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In January of 1985, an unlikely scenario unfolded as steam returned to coal train service on the Chesapeake & Ohio main line. Entrepreneur and locomotive owner Ross Rowland headed American Coal Enterprises, a startup company dedicated to designing and building a state of the art coal-fired steam locomotive. At the time, oil prices were skyrocketing, and railroads were receptive to alternative motive power.
To gather baseline data from a modern steam locomotive, Rowland arranged for his 1948 ex-C&O 4-8-4 614 to pull coal trains and returning empties between Huntington and Hinton, West Virginia for the month of January 1985. The data from tests showed that the Greenbrier had a thermal efficiency of 6% and had approximately the same operating cost as an equivalent diesel. With a projected efficiency of 18%, the ACE 3000 design was set to have a prototype built, with financial backing from several railroads. Shortly after, oil prices tanked and the prototype was stillborn.
Of course, West Virginia became a railfan destination during the month of tests, and I managed to make two pilgrimages. Here the test bed, renumbered to 614T, barks eastward through Barboursville, West Virginia. Just before it came into view, the big 4-8-4 lost its footing on the snow-covered rails and slipped, spinning its drivers several times until it finally regained traction. The sound is something that I can remember like it was yesterday.
mentre il sole lentamente tramonta accendendo il cielo e gli abeti, l'orso bruno si addormenta sul giaciglio di torba che ha confezionato con cura...
Kinkakuji.
Uno splendido scenario Zen.
Ogni albero, ogni ramo, ogni fiore, l'isola in mezzo allo stagno, tutto al posto giusto e nella forma corretta.
Kinkakuji.
A beautiful Zen scenery.
Every tree, every branch, every flower, the island in the middle of the pond, everything in the right place and in the right shape.
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Three years ago I published an image like this under the title Incubus. This was the text going with it:
"This is the tool, a pitchfork, that the man who wishes to be the British Prime Minister wants to use in order to drive out the "great incubus", namely the European Union. Words matter. "Incubus" is a term taken from religious language. It describes the Devil entering you sexually. When Mr Boris Johnson conjures up the scenario of the EU f...g the UK from behind and that he would "pitchfork" it off the back of the British people [BBC interview, 24/6/19] you know what you have to expect. You have been warned."
Today, Mr Johnson resigned from office. His incompetence and dishonesty caused great damage inside and outside of the UK. Those who supported him and swept him into power have to ask themselves how they are going to regain credibility.
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Op de terugweg een prachtige foto stop met uitzicht op Ijs gletsjer Morteratschgletsjer ( Vadret da Morteratsch) de grootste gletsjer in het Berninagebergte van de Bündner Alpen in Zwitserland
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On the way back a beautiful photo stop with a view of the Ice Glacier Morteratsch Glacier (Vadret da Morteratsch) the largest glacier in the Bernina Mountains of the Bündner Alps in Switzerland
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They rise to the sea as volcanic stone natural pillars in the southern coast of St. Peter's Island, in a scenery consisting of promontories, coves and cliffs. On the origins of t
The Columns of Carloforte some legends say they were petrified sailors for punishment, or monsters that St. Peter, the protector of the homonymous island, would turn rock to protect the inhabitants. The monument, well-known because it is commonly considered as a shearing example, is included in geological itineraries.
Si sollevano sul mare come pilastri naturali di pietra vulcanica nella costa meridionale dell’Isola di San Pietro, in uno scenario costituito da promontori, calette e falesie. Sulle origini delle Colonne di Carloforte alcune leggende raccontano che fossero dei marinai pietrificati per punizione, oppure di mostri che San Pietro, protettore dell’isola omonima, avrebbe trasformato in roccia per proteggere gli abitanti. Il monumento, noto perché comunemente considerato esempio di faraglione, è incluso in divrersi itinerari geologici.
37800 " Cassiopeia" passes Shrivenham in a sunshine after showers scenario on 01/Sept/25 with 5Q86 10.35 Wimbledon Park Depot to Newport Docks,taking Suburban Red 455853+455848 on their final run to the scrapman.
After tying up a killer quit on my 6am Steelton Shover job, I saw a message on a local group chat that said the SUPNTW with the B40-8W's were on duty at 13:20. I changed out of the work attire and grabbed the camera - a mirrorless R5 I'm renting for the week as a "try before you buy" scenario, and waited it out. It didn't take long for the pair of Santa Fe vets to kick out a BO and start their trip to the Twin Cities with the better looking of the two on the point.
North Park
Redheaded Woodpecker, either excited to see me or angry I haven't been around and is approaching to scratch my eyes out. I'll let your deductive reasoning finish the scenario. :-)
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Gibsons Steps Beach
Great Ocean Road.
An old shot from 2014 that I've picked with a slightly different water scenario from my first edit. also preparing old images for future comp entries before timeframes expire! Hope you like this redo of a memorable evening :)
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This time during our visit to Montana de Oro state park, I git excited as the sunset drew near. There were no signs of the ever-present summer fog, and as if my prayers had been answered, there was a good chunk of clouds in the sky. But as the golden hour began, the wind started to pick up and push the clouds inland. In this type of scenario, I usually panic and go for the first available spot to settle down and photograph. But thankfully, his time, I didn’t do that and instead decided to drive around to see what would happen.
This one hill seemed to be blocking the passage of clouds inland, and I knew the clouds would have some color on them come sunset. So while I hiked to the coast, I kept an eye on this small peak, and just as the sunset started, we had beautiful orangish pink colors on the clouds. Since I was paying attention, I got some shots when the light was at its best. While it's not the best composition, I loved this image's beautiful vivid colors.
CSX 1972 was a nice lead engine on the front of this M602-16 catching the first rays of sunlight on a spring saturday morning in Henderson Point, MS. The massive M602 hit the west end of the bridge at sunrise, and a small hole in receding fog allowed for some beautiful golden sun to hit the train as it slowly rolled across the confluence of Saint Louis Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Realistically in this scenario I would have shot any train in this lighting, but seeing the long gone Family Lines System logo on the side of the freshly outshopped 1972 made it even better...
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In Jamalpur, jute sticks are dominating over fibers these days, the bumper outturn of jute makes the farmers happy and it helps them to recover their loss for sudden flood. Dealers of jute stick are going to the farmers for making advance but the farmers are not keen to make deal right now as they know the price will rise up. Same scenario has been observed when traveling the areas where jute is retted and jute sticks are dried. The usage of jute sticks increased about 30 % in our locality, sticks are not only used as fuel elements it has been used as the raw materials for paper industry. Day by day the production of jute is increasing and in my area jute has been cultivating almost 50000 Hector
land and almost 80 thousand metric tons of jute sticks is produced, the market price is over 12 core tk(BD).As the jute sticks are environmental friendly so its usage is increasing day by day and everyone hope one day the golden time of golden fiber will regain.
Backlit scenarios are the most underrated and avoided ones in bird or wildlife photography...well, at least that's what I heard. So I wanted to give it a try to see what I can get and honestly, I was quite pleased with the results.
Bird: Common Redstart
These public toilets in the Queens gardens of Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, provided some not so light, but dark humour for the locals. The locals found it amusing that the council had installed these state-of-the-art self-cleaning toilets in the gardens. They seemed like a bright idea and although saving money and time for cleaning they lacked some artificial intelligence, or a couple of if then statements, if you are into programming. Although there is nothing funny about homelessness, a scenario like the auto wash scene in Fifth element occurred. Here is a link to the iconic scene www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkGsYEKOswU It is local legend or a Furphy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furphy ) depending on who you talk to, that some poor homeless person seeking shelter, tried to sleep in them over night. Before going on, it should be said that most locals laughed at councils’ decision to install the state-of-the-art convenience, not at the fate of the homeless man that wanted a good night’s sleep, out of the elements. As the story would go, the man entered the toilets in the evening, unbeknownst to him, the toilets self-locked at a certain time, locking him inside the cubical. This might be scary enough, but apparently, the thing self-cleans all surfaces overnight. A very handy thing if you are trying to avoid the worst toilets in Scotland as in Trainspotting www.youtube.com/watch?v=P88cV5mFWoI but not so good, if you are locked in the facility, and must try to sleep, all night covered in high grade disinfectant. Apparently, no amount of screaming and yelling would help him as there was no one around to hear him. Don’t be frightened though if you find your self in need of a public convenience, as the issues have been solved, albeit after the fact.
A wedged tree-trunk stuck between a submerged rock and a tree on the bank. Any number of scenarios could come about: the water rises and snaps the trunk, or the rock is dislodged and frees the trunk to become snagged further downstream, or more debris becomes caught against this trunk further damming the flow until something gives releasing a tsunami-like surge, or the waters calm and the trunk stays in place until the next monsoon.
worst possible kind of day for taking pictures. wandered around all day and only took this one picture. still, it's worth having!
it's an hdr done in photomatix from three exposures, -2, 0, and +2
iso200
taken with a canon 100mm f2.8 macro lens, because that's what was on the camera already.
Can Love Return
We are all romantics, but a different scenario motivated this piece …
… we are in Buenos Aires and a couple decide to be professional tango dance partners … they fall madly in love ..
… Slowly their love turns to hate, but they are yoked together by their professional commitments…
… they dance while hating each other ...
... but …
… can love return?
Juan Pablo's reference
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Het duurde even maar uiteindelijk liet de zon zich wel zien
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It took a while but in the end the sun showed itself
This is my first entry for the Sommer Joust 2020, entered into the 12x12 Vignette category.
As an active player in the RPG "Nine Kingdoms" I decided to build a small scenario for the ranger Falk, who is one of my main characters.
A University of Nevada School of Medicine internal medicine resident, left, works with UNLV nursing students during an emergency medical scenario, Dec. 2, 2009. Photo by Edgar Antonio Nunez.
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Was weer een mooie zonsopkomst vanmorgen, maar wel koud 3 gr dus volgende keer de handschoenen mee :-)
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Was a nice sunrise again this morning, but cold 3 gr so bring the gloves next time :-)
Same scenario every time I go to this Cost Plus. They keep the Belgian beers way high up above all the others and I have to ask someone to come with a ladder to get me a single bottle of Duvel.
Vulpes vulpes under a shrub,
Yellowstone National Park
We, along with a number of other people, watched this wild fox sleeping and occasionally changing positions for quite some time. I have wondered why this red fox was so tolerant of people. Apparently red foxes have adapted to human presence in many scenarios around the world over time. (Red fox has the most widespread natural distribution of any mammal second only to humans.) See adjacent photos of this same fox.
During a Donald Quintana Photo Tour.
With more trains running then the C&M can handle, odd happenings occurred in Milwaukee today as Amtrak 336 splits CP 686 (right) and CP 470 (left), out of all the times I've been to KK, this is the first time I've seen a three train meet all in the same direction
In all my years, in my many thousands of hours working with snowflakes, I’ve never seen anything quite like this before. That’s a solid statement – and one worth spending more words on!
The previous few snowflakes (www.flickr.com/photos/donkom/46263921474/ and www.flickr.com/photos/donkom/46095818545/ ) have included elements of fusing together that creates air-gap thicknesses that can produce thin film interference effects. I’ve described this many times before, so I’ll just state that it’s the same physics as rainbows in soap bubbles… but the way it behaves here is very strange. Even more strange, is the way these snowflakes are connected.
There are really two separate crystals here forming into a single “snowflake”. I suppose the term snowflake can always mean more than one crystal, but I define it as either a single crystal, or multiple crystals that cannot be separated without destroying their collective identity. These two are intrinsically linked. There is a main “base” snowflake, the largest footprint, but then there is a smaller branched snowflake that somehow, some way, collided and “stuck” to the larger one. This part, aside from winning the cosmic lottery, I cannot explain. But this attached snowflake is very unique in its own rights!
Column-type crystals will often grow into plates on either side, running parallel and competing for available water vapour (“building blocks”) for their continued growth. When they are close, the competition is fierce and when one side gains an advantage, the other side stays at roughly the same smaller footprint it was when it’s parallel partner started growing out further. If the column is longer, however, the two plates are free to grow together without much hindrance, like we see here: www.flickr.com/photos/donkom/25449366121/
But that’s not the case here. We have very separated growth which should result in more even development of the two plates. Based on the fusing of the branches from the larger plate, it collided with the larger crystal in this form, or something very similar… and that I can’t explain either. Other than winning another cosmic lottery in the same image. Like getting attacked by a shark, and then surviving only because lightning strikes the shark. (I know, you'd probably die in that scenario too... but maybe you win the cosmic lottery and still survive!)
Then there is that same odd bubble tendril pattern that we saw on one of the earlier snowflakes linked above. I can’t identify the exact physics to explain why, but the “how” is starting to become obvious: when enclosed bubbles internally sublimate, with molecules flying from one side to another, they get more spherical. They leave behind traces though, that slowly become thin lines and eventually spherical bubbles on their own. The magic of natural physics at work that I wish I could explain!
Shot on the pre-production Lumix S1 I had on loan to me for a while, and one of my favourites from that camera not only for the mystery it provides, but for the level of clarity I am now growing very fond of.
I got up early and looked at the clock, it said 5am, I thought about the two scenarios of letting my head hit the pillow for some much needed zzzz's or getting out into the cold morning to see what I could capture. I must be getting old because I am preferring the mornings lately to my photography journey. I captured this one hand held but what drawn me to it was the vanishing light poles all the way down the street. How crazy is the ISO.