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Not something Water Rails normally do - but Walter is not a normal Water Rail.
Usually a very secretive bird and heard a lot more than seen. That 'squealing piglet' call that they make is wonderful! Apparently that call (which both sexes do) is called 'sharming'. This appears to based on its old name in Norfolk of Sharmer (that would be another hour of Google reasearch to find out where that came from!).
Taken in the glorious Norfolk Broads.
“...one church memorably teaches that if all the trains were to be still, together, for one moment, if there were no rails percussing the iron road, all human life would wink instantly out.... it is the rails that dream us. We do not dream the rails.”
―(China Miéville: Railsea)―
The rails - the train tracks - that run through the old industrial downtown section of Medford, Oregon, like the arteries carrying blood throughout the body.
Mass Coastal 2011 (ex-NH FL9M) is paused near Keene Street in Bourne, MA waiting for the bridge over the Cape Cod Canal to lower. An eastbound Coast Guard ship passes by the train on the Canal. The Bourne Bridge is seen in the background.
Photocharter hosted by Italia on Rails to salute ligurian coastal line, to be closed on next 1st November - S.Lorenzo coast
En algunas calles de la ciudad han quedado los rieles de los viejos tranvías.
Hoy los pisan los colectivos y todo tipo de vehículos nuevos.
Muchas veces la historia no sólo esta en los libros, podemos encontrarla a cada paso. Sólo hay que tener ganas de verla.
In some streets of the city, there are the rails of the old trams.
Today the buses and all sorts of new vehicles pass over them.
Many times the story not only on the books, we can find at every turn. You just have to have desire to see it.
GTW 5849 is on the point of the 1500 yard job out of Hamilton's Stuart Street Yard.
They have an eclectic consist on this day consisting of the GTW, GMD1 and GP9.
Saw this sunrise as I finished my late dog walk this morning, so I pushed the dogs into the front porch, grabbed a camera and headed off to take the only open view close to home, the metro line! Well I’ve taken this shot before and it has compositional elements I like. Leading lines, shiny surfaces to reflect the light and a hint of danger, my sort of photography. Oh yes when I got home again Toby and Oscar were still waiting in the porch still wearing their winter coats, collar and lead, poor things.
The rails caught all the light ... just for a minute or so. First shot of the session, imperfect, but love it. And I have a sweet spot for the old, crooked telegraph poles.
Literally... A Loram rail grinder works on the Norfolk Southern Lurgan Branch. The "grinding" removes blemishes and prolongs the life of a rail. Paced alongside going 10 mph on parallel road.
A long mellow hike from Lunenberg to Mahone Bay offered some pretty scenes. This is my altered reality of the view along the trail.
Texture: T40 in my free texture set (Free Textures by TCP)