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Now Caithlin has retired from the shows - and although she was a great star, I'm sure she does not mind staying at home...
Posted for the "Happy Caturday" theme "Precious memories".
Dushara Cathal Caithlin (Somali cat), 18.11.2024
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
FR : Musée des chemins de fer de Longueville (77)
Vieille motrice diesel CAFL-Fives-Lille A1AA1A, des années 60, en cours de restauration, et qui pleure à chaudes larmes (de la vitre gauche) sur son passé glorieux...
"On ne peut pas être et avoir été" dit la sagesse populaire.
On remarquera que la science aérodynamique ne devait pas avoir encore été enseignée dans l’industrie ferroviaire à cette époque !
EN: Longueville railways Museum
Old diesel engine from the sixties, in progress of restoration, crying hot tears (from the left window) over its glorious past...
The Toronto Transit Commission has officially retired the last of its old red streetcars after 42 years.
An old retired snowplow quietly resting along NF 23 heading in to Gifford Pinchot National Forest near Randle, Washington.
It's a humid summer morning as very late-running 22Q passes CP Winston on the NS Alabama Division's East End District. 22Q has since been abolished and the lead M-2 retired in the name of "progress". Though I hear the M-2's are (CN still rosters a fair amount) less than desirable from a crew's perspective.
MV ELNORA is a retired Gillnetter that rests on display at the popular, family operated, Bruce's Country Market.
Located in Maple Ridge, BC Canada, near the Fraser River.
Bruce's Market was opened on April 2, 1948 by Bruce and 'Elnora' McEachern, and is currently still owned and operated by the McEachern family.
Bruce's Country market specializes in fresh, wild salmon caught themselves using their own commercial fleet of gillnetters.
They offer a wide variety of seafood incuding, smoked salmon prepared on site in smokehouses using the families own traditional, smoking methods.
The market provides for a unique country market shopping experience.
They carry a wide variety of speciality foods, fresh fruits and vegtables, icecream, dairy, baked goods and unique gift items plus much more.
The market also has a small restaurant/deli where friendly staff serve up delicious homemade meals - - breakfast, lunch and dinner.
I recommend stopping by for a bowl of their famous Salmon Chowder. Mmmmmm, mmmmmmm.....very good!
Retired bus at King's Wharf Bermuda - Bus mis à la retraite sur les quais à King's Wharf aux iles des Bermudes
A SD40-2 and two SD40M-2 lead New England Central train 611 south through Leverett, MA March 1, 2023
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Queen Mary is a retired ocean liner that sailed primarily in the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line (known as Cunard-White Star when the vessel entered service). Built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland, Queen Mary along with her running mate, the RMS Queen Elizabeth, were built as part of Cunard's planned two-ship weekly express service between Southampton, Cherbourg, and New York City. The two ships were a British response to the superliners built by German and French companies in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Queen Mary was the flagship of the Cunard Line from May 1936 until October 1946 when she was replaced in that role by Queen Elizabeth. The vessel also held the Blue Riband from 1936 to 1937 and then from 1938 to 1952 when she was beaten by the new SS United States.
Queen Mary sailed on her maiden voyage on 27 May 1936 and captured the Blue Riband in August of that year; she lost the title to SS Normandie in 1937 and recaptured it in 1938. With the outbreak of World War II, she was converted into a troopship and ferried Allied soldiers for the duration of the war. Following the war, Queen Mary was refitted for passenger service and along with Queen Elizabeth commenced the two-ship transatlantic passenger service for which the two ships were initially built. The two ships dominated the transatlantic passenger transportation market until the dawn of the jet age in the late 1950s. By the mid-1960s Queen Mary was aging and though still among the most popular transatlantic liners, was operating at a loss.
After several years of decreased profits for Cunard Line, Queen Mary was officially retired from service in 1967. She left Southampton for the last time on 31 October 1967 and sailed to the port of Long Beach, California, United States, where she remains permanently moored. Much of the machinery including two of the four steam turbines, three of the four propellers, and all of the boilers were removed, and the ship now serves as a tourist attraction featuring restaurants, a museum, and hotel. The ship is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has accepted the Queen Mary to be part of the Historic Hotels of America.
There was a time when Monday was "washing day" in The Neterlands. When the weather was good you could see the laundry hanging on the line everywhere. The housewives (also a nearly extinct species) were busy washing, hanging and ironing, especially in families with many children. Today families are smaller, women work outside the household (men sometimes in), the dryer has arrived and many clothes pegs are retired :).
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