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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.
7.8.2025.
The signalman and footplate crew prepare to exchange tokens as Raven NER 'Q6' 0-8-0 No 63395 drifts into Goathland with a passenger service for Grosmont.
NYMR.
GWR 4-6-0 7802 Bradley Manor runs into Highley station on the Severn Valley Railway on Sunday 6-10-02.
The working is the 14.15 Kidderminster to Bridgnorth service.
Can anyone identify the people in the photograph.
This may not be everyone's cup of tea I could have enhanced the sharpness but wanted to portray the feeling of movement.
My Black and White collection has recently come back to me after being absent for over 20 years. 'A long story'! I will probably bore you with many more of these in the future.
A scan from a Mamiya 645 Medium Format camera. Ilford HP5 Plus B/W Film
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Remember the iconic scene of Eddie Murphy cruising down Rodeo Drive in "Beverly Hills Cop?" Well, here is my Hawaii perspective of that famous scene. Enjoy!
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.
156464 slows to a stand at Midge Hall on 4th October 2022 with 2F47 1326 Preston to Ormskirk. The driver will collect the token as authority to proceed to Rufford where it will be surrendered to the signaller there and the train will continue to Ormskirk on the single line under One Train Working rules, again with another token.
It would be very unusual if a driver stopped or even slightly slowed for a token exchange in the days when I was at Rufford, and the act of giving and receiving the tokens for the two single lines was done at some speed!
This was something I saw taken to the extremes when travelling behind 37s on the West Highland Line in the early eighties, when some of the token handovers made our West Lancashire ones look positively pedestrian....
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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Olympus OM1, Ektachrome E64 (self-processed), transparency scanned, processed in Lightroom.
Wikipedia: "In railway signalling, a token is a physical object which a train driver is required to have or see before entering onto a particular section of single track. The token is clearly endorsed with the names of the section to which it belongs. A token system is more commonly used for single lines because of the greater risk of collision in the event of a mistake being made by a signaller or traincrew than on double lines."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_(railway_signalling)
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_(Eisenbahn)
"The blood shall be to you for a token on the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be on you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt."
Exodus. 12:13
"kuinka paljoa enemmän on Kristuksen veri, hänen, joka iankaikkisen Hengen kautta uhrasi itsensä viattomana Jumalalle, puhdistava meidän omantuntomme kuolleista teoista palvelemaan elävää Jumalaa!"
"huru mycket mer skall icke Kristi blod -- då han nu genom evig ande har framburit sig själv såsom ett felfritt offer åt Gud -- rena våra samveten från döda gärningar till att tjäna den levande Guden!"
"how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?"
Hebr. 9:14
Our Daily Challenge 1-7 August Show us the Money.
I was flattered when reception staff at my swimming pool found this token and saved it for me !
Double Fairlie No.12 David Lloyd George. Token exchange at Tanygrisiau. Festiniog Railway. Wednesday 22nd April 2026.
The Driver and the Bobby exchange a few words whilst the driver hands back the token at Rainford Junction. 22nd November 2019
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 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.
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 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.
29.5.18
Hand-built 6x7 rangefinder camera/ 100mm f3.5 Mamiya press lens.
1/500th sec @f8
Ilford Delta 400
Dev.: ID-11/ 1:1/ 14mins/ 68°F
D1015 "Western Champion" heads into Highley on the Severn Valley railway, with a service to Bridgnorth.
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.
Preparing to exchange single line tokens on the approach to Horsted Keynes station on the Bluebell Railway.
The driver of Scotrail's Class 37/4 37408 prepares to complete the token exchange at Corpach while working the 16:05 Fort William to Mallaig service.
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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.