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Iowa Northern Railway train BUWA has IANR 4100, 3809, 3802, and 3803 for power on this December Sunday to make the run from Butler Yard near Shell Rock, Iowa to Bryant Yard in Waterloo. The train had 75 cars out of Butler, but have brought the head 15 into the CN Waterloo Yard for interchange. In the background EJE 667, still in orange, is paused in between it's duties as the yard switch engine, and a few other motors are laying around at the engine facility including EJE 658 in CN paint.
The CN is in the process of purchasing the IANR but is still awaiting STB approval, and so this is perhaps a bit of a look into the future. Meanwhile the past is well represented in this view too, as the Illinois Central Roundhouse here in the background has been present in at least in some form, (it's had stalls added and removed over the years) back to as far as 1901 (and possibly longer, it was hard to pin down a good date for the roundhouse construction from just some quick online research).
The Iowa Northern Railway uses the CN Mainline in Waterloo and Cedar Falls for a few miles from Waterloo West to Cedar Falls Junction as part of an arrangement going back to the 1980s and a highway project that saw the consolidation of some lines in Waterloo to make room for US 218. Normally from what I've seen the interchange work is typically done by the IANR in either direction at some siding tracks just west of Waterloo West and so they don't come into the yard like this. But occasionally when traffic warrants the CN will have the IANR come directly into the "A Yard" here at the Waterloo Terminal to make their setout and pickup as seen here. They would tie onto a cut of cars and shove back out of the yard to the rest of their train waiting on the mainline.
I had gone out after this BUWA even though it was likely to be a cloudy day because IANR 4100 on the point is one of the road's newest units (arrived to the IANR in August 2023 per some online notes, though it's originally a C&O unit) and still looks pretty sharp. But it was a nice bonus to get them making this less-common move, and this angle normally would be a heavily backlit-view if the sun were present.
There's a bit of backstory to this photo, and I hope I don't make it too long... Darla used to not care about food. She was not food motivated at all. She barely cared about getting her dinner, let alone treats, but since her dementia began, food is her joy! In my house, all the dogs get a treat (cookie) around 7:00 p.m. but the rule is, they must go outside and do their business before they get the treat. All of the dogs know this and as soon as dinner is done, they all pretend that they have to go out, because they think if they go out, even if it is way earlier than 7pm, they'll get a cookie when they come back inside. Pokey has an added trick to try to entice a cookie out of me - it is to run as fast as he can all around the yard. He somehow knows that it makes me laugh, and apparently he thinks that if he can make me laugh, he'll get a treat earlier. Lately, Darla (who never runs) has gotten caught up in his act, and has soon as Pokey starts running, she'll start running too (although much much slower). The thing is, that due to her dementia, she just runs about in a totally random pattern (where Pokey does purposeful laps around the yard) On the one hand, it hurts my heart that she is gradually getting more and more confused, but on the other, I'm so glad that she still finds joy in life, in running in the opposite direction of Pokey, and in cookies.
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Taken a bit too far, for sliders sunday…
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See the first comment box below for the standard version, the original from which all arose, and a screenshot of this version's photoshop file with the expanded layers panel and channels panel.
After converting to black and white in Lr, and cropping, it was brought into Ps. I liked the version edited as usual, but then decided to see what would happen if I slud things further.
I like the overlay glow that is often created with editing for an Orton effect. The first way I learned was from Tony Kuyper's tutorials. At the top of the layer stack a curves adjustment layer set to screen blend mode is created. Then create a merged up through it layer. Set it to multiply blend mode and use gaussian blur. Group those layers and possibly add a mask to the group, and possibly reduce opacity of the group.
I recently came across another way to do it in the Practical Photography magazine. They say duplicate the background layer a couple times but since I'd already done a lot of editing with quite a few layers, I created a new merged up layer at the top of the layer stack, then duplicated it. One of those layers is set to Multiply and blurred. The other is set to Screen and left as is. They are grouped and a curves adjustment layer is added to the group. The line is pulled up and left to lighten the group.
I ended up using both those ways of creating an Orton effect, and sliding opacity of each a bit for this.
Happy Sliding!
When we stand in awe, our lips do not demand speech; we know that if we spoke, we would deprave ourselves. In such moments talk is an abomination. All we want is to pause, to be still, that the moment may last. It is like listening to great music; how it reaps the yield from the fertile soil of stillness; we are swept by it without being able to appraise it. The meaning of the things we revere is overwhelming and beyond the grasp of our understanding. We possess no categories for it and would distort it if we tried to appraise it by our standard of values; it essentially surpasses our criteria.
-Thunder in the Soul To Be Known by God, Abraham Joshua Heschel
Regular visitor to this delightful location at this time of the year and often wonder how many of the students actually take time to notice this amazing setting. The security guard that Bruce and I spoke to didnt have a clue suggesting it was a wattle tree....duh.
Nikon 14-24
It's been a fairly lean period for me lately, not able to get out much for one reason or another and when I could get out conditions were a bit of a battle.
This is a picture I made a couple of days ago during a bleak and miserable spell in the weather.
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The heavens opened and most folk took shelter as it didn't look to be improving Stu and myself retired to the pub, just to get out of the rain, honest...........
Bit more recent than the previous couple of photos, also on a ferry in Istanbul, longer exposure with a tripod.
Bit of Denmark - Solvang attracts thousends of visitors each year with its charming architecture, friendly people, unique shops and authentic Danish food
From Rerik I drove to Kühlungsborn. Another one of the old sea side resorts.
And like in the other towns with that kind of reputation I had difficulties adapting to them. I prefer smaller places with less people. Of course it was really nice just not really my type of place. At least not in direct comparison.
A bit of detail from the Glacial Moraine at the top end of Sassendalen in Spitsbergen.
I was standing above this spot for my last posted shot of this area.
Glaciers are never quite as pristine as you might think, they grind along the mountain sides and valleys wearing them away and bring all the rubble to the melting point where it gets deposited - 'right here'.
This shot of Wahclella Falls in the Columbia River Gorge is a bit different. It is a panorama of the waterfall consisting of four horizontal images stitched together to make a big vertical image about 33 megapixels in resolution.
View in larger size and read about my adventure on my blog.
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A sheeps bit scabious holding its own momentarily in a swirling sea of dandelion ,clover and wild grasses
bit of a change from the ocean - industrialised river. This is Meadowbank ferry wharf on the Parramatta River near work. Thought I'd clamber down below walkway for a tree-root view of things.
Reminds me a bit of Jack and the bean stalk :-)
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A change in hiking plans allowed me to work a bit more on the prototype for my journal bookcase.
Of course my journals are all a part of my bucket list, but the bookcase to house them in is (at least in the design model), pretty epic. With this notch done I can start working on the detailed letter routing for the case. Next comes the stain and then some assembly.
This is of course just a prototype of one case, but when I have all of my measurements, designs, and methods down I will be able to start work on bringing this creation to life!
Theme: Dream A Little Dream
Year Fourteen Of My 365 Project
Yes, that is all that is left of the former coastline, bits and pieces.
This photo was taken by an Asahi Pentax 6 X 7 medium format film camera and Super-Multi-Coated Macro-Takumar/6X7 1:4/135mm lens with a Asahi Pentax 6 X 7 67ø L39(UV) SMC filter using Kodak Ektar 100 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.
Bit of a Marmite shot I would think.
the bokeh has not been added in post - shot though a dew covered branch in the foreground.,
Hike near Boulder to a spot for light painting...a bit rushed but a cool place...the lights on the skyline are of the city
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I took this photo in 2016 but never really showed it as I thought it was a bit sad. Maybe its the right time now with whats happing here with the threat of Brexit hanging over us through no fault of our own! Such a shameful mess!! P@t.
"1847 was the year it all began,
Driving pains of hunger drove a million from this land,
They journeyed not for glory,
There motive wasnt greed,
A voyage of survival,
Far across the stormy seas,
To the city of Chicago,
As the evening shadows fall,
There are people dreamin`
Of the hills of Donegal
Some of them knew fortune,
Some of them knew pain,
More of them knew heartbreak,
Died upon the plains,
They spread throughout the nation,
Rode the railroad cars,
Brought their songs and music,
To ease their lonely hearts, "
To the city of Chicago
Etc.
[ Luka Bloom ]
Luka is the brother of Christy Moore and he is a superb artist and composer who Ive been lucky to have seen many times. He knows more than 3 chords and can play!!! Brilliant! Look him up on uTube! P.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqnHJy0elc4
Another photo from last Saturdays trek.
Maulin mountain stands at 570m and is part of the Wicklow National park. Its a wild, boggy place but it has the most amazing views looking east towards the Irish sea and south Dublin Bay.
I find it a very sad place as I know the history of it. Its not bad thing in my opinion to remember these dreadful happenings here, with respect and reverence as thankfully, we have all moved on in regard to our treatment and regard for our fellow humans, None in my opinion, more so than the Irish who in recent years have really grasped the nettle regarding peoples freedom, rights and civil liberties, including the removal in 1999 of article 2 and 3 from the constitution where the Republic of Ireland laid claim to Northern Ireland. A brave and a wonderful step which lead to the good Friday agreement and a lasting peace which we all work tirelessly to keep.
The stone walls crossing this mountain for more than 600 yards, serve no useful purpose whatsoever and were built during the Famine years of 1847-1850, a terrible time when over one million died and another million emigrated to the new World. No one is quite certain of the exact numbers and im also certain that there are quite a number of bodies buried along this wall as they died of starvation while building it. The Government decided to start these hair brained schemes under the OPW as rather than give the starving food it was decided to make them work for it " So as not to foster and promote laziness " amongst the Irish! Work, when they were dying. Its so deep in the Irish psyche that people still talk about and everyone knows what "famine beds" and "Hungry Grass" is
It still casts a "blight" upon all of us!
The round stone structure in the fourground is competely covered in and incorporated into the wall. Its about 3ft high and 4ft in diameter with a 2 ft square hole in one side. No one seems to know what it is but its from the famine yearss Maybe a dog shelter. could be for food but................!
Because of the way the English ruled Ireland, the land was divided into very small areas, sometimes of no more than a half an acre. This was so that the landlords could obtain more rents doubling or tripling the number of tennants, The rents were more than most people could afford anyway.Little has changed much there Im afraid! There could be up to 12 or 13 children together with their parents and maybe their grandparents living in a small rough house in each of theses homesteads struggling to live anyway so when the famine came, it was devastation.
There was a population explosion here in the 1830s as the potato sustained so many of the population.It was thought that the potato was introduced to Ireland by Sir Walter Raleigh
but it is now widely accepted that it arrived with the Spanish Armada in 1588. The Armada tried to invade England but were routed and they tried to escape across the top of Scotland and down the west coast Ireland but sadly they were caught in severe gales and many sunk and many were captured here by the English and the Irish who killed them or held them for randsome. Its said that women collecting seaweed in west, possibly Co. Kerry, found potato tubers washed up on the shore. They planted them in the poor peaty soil and to their amazement they grew extremely well, yielding up to 20 potatoes per stalk. This meant that they could easily feed their families so it became the mainstay of the diet here. This of course lead to a population explosion which Im certain the infamous drink, Poiteen played no "small" part in! Lol! Sorry ! Bad choice of words!!!!!!
In 1847 [ black 47 ] a blight struck the potato crop blackening the stems and rotting the young tubers in the ground. and in storage pits { Clamps } in the ground, This resulted in total starvation for millions. At the same time thousands of tons of other foods, like Maize and Wheat were exported out of the ports here under armed guard. Queen Victoria contributed £5 to the Irish famine relief fund but was advised by her ministers to als give the same amount to Battersea Dogs Home as they didnt want it to appear that she was favouring us!!! How appalling!
A sad time and we should never forget but we move on thankfully and rise way above it all. We now live in peace here on our beautiful island and we must ensure that it remains that way for all our sakes.
Hugs and best wishes to all my friends here who just like us, are spread out to the 4 corners of our World! Thank you!
P
FOOTNOTE; 4/6/2019
Trump is in the UK at the moment and coming here tomorrow unfortunately. Hes not welcome! Hes still spouting his rheteroic about immigration. I have a question for him! The native American is the Red Indian so where does he think everybody else. including his ancestors came from? Indeed were it not for America, millions of Irish would have died here because of the famine. Australia also took many Irish people So think on! It was the immigrants that made America what it is today Fortunately they are not all like Trump! Hes in the minority and he wont last the distance. Statesman? Give us a break!!!!
P.
Bit of a story here....
Some 29 years ago (yikes!) I arrived in Sheffield having transferred from London Ambulance to take up my new post at Longley Ambulance Station.
I filled a vacancy there due to a chap leaving and going off to Canada to start a new life over there in the ambulance service.
His name was/is Lou Gelsthorpe.
The other day I was sat in Middlewood Ambulance Station when a guy came in and asked if there were any 'old' ambulance men about..
I said no everybody was out bar me and the cleaners.
I asked him what he wanted 'old ambulance men' for and he said that he used to work for South Yorkshire Ambulance a while back but had moved to Canada...
The penny slowly dropped and I asked him his name.....
Yes! It was/is the same guy! Lou Gelsthorpe!
I was amazed at seeing him and then I told him that I was the guy who took his place at Longley Station 29 years ago... It was then his turn to be amazed...!
What a thing eh!
For me to be at Middlewood Station when he called in on the off chance & not even the station we were both at 29 years ago either!.
Amazing..!
We sat down and had a bit of a reminisce and I got out the station photo albums and we looked through them and he saw guys and gals that he recognised and even remembered names of! I had to point out the ones who had not only retired but had unfortunately died as well.. (bit sad but very good too!)
He couldn't stay too long but I asked if I could take a picture of him and put it up here on Flickr..
So I did! There he is in the top one with one of our newest vehicles.....
Plus for a 'context' view I have placed him (in the lower picture) leaning on the very vehicles that both he & I drove & worked from out of Longley Station, but of course not at the same time!
Not a great 'clone' shot but I thought I'd put them together...
Wow what an interesting encounter eh!
Lou said that he had some old photos from his time with SYAS and would email them to me... So watch this space..
I work for Yorkshire Ambulance Service on the RRVs in and around the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire.
It’s a great job and I feel very honoured to be able to help people at their point of need.
Check out the website for all sorts of info re YAS and the work we do.
Have no idea what this act was. They were bit part performers.
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Sydney
i was on a tiny sliver of path going around a bend, with people and dogs needing to get around me...but i didn't give up on the scene like i sometimes would, and i'm glad. it took me a bit to gain solitude and decide on the framing. i probably could have spent an hour here, shooting off the entire roll. but i only pressed the shutter once. i think there were more people coming :)
Opuntia, more commonly known as prickly pear cactus. McDowell Mountains Sonoran Preserve, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.