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Astrid de Manyet sat at her vanity, scissors on the table. She brushed out her hair and reached for the scissors and carefully cut a lock of shining silver hair, long and clean from the back of her head... underneath and at the nape of her neck where it would not be noticed. She could glamour the area anyway of course. And she used a candle to melt the strands at the follicle end together before then carefully tying that end with a silk ribbon and securing it a small metal jewelry ligature.
Astrid de Manyet wedged the tied end of the lock carefully into the crevice of one of the drawers then and hummed quietly, her crystalline voice vibrating on the air with the haunting quality of ancient lullabies... the reason, perhaps, that mothers hung trinkets over their baby's cribs to scare away fey... and she twisted the hair into an intricate, beautiful, and shining braid. It took nearly an hour... as it was a Celtic knot-work pattern her mother had shown her long ago... and she redid it several times before she was satisfied and then removed it carefully from its hang-spot to melt the loose end and secure a clasp to that end also so that it then had two tightened ends which would connect... thus making a charmed bracelet -- something literally of 'her'. A token gift from one fey lover to another. And this she set carefully into the centre of a parchment she had earlier glamoured to a soft lavender before folding the paper into an origami crane -- which if you pulled its beak and tail would flap its wings.
[Picture taken at On Point, Crest of Vrek'mar Roleplay Sim in Second Life.]
Visiting Harry Needle Railroad Company Ltd and DRS English Electric Type One Class 20s 20096 and 20901 diesel-electric locomotives roll down the bank at Keighley station with a Oxenhope to Keighley passenger service during the 2003 diesel gala weekend on the preserved Keighley & Worth Valley heritage railway line.
Or so it seems. I watched a pair of BC Nigh Herons perched in one of the trees on the Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary grounds - he kept offering the stick to the female, who kept turning her back on him. I think she wanted a better stick, perhaps. There are probably 20 pairs of wild BCNH nesting on the sanctuary grounds right now.
The driver of Eastfield's Class 37/0, 37013 prepares to surrender the token at Dunragit box as his train, the 1S40 05:13 parcels from London Euston nears its destination at Stranraer.
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The Gotherington signalman is offering the token for the Gotherington-Cheltenham section, while preparing to accept the Winchcombe-Gotherington one from the crew of BR 'Standard Class 2' (visiting from the Great Central Railway and blowing off excess steam).
Photographed from a Cheltenham-Broadway train standing in Gotherington Loop.
Tokens are exchanged between drivers at Romney Sands as the 12:10 from Hythe, worked by 112hp Bo-Bo diesel-hydraulic 12 'J.B.Snell' (built by TMA Engineering in 1983), enters the station and passes the 12:40 service from Dungeness, hauled as far as New Romney by 4-8-2 'Samson'. The expression on the young boy's face looking out of the window of the first coach as he sees the 'Prussian' blue steam locomotive 'Samson' waiting in the station is a picture!
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Having deposited its 9 wagons for scrap from Tinsley , 60059 waits in the entrance to Booths for a path back to Doncaster Belmont with good friend and fellow flickerite Jonathan Lawton at the controls .
144008 heads down the Holmes Chord to Rotherham Central with a service for Adwick .
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The signalman at Dunragit offers up the token to the driver of Class 47/4 47471 'Norman Tunna G.C.' as he heads away from Stranraer at the controls of the 11:00 Inter-City departure to London Euston.
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The signaller heads down the stairs in the afternoon autumnal sun to collect the token as 170204 approaches the 1884 built Tondu signal box with 2L54 1315 Maesteg to Cardiff box on Friday 18th November 2022.
What a great place this must have been 40 or so years ago when 4 wheeled mineral wagons were the mainstay of the traffic hauled by Canton 37s.
7F 53808 runs into Ropley and is about to receive the token for Alresford giving up the token from Medstead in return. This was the substitute loco for the failed schools and had raised steam by 12.00 to take up the duty
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The fireman of Beyer Peacock Garratt 0-4-4-0T 'K1' (Wks No 5292 of 1909) exchanges the token with the signalman at Cogan Halt.
Statfold Barn 'Summer Spectacle of Steam'.
This is up at Avatar Grove in Port Renfrew British Columbia. Sadly it's only a token conservation area and just up the road is miles and miles and miles and miles of clear cut logging almost all the way to Cowichan on the other side of the Island. It's still a nice place to walk though.
A scene captured on a Saturday morning in June 1986 at Westbury, Shropshire as the token exchange is completed. Class 128 Gloucester RC&W DMPMV parcels unit 55994 was working the 5J02 06:35 Aberystwyth to Shrewsbury.
Westbury railway station was opened in 1862 and closed in in September 1960. The passing loop and signal box remained in use, the latter controlling the gated level crossing on the B4387. The introduction of Radio Electronic Token Block signalling on the route saw all manual signal boxes closed in 1988 with control passing to the signalling centre at Machynlleth.
The former station building visible on the right is now a private residence.
The token is passed to a westbound train at Bewdley, UK. The token allows movement of this train to the next signal box.
The crews of Port Erin and Douglas-bound services prepare to exchange the single-line tokens at Ballasalla station on a wet 24th October 2014. The manned station at Ballasalla was the usual crossing point for trains. However, this scene would within days pass into the history books for, from the start of the 2015 season's timetable, service trains would thereafter cross at Castletown. Ballasalla station's up loop was locked out of use except for use by maintenance trains, and from the end of the 2015 timetable the station became unmanned by a permanent paid staff member.
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Signalman and railway author Adrian Vaughan is seen exchanging tokens with the crew of BR standard class 4 loco, 76084, at Weybourne on the North Norfolk Railway. Although the light was pretty rotten on my visit, I had enjoyable few hours chatting to Adrian and drinking his tea.
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So yes I am in my mid 20's and yes I LOVE Pokemon! For Christmas, I was lukcy enough to get the special Pokemon Kanto edition of Monopoly which I really wanted and had a lot of fun playing Christmas night after dinner.
These are the tokens which replace the usual ones in the standard editions of monopoly. I was originally going to do a 1:1 macro shot of each individual token but i liked this set up better. For any Pokemon fans, definitely go out and get the Pokemon Monopoly, you won't regret it!
It is a rare sight nowadays to witness a token exchange. The driver of 59104 'Village of Great Elm', hands over the token to the signalman at Park Junction, Newport, having just completed the single-track journey from Machen with crushed stone destined for West Drayton on the 6A83 service. The strange metal box next to the car is to protect the signal man’s car from youths hurling stones.
Park Junction Signal Box in Newport is a GWR box that dates back to 1885, built by McKenzie & Holland with both lever frame and panel for signalling. There were 100 recorded levers in 1920. This splendid signal box, though somewhat dilapidated, appears to have quite a few of its original features. I am not sure if this little gem has achieved grade II listed status, but according to my research it is scheduled to be decommissioned sometime this year as a result of all signalling in South Wales ultimately being controlled from the South Wales Regional Operations Centre at Cardiff. Note – reprocessed image.
Guess what?! Here’s a new surprise addition to this round of GCW! Bat-Tokens! Make sure you read their rules, because they really could mean life or death for you!
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Bat-Token General Rules:
General Rules:
What is a Bat-Token?
-Bat-Tokens are unique artifacts that players discover as the game progresses. They hide on neutral lots and give the discoverer powerful one time abilities.
All Bat-Tokens can be used only once, and after their use they are removed from the game. Players may only carry one Token at a time, unless stated differently. All Bat-Tokens, unless stated differently have an expiration date, and must be used before that date or they will automatically be removed from the game once the expiration date is reached. Bat-Tokens, with long enough expiration dates or depending to the discovery date, may continue to function through Refresh Mondays, unless stated otherwise.
Bat-Tokens are spread throughout the city, and there are multiples of each type of Token; as well as being many various Token abilities. The number of a certain type of Token is based on rarity, with some tokens being very common and others being ultra rare.
Discovering Tokens:
When a player lands on a territory with a Bat-Token, they will be notified by a comment on their takeover picture, and they will then be FM’d (As soon as possible) the name and description of the Token they discovered, as well as being notified of the time limit in which they have to use the Token. Other than the comment about the discovery on their picture, the public will know nothing about which Token was found (Or what it does), and will only find out the abilities of Token if it is used. Tokens that reach their expiration date are removed from the game, and the public will not be notified about which Token it was or what it did.
If you own a Bat-Token and move onto a lot where another Token presides, the second Token remains dormant until a player with no Token lands on that lot. This means that there could be Tokens on owned lots that are just dormant. Sometimes it may be possible for a player to return to owned lots and discover Tokens that were previously dormant. Dormant tokens are never removed from the game; so unless a Token is found/used/expires/or is discarded, it will remain dormant indefinitely, and will stay placed on the map.
Using Tokens:
To use a Token, you must post that your character is using one during a corresponding action. Most, if not all, Tokens can only be used along with a certain type of action, whether it be a takeover, move, transport, etc.; the required action for use will be stated in the Token’s ability.
On the photo and the action log, you must post the name of the Token, along with its full ability. If this is not done, the Token is ignored and discarded. Tokens may not be used on past actions. Once a Token is used, it is removed from the game.
Discarding Tokens:
Sometimes, you may find that it is in your interest to not continue holding a token you own. At any time, you are allowed as a free action to discard a token you possess. To do this, you must simply post in the action log that your player is discarding a token. Discarded tokens are removed from the game.
Abe created a very nice and idealized portrait of Esther. This was not the Esther I remember. I was always curious however why, especially after reading the wall text below, this painting was on consignment for sale.
Abraham Rattner (American, 1893-1978)
Double Portrait (Happy Birthday, Dear Esther), 1974
Oil on masonite, 30 x 28 ½ in.
Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, on loan from the St. Petersburg College Foundation
One token of Rattner's love for Esther Gentle was the tradition of painting a portrait of her each year for her birthday. These portraits are a testament to his respect, loyalty, and admiration for her.
37191 waits at Tulloch as the driver on 37184 passes over the token for the stretch to Spean Bridge on 5th October 1983.
The token is exchanged with the driver of 37184, just arriving from Fort William on the 0840 to Glasgow Queen Street whilst 37191 waits for departure to Fort William with the 0550 from Glasgow. 37184 was taken to Dumbarton for a 303 to Glasgow. Can't think of any logical reason why I got off there except to save the walk from Queen Street to Central!
I then headed eastwards on a shove-set from Queen Street for some 27's on the Edinburgh - Dundee's and finally headed back to Liverpool on the 1805 ex Edinburgh which was hauled by 47703 (to Carstairs), 87011 (to Preston) and 47468 for the final part of the trip to Lime Street. This was the last day of a week long Scottish trip.
37191 was withdrawn in February 2001 after over 37 years service.
37184 was withdrawn in May 2000 and scrapped in September the following year.