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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.
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.
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.
Another shot of Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0 'Invincible' seen in action on the Wight Steam Railway. It is about to pass under Ashey Road with a train from Smallbrook.
22nd October 2007
With the Gas local and Paradise local now a combined train into just the Gas Local it is usually filled out with misc work to be done on the way to and from Paradise but on this day the Meatball pair of 4406, 4408 and a Meatball buffer lead a long string of Gas cars for Pipeline seen just west of Ravalli MT on a rather gloomy day.
This is just a shot to test to see if I can upload from my phone from the iCloud as I can't log in to my yahoo and Flickr from my laptop dew to security issues raised from yahoo my old phone number was used as a security buffer no need to comment on this
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.
The SV Local needed a buffer car to take empty propane tanks to the NS interchange at Pleasant Valley. Their C&O painted extended vision caboose got elected for the task. On the way up it was next to the power. But on the return trip it was in the proper position at the rear of the train.
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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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.
The blue connection , the Pendrechtse mill
The construction of the blue connection began in 2012 and continues until 2020.
It will be a special connection between the South Park in Rotterdam , the future landscape Buijtenland in Rhoon and Zuidpolder in Barendrecht , South Holland , the Netherlands .
It will be a complete recreational navigable route to and at the same time functions as an ecological connection between the green areas in and around Rotterdam . The blue connection, also ensures clean water that comes from the Oude Maas and serves as a climate buffer .
A grand project , which is something different than the mega buildings major cities normally construct.
The blue connection is a recreational route for people with their canoes , small rowing boats and electric little boats and also is an attractive place for swimmers and fishermen. The shorelines are made as naturally as possible.
The plant and animal life to flourish will come through this connection. It's a matter of time before we can identify the beaver. There already live rabbits , bats , songbirds and waterfowl in the area. In addition to the herons , we can also find the spoonbill and they even hope that the bittern returns. Highland cattle is grazing in the Koedood , which is also a part of this structure .
The Pendrechtse Mill is a true photographic attraction in the Southern Border Park , the part of the connection between Rotterdam and Barendrecht . This is mainly because the sunset and sunrise, during a few weeks each year , are behind the mill
Areas to enjoy , photograph and just that piece of nature that we need in our overpopulated country.
De blauwe verbinding , de Pendrechtse molen
De aanleg van de blauwe verbinding startte in 2012 en gaat door tot 2020.
Het gaat een bijzondere verbinding worden tussen het Zuiderpark in Rotterdam, het toekomstige landschapspark het Buijtenland in Rhoon en de Zuidpolder in Barendrecht, in Zuid-Holland , Nederland.
Het moet een compleet recreatieve bevaarbare route worden en tegelijkeertijd fuctioneren als een ecologische verbinding tussen de verschillende groengebieden in en om Rotterdam. Ook zorgt de blauwe verbinding voor schoon water, wat afkomstig is van de Oude Maas en dient het als klimaatbuffer.
Een groots project, wat wel even iets anders is dan de megagebouwen die de grote steden normaliter neerzetten.
De blauwe verbinding , of aansluiting, wordt een vaarroute voor recreanten met hun kano’s, kleine roei- en elektrische motorbootjes. Ook is de verbinding een aantrekkelijke plek voor zwemmers en sportvissers. De oevers worden natuurlijk ingericht.
Het planten en dierenleven zal tot een grote bloei komen door deze verbinding. Het is een kwestie van tijd voordat we de bever kunnen signaleren. Er leven al konijnen, vleermuizen, zang- en watervogels in het gebied. Naast de reigers, kunnen we ook de lepelaar vinden en ze hopen zelfs dat de roerdomp terugkeert. Schotse Hooglanders grazen in de Koedood, wat ook een onderdeel van deze structuur is.
De Pendrechtse Molen is een ware fotografische attractie in het Zuidelijk Randpark, het deel van de verbinding wat tussen Rotterdam en Barendrecht ligt. Dit komt vooral omdat, gedurende enkele weken per jaar, de zonsondergang en zonsopkomst de molen prachtig tot zijn recht laten komen.
Gebieden om van te genieten, te fotograferen en net dat stuk natuur wat we in ons overbevolkte land nodig hebben.
DRS class 37 038 propelling 1Q47 Derby RTC - Carlisle test train with 37 218 through Red Bank. May 15th 2019.
37 038 was a product of Vulcan foundry and originally built with split headcode boxes. After all the sub classes were developed 37 038 appears to have the plated over front nose, removal of buffer skirts and roof mounted horns plus all the componants required for todays railways, OTMR, GSMR, Wi Pac LED's, headlight and no doubt a lot more but minus its boiler lol.
21/52
Heyo, back from the Smokies, still alive, not a block of ice or eaten by a bear, all's well~
This is from one of the two times I turned my phone on last week at the top of one of the mts, I think like the second highest peak on the east side of the Mississippi or something. It was a pretty damn hard climb is all I know. I mean totally worth it though obviously.
I'm so sorry I've still been a little awol and haven't gotten around to answering emails and messages and things, I don't know what's up with me. It's just really hard to feel like social networking again if that makes sense, after not thinking about it for a while.
I don't know, there was one night after our group separated and three of us had to wade through streams all day and almost froze to death and ever since then posting things online's not been such a priority. It just sort of feels like such a shallow form of communication. Not that I'm trying to be patronizing or put the internet down, like, I love it and need it if I want to stay in touch with friends, but at the same time I wish I could just sit and actually look and talk to the people I love in person. Like what you post online isn't even a fraction of the whole story, you know. I want to know how everyone actually is but then it's not like any of us have the time to call or visit each other anymore. So much frustration aaaa
But anyway I was trying to watch a video on YouTube after I got home and it kept buffering and I found myself getting really frustrated and then I felt dumb because it seriously wasn't important. Our society is so obsessed with instant satisfaction which is funny since the things we make are the things that do all the buffering.
Just missn the natural world is all. So grateful to have walls and a pillow and a shower and all my limbs but definitely missn the simplicity.
Love yall, happy Sunday! Hope you guys have a wonderful week <3
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
Buffer fitted 43123 at the rear of the 11:48 Virgin Cross Country service to Newcastle as it departs Doncaster on June 29th 2002.
One of the most famous locos in Britain, 'King' class 4-6-0 6000 'King George V' leaves Paddington with an express passenger train and a full head of steam. Built at Swindon in June 1927, it went almost immediately to the United States to participate in the Centenary celebrations of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway where it was presented with the commemorative bell that it carries on its buffer beam to the present day. Withdrawn from service in December 1962 after travelling 1,910,424 miles (3,074,529 km) it was acquired by the National Collection and in 1971 became the first loco to break British Railways' embargo on mainline steam operation. It now rests at Swindon's STEAM Museum in honourable retirement.
The Norman Hirst Collection re-imaged. Copyright ©2022 by Keith Lewcock. Not to be used or reproduced without my prior permission.