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Im Gonna Wreck It! (complete) I work for The Lego Group and what little time I have when its slow I spent working on this.
Ship wreck in Inkoo, Finland. D700 & PC-E 45mm + Hoya ND400 filter. Composed of five shots.
The wreck has since been dismantled.
Looking north.
First, this is not the big famous one where the Train of the Goddesses sheared off the front of the Main Street Depot. I wrote about that this blog: railfan44.blogspot.com/2013/10/downers-grove-depot-front-...
This wreck happened in August 1965. I woke up on Friday August 27 an somehow heard that there was a wreck on the CB&Q about 1/2 mile from my house in Westmont, IL. It was actually just west of the Maple Ave. grade crossing in eastern Downers Grove (a couple of blocks west of the Fairview Ave. commuter stop). Grabbed my camera and found what these 11 photographs show. The photos are in the sequence taken. Clearly the morning Dinkey rush didn't occur. All the cars that stayed on the rails were gone. The wreck was between the the home signals of the four crossovers used mainly for express Dinkeys to cross over off or on the middle track. Here is the Google view: www.google.com/maps/place/41%C2%B047'44.0%22N+88%C2%B000'...
I have added very few comments to the photos. I never did learn anything about the wreck, e.g., cause and direction of the train.
This Amtrak locomotive was sitting at Tampa, FL Union Station after colliding with a steel truck at 70 mph that caused a fire. I had just arrived on the Silver Star, I'm glad that this didn't happen to my train.
Photographer unknown
A short time before a view posted previously, a New York Central big hook goes to work clearing the motive power (out of view) of the wrecked Southwestern Limited at Wellington, OH. Front and center is Baggage-Coach 281, which took the brunt of the impact with Coach 2939. The Coach took shockingly little damage, but 281 was a complete loss as a result. Note the general mess and destruction at the crossing, with wires, poles and the remains of the crossing tower tossed about to the left.
Wellington, OH
January 10, 1960
Passenger Car of the Day
11/2/25
First time out for what seems like an age with my Nikon D80 that has been converted for Infrared photography. Taken at Dungeness in Kent. Converted to B&W using CS6 & Nik Silver Efex.
The second Bedford YRQ/Duple towbus conversion to join my preserved collection, this was acquired just before Christmas. YXI 1760 is a Dominant Bus built from the rare Westward kit, I assume this being a damaged example, hence the decision to cut it down. It is a bit scruffy and despite having 'towing' in large letters had no actual means of towing when it arrived so it has been fitted with a spare crane from an Oxford Diecast Matador.
This was built as a Higbee's department store and was later a Dillard's. The building was undergoing demolition in 2015.
The Randall Park Mall was opened in 1976 and was briefly the largest shopping center in the world, topping in at 2 million square feet. JCPenney, Horne's, Sears, May Company, and Higbee's were the original anchor stores. Sadly, the mall had a decline which led to its closure in 2009. Burlington Coat Factory (former Horne's) is the only "anchor" at the site and it is due to close in 2015. The Power Sport institute and a furniture liquidation center are the only other remaining businesses here. Much of the vacant space of the mall is undergoing demolition as of early 2015.
Randall Park Mall - North Randall, Ohio
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Latest addition to my Crocs cycle gang.
Dithered over the name of this one forever. Wanted "___-dozer," but I couldn't get it to work. Killdozer? Taken. Rolldozer? Stupid. Etc.
Engineer George takes an afternoon eastbound across the picturesque Wreck Lead Bridge (former FEC property) with a shiny set of Kawasaki M9s. Just before the train arrived, a seagull had been perched upon one of the wooden planks to the right. Though it would have been a nice addition to the picture, it flew off as the train sounded its horn for the bridge. Oh well!