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Here is my version of Springfield "Town Hall"
Part of the "Springfield Project" I'm working on for my LUG.
Already done:
My website: 6kyubi6 Lego Creations
Inspired by Pepa Quin's: www.flickr.com/photos/pepa_quin/14305549048/
IC's "Governor's Special" at Springfield, Illinois, Union Station, ready for its return trip to Chicago in March 1971. In less than two months, the train will be history.
*S* is for Sagging on ABCs and 123s group
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"My thin white border is not so much a frame as a defense against Flickr's all dark background"`
The sky was still open enough in the west to allow the sun to say goodnight but overhead the clouds were thick and dark. Started raining 5 minutes after this shot. Taken at a low angle to maximize the sky reflections in the puddles.
This is the view down from the new Springfield Union Station parking garage situated just north of CSXT's ex Boston and Albany main. I'd never been up here before but it offers a nice view down on to CP98 and the passenger platforms with a great view of the downtown core of New England's fourth largest city and the myriad historic buildings. Afternoon light is perfect for photography up here but alas the sun did not cooperate at train time.
Here is CTrail train 4407 departing for New Haven with one of the rebuilt and freshly repainted former Shoreline East GP40-3Hs leading. To see what this unit looked like before her second rebuild check out this earlier photo of mine: flic.kr/p/2kPFMgG
The Amtrak consist at left will follow south 90 min later as shuttle train 475.
The large building directly behind the locomotive is the old post office and federal building constructed in 1832 of polished Indiana limestone in the Art Moderne style. The post office moved out in 1967 and in 1983 the building was sold to the state and has house offices of the commonwealth ever since.
Springfield, Massachusetts
Friday March 14, 2021
Buffalo Springfield
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I was excited to photograph at night at an interesting site full of old vintage train cars and locomotives. My joints and muscles felt sore from my second vaccination, but this didn't dampen my enthusiasm. I met up with my friends Ron, Dave, and Ivan on this beautiful warm March night. The site had much more ambient light than anticipated, but we still managed to make it work. The light is from a handheld ProtoMachines LED2 light painting device as well as a full moon and various lights nearby. And yes, as you might guess, the band was named after the Buffalo-Springfield Roller Company, which made rollers to level surfaces for roads and railroad tracks. And yes, as you might guess, I have another photo of this steamroller, and I will undoubtedly name that "Buffalo Springfield Revisited".
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IG, FB, website: kenleephotography
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Pentax K-1/15-30mm f/2.8 lens. 27 seconds f/8 ISO 200. March 2021. (4040)
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois
Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat and largest city of Sangamon County. The city's population was 116,250 at the 2010 U.S. Census, which makes it the state's sixth most-populous city, the second largest outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (after Rockford), and the largest in central Illinois. As of 2019, the city's population was estimated to have decreased to 114,230, with just over 211,700 residents living in the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Sangamon County and the adjacent Menard County.
Present-day Springfield was settled by European Americans in the late 1810s, around the time Illinois became a state. The most famous historic resident was Abraham Lincoln, who lived in Springfield from 1837 until 1861, when he went to the White House as President. Major tourist attractions include multiple sites connected with Lincoln including his presidential library and museum, his home, and his tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
The city lies in a valley and plain near the Sangamon River. Lake Springfield, a large artificial lake owned by the City Water, Light & Power company (CWLP), supplies the city with recreation and drinking water. Weather is fairly typical for middle latitude locations, with four distinct seasons, including, hot summers and cold winters. Spring and summer weather is like that of most midwestern cities; severe thunderstorms may occur. Tornadoes hit the Springfield area in 1957 and 2006.
The city has a mayor–council form of government and governs the Capital Township. The government of the state of Illinois is based in Springfield. State government institutions include the Illinois General Assembly, the Illinois Supreme Court and the Office of the Governor of Illinois. There are three public and three private high schools in Springfield. Public schools in Springfield are operated by District No. 186. Springfield's economy is dominated by government jobs, plus the related lobbyists and firms that deal with the state and county governments and justice system, and health care and medicine.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_State_Capitol
The Illinois State Capitol, located in Springfield, Illinois, houses the legislative and executive branches of the government of the U.S. state of Illinois. The current building is the sixth to serve as the capitol building since Illinois was admitted to the United States in 1818. Built in the architectural styles of the French Renaissance and Italianate, it was designed by Cochrane and Garnsey, an architecture and design firm based in Chicago. Ground was broken for the new capitol on March 11, 1868, and the building was completed twenty years later for a total cost of $4.5 million.
The building contains the chambers for the Illinois General Assembly, which is made up of the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate. An office for the Governor of Illinois, additional offices, and committee rooms are also in the building. The capitol's footprint is cross-shaped, with four equal wings. Its tall central dome and tower roofs are covered in zinc to provide a silvery facade which does not weather. Architecture scholar Jean A. Follett describes it as a building that "is monumental in scale and rich in detail." The interior of the dome features a plaster frieze painted to resemble bronze, which illustrates scenes from Illinois history, and stained glass windows, including a stained glass replica of the state seal in the oculus of the dome.
Monarch Butterfly near the Amtrak station in Springfield, Illinois
September 3, 2016
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nrhp # 85003178- The Illinois State Capitol, located in Springfield, Illinois, houses the legislative and executive branches of the government of the U.S. state of Illinois. The current building is the sixth to serve as the capitol building since Illinois was admitted to the United States in 1818. Built in the architectural styles of the French Renaissance and Italianate, it was designed by Cochrane and Garnsey, an architecture and design firm based in Chicago. Ground was broken for the new capitol on March 11, 1868, and the building was completed twenty years later for a total cost of $4.5 million.
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IDTX Charger 4627 leads Amtrak Lincoln Service 305 South past the historic C&A depot in Springfield, IL.
Burlington Northern Railroad GP15-1 1378 at Springfield, Missouri on December 23, 1993, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois
Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat and largest city of Sangamon County. The city's population was 116,250 at the 2010 U.S. Census, which makes it the state's sixth most-populous city, the second largest outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (after Rockford), and the largest in central Illinois. As of 2019, the city's population was estimated to have decreased to 114,230, with just over 211,700 residents living in the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Sangamon County and the adjacent Menard County.
Present-day Springfield was settled by European Americans in the late 1810s, around the time Illinois became a state. The most famous historic resident was Abraham Lincoln, who lived in Springfield from 1837 until 1861, when he went to the White House as President of the United States. Major tourist attractions include multiple sites connected with Lincoln including the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices State Historic Site, and the Lincoln Tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
The city lies in a valley and plain near the Sangamon River. Lake Springfield, a large artificial lake owned by the City Water, Light & Power company (CWLP), supplies the city with recreation and drinking water. Weather is fairly typical for middle latitude locations, with four distinct seasons, including, hot summers and cold winters. Spring and summer weather is like that of most midwestern cities; severe thunderstorms may occur. Tornadoes hit the Springfield area in 1957 and 2006.
The city has a mayor–council form of government and governs the Capital Township. The government of the state of Illinois is based in Springfield. State government institutions include the Illinois General Assembly, the Illinois Supreme Court and the Office of the Governor of Illinois. There are three public and three private high schools in Springfield. Public schools in Springfield are operated by District No. 186. Springfield's economy is dominated by government jobs, plus the related lobbyists and firms that deal with the state and county governments and justice system, and health care and medicine.
A southbound Lincoln Service train departs Springfield, IL, passing in front of the state capitol building.
USS Springfield returns to Groton, Connecticut after a long deployment.
Pentax k200D - SMC Pentax DA 55-300mm F4-5.8ED
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The City of Springfield is the county seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts. In 2020 the population was 155,929, making it the 3rd most populous city in the state.
There is a variety of power at Chicago & Illinois Midland's Springfield, IL locomotive facility in June of 1994, including SW1200's #22 and #23.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois
Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat and largest city of Sangamon County. The city's population was 116,250 at the 2010 U.S. Census, which makes it the state's sixth most-populous city, the second largest outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (after Rockford), and the largest in central Illinois. As of 2019, the city's population was estimated to have decreased to 114,230, with just over 211,700 residents living in the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Sangamon County and the adjacent Menard County.
Present-day Springfield was settled by European Americans in the late 1810s, around the time Illinois became a state. The most famous historic resident was Abraham Lincoln, who lived in Springfield from 1837 until 1861, when he went to the White House as President. Major tourist attractions include multiple sites connected with Lincoln including his presidential library and museum, his home, and his tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
The city lies in a valley and plain near the Sangamon River. Lake Springfield, a large artificial lake owned by the City Water, Light & Power company (CWLP), supplies the city with recreation and drinking water. Weather is fairly typical for middle latitude locations, with four distinct seasons, including, hot summers and cold winters. Spring and summer weather is like that of most midwestern cities; severe thunderstorms may occur. Tornadoes hit the Springfield area in 1957 and 2006.
The city has a mayor–council form of government and governs the Capital Township. The government of the state of Illinois is based in Springfield. State government institutions include the Illinois General Assembly, the Illinois Supreme Court and the Office of the Governor of Illinois. There are three public and three private high schools in Springfield. Public schools in Springfield are operated by District No. 186. Springfield's economy is dominated by government jobs, plus the related lobbyists and firms that deal with the state and county governments and justice system, and health care and medicine.
When the small line of Lego Simpsons was first announced, I just knew I'd end up building the city. I love building layouts, and with already having built New New York from Futurama, Springfield seemed an obvious choice for my next project. Plus, this time I wouldn't have to create any custom figures. ;)
See the whole city at once in the video fly-by I made!
This one is my favorite. To me, it captures the mood of this secretive building, hidden by trees and fenced with no-trespassing signs.
Here is my LEGO version of the "Springfield police station" from "The Simpsons" I built it a couple month ago but never had a chance to take pictures of it so here it is!
Part of my "Springfield Project"
Already done:
My website: 6kyubi6 Lego Creations
As the annual Amherst Model Train Show begins down the street at the Big E Fairgrounds, CSX's West Springfield Yard is busy as two local power sets and the road power from M424 lay over on the engine tracks as Y101 shoves a cut of Selkirk bound traffic onto one of the tracks on the north side of the yard as seen in the background.
January 25, 2025