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Realising the situation they were in with traction shortages, BDZ - in addition to the new Smartron machines - had some older Skoda machines overhauled. Some went to CZ Loko in Prerov, Czechia and others went to ZOS in Vrutky, Slovakia. These machines were all stripped down to a bare shell and then rebuilt as new. There is a giveaway as to which location they went to - the Czech machines retain the original round buffers but the Slovaks fitted new buffers - square with an extra diagonal on the inner end.
44 180 was one of the Czech rebuilds and it is seen here shortly before the stop of Thompson with BV 2602 Varna to Sofia via Gorna Oryahovitsa.
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Candid street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Previously unpublished archive image from August 2017.
66033 looking resplendant after its naming ceremony at London Euston this morning, silver buffers and all.
68033 has been named 'The Poppy' in recognition of the Royal British Legions Centenary this year and for all of the service given by the armed services. It was named on the morning of Saturday, 30th October, 2021 at a ceremony at London Euston Station.
GWR Loco’s 2857 & 4270 arriving at Rawtenstall on the 1350 service from Heywood on day 2 of the ELR Steam Gala
66615 involved in some shunting moves round Basford Hall, under the watchful eye of the shunter it eases onto the JNA wagon.
After a favourable result to numerous tests, VIA Rail stainless steel consists no longer require a buffer car at each end, as had been the case since the end of last year. Here VIA 69 has five of these cars, all carrying passengers.
43480 seen at Thurmaston with the 1B63 1645 Nottingham - London St Pancras International 25/9/18. (Taken using a pole)
Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus.
Southwest Arizona, USA.
Full frame. No crop. No post processing. Dedicated Vintage macro film lens.
Some 20 years ago I bought a cheap (£20 GBP / 32 USD) OO gauge 'Peak' Class 45 diesel made by Mainline
D49 was named 'The Manchester Regiment' and featured an old Ringfield motor based on Analogue 12v power
As I'm gradually migrating to Digital Control I decided to do a trial conversion by adding a DCC Encoder
Not as easy as it sounds as with this old Loco there is no way of just plugging in the new 'chip' as not being 'DCC ready' you have to do some alterations to the original wiring along with some soldering
Studying various Youtube tutorials I took the plunge and I'm happy to say having wired in an 8 pin decoder, it worked first time
However, the loco itself is very basic so I've replaced the buffer beams with plasticard and 3D printed buffers, 3D printed hook and chain link dummy couplings then added various home-made hoses using wire and paper clips
Following these basic upgrades I replaced the various windows with 'Flush Glaze' ones cut to size and glued in using 'Glue n Glaze' liquid and then added scratch-built wind-screen wipers
Finally the 'Yellow ends' and Buffer Beams were repainted plus a good overall 'weathering' was done using brush and cotton bud applications of acrylic and enamel washes
These locos have 8 wheeled bogies so a quick tweak of the wheel 'back to backs' to correct the gauge makes it now a reasonable runner at number 16 in my growing digital fleet
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On a dreary, drizzly evening, a Wisconsin & Southern storage car run returns south towards Milwaukee from the Kiel Marsh, heading through downtown Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The two SD40-2s now have a much smaller train in tow- just one buffer car (they will pick up another south of town). The conductor is off the power to flag the crossing here- even though the crossing signals are functional, rules dictate manual protection as the line is officially out-of-service.
Buffer stop at the Cambrian Railway, Oswestry situated at the end of the head shunt for the sidings south of the station.
I spotted the squirrel looking like he was about to run up the buffers which fortunately he did resulting in the photograph here, Sunday 4.10.26
Bis zum Prellbock auf der Trassenführung der Muldetalbahn. Schade, dass die Strecke so kurz ist.
Up to the buffer stop on the route of the Muldetalbahn. It is a pity that the line now ends here.
Hasta el tope de la ruta del Muldetalbahn. Es una pena que la línea termine aquí ahora.
ミュルデタールバーンのルート上にあるバッファーストップまで。ここでラインが終わってしまうのは残念です。
До буферной остановки на маршруте Мулдэтлбан. Жаль, что сейчас линия заканчивается здесь.
The adult male of the nominate subspecies, S. e. europaea is 14 cm (5.5 in) long with a 22.5–27 cm (8.9–10.6 in) wingspan. It weighs 17–28 g (0.6–1 oz). It has blue-grey upperparts, a black eye-stripe and whitish throat and underparts. The flanks and lower belly are orange-red, mottled with white on the undertail. The stout bill is dark grey with a paler area on the base of the lower mandible, the iris is dark brown and the legs and feet are pale brown or greyish Most other members of the S. e. europaea group differ only in detail from the nominate form, often with respect to the hue of the underparts, but S. e. arctica is quite distinctive. It is large, pale, has a white forehead and a reduced eye-stripe, and it has more white in the tail and wings than any other subspecies. Nuthatches move on trees with short leaps, and do not use their tails for support. In flight, they have a characteristic appearance, with a pointed head, round wings and a short, square tail. Their flight is fast, with wings closed between beats, and is usually of short duration.
S. e. caesia, the most widespread of the western subspecies, has orange-buff underparts except for a white throat and cheeks. The other western forms mainly differ in the exact shade of the underparts, although some southeastern forms also show a white forehead and supercilium. S. e. sinensis and S. e. formosana, of China and Taiwan respectively, have buff underparts like the western races, but have buff, instead of white, throats.
The female is similar in appearance to the male, but may be identified by her slightly paler upperparts, a browner eyestripe and a more washed-out tone to the flanks and lower belly] In the eastern form, S. e. asiatica, some males have buff underparts like the female, and birds with this appearance are difficult to sex in the field. Young birds resemble the female, although their plumage is duller and they have paler legs Individuals can be reliably sexed as female from about 12 days old by their paler and buffer flanks, or, in some white-breasted subspecies, by the creamier hue of their underparts.
Adults have a complete moult after breeding which takes about 80 days, starting from late May onwards and finishing by late September. The moult period for Siberian birds is more compressed, running from June to mid-September. Fledged juveniles moult some of their wing coverts when they are about eight weeks old.
In much of its range, Eurasian is the only nuthatch present. In southeast Europe and southwest Asia, the western and eastern rock nuthatches are larger and paler than the Eurasian species. They also lack white spots in the tail and are usually found in a different, stony habitat, and Krüper's nuthatch is small and has a black cap and reddish breast patch. In southwest China, the chestnut-vented nuthatch is very similar to the European bird, but is darker above, has less white on the face and has greyer underparts.
With a pair of GP15-1's on the point wearing the railroad's BN inspired paint scheme, the Northern Lines Railway's local arrives at the propane facility in Rockville, Minnesota with a train of loaded tank cars in tow. The crew is in the process of shoving the loads into the unloading spots as they make a series of moves here to spot the loads, pick up empties, and get their buffer car to the other end of the train for the run back to St. Cloud.
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NLR Rockville Line
Rockville, MN
Unknown Symbol (Local; St. Cloud, MN to Rockville, MN Turn)
NLR 421 GP15-1 Ex. GMTX 412, BNSF 1497, BN 1397, SLSF 122 Blt. 1977
NLR 422 GP15-1 Ex. GMTX 422, LLPX 1513, CFNR 102, UP 1544, CNW 4413 Blt. 1976
Fence Friday
This not only keeps the animals off the road, but it also buffers the sound of the traffic.
37604 0n the buffers at Gresty Bridge in the company of a DRS Northern Belle liveried 57 and a brace of snow ploughs, Saturday 23.7.16
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The Sheringham end of the North Norfolk Railway, a privately operated heritage line which operates both steam and diesel-hauled services. It is one of the longest established heritage lines, having been founded in 1965 about a year after the line was closed by British Railways. It once formed part of the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway and runs 5 miles to Holt.
Behind me, rails continue through a level crossing to the modern Sheringham station a short distance away, from which trains can be caught to Norwich on the national rail network. The buffer can be removed to allow occasional through trains, e.g. special steam services from Norwich.
On 11/02/19 5Z50 0945 Etches Park-Neville Hill passes Draycott with 4 buffer fitted Angel Trains power cars 43423 43467 43484 43468. The train terminated at Trent loop due to a fleet issue and returned to Etches Park for attention, before making a second successful attempt to get to NL, leaving Derby around lunchtime.
This started out as a low angle shot of openings in a closet door vent. I experimented with color and texture and ended up with this abstract.
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Class 318 electric multiple unit No. 318270 has recently arrived at Glasgow Central station with 2I35, the 13:15 Glasgow Central to Glasgow Central service via the Cathcart Circle on Wednesday 24th September 2025.
What looks to be buffer fitted 43013 is seen heading a Virgin Cross Country service past Newport ADJ Yard as the evening shadows lengthen. Yard shunters 09203 and 09105 can just be seen taking a break from their duties. The yard looked full on this day, taken circa 1998.
Canon EOS 3, EF 50mm f1.4 Fuji Superia 200.