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With locomotive problems plaguing the LS&I on our trip, we saw all of LS&I's owned and leased power at one point or another. The best catch was on our last day where issues the night before delayed the 11pm jobs resulting in them not arriving back into Eagle Mills until after 8am, the 7 weigher was given the set of U30C's for the day. The weigher is the one job you see the least as it only makes one run to the mine and out with most of the day spent slowing loading and adjusting the cars for the CN. The crews prefer to use the AC's on this job so they can "plug" load under the pocket making their day slightly easier. With their train loaded, weighed and on the move we see the pair of U's passing the pond along the south wye between Empire junction and Partridge Junction. In all my adventures to the LS&I I believe this was the first time I shot the greens passing the pond on in sun to boot.
LS&I's 7 weigher job just finished a setout at Partridge for CN's all-rail move to the Soo. Here the set of leaser CEFX units make their return to the yard. Unfortunately, I was skunked on this trip in my quest to catch the green GE's.
The snow is nearly gone except for a few areas in the woods - a clear sign the spring is right around the corner.
CEFX 1015
CEFX 1012
“Sky, I have noticed recently that you are starting to get rather tubby.” Said Bertie looking at his friend.
“Yes, I noticed that too, Bertie.” Replied Sky. “Why do you think that could be?”
“I can tell you exactly why, Sky.” Said Posh Bear smiling.
“You can, Posh? That is so clever of you. Why do you think that I am getting tubby?”
“You eat too much, Sky. All that honey, chocolate, and marshmallows. You eat far more than any of us here.”
“Really? I had not noticed that.” Replied Sky trying to look innocent. “Why would eating make me tubby, Posh?”
“Well eating what you eat is known as fattening, and that makes you tubby.” Explained Bertie.
“The man blames the government, whoever they are. He blames them for everything from the weather to the time of day.” Said Barnaby giggling.
“I knew it was not my fault, Barnaby, most problems like this are the fault of hoomans.” Agreed Sky and smiled at his friend Barnaby.
“That is not the reason, Sky. You are the reason; you simply eat too much.” Stated Posh Bear.
“So, are you saying that my hollow legs that you are often on about, Posh, have filled up?” Asked Sky looking slightly worried.
“That is not what I am saying, Sky. Your legs are not hollow, they just seem to be at times for I don’t know where you put all the honey and chocolate you eat.” Said Posh Bear looking exasperated with his friend.
“It goes into my mouth, Posh, you must have seen me eating. Anyway, I would suggest that to become tubby one would have to eat lots of tubs, and I haven’t eaten a single tub so I can’t be getting tubby.”
“You need to eat less, Sky, and also eat other things apart from honey, chocolate, and marshmallows.” Advised Bertie.
“Okay guys, I will tell you what I do to prove that it has nothing to do with what I eat or how much of it that I eat. I will have breakfast after our sleep tomorrow, then I will not eat a single thing until dinner at what the man calls midday, and we will see if I still look tubby.”
“Sky, you would never be eating during that period anyway, you never do. No, you need to eat what you want, but not so much of it.” Said Posh Bear.
“That is good thinking, Posh, then there will be more for us to eat.” Said Barnaby giggling as he looked at the horror-stricken face of Sky.
“Not at all, Barnaby and you should not tease Sky like that. Starting tomorrow, we will all eat a little less the same as Sky and see how we get on doing that.” Said Posh Bear. “It is only right, for Sky is our friend and we support our friends and do not leave them to do things like this alone.”
Posh looked around at the bears assembled and they all nodded their head agreeing with him. As from tomorrow he thought they would all be eating a little less and maybe, they might even try that stuff the man called fruit… but then again – maybe not.
Dredging up photos from earlier trips in the year continues with the LS&I, the first one of the year. The 7 Weigher was my first train of the day, but not the first of the trip. It was was the first one at Eagle Mills Junction though, and I had a long debate as to how to shoot it. Well, sometimes simplicity is fine, and a fine way to start the day and finish waking up. That did start giving me ideas for later, though…
Excerpt from aecom.com/projects/hong-kong-zhuhai-macao-bridge-and-hong...:
The Hong Kong Port connects to the HZMB from a site with approximately 130 hectares of reclaimed land. The port’s Passenger Clearance Building (PCB) is iconic, with aesthetically striking architecture. Its long span curved roof mimics the surrounding sea and offers unobstructed views. Its skylights filter natural light to minimize power usage for the whole building. Tree-like columns support the roof and provide an airy feel inside.
Given the project’s proximity to the airport, our team had to overcome airport height restrictions and limited space onsite, together with the mandate to complete the PCB in 30 months whilst the whole Port was to be completed in about four years. The design and construction of the PCB roof were the most notable innovations to meet these challenges.
Its key features include:
•The integration of BIM and 3D scanning. In 2014, the use of digitalization in civil engineering was still in its infancy in Hong Kong. By overlaying the complex roof design and as erected models, any out of tolerance areas could be readily identified and rectified.
•Pre-fabrication of a total of 81 roof segments, with all necessary fittings and building services including pre-installed MEP completed offsite, form the roof that stretches to the size of nine FIFA football pitches. The largest segment measures 61 meters x 25 meters and weighs 680 tons and remains the largest and heaviest spatial structural frame for a building as of 2022.
•First ever use of installation by vertical lifting and then horizontal jacking of this scale in Hong Kong. This not only overcame the space and height limitations but also allowed parallel construction of the concrete works below to accelerate project time. On-site safety was also enhanced by the subsequent reduction in the need for working at height.
Since then, innovative construction methods, including Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) and MiMEP, inspired by Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) have become important elements in Hong Kong’s construction industry.
Sustainable features at the Port such as the District Cooling System, and the use of treated effluent from the onsite tertiary sewage treatment plant for toilet flushing helped earn the project two platinum and one gold BEAM Plus awards.
The port also contains other associated infrastructure and auxiliary facilities, such as:
•Cargo clearance facilities
•Road network
•Transit interchange
•Traffic control surveillance system
•Accommodations for frontline departments such as Immigration and Customs and Excise
Awards and Recognition:
•HKIE Grand Award 2023 – Grand Prize (Infrastructure Category)
•Hong Kong Green Building Council BEAM Plus Award 2020 – Platinum
•The Lighthouse Club Safety Leadership Awards 2016 – Gold (Architect-Consultant Category)
Completing its work for the day, the 7am weigher job heads into Eagle Mills Yard in Eagle Mills, MI.
Southern Royal is one of the really big Albatrosses and vies for the place of largest wingspan with Wandering Albatross. Southern Royal averages a wingspan over 3m, and males weigh over 10kg. The bulk of the world population (over 8000 pairs) breeds on Campbell Island (600km south of New Zealand) , with fewer than a hundred pairs combined on Adams and Enderby Islands in the Auckland Islands. They are very similar to Wandering Albatross but Royal Albatrosses always have a thin, dark line on the cutting edge of the bill, visible here. Wandering Albatross has an all-pink bill and would have more black on the tail at this age. They range the Southern Ocean in search of fish and squid. I photographed this young bird at sea between the Falklands and South Georgia. As they get older, they become more white on the leading edge of the wings.
Even an adventurer needs to keep an eye on his health. His weight is still pretty much nothing so he’s not piling on the pounds!
Not sure what you will make of this image, not altogether sure what I make of it.
I think it needs a little explanation. On the final night of the light instillation show after the crowds had gone home. The City of Culture organisers moved a huge rotor blade into Hulls Victoria Square without any advance publicity. Though it must have been long in the planning as it took over six hours to bring the blade from the Siemens factory to the centre of Hull. Images of it being transported I think were shown on national news channels.
Conceived by artist Nayan Kulkarni, Blade has been created for Look Up, a programme of temporary artworks created for the city’s public spaces and places. There is a strong link to Hull as the firm Siemens have only just opened a huge factory on the banks of the Humber to build the rotor arms for sea based wind turbines. A few facts, the blade is 75 metres long, 3.5m in diameter at the root and weighs 25 tonnes. It is made from a composite of fibreglass, balsa wood and resin; it is the world’s largest, handmade fibreglass component – cast as a single element.
So for the next two months it will fill the heart of Victoria square from Savile Street to Carr Lane, rising to a height of more than 5.5 metres at its tip, allowing double-decker buses to pass underneath it.
Photographing it proved quite difficult I took over 40 images and was only happy with this one. Trying to get the whole 75 meters in shot did not work so this just shows a section of The Blade. There are some light spots on it probably from all the spotlights in the square.
So what do I think: well its bold and imaginative and it transforms the space and the buildings in the square interestingly. I am reminded of the glass pyramid at the Louvre in Paris. I guess I have walked through the square millions of times in the course of the last sixty years and this does make you look at it afresh. It is also amazing to see the size of these things remember this is only one blade from the wind turbine
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The King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) is the second largest species of penguin at 70 to 100 cm tall and weighs 11 to 16 kg (24 to 35 lb).
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Antique copper with bright and deep blue, these earrings are slightly asymmetrical with an intricate network of silver-plated peacock blue, gun metal and rich brown copper wire. Woven throughout are glass beads and brass findings. A freshwater pearl dangles from segments of chain at the bottom of each earring.
A vendor using a hand held weighing scale to measure the weight of onions and potatoes being bought by a Rabari man during the Mallinath fair at Tilwara.
STS MIR seen running down in Alfred River Entrance, Birkenhead ready for the afternoon's flotilla of vessels on the Mersey as part of the Mersey River Festival 2004. She was assisted by SVITZER BIDSTON.
Click here for more photographs of STS MIR: www.jhluxton.com/Shipping/Sailing-Ships/STS-MIR
STS MIR (Russian: Мир, - 'Peace') is a three-masted, full-rigged training ship, based in St. Petersburg, Russia. It was built in 1987 at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland.
STS MIR is the second largest of six sister ships designed by Polish naval architect Zygmunt Choreń and weighs 2,385 tonnes. It is 109.2 m long, with a beam of 13.9 m and a draught of 6.3 m. The main mast is 52 m high and along with the other masts supports a total sail area of 2,771 m2.
Its sister ships are Dar Młodzieży, Druzhba, Pallada, Khersones, and Nadezhda. Mir is 8 m shorter than the second longest current sailing ship, the STS Sedov (117.5 m). It is owned and operated by the Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy (AMSMA) in Saint Petersburg.
This ship was originally constructed as a cadet training ship, designed for carrying between 70 and 144 cadets. The total transport capacity is 199 people.
STS MIR has taken part in races, including the annual The Tall Ships' Races organised by Sail Training International. In the Grand Regatta Columbus 1992, celebrating the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus in 1492, Mir came out as the winner.
STS Mir is the fastest sailing ship in the world. Its officially registered maximum speed under canvas is 21 knots (38.9 km/h). In 2010 the ship established average speed record – 11.3 knots.
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Nest colonies can be as small as 10 but up to 400-500 birds.
Preferred nesting sites are general long, smooth poles or sparsely branched trees to deter predators eg snakes.
The nests when wet can weigh several tons & do bring down the power/telephone wires.
We were able to get out to Eagle Mills in time to watch the 7 Weigher going to work. The Weigher job hauls empty hoppers to Tilden Mine, fills them, then delivers them to the CN at Partridge Siding.
537 heads west through McElhattan on the siding to, weigh the empties. I’m not entirely sure as to why they’d need to weigh a train full of empties and yet, here we are. Neat barn back there.
This photo was taken on one of the many trails that wind around Long Lake, or "Little Long Lake," as we always called it. The winter has brought a lot of snow this year, making the forest look quite like a winter wonderland.
This photo is a three exposure HDR shot covering a range of plus and minus three f-stops. The camera used was my venerable Olympus OM-D E-M1 and M.Zuiko 12-40mm f/1.8 Pro. Camera and lens were mounted to a lightweight tripod, and the camera was actuated with a wired remote. The bracketed exposures were merged and processed from raw in Adobe Lightroom.
Weigh anchor is a nautical term indicating the final preparation of a sea vessel for getting underway. Weighing anchor literally means raising the anchor of the vessel from the sea floor and hoisting it up to be stowed on board the vessel. At the moment when the anchor is no longer touching the sea floor, it is aweigh.