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We're still amazed that Yuba can fit into the small cat bed as well as he does. Recently, he decided he likes this black bed again so he sleeps there a lot.
Waiting behind the gate here at Fairlaine are a trio of CN painted SD40-3 rebuilds (ex SD45T-2 BLE 900 and ex SD40-2s IC6261 and IC 6263) soon to depart with a heavy a U717 loaded UTAC pellet train of solid old school DMIR that they will take south 50 miles to Proctor Yard. United Taconite is a subsidiary of Cleveland-Cliffs and is the current owner of Thunderbird Mine and the former Fairlane taconite plant that opened in 1965 both with names for a couple of the signature products of owner Ford Motor Company that needed steel for its line of classic heavy American automobiles. While Ford left the steel business decades ago and the plant ultimately became known as Evtac (Eveleth Taconite) the old names linger on. Here are a couple articles about the plant I found online:
www.mesabitribune.com/news/evtac-has-varied-course-during...
www.clevelandcliffs.com/operations/steelmaking/iron-ore-f...
After going bankrupt and being shuttered in May 2003 Cleveland-Cliffs and Chinese steel producer Laiwu Steel Group created a joint venture and purchased and reopened the facility later that same year. Cliffs later bought out its partner and is sole owner of the plant capable of producing more than 5 million tons annually and a major CN customer.
This is a region that should need no introduction to even the most casual fan as the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway is in a word legendary. I won't bore you with pages of history as I couldn't do the road or region justice anyway. It simply needs to be experienced for oneself. But I will direct you to two resources. Absolutely check out the fabulous historical information here: www.missabe.com/
And for a fabulously well written overview of modern CN operations find yourself a copy of the April 2023 edition of Railfan and Railroad right now! shop.whiteriverproductions.com/products/rfr-202304
Unincorporated Forbes
McDavitt Township
St. Louis County, Minnesota
Tuesday May 9, 2023
The von Roll family became rich and influential in the machine industry. Notice the clock on their house. Must have been very expensive at the time.
Here comes the sun, gold coast style, just the start of another beautiful day..And as always my friends, Thanks for all your beautiful comments and faves..
CSX coal load U822 was arriving at Curtis Bay with export coal in 1993.
Freshly painted SD50 8640 (former C&O) and former Family Lines C30-7 7065 would cut off and head into the small engine facility at Seawall to await their next assignment.
Last week I spent a few days in Snowdonia hoping to capture some autumnal drama. I knew very few 'locations' but Tryfan was on my must shoot list. The sun made a few very brief appearances, all too fleeting to make anything of, but the scenery is so dramatic that moody skies don't matter so much.
This picture was taken a few hundred metres up Afon Lloer, a stream that runs from a lake higher up the east side of Pen Yr Ole Wen.
I find working in flat light quite a relaxing experience. I don't worry so much about missing the light as it changes little. As such I spent more time on the composition and had to be careful to wipe my filter down in between exposures. And due to the low constrast, all it needed was a .9 ND to slow the exposure enough to capture some blur in the water.
More to follow shortly. Don't expect any bright sunrises or sets though!
Canon EOS Rebel S II
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Fujicolor Superia X-Tra 400 @ 200, expired May 2012
Unicolor, 4:15 minutes
Pakon F135
Looking at a photo a second time and deciding to do something different sometimes improves the original photo. The color version of the shot was uninteresting, but turning it to black and white, darkening the overall exposure, and increasing the contrast gave the photograph more interest. What do you think?
Couple of kits playing around.. Their version of food soccer. No, I did not feed them. I do not think anyone is feeding these pups. The spot where the den is not near many people. I think they found this bread crust somewhere.. The other side was burnt black.
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Kurt
The Hi-TONeS with the program "Brutal Rock and Roll from the legendary California label Wild Records" (California, USA)
Beethoven. I know you. I've seen your name and picture on some of those smelly record covers Dad has laying around. You're that deaf dude who likes to play the piano.
"...As you are that disheveled dog who liketh to play with begrimed balls, yes."
Okay, okay, keep your Ludwig on. But how can you hear and understand me?
"I could well ask the same of you."
Don't reckon I know, partner. But I've always been able to talk. Most dogs can, to their owners and other dogs, at least. Ask anybody who has one. I'm just a little better at it than some, maybe. So what are you doing in my house?
"A more mysterious realm our universe could not be."
Huh?
"I am at a loss. My journey hath ended here."
Well, you're lucky. If I hadn't recognized you, and if you had a bum, I might have taken a good-size chunk out of it. I'm very protective of my family.
"I am aware. Santa's article in the daily Everlasting News was quite clear on this matter."
AHHH! Santa died?!
"No, but he is a positive spiritual being, hence was long ago issued a swipe card to Heaven's Gate. But still his beard is in knots over last December 25."
Hey, anybody I discover tiptoeing around our living room in the middle of the night while wearing a disguise and carrying a sack is just asking for it.
"Be that as it may, I am here on holiday. We every one get a week off Heaven every 200 years or so to travel whereupon we choose. I have begun with a visit to earth to discover if my music is still of note, to be droll, ahaha, ahaha."
I thought everyone in Heaven knew what was going on down here at all times.
"Not so, my fine furry friend. We cannot all be He. In my case, my music is constantly performed in my ears 23 hours a day."
23?
"He insists we every one play an hour of his favorite four-handed card game, Matzlfangen. You surely could imagine the clamor for Him as a partner every eve, ahaha."
Well, it sounds more like the opposite of Heaven, but anyway, classical music is still relevant today, though less so than in the past. Yours has always been right up there with the best. Look, Dad has your Pathétique Sonata right there beside you, it's one of his favorites. But there's lots of different music in the world today. Just about every country or culture has had indigenous music to an extent, and some of that has been creatively mixed over the years into a kind of musical soup of all kinds that is eaten up by anyone who has an appetite for it, and variations are still being created. Personally, I like '60s pop and rock'n roll, Irish folk and traditional --and of course, it goes without saying, every ballad ever written.
"Pop...rock 'n...folk...soup...as we speak, I am rolling over in both of my graves."
All this is a little TOO grave for me, Van man, so presto, I gotta run. Stay sharp, and don't lose the key to your flat.
(And on this coda, stay tuned for the next performance of
Conversational Clancy)
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531 Clancy 9yrs 35wks
Clancy's YEARBOOK 10: www.flickr.com/photos/130722340@N04/albums/72157720201164845
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“Let’s Roll"
Here’s the exact shot I was hoping to get tonight. I had this in my mind when I heard they were doing a Kansas City Chief’s Streetcar. I didn’t have to wait long (about 12 minutes for this version to roll into Union Station). A few people were taking selfies so I had to wait on them.
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Hoping for a Chief’s win so we can go to the AFC title game with a chance to the Superbowl.
Mike D.