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While walking the Thames Path, I found this little mosaic in a wall saying "Thanks for the truth, Snowden"
London street art.
Happy Wall Wednesday! ;-))
taken last Thursday after a long day hiking up to snowden summit and back down again ,watkin path snowdonia, Wales
The morning fog has just about burned off as B261-28 crosses the James River in Snowden on a beautiful August morning. IC 2717 and CN 3123 lead the as needed sulfur loads east towards Richmond where they will head south to North Carolina.
I was greeted yesterday morning on the short drive to work by the sight of a very late eastbound Empire Builder as it approached the Williston, North Dakota station, roughly 12 hours behind schedule. After finishing a short day at work, I chose to spend some time Saturday afternoon and early evening shooting in Williston and Snowden. I checked to see how the next eastbound train #8 was faring and it, too, was late but only by a wee bit more than an hour.
This is the eastbound Empire Builder passing quickly through Snowden, Montana. I had followed BNSF #6394 with a Norfollk Southern trailing unit (#4220) as light power coming out of Williston. The crew had just finished turning their GE's on the wye and coupling to the hoppers in the background before running out of time and tying down, their transportation carrying them back to town just before being passed by an eastbound BNSF unit tank train that ducked into the siding to clear the way for Amtrak. The sun was stuck just a bit behind the edge of a cloud bank, resulting in a somewhat moody and muted composition. (6-20-2026)
February 2, 2019: "Super local" H750 makes its way east on the C&O James River Subdivision at Snowden, Virginia. The rock pile in the right background would suggest Garland McKee has visited this spot sometime recently.
Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales, at an elevation of 1,085 metres (3,560 ft) above sea level, and the highest point in the British Isles outside the Scottish Highlands. It is located in Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri) in Gwynedd. It is the busiest mountain in the United Kingdom and the third most visited attraction in Wales, with 582,000 people visiting annually.[3] It is designated as a national nature reserve for its rare flora and fauna.
The rocks that form Snowdon were produced by volcanoes in the Ordovician period, and the massif has been extensively sculpted by glaciation, forming the pyramidal peak of Snowdon and the arêtes of Crib Goch and Y Lliwedd. The cliff faces on Snowdon, including Clogwyn Du'r Arddu, are significant for rock climbing, and the mountain was used by Edmund Hillary in training for the 1953 ascent of Mount Everest.
The summit can be reached by a number of paths, and by the Snowdon Mountain Railway, a rack railway opened in 1896 which carries passengers the 4.7 miles (7.6 km) from Llanberis to the summit station. The summit also houses a cafe called Hafod Eryri, open only when the railway is operating; it opened in 2009 to replace one built in the 1930s. The railway generally operates to the summit station from Whitsun to October. The daily running schedule depends on weather and customer demand.
The name Snowdon is from the Old English for "snow hill", while the Welsh name – Yr Wyddfa – means "the tumulus" or "the barrow", which may refer to the cairn thrown over the legendary giant Rhitta Gawr after his defeat by King Arthur. As well as other figures from Arthurian legend, the mountain is linked to a legendary afanc (water monster) and the Tylwyth Teg (fairies).
CSXT 516, sporting YN2 colors, leads James River Subdivision local CSX L214 over the James River in Snowden, Virginia.
Taken from Llyn Padarn (handheld), with Elidir Fawr on the left. The water was like glass but a Black Labrador kept jumping into the water, I tried to sit it out but the midges won.
Taken recently on a trip to Wales. In the foreground on the way up and down are lots of walkers. the Top of Snowden (the highest mountain in Wales) however was engulfed in the clouds . On the far right of the mountain is the steam railway track to the top. In the background on the right is the amazing Llanberis slate mine.
A grand old oak about a mile and a half south-east of Snowden's peak.
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The James River makes all the difference. Without the gently descending route following the eastward flowing James River to the Atlantic, coal traveling the former Chesapeake and Ohio bound for export in tidewater Virginia would have to be lifted over the Blue Ridge. Both the original mainline routes of the Norfolk and Western and the Chesapeake and Ohio require significant grades to cross the Blue Ridge. The former Virginian Railway route that follows Roanoke River and also avoids a grade crossing the Blue Ridge became the primary tonnage route of the N&W and later Norfolk Southern. The James River Subdivision has carried tonnage trains east since its completion, while returning empties follow the original C&O mainline and climb the Blue Ridge west of Charlottesville.
The James River has cut a gently curving path through the surrounding Blue Ridge at Snowden, Virginia. Four AC propulsion locomotives in a 2X2 distributed power arrangement guide 200 loads bound for export at Newport News. CSX train C215-27 originated at Toms Fork, West Virginia.