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BNSF SD70MAC 9754 and ES44AC 6078 sit with a westbound unit coal train beside the MRL's Helena Yard Office on June 10, 2008. A few hours after I shot this, I would catch them again a few miles west at Austin - with several MRL units helping out.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Tamron 75-300mm lens
SEEN ON THE STREET….. An English Heritage Blue Plaque appeared last night within spitting distance of the very first UK branch of Maccy D's in Woolwich, SE18.
THis is the biggest McDonalds in the world!! It is situated in the London Olympic Park and can you believe this, it will be dismantled when the Paralympics are over!!
A freestanding McDonald's restaurant of the first generation in the Netherlands and not yet re-imaged (as we speak; April 2011). This restaurant is located near the Beverwijk Bazaar (huge market) and most of their business is during the weekends.
McDonald's Beverwijk
Parallelweg 122
1948 NN BEVERWIJK
Tel: 0251 - 227072
Featuring: Drive-Thru
Store#: 1081
Date of opening: 16/07/1992
Great station but the guard wouldn't let me inside for a visit. Being a government agency they are still very secretive. Still i had a great adventure trying to, 1 find out where a fire station was and 2 getting there. I asked at a police station and they ended up having 6 cops out at the desk trying to figure out what it was i was trying to find. So funny, but really friendly and helpfull. They never gave up trying to help even though they had no idea what i wanted until 1 lady spoke a little english. Incedently this station was near the mcdonalds that i then found to get my china bigmac.(See bigmacs around the world. I had 2 missions on this trip, to visit and photograph as many fire and emergency vehicles as i could and to eat a bigmac in every city)
A location which is actually a bit too small for the location on the day and night busy Place de la Bastille. It's situated at the same building as the Cinema Majestic Bastille. This location deserves a restaurant triple of its current size.
McDonald's Paris Bastille
4 boulevard Richard Lenoir
75011 PARIS
Tél : 01 49 29 70 32
Featuring:
Store#: 0388
Date of opening: unknown (mid 1990's)
McDonald's; "I'm lovin'it", "Every time a good time", "Food, Folks and Fun" and many other slogans McDonald's had in the past and present are still counting for me.
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[[Photo taken at McDonald's restaurant Tiel (Netherlands)]]
En su momento la imagen me pareció graciosa, sobre todo por que conozco lo poco que se consigue siendo radical en nuestras creencias, pero bueno, la verdad es que "técnicamente", oye, tiene razón... no deja de ser un cadáver!
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This image is not mine, it was taken by my friend, Diego Matute
September 7, 2011 (Wednesday) - I was so weak! I swear, it hardly ever happens. Damn you, $4.49 coupon.
I started daily blogging in the fall of 2003 and my eJournal and images entries continue to this very day. In July 2005, when I joined Flickr, I expanded my online presence by emphasizing a daily image too. I add at least one picture every single day. Doing so reminds me to constantly capture images as a more direct record of personal experiences.
Taken with picplz at McDonald's in Greater Vancouver.
In Memory Of
Forever Remembered
During the construction of the Mackinac Bridge in the 1950’s, five men unfortunately lost their lives.
One man died in a diving accident; one man fell in a caisson while welding; one man fell into the water and drowned; and two men fell from a temporary catwalk near the top of north tower.
The names of those five men (and the date of their deaths) are listed below.
Frank Pepper, Sept. 16, 1954
James R. LeSarge, Oct. 10, 1954
Albert Abbott, Oct. 25, 1954
Jack C. Baker, June 6, 1956
Robert Koppen, June 6, 1956
After the bridge was built and opened to traffic, one MBA maintenance worker lost his life. On August 7, 1997, Daniel Doyle, a bridge painter, fell from his painting platform and drowned in the Straits of Mackinac. His tragic and unfortunate death shocked everyone.
Dan and others who have lost their lives on the job are permanently honored by MDOT in the Clare Welcome Center located in Clare, Michigan. The Employee Memorial is a permanent tribute to highway workers all over Michigan who lost their lives along highways and bridges. The Clare memorial provides an opportunity to educate the public about the human cost of building and maintaining Michigan’s transportation system.
All six of these men will forever be remembered by many.
www.mackinacbridge.org/history/in-memory-of/
The Mackinac Bridge (/ˈmækɪnɔː/ MAK-in-aw) is a suspension bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac to connect the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of the U.S. state of Michigan. Opened in 1957, the 26,372-foot-long (4.995 mi; 8.038 km)[1] bridge (familiarly known as "Big Mac" and "Mighty Mac")[4] is the world's 22nd-longest main span and the longest suspension bridge between anchorages in the Western Hemisphere.[5] The Mackinac Bridge is part of Interstate 75 and the Lakes Michigan and Huron components of the Great Lakes Circle Tour across the straits; it is also a segment of the U.S. North Country National Scenic Trail. The bridge connects the city of St. Ignace on the north end with the village of Mackinaw City on the south.
Envisioned since the 1880s, the bridge was designed by the engineer David B. Steinman and completed in 1957 only after many decades of struggles to begin construction.
The bridge opened on November 1, 1957,[6] connecting two peninsulas linked for decades by ferries. A year later, the bridge was formally dedicated as the "world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages", allowing a superlative comparison to the Golden Gate Bridge, which had a longer center span between towers, and the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, which had an anchorage in the middle.
It remains the longest suspension bridge with two towers between anchorages in the Western Hemisphere.[5] Much longer anchorage-to-anchorage spans have been built in the Eastern Hemisphere, including the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge in Japan (6,532 ft or 1,991 m). But the long leadups to the anchorages on the Mackinac make its total shoreline-to-shoreline length of five miles (8.0 km), longer than the Akashi-Kaikyo (2.4 mi or 3.9 km).
The length of the bridge's main span is 3,800 feet (1,158 m), which makes it the third-longest suspension span in the United States and 20th longest suspension span worldwide. It is also one of the world's longest bridges overall.
David B. Steinman was appointed as the design engineer in January 1953 and by the end of 1953, estimates and contracts had been negotiated. A Civil Engineer at the firm, Abul Hasnat, did the preliminary plans for the bridge. Total cost estimate at that time was $95 million (equivalent to $726 million in 2018[12]) with estimated completion by November 1, 1956. Tolls collected were to pay for the bridge in 20 years.[15] Construction began on May 7, 1954. The American Bridge Division of United States Steel Corporation was awarded a contract of more than $44 million (equivalent to $333 million in 2018[12]) to build the steel superstructure.
Construction, staged using the 1939–41 causeway, took three and a half years (four summers, no winter construction) at a total cost of $100 million and the lives of five workers. Contrary to popular belief, none of them are entombed in the Bridge.[16] It opened to traffic on schedule on November 1, 1957, and the ferry service was discontinued on the same day. The Bridge was formally dedicated on June 25, 1958.
G. Mennen Williams was governor during the construction of the Mackinac Bridge. He began the tradition of the governor leading the Mackinac Bridge Walk across it every Labor Day.[17] U.S. Senator Prentiss M. Brown has been called the "father of the Mackinac Bridge,"[18] and was honored with a special memorial bridge token created by the Mackinac Bridge Authority.[19]
The bridge officially achieved its 100 millionth crossing exactly forty years after its dedication, on June 25, 1998.[1] The 50th anniversary of the bridge's opening was celebrated on November 1, 2007, in a ceremony hosted by the Mackinac Bridge Authority at the viewing park adjacent to the St. Ignace causeway.[1]
Mackinac Bridge
Coordinates : 45.817059°N 84.727822°W
Carries : 4 lanes of I-75 / GLCT
Crosses : Straits of Mackinac
Locale : St. Ignace and Mackinaw City, Michigan
Other name(s) : Mighty Mac or Big Mac
Maintained by : Mackinac Bridge Authority
Characteristics
Design : Suspension bridge
Total length : 26,372 ft (8,038 m)[1]
Width : 68.6 ft (20.9 m) (total width)[2]
54 ft (16 m) (road width)
38.1 ft (11.6 m) (depth)[2]
Height : 552 ft (168 m) (tower height);[2]
200 ft (61 m) (deck height)[1]
Longest span : 3,800 ft (1,158 m)[2]
Clearance below : 155 ft (47 m)[1]
History
Designer : David B. Steinman
Opened : November 1, 1957
Statistics
Daily traffic : 11,600
Toll : $2.00 per axle for passenger vehicles ($4.00 per car).
$5.00 per axle for motor homes, and commercial vehicles.[3]
During the summer months, the Upper Peninsula and the Mackinac Bridge have become a major tourist destination.[40] In addition to visitors to Mackinac Island, the bridge has attracted interest from a diverse group of tourists including bridge enthusiasts, bird-watchers, and photographers.[41] The Straits area is a popular sailing destination for boats of all types, which make it easier to get a closer view to the underlying structure of the bridge.
Opened as a music themed McDonald's restaurant this restaurant has had its remodelling after a fire incident.
After the closing down of McDonald's Sloterdijk and McDonald's Sloten it's the one and only McDonald's in the West part of Amsterdam.
I attended the Grand Opening of this McDonald's restaurant in 1998.
McDonald's Amsterdam Osdorp
Osdorpplein 126
1068 EN AMSTERDAM
Tel: 020-610.90.67
Featuring: (instore restaurant)
Store#: 1156
Date of opening: 03/12/1998
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Steaming past the speed limit sigh (at a speed considerably less than the limit) is 1910-built McLaren road locomotive 1110 "Big Mac", registered BF 5258 and weighing 16 tons.
The engine was formerly used in New Zealand where it gained the nickname "Big Mac". The name plate has only recently been added to the engine.
Copyright © 2012 Terry Pinnegar Photography. All Rights Reserved. THIS IMAGE IS NOT TO BE USED WITHOUT MY EXPRESS PERMISSION!
The Mackinac Bridge is currently a toll bridge on Interstate 75 (I-75). Prior to the coming of I-75, the bridge carried US Highway 27 (US 27). It is one of only three segments of I-75 that are tolled, the others being the American half of the International Bridge near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and Alligator Alley in Florida. The current toll is $4.00 for automobiles and $5.00 per axle for trucks. The Mackinac Bridge Authority recently raised the toll to fund a $300 million renovation program, which would include completely replacing the bridge deck.
Every Labor Day, two of the lanes of the bridge are closed to traffic and open to walkers for the Mackinac Bridge Walk.
Painting of the bridge takes seven years, and when painting of the bridge is complete, it begins again.[citation needed]
The bridge celebrated its 150 millionth vehicle crossing on September 6, 2009.
Length from cable bent pier to cable bent pier: 7,400 feet (2,256 m).
Total width of the roadway: 54 feet (16.5 m)
Two outside lanes: 12 feet (3.7 m) wide each
Two inside lanes: 11 feet (3.4 m) wide each
Center mall: 2 feet (0.61 m)
Catwalk, curb and rail width: 3 feet (0.91 m) on each side
Width of stiffening truss in the suspended span: 68 feet (20.7 m).
Depth of stiffening truss: 38.1 feet (11.6 m)
Height of the roadway at mid-span: approximately 200 feet (61 m) above water level.
Vertical clearance at normal temperature:
155 feet (47 m) at the center of the main suspension span.
135 feet (41 m) at the boundaries of the 3,000 feet (914 m) wide navigation channel.
Construction cost: $99.8 million (1957 USD; adjusted for inflation, approximately $732 million, 2007 USD)[12]
Height of towers above water: 552 feet (168 m)[12]
Max. depth of towers below water: 210 feet (64 m)[12]
Depth of water beneath the center of the bridge, 250 feet (76 m)
Total length of wire in main cables: 42,000 miles (68,000 km).
Total vehicle crossings, 2005: 4,236,491 (average 11,608 per day)
Speed limit: 45 miles per hour (72 km/h) for passenger cars, 20 miles per hour (32 km/h) for heavy trucks. Heavy trucks are also required to leave 500 feet (150 m) spacing ahead.
A standard instore McDonald's in the shopping district of the 19th arrondissement of Paris on the Avenue de Flandres.
McDonald's Paris Crimée
87, avenue de Flandres
75019 PARIS
Tél : 01 40 36 28 04
Featuring:
Store#: 0765
Date of opening: Mid 1990's.
Built by J&H McLaren of Leeds, Traction Engine BF5258 'Big Mac' (1110) is pictured at the Great North Steam Fair, at Beamish Museum, on April 13th 2012.
In 1992 the city of Alkmaar got its first McDonald's restaurant. Strange enough there was not yet a McDonald's at that time. Where most of the larger cities in the Netherlands had at least one instore restaurant in the city center, Alkmaar started the other way around with a 'Drive location'. The instore in the center of Alkmaar opened its doors 3 years later in 1995.
/\/\cDonald's Alkmaar Drive
Robijnstraat 1
1812 RB Alkmaar
Phone: 072 - 540.49.86
Featuring: Drive-Thru
Store#: 1074
Date of opening: 27/07/1992
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It's been so long since I've had a Big Mac so I thought I could handle it. I'm kind of grossed out with myself right now. I didn't even go swimming this morning because I was too lazy to get up. I'm feeling that these are all bad signs...
On another note, I cleaned my room today. I felt quite accomplished for that at least.
This store opened in 1991 as a McSnack, the precursor of the McExpress concept but changed to a McExpress some years after. This concept was a reduced-size restaurant with a limited menu meant to emphasize volume. Other McSnack locations were at Kalverstraat (before relocation) and Utrecht Hoog Catherijne Boven-Klarenburg (now closed). The concept McExpress is not comunicated anymore at this store but they have a reduced menu till today.
McDonald's Amsterdam Damrak 92
Damrak 92
1012 LP Amsterdam
Tel: 020 - 624.91.47
Featuring: (small instore restaurant)
Store#: 1073
Date of opening: 17/05/1991
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in June 2000
On June 26, 2000 Dad caught this eclectic lash-up in the CSX yard at Etowah, TN. The units are CSX SD70MAC 788 (ex-4143, to CSX 4588), HLCX GP40-3 4409 (ex-AMTK GP40-2 658, xx-BM GP40 321, xxx-CR 3229, nee-PC 3229), CSX GP?? ????, NS C40-9 8881 & CSX C40-8W 7830.
I think I've said it before, but that paint on the Big Mac was my favorite Conrail paint. Amazing what that white did for basic Conrail blue.
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at W. Knoxville, TN in December 2008
CSX SD70MAC 4561 (ex-CSX 761) and AC44CW 5121 lead a southbound unit coal train by the West Knoxville, TN yard on December 2, 2008.
Dad took this shot on the day he and I went railfanning together for the first time in 15 years. You can see one of my shots of this train HERE.
Canon PowerShot A570IS
One of the McDonald's restaurants located at the entrance of the city and strategicly next to a métro entrance as well.
McDonald's Paris Porte de Saint Cloud
234 Avenue de Versailles
75016 PARIS
Tél: 01.46.51.86.76
Featuring:
Store#: 0785
Date of opening: unknown
An instore McDonald's on a beautiful typical Parisien square in the 16th arrondissement.
McDonald's Paris Passy
Place de Passy
75016 PARIS
Tel: 01 42 24 88 76
Featuring: (instore restaurant)
Store#: 0350
Date of opening: unknown (early 1990's)
The first McDonald's restaurant of the Northern provinces of the Netherlands opened right here in the Herestraat in Groningen in 1982.
In 1994 a McDonald's restaurant with McDrive opened in Groningen. Nowadays Groningen has 4 McDonald's restaurants, 2 in the center and 2 outside featuring a Drive-Thru facility.
McDonald's Groningen Herestraat
Herestraat 52
9711 LK Groningen
Tel: 050 - 313.11.05
Featuring: (instore restaurant)
Store#: 1029
Date of opening: 16/12/1982
McDonald's Amstel Towers 17/10/2023 15h00
The 20th McDonald's restauraunt in Amsterdam opened on 14th of October. An instore restaurant in a new apartment building opposite Amstel Station and Amstel Tower. The greater area of Amsterdam has now 23 McDonald's restaurants, most of the instores, only 4 offer a drive-thru service. And this restaurant has been opened despite the fact that the municipality of Amsterdam is very difficult to issue permits for new fast food restaurants due to its left-wing policy.
McDonald's Amsterdam Amstel Towers
Julianaplein 41-42
1097 DN AMSTERDAM
Featuring: instore restaurant
Store#: 1342
Date of opening: 14/10/2023
E-Mail: 1342@nl.mcd.com
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