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A strange little structure near Warsaw, MO. There were several signs nearby, from the cryptic "No moor game's" to "I buy mobile homes" to "Support our troops". You never know what you're going to find along country roads....
Memorial day, NYC 2022 Soldiers and Sailors Memorial. In the City for Memorial day weekend and festivities, found this awesome lady, Virginia ( AKA: Jinny) older than 85, per our chat; but chuckled about her real age. She said she's been coming here every Memorial day since she was a child, and with her children. Such patriotism is fading. Wife and I had a most wonderful chat, with her that lasted about a hour. She is truly a breath of fresh air.
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support our troops and pray for the fallen...as we enjoy our freedom to do so...
also in memory to those who came before us so that we could live in this country...bless our own loved ones who have passed on....
See all that haze, yeah summer is here. Uphill through El Casco with the ever growing maze of power lines that have been coming to the middle section of San Tim.
Union Pacific 1943 looks great up close as it catches a band of super nice golden sunlight, as it continues it's slow steady grind up Beaumont Hill. As the 14,000 foot train bound for Mira Loma and Long Beach passes through the old Southern Pacific location known as Mons.
Top of Beaumont nice light was long gone at point should have stayed at the upper San Timoteo Canyon Road crossing for the Z-train and the Autos that were following this guy, but whatever.
Union Pacific 1943 shines in the hazy sunlight as it and company grind out of one of the big drop offs on the east slope. As the long Intermodal fights both the wind as you can barely see the windmills or even the Mountains in the distance along with the 1.95 percent grade coming into the Tipton Road grade crossing. As the train tries to gain some speed as it enters the half mile long sag at West Palm Springs, before it's back to climbing up hill.
After waiting for almost an hour as I watched long shadows start to make their run for the mainline. Union Pacific 1943 finally emerges from the wall of Salt Cedar trees that line the railroad tracks between Garnet and West Indio. The Long Westbound passes the occasional Helper Pocket and the tri-weekly Amtrak Station at Palm Springs (Railroad location Garnet) as the train starts up the stringent grade territory as the train goes from a 1.13 percent grade to a much more difficult 1.95 percent grade whcih it will have to work up for around twenty to twenty-five miles.
Donnybrook in Dublin this fine sunny afternoon, people going about their business, a passing Dublin Bus to Bray, its a typical normal day, unlike those suffering in Ukraine at the hands of the Russians.
Thoughts & hopes sent to everyone in Ukraine at this very difficult time as your country is being invaded by Russia.
Shame on you Russia - shame, evil & murder of the innocent.
#SlavaUkraini
Save #Ukraine #StopWar #StopRussia
Let's #standwithukraine
This is Donnybrook Garage based SG 388 on route 155.
Union Pacific 1943 leads a fairly colorful South San Antonio, TX bound manifest train with a colorful blend of Boxcars on the headend of the train. Lighting was a big miss on the chase, with harsher summer sunlight becoming more and more apparent mixed with SoCal's finest smog, didn't expect to see a lot of railfans on this either especially on a Tuesday morning after work yet there they where dug in all the good spots...
With a big cut of Autoracks on the head-end for Mira Loma a Third Section Intermodal from Santa Teresa, NM to Long Beach, CA grinds up the east side of Beaumont Hill into the late evening. With something other than the plain ole' Amour Yellow and Harbormist Gray on the point makes the low light shot just a bit better than it would have been.
Firefighters in Boston's North End neighborhood enjoy the unseasonably warm Spring evening, watching the folks walk by.
These heroes have one of the most dangerous, toughest and most important jobs in the War. Explosive Ordnance Disposal. Its adjacent beaches provide training for Navy SEALs, amphibious insertion and other small units 4 Navy Seal Teams are based here.
Naval Amphibious Base - Coronado, CA - Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group One
A full side view of the very well put together Spirit of the Union Pacific, as it works up hill with a long intermodal train near the Cabazon Crossovers as the sun dips lower and lower on the horizon in the Colorado Desert. This was one of the more impromptu photos I've this was only really achievable with a slow Westbound like this one and a very empty frontage road along Interstate-10.
Full details of the different paint sections: Front is symbolic of Air Force Silver, and the blue stripe is a reflection of the former Strategic Air Command’s “nose sash.” The lettering inside the sash is the original hand-drawn font used on the B-17. It is followed by the Coast Guard’s “Racing Stripe” and the Navy’s Battleship Gray, which frames Union Pacific’s traditional American flag. The military camouflage is a nod to the Army and Marines. The final message on the tail is dedicated to U.S. prisoners of war and those missing in action, featuring the POW/MIA symbol and its motto, You Are Not Forgotten. (which is kind of hard too see).
Here is hotshot manifest train #104 for Burlington Northern running along at the track speed of 60 MPH. I am not into pan shots much, but this one stands out for me. This train was doing 60 and we were passing it to get ahead, stuck camera out and got this result. Shot at 1/125th F1.8 using K64. Power 1991,7069.
Chanan Suarez-Diaz, myself, Joshua Simpson and David Solnit
Suarez-Diaz and Solnit were in Olympia for organizing workshops, and to promote Army of None, a new book about truth in military recruiting that Solnit co-authored with Army veteran Aimee Allison.
We can support and protect our Soldiers in uniform, the People of Iraq, and ourselves by opposing, and directly resisting, reckless and wrongful foreign policy.
The sign that Suarez-Diaz is holding says, "It's about oil." Photo by John Austin
Not the same frame I posted in July. A final look at the 2018 Cheyenne Frontier Days Denver Post charter. I generally pull 844 shots I get every summer after a few months a guy can have too many in his portfolio, though I really like this locomotive...
In this frame I had my needs met with rods down and some light helping 844 stand out from its background right behind the smoke deflectors. Taken at Platteville by the elevator standing in the native grasses capturing the moment as I waned to see it. I wanted a grain elevator this year since I am all about props and High Plains grasslands. With literally 1000’s of photos of this train at numerous locations mostly grade crossings and with the typical light conditions as they are along this line in the mid Summer I prayed for some weather. I chased this light from Greeley moving 5 times before taking a last bet, the last elevator and the last place I felt this works I was willing to walk away empty handed as I have countless captures of this train and 844 dating back to 1992.
How did I do it? I post edited my RAW file shot on camera with some basic settings to avoid blowing out the highlights and crushing the blacks. In the post process I made 2 panels with two different exposures set in Lightroom and layered them one to push the darks back and one to pull the lights up to increase the punch on the subject. I shot this with a quality 14/24mm zoom at 16mm at ISO 800 with the aperture set to f16. I am happy with the results. I planned something like this months in advance and needed to improvise in the field to get it. I have a lasting memory of 844 on a beautiful train in beautiful Colorado storm light.
US Marines getting ready for another night in Iraq. And another. And another........
Support our troops!
BRPI0 is just starting the journey to Pittsburgh, with a pair of SD50's, 6707 and 6777. This is the only time I saw this unit and was lucky enough to have good lighting and have it leading. This is Hayford, the east end of Clearing yard for the BRC and also the crossing of the GTW and BRC.
With the rear end of the train barely blocked by some Salt Cedar trees more than two and a half miles away at the crossovers at West Palm Springs, Union Pacific 1943 and company turn the corner at the informal location known as Windy Point (it's always windy here). The train is trying it's best to hold onto the little speed it gained from the sag at West Palm Springs but the winding curves and windy conditions will deplete the gains by the time the train reaches the intermediate signals at Fignal. Then it's back grinding at sub twenty mile per hour pace uphill towards the top of Beaumont.
A special one of a kind paint job on this locomotive honoring our military and the historical importance of the Union Pacific Railroad. I feel very fortunate to have photographed it.
CP 7020, the "Support our troops" engine, passes through Davis Junction on a cold winters night with a BNSF "Executive MAC" trailing. This was a tough shot because getting the colors and light correct was difficult. The engine is fairly dark, but the snow is new and is thus bright white. Even so, for the most part, I was happy with what I got.
BN Northtown to Cicero manifest,#204 has the BN1991,BN7900,BN5380. Nice lash up of SD60M,SD40-2 and U30C. I did not have the best of luck getting this engine. I got excellent shots of this once and Kodak or the post office lost that roll of slides, the good old days!! I remember this day of like 90 degrees and 90% humidity.
Another one from the Hyatt hotel Christmas tree display. This Christmas tree is dedicated to US troops so most ornaments here are pictures of a soldier, stars, and ribbons.
Post and run for now, got to run some errands. Will be back a little later to check your stream...
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UP 1943 was on standby for the President George HW Bush funeral train if needed. The "Spirit of the Union Pacific" is trailing on a light power move from near Navasota after the services. Here the engines wait for a signal, at Waller on the Eureka Sub, to continue south towards Houston.
Photographed Eastbound through Hastings Minnesota
August 8th 2020
One of 5 locomotives painted to honor Canadian and American troops
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO EVERYONE. I HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING THE LONG WEEKEND. MAKE IT SAFE.
Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service.
There are many stories as to its actual beginnings, with over two dozen cities and towns laying claim to being the birthplace of Memorial Day. There is also evidence that organized women's groups in the South were decorating graves before the end of the Civil War: a hymn published in 1867, "Kneel Where Our Loves are Sleeping" by Nella L. Sweet carried the dedication "To The Ladies of the South who are Decorating the Graves of the Confederate Dead" (Source: Duke University's Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920). While Waterloo N.Y. was officially declared the birthplace of Memorial Day by President Lyndon Johnson in May 1966, it's difficult to prove conclusively the origins of the day. It is more likely that it had many separate beginnings; each of those towns and every planned or spontaneous gathering of people to honor the war dead in the 1860's tapped into the general human need to honor our dead, each contributed honorably to the growing movement that culminated in Gen Logan giving his official proclamation in 1868. It is not important who was the very first, what is important is that Memorial Day was established. Memorial Day is not about division. It is about reconciliation; it is about coming together to honor those who gave their all.
In 1915, inspired by the poem "In Flanders Fields," Moina Michael replied with her own poem:
We cherish too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led,
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies.
For more information on Memorial Day History, check out the source of the above.
www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html#1
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UP 1943 was on standby for the President George HW Bush funeral train if needed. The "Spirit of the Union Pacific" is trailing on a light power move from near Navasota, Texas, after the services. Here the engines wait for a signal, at Waller on the Eureka Sub, to continue south towards Houston.
One of KMG's most recent additions to their fleet is unit 297.
This Peterbilt/McNeilus front loader's black paint/wrap is a deviation from the company's standard metallic blue paint scheme.
KMG has a number of units dedicated to causes such as Breast Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Childrens Cancer, and to support service members.
UP 1943 was on standby for the President George HW Bush funeral train if needed. The "Spirit of the Union Pacific" is trailing on a light power move from near Navasota after the services. Here the engines wait for a signal, at Waller on the Eureka Sub, to continue south towards Houston.
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On the way back from Medway Head Lighthouse I noticed the bears on the tree, EXCELLENT tribute.
It made me wonder - How many children will not see their Mom or Dad again!!!!!
They are attached to an apple tree that is 150 years old.
Beautiful train on a beautiful day but we were cloud bombed at the last minute. There was quite a turnout of foamers at this particular location for this great westbound train.
Great spot for the portion of the year where the sunlight is on this side of the tracks in the morning and late afternoon, the wall of trees does an fantastic job of hiding the substation and the greater wall of haze that looms over the Inland Empire on the daily. As the Spirit of The Union Pacific continues it's brisk climb up the west slope of Beaumont Hill.
Tough times never last
Only tough people do
As the war in Ukraine drags on, its nice to see little gestures of support around Dublin. Just a typical street utility cabinet, nicely covered with a message of support with the Ukrainian colours.
Sláva Ukrayíni!
Thoughts & solidarity sent to everyone in Ukraine at this very difficult time as your country is being invaded.
Shame on you Russia - shame, evil & murder of the innocent.
#SlavaUkraini
Save #Ukraine #StopWar #StopRussia
Let's #standwithukraine
Something patriotic that Xerox is doing...if you go to this web site, www.letssaythanks.com/Home1024.html you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq. You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services.
How amazing it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one! It is FREE and it only takes a second.
FYI: To date, over 11 million messages have been sent by Xerox to our men and women in the armed services.