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Thirteenth in the series ‘Wild Bonsai’, this tree is forty-eight inches (1.2m) in height and perhaps 1000 years old.
'Wild Bonsai' is a numbered collection of photos of naturally occurring bristlecones (p. longaeva) generally less than five feet in height (158cm) and - as nearly as I can estimate - between fifty and five-hundred years old - some much older. Most will have sprouted and survived in tiny cracks and crevases or miniature basins of sand and gravel. Shaped by the elements, flourishing tenaciously in the most minimalist of conditions, their lives are measured not in the millennia of more robust bristlecones, but in centuries...often mere decades.
'Duality', the cover photo for this album, is to me a matriarch of sorts and will remain unnumbered as a small token of a deeply intuitive and unapologetic respect that remains as transcendent and mysterious to me as it may seem odd to others. The essay that accompanies 'Duality' could, in many ways, apply as well to any other tree I may post in this series.
A perspective: Housed in the Tokyo Imperial Palace, the fifth oldest living cultivated bonsai in the world is something over 500 years old and is a designated National Treasure of Japan.
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Former BR Class 25 D7612 at Buckfastleigh. This loco' was built at Derby works and first allocated new to 65A Glasgow Eastfield in April 1966. It was one of thirteen allocated to the Scottish Region fitted with single line token catcher recesses in the cab sides under the drivers windows. It then worked from Nottingham and Birmingham.
25 262, as it had become by then, went back up north in September 1985, being allocated to Carlisle Kingmoor. It was allocated the new number of 25901 in December 1985. The 25/9 was a sub class of twelve locos for use on Industrial Minerals and Chemical sectors of BR. All of the Class 25's were withdrawn in 1987 with 25901 being officially withdrawn on 16 March 1987, however the loco worked on past this date on trip work and is thought to be the last Class 25 to work a normal BR service towards the end of April 1987. It is now owned by South Devon Diesel Traction Ltd.
Nothing arty about this but when you sniff out a potential Token exchange between Driver and Signaller it would surely be rude to let this Victorian ritual go unrecorded.
Catching me unawares DBS Shed 66151 has just come off the Fowey branch light-engine and is running "wrong line" at Lostwithiel. Luckily the driver had to retreat to the rear cab to find the Train Staff, no doubt left there from the journey out, and this gave me a few moments to get into position.
With hand-over complete, he moved off to the down loop beyond the box, before eventually making his way back to St. Blazey travelling as 0G07. Earlier birds my have snapped it working down to Fowey as the 09.00 ex-Parkandillack (6P24), so I'm guessing this was the last move for the driver before finishing his shift.
14th January 2016
Funnily enough also captured 40 years ago, but with slightly more interesting traction .... www.flickr.com/photos/davidhayes/15347332778/
Last week, I simply didn't get 'er done. I hate it when work gets in the way of fun.
Anyway, while not very artistic, creative or challenging, a self-portrait with an Alaskan flair to it...the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline. At Mile 8 of the Steese Highway, just north of Fairbanks, Alaska (taken Tuesday of this week).
Oh...this is Mile 450 of the 800 mile long pipeline.
Ken Faulkner, the duty signalman at Leek Brook Junction prepares to release the token for the Leek Line to the driver of BR 20070 [paired with 20026] in February 1985. The 26 loaded sand hoppers [HJV & HKV] had been collected earlier from Oakamoor at the end of the Churnet Valley Line and were on their way via Toton to Worksop.
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This week's Saturday Timewatch shows the old token system that was used to ensure only one train was on a stretch of single track at the same time. Look closely and you can see the crewman holding a circular metal ring that will be taken by another staff member on the station platform as the locomotive passes. The token, with a specific geographical name on it, is a unique item to that particular stretch of track that the train has just travelled along. So once the token is safely handed over it will then be conveyed to the train waiting on the other platform so that it can then proceed from the station.
The photo was taken on he Swanage Railway heritage line. However, I clearly remember the use of manual tokens along the Cambrian Coast line before an electronic system was introduced. From memory, I think that was sometime in the late 1980s.
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The signalman takes the Great Rocks to Buxton token and retreats to his cabin to wait for the GBRF shed to run around its load of empties before passing back up the other side of the box.
66729 Derby County working the 6H61 09.52 Small Heath to Dowlow Hindlow empties.
Treasure Island, Las Vegas, Nevada
Trump's Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Macro Mondays : Numbers and Letters
60015 with the 13.02 Briggs Dowlow to Ashburys train at Great Rocks Junction. The signalman is about to collect the single line token which the driver is presenting
I had the delight of watching my granddaughter in an equestrian competition. Before the event, I wandered the roads near the paddocks and got a few shots.
This is Token, and I decided to leverage the light on his mane to create the silhouette feel in Luminar4.
Footplate staff of 750 Hudswell Clarke "Waleswood" receive the token from Church Lane Crossing Signal Box to proceed up the single track to Rowsley South station. Steam Gala at Peak Rail, Derbyshire.
Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) - male
Although I'm beconing satisfied with less as I get older I do expect a little more than Common Darter. Granted I had SBT the same day, but come on...
The weather has certainly taken its toll on populations and it will take a good long spell of decent sunshine to provide a late summer bloom.
Here's hoping...
As Henschel steam locomotive leaves Alston station the driver exchanges section tokens with the signalman.
The driver of 37051 with a Fort William-Mallaig service exchanges tokens at Glenfinnan on a wet day in May 1985. The loco, semaphore signals and steam heating have gone; but the railway, wet weather and occasional class 37 hauled trains remain.
This picture is for the group Macro Mondays and this week the theme is "Zodiac".
These three arcade game tokens are a few of the ones that I saved from the early 1980's. I used to go to the arcade with friends when I was a young teenager. A few of us girls mostly went to meet boys! :)
I was never able to get a coin with my Zodiac sign.... Aries.
Ugh I just don't know how to pose male dollies in a more interesting way. D:
This month Token is already 4 years with me! And he's still my favourite boy. (♥ω♥ )
His head yellowed quite a bit though. :c
Another rainy night at Parkend, and all the better for it! The crew enact a token change as 'Pannier' No. 9681 simmers in the platform on 1st March 2026. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
Game tokens from my latest board game "Apothebakery." The Master Alchemist.
Olympus OM 135mm f3.5 on extension tubes.
Macro Mondays theme "Game Pieces"
Ah the fall colours in BC, the ever-green province. One thing I miss from living in Ontario is the plethora of fall colours. But here in BC you get the ocean, and a single red tree with a crisp breeze (not pictured ;o) ) to indicate fall
"7 Days of Shooting" "Week #32" "Love or Loathe" "Minimal Sunday"
Which is your preferred "token of love" on Valentines Day ... a carefully selected and presented dandelion or an expensive bunch of red roses?
Trams/trains travelling from a to b along a single line track.
A ‘Token’, the name given to an object that is passed from the signalman (a), to the tram/train driver on a single line track used for two way traffic. The driver is then allowed to proceed along the single track; he then passes the ‘Token’ to a signalman (b), at the other end. If there are two trams/trains to go in the same direction (a to b), the ‘Token’ is shown by the signalman (a), to the first driver, and then given to the second driver, who then hands it to the signalman (b), at the other end of the single section of track. Signalman (b), now has control of the said section of track. Further trams/trains following in the same direction (a to b) are halted until the signalman (a), has control of the track once again by having the ‘Token’; which has been returned to him by the driver of a tram/train travelling in the opposite direction (b to a). The ‘Token’ can then be passed to the driver of the halted tram/train for him to proceed. This method ensures there is only one tram/train on that section of track at any one time. If there was a collision of two trams/trains on this section of track then the driver without the ‘Token’ is at fault.
This temporary track is in Mosley Street, Manchester as part of the Second City Crossing construction, leading to the new St. Peter's Square tram station.
I hope this isn't too confusing!
For Macro Mondays theme "plastic". This picture is of a small plastic budha. It seems to be a tradition among some Chinese people to hand out small tokens of good luck on Chinese New Year, This was given out a number of years ago by a colleague, and I've kept it in spite of it not really having any effect on my own luck...
The image is about 1.25 inches across.