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Since I was near the old farmstead, I always travel through Belle Plaine. It has some nice old signs and a bit of neon.
So when I got a look at the old Preston's Gas I was quite concerned, all the signs were gone. They were hit with the same high winds we got a couple of years ago and the place sustained some structural damage and wasn't able to hold the signs anymore.
1948 Tucker
Some might say that Preston Tucker was a genius, and whether that's true, or not, is certainly debatable. But, I think we all could agree that he was a visionary with his car, and it's design. Advanced concepts that would take years and even decades for other car manufacturers to follow suit with, if at all. Air cooled rear engines, front wheel drive, electric assist manual transmission shifter, safety features largely unheard of in production cars at the time. Features like pop out windshield in the event of an accident, disc brakes, seat belts, padded dash, front right passenger safety zone, a third headlight that moved as the car turned, surely, I missed some. Some of these already had found a home in his first effort, the '48, and if he had remained in business his later models would have included those items not yet on the 48. The car I will show over the next series of shots was present at the annual Lime Rock Labor Day event in '24. It happens to be the 44th one produced out of the 51 he made before he, and his company got into trouble. The Big 3 had to be threatened by Preston's dream car, and one has to wonder what role they had played in Tucker's eventual demise? What made seeing this car special at the show was a chance to meet and talk with Tucker's great grandsons, twins I believe, and they had brought number 44 to the show.
Preston bus station is the central bus station in the city of Preston in Lancashire, England. It was built by Ove Arup and Partners in the Brutalist architectural style between 1968 and 1969, to a design by Keith Ingham and Charles Wilson of Building Design Partnership with E. H. Stazicker.
In the 2000s the building was threatened with demolition as part of the City Council's Tithebarn redevelopment project. After two unsuccessful attempts, it was granted Grade II listed building status in September 2013. It was then refurbished and officially re-opened in 2018.[1]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_bus_station
It is a Brutalist wonder and I love it dearly.
A resplendent looking 37405 has just arrived in P7 at a virtually empty Preston station with 6C96, the 05.30 Blackrod - Crewe Basford Hall engineers on Fri 3rd February 2023.
The locomotive will shortly run around her train of 10 autoballasters before continuing the journey south.
Preston Tower is a fourteenth-century pele tower in Preston, Northumberland, England built in 1392. The tower is now a private museum.
DRS loco 37409 approaching Carnforth on 2c47 1004 Preston - Barrow in Furness,photographed on the last day of Abellio Northern on 31/03/2016
18th November 1987
26038 seen in the parcels platform at Preston after arriving with 3P04 Wednesday's Only 17:09 Carlisle - Preston vans
A pair of class 397 units (likely to be 397009 and 397010), cross the River Ribble and glide into Preston station with an early morning test run to places north. The following day the first of these units entered revenue earning duties.
After a couple of days of rain it was most agreeable to wake up to a cold but clear Friday morning, which provided some lovely light throughout the day.
29th November 2019.
During a brief stop at Preston Station, WCR Class 57, 57313 stands at the rear of workig 5Z81, the 1707 Carnforth Steamtown to Aberystwyth. 57601 was at the front.
Andy gets in on the act too.
The 06.06 Mossend Euroterminal to Daventry with DB 90036 and 90040 drawing slowly away from the platform as it waits for the green light.
Preston Mill is a watermill on the River Tyne at the eastern edge of East Linton on the B1407 Preston Road, in East Lothian, Scotland, UK
There has been a mill on the site since the 16th century. The present mill dates from the 18th century and is in the care of the National Trust for Scotland. It was used commercially until 1959, and it produced oatmeal. The River Tyne still drives the water wheel, and the machinery can still be seen at work by visitors taking part in a tour. There is also an exhibition about milling, and a mill pond.
The engineer and millwright Andrew Meikle maintained the mill in the 18th century. In 1948 a flood submerged the buildings, and in 1950 a local land owner gave the mill to the National Trust for Scotland. The milling firm Rank Hovis McDougall provided help with the renovation and expertise to allow the mill to be operative again.
Preston Mill consists of a kiln, a mill, and the miller's house. The mill wheel dates back to 1909. The mill is loved by visitors, painters and photographers, especially the kiln with its conical red pantile roof. (source Wikipedia).
Rail Operations Group class 37 No.37800 'Cassiopeia' gets underway from Preston hauling Transpennine Express class 397 No.397004 working 5B43 12:29 Preston Croft Street to Stafford test trip with the class 397 later returning to Preston under its own power.
This trip was organised to ensure the loco hauled rescue function on the class 397 operates as intended and to remove the need to use barrier vans or through piping of the air supply.
Preston Docklands is a popular place for business, leisure, entertainment and shopping. It was once Europe's largest single dock basin. The new £4.5 million Ribble Link is the first canal to be built for 100 years and connects the dock to the Lancaster Canal and the national waterways network.
1913 Trade directory (this list does not include Preston hotels)
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