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One of the two 09 plate DAF LF sisters, (LJ09 LNP) parked in the Uxbridge workshop after it's six week inspection.
Almost three years after arriving in Australia, the 700 Series Electric Multiple Unit enter service for Queensland Rail. On December 11, 2017, 700 Series EMU 706 slows for a station stop at Albion on the Northern Line with Varsity Lakes-Brisbane Airport service, CityTrain #DP21.
Well off my patch but a fleet that I have long admired, here is a Northern Routemaster in the superb livery of the A1 Service cooperative of Ayreshire in Scotland. It isn't intended to represent any particular member of that cooperative (there were many subtle livery variations) but rather to capture the 'feel' of the fleet. Without doubt it is the striking combination of azure blue, off-white and maroon that grabbed my attention, but the consistently smart turnout was also very notable. Sadly A1 no longer exists as an independent concern, although current owner Stagecoach has made some effort to keep both the name and the livery alive.
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Operated by: Republic Services Inc. Denver, CO
Unit Number: 4021A
Body: ?
Chassis: International
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Container carrier seen at DEN
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Today, Sunday 07th September 2014, saw the first day of Lothian Country Buses operation of service 104. The new service operates 7 days a week on a 30 minute frequency Monday to Sunday daytime. It operates between Edinburgh West End and Haddington via Princes Street - Meadowbank - Willowbrae - A1 - Wallyford - Tranent - Macmerry - Gladsmuir.
Here was the first departure from Edinburgh (0802) provided by Lothian Country Buses 171 seen parked up at its stand on Melville Crescent. 07th September 2014.
Operator- Select Bus Services Penkridge
Operating Area- Staffordshire & West Midlands
Make- Plaxton
Model- President
Chassie- Volvo B7TL
Fleet No- 19
Reg- LK04NNB
Location Seen- Madeley Telford with College Service 809
Info- New to Metroline Line London as VPL 593
Seen 30/3/22
Parked in the early departure zone is Marbill's YJ24 AYB, one of a pair of longer Temsa HD13s to have recently joined the fleet.
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Some background:
Airbus Helicopters Tiger, formerly known as the Eurocopter Tiger, is a four-bladed, twin-engined attack helicopter which first entered service in 2003. It is manufactured by Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters), the successor company to Aérospatiale's and DASA's respective helicopter divisions, which designate it as the EC665. In Germany and Australia it is known as the 'Tiger'; in France and Spain it is called the 'Tigre'. Finland, the youngest export customer, calls the EC665 'Tiikeri'.
Development of the Tiger started during the Cold War and it was initially intended as an anti-tank helicopter platform to be used against a Soviet ground invasion of Western Europe. During its prolonged development period the Soviet Union collapsed, but France and Germany chose to proceed with the Tiger, developing it instead as a multirole attack helicopter.
It achieved operational readiness in 2008 and since the type's introduction to service, Tigers have been used in combat in Afghanistan, Libya, and Mali.
The Tiger has the distinction of being the first all-composite helicopter developed in Europe. Even the earliest models also incorporate other advanced features such as a glass cockpit, stealth technology and high agility to increase its survivability. The Tiger has a tandem-seat cockpit and is operated by a two-man crew; the pilot is placed in the forward position, with the gunner seated behind.
Either of the crew members can manage the weapon systems or the primary flight controls, switching roles if necessitated.
In addition to flying the aircraft, the Tiger's pilot would typically be in control of the self-defense systems and communications, as well as some secondary weapon functions.
Amongst the Tiger's notable qualities, it possesses very high levels of agility, much of which is attributed to the design of its 13-meter four-bladed hinge-less main rotor; the Tiger can perform full loops and negative g manoeuvres. Power is provided by a pair of FADEC-controlled MTU Turbomeca Rolls-Royce MTR390 turboshaft engines.
Finland is only a small operator of the helicopter. The type’s procurement for the country’s army came as a surprise, even though it is part of the thorough modernization program of the Finnish Army and its equipment.
This modernization program started in October 2001 when Finland signed a contract for 20 NH90 TTHs for the Finnish Army to replace their ageing fleet of Mil Mi-8 helicopters from 2004 onwards.
NH 90 deliveries became delayed, though, and in the meantime the tactical potential of an additional, dedicated combat helicopter was assessed and positively evaluated. One of the major factors that led to the Tiger’s purchase was the fact that Finland participated in nearly all sub-areas of NATO’s Partnership for Peace program and had for example provided peacekeeping forces to both the Afghanistan and Kosovo missions. The possibility of Finland's membership in NATO was one of the most important political issues and continues to be a prominent issue in Finnish politics.
Within the Finnish Army the EC665 is regarded as an armed complement to the new NH90 transport helicopters. An initial order for eight EC-665s was placed in 2004, including an option for eight more, at estimated costs of €27m/unit.
The Finnish variant was optimized for the anti-tank and fire support role, but also capable of armed reconnaissance and artillery spotting. Its avionics and sensor suite was not as sophisticated as other nations’ variants, but still built around existing state-of-the-art equipment and tailored to the Finnish needs.
Amongst the key avionics features of the helicopter are the EUROGRID battlefield management and map display systems, integrated communications (HF/VHM/FM radio and satellite) and data transfer links, a high-authority digital automatic flight control system, and redundant MIL 1553 data buses. Two redundant mission computers control the weapons, sensors, and targeting functions. The Tiger's navigational suite includes GPS, dual-redundant inertial referencing, Doppler radar, separated air data units, radio altimeter and distributed air speed sensors.
The most significant single avionics system fitted upon the Finnish Tiger is the mast-mounted OSIRIS sight/sensor. This incorporates optical TV and thermal cameras, a laser range finder/tracker/designator, and multiple gyroscopes for stabilization. OSIRIS performs as the main sensor for target observation and acquisition, providing firing and targeting data via the weapons computer. Furthermore, OSIRIS also enables entirely passive target acquisition to be undertaken, greatly reducing the risk of enemy detection.
Each crew member has a pair of multifunction liquid-crystal data displays at their control station, typically used to display internal systems information and sensory data, and to interact with the aircraft's higher systems. An additional display system is available to both crew in the form of the helmet-mounted display (HMD). The HMD is used by the flying pilot to display basic flight data with digitally enhanced optics, such as night vision or infrared imagery from the sensors, superimposed against; the gunner can use the HMD to interact with and control on-board weapon systems and view targeting data.
The 'Tiikeri' can operate during day or night in all-weather conditions, and has been designed to include operations in the aftermath of nuclear, biological, or chemical warfare. It can even be used in the maritime environment, able to operate from the decks of ships including frigates and during extreme weather conditions.
The Tiger is capable of equipping various armaments including rockets, cannon, and a range of air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles, controlled via a dedicated weapons control computer. The Finnish variant’s main armament is the AGM-114 ‘Hellfire’ missile, up to sixteen of these weapons can be carried. Other munitions for anti-ground warfare include an assortment of external gun pods and up to four launchers for 70mm and 68mm rockets, all to be mounted under the Tiger's stub-wings. A nose-mounted Nexter turret with a GIAT 30 mm gun is also available.
In March 2008, EC665 deliveries began, together with the delayed NH90s. To minimize further delay, aircraft were first delivered to an Initial Operational Configuration (IOC-) and Nearly Operational Configuration (IOC+), to be later modified by Patria into a Final Operational Configuration (FOC). In parallel, initial pilot training and conversion had been conducted at the Franco-German pilot training school at Le Luc in Provence. Operational status of the first batch was achieved in early 2009, and delivery of the second batch started in 2010.
In June 2011, six Finnish EC665 participated in the Finnish Defense Forces' main field exercise, escorting NH90 troop transports; their performance was described as having exceeded expectations.
General characteristics
Crew: Two (pilot and weapon systems officer)
Length: 14.08 m fuselage (46 ft 2 in)
Rotor diameter: 13.00 m (42 ft 8 in)
Height: 3.83 m (12 ft 7 in)
Disc area: 133 m² (1,430 ft²)
Internal fuel capacity: 1,080 kg (2,380 lb)
Empty weight: 3,060 kg (6,750 lb)
Loaded weight: 5,090 kg (11,311 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 6,000 kg (13,000 lb)
Powerplant:
2× MTU Turbomeca Rolls-Royce MTR390 turboshafts, 958 kW (1.303 shp) each
Performance:
Maximum speed: 290 km/h (157 knots, 181 mph)
Range: 800 km (430 nm, 500 mi) in combat configuration
1,300km with external tanks in the inboard stations
Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 10.7 m/s (2,105 ft/min)
Power/mass: 0.23 hp/lb (0.38 kW/kg)
Armament:
1× 30 mm (1.18 in) GIAT 30 cannon in chin turret, with up to 450 rounds.
Four stub wing hardpoints for e.g. 20 mm (0.787 in) autocannon pods, 68 mm (2.68 in) SNEB or
70 mm (2.75 in) Hydra 70 unguided rockets pods or starters with 4x AGM-114 Hellfire missiles
The kit and its assembly:
This whiffy Tiger helicopter was (again) inspired by a CG side profile by fellow users nighthunter & Darth Panda at whatifmodelers.com. The model is more or less a hardware recreation of this profile on the basis of the Italeri kit.
The Italeri kit itself ain’t bad, but it has raised details and fit, esp. around the engines and the rotor mast, is rather dubious. Anyway, it was built more or less OOB, the only changes are the added pilot figures (Hobby Master pygmies), other antennae and the different armament. The Hellfires and their racks come from an Italeri AH-64, the small six-shot rocket pods belong to a Revell G.91 and actually contain unguided air-to-air rockets. Another modification is the use of the OOB French chin turret implanted under the German nose with a scratched mount, a scratched IR jammer and a pair of chaff/flare dispensers on the stub wings’ upper sides (AH-1 style, scratched, too). Internally, a vertical styrene tube in the kit’s CG offers an attachment point for an iron wire holder (for the beauty pics).
The model is not a 100% match with the CG benchmark, but the most important and obvious elements are there.
Painting and markings:
CG profiles are, like print colors, always hard to interpret, and this case was no different. nighthunter’s profile shows the Tiger in a tricolor paint scheme with two greens and black. These could be the German colors (which are actually used on the Finnish NH90 transporters, RAL 6003, FS 34079 and RAL 7021), but then the typical German Tiger camouflage pattern would not match, the CG profile rather shows the French pattern. Alternatively, the colors could be those from contemporary Finnish Army ground vehicles carry, but these carry a splinter scheme.
I decided to combine both options, using the original, organic wraparound pattern in French style and use the Finnish Army colors. I could not find official descriptions of the latter, so I improvised, using several vehicle pics as reference.
Choice of colors was not easy: my basic tones are Revell 45 (RAL 7003 ‘Moosgrau’, a kind of dark variant of RLM 02), FS 34096 (very close to the typical Finnish WWII olive green) and the German RAL 7021, a very dark grey. The greens appear rather light and pale, but I wanted the more greyish look and a strong contrast to the dark grey.
The interior as well as the rotor blades were painted in Neutral Grey (FS 36173), the latter with orange tips.
After the basic painting process a black ink wash was applied, and panels were shaded with lighter tones, including RLM 02 and FS 37066 from ModelMaster as well as Humbrol 105. As usual, everything was done with brushes.
Decals came next. The national markings are 1:144 aftermarket roundels and the tactical code was created from single letters and numbers from TL Modellbau. The few warning stencils etc. were taken from the OOB sheet and from the scrap box.
After that, the kit was carefully and only slightly rubbed with grinded graphite on a soft cotton cloth, in order to emphasize the fine, raised surface details. Finally, the kit was sealed under a coat of matt acrylic varnish.
The paint scheme ended up lighter than expected, but the result looks IMHO good and has that special “Finnish Touch”. It’s also relatively close to the CG profile that inspired it, a quick and rather smooth build.
Grimston Bar is not the usual setting to see a Yourbus-branded Volvo B9TL, but today is Graduation day at the University of York and Wright Eclipse Gemini YN07 MKP is one of three running a shuttle service between the car park here and the main campus running via Heslington East
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United 92 in front of Holy Rosary Hospital, Ontario, Oregon
This ambulance was built by a master craftsman. Though humble in design, it was highly functional. Originally beginning service as a stock vehicle, its appearance was modified shortly after the release of Mother, Jugs, and Speed. EMS workers throughout the valley knew of this ambulance solely due to it flair. It was one of a kind.
History:
United Ambulance Service of Fruitland, Idaho (1971 – 2003) was preceded by Wayne's Taxi and Ambulance service of Payette, Idaho. Then owner/operator Wayne Smith managed EMS with a slight twist, his employees having dual roles as taxi driver and ambulance attendant. The volume of taxi fares being greater than ambulance transports kept taxi drivers far from the ambulance but dispersed throughout the community. In the event of a ambulance call, one taxi driver, if out and about, would drive to the scene of the incident while another would pick up the ambulance “at the barn” and then respond to the scene. I suppose this could be considered an early version of the first-responder program. Eventually, Mr. Smith sold his business to Arvid and Val Hemenway of Fruitland, Idaho (date unknown). The name of the service was changed to United and the taxi component dropped owing to high ambulance call volume. In the early to middle 2000s, United Ambulance Service ended its 32 year run as an EMS provider, which gave rise to two services in its wake: Payette County Paramedics of Fruitland, Idaho and Treasure Valley Paramedics of Ontario, Oregon (1999). Val was my EMT instructor in 1979. I worked for her briefly before leaving the area for paramedic school in Portland, Oregon (1981).
The ambulance shown above is a early-70s 3/4-ton Chevrolet van.
But clearly bunching does occur from time to time - with two buses together here on Monday 10th September 2018. Transbus Trident 4411 and Trident 2/Enviro 400 4771 behind, are seen on Princethorpe Way, Coventry. 4411 is operating to Keresley Road (Old Shepherd pub) rather than Keresley Village.
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Go North East bought these new in 2013 and is currently based at Consett for Venture Network however was on loan to Stanley making a rare appearance on Lime Service 78 in place of a Volvo Wright Renown
UP 6310, one of the final five patched ex-SP AC44CWs, is working in DPU service along with two already rebuilt C44ACMs, after being attached mid-train to the MPDRV at Eugene. Recently Union Pacific has announced another order of AC44CW rebuilds from Wabtec that this time seems like it will cover the rest of the entire fleet, meaning the final five will end up in fresh coats of yellow paint sooner rather than later. The location is McCredie Springs, on Union Pacific’s Cascade Subdivision in Oregon. Locomotive consist is UP 7978, 6822, and 9002 on the point, with UP 6310, 5743, and 6278 mid-train in DPU mode. The final five patched SP AC44CWs are UP 6236, 6310, 6318, 6378, and 6379. Picture taken November 16, 2025.
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HRSX 3008 sits on the property of CalPortland Oro Grandé Cement Plant ~ (Oro Grandé) San Bernardino County, CA
History: ex-NS 5067 (Norfolk Southern); née-SOU 5067 (Southern).
The last day of the EYMS 88 Goole-Thorne-Goole service via Rawcliffe Bridge. Though for the last 3 months or so it has had to divert via the A614 due to Rawcliffe bridge being closed for repairs.
I caught the first day of service some 2 years ago, so just had to capture its last day.
I captured it at various times from the first to the last service. But what a miserable day with steady rain persisting throughout.
From Monday 5th February 2018 EYMS will operate a shorter route from Rawcliffe Bridge to Goole, with just one rotation operating Monday, Wednesday and Friday.