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An unexpected appearance on the Settle to Carlisle Line on Wednesday 1st August 2012 was Gresley 'K4' 2-6-0 No.61994 'The Great Marquess' seen crossing Ais Gill Viaduct in the driving rain on the final part of the 1 in 100 climb to Ais Gill summit heading the Carlisle to Lancaster 'Fellsman' charter, an incredible achievement for this 'Mogul' with a trailing load of 12 eclectic coaches. Built at Darlington and introduced to traffic in June 1938 for passenger traffic on the West Highland Line. During the 1950s, the K4s' sphere of operation enlarged and they began to appear at locations such as Edinburgh, Perth, Forfar, Ayr and Tweedmouth. In 1959 they were all were concentrated at Thornton Junction depot in Fife and all were withdrawn by the end of 1961, 61994 being the final class member in BR service.
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another stab at testing AI's creative abilities - write me a short story around "butterfly effect" based on the photo
all AIs produced cliched, generic rubbish. So, writers, the good ones, you can sleep in peace, at least for the time being, your job is secure. Accountants, lawyers and GPs will be wiped out together with web designers and deservedly so, but writers, the good ones will endure together with plumbers and bricklayers , at least next 5 to 7 years.
Ok , let's see if I can come up with some stuff comparable to AI's bs , I bet I can
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so my reply to AI
February 8th 2025. Auckland, New Zealand. Butterfly Creek. 11.25 am. A man with a camera, late boomer vintage, the man not the camera. He might be just sneaking through into the boomers cohort with a year or two to spare. The camera, Nikon z5 with a decent zoom, not the one “a professional” would be gear-shamed into buying but still a step up above your average grandkids shots gear. The camera suggest the man fancies himself as a photographer. Must be one of those Flickr types. The man is glued to the viewfinder, the lens is tracking a butterfly. The butterfly is doing one of those neurotic - “I can’t commit” - butterfly dances, teasing a leaf or a flower only to change its mind and flutter away to another flower or a leaf. A girl is also watching the butterfly. The butterfly seems finally made up its mind to settle on a leaf, the man with the camera steadied his breathing preparing to take a shot. Beating the shutter by a split second the butterfly takes off and lands on the girl’s palm. The man takes his shot.
July 2047. 4.35 pm. Prakesh just finished his daily security scrub of the quantum cluster, a routine check that never revealed anything of note, not on Prakesh’s watch anyway. Quantum servers got to be essentially unbreakable and impossible to compromise these days and The System’s stability, or rather instability, had become a concept of the past. AI1 designed The System and other AIs (the breakers) tasked to break it. If the breakers failed to disrupt they self destroyed. If they succeeded to disrupt AI1 destroyed the breakers and The System and started from scratch.
Prakesh was looking forward to a night out with Danika. New Japanese restaurant by none other than Kenji X himself in downtown Mumbai, you have to book 3 weeks in advance. Prakesh’s mum loves to go on how young ones lost respect to Indian food and tradition, “your Danika can’t even tell Roti from the Naan, can she?! “
Prakesh brushed the air with his index finger in a W shape, a touchless sign out from the system, the shape complements the eye scan and the fingerprint scan of the admin of course, when the log out sequence momentarily paused and a tiny amber flickering light appeared in the top right corner of the virtual screen. The light flickered for 7 seconds then stayed solid for another 7 then started the string of on and offs, each on and off lasting 3 seconds. Prakesh felt his scull suddenly becoming almost unbearably heavy as if they put a lead helmet on him. For a moment he was unable to breath. He knew exactly what was going on and the choice he would have to make. He knew all along it may happen and he was trained for 7 years preparing for this moment before taking the position he contested with 3 other best graduates of The Programme, 1 male and 2 female. He prayed daily this moment and this choice never comes. There will be 50 on and 50 off signals in total , that gives him 300 seconds before ... The system went into a fatal spiral cycle, the cycle will inevitably end up in UAE (Universal Annihilation Event). There are only 2 choices to prevent UAE: relinquish all control over The System to AI11 - humanity becomes secondary with no control over its own future but humanity survives, at least if AI1 thinks it should. Or destroy The System, destroy AI1 and let humanity live - live without the power of The System, live, again, without being able to cure cancer, to halt global warming, to stop aging, to create abundance and prosperity. Live taking a gamble, again, between self destruction and the future.
285, 286, 287 ... It took Prakesh 12 seconds to regain composure and start the critical phase reasoning process. His reasoning process, having taken all, so many times planned and practised, 4 minutes, resulted in no decision. He presented himself with 50-50 split. 13 seconds from the Earth being dispersed in a giant cloud of dust he had nothing at all left to guide his choice. 9 seconds out a a cloud, a vision floated by. He first almost didn’t notice this puff of memory. He made himself to stop it and focus, an old photograph he saw years ago on one of the legacy “websites” , The Programme did have a few of those in the library. The photograph of the girl with a butterfly in the palm of her hand. He immeditely pressed one of the 2 virtual buttons in front of him. 299.
The view from the cab of M51751 approaching the summit at Ais Gill on the 1641hrs Carlisle to Skipton. This photo was taken during the period I was lodging in Cumberland (working at Brampton Fell) but still living in Leeds, when I travelled over the S&C on my days off sometimes by car but mostly by train.
Class 113/2 DMBS No M51751 had a very short life, delivered in March 1960 built by Cravens and fitted with a Rolls-Royce 238 bhp engine and a Hydraulic Torque converter it was withdrawn in July 1969 and scrapped at T. W. Wards at Briton Ferry in August 1970.
Photo details
Colour Slide Scan
Agfa 64ASA Film
Camera Halina Paulette 35mm
Ref No 00341.
A trip up to the West Highlands with an B&B stay in Carlisle to do some night photography, we decided to drive up via the S&C.
As we parked up for a brew, the relative peace and tranquillity of Ais Gill was soon interrupted by the thud of a distant ‘Tug’. A few moments later 60003 'Christopher Wren’ pounds the gradient with 6E14 14:00 Newbiggin - Drax empty Gypsum containers on 5th August 1994. (645 scan)
14.51 on Thursday 14th July 2011, in the foreground No. 66596 with 20 HXA's in tow is seen crossing Ais Gill viaduct grinding up the long drag with 6Z68 the 0702 Killoch - Ferrybridge loaded coal. The back drop is provided by High Bank Scar and Mallerstang valley.
Home. Batavia, IL. Photo by John Lishamer Photography (www.johnlishamer.com) All Rights Reserved. Nikon F3. Nikkor 35mm f1.4 ais. Fuji Provia 100F.
IMO: 9542350
MMSI: 246876000
Call Sign: PCPY
Flag: Netherlands [NL]
AIS Vessel Type: Cargo
Gross Tonnage: 5925
Deadweight: 8600 t
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 127.03m × 15.8m
Year Built: 2013
Status: Active
On Saturday May 4th the MV UAL Texas has been launched at shipyard Bodewes in Hoogezand.
After the test voyage the MV UAL Texas will be christened by Ms. Suzanne den Boef (granddaughter of Mr. Roger Jungblut, Owner) in Rotterdam on June 21st.
The UAL Texas (a sister vessel of the UAL Houston) was built in The Netherlands and is special because of the application of the Groot Cross-Bow® an innovative bow shape with wave piercing abilities. Because of the innovative bow shape the vessel will have less slamming and will easier maintain its speed comparing to more conventional bow shapes with bow flare. Because of this, energy will be saved and therefore less fuel oil will be burned, which results in reduction of the CO2 output.
UNIVERSAL AFRICA LINES LTD (UAL) has named its new build 8,600dwt cargo ship MV UAL Texas at a festive event at the Cruise Terminal Rotterdam. Shipyard Bodewes launched the MV UAL Texas in May in the Netherlands.
As well as the ship naming, the event also celebrated the new name for UAL’s global agents. In Europe, HMT – established for 30 years and part of the UAL ALLIANCE for many years – adopted the new name Universal Africa Lines Netherlands (UAL NL).
At the festivities Miss Suzanne den Boef, granddaughter of Mr. Jungblut, marked the beginning of a bright future for the new UAL NL as she performed the christening of the latest new build.
The MV UAL Texas complements UAL’s fleet of 16 modern, multi--‐purpose geared vessels. She is a sister vessel of MV UAL Houston, launched in 2012, and features the Groot Cross--‐Bow®, an innovative bow shape with wave piercing abilities.
Groot Ship Design developed the bow shape which reduces slamming and enables the vessel to maintain her speed more easily compared to more conventional bow shapes with bow flare. Thanks to this, the vessel consumes less fuel, reducing emissions and creating a smoother journey in heavy weather.
On her maiden trip she will sail from Aberdeen via Antwerp to various destinations including Malabo, Pointe Noire, Banana and Lobito in West Africa.
The up 'Thames-Forth' express with 5694 'Bellerophon' going well near the summit.
45694 was a Jubilee class, built in 1936 and withdrawn 1967.
[the headboard shows 'The Waverely', as the 'Thames-Forth' had been renamed in 1957]
From an album of lovely monochrome steam images by an unknown photographer, see 'A Steam Album' in my albums to view the others.
47853 is seen at Ais Gill with the diverted 1V98 12:45 Glasgow Central to Paddington. 27/3/93. This was long before it was repainted in XP64 livery and became a celebrity.
On Saturday 4 March 1989 most West Coast Main Line rail services were diverted via Hellifield, Settle & Carlisle. Looking back along the Eden Valley, 47532 heads the 1M04 1025hrs Glasgow Central - London Euston over Ais Gill summit.
Korean Air Lines registry HL-7716, a 14 year old Boeing 737-9B5, has been pushed back and is about to start her engines on Incheon International Airport ICN, near Seoul, South Korea. Taken by a Nikon D610 -at ISO 400 with a Nikkor 85mm ƒ 2 AIs lens.
My friend with the pole was back again, but the train was not so nice this time. GBRf liveried 66707 "Sir Sam Fay GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY" heads a "tatty" 6V97, the 12.40 New Biggin - Middlesborough Dawson empty gypsum towards Ais Gill summit.
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A 2-10-0 plodding steadily towards the summit with a southbound freight.
From an album of 1950's and 1960's images, unknown photographer.
Colas 'Tug' 60087 approaches the summit with 6J37 Carlisle - Chirk timber service.
The Tug was well in command of its train here - the 66's were usually down to walking pace!
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