnforth and 86259 would take over for the remainder of the tour. Taken on January 28th, 2023.
LOT7697 Positioning in empty from RAF Brize Norton to operate an MoD Charter to Victorville, CA.
LOT - Polish Airlines
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
SP-LRF
Prestwick Airport, Scotland
20th August 2014
Operated by the 436th AW at Dover AFB, Reach 045 taxies onto the runway extension via Echo at RAF Mildenhall.
© Samuel Pilcher 2016. Use of this image without permission is prohibited.
Operating theater at the former Soviet military hospital at Beelitz-Heilstätten, Germany.
This is one of a few film shots I did, I've already posted digital shots of this scene. I go back and forth as to whether I like the digital or the film better. Today, I like the film.
I'll be away for a few days over an extended weekend, and look forward to catching up on my friends' photostreams when I'm back.
Operating on the old C&O Mountain Sub now operated by the Buckingham Branch RR. Passing the west end of what was once a signaled passing siding.
Operating with the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Group, US Air Force Boeing B-52H Stratofortress 60-0024/LA caught on finals to land back at Fairford after a 'Baltops' tasking as 'Pharo 20'
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Operating a CSA-flight from Prague to Brussels. Plane apparently on lease to Smartwings. On finals 25L
B-2490 B767-34P(ER) Hianan Airlines seen here about to land at BHX, the first of 17 flights to operate BHX-PEK.
Operated by Acropolis Aviation, Airbus Corporate Jet 320neo G-KELT is seen landing at Farnborough after a short hop from Cork. This aircraft has a full range of 5,500nm and can carry 19 passengers and 6 crew in insane luxury. There are beds for 17, so a few might have to share, I guess... :o))
The operating chair at the Blue Theatre Military Hospital in Germany.
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Today's image was taken this afternoon near the village of Lapworth in Warwickshire. The view is of the side elevation of Packwood House. This is a Grade I listed Timber framed Manor House. The house and grounds are owned and operated by the National Trust. This side view of the house was taken from the Carolean Garden that lead up to the Yew Tree garden.
The photo was taken using the app Cortex Camera on my iPhone 6.
First I used the app Snapseed to edit the photo. I straightened the image, then I applied the Tonal Contrast filter. I also boosted the structure and sharpening to the house, along with a little extra saturation, warmth and ambiance. Next I used the app DistressedFX to add the Birds above the house and the Vanilla texture. The next app used was Mextures. I added the Darker Days formula by Ryan Olde. Finally I used the app AltPhoto to add the Expired (pink highlights) Toy Camera preset and frame.
The oldest operating lighthouse in the world, the Tower of Hercules was built by the Romans in the 1st century AD. An additional skin of blockwork was added in 1791 along with a upper storey with a lantern room. The lighthouse is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
MRL 355 is (as of 2022) the last operating SD45 on MRL's roster. And MRL is certainly getting their money's worth out of the 51 year-old locomotive. Here, the veteran EMD races west towards Bozeman with cars for the 841 and 844 locals.
MRL LB (Laurel to Bozeman and return)
MRL SD45 #355
MRL SD40-2XR #263
Craver, MT
May 6th, 2022
Operating for Ryanair on the Waterford route due to shortage of equipment (748's). Little did we know then what Michael O'Leary was about to hatch !!!
Went on to become C-FKFL flic.kr/p/pHH1Ye and is still flying today in New Zealand as ZK-KFH.
190/365,
Operated by Kelowna Flightcraft Air
Boeing 737-600
737-6CT
Delivered Aug 2006
YVR - YXY
Vancouver - Whitehorse
Trip distance; 1,293 km,
Trip time; 01:37,
YVR, Vancouver International Airport,
Sea Island, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Published On: April 11, 2022
The new charter airline will fly domestic and international passenger programs using a fleet of B737NG aircraft.
One needs to be cool and comfortable while working.
These are my Birkenstock clogs for the operating room.
David Bowie: youtu.be/gMu_3HmvPG0?si=FJqqf1Mnxb7-Uu6A
Operating from Mojave in 1987 while engaged in GE CF6-80C2 engine testing. This engine variant would go on to power the Boeing 747-400, MD-11, A300-600, A310, Boeing 767, Kawasaki C-2, and (as the F138) the Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy and Boeing VC-25A.
F-BUAD is preserved at Cologne Bonn Airport in its final, "Zero-G", livery.
Operating an Aer Lingus service during a strike, one of several to affect the airline in the 1970s and 1980s. This aircraft had quite a long career and was operated by Southwest Airlines from 1994 to 2012, as N692SW. It was retired and parked at Tucson on 17 August 2012.
The Forward Ranger Operating Group is the elite FROG squad that drops in for the most fierce front line battles.
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It's been a weird retrospective week - As most people know I'm kinda known for not just frogs, but animal mechs in general.
And sometimes it's like It feels like I'm making these stories up... but I'm not...
But on Wednesday - Blair pointed pointed out these cool Frog based Gundam suits... and the SAME day, Same day I wrote the Visor + LEGO Dad article, I get an awesome package from random gift package from Adam, which contained: Frogs and Brickforge Visors.
... I'm not joking. So I started working on this pair, trying to find something that resembled the gundam.
I started doing stickering last night - and 1ssac posted HIS pink frog build and tagged me on IG ... and this morning Someone ELSE pointed out the gundam sets....
... Yeah this is meant to be. :)
The Pemberton Memorial Operating Room is located in the heart of the Royal Jubilee Hospital complex in Victoria. The site consists of an octagonal brick operating room built in 1896
Emirates EK412, operated by A380 A6-EON, in the new Los Angeles Dodgers livery... Arrival, taxi and departure all 34L at Sydney Airport
"In the 1970s, canola was created through traditional plant cross-breeding by removing two things found in the rapeseed plant: glucosinolates and erucic acid. Erucic acid was removed because it was believed to be inedible or toxic in high doses. The newly developed plant was renamed "canola" – a combination of "Canadian" and "Oil" (or ola) to make this difference apparent." From the link below.
www.thekitchn.com/whats-the-difference-between-canola-and...
I absolutely love the time of year when the fields turn bright yellow with the Canola flowers. The day before yesterday was the first day I had been out when I saw any fields with the crop fully in bloom. I have to admit that I don't like the smell of Canola, but the colour is so spectacular and pretty. In this shot, the sky is beginning to darken, ready to rain a little later.
These two old, wooden barns were part of a CPR Demonstration Farm. I have added a previously posted photo in a comment box below, showing the whole farm.
"The home, the barn, everything seen in this yard once served a rather unique and special purpose. Operating as a fully functioning “demonstration farm”, near Vulcan Alberta, and tied to the Canadian Pacific Railway, it was a show piece of sorts a century ago, promoting the region’s agricultural potential. Prospective settlers would be told where to acquire land and of course similar farm buildings, what crops to grow and how to do it efficiently, what equipment to purchase, what techniques to use and so on.
The CPR had a vested interest, of course, in the success of this endeavour. They’d profit both on the sale of these kit farms and then again, many-fold, on the resultant business brought to the railway through the moving of inbound materials needed by all those new settlers; and outbound agricultural products the area would produce. And the transporting of people in and out, all the stuff needed for new towns that would spring up, and any industry established there, they too all moved by railway. It was win-win for the CPR!" From bigdoer website.
www.bigdoer.com/27596/exploring-history/cpr-demonstration...
The day before yesterday, 1 July 2017, was a great day, spent with friend, Pam. I picked her up just after 8:00 am and did a long drive in Southern Alberta. We saw our target bird - a Common Nighthawk, and all sorts of other things including plants and old barns. It took a round trip of 414 km to get the Nighthawks, but it was so worth it! Much further than I normally drive. Towards the end of our day, the rain arrived, accompanied by lightning streaks. This couldn't have been timed more perfectly, to wash off a lot of the dust that covered my car after 12 hours of driving hot, dusty roads! So welcome! We have another hot day today and the forecast is for very hot days for at least the next week. So far, the forecast is 33C for Friday, 35C for Saturday and 31C for Sunday.
It was such a thrill to see a Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor (a rather strange looking bird), as I had always wanted to see one actually lying on a fence post or wooden railing. People get such amazing photos of them like that, and that is what I was determined to find this summer. Last year, I had driven to this area in Southern Alberta, hoping to find one, but had been out of luck. Though I ended up with the one in the photo I posted yesterday, lying on a hard, metal railing that lacked character, I'm still happy as can be. Not only did friend Pam and I see this one, but there were three other Nighthawks there, too. Two of the others were also on a metal rail, but the fourth was on a fence post - not the best angle, but it was still nice to see a fence post perch. How close we came to missing them. I said I wanted to just check the first part of a small side road first, before continuing on the road we were on - and there they were! I had seen a nighthawk on maybe five different occasions over the years, but most were in flight and one was perched very high up in a tree. For Pam, this was the first time she had ever seen one, and she was so happy to see this lifer.
"On warm summer evenings, Common Nighthawks roam the skies over treetops, grasslands, and cities. Their sharp, electric peent call is often the first clue they’re overhead. In the dim half-light, these long-winged birds fly in graceful loops, flashing white patches out past the bend of each wing as they chase insects. These fairly common but declining birds make no nest. Their young are so well camouflaged that they’re hard to find, and even the adults seem to vanish as soon as they land." From AllABoutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Nighthawk/id
I was so tired after driving such a long distance and it was a hot day - the temperature got up to 30C. I so rarely do such a long drive, and I've barely driven all winter and spring. It felt so good to actually get out on a long drive like this, and we saw all sorts of interesting things that we just had to stop and photograph - of course!
Every single time I go out with my camera for a drive, I never forget to be SO thankful to live in a country where I have the freedom and safety to go where I want, and to see such beauty. Thank you, Alberta and Albertans - and Happy 150th Birthday, Canada! Such a young country.
Operated by Sirisu Aero in a 43 seat layout, Yak-42D, RA-42423 departs Dublin back in 2008. Possibly the last Yak-42 to visit?
Coal Mines operated in the Canmore area from 1886 to 1979. When the mines closed, much of the equipment lay abandoned in the forest. Now that multi-million dollar development is taking place, old abandoned coal cars like this are getting a second life as public art along the trails.
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These guys kill more people in Africa than any other animal or reptile.
I was in a motorized canoe literally big enough for the helmsman and two other occupants. This guy came up after being submerged and was way too close for comfort. The man operating this small floating dugout flotilla ten feet from this monster immediately swung the boat away and sped up the very small outboard engine. He told us later that was the closest he had ever been to a Hippo in ten years of doing this... Yes it was too close for comfort. But, I did manage to get a frame showing how close we were. Immediately after this frame he opened his enormous mouth baring his enormous teeth. Unfortunately my back was now to him and I did not get that shot. 😡 I don’t believe in retrospect I would advise others to employee this service. The Hippos were everywhere and this one came up soo unexpectedly after being submerged and out of sight he could have easily capsizes this canoe! Once is enough doing something stupid. Until the next time.. LOL
Here's a poor quality image from an impromptu rainy morning out to meet a friend from out of town. Earlier this year I shared this photo: flic.kr/p/2qLiTJi and now finally she is back operating in revenue service. I need to get out on a nice day but I don't hate the saturated rainy look to this scene, though the brush does annoy me.
Anyway Grafton and Upton Railroad train GU-1 led by GP35 3604 and a pair of MP15ACs has just departed southbound from North Grafton yard as comes off the short causeway over the marsh and Big Bummet Brook at about MP 1 as measured from the north end of the line at the junction with the Keolis Worcester Mainline, the former Boston and Albany.
Still dressed in the image of its former owner this locomotive was built in January 1965 for the Pennsylvania Railroad and was acquired by the Housatonic from Conrail around 1992 when the road expanded with the acquisition of the Danbury cluster from CR. The unit was sent here a couple years ago for contract repair work and underwent an extensive rebuild/upgrade including all new wiring and modular electrical systems.
For whatever reason after spending a substantial sum the HRRC ownership decided not to invest any more money and purchased newly rebuilt GP15-1s and GP39-2s instead. In exchange for outstanding payments due, the G&U was offered and accepted this unit in trade and now owns it.
Grafton, Massachusetts
Monday October 20, 2025