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Candid street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Previously unpublished archive image from August 2017.
3Q54 Carlisle High Wapping Siding to Derby R.T.C. brightens up the dour Saturday morning scene at Megaloughton Crossing diverted via Sheet Stores Junction rather than the more direct route via Derby Station with 37421 sounding great up front.
Locomotive 943 was built by the Mitsubishi Company of Japan in 1950 and was installed at the park after retirement in 1987 to signifify the friendly relations between Thailand and Japan. It also reminds visitors that the park was once an active railway yard.
GWR Loco’s 2857 & 4270 arriving at Rawtenstall on the 1350 service from Heywood on day 2 of the ELR Steam Gala
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.
66615 involved in some shunting moves round Basford Hall, under the watchful eye of the shunter it eases onto the JNA wagon.
Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus.
Southwest Arizona, USA.
Full frame. No crop. No post processing. Dedicated Vintage macro film lens.
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
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.
The Dudhwa National Park is a national park in the Terai of Uttar Pradesh, India, and covers an area of 490.3 km2 (189.3 sq mi), with a buffer zone of 190 km2 (73 sq mi). It is part of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve.[1] It is located on the Indo-Nepal border in the Lakhimpur Kheri District, and has buffer of reserved forest areas on the northern and southern sides. It represents one of the few remaining examples of a highly diverse and productive Terai ecosystem, supporting a large number of endangered species, obligate species of tall wet grasslands and species of restricted distribution.
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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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The 12.39 Glasgow Queen Street to Aberdeen service (1A63) passes through Arbroath with 43143 up front (43139 on the rear). A difficult shot through the pallisade fencing! Wednesday, 5.6.19.
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.
GBRf Class 66/7 No. 66737 Lesia passes through Edale with 6H04, the 11:33 Bletchley Cemex – Peak Forest Cemex working on 4th July 2020.
Correre ai cento allora, nel silenzio della notte, mentre imperversa la bufera di neve, per provare l’effetto che fa.
Another image from the GCR Winter Gala Weekend in 2013 that might have more appeal this time around.......
Detail from Ivatt Mogul 46521 - perhaps one for the rivet counters.
Loughborough
25th January 2013
The boring, dull, numbing grey of the buffer's mark.
Canvas version of www.flickr.com/photos/pahnl/2590381731/ ...
6" by 16" stretched canvas.