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12/07/2017 (Wed) 0626 Rowell (between Carnforth & Oxenholme) 66424 6C02 0419 Crewe BH - Carlisle yd departmental
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This is Corkscrew Gulch road. I like to show the roads in case someone plans to drive them sometime. As I have said the road is pretty easy except when wet. On this day there were places with frozen ice, but nothing to worry about.
Here is a short drone video of some offroad trails in the area. The last one is Corkscrew Gulch.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfn-wN0OSxs
It is around 3 minutes long.
"Industry is the backbone of war."
- Decepticon resource scout
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I've been trying to push myself a bit with what my models turn into. Growing up, I never had any Lego trains, so this was quite the investment in new and exciting parts! I ended up going for a German-style locomotive, mainly because that's what the earliest official Lego steam trains were based on, and because I thought the colours and general bulkiness would sit a Decepticon. It's not my most stable robot mode ever, but I'm overall pretty happy with how he came out.
The 1047 505-1 of GySEV hauls a mixed freight trains between Sopron and Budapest, here near Herceghalom
The switchbacks of the Sa Calobra road, or Coll dels Reis, respectively.
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Die Haarnadelkurven der Sa Calobra Straße, bzw. des Coll dels Reis.
This is the Wall Street area, right before finishing the trail in the Bryce Amphitheater. As one nears Sunset Point, one has to walk up this set of switchbacks. I loved the view and the trail seemed to really come out more with the piled up of snow.
The Sycan Logger empties pull to the bumper on the West Switchback tail track. Dave Stanley photo ©2023
"Industry is the backbone of war."
- Decepticon resource scout
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I've been trying to push myself a bit with what my models turn into. Growing up, I never had any Lego trains, so this was quite the investment in new and exciting parts! I ended up going for a German-style locomotive, mainly because that's what the earliest official Lego steam trains were based on, and because I thought the colours and general bulkiness would sit a Decepticon. It's not my most stable robot mode ever, but I'm overall pretty happy with how he came out.
We caught up with the mules easily and followed close behind them most of the way up. A bit too close at times, but that's a story for another time...
At one of their rest stops near the top, the driver called out to us that it was OK to pass, so we did, cranking it up a bit so we could see the mules working their way through the switchbacks. And, of course, get a photo.
Freightliner Heavyhaul's 66550 negotiates the sinuous freight lines at Caldew Junction, spot on the line of the former Hadrian's Wall, heading coal empties from Leeds to Carlisle New Yard on Tuesday 4th February 2014.
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This is a shot of the Hagan Switchback, the only one still operational in the United States (at least so I've read). It is used to get the coal trains through the Hagan Tunnel that runs under Stone Mountain from Hagan, Va. to Loyall, Ky. This rail line is heavily used by CSX moving the coal out of eastern Kentucky into southwest Virginia. It is located just a few miles east of Rose Hill, Va. here in Lee County.
The DL-3 with the Erie Lackawanna pair drops down the switchback after working Plaskolite on the south side of Scranton. Soon they will be northbound on the Laurel Line, diving under the city by way of the Crown Ave tunnel, an hour prior to the start of trolley traffic.
Switchbacks on the Pikes Peak Highway just above tree line. We were going up to the summit when I took this. No guardrails here.
- www.kevin-palmer.com - I was almost to the top of Sacagawea Pass when I looked back to see this view. The Crazy Mountains are visible in the far distance.
H301 coasts on the bottom of C871 as they come into Smiley. Soon, the pushers will lead the descent down Hagans Switchback.
If you look at the bottom left of the photo, you can see the trail snaking it's way down into the "hoodoo" ampitheater of Bryce. This was from our first night there, at twilight.
I'm still quite busy processing the thousands of photos I took while on vacation in Utah.
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I took a long walk upon a recent visit to San Francisco. I walked to the top of this hill (yes that road is the only way up) for a unique view of the city. The Golden Gate and Bay bridge are typically visible I'm told but it was a little to hazy on this occasion.
Switchbacks at Tianmen Mountain, China
A bit of a funky composition as I took this shot through a moving cable car window as we headed straight to the top. I'll give credit to the Chinese passengers with me who didn't freak out as I stood in the rickety car about 2,000 feet off the ground.
After a 3 mile long death march, you get to this turn. And after this turn, things really start happening fast! The trail's grade switches to much steeper, and soon you go through a series of spectacular vista points, alder thickets and wildflower fields. Then, you get to the destination - Burnt Lake.
When I see pictures of hiking paths in the woods, I feel like dropping everything, grabbing a camera and heading out for a day in the fresh mountain air.
Camera: Leicaflex SL2 (Leica ID 10022), made in 1975
Lens: Leica Summicron-R-II 50mm (11216), made in 1978
Agfa Vista Plus 400 colour negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Bryce Canyon, Utah
As the sun rises, it lights up the formations facing east in the Bryce ampitheater, and that light is reflected into this canyon by west facing walls, bouncing back to my position in soft gradations of illumination. I watch as a hiker navigates the switchbacks down the Navajo Loop Trail, pausing ever so often to take it all in.