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CSXT Framingham based local L004 has been on duty more than three hours and is just now starting north. They are technically still inside the Framingham Yard limits as they trundle northbound on the Fitchburg Branch at about MP QBU35.6. The entirety of the branch is designated as Other Than Main Track with this local operating at Restricted Speed but not exceeding 10 MPH the whole way making for an agonizingly long round trip.
The two ex Chessie GP40-2s are crossing the short deck girder bridge over the Foss Reservoir/Sudbury River with a big train of more than 30 cars. Have you ever driven the Mass Pike in the Framingham area and looked over your shoulder to the south and seen a grafitti covered bridge and wondered what train crosses it? Well now you know, because the eastbound lanes of I90 are just 100 or so ft to the left of the train. a
This trackage dates from 1855 when the Agricultural Branch Railroad opened between Framingham and Northborough. In July 1866, the railroad opened a 14-mile extension to a connection with the Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad at Pratts Junction in Sterling. The next dozen years were rather convoluted as many small independent lines began to congeal into larger systems and by 1879 the route was part of the Old Colony Railroad, then ultimately came into the fold of the New York, New Haven, & Hartford in 1893.
This line, like its sister route to Lowell, was one of only three incursions of the NH north of the defacto "Mason Dixon Line" of New England Railroading into what otherwise was the exclusive domain of the Boston and Maine. For virtually a century, with few exceptions, the NH ruled CT and RI and everything in MA south of New York Central's Boston & Albany subsidiary which ran in a virtual straight line between its namesake cities bifurcating New England.
Today this 30 mile route meandering northwest is the last CSXT owned branchline in Massachusetts, with all the rest of any length that they still operate having been sold to MassDOT. The branch seems to have a solid future thanks to the addition of a busy new demolition debris customer near the end of the line in Leominster a few years ago supplementing stalwarts like Ken's Foods, Nucor, and Bestway Lumber.
Framingham, Massachusetts
Monday May 12, 2025
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.
This is the Orem Utah Temple, owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
D-ABMU Air Berlin Boeing 737-86J(WL) operated by TUIFly @ Düsseldorf - Rhein-Ruhr International (DUS / EDDL) / 21.07.2016
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. :)
Walton Feed operates this mill in Montpelier, Idaho. It looks primitive but they do a great job milling all sorts of grains and say they have made feed for everything from buffalo to chickens. They also sell their own line of bulk food under the brand name Rainy Day Foods, and have a nice little store here. It is a great place to buy everything from winter gear to cooking supplies.
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?
Great Western Railway 4-6-0 two-cylinder tender modified 'Hall' class, built at Swindon Works in January 1949, operated with British Rail until 1966
didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/article.php/78/6998-burton-agn...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton_Agnes_Hall
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Olympus PEN Lite E-PL5
PA227378 Anx2 Q90 Apmx painterly Ap Q11 Anx2 Q90 1.5k f25 f50
Union Pacific northbound ore train to Butte passes "Maiden Rock" along the Big Hole River. There was a phosphate plant here but it stopped operating in 1963, so the smoke in the air must be that of the five laboring SD40-2's, led by the 3703.
“MS Pride of America is a cruise ship operated by NCL America, a division of Norwegian Cruise Lines, to sail itineraries in the Hawaiian Islands. Construction of the ship began in 2000 in the United States as part of a plan for a U.S.-built and U.S.-flagged cruise ship under Project America, but the project failed and she was eventually purchased by Norwegian Cruise Lines and completed in Germany. She was inaugurated in 2005, and was the first new U.S. flagged, U.S.-built (aside from the outfitting) deep water passenger ship in nearly fifty years since the SS Argentina of 1958.”
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Rail Operations Group's Class 37 No. 37800 'Cassiopea' trundles through the suburbs of Sutton Coldfield, alongside East View Drive, while heading 13 JHA wagons for scrap at nearby Kingsbury. The train is 7H66 125 Crewe South Yard - Kingsbury EMR Sidings, operating on 10th April 2025. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
Dromoland Castle is a castle, located near Newmarket-on-Fergus in County Clare, Ireland. It is operated as a 5-star luxury hotel with a golf course, with its restaurant, the Earl of Thomond
Or maybe a detail of a Pratt and Whitney J58 Turbojet. The J58 was the first jet system designed to operate at speeds in excess of Mach 3 for extended periods of time and is the powerplant for the SR-71 Blackbird. Hill Air Force Base, Utah.
An Alexander Dennis Enviro400MMC seen at Bury Interchange about to operate route 135 to Manchester Piccadilly.
One of the many bus operators brought in to cover Go North West's bus services during strike action by their drivers.
Operated by Metrea Aerospace, the first commercial air refuelling option used by the USAF. At Fairford on 12th July 2023. A representative of the 2023 theme. Air to Air Refuelling.
ROG operated Class 37/8 No.37884 ‘Cepheus’is hauling former South Eastern EMU's Nos. 465920 X 466009, the working was 5Q46 09:45 Worksop Up Receptions - Ely Mlf Papworth Sidings at Broad Fen Lane, Claypole. 20-12-2024.
I combined this shot with a dog walk in the hope that the blue hole stayed long enough to get this shot. Thankfully it just about did.
This version can carry the Plants (PLANTS) and Tactical Carrying Devices (TCD's) when operating in enemy territory.
UR-82008 - Antonov AN-124-100M - Antonov Design Bureau Airlines
leaving Hamilton International Airport (YHM)
c/n 19530501006 - built in 1986 for the Soviet Air Force -
operated by Antonov since 1993
now with add. large sticker "BE BRAVE LIKE OKHTYRKA"
Ukrainian Antonov Company has joint the communication campaign “Be Brave Like Ukraine” to honour the true heroism and resilience of the Ukrainian people, shown by them in the resistance to the massive armed aggression of Russia against Ukraine.
HSC Benchijigua Express
is a fast ferry, operated by shipping company Fred Olsen S.A.
between the Canary Islands, Tenerife, La Gomera, El Hierro and La Palma in the Atlantic.
It was delivered to Olsen in April 2005.
At 127 metres ( 417 ft ) long, the Benchijigua Express is the second-longest trimaran in the world, less than a metre shy of the Independence class littoral combat ship, which was based on Benchijigua Express's design. Her body is made of aluminum and with a special offshore coating; and is the second-largest vessel with an aluminum hull. The ship's name was previously used twice since 1999.
Design and construction
The Benchijigua Express was built in Henderson, Western Australia by Austal. The vessel is
126.65 metres ( 415.5 ft ) long, 30.4 metres ( 100 ft ) wide, and with a draught of 4 metres ( 13 ft ).
She can reach speeds of 42 knots ( 78 km/h; 48 mph ),
although her normal service speed is 36 knots ( 67 km/h; 41 mph ).
The vessel is powered by four diesel engines of MTU Series 8000 ( 20 valves ),
each with 8,200 kW at 1,150 rpm driven, housed in two engine rooms.
Each of the two diesels in the rear engine-room
drive one Kamewa 125 SII steerable waterjet propulsion from Rolls-Royce.
The overall performance of both machines at the front engine room
is transferred to a Kamewa 180 BII booster waterjet.
The electrical energy is generated by four MTU 12V 2000 M40 generator units.
Up to 1,291 passengers are distributed on two decks. Due to the short crossing time, there are no passenger cabins. For vehicle transport there are 123 car spaces and 450 metres ( 1,480 ft ) of truck lane; the latter can be converted into an additional 218 car spaces.
The vehicle deck can be loaded and unloaded in 30 minutes over tree lines ! ! !.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSC_Benchijigua_Express
www.ship-technology.com/projects/benchijigua/specs.html
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Independence class littoral combat ship
The Independence class is a class of littoral combat ships built for the United States Navy.
Based on the high-speed trimaran Benchijigua Express, the Independence class was proposed by General Dynamics and Austal as a contender for USN plans to build a fleet of small, multipurpose warships to operate in the littoral zone. Two ships were approved, to compete with Lockheed Martin's Freedom class design for a construction contract of up to 55 vessels.
As of 2010, the lead ship is active, while a second ship is under construction. Despite initial plans to only accept one our of the Independence and Freedom classes, the USN has requested that Congress order ten ships of each class.
Planning and construction
Planning for a class of small, multipurpose warships to operate in the littoral zone began in the early 2000s. In July 2003, a proposal by General Dynamics ( partnering with Austal USA, the American subsidiary of Australian shipbuilder Austal ) was approved by the USN, with a contract for two vessels. These would then be compared to two ships built by Lockheed Martin to determine which design would be taken up by the Navy for a production run of up to 55 ships.
The first ship, USS Independence was laid down at the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, on 19 January 2006. The planned second ship was cancelled in November 2007, but reordered in May 2009, and laid down in December of that year as USS Coronado, shortly before Independence was launched.
The development and construction of Independence as of June 2009 was running at 220% over-budget. The total projected cost for the ship is $704 million. The Navy had originally projected the cost at $220 million. Independence began builder's trials in July 2009, three days behind schedule because of maintenance issues. A leak in the port gas turbine saw the order of trials altered, but builder's and acceptance trials were completed by November. and although her first INSURV inspection revealed 2,080 deficiencies, these were rectified in time for the ship to be handed over to the USN in mid-December, and commissioned in mid-January 2010.
After much inconsistency on how testing and orders were to proceed, in November 2010, the USN asked that Congress approve ten of both the Independence and Freedom classes
Design
The Independence class design is based on Austal's commercial high-speed trimaran Benchijigua Express. The ships are 127.4 m ( 418 ft ) long, with a beam of 31.6 m ( 104 ft ), and a draft of 13 ft ( 3.96 m ). Their displacement is rated at 2,176 tons light, 2,784 tons full, and 608 tons deadweight.
The standard ship's company is 40-strong, although this can increase depending on the ship's role with mission-specifc personnel. The habitability area is located under the bridge where bunks for ships personnel are situated. The helm is controlled by joysticks instead of traditional steering wheels.
Although the trimaran hull increases the total surface area, it is still able to reach sustainable speeds of about 50 knots ( 93 km/h; 58 mph ), with a range of 10,000 nautical miles ( 19,000 km; 12,000 mi ).
Austal claims that the design will use a third less fuel than the competing Freedom-class, but the Congressional Budget Office found that fuel would account for 18 percent or less of the total lifetime cost of Freedom.
Modular mission capability
The Independence class carries a default armament for self-defense, and command and control. However unlike traditional fighting ships with fixed armament such as guns and missiles, tailored mission modules can be configured for one mission package at a time. Modules may consist of manned aircraft, unmanned vehicles, off-board sensors, or mission-manning detachments.
The interior volume and payload is greater than some destroyers and is sufficient to serve as a high-speed transport and maneuver platform. The mission bay is 15,200 square feet ( 1,410 m2 ), and takes up most of the deck below the hangar and flight deck. With 11,000 cubic metres ( 390,000 cu ft ) of payload volume, it was designed with enough payload and volume to carry out one mission with a separate mission module in reserve, allowing the ship to do multiple missions without having to be refitted.
In addition to cargo or container-sized mission modules, the bay can carry four lanes of multiple Strykers, armored Humvees, and their associated troops. An elevator allows air transport of packages the size of a 20-foot-long ( 6.1 m ) shipping container that can be moved into the mission bay while at sea. A side access ramp allows for vehicle roll-on/roll-off loading to a dock and allows the ship to transport the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle.
Armament and sensors
The Raytheon Evolved SeaRAM missile defense system is installed on the hangar roof. The SeaRAM combines the sensors of the Phalanx 1B close-in weapon system with an 11-missile launcher for the Rolling Airframe Missile ( RAM ), creating an autonomous system.
The Independence class ships also has an integrated LOS Mast, Sea Giraffe 3D Radar and SeaStar Safire FLIR. Northrop Grumman has demonstrated sensor fusion of on and off-board systems in the Integrated Combat Management System ( ICMS ) used on the LCS. Side and forward surfaces are angled for reduced radar profile. In addition, H-60 series helicopters provide airlift, rescue, anti-submarine, radar picket and anti-ship capabilities with torpedoes and missiles.
The flight deck, 1,030 m2 ( 11,100 sq ft ), can support the operation of two SH-60 Seahawk helicopters, multiple unmanned aerial vehicles, or one CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter.
The trimaran hull will allow flight operations up to sea state 5.
The vessels have an Interior Communications Center that can be curtained off from the rest of bridge instead of the heavily protected Combat Information Center found on Navy warships.
Derivative designs
Austal has proposed a much smaller and slower trimaran, called the 'Multi-Role Vessel' or 'Multi-Role Corvette'. Though it is only half the size of their LCS design, it would still be useful for border protection and counter piracy operations. Navy leaders said that the fixed price competition offered the Austal design an equal shot, in spite of its excess size and cost and limited service.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_class_littoral_combat_...
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Strone Hill is within a woodland area operated by the Forestry Comm. Scotland and lies a few miles east of the village of Dalmally, it’s a natural resting place for travellers and in the past, drovers watered their cattle here on the long walk to the cattle markets in the south. Today it's a peaceful spot to enjoy a walk or picnic by the river. A trail within the woodland allows you to stretch your legs alongside the riverbank which takes you to an impressive viewpoint overlooking this lovely waterfall of the River Lochy.
Den Haag HS railway station
Den Haag HS (The Hague HS), an abbreviation of the original name Den Haag Hollands Spoor (The Hague Holland's Rail), is the oldest railway station in The Hague, Netherlands. It was opened in 1843, when the Amsterdam–Haarlem railway, the oldest railway line in the country, was extended to The Hague. This line was further extended to Rotterdam in 1847. The railway station was named after the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij, the company which operated the railway station.
Rival company Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij opened a second main railway station in The Hague in 1870, Den Haag Rhijnspoor, for the railway line to Gouda and Utrecht. This railway station was demolished in 1973, to make way for the Den Haag Centraal railway station. As a result, The Hague has two main railway stations: Central Station and HS. Trains from Amsterdam to Rotterdam and beyond (Brussels) tend to stop at The Hague HS, whereas trains from Utrecht and, eventually, the German border usually stop at the Central Station.
The original railway building of 1843 was replaced by the current building designed by D.A.N. Margadant in 1891. A Royal Waiting Room was opened in 1893.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_Haag_HS_railway_station
Gare de La Haye (Hollands Spoor)
La gare de La Haye Hollands Spoor (en néerlandais : Den Haag Hollands Spoor), dite aussi La Haye HS (en néerlandais : Den Haag HS), est la plus ancienne gare ferroviaire néerlandaise de La Haye. Elle est l'une des deux principales gares de la ville avec la gare centrale de La Haye.
Histoire
La gare est mise en service en 6 décembre 1843 avec la plus ancienne ligne de chemin de fer des Pays-Bas entre Amsterdam et La Haye via Leyde. Le premier bâtiment voyageur construit est l'œuvre de l'architecte F.W. Conrad, pour la compagnie Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij, l'entreprise donne son nom à la gare. Vers 1888 un nouveau bâtiment, de style Néo-Renaissance, est mis en construction, en remplacement de la première gare, par l'architecte Dirk Antonie Nicolaas Margadant, il est ouvert en 1891.
Le bâtiment de 1891 est rénové en 1907. Après un nouveau chantier de rénovation à la fin des années 1980, la gare est en partie détruite par un incendie. Le bâtiment actuel est celui qui est restauré, reconstruit et mis en service aux débuts des années 2000.
Desserte
La gare est desservie par les trains grandes lignes de la société des chemins de fer néerlandais (NS, vers les grandes villes des Pays-Bas, notamment Amsterdam et Rotterdam. Elle est également desservie par les lignes internationales, notamment vers la Belgique et la France.
Source: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gare_de_La_Haye_(Hollands_Spoor)
MV Tecumseh is a bulk carrier owned and operated by Canadian shipping firm Lower Lakes Towing. It was built in 1973 and is 641 ft long. The ship operated on the Great Lakes primarily transporting grain. On 16 December 2019, the 14 crewmembers aboard Tecumseh were taken off the ship after a fire broke out in the engine room. The ship had been travelling from Windsor, Ontario to Thunder Bay, Ontario carrying a load of canola. The United States Coast Guard responded to the fire, which happened off Zug Island in the Detroit River, on the United States side. The vessel, out of control, then drifted over to the Canadian side of the river.
Ship is currently (2020) harbored along Lake Erie at Ashtabula, laid up pending scrap sale.
Operated by Hum-Air for Phil Knight / Nike arrives at Long Beach Airport (LGB/KLGB) from Portland-Hillsboro Airport (HIO/KHIO) Portland, Oregon this morning under the pesky SoCal marine layer taking away my morning sun.
(Photos by Michael Carter / Aero Pacific Images)
Turkish operate a fleet of 15 Boeing 737-900ER's. The first ten were supplemented by a further five delivered during 2015. This example powers down Ataturk's Runway 35L in the afternoon sunshine, past Pippo's Restaurant at the Flyinn Mall.
A freighter passing through Miraflores Lock, Panama Canal, Panama.
Only small crafts are allowed to pass through the locks unassisted. Larger craft are guided by electric towing locomotives, which operate on cog tracks on the lock walls and serve to keep the ships centred in the lock.
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Operating between 2003 and 2011, Air Southwest were based at Plymouth City Airport. Their first aircraft G-WOWA is seen on final approach to Gatwick's Runway 08R on a crystal clear March morning.
I believe this is a Cadillac, though I can't see clearly what model it is.
I should have checked out the information after having taken the photo, but it appears the entire trunk is made up of batteries that run the car, instead of an internal combustion engine.
I also didn't take the time to go to the front of the car to see what was under the hood. But it makes me wonder where one puts their groceries or luggage, if the trunk is now a power grid?