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Beautiful Max of Nipper Knolls Equine Center in Granville, NY takes a run through the snow.
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The Malvern Hills that runs along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border.
The Malvern Hills are a range of hills in the English counties of Worcestershire, Herefordshire and a small area of northern Gloucestershire, dominating the surrounding countryside and the towns and villages of the district of Malvern. The highest summit of the hills affords a panorama of the Severn valley with the hills of Herefordshire and the Welsh mountains, parts of thirteen counties, the Bristol Channel, and the cathedrals of Worcester, Gloucester and Hereford.
The name Malvern is probably derived from the ancient British moel-bryn, meaning "Bare-Hill", the nearest modern equivalent being the Welsh moelfryn (bald hill). It has been known as Malferna (11th century), Malverne (12th century), and Much Malvern (16–17th century). They are known for their spring water – initially made famous by the region's many holy wells, and later through the development of the 19th century spa town of Great Malvern, a process which culminated in the production of the modern bottled Malvern Water.
Flint axes, arrowheads, and flakes found in the area are attributed to early Bronze Age settlers, and the 'Shire Ditch', a late Bronze Age boundary earthwork possibly dating from around 1000 BC, was constructed along part of the crest of the hills near the site of later settlements. The Wyche Cutting, a mountain pass through the hills was in use in prehistoric times as part of the salt route from Droitwich to South Wales. A 19th century discovery of over two hundred metal money bars suggests that the area had been inhabited by the La Tène people around 250 BC. Ancient folklore has it that the British chieftain Caractacus made his last stand against the Romans at the British Camp, a site of extensive Iron Age earthworks on a summit of the Malvern Hills close to where Malvern was to be later established.
J.R.R. Tolkien found inspiration in the Malvern landscape which he had viewed from his childhood home in Birmingham and his brother Hilary's home near Evesham. He was introduced to the area by C. S. Lewis, who had brought him here to meet George Sayer, the Head of English at Malvern College. Sayer had been a student of Lewis, and became his biographer, and together with them Tolkien would walk the Malvern Hills.
Recordings of Tolkien reading excerpts from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings were made in Malvern in 1952, at the home of George Sayer. The recordings were later issued on long-playing gramophone records. In the liner notes for J.R.R. Tolkien Reads and Sings his The Hobbit & The Fellowship of the Ring, George Sayer wrote that Tolkien would relive the book as they walked and compared parts of the Malvern Hills to the White Mountains of Gondor.
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On the beautiful afternoon of Saturday, December 21, 2024, a southbound crude oil train runs alongside the Arkansas River north of Gore, OK.
Built as Cincinnati Union Terminal 25, this switcher is one of six Lima-Hamilton 750-horsepower switchers delivered to CUT, the only examples of this model ever built. After a stint on the Cadillac & Lake City, the rare unit ended up at the Whitewater Valley Railroad, where it is seen in 1981. Thirty seven years later, the venerable end-cab still operates, the only one of about a half-dozen surviving Lima diesels that does.
Ed ecco un'altra coppia di E186 Railpool intente a risalire la lunga valle dell'Inn alla volta di Innsbruck e la rampa settentrionale del Brennero.
In testa l'unità 101, prima locomotiva ad aver vestito nel 2008 la nuova livrea della Rosco tedesca. (17/11/12)
The Railpool E186.101 lead a southbound intermodal train along the Inntal near Vomperbach (2012-11-17)
This is a pretty common bird in our neighborhood, and back when we moved here in 2009 we saw it in the yard pretty often. But several years ago, back when I started compiling photos of the different yardbird species (which now runs to fifty-seven), I realized it was the only confirmed species for which I had never posted a photo. It seems that in the years we've lived here the yard has grown more overgrown and enclosed, a change which the other birds prefer, but which has kept this one away. Anyway, today one dropped in, so I finally have a photo of it to complete the collection. Mourning dove, backyard Olympia.
7. pine-siskins
8. bushtits
11. brown creepers
12. crows
13. flickers
16. starlings
17. mourning doves
21. house finches
22. gold finches
26. stellar's jays
28. fox-sparrows
30. song-sparrows
31. house sparrows
34. varied thrushes
35. hermit thrushes
41. black-throated gray warblers
42. bewick's wrens
43. pacific wrens
44. cedar waxwings
46. cooper's hawks
47. lazuli buntings
48. hutton's vireos
50. western tanagers
54. purple finches
55. warbling vireos
52 weeks of 2019
Week #31 ~ Follow the Action
Not the best results from panning but a bit time poor this week!
35028 runs along the shoreline near Bishopsteignton with a Plymouth to Bristol train at 5.25 pm on 21st October 2000.
Para celebrar el Día Mundial de la Fotografía, una de las cosas que más gusta fotografiar últimamente:la tradición catalana de los correfocs!
To celebrate the World Photography Day, one of my latest favourite photography subjects: the correfocs (fire-runs) catalonian tradition!
Farmland at Cemlyn Bay behind the sea and the beaches, bird reserves and water there is a green and pleasant land. The footpath runs alongside the stone wall.
While not as impressive relative to other waterfalls in terms of size, this unnamed waterfall runs over red rock. People in Kauai say that it takes a gallon of rock to produce 1000 red t-shirts - I can understand why...
Found on the way up through the Waimea Canyon. Spotted this one very fortuitously coming around the bend of windy road. After stopping the car and getting out with the camera, several other cars began pulling over as well - its color was so striking!
Built 1846-1847 Architect - Henry Bowyer Lane .... Spacious & uncluttered interior, with walls alone bearing the weight of the roof, there is no need for pillars. Hand stencilled ceiling & painted band that runs along top of the walls dates to 1868 ....
A river runs through a barley field reflecting the early morning light. Nubra Valley, Ladakh Himalaya, India. Please press 'L' on your keyboard for the full effect :)
Here's Metroline London's DE1641 - LK58 FOP at North Middlesex Hospital, before finishing another trip on the 491 back to Waltham Cross. With the slow introduction of Wright GB Kites, routes that use older DEs are soon to be electrified. As the last of the LK08s and YX58s leave Metroline, LK09s, LK59s, LK10s and whatnot are soon to see their fate too. This bus in particular was absolutely lovely, had a good run on it, recommend catching it before it's gone.
The Teign Estuary with snow covered hills on the outskirts of Teignmouth.. better in light box 'L' on keyboard..
HBM..!! thanks for your visit & comments..
Park Plaza Hotel, 1 Westminster Bridge
For all architecture buffs, The London Festival of Architecture runs from 19 June to 4 July.
BLS currently runs the so-called Ambrogio Shuttle between Muizen and Gallarate on the entire stretch between Belgium and Italy. During the first weekend of march 2023 the normal route via Montzen and Aachen-West was blocked due to engineering works. So quite a bit of traffic was diverted. Among those trains was the BLS Ambrogio Shuttle. The afternoon was nearing an end when the BLS Cargo 475 418 entered the woods near Venlo, heading for the nearby border with Germany.
Blooming Lilacs on the creek side of Oshawa Valley , also at the same period is the annual Peony Festival at the Oshawa Valley Botanical gardens with a beautiful trail and creek that runs through the Oshawa Valley concervation area , Martin’s photographs , Oshawa , Ontario , Canada , June 17. 2020
Rotary bridge
Rotary bridge plaque
Plaque
Having a walk on this beautiful autumn day on trail
Eastbourne park
large trees
edited photograph
Having a walk
autumn
Bridge
Oshawa creek
Bridge across Oshawa creek
trail in Eastbourne park
trail in Eastbourne park in Oshawa
Alliums
Lilacs in the Kinsman Valley view park
Kinsman Valley view park
Lilac trees
Peony
Peony Festival
Botanical gardens
Oshawa Botanical gardens
Martin’s photographs
Edited photograph
Oshawa
Ontario
Canada
June 2020
Gazebo
Gazebo at the Oshawa Botanical Gardens
Peony Festival at the Oshawa Valley Botanical gardens
Oshawa Valley Botanical gardens
Oshawa Valley
IPhone XR
Favourites
Hosta
Hosta collection
Oshawa Garden Club Hosta Collection
Oshawa Garden Club
Martin’s photographs
Cropped photograph
Alliums and Peonies at the Annual Peony Festival in Oshawa
October 2016
Trail in Oshawa conservation area
Having a walk
large trees
IPhone 6
We having nice a walk at Oshawa Valley Botanical gardens trail in the Oshawa Valley concervation area
June 2021
IPhone XR
Park bench
Lilac
Alliums
Peonies
Annual Peony Festival in Oshawa
Lilacs in the Kinsman Valley view park
Longreach, Queensland, is 620km west of Rockhampton, at the junction of the Capricorn and Landsborough Highways. The Aramac Creek flows southwards, joining the Thomson River which runs generally south-west through the Longreach district.
The Longreach district was explored by the New South Wales Surveyor-General, Thomas Mitchell (1846) and by Edmund Kennedy (1847). The pastoralist-explorer William Landsborough reported favourably on the district's pastoral prospects, and in 1863 the first pastoral lease was taken up by the vast Bowen Downs station. Several others followed soon afterwards. The district's centre was Aramac (1869), and it was governed by the Aramac local-government division (1879).
Railway Boom:
Considerable optimism surrounded the new settlement: town lots were auctioned and sold briskly, and by 1890 there were three hotels, several stores and tradespeople, a progress association, and a police station. The opening of the railway line in 1892 spurred further development, and thrust Longreach into the industrial upheaval of the age; whereas the 1891 shearer's strike had been based at Barcaldine, the 1894 strike was called at the new railway terminus, Longreach.
The town grew with astounding rapidity. By 1896 there were fourteen hotels, a hospital (1893), Catholic, Methodist, and Anglican churches, a school of the arts, a pastoral and agricultural society, and several clubs and friendly societies. From a population of about 150 in 1891, Longreach was approaching 2000 in 1903.
The progress association soon expressed criticism about the Aramac local-government division's neglect of the Longreach district. Aramac agreed, and the Longreach division was severed in 1900.
Apart from Longreach's role as a railhead and district centre, it also became the centre of an area subdivided for closer-settlement farms during the 1890s. Many blocks were too small, however, and the 1902 drought proved a substantial setback. Amalgamation of blocks and the successful drilling for bore water after the drought aided recovery.
Industrial Progress:
Longreach was usually quick to embrace new technology. Motor car hire and repair businesses were opened – the Longreach Motor Co (1910) and Edwards, Martin Ltd (1910) were major businesses in both repair and body-building for vehicles. In 1919 two young airmen, P. J. McGinness and Hudson Fysh visited Longreach while surveying the Darwin to Longreach section of a proposed England-Australia air route. The men later began Qantas outback airlines at Longreach and established a large plane assembly factory. With both a railway terminus and a pioneer air service, Longreach had some claim to being a 'Chicago of the West'. The railway advantage, however, subsided when the line was extended to Winton in 1927.
In 1921 an electricity powerhouse began operation and a rudimentary swimming pool opened. Reticulated water supply was laid on from the river in 1938, replacing the mineralised bore water and enabling trees to grace the city's parks. Despite the progress, Longreach remained a goat town for another two decades, with local herds essential as a reliable fresh milk supply. Fresh vegetables were also a problem, with grasshoppers damaging local crops and the railways sometimes failing to keep up supplies.
Postwar Tribulations:
The 1920s were relatively prosperous, as were the 1950s (apart from some dry years and a shearers' strike). Much of the commercial building stock was replaced, including the shire hall (the previous two, along with local hotels and the Catholic church had burnt down). A State high school and an Olympic pool were opened in 1966 and 1967. Within a few years wool prices declined, and an investment in beef cattle was met with a decline in meat prices. The town's population, which had stayed steady during 1933 - 1947 when other outback towns had fallen by a quarter, faltered badly during the 20 years from 1961 - 1981 falling from 3800 to fewer than 3000. Fortunately, improved roads and transport, which had solved the milk and vegetable supply problem, brought outback tourism. Sensing the tourist opportunity, Sir James Walker, Shire Chair (1957 - 1990), chair of regional electricity supply authorities and of the Longreach Pastoral College garnered national support for the Stockman's Hall of Fame, which opened in 1988 on land provided by the Pastoral College. The Qantas Founders Museum, abutting the original heritage-listed Qantas hanger at the Longreach aerodrome, and a museum based in the old powerhouse (also heritage-listed) are other attractions, particularly popular with 'grey nomads'.
In addition to the aforementioned attractions and facilities, Longreach has a racecourse, showground, a Catholic primary school (1985), a school of distance education, a base hospital (1944), aerodrome, a visitor information centre, an Olympic swimming pool, five churches, several hotels and motels, and an aged persons' accommodation. The elaborate railway station (1916, similar to the Emerald station) and the goods shed (1892) are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.
Source: Queensland Places (www.queenslandplaces.com.au/longreach).
About 3 times a week Lineas runs a dolime train from Hermalle-sous-Huy towards Veendam. For the part between Sittard and Onnen Lineas often uses dutch electric traction by hiring one of TCS’ loco’s. From Sittard they go via Eindhoven, Den Bosch, Amersfoort and Zwolle to Onnen from where on a diesel loco takes over.
During the weekend of the 16th and 17th of october several freight trains were diverted via Arnhem and Nijmegen. Among which Lineas’ dolime train. On saturday the train towards Veendam ran normally until Den Bosch, from where on it went via Nijmegen and Arnhem to Zwolle. A day later it returned towards Hermalle-sous-Huy. Just outside my own town, Wijchen, I awaited the train. Right on time I was able to make the shot. Sadly this location will soon be changed. The owner of the land is planting fruit trees near the small pond and a part of the field will get solar panels.
Coltsfoot flowers at the Bowmanville Valley trail that runs near the Bowmanville creek at Bowmanville Valley concervation area , cropped photograph , Martin’s photographs , Bowmanville , Ontario , Canada , April 25. 2021
We having nice a walk at Bowmanville Valley trail in the Bowmanville Valley concervation area
We having nice a walk at Bowmanville Valley trail
in the Bowmanville Ontario
We having nice a walk at Bowmanville Valley trail
Tamarack tree
tree with small cones
Bowmanville Valley trail
Bowmanville Valley concervation area
Martin’s photographs
Bowmanville
Ontario
Canada
April 2021
Alder tree
Elder tree with small cones at Bowmanville Valley trail in the Bowmanville Valley concervation area
IPhone XR
Alder tree with small cones at
Bowmanville Valley trail in the Bowmanville Valley concervation area
Favourites
Alder tree
Bowmanville creek
Cropped photograph
Engine runs before delivery. In the back ground is a WFU Merchantman of Air Bridge Carriers. Jetstream's arrived in the green at EMA from PIK for painting up into airline colours.
First flight as G-31-650 20Dec84. Registered N405AE on 29Mar85 with Metro Express operating for American Eagle. WFU and stored San Luis Obispo Aug93. To N650JX Jan94 and leased to Reno Express Jun94. WFU and stored Kingman AZ Mar95. To Casino Airways 09Apr97. To Small Community Airlines 01Jun05. Stored ever since at DAL.
A classy business train dressed in Armour Yellow runs west along the Erie Railroad's former Main Line through Sloatsburg, NY. This unusual visitor to the east coast is on its way to Harriman Station for a special excursion event being hosted for employees and executives of Brown Brother Harriman Bank.
A unified effort from Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, NJ Transit and Metro-North ensured this train could run this trip with its own power and with as little delay as possible to both the excursion and scheduled freight and commuter trains. Norfolk Southern fitted both of the UP SD70ACes with PRR style cab signals to allow the UP power to lead on NS and NJT property. They also provided manpower and yard storage to prepare the train for its Sunday run. NJ Transit and Metro-North ensured there would be no conflicting traffic west of Harriman, NY to allow the planned dinner event to unfold exactly as planned.
I was fortunate enough to be able to provide some planning assistance to the Union Pacific team working this train as well as NS photographer Casey Thomason with some advice on locations along NJ Transit that the train could be photographed.
Even though my role was minimal at best, being given the chance to get involved in some of the planning and organization of this trip was certainly one of the highlights of my railroad career. The three days total that this train was in New Jersey was a great experience and some really good people were associated with making this highly unusual trip run as smoothly as possible.
NS 066 @ NY-17, Sloatsburg, NY
UP SD70AH 1943 "Spirit of Union Pacific"
UP SD70AH 9082