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>Actualización día 16-10-2015

I was feeling really low this morning - very unusual for me, though my chronic fatigue does spring that particular 'gift' on me once in a while. I think everything's just out of balance at the moment. It was such a beautiful morning though, so I decided to go for a short walk just after starting work - and it really did the trick. Felt so good to soak up the sunshine, hear the birdsong, and watch the frisky geese at the pond (I assume that's what's up with them - they're all getting a bit feisty and honky!)

Had a pretty good work day after that. Still super tired, but I managed to get loads done - and to stop before 6:30 for once.

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Kauai, Hawaii.

This particular shot is a yet another re-edit of an image I shot a while back. New post techniques prompted me to tackle this one again.

This was on my honeymoon - my wife was gracious enough to "let" me shoot a sunset ;o). This was on a little hidden beach at the side of the road on the South shore near Poipu. 5 minutes before there was perfect light on those palm trees but the sky was less dramatic.

I was standing on a very thin brick wall so I could shoot over it and not have it in the frame. It was like balancing a tri pod on the surface the size of a big pancake; a little precarious.

Not pictured here - the 8000 bugs that were attacking me.

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Maquinon !! ser el destacado de hoy en una nueva actualización es mas que merecido para un FH 750 :D ! conocido por muchos como el volvo mas potente y uno de los camiones ruteros mas potentes del último tiempo (si es que no es el mas potente), todos estuvimos expectantes por alguna llegada hace años, sin embargo, eso nunca pasó, pero por suerte si aparecieron ejemplares de segunda mano y que casi siempre se ven en la zona norte... este debe ser de los últimos que salieron a la ruta, con un corte muy Europeo y una configuración muy Chilena !

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Not exactly proving its environmental efficiency, DB Schenker Class 66, 66115, kicks out some smoke as accelerates away from a brief stop at Peterborough while working the Middleton Towers to Arpley Sidings loaded stone train. On this particular day I passed this train three times, the first when it was waiting for my Class 170 to overtake it at Ely, the second here at Peterborough, and the third time at Leicester as it awaited my Class 170 to overtake it again!

One of Britain's, and indeed Europe's, most numerous diesel locomotives, the Class 66 has become the face of nearly every freight operating rail company on the UK network, a simple, utilitarian design with an enormous, powerful engine. But with it's popularity among rail companies came a price, as it is often listed as one of the most hated locomotives ever to hit the UK rails, largely because of the slew of older BR classic locomotives it replaced from the late 1990's onward.

But is it really deserving of such a bum rap?

By the mid-1990's it was apparent that a majority of the ex-British Rail locomotives were well beyond their bloom of youth. Aside from the Class 58's of 1983, the Class 60's of 1989, and the American built Class 59's of 1985, most locomotives in the service of freight companies were coming up to 30 or 40 years old, and reliability was a major issue. Years of under-investment in the BR freight sector Railfreight Distribution, had resulted in a fleet comprised of decrepit diesels such as the Class 37's and Class 47's, being worked into the ground to keep the company rolling. Although the opening of the Channel Tunnel in 1994 was a catalyst to investments for freight trains working those particular trunk routes to the South East, with the construction of the Class 92's and the refurbishment of Wembley based Class 47's, the remainder of the freight operators, by this time led by shadow franchises Loadhaul, Transrail and Mainline, were left with a fleet that was slowly dying before their eyes. Class 47's, especially, needed a major overhaul every seven years, costing £400,000; yet had an average daily availability of less than 65% with only 16 days between major failures.

Enter Wisconsin Central, who, in 1996, bought the three franchises together with Railfreight Distribution and mail operator Rail Express Systems to create EWS, or English, Welsh & Scottish Railways. As part of the franchise commitment, the intention was to replace the ageing diesel fleet with a standard design that would reduce maintenance and operating costs substantially, with higher levels of reliability and efficiency. Looking at the fleet of diesels in general, it was noted that among the most reliable classes in the UK were the small fleet of 15 Class 59's, built by General Motors between 1985 and 1995 for private Aggregate operators such as Foster Yeoman and Hanson, as well as energy company National Power for the haulage of their coal trains between Collieries and Power Stations. These engines were, for the most part, substantially younger than the likes of the Class 20's, 31's, 37's and 47's, and more reliable than the early built Class 56's from Romania, which were infamous for their poor build quality.

Seeing their success, EWS placed an order in 1997 for 250 locomotives based on similar principles to that of the Class 59, often dubbed one of the biggest locomotive orders since the age of Steam. Locomotives were built at GM's factory in London, Ontario, and externally the bodyshell and design shared that with the Class 59. Internally though, the engines took many of GM's previous developments and updated the engine and traction motors to enable higher speeds. The new locomotive was fitted with the 20 year old design of the EMD 710 12-cylinder diesel engine, found originally in the GP60 freight locomotives of North America. However, some of GM's newer creations also made it into the mix, such as updated cab-control systems, the kind found in the Irish Railways Class 201 of 1994.

Originally designated Class 61, the first of these new locomotives arrived by boat at Immingham in June 1998, prior to proving tests at Derby. The locomotives then shipped at a rate of 11 per month into the UK via Newport Docks, until the order was completed in December 2001. After unloading, EWS engineers then simply took off the tarpaulin, unblocked the suspension, and finally as each was shipped with water and fuel, hooked up the batteries, before starting the engine and handing the locomotive into service. Almost immediately, other UK freight operators took interest in the Class, and operators such as Freightliner, GB Railfreight and Direct Rail Services also placed orders for the class.

Upon their introduction, reliability levels for EWS's operations improved substantially. Each locomotive is specified and guaranteed to 95% availability, aiming for a minimum of 180 days mean time between failures. It is designed to cover 1·6million km between major rebuilds, equivalent to 18 years' service, with each major rebuild costed at £200,000. But with their success came the sad reality that the much loved classes of yesteryear were going to be given the push, and this is where a majority of the Class 66's unpopularity comes from. It could have been understood the replacement of the 40 year old Class 20's, 31's, 37's and 47's, as it was quite clear they were past their prime, the same could equally be said for some of the earlier Class 56's of the late 1970's. However, the line was stepped across with the withdrawal of the Class 58's and Class 60's, as the desire of EWS to have a standardised fleet, resulted in the removal of locomotives that were nowhere near life-expired. The large-scale retirement of these extremely reliable and powerful locomotives that weren't even 20 years old was seen as a travesty, and whilst some Class 60's have seen a revival with other operators as of late, the Class 58's are all but extinct, whilst many Class 60's continue to languish in yards across the UK, mostly at Toton in the East Midlands.

Nevertheless, the class continued to grow over the years, and, upon the conclusion of Class 66 production in the UK in 2014, 446 of the class were eventually built. But we can't forget also that the class has seen major success across Europe as well, with dozens of engines in operation in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, and Poland, with certification pending in the Czech Republic and Italy.

Today, a majority of the class is still in service with a variety of operators. DB Schenker, the successor to EWS, continues to operate the largest fleet of 249 locomotives. Freightliner operates 141, DRS operates 19, GBRf operates 72 and Colas Rail operates 5. Not all of the locomotives however remain with us, as three have been written off.

The first was 66521 on the 28th February, 2001, where after hitting a Land Rover that had fallen down an embankment from the M62 motorway, a southbound GNER InterCity 225 set led by lightweight Class 82 DVT, 82221, derailed and ran straight into the path of the oncoming Class 66 which was working a northbound coal train. With an estimated closing speed of 142mph, the DVT was obliterated upon hitting the Class 66, and the freight locomotive was mangled and distorted as it was crushed between its loaded coal train behind and the passenger coaches in front. In the disaster, 10 people were killed, including 66521's driver Stephen Dunn, although his instructor Andrew Hill, who was also riding in the cab, was able to survive. The locomotive however was for the most part destroyed, and scrapped later that year.

The second was on the 4th January, 2010 involving 66048, which derailed at Carrbridge in snowy weather. Coming down the Highland Mainline with a loaded container train, it passed a signal at danger and was derailed at trap points, subsequently falling down an embankment into trees and injuring the two crew members.

The third was on the 28th June 2012, where GBRf 66734 derailed at Loch Treig whilst working Alcan Tanks. The inability of recovery crews to access the highly remote and dangerous location resulted in the engine being cut-up on site.

Additionally, many Class 66's have suffered low-speed collisions and derailments, either through faults in the track, driver error, or faults with the rolling stock.

However, despite the criticism, and often being dubbed as bland and utilitarian, the Class 66 is still a major part of the UK freight network, working behind the scenes without need of major attention so as to get the job done. Indeed it may find a home among rail enthusiasts, and perhaps one day it'll be dubbed a classic like the Class 37's and 47's it replaced, but at the moment it's the UK networks humble hero, plying its trade the best way it knows how.

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On the evening of Good Friday, the 8th of April 1955, the Commanding Officer of RAAF 10 Squadron (Marine Reconnaissance), Wing Commander John (Bluey) Peter Costello MID received a telephone call from the superintendent of Townsville Hospital requesting that a RAAF aircraft be made available to transport a new-born baby to Brisbane for an urgent blood transfusion.

The standby aircraft was GAF Lincoln GR 31, A73-64, one of the last of the long-nosed versions to be delivered to the RAAF. Wing Commander Costello roused his crew from their homes and they gathered at RAAF Garbutt base to carry out their duties. WCDR Costello declined a plea from the duty pilot (now AVM (retired) Alan Read) who was present before take off for him to lead the flight instead of WCDR Costello. As crew to the commanding officer, each person was a senior officer in charge of his particular field of operation.

The co-pilot was Squadron Leader Charles Surtees Mason MBE, the unit's Engineering Officer. He was an experienced Lincoln co-pilot and had served with the RAAF in Malaya and had been decorated for bravery in rescuing members of the crew of a crashed aircraft. Number Ten Squadron's signals officer was Fight Lieutenant William George Stanley Cater who was to operate the aircraft's radio equipment on the flight. My father, Squadron Leader John (Jack) Watson Finlay was the Navigation officer of 10 Squadron. He had recently been promoted to the rank of Squadron Leader after completing an advanced navigation course with high graduation marks in England during 1953/1954. His task was to file the flight plan and navigate A73-64 to Brisbane, a flight expected to take about 4 hours. He had spent the evening working at home on plans for a forthcoming RAAF exercise and was about to retire for the night when the call came to report for duty.

RAAF superior officers required the crew to take along a civilian nurse or Doctor to tend the baby, Andrea Robyn Huxley. Sister Mafalda Stanis Gray had resigned her position at Townsville hospital on the Friday and took the opportunity to travel south to Brisbane while caring for the critically ill child. The aircraft took off normally at 12:30am and the flight proceeded at relatively low altitude in order to accommodate the requirements of warmth and comfort for the baby. An oxygen bottle was strapped to the aircraft in front of the pilot's position in order to provide her with her needs in

the nose of the Lincoln. The weather was fine at the beginning of the flight but conditions deteriorated until late in the trip, at about 4 am, the Lincoln was flying in cloud. Brisbane air traffic control last heard from the pilot at 4:00 am when he advised that he was landing in 10 minutes. He was given clearance to descend to 5,000 and thence to 4,000 feet. At 9.23 am, a searching RAAF Canberra reported sighting wreckage of a Lincoln in the vicinity of Mount Superbus in South Eastern Queensland, almost on the border of New South Wales.

At 9:35 the Canberra confirmed that the Lincoln was at position 28 0 12'S 152 0 23E on the western slope of the mountain, the highest point in the whole South East Queensland area. Some 5 hours later a ground party of civilians from Emu Vale near Warwick reached the crash site and found that there were no survivors. One of the crew had been ejected from the crashing aircraft either during the initial impact or by the force of the subsequent explosions. His body was found suspended in a tree. Another crew member was found forward of the main wreckage, brutally disfigured but virtually untouched by the fires which followed the collision with the solid granite of Mount Superbus. All other occupants were almost completely incinerated when the fuel tanks containing several hours’ flight capacity blew up some 12 minutes after impact. The Merlin-engined aircraft was heavily damaged with the complete section of the fuselage forward of the wings reduced to a molten mass of aluminium. Only the throttle quadrant stood erect with all power levers fully forward, suggesting that the pilot had seen the slope ahead through the cloud and rain. In a vain attempt to lift his aircraft over the last remaining 200 feet of ground, the pilot prevented the nose from concertinaing into the slope and the Lincoln "splurged" through the trees, still with enough force at about 180 Knots to rip it apart.

In the Brisbane Sunday Mail of the 10th of April 1955 featured the crash and a picture which showed the Lincoln remains on Mount Superbus with Wilson's Peak and Mount Lindesay in the background. Bushwalkers in the area at Easter in 1955 had heard the sound of the aircraft flying low and the subsequent impact in the early hours of the Saturday morning and how they and others had braved flooded creeks to reach the crash site in the vain hope of helping survivors. Although there were logging tracks to the Superbus region, the area was heavily timbered and it was very difficult for the searchers to know where the Lincoln lay. A second RAAF Lincoln, one of two which joined in the search for -64, circled the crashed aircraft to aid the walkers and at 2.24pm the crew saw the first rescuers reach the crash site after scrambling up muddy, 60o slopes. The ground party found that none of the crew or passengers had survived the crash. Later, a RAAF party of men reached the scene and on the following day, they carried the remains of the occupants down the mountain and on to Brisbane and Townsville for burial.

It would appear that this engine has been moved to its present position by people trying to carry it away for a souvenir, for it is nearly a kilometre from the site of the remainder of the wreckage.

The remains of A73-64 constitute the bulk of Lincoln parts still in existence in Australia. Only the cockpit section of A73-27 is preserved at the Camden Air Museum. Harold Thomas, owner of the museum worked at the Chullora railway yards where the cockpit sections of Lincolns were manufactured. He was able to save his specimen from total destruction after the aircraft was used as a fire-fighting unit at Mascot on the site of the present international air terminal. Harold also has a control column and a full set of instruments which he plans to install in the refurbished cockpit. The letter items came home to roost in their original position after a chap, whose sons had removed these items from the aircraft as lads, decided to donate them to Harold Thomas.

A tyre and wheel from a Lincoln is preserved somewhere in Victoria while Harold Thomas received a full set of cockpit Plexiglas still in its original container from a friend in Queensland. It is said that a propeller and part of a rudder of A73-64 are on display at Caboolture Aviation Museum but my visit there on 24th March 2005 did not reveal any parts from that particular aircraft.

Source: Edited from “Mercy Flight to Disaster” by Peter Finlay.

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Chasing aircraft is all part of the fun for us AvGeeks, one particular aircraft that I've been trying to find for a while is Air China's 50th Airbus A330 which the airline took delivery of in September 2015.

China is undoubtedly a major customer and location for Airbus A330's, Air China has a large fleet of Airbus A330's which operates both long-haul and short-haul flights. Since September 2015, Air China became the first carrier in China to operate and take delivery of the 242-tonne Airbus A330-300 which much capable of long-haul flying compared to older Airbus A330-300's... Making flights such as Beijing and London a breeze!

Air China has a major presence at Heathrow; since September 2014, Air China has operated twice daily flights between London Heathrow and Beijing... Whilst CA937/938 has since seen Boeing 777-300ER's return from March 2015, Airbus A330-200's have been consistently operating CA855/856 since September 2014.

As Air China have been taking delivery of more Airbus A330's, notably the 242-tonne Airbus A330-300's, for the Summer 2016 schedule from March 2016 has seen the airline utilising Airbus A330-300's between London Heathrow and Beijing. The flight has since reverted back to Airbus A330-200 operation.

Air China currently operates a fleet of 53 Airbus A330's, which includes 30 Airbus A330-200's and 23 Airbus A330-300's. The airlines has an additional order for 12 Airbus A330-300's.

Five Nine Seven Seven is one of 23 Airbus A330-300's in service with Air China, and one of just 4 Airbus A330-300's delivered with a 242-tonne configuration. Delivered new to the Chinese flag-carrier in September 2015 and she is powered by 2 Rolls-Royce Trent 772C-60 engines.

Airbus A330-343E B-5977 '50th A330 for Air China' on final approach into Runway 27R at London Heathrow (LHR) on CA855 from Beijing-Capital (PEK).

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This is the third occasion that this particular bus has been on my digital workbench but for good reason. At one time, the oldest working bus on Malta, 1823 (later DBY 401) has come home to a new owner in North East England. Leyland TS4 UP 7220 was new in 1932 to Chartons Blue Safety Coaches of Hebburn in - what was then - County Durham. The business was taken over by United Automobile Services in 1934, with some routes and several buses passing to Northern General. What happened to UP 7720 in the intervening period is not recorded, but it is believed to have passed to HM Admiralty in 1942 to assist with the war effort in Malta. It subsequently found its way into the route bus fleet, where it was unusual in being one of a small number of ex-UK buses to retain its original body for some years. At some point, it received an AEC radiator, possibly from a lorry. It received a new Debono body in 1965 and, remarkably, survived to the end of traditional route bus operations in 2011.

My first digital epresentation of this bus (below) was created from scratch using parts from various UK buses at a time when the existence of genuine colour material was unknown. Whilst far from perfect, it was one of the most ambitious digital projects that I have ever attempted and the result is still satisfying. Ironically, some original colour views came to light shortly afterwards, which I was asked to restore for the book Maltese Buses of Yesteryear. As a follow-up, I was provided with a large batch of monochrome material for a second publication, which the publisher did not pursue. This view is from that batch. The file was marked IG Drummond 1958, which may indicate the photographer and date. I must assume that the publisher had acquired the requisite permissions before passing the material to me. For my part, the work was done in good faith and on the understanding that I would have unrestricted use of final image in lieu of payment (09-Sep-16).

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