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1/2017 - Pinecroft, PA
NS 6991 SD60E leads NS 40 west into Altoona as symbol 955. NS 40 contains a Head End Power generator set to supply passenger cars with electrical power. It was on loan to the Erie Lackawanna Dining Car Preservation Society for a couple years.
First time I've seen this ship since October 2017, though captured a few videos and photos of her in brilliant sunshine down at the harbour today Thursday 7th February 2019.
General
Operator:Østensjø Rederi AS
Built:2007
Builder:Astilleros Gondan
Yard no.:432
Call sign:LNVQ3
Flag:Norwegian International
Port of Registry:Haugesund
IMO no.:9356995
Classification:DNV, 1A1, Supply Vessel, SF, E0, ICE C, DYNPOS- AUTR, CLEAN, Comfort-C(3)-V(3), LFL* Registered notations: DK(+) and HL(2.8), PMS, ISM
Safety regulations:NMA, Worldwide within GMDSS A3, Solas 1974/1978, International Convention on Load Lines, Pollution Prevention - MARPOL 1973/1978, NLS Certificate
Dimensions
Length o.a.:85,8 m
Length b.p.:77,4 m
Breadth mld.:19,2 m
Depth mld.:8,0 m
Draft max.:6,5 m
Air draft:36 m
Tonnage - Deadweight
Gross tonnage:3706 MT
Net tonnage:1111 MT
Deadweight max:4100 MT
Lightweight:2920 MT
Deck loading capacities
Deck measurements:57,4 m x 16,2 m . 4 pipe lengths a’ 12,2 m
Outside deck area:910 m2
Deck cargo capacity:2900T, 10T/m2
Deck equipment
Anchor chain:7 shackles SB, 8 shackles PS. Type: 48 mm DNV K3 Stud Link
Anchor Windlass / Mooring Winch:2 x anchor windlass/mooring winches forward
Mooring winch:2 aft
Deck cranes:Hydramarine 1 x 4 T at 10 m. 1 x 1,5 T at 8 m
Tugger winches:2 x 10 T
Propulsion
General:Diesel electric propulsion plant. 2 x Voith Propellers, each 2800 kW. Two AC asynchronous water-cooled motors each 2500 kW (2992 bhp)
Main engines:4 x Mitsubishi
Fuel type:MDO / MGO
Auxiliaries / Electrical power
Generators:4 x Mitsubishi, each 1920 kW
Harbour generator:338 kW, 690 V, 60 Hz
Emergency generator:99 kW, 690 V, 60 Hz
Speed / Consumption
Max speed / Consumption:15,5 knots
Economy speed / Consumption:10 knots, 9 m3/day
DP-operations (weather dependent):5 tonnes/day
Stand by offshore:4 tonnes/day
In port:1 tonnes/day
Main propellers
Maker:2 x Voith
Type:VSP 32R5
Thrusters
Bow thrusters:2 x Brunvoll Tunnel thrusters, each 1400 kW. Type: Super silent. 1 x Brunvoll Tunnel thruster, 800 kW. Type: RDT
Bridge / Manoeuvering
Bridge controls:Bosch Rexroth, Brunvoll. 5 complete bridge control stands (forward, 2 x aft, starboard, port)
Loading / Discharging:Wartsila IAS. Remote monitoring of all tanks including loading/discharging operations and start/stop of all pumps
Dynamic positioning system
Type:Kongsberg Simrad Green DP21
Approval / Class:DNV DYNPOS-AUTR. IMO Class 2
Reference systems:DPS 116, DPS 112, Fanbeam, Radascan
Sensors:3 x Gyro, 2 x Motion Reference Unit, 2 x Wind sensor
ERN number:99,99,99
Liquid tank capacities
Marine Gas Oil:1180,8 m3
Drill Water/Ballast:1130 m3
Slop tanks:74 m3
Mud:720 m3
Brine:720 m3
Base oil:230 m3
Methanol:166 m3
Special products LFL/LFL*:429 m3
Drill Cuttings:430 m3
Grey water:28 m3
Sewage tanks:28 m3
Liquid discharge
Fuel Oil pumps:1 x 250 m3/h at 9 bar
Brine pumps:2 x 150 m3/h at 24 bar. 2 systems
Liquid Mud pumps:2 x 100 m3/h at 24 bar. 2 systems
Specal products pumps:2 x 100 m3/h
Drill water pumps:1 x 250 m3/h at 9 bar
Fresh water pumps:1 x 250 m3/h at 9 bar
Methanol pumps:2 x 75 m3/h at 90 mWG
Slop system:1 x 40 m3/h
Tank washing system:1 x 60 m3/h
Discharge piping:5"
Bulk tank capasities
Bulk Cement Tanks:5 tanks, each 69 m3. Total 365 m3
Bulk Discharge:2 compressors, each 30,5 m3/min at 6,0 - 6,5 bar (87 - 90 psi). Designed discharge rate min. 100 tonnes/h each compressor
Navigation equipment
Radar:1 x Furuno FAR-2117 3 cm ARPA. 1 x Furuno FAR-2837S 10 cm ARPA
Electronic Chart System:2 x Telchart 2026 ECDIS
Compass:3 x Simrad Gyro GC 80
Autopilot:1 x Robertson AP9 MK 3
Echo Sounder:1 x Furuno FE 700 with digital depth indicator
Navtex:1 x Furuno NX 700
DGPS:2 x Furuno GP90
AIS:1 x FA 150
Voyage data recorder:1 x Furuno VD 3000
LRIT:1 x Sailor TT-300 LT mini C
Log:1 x Furuno DS 80 with remote displays
Communication equipment
General:GMDSS installation in accordance with IMO regulations for vessels operating within Sea Area A3
GMDSS Radio MF/HF Transceivers & DSC:1 x Furuno FS 2570 C
GMDSS VHF portable:3 x Jotron TR-20
VHF:2 x Sailor RT2048
GMDSS EPIRB:1 x Jotron 40S Mk 2. 1 x Jotron 45 SX
GMDSS SART:2 x Jotron Tron
GMDSS Inmarsat C:2 x Furuno Felcom 15
UHF:2 x fixed Motorola GM 360. 8 x portable Motorola GP340
Sattelitte sytem:1 x Sevsat. 1 x Iridium
Mobile Telephone:GSM Telephones
E-mail:GSM/SAT on ComBox
Sat TV system:SeaTel
Accommodation
Total no. berths:23 x Beds
Total no. of cabins:19 x Cabins
Single cabins:15 x Single cabins
Double cabins:4 x Double cabins
Office:2 x Offices
Hospital:1 x Hospital
Ventilation/A-C for accommodation:High pressure single-pipe fully redundant ventilation system. Full heating/AC throughout the accommodation
Other:2 x Dayroom, Messroom, Gymnasium, Sauna, Laundry, Wardrobe
Lifesaving / rescue
Approved lifesaving appliances for:LSA approved for 23 persons
Liferafts:4 x 25 persons
Rescue/MOB boat:Fast Rescue Craft - Weedo FRB 600, Approved for 10 persons
Fire-fighting/foam:Water/Foam pump/monitor covering cargo deck area
Other
Anti roll system:2 x Passive roll reduction tanks. Active roll reduction with Voit Schneider system
1/2017 - Union Furnace, PA
NS 6991 SD60E leads NS 40 west to Altoona as symbol 955. NS 40 contains a Head End Power generator set to supply passenger cars with electrical power. It was on loan to the Erie Lackawanna Dining Car Preservation Society for a couple years.
(Variant cover is the Boss Man from the Parliament Elite, unrelated to this issue/series)
I linger as the dead men lay in front of me. The Tranquility must have had enough, finally showing up.
Hector's face is full of disbelief, looking pale.
"And I'm here."
The Tranquility's voice is cloaked, shrouded. Somewhat metallic and human. The accent does sound American.
"Killing Outerdyne's men like I did?" I shout. "And now, you're here, for a conman."
The Tranquility doesn't reply. Hector shoots at him, causing him to retreat, fleeing. Seconds later I hear more footsteps approach behind us. More mercenaries were coming as I use my scanner. By the time my head turns around, the Tranquility was gone.
"Go, Adrian." Hector tells me. "I'll be able to handle myself. I promise I'll be waiting after you're done". "Meet me soon then." I give him a nod before continuing the chase.
I climb on a wall, eyes scanning the Tranquility on the rooftops and hopping over a few buildings. I use my strength to propel me more, eventually getting to the top. Seeming to have predicted my movements, the Tranquility fires darts at me, sprung from his wrists, but I evade them quickly as I can. He shoots more as I slide behind a power generator, taking cover. He continues to run, and I return a few shots back at him. He also misses it.
The chase continues on as he starts moving a little more slower than usual. He eventually stops, legs on the ground. I continue to point my gun at him, until I see blood drip from him. "I'm not...here to kill." He barely mouths words. Putting my gun away, I give him bandages and he covers himself. A few minutes pass and he seems to be better.
"Then explain yourself. You've already killed quite a number."
"Those were Outerdyne's people. Hector was supposed to be my target because I had to kill him. But my connection with him and your intervention, I stopped. I hesitated to kill. Because that never mattered than bringing Outerdyne down."
"Then who are you to him?"
"Only a friend. Unimportant information. Even though you tried taking me down, you have saved me. But there's something I gotta say before you take me in..."
"I didn't have to kill. Because I couldn't risk taking a life. I'm listening."
"The body...it was a damn trap. They poisoned their own, and I walked right into it, my bullet took him in further. Silvio was right all along, being the actual formant he was, feeding me information, but I didn't trust him."
"So is Hector in this?"
"No, he's merely a pawn, but he's a useful asset and a good friend. Take me in now. But promise me one thing..."
"Okay."
Minutes later, Hector told me to go off first, as he would leave, sharing a conversation with the Tranquility. His confidence tricks actually got me, at least half the time. I call Caroline to come.
"Patch us up, Caroline."
The next thing I heard, was:
"Save the agents."
Imperial Autonomous Turbolaser Turrets (IATT) are pre-assembled heavily armoured turrets that were quickly mounted nearby important fortifications. The twin-barreled turbolasers served as heavy anti-capital ship weapons and could also annihilate any ground vehicle at very long range. There were however too slow to reliably target fast starfighters. They could punch through both deflector shields and armour on spaceships with the heaviest defensive layers.
The IATT did not need to be physically connected to any infrastructure as it contained a small power generator to operate. It also contains inside its basement a small hangar bay with a speeder that an operator could use.
Union Pacific's 'City of Heber' passenger train? Not hardly. On July 18, 1989, a group chartered a dinner train on the Heber Creeper from Heber City to Vivian Park and return. UP NW2 No. 1011 pulls the train along the former Rio Grande Provo Canyon Branch approaching Deer Creek Dam. The first car is a former rotary snow plow that houses a power generator while the second is a former Union Pacific dining car.
Pond Hockey is about as Canadian as it gets. This is a pretty sophisticated operation, away from power grids and accessible roads, within walking distance from my home - though it's best to get there by a network of forest trails.
There's a gas-powered generator onsite for pumping water to the ice surface, to flood it as they say, and to power some lights for those night games.
It's also idyllic because of the location, including the fact that it's said to have been set up by a former NHL player.
Moments after I snapped this photo, I put the camera down and picked up a shovel to clear the snow that had fallen earlier in the day. I am Canadian after all.
Imperial Autonomous Turbolaser Turrets (IATT) are pre-assembled heavily armoured turrets that were quickly mounted nearby important fortifications. The twin-barreled turbolasers served as heavy anti-capital ship weapons and could also annihilate any ground vehicle at very long range. There were however too slow to reliably target fast starfighters. They could punch through both deflector shields and armour on spaceships with the heaviest defensive layers.
The IATT did not need to be physically connected to any infrastructure as it contained a small power generator to operate. It also contains inside its basement a small hangar bay with a speeder that an operator could use.
Image taken back in early August -- it is an image made up of 4 photos. In the photo the barge "Erie Trader" is coming up on the Two Harbors breakwater lighthouse. I think the Trader is being pushed by the tug "Clyde S. Van Enkevort."
Here is a writeup on the Erie Trader written by Roger LeLievre on the Boatnerd website (www.boatnerd.com/)
The self-unloading barge Erie Trader was completed at the Donjon yard in April 2012. She is mated with the articulated tug Clyde S. Van Enkevort, which was completed in February 2011 at Donjon Shipbuilding and Repair LLC in Erie, Pa. Both are owned and operated by Van Enkevort Tug & Barge of Escanaba, Mich.,
Both units, which were owned at the time by Seajon, a joint venture between SEACOR Holdings Inc. and Donjon, were christened at ceremonies in Erie on April 10, 2012. The combined tug/barge unit entered service under charter to American Steamship Company in May 2012 under the names Ken Boothe Sr. (tug) and Lakes Contender (barge).
Lakes Contender was named by the builder to commemorate its entry into the Great Lakes shipbuilding industry. The Ken Boothe Sr. was named in memory of the former shipyard manager for Donjon Shipbuilding and Repair.
The American Steamship Co, charter was not renewed in 2017. Both are now owned and operated by Van Enkevort Tug & Barge of Escanaba, Mich.,
The Erie Trader is equipped with electric power generators for ballast pump operation and hydraulic power units for conveyor system operation. Self-unloading equipment consists of a single tunnel belt and loop belt system which elevates cargo to a hydraulically-actuated unloading boom. The barge is equipped with a 1,000 HP diesel-driven bow thruster.
Clyde S. Van Enkevort, the tug’s namesake, entered the marine industry in the late 1960s. He was a specialist in integrated tug/barge design, with one of his biggest accomplishments being the building of the tug Joyce L. Van Enkevort and the barge Great Lakes Trader. He died Feb. 20, 2016.
Written by Roger LeLievre.
Saint Petersburg. Russian Railway Museum. Diesel Locomotive and Power Generator TGe-016
Санкт-Петербург. Музей железных дорог России. Тепловоз-электростанция ТГэ-016
one of the oldest power generators in New Zealand.
It was built by the General Electric Company, New York, USA, no earlier than 1896.
The Dawson Falls power station has provided heating and lighting more or less continuously since 1935 by way of a pelton wheel, which turns 300 revolutions per minute, giving an output of 27 kilowatts of electricity. See historic information about Dawson Falls Power Station.
Control panel for the power generators. there appeared to be a rotary AC DC converter here too. At least that's what i think it was!
A 156 for Lincoln trundles over the Trent, having a path through the Flat Crossing. Lincoln itself is a bit across to the right, looking that way we would be able to see the Cathedral towers, as it is we have Cottam and West Burton power stations on the horizon. The wooden structure by the weir is a power generator, which uses an Archimedes screw to harness the water flow.
Power cables attach a Metra BNSF Line to Chicago Union Station's electrical power system. This is done so the train's locomotive(s) can shut down its/their head end power generator(s). This in turn reduces exhaust emitting from the locomotive(s).
This is done apparently on the station's south gates. Trains on the north gates don't do this. It explains why Amtrak and Metra trains go dark for a moment at departure time. It's that momentary transition when trains are unplugged from the station's "hotel power" and the locomotive's HEP generator kicks in.
ENEL Roncovalgrande hydroelectric power plant, Maccagno
the bottom of a 125MW alternator, connected to the rotating turbine shaft in the Roncovalgrande hydroelectric power plant (this plant is equipped with 8 generators, with maximum total capacity 1100Mw)
Nikon D90, Sigma 10-20
HDR, 3 jpg shots, +/-2EV, Photomatix 4, Neat Image, Topaz Adjust, Photoshop CS5
Better in large, press L
Based off an older model of mine which used to reside in my city, I rennovated this Power Generator for the GTW LUG's Cyberpunk display which was heald at The National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows. Unlike most of my other MOCs this one was made with out the use of LDD or Studio. It was all free hand.
A redesign of Lego set 1656 Evacuation Team. The redesign was both to upgrade the design to a proper scale AND make the scene more realistic. (I tried this once before about 10 years ago, but this is a completely new design of each piece in the scene.)
I tried to say true to every aspect of the original set. Even the barricades and power generator were redesigned to be more realistic.
For the 4x4-type vehicle, I assumed this would be a Dozer Tender in reality. See www.flickr.com/photos/mikesphotos_us/3381733771. Dozer and loader units are accompanied by Dozer Tenders (pickup-chassis-type trucks) that carry supplies and equipment. They also help clear the road for the Dozer unit.
The loader unit is completely self supporting, lifting boulders or any debris that needs removal for the "evacuation."
The designs feature lots of half-brick offsets, studs-upside-down techniques and custom chrome wheels. Thank you for viewing them!
Blackmailed - Issue #6 "The Great Escape"
Riding Hood: "Quick follow me!"
Snowdrop: "Not so fast, I've yet to get my brother out."
Flamiac: "I'm not getting caught for your stupid brother."
Hybrid: "Same."
Rift Rider: "He got out his cell I'm sure he will escape."
*A few guards emerge from around the corner as the alarms blare but are quickly shot down by Riding Hood who draws his guns firing them quickly. The crew continue to run except for Snowdrop who stays behind, they are about to leave her until their comms vibrate with an incoming message stopping them*
Anonymous: "Well done everyone, you've completed your mission. Now as long as you escape you will be rewarded with your kidnapped loved ones, antidote and your identities will be kept a secret. Peace."
Riding Hood: "You guys go ahead I'll help out Snowdrop."
Snowdrop: "Thanks."
*Rift Rider, Flamiac and Hybrid continue running down the corridor and exit through a door full of rioting prisoners and guards trying to subdue them. The doors close and a glimpse of Flamiac blasting fire from his gauntlets at nearby prisoners is seen. Riding Hood and Snowdrop turn to one another then proceed to run in the opposite direction to the North Block where her brother is.*
Snowdrop: "You gonna cry?"
Riding Hood: "Shut up, they'll be fine. Their powers become active in the prison blocks. It's only the prison cells, entrance, exits and generators that are lined with Neutrillium which nullifies their powers."
Snowdrop: "I see. You sure know a lot about the layout of this place don't you?"
Riding Hood: "Sure do."
Snowdrop: "That's why I find it odd that you allowed the others to run towards the Guards Department rather than the Central Exit. Kinda like you were using them as a diversion."
*Riding Hood ignores her and kicks open one of the doors then proceeds to fire his guns at oncoming Guards and Prisoners who approach them. Snowdrops hair whitens as her powers activate, she holds out her hands brushing her fingertips along nearby attackers who scream turning into solid ice. Riding Hood lets some prisoners pass in fear as he reloads and without looking behind him fires a few rounds into their backs. They both turn the corner and stand at the North Block vault door which remains sealed*
Riding Hood: "Open it."
Snowdrop: "Who are you Riding Hood? Anonymous has your daughter sure but why set up the others just to help me?"
*Riding Hood remains silent as Snowdrop presses her palms against the vault door turning it to ice, the gears creak and whine as they shatter. The vault door cracks down the middle and breaks apart revealing yet another block of prison cells but these ones have not opened. The two enter the facility, its guards have abandoned their posts to help others, obviously because they knew this Block was unaffected by the power generators malfunction*
Snowdrop: "Alright Riding Hood, I've had enough of this BS who are you?"
Anonymous: "Sound familiar?"
Snowdrop: "Anonymous? What is going--oh."
*Riding Hood walks past her and begins looking through the cells as Snowdrop follows him frowning*
Snowdrop: "You? You are the blackmailer?! What about your daughter, Beretta?"
Riding Hood: "I made her up, named her after a gun for God sake. I had to have some fake reason to be on the team, didn't I? Had to be sure you all didn't screw up. All it took was a voice disguiser stored in my visor and play the part, which I did beautifully might I add."
Snowdrop: "Why did you need us?"
Riding Hood: " Hybrid for keeping the guards busy just now. Flamiac for helping me take down the generator since he too has no powers just like me. Rift Rider for transport and you for hacking and getting to here."
*Riding Hood peeks through the window of one of the larger cells and waves through it at someone inside. He steps back and points his gun at the control panel shooting it, it sparks vigorously and the cell opens. Slowly a large furry hand grasps the side of the cell and out steps the large creature known as 'Bad Wolf'*
Snowdrop: "No freakin' way."
Bad Wolf: "RH! How did you get in here?!"
Riding Hood: "Blackmailed a few suckers now come on let's bail."
Snowdrop: "All of this was just to get that thing?!"
Riding Hood: "Hey this is guy is my family and longtime accomplice. I told him I'd get him out and I'm a man of my word, speaking of."
*Riding Hood walks across from Bad Wolf and looks into the cell and shoots the control panel walking off. Snowdrop walks up to the cell which opens and smiles tackling her brother with a hug*
Snowdrop: "Snowflake!"
Snowflake: "S-Sis what are you doing here?! Uh, by the way, it's Blizzard."
Snowdrop: "Long story now come on we need to try and get out of here."
*Bad Wolf walks up to the wall Riding Hood is standing next to and begins smashing his large fists into it till eventually it gives way and crumbles leading out to a small strip of land near the sea. Riding Hood pulls out a small device pressing a key on it and suddenly a red submarine emerges to the surface, the two walk out the prison and open the hatch crawling inside. Snowdrop and Blizzard stand there watching wide-eyed. Riding Hood climbs up the ladder and pops his head out from the hatch*
Riding Hood: "Bad Wolf wants you both to come with."
Snowdrop: "Sweet."
Blizzard: "We can't trust them, sis."
Snowdrop: "Get used to it lil' bro something tells me we will be seeing a lot more of 'em."
*The siblings get inside the Submarine and close the hatch, soon later submerging into the icy depths of the sea diving deep under, leaving the Prison in anarchy whilst the inmates battle the guards. The single bridge connecting the prison to Avalon City is swarming with police and heroes which make their way towards Lockdown preparing themselves for the fight ahead*
A rather gloomy day in Melbourne, quite typical for April weather.
The Southern Cross-Albury Cruise Express train with T357 and P22 heads into the Footscray tunnel.
P22, having a head end power generator, is assisting the carriages with lighting, heating and refrigerating.
Bunbury Street, Footscray, Vic. 10/4/19
Fort Drum is the name of an North American fortress that was built at El Fraile Island at the mouth of Manila Bay on the Philippines. Together with Corregidor Island and a few other coastal gun batteries built around the bay, they were the main line of defense against a naval attack against the Capital.
Probably the most famous coastal gun battery/Fortress in the world, it´s construction started in 1909 after American engineers blew up most of the Island to make an adequate platform to build the fortification, which was built with massive walls of concrete and shaped like a Battleship, earning the name "concrete Battleship".
It was armed with four 356mm (14") main guns mounted on two double turrets, plus two double positions on the sides of the "ship" equipped with 152mm (6") secondary guns. A cage mast, identical to contemporary US Navy Battleships was mounted on the rear with a range-finder and search lights to guide the artillery of the fortress. Although it was built to resemble a US Navy ship, it was actually operated by the US Army.
The living quarters for the 240 men, along with the power generators, control rooms and ammunition magazines, were located deep inside the fort, immune to any aerial or naval attack. Over time, 76mm removable Anti-aircraft guns were installed on the roof, together with a few machine gun positions.
Completed in 1914, the fortress continued on it´s mission until 1941 when the Japanese invaded the Philippines following the Pearl Harbor attack. To know more about this Event, click here for the next picture:
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This place is pretty amazing... So... I love the desert. I don't know why. Everybody wants to get out of the desert, I just want to go in. Problem is... I'm not sleeping out in the desert. You know that program Naked and Afraid? Well, I am afraid! Snakes, scorpions... desert animals. I'm from the city. I just couldn't handle that then (I would probably try it now).
This Borj Biramane camp is in the middle of the Sahara in the South of Morocco. Maybe 50km from the Algerian border and 250km from the Mauritania border. To get there, you drive about 500m East through the sand from the R102 main road, just north of a ghost town called Icht.
So you're out driving in the desert all day and you enter this place. They have build an entire holiday village surrounded by walls! The place is ultra clean and it has plants and it is very well maintained. They have maybe a dozen cabins with beds and... airconditioning! In the Sahara! Airco! Also a small pool. Still no cellphone service and no wifi though and also very little water coming from the shower. I don't know where they keep the power generators but it's absolutely quiet at night!
This is luxury that you would not expect in this part of the world. You can have a good night sleep on a bed in an airconditioned room and charge your electronics... all in the desert.
When I was there it was the end of the Ramadan and there was only a French couple there, no other guests. This is desert land so no Burger King or KFC or any other place to eat anywhere near. You will have to eat the couscous from the house. Man... that was disgusting. The French couple didn't look too happy about the taste either. But you gotta eat right? Breakfast was excellent though and I got a bottle of cold water and a lunch package when I left!
Paradise in the desert. And... cheap!
Lat: 29.059394, Lon: -8.851984
Leaving in a minute for a week long business trip
A Very tight schedule, as usual, will make it difficult to follow your beautiful posts, my friend
I hope to be able to catch up soon
In the meantime, enjoy:
The left over of a died power generator
Just in time for Dronuary! Some little maintenance drones to keep everything in working order.
The tan unit helps keep things stocked with its grabby thing.
The orange one is a mobile power generator.
Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form, such as electricity, using wind turbines. At the end of 2008, worldwide nameplate capacity of wind-powered generators was 121.2 gigawatts (GW). Wind power produces about 1.5% of worldwide electricity use, and is growing rapidly, having doubled in the three years between 2005 and 2008. Several countries have achieved relatively high levels of wind power penetration, such as 19% of stationary electricity production in Denmark, 11% in Spain and Portugal, and 7% in Germany and the Republic of Ireland in 2008. As of May 2009, eighty countries around the world are using wind power on a commercial basis.
Courtesy Wikipedia: Wind_power
Explore: Jun 16th, 2009 - Best Position: #124
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Somewhere in Limburg, BELGIUM
Last Saturday my cousin got married and I had the honor to photograph this fantastic day. They choose to have a winter wedding and boy did they get what they wanted. Because of the unexpected snow we almost didn't get there.
Between church and reception I asked them to jump in the car and give me 15 minutes to make some pics in the snow before the sun would set. I saw this vineyard, pulled over and took some pictures.
We exposed for the spectacular sunset and lit the couple with a Hensel Porty Lithium 12 battery powered generator. To soften the light we attached the fantastic Hensel beautydish to the Porty Head. This was close to full power.
Check out my blog: www.bertstephani.com/blog
or our photography project: www.squeezethelime.com
1/2017 - Union Furnace, PA
NS 6991 SD60E leads NS 40 west to Altoona as symbol 955. NS 40 contains a Head End Power generator set to supply passenger cars with electrical power. It was on loan to the Erie Lackawanna Dining Car Preservation Society for a couple years.
Is where I used to be when I was managing commercial office buildings and shopping centres. This maze like world of air conditioning plant, emergency generators, water tanks & elevator motor rooms had to be checked every day to ensure that the building upon which they sat upon functioned to, (hopefully!) the occupants satisfaction.
NM25 and its ex-Commonwealth Railways Old Ghan consist are dwarfed by the Flinders Ranges as it approaches Port Augusta in South Australia's north on Monday July 29th, 2024.
The train is reflected in the shallow waters of Lake Knockout as it returns to Port Augusta after Pichi Richi Railway's 50th Anniversary celebrations in Quorn.
A new feature added to this landscape is the power distribution infrastructure required after the completion of huge wind farm and solar energy power generators replacing the now-demolished coal-fired power stations.
(24J.7206_NM25_FlindersBackdropMwt)
From the moment we disembarked from our overnight train from Udaipur in the non-descript town of Ajmer at the lovely time of 4am, our trip seemed to take a downward turn. Of course Ajmer was pretty much deserted, except for all the blanket shrouded homeless bodies covering the railway station floor, so we didn't have much choice but go with some old dude in his auto-rickshaw to the nearby town of Pushkar. It was pitch black dark and freezing cold, and once we began winding our way up the steep hills dividing Ajmer from Pushkar we broke down.
After about 10 icy long minutes we were on our way again, until we stopped just outside Pushkar at a ramshackle building manned by a dodgy old guy wanting us to fork over money for the 'Pushkar passenger tax', what a joke! Of course we weren't going to hand over a cent (or a rupee for that matter), and despite being yelled at, stood our ground, until the guy finally gave up on us when Frank asked to see his government ID which he didn't have an answer for .
Brahma dropped a lotus flower on the earth, so say the epics, and Pushkar floated to the surface.
This is a Hindu pilgrimage town, where rows of sacred ghats front a beautiful lake
Music caught my ears before I made it all the way back. A group of Indian men were dancing in a circle- all were dressed in white with red turbans. The crowd of people stood in the mobile floodlights and listened to the musicians playing horns and drums. When the parade started moving again a group of kids told me it was a wedding and asked if I wanted to join the celebration. Indian weddings are quite a sight. The groom, sitting on a proud horse, follows a team of men carrying a series of bright lights joined by a string of smaller lights. At the front of the procession, a mobile gas powered generator raucously chugs along. The hired musicians have to play loudly to overcome the sound of the generator- the source of the power for the big speakers and lights. Between the generator cart and the groom, all the men (and sometimes women depending on how contemporary the celebrants) dance inside the string of lights being held by the sweaty team of men..
Image taken back in early August -- it is an image made up of 4 photos. In the photo the barge "Erie Trader" is coming up on the Two Harbors breakwater lighthouse. I think the Trader is being pushed by the tug "Clyde S. Van Enkevort."
Here is a writeup on the Erie Trader written by Roger LeLievre on the Boatnerd website (www.boatnerd.com/)
The self-unloading barge Erie Trader was completed at the Donjon yard in April 2012. She is mated with the articulated tug Clyde S. Van Enkevort, which was completed in February 2011 at Donjon Shipbuilding and Repair LLC in Erie, Pa. Both are owned and operated by Van Enkevort Tug & Barge of Escanaba, Mich.,
Both units, which were owned at the time by Seajon, a joint venture between SEACOR Holdings Inc. and Donjon, were christened at ceremonies in Erie on April 10, 2012. The combined tug/barge unit entered service under charter to American Steamship Company in May 2012 under the names Ken Boothe Sr. (tug) and Lakes Contender (barge).
Lakes Contender was named by the builder to commemorate its entry into the Great Lakes shipbuilding industry. The Ken Boothe Sr. was named in memory of the former shipyard manager for Donjon Shipbuilding and Repair.
The American Steamship Co, charter was not renewed in 2017. Both are now owned and operated by Van Enkevort Tug & Barge of Escanaba, Mich.,
The Erie Trader is equipped with electric power generators for ballast pump operation and hydraulic power units for conveyor system operation. Self-unloading equipment consists of a single tunnel belt and loop belt system which elevates cargo to a hydraulically-actuated unloading boom. The barge is equipped with a 1,000 HP diesel-driven bow thruster.
Clyde S. Van Enkevort, the tug’s namesake, entered the marine industry in the late 1960s. He was a specialist in integrated tug/barge design, with one of his biggest accomplishments being the building of the tug Joyce L. Van Enkevort and the barge Great Lakes Trader. He died Feb. 20, 2016.
Written by Roger LeLievre.
The old generator was built in 1925 and supplied power to a couple of farms in the area. Operated until 1973. The generator was rebuilt in 2002. Probably time for another rebuild.
For this month’s LUGNuts challenge we could build anything we want...so long as it was a Toyota Tacoma. As variety is key, I made mine into a sight anyone would like to see if ever they were stranded in a blizzard...an industrious 2008 Tacoma snowplow complete with a working wench, power generator and an access cab to keep a couple of weary passengers warm and dry. The color scheme and function was based on the Star Wars Snowspeeder. Yep.
At the beginning of the eighties I saw the television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage by Carl Sagan. Cosmos gave birth to my interest in history, space and science. The sixth episode of the series is called "Travellers' Tales" and is focused on voyages of discovery, mainly on the journey that has taken us farther than any: the space travel of Voyager spaceships. That's why one of the first models that I designed and built with LEGO pieces (and one of the most loved by me) is the Voyager spacecraft and this is the last version of my design of the ship.
Voyager is my favorite spacecraft. It is the one that has gone farther. It was the first to leave the solar system and become a real interstellar ship. Voyager 2 visited four planets in its Grand Tour: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Besides it is not just an exploration ship, its Golden Record contains a message from humankind, a message addressed to the Universe.
Prior to the launch of the Voyager (in August and September 1977), little was known about the outer Solar System. But in the years that followed, between 1979 and 1989, these spaceships reached Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, they sent a flood of very detailed information about these planets, their moons and rings. This is already a formidable achievement, but the Voyager mission did not end there. They reached the limits of the solar system. Voyager 1 passed the helipausa in 25 August 2012, transforming into the first man-made object to reach interstellar space.
This 1:15 scale model of the Voyager spacecraft is very accurate and you can see numerous details of their communications systems, sensors and power generators.
Golden Record
The golden record, deserves special mention. It is a 12-inch gold-plate cooper phonograph record, containing some sounds and images of our planet, the instructions to play the record, and the location of our solar system. This album is aimed to the intelligent beings that the Voyager can find in its path in the future. Therefore, the Voyager is not only a space probe but a time capsule, a message of humankind thrown into deep space, into the future, into the unknown.
Jimmy Carter (President of the United States of America when the Voyagers were launched) said about the Golden Record of the Voyager: "This is a present from a small distant world, a token of our sounds, our science, our images, our music, our thoughts and our feelings" (and his words were also recorded in the actual disc).
The loading is the third shipment of wind power generators for a contract at Glen Innes in northern NSW.
Several habitats WaterNest 100 can be installed with a radial or linear configuration on lakes, bays, atolls and sea areas with calm waters to create an eco-resort with floating villages. Both the floating docks and habitat are made from natural materials and environmentally friendly production systems that make this floating architecture up to 98% recyclable. Each home has a sophisticated natural internal micro-ventilation and air conditioning system configured for low-energy consumption in residential housing. Each WaterNest has 60 square meters of amorphous photo-voltaic panels that generate 4kW of daily power, making WaterNest Village a real solar power generator that produces all the electricity needed for day and night operation of the entire floating village. Fluctuations in water level are no problem for the WaterNest Village which adapts in a natural way by raising or lowering its floating level without the use of mechanical elements or any waste of electricity. The interior of each of 100 square meter WaterNest habitat is characterized by being warm and welcoming, with a contemporary style full of innovative. The wooden aromas of the structure fill the living space. The large windows allow light to enter and illuminate the interior environments all day long. The high-design furniture are made of eco-friendly natural recyclable material – the result of rigorous selection of the best known and established companies in contemporary ecological design which meet the highest stylistic demands. WaterNest Village designed by the renown Italian architect Giancarlo Zema is the ideal solution for hotel groups and hospitality investors working in the field of eco-tourism who wish to make a truly innovative floating resort and environmentally friendly way to live in style independently, exclusively and in complete harmony with nature.
The mission seemed simple enough: get in, destroy the command ship, and get out. It was when we though that, it went very wrong. The vultures bombarded us from left, right and above. Blue 2 and 5 went up in flames before we knew it. We were all in a panic state as they started picking us off, one by one. This mission wasn't going as planned. As we neared the command ship, we noticed that is was crawling with vultures. We needed a new plan. Blue 7 spoke to me about a new plan. Him and Blue 3 would distract the vultures, while me and the rest of the squad would veer down and attack the ship from the bottom. We all agreed and the plan was put into action. Blue 3 and 7 turned left and all the mindless droids stupidly followed them. The rest of the squad and I veered down. We flew in formation until the ship was right above us. I gave the command, and we all flew up towards the main power generator and shot. 4 lasers was all it took until it rattled, shook and exploded. I ordered the remaining squad to head back immediately. The flames were right behind our tail and bearing down on us. Blue 4 was engulfed but the rest made it back to the cruiser. I watched Blue 3 and 7 get shot down by the remaining droids. The mission was over and the fight was won.
∞Infinity∞
Keep in mind that this was my first mission in the corps.
MKSG The X-Men: Survival - Issue #3
Basement of X-Mansion
“You ready, Kitty?” asks Peter, reassuringly. Last time they trained in the Danger Room… well it didn't go as planned. They're a lot stronger and better prepared this time though, or at least that's what the pair of them had told Mr. Summers to convince him to let them do this.
“Yep, let's do it” she replies with some false confidence, as Bobby swaggers over to the couple.
“Alright, Kurt and I are in there with you, Ororo, Scott and Illyana will be watching and assessing your performance. Let's get out there and show them what we've got, as a team, yeah?” says Bobby.
“Sure thing, ‘Iceman’” Kitty replies with a smirk. She wished she had an official codename, but only field operatives receive them, which is what her and Peter were training to become. Having lost Warren and Hank, the X-Men were a little short handed these days, and ‘Shadowcat’ and ‘Colossus’ were feeling ready to join the ranks.
They geared up; ‘Iceman’, ‘Shadowcat’ and ‘Colossus’ were to think on their feet to remove an unknown threat and also save Kurt, who was playing the hostage. Up in the observation deck, Scott is excited to unleash his design upon the team, that he's been working on for several months now. Beside him resides Headmistress Ororo Munroe, who remembers far back when she first used the Danger Room, along with Scott, Hank, Jean, Bobby, Warren and, of course, Professor Xavier. It was to help train his team of extraordinary students to defend against threats to Mutant-kind and humans alike, if it came to that.
5… 4… 3… 2…1… BEEP!
The X-Men burst into the room and take offence positions, but see nothing threatening initially. Kitty spots Kurt hanging from the ceiling in a cramped metal cage, electricity running through the bars. It must be stopping him using his powers, she figures. Her objective is to rescue Kurt while Bobby and Peter neutralise the hostile. She spots a generator connected to the cage, but as she’s about to point this out, something humongous and robotic crashes down on top of them all!
Kitty and Bobby fall over dramatically, then scramble to their feet. Peter also gets knocked back but remains steady. He’s the first to retaliate against the foe. He armours himself up as he slams into one of the creatures 8 mechanical legs and yanks it with all his considerable might. Metal meets metal, and an extremely loud screeching sound happens as the leg is torn from its hinges.
“Damn, Pete” exclaims Scott, while Ororo smirks. She has more confidence in the team's ability than most.
“Yes!” Illyanna says under her breath, cheering for her brother, not that he’d be able to hear her.
The team regain attack formation as the Spider-like beast circles around for a second attack, scuttling around the walls and defending it’s hostage. Oil and mechanical pieces are leaking from it's severed limb. They get a better look at the giant critter of Scott's creation. It's not purely a spider. It has the body of a man attached to the torso of an 8, well… 7, legged being.
“Drider…” Bobby exclaims, mildly surprised. “Really Scotty?” he shouts towards the observation deck. “D&D creatures again?”
Scott chuckles at this, but straightens his face to tell him: “Focus on your objective, Bobby” through the speaker. “Do I need to remind you what that is?”
“No need to be a…!”
*THUMP*
The drider whacks Bobby across the room with it’s extended tail before he can finish his retort.
Kitty watches as Peter attacks before the Drider can reach Bobby, who is lying on the floor half-dazed. She’s very glad to not be on the offensive for this exercise. Her mission is hostage extraction, not to deal this horrible spiders. She sprints over to the generator she previously spotted and figures it's easy enough.
‘I’ve just gotta phase into the generator, disable it, open the cage and save the elf’
However, as she attempts to reach into the generator, her fingertips are met with warm, humming metal. She can’t phase through.
‘Scott is probably so smug right now’ she thinks bitterly, glaring upwards at the observation deck. Sure enough, Scott notices her, as does Ororo, who glances over at him.
“What did you do Scott?” Ororo inquires.
“Little bit of reverse engineering of her powers. It’s not very nice, I know, but they won’t get liberties in the field”Scott replies, just a little bit proud of his mechanical accomplishments.
Beside them, Illyanna is engrossed by the fight. Bobby and Peter have taken to the tactic of freezing the Drider’s limbs, then smashing them off with ease. Their only problem: Getting the damn thing to stay still. Kitty, searching her mind for ideas of how to rescue Kurt, see what her teammates are attempting to do.
‘Freezing the metal then crushing it will destroy it, huh?’, she thinks to herself, sparking an idea in her head.
“Hey”, she yells at her team. “Let it come get me!”
Peter has the thing in headlock when he hears her call. “We’ve got this!” he calls back.
“Guys!” Kitty yells over the mechanical screeching of the creature trying to break free. “YOU need to save Kurt, and destroy that!” she shouts as she gestures heavily towards the power generator.
A little unsure, Peter and Bobby look at each other to confide, but as then do, Peter accidentally loosens his grip and Bobby isn’t fully focused. The drider breaks free of them both and with a swift *SWISH* of its tail, swipes them across the room towards Kurt and the generator. As this happens, Kitty runs right into the middle of the room.
“Come at me!” she yells, antagonistically. “I really hope this works”, she mutters, as the drider turns to face her.
Getting to their feet, Bobby and Peter are reluctant to leave the drider to Kitty alone, but they realise her plan. Bobby begins smothering the generator with a layer of hard ice and reassures Kurt, shouting “We’re coming for ya buddy!” in his typical, overly-positive tone.
Meanwhile, Peter can only watch in horror as the Drider makes its aggressive charge for Kitty. As it’s approaching her, she prepares herself, counting down in her head the distance.
‘Okay 20m, 10m, now 5m, oh god 2m!’
“No!” shouts Peter desperately, positive that the Drider just crushed her. The Drider continues at full speed, directly into the opposing wall, making a colossal crash and magnificently exploding into a thousand nuts and bolts.
For a moment, even Ororo is thinking the worst. However, as some of the debris and smoke clears, Kitty is standing just where she was stood, completely unscathed.
‘She phased through, of course!’ Peter realises, just as Bobby yells “Now!” and Peter runs and jumps onto the generator.
*CRACKK*
With a colossal punch, Peter cracks all the ice and the machine that it encompassed. The electricity fizzling through the metal bars of the cage halts.
“Yay! Woohoo!” Ilyanna shouts, jumping up and down and clapping for their victory. Ororo and Scott also feel very proud of their teams accomplishment, not that Scott necessarily show it.
Peter runs over to Kitty at speed and picks her up with a giant hug.
“I almost thought I’d lost you” he caringly says.
“I’m not going anywhere” she responds.
They both hear a familiar *BAMF* and then feel Kurt’s arms and tail encompassing them both.
“Nice job, you guys” the fuzzy blue man says with his thick German accent.
“Thanks, Elf” Kitty replies softly.
47444 “University of Nottingham” heads a down passenger at Salthouse Junction, Barrow in Furness in the Winter of 1985.
The semaphore in the foreground was for trains joining the down main from the Roosecote Branch. At one time, the branch was a chord called the Piel Loop that connected to the Rampside and Piel branch down to Roa Island with a second line immediately branching off south to Stank Mine.
After the second world war, the line became the access for coal traffic feeding the Roosecote power station. In the 1990s the station was converted to gas – taking advantage of the adjacent Morecambe Bay gas field - but as a coal powered generator it operated from 1955 until its closure in 1986. However coal trains seem to have stopped in 1983 with coal deliveries then being delivered by road and the power station running at around 50% of its design capability. That lack of use was evident from the state of the branch at this time.
MTO-UB3 (Мастерская технического обслуживания) is the field service workshop for the Russian Ground Forces.
Every general maintenance and service task can be accomplished with the equipment aboard:
- lathe
- welding equipment
- drill
- compressor
- special tool set
Also it contains the TBCU-10 field power generator.
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Kansas City, Missouri
I feel fortunate to have worked on some iconic buildings during my career and this is one.
This view of the building always makes me think of Star Wars and the Power Generators on the ice planet Hoth.
Because of various problems with other Scottish power stations, Cockenzie power station in East Lothian and hydro power are keeping Scotland going just now!
Normally I would try and crop the power station out of shot, as it is not the most attractive structure - but under the circumstances, it didn't seem fair. With the sun behind it, it's dwarfed by the biggest power generator of the lot!
Finish line for the race course... I will definitely rework the light gray base to the overhang... raise it up a brick height and, make it look more like a power generator unit or something...
:> Prometheus mainframe ... welcome
:> info
:> User id ... A34918
Earth date ... 17 01 2593
Mission date ... 21 days, 5 hours and 38 minutes
Mission status ... jump to planetary system X9341-A successful
:> diag
Power generators down to 30%
Crew members B85419 and B460...
Krzzztt ....
Data connection severed
Reacquiring live feed failed
Rerouting to camera #2
Communication lines damaged
Sending drone D008412 to investigate
Diagnostics run completed ...
:> exit
:> Logged off