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While DB Cargo no. 59206 "John F. Yeoman Rail Pioneer" slows down to the signal with 7V07 (1241 Chichester Recp.-Merehead Quarry empty stone wagons), Hanson Aggregates no. 59101 "Village of Whatley" powers round the Westbury Down Avoider with 6C76 (vice 7C76), the 1440 empty stone hoppers from Acton Yard to Whatley Quarry.
59005 passes the electrification masts as it approaches Sonning cutting with 1440 Acton to Whatley Quarry stone empties on 14th September 2016
59 001 "Yeoman Endeavour" in Aggregate Industries livery, passes Victory Crossing. The service is the 6C28, 12:48 Exeter Riverside to Westbury agregate empties, on the 16th December 2024.
Ex-EWS liveried 'gronk' 08879 stands side-by-side with another 0-6-0; Hope Construction No. 5 (Andrew Barclay DH, works No. 613) outside the loco shed on site at Breedon's Hope works.
Please note that this site is not normally open to the public, this was taken during an organised charter at the site.
12-01-24
A mini-series following my 44mm-high Homies character Pelon, where he poses for photo ops at potholes on the streets of Mount Tabor Park.
Leadership fixes potholes, not patching.
Chronic neglect of Portland's streets is manifesting in the burgeoning number and size of dangerously large potholes across the city. Here, pothole road damage is seen in Mount Tabor Park, Portland, Oregon.
Engineering: From a technical perspective, a great deal of information can be gleaned from a deep pothole, as it provides a cross-section-view of the pavement structural section, or lack thereof, as in this case. Here, the asphalt wearing surface is heavily pitted, highly oxidized and brittle, confirming many years of neglect. At this pothole, the asphalt layer is thick; confirming this road has received an overlay, but perhaps covering up this pothole without first repairing it. The base course layer is hard to characterize because of the quantity of water present. Roadway base course should be well-graded, faceted aggregate so as to provide optimum particle interlock. This dangerous pothole, in the traveled way and where pedestrians cross, can be repaired by cutting out and reconstructing, but simply patching or overlaying will rapidly lead to a repeat failure, preventing a level of service, or service life, that should be reasonably expected of it.
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TRUE GRIT
Well-known Coventry bulk aggregate haulier, Conor Bartlett, is a young man with more power under his right boot than most.
If your grandparents started a transport firm, and then your dad started another, there's a fair chance that you would have spent pretty much your entire life around trucks. That's certainly the case for 20-year-old Conor, a third generation member of the Bartlett family who grew up with the sniff of diesel in his nose and now has it coursing through his veins in bucketfuls.
"I did start young, that's for sure," says Conor. "I used to love going out on the lorries with my dad or my granddad, and I started off myself by driving shunter around the yard. School wasn't my thing, and I couldn't wait to leave and get my licence. I did that as soon as I turned 18 and started working for the family business as a driver. Had to work my way up, though – my first truck was a little four-wheel tipper, and after that, I progressed to 4-series Scanias. I've no idea what I'd do if I couldn't drive…but it would have to be something in the transport industry. Mechanic maybe…"
Two years on and Conor, at the ripe old age of 20, is still driving and now has his own Scania V8, an R 580 Topline tag-axle 44-tonne gross train weight unit, in which he spends his days hauling bulk aggregates around the local area, or shifting waste as far afield as Yorkshire and Kent. We ask if he lets anyone else drive it. "No chance," comes the reply.
And you can see why not, for Conor's V8 is something special. OK, so it doesn't actually have any bells or whistles fitted, but it does have a very snappy glare-reducing sun visor, half a dozen spotlights to brighten the way, six sparkling alloy wheels, a pair of air horns to let you know he's coming and a set of heavy-duty bull bars strong enough to halt a, er…, bull.
The package is completed by a superb traditional red, white and blue livery, with pinstripe detailing to highlight and emphasise the smooth, sleek lines of the Scania R-series Highline cab. Inside, the interior is largely untouched except for the addition of a retro Scania-Vabis steering wheel. That together with its wood-trimmed gear lever (yep, it's got a manual box and three pedals…) gives it the look and feel of what any dyed-in-the-wool enthusiast would call 'a proper truck'!
"It certainly does turn a few heads," confirms Conor. "I've done a few shows with it – Truckfest, and I've been as far as the Truckstar Festival in Assen, Holland. But I haven't yet managed to catch the judges eye just yet…maybe that will all change now I've been in the T&D calendar!"
Conor's rig is plated at 44-tonnes gross train weight, so you could say its 580 horsepower engine is more than generous, based on the old haulage adage of 'ten horses per ton'.
"Yes, can't argue with that," agrees Conor. "It's got plenty of pulling power and is well on top of the job. And that makes for a relaxed, comfortable ride, which is important. The reason we went for a V8 is that we wanted a flagship for the fleet. Both dad and I really like this particular generation R-series, and as we hadn't bought a truck for a while so we went for it while we could. And it's great – reliable, drives beautifully and we get great backup from our local dealer, Keltruck Coventry."
A tour of the company's premises – which actually houses both family businesses; Neil Bartlett Haulage Limited, the firm started by Conor's grandparents Neil and Marie, and his dad's company J J Bartlett (Haulage) Limited – reveals that Scania and Keltruck are both well embedded into the operation's DNA. Two large and well-used Scania Vehicle Maintenance planners adorn the back wall of the office and over to the side is a Keltruck clock, whose yellowed face has obviously witnessed the passing of a good deal of time.
Pictures around the office tell the story too; from the company's first W-reg Scania 141 to the T-truck it still runs and 3- and 4-series models, Bartlett's have run them all.
"They're just great trucks," says Conor. "They tick all the boxes, simple as that. In fact, we've only just got rid of our last 4-series, that's how good they are."
The day we meet Conor, he is wearing a JJ Bartlett polo shirt which just happens to have a Scania-Vabis logo on it. "Not quite sure what the Vabis bit means," he says. So we tell him: 'It stands for Vagnsfabrik Aktiebolaget i Södertälje'. He gives us a sideways 'wish-I'd-never-asked' kind of look before we translate, explaining it means Wagon Maker Limited of Södertälje. Södertälje being the town in Sweden where Vabis started making railway rolling stock back in 1891.
We tell him it's also where Sweden's first car was made, and one of the country's first two trucks too – the other being built in Malmo by a company called Scania, with whom Vabis would merge in 1911 to form the Scania-Vabis organisation, a name which endured all the way through to 1968, a year before the first Scania V8 engine was launched.
That first V8 delivered just 350 horsepower, less than half of the most powerful models today. While it's obvious that Scania has been busily developing its King of the Road engine for the last half century, what message would Conor send to the Swedes if he had the chance to improve the V8?
"If I had to say one thing," he says after pondering the question for quite some time, "it's that mine's a bit too quiet. I'm told they've done something about it in new generation trucks, which is great news – I mean, it's a V8, so you've got to be able to hear it, haven't you?
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Originally I was never going to bring this one out, partly due to the poor quality of the negative but also as it highlights my (and others) very poor regard for H&S in those days* - I must have been crouching in a ditch for this(!) - but on reflection it sums up much of that time for me, manual signalling, interesting locos and (let's be honest) no crazed anxiety over stupid metal fences and such. 47082, the brilliantly named Atlas, pulls through Berkley (Marsh if you prefer) with aggregates from Merehead - 25/10/82. * We were kids after all.
Hanson class 59/1 locomotive 59103 'Village of Mells' is seen passing through Farnborough, Hampshire whilst working 7O12, 03:24 (dep. 06:22) Merehead Quarry - Woking Down Yard aggregates service on 03/07/2018.
New and beginning farmers are able to recieve education, experience and support from the Agricultural Land Based Training Association (ALBA), whose graduates of their Farmer Education Course (PEPA) can then move on to agricultural related careers or continue a farming association for up to five incubator years where they can rent farm land, at their 100-acre facility in Salinas, Ca., on Nov. 14, 2018.
The Agricultural Land Based Training Association (ALBA) is a training program that helps low income farmworkers and others learn how to become farmers. New farmers begin with a series of classroom courses and on-hands training, and graduate to farming their own piece of land on the farm. Eventually these new graduates hope to become successful farmers.
ALBA’s Farmer Education and Enterprise Development (FEED) Program educates and trains new farmer-entrepreneurs to plan, launch, and establish viable organic farm businesses or advance their careers. To accomplish this, ALBA has 100 acres of organic land, an experienced team with diverse expertise, and a hands-on, 5-year farmer development program. FEED is comprised of three main components:
1.The Farmer Education Course (PEPA) is a one year, bilingual, 300-hour curriculum featuring classroom instruction and field-based training, readying participants to launch an organic farm business.
2.The Organic Farm Incubator allows course graduates to launch their farm on ALBA’s land. Starting at ½ acre, farmers gradually scale up to 5 acres over 4 years under ALBA’s supervision before transitioning to fully independent farming.
3.ALBA Organics, aggregates, markets and ships participants’ products to growing markets around California. Doing so gives farmers access to clients that would otherwise be out of reach and allows them to focus on growing and business management in their initial years.
For more information about PEPA please see www.albafarmers.org/programs/
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) is the USDA’s focal point for the nation’s farmers and ranchers and other stewards of private agricultural lands and non-industrial private forest lands. FPAC agencies implement programs designed to mitigate the significant risks of farming through crop insurance services, conservation programs and technical assistance, and commodity, lending, and disaster programs. The FPAC team includes, Farm Service Agency (FSA) (www.fsa.usda.gov/), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) (www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/national/home/), and Risk Management Agency (RMA) (www.rma.usda.gov/).
USDA FPAC Farm Service Agency (FSA) is equitably serving all farmers, ranchers, and agricultural partners through the delivery of effective, efficient agricultural programs for all Americans. FSA is a customer-driven agency with a diverse and multi-talented work force, dedicated to achieving an economically and environmentally sound future for American Agriculture. The vision is to be a market-oriented, economically and environmentally sound American agriculture delivering an abundant, safe, and affordable food and fiber supply while sustaining quality agricultural communities.
Here, FSA works with non-profit organizations such as ALBA to provide program information and outreach to beginning farmers, socially disadvantaged farmers and limited income farmers. ALBA works with a unique farmer base of nontraditional, diverse and beginning farmers.
FSA staff has worked with ALBA for many years in the following ways:
1. Provide classroom training to new ALBA students at the ALBA farm during their regular coursework. FSA provides training on:
a. How to apply for a farm loan and prepare a cash flow statement.
b. How to apply for FSA programs that help with risk management on the farm, such as the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) or other regional crop insurance options.
c. How to apply for Disaster Assistance through FSA in case of an adverse weather event or other emergency.
2. FSA has provided micro loans, operating loans and ownership loans to help ALBA farmers become independent and successful in their operations. FSA has provided Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) and Noninsured Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) payments to these farmers.
3. FSA has provided bookkeeping training courses to ALBA students, on farm tours, and has helped students apply for USDA scholarships to attend agricultural conferences and other trainings.
4. FSA has referred ALBA farmers to NRCS for help with resource management issues.
“These farmers are the future face of American Agriculture. It is so important for FSA to help them get a strong start in ensuring the success of their operations, said FSA County Executive Director Vivian Soffa. Carlos will need support when he graduates from ALBA and hopefully FSA will be able to assist him with his capital needs when he is farming on his own in this very competitive agriculture market. Familiarity with FSA’s programs at the beginning of a new farmer’s endeavor may be the difference between success and failure.”
For more information please see www.usda.gov.
USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
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Acrylic and spray paint on panel and paper, my own interpretation of the nature of life, as less cyclical and far more interwoven on all levels of existence.
Foster Yeoman revolutionised freight haulage in Britain when it acquired five Class 59 diesel locomotives from General Motors between 1985 and1990. These outstanding traction units today carry the livery of Foster Yeoman's parent company Aggregate Industries and operate (with similar locomotives originally supplied to ARC) in the Mendip Rail pool. Whilst there is no reason to believe that any have these companies has subsequently looked elsewhere for alternative traction, it is interesting to speculate what a Vossloh G2000 would look like in the various liveries (20-Dec-12).
See also General Motors deiesel locomotive in Foster Yeoman livery:
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Anthopleura elegantissima
These are animals, not plants. They are stuck to the rock just under the surface of the water (the white line) in a small, shallow tidal pool (the barnacles are above the water). A few minutes before this picture was taken all of the anemones were closed up in a greenish ball, tentacles hidden. Anemones have stingers on their tentacles that can poison any small sea life that blunders into them; the stunned or dead prey is then sucked into the stomach and the indigestible bits ejected. The poison on the tentacles of anemones around Victoria does not affect humans.
Says Gordon Green on E-Fauna BC: "A small intertidal anemone known as Anthopleura elegantissima is a master of cloning. A single anemone can create large aggregations of genetically identical anemones. As the clone expands, it may run into another clone of different genetic makeup. When one clone encroaches on the territory of another, the anemones on the periphery engage in battle using bulbous clubs full of nematocysts to sting the encroaching anemones. The anemones keep stinging each other until one draws away or dies. Considerable injury may be inflicted on members of both clones, and eventually, the clones establish a narrow band of bare rock between them. Encroachment by either clone into this no anemone's land results in more fighting."
In Buddhist philosophy, the mind is seen as a constantly changing stream of mental phenomena, called the five aggregates.
These aggregates include form, sensation, perception, volition, and consciousness, which arise and pass away continuously.
Situated at Southwick between Brighton and Shoreham is the busy little port / docks of Shoreham.
Oil depot at one side and Aggregate awaiting onward shipment at the other side.
This is just a small corner of the port which has many diverse loadings
Clad in stunning DB Verkehrsrot, DB Cargo UK no. 66230 (now the highest-numbered active Class 66 in the DBC UK fleet) pauses at Worcester Shrub Hill in the chilly January night with the return working of "The Severn Aggregator" - Pathfinder Tours' charter from Banbury to various locations around the Severn; Westerleigh (Murco) Oil Terminal, Machen Quarry, & Sharpness Docks. 1Z20, from Sharpness back to Banbury, was the final leg of the charter, and was running about 25 minutes late at Worcester after a delay in removing 60001 (which had worked in top-n-tail mode with 66230) from the tour at Gloucester.
Aggregate Industries liveried 59005 'Kenneth J Painter' passes through Hungerford 70 late working 6C31 Theale - Whatley Quarry.
Foster Yeoman Class 59/0 59003 'Yeoman Highlander' had earlier brought the 7O38 (for Eastleigh) from Merehead Quarry to Westbury, where it had run round the train. It had then continued its journey south climbing Upton Scudamore bank to approach Warminster where it was recorded about to pass under the A350 road bridge.
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With 6V09 Tinsley Yd-Coton Hill (Sheffield-Shrewsbury in layman's terms) aggregates (coal would go at 75) behind it, GBRf no. 66752 "The Hoosier State" powers through Tamworth High Level.
May 2020
Angerstein Wharf is an industrial area and location of a marine construction aggregate and an associated cement facility and freight station in the Port of London, operated by the Cemex company, located on the south bank of Bugsby's Reach, The Thames in Greenwich.
I love the industrial landscapes they create with their interweaved structures and cranes. On this occasion I was lucky to see a large ship unloading aggregate.