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The day was calm enough to take a picture between the safety net and the old brick wall. I wasn't expecting much, to be honest, but I liked the result.
Now I just wonder when this old rehabilitation hospital will be fully restored. Considering the fact that both the hospital and the renovation work is being managed by the State government, nobody knows.
The only thing I know for sure is the final cost will be at least twice the initial estimative...
Lake Superior Railroad Museum has painted it's ex-Duluth & Northeastern 2-8-0 No. 28 to its 1940s appearance as Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range No. 332. The Consolidation was originally built for the Duluth, Missabe & Northern in 1906, which became part of the DM&IR in 1932; it was sold to D&NE in the mid-1950s.
On July 12-13-14, 2019, No. 332 ran its first public trips between Duluth and Two Harbors (a former DM&IR line) in its new paint scheme.
This was the locomotive we came to Utah to see. This is Union Pacific 4014 -- a 4-8-8-4 wheel configuration nicknamed "Big Boy" -- at the Ogden Union Station in Utah the day after the Golden Spike Sesquicentenial celebration. Big Boys were the largest steam locomotives ever built.
I found this on Union Pacific's website:
"Twenty-five Big Boys were built exclusively for Union Pacific Railroad, the first of which was delivered in 1941. The locomotives were 132 feet long and weighed 1.2 million pounds. Because of their great length, the frames of the Big Boys were "hinged," or articulated, to allow them to negotiate curves. They had a 4-8-8-4 wheel arrangement, which meant they had four wheels on the leading set of "pilot" wheels which guided the engine, eight drivers, another set of eight drivers, and four wheels following which supported the rear of the locomotive. The massive engines normally operated between Ogden, Utah, and Cheyenne, Wyo."
"Big Boy No. 4014 was delivered to Union Pacific in December 1941. The locomotive was retired in December 1961, having traveled 1,031,205 miles in its 20 years in service. Union Pacific reacquired No. 4014 from the RailGiants Museum in Pomona, California, in 2013, and relocated it back to Cheyenne to begin a multi-year restoration process. It returned to service in May 2019 to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad's Completion."
I took this a while back - don't know what I'm saving it for, so here it is. This week's Selfie shot! Stay safe and well, folks!
Old, long unused and obsolete gantry at the Charlestown Navy Yard, with a curious safety advertisement :) Play it safe, wear Safety Shoes!
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Date: 2024/11/17
Camera: Polaroid Impulse AF
Film: Polaroid Color 600
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Weather: Clear, early afternoon.
Scanner: Epson V550
Safety first. This tree does not take the safety of it's seeds lightly. Cushioned seat on the inside; thorns on the outside. You don't mess with Aesculus. There's a reason Gautam Budh sat under a Bodhi tree.
Contribution to the group "Picture Sunday" (Fotosöndag) on the theme of safety (säkerhet).
There's a bonus picture here, too.
I like the way the times in this image fail to blend: The genteel attitude behind the signs on the bridge itself clash with the harsh tone of the highway signs outside it. It is as though the bridge were holding a gathering of aesthetes to discuss how form follows function-- design for beauty and engineer for permanence (19th century)-- while outside a mob of lawyers is picketing with signs (21st century). A metaphor for our times, it carries through the medium itself--watercolor (old school) rendered digitally (high tech). LOL! {:-)
This could only happen because this bridge has been in continuous use for nearly a century and a half. Built for farmers' horse-drawn wagons, it has had to adapt to a road full of automobiles and trucks, as well as to a world with a strange new way of looking at things.
They say never meet your heroes. While the DM&IR #403 isn't quite a hero, its an iconic locomotive to anyone who grew up watching the DM&IR, especially someone like me, to whom the #403 was the the only piece of Missabe machinery you could count on seeing year after year. When I got the chance to ride in and operate the #403 due to a special event at work, the facade came falling to earth. The #403 is an old, tired locomotive. The front door leaks, the seats are uncomfortable, the cushion long since gone, the cab walls are peeling and rusting, the engine leaks oil at a high rate, the trucks need work, the fridge is lukewarm, and the vibrant Safety First logo's are faded white. Although, for a locomotive that has seen hard service since 1972, nearly 40 years, first in the mountains on the Southern Pacific and then the mountain grades of the DM&IR, its bound to have a few battle scars. It still has its marooon paint, a brass bell and an iconic Nathan P5. Crews hate operating it, but you know what? That's alright. Not everything that glitters has to be gold.
DDC 1589. 3/7 "Better Safe Than Sorry"
It's a phrase we often hear, but what does it mean when it comes to you and your dog? Show us in a photo today!
Our yard is fenced in, and Spanky loves being off his leash and running free. It is truly better to be safe than sorry.....you never know when the gate may blow open or a neighbor may try to come back and pay a visit. We keep the gate locked at all times!