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Attimi di caccia del topo selvatico. Curiosità quando deve fuggire, per essere più veloce, salta come i canguri ma per compiere il salto appoggia tutte le quattro zampe a differenza del canguro che utilizza solo le posteriori
The calmly flowing waters of a swollen Kickapoo Creek gently touch the concrete footings currently supporting the passage of this heavy, 131-car, southbound Union Pacific coal drag as its two, lead, AC six-axles ride their dynamic brakes, coasting downhill across a combination deck plate and lattice through truss bridge along the former C&NW "SI Line" outside Bartonville on a gloomy July morning. This train of loaded aluminum BethGons -- symbol CNAPW 14 -- are topped out with over 18,000 tons Wyoming's finest black diamonds; Filled at Peabody's North Antelope Mine in the state's rich Powder River Basin, these hoppers have only a few short miles left to travel before reaching their destination at NRG Energy's Powerton Generating Station near Pekin. The train will soon cross the Illinois River drawbridge and immediately make a right turn onto the IMRR and down into Crescent Yard for interchange where they'll tie down and the loads will wait for an Illinois & Midland crew to spot the cars at the plant for final dumping. Slated for decommission come the end of 2028 due to the country's relentless insistence on "cleaner" energy alternatives, Powerton is the sole remaining, actively burning coal-fired power plant to still remain standing in the greater Peoria area, outliving the facilities at Havana, Hennepin and Canton's Duck Creek (2019), and eventually the E.D. Edwards Station at Bartonville (2022). Once closed, it'll be another major hit in activity levels for a route that is already down in traffic. Twice weekly scheduled manifest service between Peoria and Clinton, IA, as needed coal, grain and ethanol unit traffic, and seasonal ballast trains are pretty much the bulk of what traverses this line.
For southbounds, this is the final, and most dramatic, crossing atop a snaky Kickapoo Creek which twists and turns beneath the rails of the Peoria Subdivision in six different locations within just about a short, two mile stretch of track. Just about a half mile back from this bridge, the train is still working through the CTC controlled interlocking at "Peoria JCT" where the Peoria Sub main to South Pekin splits from UP's "Low Line," which routes trains for Peoria area interchange into and out of their small Adams St. Yard just a short distance away on the city's southwest side. The single-tracked Peoria Subdivision, which runs south out of Nelson away from the busy Geneva Sub, uses a combination of CTC, TWC and ABS infrastructure to route what little traffic runs down this line and is also the only class 1 of four that has a "through route" through the city. A line that does not get much attention from photographers, an older "winged" EMD SD70ACe on the point of a well timed coal load just was enough for me to grab the camera and quickly pick it off at this very seldom shot location.
I sure could do without that walkway.
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MiG 29 - Berlin Air Show 2012
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Taking the dog out for a walk, city pooch style. Photographed on Bay Street, Toronto. www.instagram.com/pixelsnap66
The lush greenness of the Top End bushland turned to white by an Infrared converted camera shot. Storm clouds building up over Howard Springs late afternoon. The clouds contrasting against black sky and the shadows falling across a fairly new black bitumen road.
A male Red fox, the most abundant member of Carnivora found through out the entire Northern Hemisphere poses one last time before disappearing over the horizon as the sun is about to set. Generally nocturnal they are easily spotted int he winter months, at least at this location.
This guy was taking quiet a beating last year but this year he has a mate and seems like he is top dog.
I wish I could take photos like John, alas, he is amazing. Here he is at work. (John you should post your photo of this once you get your film developed)
But anyways. I wore Johnny's cardigan to school yesterday. Emilie wore it today. hah.
And I have decided I am going to start a journal of vignettes and monologues. I am so very excited because sometimes I think like a story. It sounds strange...
The flat hill in the distance is a marvelous formation that can be recognised from miles away. Just to the south of it is located the historic 77 ranch first owned by Peck and Converse. Mike Shonsey of the Johnson County Range War was employed by the 77 ranch. www.wheeler-roots.org/histories/history-shonsey.php
In his book,The long trail from Texas, Ad Spaugh talks of burying a couple children who live with thier mother in a cabin east of Flat Top that took sick and died. They were buried on a pine knoll nearby Flat Top by a crew of sad cowboys.
My Grandmother who knew Ad and sadly recalled visiting with him about the burial. She told me of it before I had ever read the book many years later. Exciting and hard times...
PENTAX K-1 • FF Mode • 1600 ISO • Pentax FA* 85mm F1.4 (IF) SE
Kenko Pz-AF UniPlus Tube 25
Metz Flash MecaBlitz M400 with softbox
I was amazed to see a big bird on top of the trimmed trees. I needed a telelens to discover it was a goose! Can you imagine?
SSR train 3944 from Temora Sub, is struggling up the grade to the top of the Mundooran range with CLF1/4911/C507, as the sun dips out of the storm clouds a couple of minutes before sunset.
In the wine cellar of Wembley Store, Valletta. She became my favourite person in Valletta and I got to know her through my daily visits to stock up with therapeutic red !
Come visit the Top Slice Bakery for Loaves, pastries and much more! Grab a coffee to go from the cup kiosk.
All items baked on the premises in the 'flour' tower.
The last little bit of morning glint hits the side of a morning trailer train working up hill at Bort Road with a now gone Top hat leading the way.
For Macro Monay's Group
Subject: Two
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These are cut glass toothpick holders that I use as small vases. I set them on a cushion in a north-facing window to let the light shine through them for this photo. They are identical in size and design, and I was surprised to see the beautiful patterns of the glass when taking a macro shot from either end. The one on the right is looking right down the center from the top. HMM ! !
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Photo "TOP SECRET DEFENSE" prouvant l'existence du Chthonic Syndicate.
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