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Another historic livery is the West Yorkshire red and cream livery, which suited 158s well. On 4 March 2000, 158910 is a bit off its beaten track at Ashburys on the 1322 Liverpool Lime Street - Scarborough.
Merseyrail British Rail three car 3rd rail EMU Class 508 no.508 125 arrives at Hall Road station with the Hunts Cross to Hunts Cross circular for Hunts Cross.
308155 and 308141 at Leeds in November, 1999. Units I used to commute on in their GER days, then painted in all-over blue and later blue and grey, looking quite odd in red livery!
Azuma 800104 " Celebrating Scotland" is seen whispering through Springfield in Fife with 1W11 for Aberdeen
LEGO MOC of Mogami-class frigate in scale of 1:66
Mogami-class frigate is a Japanese multi-mission stealth frigate for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)
Specifications:
- Displacement
3,900 tons standard
5,500 tons full load
- Length: 133 m
- Beam: 16.3 m
- Crew: 90
Armament:
1 × 5 in (127 mm) Mk-45 Mod 4 naval gun
2 × missile canisters for a total of 8 Type 17 anti-ship missiles
1 × SeaRAM
2 x 3 Type 12 torpedoes
16 × Mk-41 VLS
2 × Remote weapon station
Interior of Transport for Wales D-Train 230009. Area with transverse seating and tables. 25th May 2023.
Caledonian Sleeper 73968 leads 73966,92038 and 92010 though Newcastle working 0Z80 Polmadie to Doncaster
Class 15, ADB968002 (D8237) outside Sheffield near Brightside. Photo taken from a passing train
This was stored at Toton for a while before being transfered to Sheffield as seen here before being taken into Marple & Gillots scrapyard for disposal, it was cut up in April 1985 so this photo will date from March or April 1985
One of the most formidable warships in known space, the Deneb-class Battleship is the first ship class of the Solaris Confederation to field the newly developed Tachyon Particle Lance. The Tachyon Particle Lance, in conjunction with superluminal missiles, gives the class devastating long range firepower. At shorter ranges, the class utilizes heavy X-Ray laser batteries. Ships of the Deneb class also fill the fleet command roll, where a flag officer will command a task force or battle group.
Class: Deneb Class Battleship
Affiliation: Solaris Confederation Navy
Namesake: Star Systems of the Solaris Confederation.
Ships Constructed: Deneb, Procyon, Aldebaran, Antares, Barnard’s Star, Bellatrix, Polaris, Pollux, Regulus, Vega, Sol
Armaments:
2x Tachyon Particle Lances
12x Superluminal Missile Vertical Launch System
8x Heavy X-Ray Laser Batteries in four turrets
2x Close-In Weapon System Point Defense
Drive Systems:
FTL: Space Fold Drive
Main: 6x Confined Plasma Thrusters
Secondary: 6x Conventional Plasma Thrusters
Stealth System: Plasma Wake Suppression
Defensive Systems:
Graviton Deflector Shields
Composite Armor Plating
DB Schenker Class 66, 66144 is seen passing through Rollerston with the Kingsbury - Humber oil tanks. 66114 has recently been re painted from EWS livery in to DB Schenker livery at Toton.
The Class 01 of standard locomotives (Einheitsdampflokomotive) was the first design of steam express passenger locomotives built by the unified Boreatic Railway League. While multiple railway companies had been operating across the main island of Borea for decades, no single railway company proved willing to shoulder the cost of long-distance railway bridges and ferries to the myriad islands. In 1920, the Council agreed to consolidate the largest mainland railway companies into a single state-owned entity, capable of the large-scale investment required to bridge the straights. The Grey Gates, the great suspension bridge crossing Omburg Harbor, is a product of such investment; so is the Class 01.
A 4-6-2 "Specific" layout, the Class 01 is designed to be fast, versatile, and able to be repaired in any railyard with standardized equipment. The Class 01 is limited to routes capable of handling its 20-ton axle load (as well as yards with turntables long enough to maneuver it). Though demand has started off slow, railway executives expect that the Class 01 will eventually be the most common engine hauling passenger express routes across the Boreatic League- and perhaps even beyond!
A pair of Rail Operations Group Class 47 diesel locos 47813 and 47812 waiting at Royston station.
On the lunchtime Barrington Quarry to Wembley run with empty landfill wagons.
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The 1860’s were a boom time of naval construction. The first ironclad battleships had amply demonstrated that the reign of the old wooden ship of the line was at an end. Such ships were extremely vulnerable to the new technology of high explosive shells, giving ships that were actually armoured to withstand such weapons a huge advantage. As a result, the world’s naval powers were keen to dispose of their now useless fleets, replacing them with ironclads as fast as they could.
Nowhere was this boom of shipbuilding greater than the Old Perceptan Empire. Ever since the Avalonian Continental and Western Holy Wars of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, where the navies of its rivals had been practically annihilated, Perceptum had maintained a massive margin of global naval supremacy for half a century by the virtue of being able to supplement its massive number of warships faster than its rivals could build new navies. But with the advent of the ironclad, this vast Armada of wooden sailing ships had been rendered obsolete at a stroke. A similar thing was happening in the navies of its geopolitical enemies, who were capitalizing on the opportunity to finally catch up. Having built its hegemony through the use of its navy, and none to eager to lose the control of the sea which its economy depended upon, the Imperial Government authorized one of the biggest construction programmes in history to replace its fleet with modern ironclad warships. Scores of the grand old wooden ships were sold and scrapped, with only the most modern preserved for conversion that turned them into comparatively ugly hunks of steel. Moreover, Imperial shipyards worked overtime to build entirely new ships with iron framed hulls; ships like the mighty Forza. The great majority of these ships were armed in the traditional broadside manner, before this type was ultimately superseded by ships with central battery and turret armaments.
When laid down in 1866, the Lorica and her class were intended to be the last, and grandest, of the Imperial Navy’s broadside battleships. In practice, conversion works on older ships and the construction of other broadsiders continued alongside their building until 1870, so it’s unclear which ship was THE last of the old way of fighting, but the Loricas were the last class of them to be ordered. For the Marina Imperiale, she was the embodiment of the sendoff, with some of the older men in the officer corps shedding tears over the passing of an age. They were the only class of broadside ironclad to possess more than a single gundeck, and although only the lower of the two benefitted from the thickest armour (8in of wrought iron backed by 20in of teak) their height allowed them to ship no less than fifty-six guns. As grand as this may seem, the arrangement caused several problems. The shear weight of all those guns threatened stability, and with so many weapons on two decks, it would be impossible to equip each gun with its own armoured ammunition hoist. This forced the guncrews to share hoists and get creative with how they handled the shot and powder... which would obviously prove hazardous in battle. The magazines were correspondingly huge, and although protected by relatively thick armour for a ship of the type, it was insufficient against the increasingly large guns mounted by central battery and turret ironclads. The only real strength they had was the mobility that resulted from their length to width ratio, but maneuvering such top-heavy iron sailing ships proved notoriously hazardous.
As can be expected, the Eight Years War was not kind to them. The ships performed admirably despite their age, their massive batteries of updated guns proving useful in calm seas and coastal battles where they proved their worth in guarding the Empire’s ports from attack. And unlike most other broadsiders, their entire hull was armoured with wrought iron ranging between four and eight inches, which allowed them to tank hits from smaller guns. Their relative agility even allowed them to dodge torpedoes while other, less nimble ships foundered. But whenever they were dragged too far out to sea, predictable problems arose. Their instability, worsened by the even heavier new rifled gun battery, caused more than one of them to sink in bad weather, in particularly fast turns or due to uncontrolled flooding in battle. With such a tendency to roll so heavily, the lower gun deck (which housed all the 8in guns, as opposed to the 4 and 6in rifles on the upper deck) would be subject to flooding should the hatches be opened in rough seas. Worse yet was the damage inflicted by the more modern ships the Empire was facing; the big-gun ships favoured by the Order of Achatius and her Allies found no problem with overmatching the Lorica’s armour, even from range. Once penetrated, the ships citadel and vulnerable ammunition stores were wide open to destruction.
Several of them did, however, survive the War. Wartime construction eventually caught up, allowing the the Loricas to be replaced on the front line by newer, tougher ships that moved the old broadsiders to relatively safe port defense and reserve posts. After the war, the Perceptan navy diligently reorganized itself and, strapped for cash, decided to sell many of its obsolescent ships off to the highest foreign bidders. At least one Lorica found its way into the Royal Pyu Navy, while another became flagship to a short-lived but famous pirate of the Chornslad Alliance. After superseding their value as combatants, they would serve for the rest of their days as depot ships, coal hulks and training vessels... an ignominious end to the era of the sailing battleship.
DRG Class 43 locomotive in the Eisenbahnmuseum Heilbronn. Shot with Fuji GS645S on Rollei 80S. Developed in XTOL
50037 Illustrious, speeding towards Seaton Junction station, with the 14:22 Exeter St. Davids - Waterloo, 2/7/91.
25221 starts a Crewe to Cardiff service from Newport on the last leg of its journey.
18th June 1978.
Although the planned withdrawal of the 'Castle Class 255' 4+2 HSTs on timetabled services was to be by the end of 2023, this was subsequently revised, enabling a small number of sets to continue in use on GWR diagrams into 2024. On 22nd September 2023 just one class 1 diagram remained, the 1G77 15:50 Penzance to Bristol Temple Meads, with 43155 'Rougement Castle' (with 43153 'Chûn Castle powering on the rear) rolls into Taunton shortly after sunset. 43155 (with 43154) was acquired by West Coast Railway Company and moved to Carnforth on 31st July 2025.
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Camera phone shot of a West Midlands Railways Class 196 passing through Small Heath on a positioning move from Tyseley to Worcester on 5th May 2023
Class 14 0-6-0 DH No. D9537 approaches Ewood Bridge, East Lancashire Railway, 18th June 2017, (Eric Harrison)
An unidentified Trafalgar-class submarine from the Royal Navy, passing Gourock on the Firth of Clyde.
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A class 101 awaits departure from Leeds on a stopping train to Huddersfield and Marsden on 5 March 1983.
The real Class 50 50034 was scrapped at Old Oak Common TMD during February 1991 and this is Class 50 50007 in GBRf livery and carrying 50034's name and number on Platform 2 at Newcastle Central at the head of a terminating Cardiff to Newcastle charter with Class 50 50049 tucked in behind on December 4th 2021, Due back in to Cardiff Central at 23-43 it eventually arrived at 01-17.
Photo from Managua, Nicaragua. I like the lines and form in this image, also the light. Brings back good memories from Nicaragua.
Photographing all the seabird chicks close to our house is one of my 2017 highlights.
These ones are lesser black-backed gull chicks (Larus fuscus).
(Sildemåke-unger, in Norwegian)
My album of nests and birds here.
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The British Rail Class 108 two car, diesel multiple units (DMU's) were built by BR Derby from 1958 to 1961. In all, 333 vehicles were produced in various formats.
The units stayed in regular service until 1990, when they began to be withdrawn from traffic, to be replaced on regional services by new "Sprinter" units, or by "Turbo" units on services around London.
The final Class 108 units lasted in traffic until October 1993, although many saw further use in departmental service, as sandite or route-learner units. Good condition on withdrawal and a lack of asbestos has ensured that many of this class are now used on preserved railway lines.
This unit appears to be heading for Heaton depot in Newcastle, hauled by a Class 37 locomotive in the grey and yellow Departmental livery.
Made these cupcakes for G's class at school...it was the best cupcake recipe...ever. So good! Not too sweet, light and fluffy...yum!
Big. Bulky. Gnarly. Adequate words to describe the British Class 70 locomotive.
The General Electric product was specifically built for Freightliner UK in 2007. Twenty Class 70 locomotives were manufactured for Freightliner. The 3,690 horsepower locomotive can be seen on heavy freight trains around the UK.
Here, number 70018 guides a container train onto the North London line at Stratford station. It's a beast!
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