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Arriving a bit later this year due to the long and harsh winter but the freshly hatched goslings are here now,,,It takes a lot of patience to get a shot when they take a second to look around rather than eat the grass.
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)
Arduino UNO provides 6 bit data and the necessary handshaking logic for a vintage Burroughs SSD0132-0040 Self-Scan gas plasma display c.1976. The row of LED blinky lights, aside from being mesmerizing, shows the state of the interface logic with delays built into the sketch to help diagnostics (on my first attempt I had the 6 data bits in reverse order).
The wire shrouded in red heatshrink tube on tag 10 of the lower connector is the +250 volt DC supply required by the Self-Scan
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.
Since kbable272 posted a recent photo of the grocery right side aisle, thought I'd concentrate on the front service counter area - namely this deli sign. The plain white signs in the grocery area are no longer completely washed out against a plain white wall. Although just the new gray stipe alone makes those signs a good bit more tolerable, hopefully those 2020 signs will soon be going where mountains of 2020 masks and empty hand sanitizer containers went -- to the recycle bin!!
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Walmart, 1998-built, Southcrest Pkwy near Goodman Rd., Southaven, MS
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.
LaBrewja Ocho Cientos Uno - full photo set on flickr at bit.ly/WgUKSQ - Copyright 2013 Rudy van Bree
We're still in the same garden as yesterday's photo...
An interesting Fuchsia tit-bit: Wikipedia notes that... "the majority of Fuchsia species are native to Central and South America.
However, a small additional number are found on the Caribbean Island of Hispaniola (two species), in New Zealand (three species) and on Tahiti (one species)."
Thanks so much for the very kind and encouraging comments beneath this photo...! Your support is very greatly appreciated.
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.
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For Flickr Friday's theme, "Noodles."
This one was a bit challenging for me. My friend, pictured here, and I were talking about this theme, the other day, for about 20-30 minutes. Originally I was going to do a more entertaining portrait of him scarfing down some noodles, in a warmer-lit environment. But he stated, and I agreed, that it just doesn't fit with all my previous photos. He wanted to see me capture a shot with a more urban feeling. This is the result we planned, and received.
Warmth in a box! Brighten up your cold, snowy, wet, night with a delicious serving of Lo Mein!
A bit longer than the previous one! 1473, numerically the last of Greater Manchester PTE's trio of Dennis Falcon V double deckers stands on Warrington's dismal Golden Square bus station in July 1986.
The Falcon was a pretty rare chassis in double deck form with only six being built. East Lancashire Coachbuilders built three, one demonstrator that became a playbus for Stevenage council early in its life, and two for Nottingham City Transport with that operators quirky body styling. The remaining three were bodied by Northern Counties for Greater Manchester.
They were powered by a Mercedes Benz OM421 V6 engine, coupled to a Voith fully automatic gearbox and went like shit off a shovel. They were however prone to breaking down and spent more times over a pit than on the road. Atherton depot was home to the Manchester trio where they would usually manage a round trip on the 582 before expiring. How this one made it to Warrington is an absolute mystery but I guarantee it wouldn't have made it back to Leigh!
84 seats were fitted, nine more than on a comparable Standard Atlantean or Fleetline and the extra length is apparent in this view.
In later life they had a habit of self combusting, a problem attributed to fracturing fuel pipes towards the rear end [so I believe] and was a fate that took this example from the world. One, 1472, survives and is currently in secure storage with the SELNEC preservation society.
"Daffy-Down-Dilly has come up to town,
In a yellow petticoat and a green gown"
Today we went out in search of daffodils. Well, I went in search of daffodils - Barney just came along for the walk :) I'd been a bit worried that we might have missed the best time photographing them, as they seem to have come out quite early round here this year. However, after a bit of a wander, I found a few places where they are still in abundance and my ever-tolerant pup only did a little canine eye-rolling before sitting in front of them so I could take a few flowery photos.
The daffodil hunt ended up taking us close to one of Barney's favourite places to play up on the hills - The Stream (which is a pathetic teeny tiny stream... but it's wet, therefore adored!), so, after our photo session with the flowers, we carried on to play up there for a while. A successful morning outing all round really - we both got out in the sunshine, I got to see the pretty daffodils and Barney returned home happy, tired and considerably muddier and wetter than he was looking here!
Hope everyone is having a lovely springy weekend :) Also, to my lovely mummy and all other mums too - Happy Mother's Day for tomorrow!!
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Separate note - ick, I'm not enjoying the new look Flickr at all. I don't like how the photo is displayed... or these silly little description and comment boxes on the side. I really don't like the white writing on dark background... My eyesight is bad already and this is making me feel cross-eyed. Hey ho, rant over - at least we had warning the changes were coming this time - just have to get used to it, I suppose...
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.
A bit of a fun edit tonight with an OOB (Out of Bounds) mixing it up and keeping it real! ;) lol
Had this image for ages sat on the hard drive and was disappointed that it wasn't as good as I thought at the time, I expected a bit more from it when I saw it on the camera screen and was so pleased at the time I took it, but it wasn't to be when viewed on the laptop, low light and high iso didn't help! :(
It was taken on the River Plym whilst I was up to the rim of me wellies waiting for whatever may come along in the way of wildlife, I was rather cold and had slipped off a rock so one wellie had been full of water at one point and I had to ring me sock out (no that's not a euphemism) on the river bank, the hours drifted by as did the driftwood when all of a sudden this little fellow popped up right in front of me, well I couldn't believe my luck I had never been so close to one of these in my life, panic set in but I did manage to get off a couple of quick snaps before he dived down in search for his fish supper...and so the day ended! :)
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