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An unremarkable bit of countryside near Whitson, on the outskirts of Newport (Mon). Off left of this view were the muddy expanses and seaweed-covered boulders of the Severn estuary. The trees, I thought, made an elegant grouping. I always find tree identification difficult, but I think these would have been some kind of willow. One imagined the glimmering effect, on windy days, when the leaves are tossed about and their silvery undersides are exposed to the light. This area used to be dominated by the Llanwern steelworks; I believe they still exist in a much reduced form, but I didn't see a single glimpse of them in driving around. Admittedly observation is difficult from these country roads at a time of year when the verges and hedges pullulate with greenery.
Bit of an amalgamation of some previous shots. Bit of backlighting, bokeh and smoke.
Flash on stand behind my head on lowest power at 128mm. Exhale of vape before the shutter opened with the fibre optic lp brush in the foreground. Took quite a number of similar shots with different points of focus. This one was my fave with everything out of focus. Bit of a tinker in lightroom et voila.
This is number 106 of my 365.
A dream job for many!
Spitfire undergoing some TLC as part of the "Battle of Britain Memorial Flight" at RAF Coningsby.
A bit of history not only through the pictures in this one, but also the name of an old equipment dealer specialising in the waste industry based up in Brisbane, and judging by the assortment of trucks here they were definitely into it. In the top left photo the Hypac rear loader is pretty cool, I’d love to see the lifter side of the Merc Benz and too bad those two front lifts didn’t get their own feature photos. I don’t need to point out the makes of any of the trucks on the right page as the details are pretty well provided, but gotta point out that Pacific Waste MNL is a beast, I love the look of a yellow in-house council rear loader and I bet that Evans Faun Merc to the right is an old Brisbane domestic truck. I think the only heartbreaking thing about this particular image is the lack of photos to complement the list of trucks in the “other stock arriving” boxes considering those make and model details.
Wearing a longer under skirt with this dress has really improved it from my point of view.
The dress is longer, and the black band under the hem adds a bit more fun to the outfit as a whole.
Hazel (left) is curious about what Bambi has been up to. She'd been licking the ice that I'd dumped from a frozen water bucket, for some reason.
Crane, mural, aquarium, Convention Center, etc.
Seen while on the ferry from Seattle to Bainbridge Island.
A bit of colour at sunrise, from the shore of Lake Te Anau at the Control Gates.
I was still driving during the best of the colour and only just managed to make it to this spot after parking the car and running down to this spot, no time to pick a nicer composition either.
This was the morning I departed for the Kepler Track and was to be one of the few occasions it was actually worth taking out the big camera, as the weather forecast was not good... and unfortunately it turned out to be accurate.
Behind me, the approaching bad weather was evident and didn't exactly make the long walk ahead that appealing... but after traveling here specifically to walk the Kepler (and paying for the hut tickets), I just put on the waterproof gear and got started.
A bit of blossom on a quince tree.
I've set up a new Instagram account just for posting film shots:
www.instagram.com/mistersullivanfilm/
(my other one is www.instagram.com/mistersullivan)
here we have two of our wright facelift vehicles with a dart from iwan jones with our reserve coach on the left
A bit of history about this loco :-)
Johnson designed the 1F (41660) class after coming to the Midland Railway in 1873. They were the Midlands standard type of shunting engine. Between 1874 and 1899 280 engines were built at Derby and by outside contractors Neilson, of Glasgow and Vulcan Foundry). In 1907 they were renumbered in the series 1620-1899.
A further sixty locomotives were built by Vulcan Foundary to a slightly enlarged design in 1899-1902. These were numbered 1900-1959. Many of them were fitted with condensing apparatus for working over the Metropolitan widened lines and they were subsequently spent most of their working lives in the London area.
The engines were built with round topped boilers and enclosed cabs. Between 1919 and 1942 they were all rebuilt with Belpaire boilers and a raised cab roof. They were renumbered 7200-7259 in 1934.
After the 47200 class engines were rebuilt with Belpaire boilers the design was adopted by the LMS after grouping as a standard shunting design. The engines were known as Jinties but the origins of this name are not known despite many theories being put forward. They differed from the preceding class in having larger smokeboxes and increased capacity tanks and bunkers.
Four hundred and fifteen engines were built between 1924 and 1931, plus another seven for the SDJR. They were built by a number of outside contractors and they were intended to replace the large number of varied shunting engines inherited by the LMS.
The engines were numbered 7100-7156 and 16400-1764 until 1934. Apart from the War Department locomotives, and two engines which were sold to the NCC in Northern Ireland in 1944 (and regauged to the 5 feet 3 inch gauge) which are detailed below all of the locomotives were taken into BR stock on nationalisation in 1948.
Several of the class were later used as departmental engines by BR. Apart from shunting, some engines were used on North London passenger services and others based at Bromsgrove for banking on the Lickey Incline.
47477, 47478, 47479, 47480, 47481, 47655 and 47681 were fitted for push-pull train working on the Western Region. They were allocated to Upper Bank depot which was transferred from Midland Region to Western Region ownership in 1950. Some of these also spent time at Swansea Victoria and Swansew East Dock.
47310-16 were built in 1929 for the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway. They were numbered 19-25 and they became part of LMS stock in 1930.
On the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 they were initially chosen as the standard shunting locomotive for the War Department, but later the more modern Hunslet “Austerity” 0-6-0ST was chosen in preference. Nevertheless, eight engines were transferred to the War Department in 1940 for overseas use. Five of these engines returned to Britain from France in 1948, complete with bullet holes in the tanks. 47659 had carried the name CORSAIR while in France. 47589 was carrying a chimney from a GWR Dean Goods 0-6-0 when it returned.
Two, 7456 and 7553, were converted to the 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Irish broad gauge in 1944 and 1945 for use on Northern Counties Committee lines in Northern Ireland, becoming the NCC Class Y, and numbered 18 and 19. The engines were reboilered by the LMS in 1944, just before delivery to the NCC in August. The conversion to 5 ft 3 in gauge was simply done by reversing the wheels and renewing the tyres and crank pins. Their frames were not altered at all and, possibly due to the light nature of their work, the engines do not seem to have suffered from widening the gauge.
Designated Class Y, the engines were at first used on local trains to Carrickfergus but this practice was discontinued when it was discovered that the bearings were inclined to run hot. A test train of thirty wagons of coal was worked by No.19 from Belfast to Ballyclare Junction without any difficulty. No.18 worked a similar train but had trouble with lubrication. Subsequently, they were put to work on the Belfast Harbour Commissioners’ lines at Belfast docks where despite their relatively long wheel base they could negotiate a 4 chain (80 metre) curve if they proceeded slowly.
Altogether No.18 ran 219 441 miles on the NCC and a total of 612 266 miles in its life. A suspect crank pin led to its early withdrawal in 1956. No.19 ran 667 521 miles altogether, of which 291 971 were on the NCC. It lasted until 1963 although not doing much work in its final year.
In late Spring 1960 the Ulster Transport Authority acquired two 0-6-4Ts from the former Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, which took over duties on Belfast docks.
A total of 412 thus entered British Railways stock in 1948, rising to 417 by the end of the year.
47260 class locomotives were to be found all over the Midland Region on shunting duties which included station pilot work. Five of the class were deployed in Scotland around the Glasgow area with most spending time at Polmadie. On the Western Region there were a small number in the Swansea area of which some were fitted for push-pull working. In addition there were a very few allocated to Bath Green Park and Gloucester Barnwood. Some were utilised in old LMS depots in Yorkshire that in BR days transferred to the North Eastern Region. The odd one was also to be seen on the Eastern Region at places like Tilbury, Spittal Bridge, New England and Stratford. None were deployed on the Southern Region.
47298 was built at a cost of £3,168 by the Hunslet Engine Co Ltd. at Leeds and entered service in 1924 as 7138 but was renumbered 7298 in 1935.
It was initially allocated to Camden depot but moved on to Northampton four years later. Here it stayed until 1941 when it was transferred to Willesden. In 1942 it moved to Bletchley and this became its home until August 1954 when it moved to Sutton Oak, St Helens which was to become its final allocation before being withdrawn and sold for scrap.
Whilst at Bletchley it was renumbered 47298 following the nationalisation of the railways and the forming of BR in 1948.
William Breedon, the father of Brian, was employed to drive 47298 whilst it was based at Bletchley. He was assisted by George King as Fireman and Arthur Lee as shunter. William Breedon was assigned to shunting duties following an accident in November 1941 when he slipped off the step of LMS 12086 after someone had spilt oil. The locomotive was in the process of reversing off a turntable at the time and the accident resulted in every bone in his foot being crushed. He was then unable to operate on the main line as he was unable to run and place detonators on the line in the event of a breakdown etc. This restriction appears to have been ignored during the Second World War.
During its life it went through nine boilers, averaging a boiler change every five or six years. Normally a repaired boiler from another Jinty was received, but in 1938 a new one was fitted. Ten assorted heavy overhauls were carried out, together with a range of light repairs. Derby did some of this work but Bow (North London) is also mentioned on two occasions.
47298 spent its final period at Sutton Oak in store having been declared surplus in 1965 but was not withdrawn from service until December 1966 when it was sold to Woodham Brothers at Barry for scrap. It arrived at Barry in June 1967 and stayed there until July 1974 when it moved to Steamport at Southport.
47298 was fully restored at Steamport in 1979 took part in the Rocket 150 in 1980 and also steamed into Southport station for a joint Steamport/British Rail Joint Exhibition in April 1980.
In 1983 47298 was moved to the Llangollen Railway. During its time at Llangollen 47298 was painted blue and ran as Thomas the Tank Engine.
In April 1988 the locomotive moved to The East Lancs Railway.
In 1996 the locomotive hauled the reopening train on the Northampton & Lamport Railway.
In 2012 it was purchased by Ian Riley and moved to the East Lancs Railway. It has not been steamed since but had previously visited the railway back in 1988 a year after the Bury to Ramsbottom section of the railway opened.
The owner had hoped to have it back in steam before the end of 2017 but later revised this to 2018.
In December 2019 it was revealed that Ian Riley was in the process of selling the locomotive. It is understood that the locomotive will be based on a private railway once the overhaul has been completed.
The locomotive arrived back at Bury shed on the East Lancs Railway in October 2020 following a swift overhaul by its previous owner. It is not known how long the locomotive will stay at the East Lancs Railway.
BETTER LARGE View On Black
A bit crowded picture, but i was catching the light:-) I wish everyone wonderful relaxing Sunday!
Bit of a poppy fest going on just now. Firstly were these fields in Menorca a few weeks ago and last night I came across a cracker in East Lothian. I haven't looked at the East Lothian shots yet but am hopeful of some more good poppy shots.
Bit tricky to photograph this one because its a very natural ginger colour. Its coppery but not quite as coppery as it looks in these photos )O) I wish I could edit natural colours better gah~
For heads around 22.2cm or 8.5 ish.
Size checked on an F60 Celine, Customhouse Hyun and Little Rebel Seven (who actually has a bigger head).
Not suitable for heads with exceptionally tall foreheads (fiveheads). If you're worried that it might not fit, please contact me before this one goes up for sale at 10pm tonight with a measurement from the place the hairline would start (at the parting point) to where you would need the fibres to end and I'll let you know if it'll work out.
350 mile round trip only to get home at 11pm to find out my equipment was filthy so this wasn't the shot I wanted but I've uploaded it as a reminder to myself to check my bits more thoroughly before indulging in activities where cleanliness is a must..
Taking the Hasselblad out of its comfort zone once again in one of my favourite Tokyo hang-outs, the famous (and now very crowded) Kabukichou.
Frankly Henry may have been a little bit naughty in the garden. He had had his fun with some daffodils, smooched with tulips, grabbed a gerbera or two, lain with a lily, but it was when he got in the dark with camelia he sensed things were really different, really special. With her marshmallow-pink open petals, she had flowered more naturally than all the others into a real beauty. She had class. She had been hanging at the back of the garden in a bush but some sixth sense led him to her. Perhaps it was her scent, the way she moved in the wind, the way she stood tall and proud.
And so it was that one night, as they stood, shoulder touching shoulder that Henry dropped to his knees before her, and looking up into her face spoke softly: "Camelia,.... Camelia darling, will you be mine?" She gasped. Her breast heaved as she drew in a quick breath, and slowly a smile replaced the look of surprise...and shock. And she whispered, "Yes. Henry! You can have all of me. I'm yours!!"