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Around the perimeter of parts of Brisbane's Botanic Gardens, planted every couple of metres, are the most wonderful displays of pink standard roses. Indeed, a very nice welcome for one arriving to do a spell of photography.
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Commission job of custom superhero (and villain) minifigs for Standard Comics: UltraMan, Raven, Optima, Emulex, Dreadhelm, and Cyborilla
M736 with a sweet leader for 2017 slides down the west track just north of Downtown Pensacola. I wasn't planning on stopping for anything, but when 736 toned up with the 8576 I turned downtown to the only shot worth a crap during the latter half of the year when a railroad northbound is leaving town. Soon after the decent sized local came rolling through with the side bell dinging, and horn sounding out the sweet toots. I shot it again, but the sun angle is so horrendous any where else that I gave it up and decided on this one.
The first Standard model equipped with a 4-speed column-mounted shift, and the end of the line for the Standard brand (Triumph continued at that time, however).
A big success by any standard both in and out of competition, the Lancia Stratos was developed as a homologation Special for European rallying. After production ceased it became a cult car and is now highly priced as the ‘modern classis' it is. Conceived strictly for rallying, the Lancia Stratos however makes an exciting road car, though it is very far from GT standards in both luxury and refinement.
The concept vehicle responsible for providing the inspiration for the Lancia Stratos Rally car is the Lancia (Bertone) Stratos. The Stratos featured a 1584 cc V4 DOHC with 115 bhp horsepower at 200 rpm. Designed by Marcello Gandini, the same designer responsible for the Lamborghini Countach and Lamborghini Miura, the Stratos concept was a development of the Bertone designed Alfa Romeo Carabo concept from 1968. The Carabo concept was also a Gandini creation.
First revealed at the Turin Motor Show in October of 1970, the Lancia Stratos HF prototype was a styling exercise for Bertone. A futuristic design, the Stratos featured a wedge shaped profile that stood just 33 inches from the ground. Since the vehicle was so low, conventional doors could not be used and instead one accessed the interior of the Stratos by a hinged windscreen. Drivers had to flip up the windscreen and walk into the vehicle. Once inside, visibility was quite restricted since the front windscreen was narrow. The cockpit of the Lancia Stratos was designed specifically for fast forest flying.
The body design was predictably minimal to hold down weight and bulk with its most distinctive features being semi-concealed A-pillars and a door beltline that sharply upswept to the top of the daylight opening. The shape of the resulting unbroken expanse of glass gave the tunnelback roof the appearance of a futuristic crash helmet.
The main body structure was steel, like the chassis, and weight-saving fiberglass was used for tilt-up nose and tail sections. A small box above and behind the powertrain was where cargo space was held. Bins were also molded into the interior door panels for storing helmets.
The same engine utilized on the Lancia 1600 HF Fulvia was used on the Bertone designed Lancia Stratos Zero prototype. A triangular shaped panel hinged upwards to allow access to the mid-mounted engine. Developed for rallying purposes, the legendary Lancia Stratos was unveiled in 1974. The production vehicle Stratos was powered by a 2.4 liter mid-mounted V6 from the Ferrari Dino.
Like no other Lancia before or after, the Lancia Stratos was a shock that left enthusiasts and rally fans breathless. For almost a decade the Stratos streaked across the rally landscape much like a brilliant comet, while discarding past principles, it also fearlessly represented something undeniably new. A phenomenal rally car, the Lancia Stratos set an example to every other car manufacturer in the world. The first viable purpose-built rally car ever built, the Stratos was probably the last purpose-built rally car.
Created by the Bertone coachbuilding company, the Stratos was both radical, yet fully functional. Fiorio realized that for Lancia to continue to compete in the World Rally Championship, the Fulvia HF would need a much more powerful replacement. A the time, four-wheel drive was not an option, so a mid-engined configuration seemed ideal. To reinforce Fiori's convictions, the Bertone show car was featured soon after with a mid-engine Fulvia V4.
The introduction of the Ford mid-engine purpose-built GT70 rally car at the 1971Brussels Motor Show was what truly inspired the impetus behind the Stratos proect. It was after this appearance that Lancia's general manager, Pierugo Gobbato contacted Nuccio Bertone. Though the GT70 was actually never put in production by Ford, it was this that sparked the inspiration of the Lancia Stratos.
As always, there was a minimum production requirement, 500 units for the Lancia Stratos. This was an awkward figure that would necessitate funds for at least semi-permanent tooling as well as design and development. This was a job well suited to the Italian industry. Fiorio masterminded the project, and he envisioned a short, wide coupe with transverse midships drivetrain. Bertone was immediately contracted to style the vehicle and built its unit body/chassis structure.
43 months passed in between the time of conception to the actual birth of the Lancia Stratos. The vehicle was developed to take over and make Lancia the outright world rally champ. The Stratos was both short and wide, with a wheelbase of only 7 feet 1.8 inches, the width of the vehicle was only 5 feet 8.9 inches. Weighing only 1958 lbs, the Stratos was only 3 feet 7.9 inches high. Able to easily exceed 140 mph, the Stratos featured 190 horsepower in roadgoing trim.
Having studied every possible powerteam in the Fiat/Lancia group, Fiorio secured 2.4 liter V-6s and 5-speed transaxles from Ferrari, which was an ideal chouse as they'd be installed exactly as the Dino 246. All-independent suspension, rack-and-pinion steering and four-wheel disc brakes were all specifically designed for the Lancia Stratos.
After 1978 the Stratos was officially retired and no longer was officially entered by the Lancia factory, the vehicle was still going strong. The Lancia team was headed by by Sandro Munari who won its first event as a homologated entry in October of 1974. Mun ari entered alone 40 events with the Lancia Stratos and won 14. The Stratos also won the World Rally Championship in 1974, 1975, and 1976 and remained competitive for another four years. The final major win came in 1979 when a Lancia Stratos entered by the Monaco importer won the famed Monte Carlo Rally. Finally the factory retired the Stratos.
By Jessica Donaldson
[Text from ConceptCarz.com]
www.conceptcarz.com/z21737/Lancia-Stratos-HF.aspx
This Lego miniland-scale Lancia Stratos Rally Racer has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 100th Build Challenge - our Centenary, titled 'One Hundred Ways to Win!'. In this challenge, a list of 100 challenges is available, kept by the admins. Individuals wishing to enter, request a number from 1-100 (so long as it has not already been requested) - and the admins assign the individual build challenge associated with that number.
In the case of admins entering models - they request that a general LUGNuts member assigns a number - and the admin must build to that challenge number.
In this case, the number 78 was chosen for me, corresponding to the challenge: '78.Any vehicle from the year you were born'. I was born in 1972, the year that the first Stratos rally cars were built, entering in the Rally Championship as Group 5 (un-homologated) entries.
The road cars required to homologate for Group 4 were built through 1973 to 1978.
As can be seen in some of the images here, not only does the car open and close (a real challenge when you look at the chassis), but it also uses the Lego Group RC Rollerskate - so it can zoom around under its own power.
Still room for 2 more ... Zeiss Planars, f1.4 & f1.8...
Strobist info - first strobist attempt - Canon 550EX as master via off camera cord into a home-brew umbrella (above and left), and a Canon 430EX to the right pointing up at the ceiling as a slave.
BR Standard class 5 no. 73156 stands at Quorn and Woodhouse on Sunday 3rd October 2021 during the Great Central Railway's steam gala.
Standard tank 42073 approaches Newby Bridge Halt, narrowly missing the sun and producing the minimum amount of smoke with 11:50 Haverthwaite-Lakeside. Nice to see the driver hanging out too.
I felt like taking a 'standard' shot of Drax 60066 south of Willington (South Derbyshire) on 26/01/19, instead of trying anything different, as there was the promise of sun. This turned out to be just a promise however, as it was still dull when the 6M57 0717 Lindsey Oil Refinery to Kingsbury Oil Sdgs tanks powered through.
Here's the video of it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcZ3gMGI8Rg
A cat listening to Scarlet sing Misty...
Cover song MISTY sung by Scarlet
"Misty" is a jazz standard written in 1954 by the pianist Erroll Garner.
Between the mid 1930s and 1961, the colour scheme of Rochdale Corporation Transport buses was a rich blue and cream laid out in an elaborate 'streamlined' style' with plenty of detailed black lining out. Rochdale buses carried no exterior advertisements, as the town was rightly proud of its buses and didn't want to spoil them by having them used as mobile billboards.
But as passenger numbers fell in the 1950s and 1960s as car ownership grew, and people stayed at home to watch television instead of going to the cinema, the realities of economics bit hard. Rochdale had to simplify its paint scheme to save money on repaints and repairs, and also began to accept advertising on its buses. The new colour scheme - all-over cream with a single blue band - wasn't as nice as the old one but there simply wasn't the money to spend on luxuries any more.
To make matters worse, it was becoming more and more difficult to attract people to work on the buses at this time of full employment. Each year's annual report from the Rochdale General Manager bemoaned the high turnover of staff and the shortage of labour, both on the road and in the garage. So standards slipped, with buses being put into service with dents and scratches that would never have been allowed out in that state years earlier.
So SELNEC 6203, formerly Rochdale 303, looked thoroughly dull as it picked up passengers outside the town's Port Office. At least it wasn't badly dented, but it wasn't hard to find buses that were. Even in the cream livery 303 was a handsome bus, but similar 280 is restored to its original colour scheme and is in the care of the Museum of Transport Greater Manchester showing what a splendid colour scheme these buses wore when new.
If you'd like to know more about the Museum of Transport Greater Manchester and its collection of vintage buses, go to www.gmts.co.uk.
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73029 of Weymouth passing Basingstoke on a late afternoon train to Waterloo, presumably from Weymouth. Whit Monday 18 May 1964.
LT 'Standard Stock' at Drayton Park station car sheds, in autumn 1964.
Behind and above, on the right, can just be seen the end of a rake of Gresley 'quad art' suburban carriages, on the BR (GN suburban) 'mainline' .
LT services at this station ended in 1975, and the line from here to Moorgate is now part of the electrified GN suburban network. The tunnels had originally been built to mainline dimensions, for a through service that - at the time - never materialised.
Restored from an under-exposed unfocussed grainy original..
Original slide - photographer unknown
BNSF 9222, CN 5735, and IC 2702 lead CN Q14891 15 with 157 cars.
This photo is of course dedicated to my good foamer friend Joe!
Quebec Gatineau 502 in Côte Saint-Luc after having just left CPKC's St-Luc Yard. It is passing through the Meadowbrook Golf Course here with QGRY 4021, QGRY 3102, QGRY 3801 & QGRY 801 for power and a short train (40ish cars).
CP has been running 2 ballast train sets out of Watertown, WI with 2 SD40-2's lately. Watertown, WI 2020-04
BR Standard 9F No. 92178 (92212) passes through Swithland sidings on the up main hauling a rake of windcutters at the Great Central railway. The locomotive was renumbered for a Timeline events photo charter.
The good news is that DST (Daylight STANDARD TIME) has finally kicked back in.
I'm not a moron, and therefore, I reject anyone who dares call a period of 4 months of the year in darkness "Standard Time". No, that's just preposterous.
We're on NORMAL time and that's the way it should stay ALWAYS. You can debate me on that if you want but I'll humble you and make you feel silly.
I digress. Yes, I did compose this so the monument looked like it was blasting off.
Daylight Standard Time got off to a myeh start. Nice that sunrise was 7:22 instead of 6:22, but there was only about 2 minutes of color in the pre-dawn and though the clouds were a solid B, the color disappeared, never to return. Oh... and it was cold. REALLY cold. 18 degrees, cold... and breezy. But not too terrible thanks to handwarmers.
It feels creepy going into the District these days knowing the orange occupation is present. Don't know how often I'll do this, but at the same time, where I live, there's just nowhere else to photograph anything decent within a 35 minute drive, and I've long since given up that life of chasing weather and driving hours for poor weather. If I'm going to get a blah sunrise, I figure it's best it not cost me more than about $4 in gas.
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British Railways Class 4MT 76084 just south of Summerseat ,eases past the photographic location due to a speed restriction on the line,it was working 1j52 0930 Rawtenstall - Heywood service on 12/03/2017
British Railways Class 4MT 78084 approaches a rain drenched Ramsbottom on 1015 Rawtenstall - Heywood service on 05/03/2017
Very simple gilt title in a black blocked panel on a black background. Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company, Pittsburg. 1929. See below for the whole cover (very difficult to scan accurately)
BR standard class 4 passes Copmanthorpe on the approach to York, during a move from Carnforth to Grosmont, NYMR. The loco had completed a loaded main line test run from Carnforth the previous day.
26 Broadway was originally built for Standard Oil; Rockefeller had his office here. (And, long before that, Alexander Hamilton lived at this address.) Carrère & Hastings; Shreeve, Lamb & Blake; 1920–28. The tower portion is inconspicuous from street level, but it doubles the height of the building. The two parts of the building are oriented independently: the facade follows the curve of lower Broadway, whereas the tower follows the uptown street grid so that it matches the rest of the skyline.
BR Standard class 4 2-6-0 no. 76012 was in steam at Eastleigh mpd on 8 May 1965. Built at Horwich Works, the loco entered traffic in April 1953 and was withdrawn in September 1966 after ony 13 years service.
Framed
The Barn Swallow is a medium-sized songbird (about 15 to 18 centimetres long). Males have a glossy steel-blue back and upper wings, a rusty-red forehead and throat, a short bill and a broad blue breast band above its tawny underbelly.
The male has long tail feathers which form a distinctive, deep fork and a line of white spots across the outer end of the upper tail.
The female’s tail feathers are shorter, the blue of her upper parts and breast band are less glossy, and her underside is paler.
Where it lives
Barn Swallows often live in close association with humans, building their cup-shaped mud nests almost exclusively on human-made structures such as open barns, under bridges and in culverts.
The species is attracted to open structures that include ledges where they can build their nests, which are often re-used from year to year.
They prefer unpainted, rough-cut wood, since the mud does not adhere as well to smooth surfaces.