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Using my own photos of the Eurotunnel train to create this 'warp speed-image'.
Happy Sliders Sunday once more! ;-))
Found this on the internet:
~~Warp speed is an example of a phrase that entered the public consciousness through science fiction and eventually gained enough popularity to end up in the dictionary. The expression was popularized on the science-fiction show Star Trek in the 1960s. On the show, warp speed referred to a specific concept, namely the idea of faster-than-light travel. Within a relatively short period of time, Star Trek gained a devoted and intense following. Fans were soon discussing the fictional concepts of the show, including warp speed, with great enthusiasm. Eventually, the term warp speed was adopted by the general population. In the process, however, it lost its specific fictional meaning and came to mean simply "the highest possible speed."~~ www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary
Santa at warp-speed ;-)
He has to do time-traveling to be here in time, but as a Santa you can easily do that ;-))
When the wind is right, you can ride a sand yacht along a 30-kilometre stretch of wide sandy beach between De Panne (B) and Dunkirk (F).
The sport was brought to the Belgian coast in 1898 by André Dumont and his seven brothers. André launched the idea by attaching a sail to a wooden go-kart. The sport caught on. In 1927, François Dumont established the Sand Yacht Club.
The sleek land yachts can reach speeds of over 125km/h on one of the best beaches in the world for the sport.
Een Velaro UK van Siemens passeert Rebecq op zijn weg van London Saint Pancras naar Brussel Zuid op de vrij zonnige maar winderige donderdag 17 februari 2022. Gelukkig kan je op de bruggen langs de hogesnelheidslijn een beetje schuilen achter de betonnen afsluiting ;-)
Bemerk ook de vrije E429. Ik heb hier niet digitaal moeten ingrijpen, meestal heb je hier wel een aantal vrachtwagens (vooral van Colruyt) mee op foto.
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Eurostar EMU 4002/4001 is passing Rebecq on its way from London to Brussels. In a few kilometers the high speed will be reduced to a normal speed from Halle to Brussels (160 km/h max).
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Rebecq, 17/02/2022
Eurostar 4002/4001
EUR 9116 London Saint Pancras - Brussel Zuid
Tweede zaterdag met schitterend weer en gelukkig was deze keer niet beroepshalve bezig. Tijd om er in het drukke schema toch even voor een dik uur erop uit te trekken. Ver kon ik niet gaan, dus viel mijn oog weer op de hogesnelheidslijn naar en van Frankrijk.
Ondertussen begint het verkeer hier toch wel weer wat aan te trekken en zo had ik vier hogesnelheidstreinen op mijn planning staan.
Omdat ik wat aan de late kant vertrokken was, kon ik wel niet direct doorrijden naar een puntje dat ik wou verkennen in het gehucht Croisette. Dan maar snel snel naar deze plek pal aan de afrit van Enghien. Ik dacht dat de Thalys direct zou komen, dus werd het hoogstatief niet uitgehaald.
En ja hoor daar kwam al een trein, al bleek het een verlate TGV van Rennes te zijn. Spijtig genoeg met een dubbel stel, wat op deze plek net dat minder geeft.
Ik wist dat ik nu een aantal minuutjes had voor de komst van de Thalys, dus bouwde ik snel snel mijn hoogstatief op. Zo snel trouwens, dat het vel van mijn duim in aanraking kwam met de metalen onderdelen van het statief. Nadat ik even bekomen was - en na het gebruiken van een pleister uit de verbandkast van de auto - ging het fototoestel de hoogte in.
Uiteindelijk niet zo hoog als ik wou, maar wel op tijd voor de doortocht van PBKA-treinstel 4345 dat hier op volle snelheid voorbijspoort richting Brussel en uiteindelijk Essen.
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Second saturday of February 2022 with a lot of sunshine. It was soon clear that I wouldn't pass the occassion to make some train pictures, althought I didn't had more a bit more than an hour to spent.
So the high speed line to and from the French border was the goal, train traffic has increaded here a bit the last month, resulting in four trains in an hour time. Due to the delay of the TGV from Rennes to Brussels, it even became five trains.
This was the second one that I could photograph that day, a Thalys PBKA EMU heading to its destination in Germany.
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Enghien, 12/02/2022
Thalys 4345
THA 9423 Paris Nord - Essen Hbf
A Livingston Helper was departing off the pocket track as M LAULAU sped by on the main almost blocking us.
Obwohl es schon Winter war und es selbst im Inntal Temperaturen um den Gefrierpunkt gab, lag kein Schnee am Vorarlberg. Dies interessierte das Werbedoppel wohl kaum, welches einen OIC über den Arlberg gen Innsbruck zog.
si avvicinava a grande velocità , come un'onda minacciosa, mostruosa.
In poco tempo ci avrebbe sommersi e ci saremmo trovati dentro ad una fitta nebbia.
Questa sera ho risentito per caso l'ouverture del Tannhäuser di Richard Wagner.
Opera grandiosa del grande musicista, esponente del Romanticismo tedesco.
A 20 anni mi piaceva moltissimo. Forse la sua forza, drammaticità rispecchiava il mio stato d'animo di allora, il periodo difficile che stavo affrontando.
Mi piaceva talmente Wagner da scegliere come argomento della mia tesi di laurea l'Anello del Nibelungo ( avevo anche sostenuto due esami di storia della musica. Argomento che non c'entrava nulla con la mia laurea).
Avevo lavorato su questo argomento per sette mesi. Ma allora non esisteva internet, per avere del materiale bisognava farsi spedire dei libri da biblioteche da tutta Italia e anche dall 'estero. A Genova non si trovava molto. .
Troppo complicato, decisi di cambiare argomento.
Ora, riascoltando questa musica, così possente con i suoni dei tamburi, piatti, trombe. non la trovo più vicina al mio modo di essere. Inquietante è poi pensare che era la musica preferita di Hitler e che Wagner, anche se vissuto qualche decennio prima, è considerato un precursore del Nazismo.
Da allora non ho più riascoltato le opere del compositore tedesco
L'ultima volta avevo portato a sentire il Tristano e Isotta mio figlio, che aveva 4 anni al teatro Carlo Felice .
'Ma povero bambino...', fu il commento di una signora. Ma lui era invece interessantissimo, anzi affascinato, ed era rimasto immobile per più di 4 ore.
Richard Wagner, Tannhäuser Ouvertüre,
Claudio Abbado, direttore d'orchestra
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Took a taxi to St Peterburgs airport at 9 this morning, the drive took 40 minutes when I was told it would take an hour; the driver sped like a maniac. The flight to Helsinki took 50 minutes, they served fruit juice and water. I expected to pass through a transit lounge to my second flight, but instead transit passengers had to pass through Customs and Immigration; welcome to the EU.
I had a three hour layover for my flight to Reykjavik. Our flight took about four hours. On arrival there were no Immigration procedures, I collected my luggage, walked through the green customs exit and was in Iceland. The temperature was freezing; the first thing I did was unpack a warm sweatshirt before steping outside where it was a whole lot colder.
There were plenty of taxis and nobody waiting, so I was on my way into Reykjavik in no time. I hadn't expected a 50 Km (30 mile) drive to the capital. The taxi driver was happy to chat and we talked the whole way to the city where he dropped me at my hotel.
My hotel room is comfortably austere and much too hot. I opened the window the couple of centimetres permitted and hoped the room would cool down. Next I turned my watch back three hours. I had ramen noodles and dried potato left over from the Trans-Siberian for dinner and was in bed before 8 o'clock; I'm dead beat.
Bristling with sensors and aerials, 'Senior Span' equipped
US Air Force 9th RW Lockheed U-2S 80-1085 crosses the Whelford Road for Fairford's Runway 27
Note the pilot wearing an Astronaut type Space Helmet and flight suit for survival in the rarefied atmosphere that these amazing forty year old airframes regularly fly at
Operating 10-12 hour missions at 60,000 feet plus, they 'Boldly Go' where others fear to tread
BTW. Whilst I've cropped it down top and bottom, there's no crop at the sides - I just got lucky and managed not to slice the nose or tail off as she sped by. However, I'd liked to have had a bit more space on her nose which makes it easier on the 'eye' as there is 'somewhere' for the subject to go to.
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Roy Pieters goes flat out in the Flying Lap Time Trial at the 6 Daagse Vlanderen-Gent 2018, 't Kuikpe Velodrome.
Transita spedita tra le campagne di Isola, a cavallo tra le province di Firenze e Pisa, la 483.018 nella livrea rosa di Oceanogate in testa all'intermodale PD INTERPORTO-SP MARITTIMA.
(ISOLA 06-09-18)
E 464.350 con una composizone di vetture ICN e la E 464.338 in coda, transitano spedite verso Roma Termini con l'ICN1562 Siracusa-Roma Termini
Pan AM SPED begins its journey north up the Connecticut River Line after working Packaging Corporation of America in Oxbow, MA.
It doesn't look like anything could live here, but the prairie is replete with wildlife of all kinds. Just down the road, hidden by the sign, is a small hill dropping down to the valley bottom and the Frenchman River. Buffaloberry thickets line the road on both sides, and this is where Loggerhead Shrikes love to build their nests.
In recent years, increased traffic through the park has resulted in many young birds dying in collisions with vehicles. People drive too fast. They bring their city speed to the prairie, where it isn't necessary. Last week I slowly crept past a car with Ontario plates; the lone, female driver was watching a bull bison just off the road. Moments later she went roaring past me in a cloud of dust. Racing from highlight to highlight is a common disease in our society. But the prairie doesn't work like that. It resists the quick fix, the instant reward. You have to slow down and give it time; only then will it reveal its secrets - its immeasurable beauty and bounty.
One of the park staff created this sign last year, and it has been installed in several locations. People generally obey. I don't think they come here to run down the wildlife; they just need clear guidelines. And, I suppose, to clear their heads. I haven't seen a dead shrike on the road since the signs went up. I don't always agree with decisions made by Parks Canada, but in this case... good work!
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2024 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
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De komende tijd zullen jullie op deze Flickr-stream een aantal foto’s zien die tijdens de zomervakantie van dit jaar gemaakt zijn - afgewisseld met foto's vanuit België want ook in ons Belgenlandje staat/stond de spoorse actualiteit in de zomermaanden niet stil.
Onze reisbestemming lag, net zoals bij mijn broer Steven, dit jaar opnieuw in Langenargen aan de Bodensee. Buiten ontspanning, uitstappen en wandelplezier was er uiteraard ook tijd voorzien voor de spoorwegfotografie.
Voor de eerste keer reden we eens niet via Aachen, Koblenz en Karslruhe naar Langenargen maar namen we vanuit onze woonplaats in België de meer rechtstreekse weg via Luxembourg, Saarbrücken, Strasbourg, Offenburg en het Zwarte Woud. En ik moet zeggen: die route heeft me aangenaam verrast! Zeer rustige autosnelwegen, afgewisseld met leuke kleinere wegen brachten ons in een goede 8,5 uur rijtijd naar de Bodensee.
De route mocht dan wel anders zijn dan de voorgaande jaren, wat wel overeind bleef was de traditionele langere stop langs een spoorlijn. Na afwegen en zoeken kwam ik via de route-apps na een rit van +/- 4u uit in de buurt van Saverne. En kijk, daar ligt de LGV Est-Européenne een kleine 15 kilometer naast de Franse A4. En in de buurt van Danne-et-Quatre-Vents liggen er dan ook nog eens een paar bruggen over de LGV. Mooi zo, dat zat al snor. Alleen was het nu maar te hopen dat er hier tussen 11u30 en 12u30 toch één of andere TGV wou passeren want in Frankrijk weet je maar nooit...
Maar ook dat viel goed mee want er kwam die zondag vanuit Paris Est een OUIGO in Strasbourg aan om 11u54 en een dikke veertig minuten later volgde dan een ICE met aankomst om 12u38. Dat mocht dus niet mislukken.
Op zondag 26 juli vertrok er dus om 6u15 een auto in Halle richting Bodensee en na een kortere stop onderweg, kwamen we om 11u25 aan op het beoogde plekje. Voordat we aan de picknick begonnen, nam ik eerst wel plaats op de brug in Eckartswiller. Hoe zalig was het om de OUIGO TGV (OGV) rond 11u40 door het golvende landschap van de Vogezen te zien naderen.
Na deze eerste TGV werd er samen met de vrouw des huizes gepicknickt en werd 40 minuten later ook nog de ICE richting Stuttgart meegepikt voordat we dan zelf ook richting Duitsland en uiteindelijk Langenargen reden.
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Over the coming period, you will see a number of photos on this Flickr stream that were taken during this year's summer holidays - interspersed with photos from Belgium, as railway-related events in our little country didn't stand still during the summer months either.
Just like my brother Steven, I headed to Langenargen on Lake Constance for this year's trip. Alongside relaxation, excursions, and hiking, time was naturally set aside for railway photography as well.
For the first time, instead of driving to Langenargen via Aachen, Koblenz, and Karlsruhe, we took the more direct route from our home in Belgium via Luxembourg, Saarbrücken, Strasbourg, Offenburg, and the Black Forest. And I have to say, that route was a pleasant surprise! Very quiet motorways, interspersed with pleasant smaller roads, brought us to Lake Constance in a good eight and a half hours of driving time.
The route might have been different from previous years, but one thing remained constant: the traditional, longer stop alongside a railway line. After weighing up the options and doing some searching via route apps, I ended up near Saverne after a drive of roughly four hours. And lo and behold, the LGV Est-Européenne runs just under 15 kilometers alongside the French A4 motorway there. What’s more, near Danne-et-Quatre-Vents, there are a few bridges crossing the high-speed line. Great - that part was sorted. Now I just had to hope that a TGV would actually pass by between 11:30 am and 12:30 pm, because in France, you never quite know...
But that worked out well too, as a OUIGO from Paris Est was scheduled to arrive in Strasbourg at 11:54 am that Sunday, followed just over forty minutes later by an ICE arriving at 12:38 pm. So, there was little chance of it going wrong.
And so, on Sunday, July 26, a car set off from Halle at 6:15 am heading for Lake Constance; after a brief stop along the way, we arrived at our chosen spot at 11:25 am. Before starting our picnic, however, I took up a position on the bridge in Eckartswiller. It was a sheer delight to watch the OUIGO TGV (OGV) approaching through the rolling landscape of the Vosges around 11:40 am.
After this first TGV, we had a picnic with the lady of the house and also caught the ICE to Stuttgart 40 minutes later, before driving to Germany—and eventually Langenargen—ourselves.
France, Grand Est, Bas-Rhin, Eckartswiller, L005 Vaires-sur-Marne - Vendenheim - July 26, 2026 - 11:38 AM.
Another month has sped by - where does the time go?
The weather continues to veer between winter and Spring, from overnights of -6c to daytime highs of +15c. We had one real storm, Storm Otto, which luckily did minimal damage locally. We prepared for the worst though, as we still have clear memories of Storm Arwen and 6 freezing days and nights with no power.
As usual over the winter here, I have done more indoor shooting than outdoors, and that is reflected in my collage for the month. This time I used one of my shots as the background to the collage - the bare branches of the plum tree, with bokeh delights provided by sunshine, frozen rain droplets and my Helios lens. When the sun shines even the drab winter garden looks lovely! The Japanese miniature vases were brought out, along with the miniature furniture, and a couple of my bear collection. Everything is fair game when it comes to subjects to shoot 😄
Apart from Flickr my attention has been focussed on updating some of our (increasingly essential) 'tech' ... mainly my mobile smart-phone. An updated camera app to explore, and all my data to 'migrate'. Living quite remotely it has become as essential as the desktop computer to our lives, from shopping to finances. Luckily I do love playing with tech gadgets, so although it can take time away from other things, it is enjoyable learning how to best use it. A far cry from the tiny Nokia phone that still has a home in my drawer! I wonder at the technological revolution ... in cameras as well as phones. My old Canon Ixus 100 sits beside the Nokia! It still works remarkably well, which is more than can be said of the Nokia phone! 😄
And once again I say thanks to the Flickr organisers of their weekly challenges! More than half of my February uploads have been inspired by group challenges! I am still trying to use my vintage Helios lenses, and Lensbaby optics as much as I can ... but I still turn to the iPhone, the macro lenses and the Sony RX100.
Many thanks to everyone who has visited my photostream and for the comments and faves.
All my collages are collected here: At a Glance
Full speed ahead voor de 6282 die het beste van zichzelf geeft op HSL 3. Tien jaar geleden zou ik dit voor onmogelijk gehouden hebben, maar intussen beleeft de reeks 62 een tweede jeugd waarbij duidelijk ook diensten op hogesnelheidslijnen tot de mogelijkheden behoren. Een meetrit met de ES 800 zorgde voor de gelegenheid. Rit 93401 van Liège Guillemins naar Hergenrath werd in internationaal gezelschap opgewacht niet ver van Welkenraedt.
GRANDE INTUIZIONE.
Spedire un messaggio di posta elettronica a un proprio amico, parente o collega di lavoro è l'azione più semplice che ci sia. L'email è diventata lo strumento più utilizzato dalle persone per comunicare: ogni giorno vengono inviati milioni di messaggi in tutto il mondo. Il segreto del successo è legato alla facilità con cui inviare una e-mail: anche chi non ha esperienza con i computer impara immediatamente a spedire un messaggio. La nascita della e-mail è legata a Ray Tomlinson, uno dei ricercatori di ARPANET, che nel 1971 ha inventato un programma per far comunicare tra di loro i dipendenti del progetto statunitense. Tomlinson non è stato il primo a cercare di inviare un messaggio da computer a computer. Già nel 1965 al MIT di Boston alcuni ricercatori avevano sviluppato il programma MAILBOX che permetteva agli studenti di inviare dei messaggi ai propri colleghi. Ma il sistema non era abbastanza raffinato come quello realizzato sei anni più tardi da Ray Tomlinson.
In EXPLORE il 28/11/2024 al n. 45 (Tema: Black &White)
Immagine realizzata con lo smartphone HUAWEI MATE 20 PRO
On this sparkling morning during our Great Lakes Cruise, we were on Parry Sound, Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, Ontario. We sped by several lighthouses, but I can't figure out their names... This one is in Killbear Provincial Park.
My 365-2023: #184 of 365
Hong Kong has sped up the discharge of Covid-19 patients from hospital and shortened the isolation period for infected residents, as health authorities reported more than 17,000 cases and over 65 deaths.
Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan Siu-chee called the scale of the escalating wave “unprecedented” and warned the number of infections was expected to increase exponentially within a few months.
“We must use the coming two to three months to curb the pandemic with several measures,” she said on Saturday.
Hikers in Hong Kong's country parks and those exercising outdoors will be required to keep their masks on at all times from Thursday, on the same day the vaccine pass that will exclude unvaccinated individuals from a number of venues will be launched, the Post has learned.
The current exemption for mask-wearing at
country parks and during outdoor physical
activities will be removed, according to
government sources. The number of diners per
table at all restaurants will also be capped at
two from Thursday. The tightened rules are
expected to be announced later today.
(20220223 SCMP)
Na een inzet van 17 jaar (waarbij in het begin zelfs nog een stukje over de klassieke lijn 37 werd gereden) loopt de inzet van de ICE 3M treinstellen (BR 406) in België op zijn einde.
Op 14 juni 2024 zal de ICE 13 (vertrek in Brussel-Zuid om 8u25 richting Frankfurt) de laatste reguliere trein zijn waarvoor dit materieel ingezet zal worden. Vanaf dan nemen de nieuwere ICE 3 NEO treinstellen de diensten over.
Hopelijk zijn de nieuwe treinstellen een stuk betrouwbaarder want ondanks het feit dat deze ICE 3M stellen in mijn ogen één van de mooiste vormgevingen hebben die een hogesnelheidstrein heeft mogen ontvangen, kwamen storingen bij de inzet van deze treinen al te vaak voor... waarbij treinen werden opgeheven, reizigers in Düren van de ene naar de andere ICE-trein moesten overstappen enzovoort.
Op 13 februari 2024, toen Wouter en ikzelf in Kortenberg stonden te wachten op de vertraagde NIghtJet, kregen we twee maal stel 4682 voor de lens, met doopnaam "Köln". De eerste doorkomst was om 9u24 en toont jullie het treinstel in de richting van Brussel-Zuid.
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It's almost done: the use of ICE3M trains on Belgian and Dutch railways.
In a couple of days, the new ICE 3 NEO train-sets will take over the services between Frankfurt am Main and respectively Amsterdam and Brussels. Together with the passengers we can only hope there are more reliable, although I still like the design of Alexander Neumeister on the beautiful ICE 3M EMU's.
Here you can see set 4682 in Kortenberg as ICE 18 in direction of Brussels South station.
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Kortenberg, 13/02/2024
DB 4682
ICE 18 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf - Brussel Zuid
The Clendy Menhirs is the most important Neolithic site in Switzerland. Situated on the shores of Lake Neuchâtel, it comprises 45 standing stones that were erected more than 6000 years ago, and are carved with human form. Some are 6 metres tall and weigh up to six tonnes.
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My entry for round 1 of The Middle Earth LEGO Olympics over on MOCpages. The category was to create a build based on one of J.R.R Tolkien’s poems or songs. Here is the one I chose:
Farewell we call to hearth and hall!
Though wind may blow and rain may fall,
We must away ere break of day
Far over wood and mountain tall.
To Rivendell, where Elves yet dwell
In glades beneath the misty fell,
Through moor and waste we ride in haste,
And whither then we cannot tell.
With foes ahead, behind us dread,
Beneath the sky shall be our bed,
Until at last our toil be passed,
Our journey done, our errand sped.
We must away! We must away!
We ride before the break of day!
I tried to portray the 3 main themes of the song: hearth and home, travel through the wild, and Rivendell.
Although the weather was cloudy with intermittent sun and shadows, I decided to do some birdwatching from the sunroom window for a different vantage point.
It wasn't long before this Ruby-throated Hummingbird flew up, almost in front of me, and perched on this rosebush branch. He was intent on preening, so I grabbed a few shots before he sped off to chase an intruder who'd come too close to his territory.
When looking at my photos later, with all that preening there was this single shot, this one perfect angle, where that tiny patch of feathers on his throat flashed that distinctive ruby red for the camera.
Photo taken during practice for the 1982 British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch, Kent. Nigel was driving a Lotus at the time and this was 10 years before he won his first and only Formula 1 World Championship in 1992.
Amsterdam, 10.10
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