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The Quarter Circle U Rankin Ranch was founded by Walker Rankin in 1863. Walker is credited with importing the first purebred Hereford cattle to this area. In the 1870s Rankin Ranch became a stage stop for the overland mail route. Travelers stopped at the ranch on their way to Havilah (the Kern County Seat at that time), Keysville, and Kernville. Pictured here is the old barn where the stage horses were stabled and fed.
On 2nd October 1999 4803 and 4916 lead the preserved Southern Aurora set on a Rail Transport Museum tour between Weethalle and Rankin Springs
Union Pacific's South City Switcher rumbles down Rankin Street after several trucks hurried out of their way. This local is the last freight job to run to San Francisco, and generally does not run to Pier 96 more than twice a week, though they are on duty every day. On September 8th, five GP's were needed to bring a heavy mud train up the grade to Caltrain. Also take note of the disgruntled clown advancing towards my camera to investigate why someone would take pictures on a public road.
taken between midland and rankin texas
West texas light crude oil, esp. if discovered by a hillbilly named Jed.
Listen to a story about a man named jed a poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed then one day he was shooting at some food and up from the ground came a bubbling crude. Oil that is. Black gold. Texas tea.
Rankin's Grocery originally housed a store and a gas station in a rural community within Anderson, sc. Currently the building sits amongst subdivisions and busy roads used solely as a means to connect us to the past.
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Our Daily Challenge 9-15 April : Ceramic.
The last remaining object in a set of stoneware vases and lamps I made inspired by seed heads .
The glazes were made using wood ash and fired to 1280C
During a rare streak of clear nights, I was out with both telescope setups collecting data. On two of those nights, to my surprise, the aurora put on a great show. Unfortunately, I only had my phone with me, and even if I’d had my camera, I wasn’t in the best location to capture it — so I missed out.
But, the aurora decided to make an appearance again the following night. With the moon out, I wasn’t planning to set up my scopes, so instead I packed the camera and headed to a new spot I’d found earlier that day on Google Maps. The moonlight and a few scattered clouds made me a bit unsure at first, but I ended up getting lucky. The foreground picked up just the right amount of that usually unwanted moonlight, and a layer of fog in the distance added a bonus I didn’t even notice until editing.
The aurora itself turned out better than expected, but the real highlight of the night was a couple of beavers hanging out under the bridge I was shooting from. They definitely weren’t thrilled that I was there—every so often one would slap its tail on the water. If you’ve never heard it, it sounds like someone throwing big rocks into the river. Being alone in a new location, it made my heart jump every time.
Barns and corrals on the Rankin Ranch sit in the foreground of this view of the intermontane valley called Walker Basin. Orginally called simply “The Park”, this beautiful little valley, Walker’s Basin, was named for Joseph Reddford Walker who was a pathfinder and scout for General Fremont. Walker came through this area in 1834 when he came down the San Joaquin Valley from Monterey and led his party out of the valley and over the pass which was also named for him…Walker Pass. The first settlers came to Walker’s Basin long before roads came. The trail leading up Walker’s Basin Creek through the Basin and over the mountain pass was the route of the Union Soldiers during the Civil War as they journeyed between Fort Tejon and Fort Independence (near Bishop in northern California). This north looking view was taken from the mountain to the south along the Caliente Bodfish Road.
The Quarter Circle U Rankin Ranch was founded by Walker Rankin in 1863. Walker was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 10, 1832. His boyhood and youth were spent on his father’s farm, and he attended public school until he was fourteen. The lure of the West would soon change his life forever. In 1854, at the age of twenty-two, Walker left home and headed to California making his journey by way of Panama and sailing into San Francisco. He was fairly successful in the gold fields of northern California, and eventually settled in Walker Basin where he became a cattle rancher.
Walker Rankin married Lavinia Estelle Lightner in 1868. Her family had traveled to California by covered wagon from Missouri in 1849, and her father, Abiah Lightner, was successful at gold mining in nearby Keysville before settling in Walker’s Basin in 1858. Walker and Lavinia Rankin had six sons and one daughter. Walker is credited with importing the first purebred Hereford cattle to this area. In the 1870s Rankin Ranch became a stage stop for the overland mail route. Travelers stopped at the ranch on their way to Havilah (the Kern County Seat at that time), Keysville, and Kernville. The old barn where the teamster’s horses were tended to still stands on the ranch today and is used for hay storage. Walker was a very successful businessman. After he passed away at age 86, his wife and then his decendents operated the the ranch and continue to do so.
The last road switcher in San Francisco city limits runs through two sections of street-running between Pier 96 and the Peninsula Sub.
Chaos, scrambling, and yelling, typical of urban street-running operations, is present in this scene as Job 70 rounds the corner onto Rankin Street with a trash train from the SFBR.
These guys wasted no time at Pier 96; they were in and out within half an hour.
Waiting to depart Rankin Dam late at night in 30-5-2017 is 9102 loaded ore consist for Outer Harbor with GWA008 and GWA009 out of sight.
Details of the train are 92 wagons for 1330m and approx 8200t
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A shot of Sophie Rankin, taken at Box Studios in Shoreditch.
First up;
The Conapaira Hotel in the middle of town -- Faced with the prospect of a town with no beer, residents in several regional New South Wales towns have banded together to buy their local pub. Increasingly, it is locals who are buying in, to preserve their town's only meeting place. The Conapaira Hotel is one such case, in the Southern NSW town of Rankins Springs. Its only pub closed 18 months ago, prompting locals to buy in. "It meant everything to the town, it was a meeting place for everyone to gather," new owner Stuart Vearing said."You didn't see anyone if the pub was shut. It was a very lonely place in Rankins Springs."
Secondly;
The unusual scalloped shape of the concrete silo (Type A191 ~ 19,100 tonnes capacity) built in 1964 on the Bardmedman to Rankins Springs rail line; just on the outskirts of town, but it looks to be serving the locals well though.
Rankin Springs, Riverina District, New South Wales, Australia.
Waiting for some conflicting movements ahead to clear, the Rankin Turn holds at Greenfield on the return trip to home base at Pearl.
After working the chemical plants out at Rankin (I don't know what they make, but they sure use a lot of CO2 tankers) the Rankin Turn rolls past the siding at Greenfield on the way home.
With their work for the day done, the Rankin Turn passes the business track at Greenfield on the way back to Pearl.
The morning local out of Jackson, rips east for Rankin with gas for Messer and NexAir Carbonic. It was a relief to spend time in these parts and still have solid KCS sets.
Rankine Generating Station aka The Canadian Niagara Power Generating Station.
It's located close to the brink of the horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls Canada and is based on a design by Nikola Tesla.
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A Texas Pacifico local with a leased MAC switches out cars. Of course the time while working on a project near here, this was the only train I saw and the only time I didn't have my camera with me so an iPhone shot will have to work.
June 28, 2022
Easing back into High Oak Yard after working customers east of town, the Rankin Turn has a nice clean pair of GP40-2s in charge.
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A shot of Sophie Rankin, taken at Box Studios in Shoreditch.
First up;
The Conapaira Hotel in the middle of town -- Faced with the prospect of a town with no beer, residents in several regional New South Wales towns have banded together to buy their local pub. Increasingly, it is locals who are buying in, to preserve their town's only meeting place. The Conapaira Hotel is one such case, in the Southern NSW town of Rankins Springs. Its only pub closed 18 months ago, prompting locals to buy in. "It meant everything to the town, it was a meeting place for everyone to gather," new owner Stuart Vearing said. "You didn't see anyone if the pub was shut. It was a very lonely place in Rankins Springs."
Secondly;
The unusual scalloped shape of the concrete silo (Type A191 ~ 19,100 tonnes capacity) built in 1964 on the Bardmedman to Rankins Springs rail line; just on the outskirts of town, but it looks to be serving the locals well though.
Rankin Springs, Riverina District, New South Wales, Australia.
With the usual string of carbon dioxide tank cars in two, the Rankin Turn heads east at Mississippi Highway 18 in Brandon. A smart-looking Southern Belle GP40-2/GP38-2 pair are in command this day.
Very early on a Sunday morning, a rare weekend Rankin Turn heads east with a fresh Belle GP40 leading. A close look at the 2822 will note the extra space between the numberboards for the large singe-reflector headlight it came from the factory with; which gives away its original heritage as Western Pacific 3514.
The JA102, other wise known as the Rankin Turn, heads back toward KCS' High Oak Yard after completing the days work.
A clean Belle GP40-2 does the honors this Sunday as the Rankin Turn heads out to work customers east of Pearl.
Always loved the look of Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. This last weekend we had a shoot with a great model/actress Rachelle Rankin. She currently is working on the new Melrose Place Series. We were going for a "Guess" style look.
Canon 30d 50mm 1.8
Vivitar 5500 @ 1/16th power camera left.