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Western green lizard | Lacerta bilineata | adult male | Ticino (Switzerland) | 05-2022
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My latest ANIMAL VIDEO (warning, it's a bit shocking): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2-Xszz7FI
In case you're interested, you'll find a less cropped version of the photo above: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/western-green-lizard-lacerta-bi...
The story behind the photo:
For the most part, I try to show photos here that come with an entertaining anecdote that my fellow Flickerites can identify with and enjoy; the world offers enough misery as it is, so my goal is to cheer you up, not to drag you down. But here for once I feel I have a responsibility to share with you what I see as a cautionary tale - and I don't blame you if you turn away now, because what follows is not a pleasant read.
But before I get into that I want to say that the year 2022 was - at least as far as my photographic endeavors were concerned - an amazing one, and I'm very grateful. It was a year of many firsts for me; I managed to produce my first acceptable bird photo; I was for the first time able to capture a roe deer as well as a swallowtail, a mantis and even a fox (which I can't wait to show you): all from within my tiny garden in Ticino.
But while there were many wonderful encounters with the fascinating creatures that share "my" vacation home and its adjacent garden with me that I was only too happy to show here, you might have noticed that the lizard species whose Latin name is my alias on Flickr and that - still - "kinda" serves as the main focus of my gallery, has been absent for a long while.
One of the reasons for holding back on new Lacerta bilineata photos is obviously that I decided to widen my focus a bit and that I now concentrate on all the species I manage to capture in my garden and its immediate surroundings.
But there is another reason I haven't uploaded any western greens this summer. Even though I shot dozens of photos of some of the most gorgeous individuals of the species I've ever seen (many of which you can also find here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/western-green-lizard-lacerta-bi... ), those were all taken on the other side of the village, and not in my garden.
The beautiful male above was in fact one of only 3 western greens I found (alive) in the vicinity of my garden between May and October in 2022 - and out of those he's the only one I was able to photograph.
So what happened? Well, a year ago the neighbor to my immediate left got a young cat, and at the same time, the neighbor to my right also adopted two kittens. Before I continue, it is important to me that you know that I myself am very much a cat person: I adore felines of any kind, and in our own household (though not at our vacation home) we've always had generations of cats, and they were and are as dear to us as our human family members.
So I have no interest in pushing any sort of "anti-cat agenda"; I'm just telling you what happened. By the time spring 2022 came around, my neighbors' cats were almost fully grown and had developed their hunting skills. Between the three of them, they killed up to a dozen western green lizards every day once the reptiles started re-emerging from their winter hiding places which is when they generally are at their most slow and vulnerable.
It was easy to count the dead lizards, because the cats didn't eat them, and whenever I was outside rarely an hour passed without one of the cats showing up with a lizard or some other animal in its mouth. They also killed most of the snakes, even the slightly longer ones at 50-70cm.
Within only a few weeks, the entire Lacerta bilineata population in and around my garden was gone, and the same was true for the population of green whip snakes, while even the number of common wall lizards, which were extremely abundant before, markedly went down during that same time period.
There had always been cats in our village, and I was aware or at least suspected that the ebb and flow of the bilineata population in the past was somewhat tied to how many cats were permanently present at any given time, but my immediate neighbors had never had cats before (which is probably why a tiny population of this protected reptile species had managed to survive around my house).
Now experiencing up close what an impact only 3 cats can have on an isolated, small reptile population was absolutely shocking. What I witnessed made me sad, but I'm not angry at the cats - nor do I hold a grudge towards my neighbors, who are kind, generous and all around lovely people.
And while I don't want to lecture anybody, what I would like to do is offer a few ideas how we as cat-lovers can help mitigate the averse effects our beloved pets' predatory nature (which is nobody's fault: least of all the cats') has on the ecosystems around our homes.
If we live in areas where there's threatened/protected species close to our homes that our cats will prey upon, the time when we let our pets out of the house can already make a huge difference. For example, western green lizards are at their most active between 8am and 11am, and not letting our cats out during that period can already increase the lizards' chance of survival.
If you're a cat lover like me but you also want to protect your local fauna, knowing when during the day birds and reptiles are the most active as well as knowing their breeding/nesting cycles is crucial, and by adjusting the times or time periods when you let your cat out of the house (or not) accordingly will make a vital difference.
But there are also simpler approaches: most reptiles and birds (which are by far the most vulnerable to hunting cats) are not active during the night. Rodents like rats and mice on the other hand very much are, so if you mostly let your cat out after sunset, it will predominantly hunt mice and rats, which are usually abundant enough that their populations aren't threatened (this at least is true for western Europe - other regions might have threatened wildlife that is active during the night, so if you do care, try to educate yourself about the creatures that will fall prey to your pet).
Cats are perfectly adapted to night activity, but they switch to more daytime activity in order to better fit the routine of "their" humans. So while our cats probably won't like it at first to have to stay indoors during the day, they will quickly adapt and accept it, as long as they know they will be able to leave the house once the sun has gone down.
Naturally, there might be practical issues involved that make it impossible to try some of the above (like the presence of coyotes who will eat your cats if they are out at night), but who knows, maybe one person or other will find some of these suggestions useful. And while it may be too late for "my" lizards, I just feel an obligation to at least try to help raise awareness on the issue (although I realize this is a touchy subject and people have strong opinions about it).
In any case, thank you so much for taking the time to read this not very pleasant text. And as always, let me know what you think of the photo in the comments below - but please refrain from making any "heated" statements regarding the issue at hand out of respect for other commenters whose feelings you might hurt (if you feel very strongly about this subject and want to "vent", you may always reach me via my Flickr Mail).
Many greetings from Switzerland and a belated HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you!!! 🎉 😊 ❤!
A spider at a local park told me he had a fine view of sunrise ....and asked to borrow my camera so he could take a picture .
The spider took this photo of the rising sun shining through his dewy web ....
But ....there is only one problem .....the spider still hasn't returned my camera ....and now he is nowhere to be found .....
So ....please heed the lesson of this cautionary tale : "Be careful who you loan your gear to "
Thanks for the visit .....have a nice day :-)
In one of the buildings of the Erlangen General Hospital (Klinikum) with afternoon sun streaming through the glass windows. I figured it out later: A cleaning crew has placed a chair and a cautionary cone on flooring that they have just cleaned and/or waxed. [P1090800_lr_2000]
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The British Columbia Ferry Queen of Cowichan passing the Cape Roger Curtis Lighthouse on Bowen Island.
You can become a Hungry Ghost when you die and your family no longer venerates the ancestors....Cautionary Tale here...CALL YER MOM!!!!
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- Clarence (the Angel) "It's a Wonderful Life"
I spent the afternoon watching the colorized version of "It's a Wonderful Life" — It's one of my favorite Christmas movies, and I really like this quote from one of the characters in the movie's final scene.
My Highly Curated, Absolutely Essential, Will-Fight-You-Over-It Watch List: 😅
"White Christmas": Where Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye prove that a spontaneous musical number is the solution to any financial crisis.
"Christmas with the Kranks": A powerful cautionary tale about the dangers of trying to skip Christmas. It's basically a horror movie for suburban neighbors.
"A Christmas Story": The only film that can simultaneously make you want a BB gun and worry about freezing your tongue to a pole.
"Home Alone": A masterclass in booby-trapping, making me feel highly unprepared for a potential wet-bandit home invasion every year.
And of course, my all-time favorite, "Love Actually": The sprawling, confusing, emotionally manipulative movie that somehow convinced me that Hugh Grant dancing is the true spirit of Christmas.
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Acorn Woodpecker:
Acorn Woodpeckers are very unusual woodpeckers that live in large groups, hoard acorns, and breed cooperatively. Group members gather acorns by the hundreds and wedge them into holes they’ve made in a tree trunk or telephone pole.
(Nikon D7200, Nikon 200-500/5.6, 1/250 @ f/8, ISO 200, edited to taste)
Great Egret (wild) standing on captive American Alligator, Alligator Breeding Marsh and Wading Bird Rookery, Gatorland, Orlando, Florida
One of the many navigation and cautionary lights on Okanagan Lake, this one is at Gartrell Point Summerland. This light was placed here in 1915, one year after the launch of the paddle wheeler S. S. Sicamous.
*Yellow is the most visible color of the spectrum.
*The human eye processes yellow first. This explains why it is used for cautionary signs and emergency rescue vehicles.
*Peripheral vision is 2.5 times higher for yellow than for red.
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We had bright sunshine on this day, which seemed ideal to capture this fun metal spring. I like tiny springs. The Laowa 2:1 macro lens needs much light.
Our state governor has called for a mask mandate, but hospitals here continue to accept Covid patients from other states where masks and other cautionary measures are not required. Back to macro and avoiding the news.
Stay safe and healthy, whever you are.
l saw this sign during a recent walk .....
l wondered what kind of ferocious dog could be lurking behind that fence ? An extra big pit bull ?
A Rottweiler as big as a bear ? A highly aggressive Doberman Pinscher ?
Well....a moment later , the "bad dog" did appear at the fence ....and it was worse than anything l could have imagined !
l did get a photo of the savage beast ...and posted it below ....but .....before you decide whether to scroll down or not ....please be warned .......the sight just might be TOO SCARY for some people .....
DB Cargo 66066 'Geoff Spencer' passes under cautionary aspects through Chellaston with a diverted 1243, 4M82 Walsall Freight Terminal to Dowlow Brigg's Sidings. 12/01/2020.
Single Waxwing in Rowan tree at Castle Douglas.Two birds turned up then one went missing but returned a few days later. Because they feed on the berries occasionly the bird drank from some unfrozen water at the roadside.I remember some years ago a flock of Bramblings doing the same thing and died due to the water being contaminated by anti freeze.
Ozymandias. An installation and cautionary tale by Myra Wildmist. Iinspired by the poem, Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
It's a build by me. If you have a chance, please stop by. Look for the big poem and go down the stairs into the tomb.
Don't overlook the freebies, by me, to the right of the stairs.
The installation is at TerpsiCorps Art Sim:
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After leaving CP's Millinocket Sub at Eastern Maine Jct, 910 clears the bypass there, and shoves into Brownville Jct, allowing everything to line up for interchange, and the eastbound 908 later in the day. SD70M-2s 6403 and 6401 are keeping the sixty car train in check as they descend into BVJ, with the rear of the train already in cautionary limits. On a side note, I wonder what the deal is with the broom on top of the antenna array.
From the ground, the three puddles of water on the beach just look like three puddles of water. The scene changes from a higher perspective, the puddles change into eyes and nose, while the sand becomes a forehead and cheeks. The higher the perspective, the more the primate emerges, perhaps “Bigfoot” like. The lighthouse standing on its mane offers protection from passing boats.
Casey Jones lyrics by Grateful Dead
Drivin' that train, high on cocaine,
Casey Jones you better, watch your speed.
Trouble ahead, trouble behind,
And you know that notion just crossed my mind. . .
. . .
Trouble ahead, The Lady in Red,
Take my advice you'd be better off dead.
Switchman sleepin', train hundred and two,
is on the wrong track and headed for you.
>.........................................
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Minions is a short distance from Liskeard on Bodmin Moor.
The Hurlers, a unique Bronze Age Monument (c.1500 BC) consisting of a set of 3 standing stone circles is located on the west side of the village.
The name The Hurlers derives from a folk tale of people petrified for failing to observe the Lord’s Day, in this case local men playing the Celtic sport of hurling. Furthermore, just to the west of the three circles, two large menhirs stand like gateposts and are known as The Pipers - yet more rebellious locals. However, it is likely that this Bronze Age site was of much more significance, being used for ritual and ceremony, in other words activities deemed Pagan and unacceptable to early Christians, hence the cautionary tale.
The location of the Hurlers is of relevance as they lie near the convergence of two rivers, conveniently placing them where travellers and traders would have met. Such a location is not uncommon for stone circles. The surrounding countryside is also peppered with other ancient ceremonial remains in the shape of cists, barrows and standing stones.
The site is managed by the Cornwall Heritage Trust.
Be careful where you pitch your tent. Twisted story, links & info on my Dark Blog ~ aznanasaccouterments.blogspot.com/2020/09/thf20drow3.html
Four fresh SD70M-2s arrived in Saint John just two days ago to be added to the Irving fleet. One of four would end up leading NBSR 121-01 out of Saint John, that would later tie down once across the border in Bancroft. We picked the train up at Bancroft this morning with the clean 6411 leading the way, and ended up chasing all the way to Brownville Jct. Here, EMR 121 rolls across the Pleasant River within Cautionary Limits in preparation to yard the short train.
I tried to process this by a recipe but could not get it right. I only post this as a cautionary tale.
~ Little girl, keep yourself upon the trail
If you stray, you'll become a cautionary tale
Through the forests and the mists, down
This dark and twisty road ~
♪Abney Park - This dark and twisted road♪
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This view of the former GN engine facilities shows most of it; the roundhouse WAS to the left. BN was short of power, mostly due to the exploding coal traffic, and Missabe was once again ready to help (for a reasonable price, I'm sure.) The 6111 was a former GN SD9, equipped to run long hood forward as were all GN hood units through the production of the GP20's. The 6111 and 6114 would bring a little GN influence to my home base in Alliance, Nebraska, some time later, along with one of the high hood GP20's. One engineer turned one of them over to me with the cautionary advice that "it runs backwards." I responded that to a GN guy, WE have been running backwards!
if the rasp and rattle
of the raven's call
sounds like scolding
or the caw caw caw
of the perched crow
atop the quaking aspen grove
sounds like being told off
maybe it is a sermon
a statement of fact
that I am not as wise,
as superior, as sovereign
as I was raised to think?
The story of Icarus from Greek Mythology has been told and retold and reimagined throughout the ages in various forms by many authors: the Roman poet Ovid, James Joyce, Raymond Queneau, Adam Wing, and countless adaptations in children's books.
I just happened to catch this seagull flying too close to the sun on Pensacola Beach in October 2022. I named him Icarus. His belly is even on fire. Maybe the other seagull in the distance is his father Daedalus telling him to be careful. HSoS!
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ChatGPT: The story of Icarus is a well-known myth from Greek mythology. It tells the tale of a young man named Icarus and his father, Daedalus, who were imprisoned on the island of Crete.
Daedalus was a skilled craftsman and inventor, known for his ability to create marvelous contraptions. However, he angered King Minos of Crete, who ordered him and his son to be imprisoned within a labyrinth he had commissioned Daedalus to build. The labyrinth was an intricate maze designed to hold the mythical creature, the Minotaur.
Desperate to escape, Daedalus devised a plan. He crafted a pair of wings using feathers and wax. He warned his son Icarus not to fly too close to the sun, as the heat would melt the wax, nor too close to the sea, as the water would dampen the feathers and make them heavy.
With the wings attached, Daedalus and Icarus took flight from the labyrinth, soaring through the air. Icarus was filled with exhilaration, feeling the freedom of flight. However, he became enamored with the experience and ignored his father's warning, flying higher and higher towards the sun.
As Icarus flew too close to the sun, the wax holding his wings together melted, causing the feathers to come loose. With his wings in ruins, Icarus plummeted into the sea and drowned, unable to survive without his means of flight.
The story of Icarus serves as a cautionary tale, warning against excessive ambition, hubris, and disobedience. It illustrates the consequences of disregarding wisdom and heeding warnings, leading to a tragic end for Icarus. The myth also highlights the inventiveness and brilliance of Daedalus, showcasing his resourcefulness in finding a way to escape their imprisonment.
Jackman is where the CMQ meets their westbound (#1) with their eastbound (#2). The Canadian crew brings in #2 the night before, and ties it down, then the next day the American crew brings #1 west, then hops on #2 to bring it back east, while the Canadian crew, now rested, gets on #1 and brings it west. Here, #2 is just about to depart the cautionary limits at Jackman, with the old Canadian Pacific ABS signal visible above the second unit. This part of Jackman is reasonably open, but only if you like walking around through a bog, or if you have a drone. Three Red Barns, the 9020, 9004 and 9010, lead a leased LTEX GP35u east with 70 cars.
The bust of a sculpted Roman emperor appears to smoulder within the neoclassical interior of the Lady Lever Art Gallery, the illusion of rising flames lending a sense of reckoning to classical marble calm. Traditionally identified as Caligula, the figure evokes the darker reputation attached to Rome’s most notorious rulers, where divinity, cruelty and excess blurred into tyranny.
Caligula’s historical legacy is shaped by accusations of extreme cruelty, political terror, public humiliations of the Senate, financial ruin of the state, and claims of self-deification. Whether exaggerated by hostile sources or rooted in reality, his reign became a symbol of absolute power detached from restraint — a cautionary tale that still smoulders two millennia on.
The Smokey City, Pittsburgh, PA.
Due to the foul conditions that plagued Pittsburgh for over a century it was once known as the “Smoky City” or “Hell With the Lid Off”. Its geographic location and natural resources made it an ideal home for the industries that inevitably created the pollution problem. The city’s dark past has been described as a cautionary tale for cities lacking environmental control. Pittsburgh has an extremely long history of pollution and the struggle to alleviate it.
In 1762 a coal mining seam was discovered along the south bank of the Monongahela River. This resulted in some of the biggest and longest lasting impacts on our environment. Coal was an important energy source that fueled the industrialization of the country. However, Pittsburgh’s environment certainly paid the price. Smoke pollution was the most noticeable effect of coal consumption and gave the city its identity as the “City of Smoke.”
Pittsburgh was dark at all hours of the day by the 1940s. Photographs from the past show dark downtown streets lined with bright streetlamps at ten in the morning. The city was reaching a breaking point. David L. Lawrence became mayor in 1946 and vowed to clean up the city. During his first inaugural speech, Lawrence said, “I am convinced that our people want clean air. There is no other single thing which will so dramatically improve the appearance, the health, the pride, and the spirit of the city.”
He had grown up in a tough working-class Irish neighborhood in the Point by Fort Pitt. The neighborhood consisted of many industrial buildings which included run-down and abandoned steel mills. He had lived among some of the worst impurities in the city and saw the need to improve conditions. This gave him a deep passion to clean up the city. After becoming mayor he began to clean up the city. The 20-year redevelopment effort included sandblasting the smoky grime off the city’s iconic skyscrapers. The city began enforcing smoke ordinance and making transportation improvements. Additionally, the war effort exhausted many of the industries that were the source of the pollution problem. The city began to improve dramatically as it found new sources of energy and other ways to provide jobs.
By 1954 smoke pollution had seen a 90 percent decrease. Pittsburgh has changed drastically over the past century. No longer are there any steel mills within city limits. It has moved toward a future of health care, education, technology, and financial services. The industries of the past have been replaced with technology and research companies like Google and RAND as well as global financial institutions like PNC and Highmark Insurance.
Modern day Pittsburgh continues to make environmental improvements. It reshaped its identity from “The City of Smoke” to one on the cutting edge of technology and business. These changes in the economy have certainly aided in our environmental transformation. The vision and promises of David L. Lawrence will continue to have positive and lasting effects on the city for years to come.
The Photographer: Jack Delano (born Jacob Ovcharov, August 1, 1914 – August 12, 1997.
Delano, along with his parents and younger brother, emigrated to the United States in 1923. The family arrived in New York on July 5, 1923, and settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after.
Between 1924 and 1932 Delano studied graphic arts/photography and music (viola and composition) as a scholarship student at the Settlement Music School. After graduating high school he attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) where he studied illustration and continued his musical training. While there, Delano was awarded the Cresson Traveling Scholarship, on which he chose to travel to Europe, where he bought a camera that got him interested in photography.
After graduating from the PAFA, Delano found it difficult to secure a career in painting, illustrating, or music, so he decided to look into a photography program he had heard about through the Federal Art Project (FAP). He had moved to New York and had been freelancing as a photographer at the time, and decided to propose a photographic project to the FAP: a study of mining conditions in the Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, anthracite coal area. Delano sent sample pictures to Roy Stryker and applied for a job at the Farm Security Administration Photography Program.
Delano's photography was highly regarded, not only for his unconventional subjects and locations, but because of his unconventional use of scale and proportion. This dramatically differentiated him from other FSA photographers. He used these techniques to dramatize the subject's presence and better underline the strength and character of the individual. He often took photos of the unsafe or poor conditions many individuals were living and working in. He used his photography to highlight the importance of the "average" person as well as expose the conditions many of them were working in, in both the coal mines and Puerto Rico.
CP's Brownville-Montréal manifest is rolling through Farnham on the Adirondack subdivision mainline. CP has recently reorganized the Adirondack and Sherbrooke subdivisions to remove the cautionary limits in Farnham and allow trains to cross town at track speed. Consist : CP 6308, CP 6024, CP 6258.
A Canadian Pacific ES44AC heads east past the Sparwood cautionary limits.
When I set out this day I anticipated a relatively short chase from Sparwood to Pincher and that that would be it, however, like most days, absolutely nothing went to plan. The ballast train I wanted to chase promptly stopped at Natal and began working. Any hope of their work being quick died almost immediately when RTC told them that they'd have to be on the lookout for train 568 which was about two hours out. Nearly five hours later, CP 8704 was on its way east out of Sparwood with a train of oil empties in tow.
Any other day I don't think I would've enjoyed standing in knee deep snow for an 8700 leader but, by this point, I was just glad to see something moving. Plus, I've been wanting to shoot this spot since the summer so it was nice to cross it off of my list.
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Nineteen Eighty-Four (also published as 1984) is a dystopian social science fiction novel and cautionary tale by English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, it centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance and repressive regimentation of people and behaviours within society.
The story takes place in an imagined future in the year 1984, when much of the world is in perpetual war. Great Britain, now known as Airstrip One, has become a province of the totalitarian superstate Oceania, which is led by Big Brother, a dictatorial leader supported by an intense cult of personality manufactured by the Party's Thought Police. Through the Ministry of Truth, the Party engages in omnipresent government surveillance, historical negationism, and constant propaganda to persecute individuality and independent thinking.
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Witherwood Thicket
quote
“Listen,
listen with your eyes,
and your lips.
Listen with your skin,
and your blood.
Can you hear us,
at the edges?”
Emmanuelle de Maupassant, Cautionary Tales: darkly delicious imaginings inspired by ancient folklore
A cautionary tale for free accounts in Flickr.
I uploaded this to a shops/buildings group that allows Moderate images, and another urban group that allows 18+ images. That flagged ME as 18+/breaking the rules for free accounts (because free accounts are not allowed to place their pictures in 18+ groups, even when their picture is safe).
They told me "buy a Pro account then you can keep posting."
I REFUSE to be BULLIED into paying for a Pro account, so I have to go through all the groups I belong to and leave the groups/remove my SAFE pictures from every group that is Moderate or 18+.
Just a heads up, it took them YEARS before they pulled this greedy BS on me, so they'll get around to all the free accounts eventually.
Mark my words, one of these days you will have to pay for a Flickr account to have one, period.
Hello Goodbye, I'm rather crazy
And I never thought I was crazy
But what do I know?
Now you have to go
Honeybee
Honeybee - Steam Powered Giraffe
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One of my favorite shops in KC's Keep
In some premium spring evening sun, Colas Railfreight 56113 and classmate 56049 "Robin of Templecombe" head south with 6J37 Carlisle Yard - Chirk Kronospan, loaded logs. After around a half hour pause at Golbourne, the driver eases his train down the bank under cautionary signals.
Back home for a few days and with some free time I made the move to record the grids which have been at the helm of this working for a short while, deputising for an apparent lack of class 70 availability.
Nice to get out with the camera again for a brief moment before it's back to work for another month!
Red Bank | 19.04.23
For the Group A Cautionary Tale. I went in my kitchen and found this one. I'll try to find better ones, but I wanted to find something to add to the group and this was the best I could find right now! I promise I'll do better with the next one!
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To celebrate Canada Day, here is a shot of Ontario Northland train 113 about to enter cautionary limits in South Englehart, ON. We had chased 113 from Temagami with recently rebuilt and repainted GMD SD40-2 1734, leading 3 other GM products and 75 cars. This was our last day on the ONR and we were pretty pleased to get a standard cab leading the train. Here, 113 is passing a residence displaying Canada's pride at the Rte 569 crossing in Eventurel township in South Englehart, ON on September 17, 2019. Happy Canada Day to all of our friends and neighbors from the North.