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British Rail Class 165 'Turbo' 3 car Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) 165117 working the 2K57 10:13 (10:16 RT) Newbury- Reading Great Western Railway service train at Newbury Racecourse Station on the Reading to Taunton line in Berkshire (UK).
Note the train is wearing the now superseded First Great Western livery.
Photograph taken by and copyright of my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.
Mamiya M645 1000s
Mamiya Sekor C 80mm f/1.9
Kodak Tri-X 400TX, expired 05/2010
Digibase C-41 @ 37.8℃
Canon CanoScan 9000F MarkII
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A pair of Ex-Conrail EMDs are in charge of Selkirk bound Q64012 as they make their way through Conneaut on a clear spring morning. The leader is one of very few SD40-2s remaining with the class lights still in place.
Two of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen 60 strong 1100 class locomotives which date from 1950 and were based upon the SNCF Class BB 8100 design, they were extensively rebuilt between 1978 and 1982.
They operated on both freight and passenger turns and were the NS main locomotive until the arrival of Class 1600's.
Unfortunately they were very unpopular to a point of being downright hated by the drivers for a number of reasons, and they were paid a special bonus for driving them.
Here 1109 and 1111 stand at the buffer stops near to Zwolle station, the last of the class was withdrawn in 1999, although many were out of service before then.
Taken from the train whilst participating on the Werkgroep 1501's railtour "The Dutch Northlander".
24th April 1993
They call it animal husbandry. I bet the herders in Wyoming coined that phrase. Kids are lagging are in a rush to look over a beige bovine? Fascinating. Maybe this cow should be hitched to a plow and get some work back for the price of feed. Then a "class field trip" could mean a trip to fields being worked. Back at McIntosh Agricultural Museum on my last trek I encountered this class tour at the end of the last school year. Today the place must be all mud. There is probably a chance the clever among the children to learn something of farming in the day. The museum is probably under utilized though. It would be great if the kids could see the horse drawn implements in use. This is also a great place for a weekend stroll with the kids and a sandwich. We took advantage of this day around McIntosh Lake Park at the ag museum from where we later accessed the lake loop. The entire path loops around the lake and is 3.5 miles. It looks like the day might be cut short. Lake Shore Drive is in town while the far west side is just out of town. The north lake pavilion area on Mariner Drive was packed with picnic goers and partiers on the week end. There was still plenty of space for the town folk to settle in for a spell. Boy, Longmonters sure use their parks!
I'm all about skies! This is pretty good and is as good as I've seen to date this year. We had been graced with typical June skies, so I am trying to take advantage of them. The lighting is already getting soft. Today, served up more clouding and a promise of more 80s. We might be creeping up on 90s but they should be in August. More runoff could be a disaster even though that ought to be in later June. See if you can detect the climate changes around your locale. I am choosing to edit and I am spending extra time on the best of the captures considering these skies. I was just in time for the sky on that day. The windmill might have some work to do later on. I scored some tripod shots out here some time ago but I am here for a walk with my camera.
In the background, blazing in white, Mount Meeker and Longs Peak in the the Park are still coated in snow; St.Vrain is the peak on the left. It is possible the many are coated with snow at the end of July. Righties could call this global snowing. No point in yelling about it now; many scientists said it doesn't matter at this point. Enjoy the ride! The farm/museum is part way between Largemont and Hygiene, Colorado on state highway #66. I created a Photo Set for the McIntosh/Lohr Agricultural Museum.
Earlier this year I received a number of Auscision's latest diesel-electric locomotive models, the 600 class as you can see. By far my favourite is the version in the original South Australian Railways red & silver. So you have to put up with several photos of these units.
Links: Healey Mills / Class 56 / Collections
November 19th 1988
Healey Mills
Class 56s galore! Seven of the class can be seen here with four Class 37s. Identified are, left to right, 56030, 56076, 56092 and 56075 West Yorkshire Enterprise.
In background is 08543 Rotherwood, a most unusual visitor, the only time I ever saw a Tinsley named shunter here.
The four Class 37s seen that day - 37294, 37230, 37372 and 37374. There were x2 Class 56s in large logo blue 56105 and 56114. Also present were two Class 31s - 31444 and 31467.
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The Project 690 Kefal ("Mullet") class (known in the West by its NATO reporting name Bravo class) was a design of military submarines that were built in the Soviet Union. The boats were designed for use in ASW exercises, but could also be employed in a combat role. Four vessels were built, which were commissioned into the Soviet Navy between 1967 and 1970. All four boats were stricken in the 1990s. "SS-310" (pictured) is the last surviving submarine of this class. Located at the shipyard in Kherson.
Подводная лодка "СС-310".
Водоизмещение (надводное/подводное): 1912/2488 т. Размеры: длина - 69,6 м, ширина - 8,8 м, осадка - 6,25 м. Скорость хода (надводная/подводная): 12,2/17,5 узлов. Дальность плавания: над водой 2500 миль, под водой 400 миль. Силовая установка: дизель-электрическая, 1 винт. Вооружение: 1 533-мм носовой торпедный аппарат, 1 400-мм носовой торпедный аппарат, 10 торпед, 2 прибора ГПД. Глубина погружения: рабочая - 270 м., предельная - 300 м. Экипаж: 34 чел. История подлодки: Подводная лодка пр.690 "КЕФАЛЬ". Данная ПЛ-мишень предназначалась для проведения испытаний новых образцов противолодочного оружия, тренировки противолодочных расчетов и отработки тактики надводных, подводных и авиационных сил ПЛО в процессе их боевой подготовки. В соответствии с техническим заданием лодка-мишень должна была воспринимать удары реактивных глубинных бомб РГБ-60 калибром 212 мм, весом 110 кг и торпед калибром 533 мм, весом до 2200 кг (в инертном снаряжении), имеющих скорость хода до 50 уз. При этом сама подводная лодка-мишень должна была иметь скорость полного хода не менее 18 уз. Произведенные проработки показали, что невозможно обеспечить защиту прочного корпуса ПЛ пр.613 и 633 за счет зашивки легких корпусов деревянными брусьями с одновременным увеличением толщины обшивки и сохранении остойчивости ПЛ. Кроме того, не обеспечивалась заданная полная подводная скорость хода лодки-мишени. После того, как все заинтересованные организации убедились в невозможности переоборудования боевой ПЛ в лодку-мишень, надежно защищенную от ударов противолодочного оружия, было принято решение о проектировании и постройке специальной ПЛ-мишени. 28 февраля 1963 г. было подписано постановление ЦК КПСС и Совета Министров СССР о проектировании и строительстве ПЛ-мишени, предназначенной для практической отработки и обоснования точности наведения современных и проектируемых образцов противолодочного оружия и совершенствования тактики надводных, подводных и авиационных сил ПЛО. При выполнении проектных проработок ЦКБ-112 совместно с ЦНИИ им. А.Н.Крылова и 1-м ЦНИИ ВМФ разработали и в дальнейшем приняли к руководству следующий принцип обеспечения защиты прочного корпуса при ударе в легкий корпус ПЛ противолодочного оружия - соединять шпангоуты легкого корпуса со шпангоутом ПК (через обшивку) стойками, сминающимися при наружном ударе (оружия). Энергия удара должна гаситься работой, идущей на упругие деформации, деформации изгиба и среза обшивки и набора легкого корпуса, а также потерю устойчивости стоек. Устойчивость последних должна выбираться из условия передачи дополнительного давления на шпангоут ПК, уже нагруженного гидростатическим давлением при погружении подводной лодки на глубину 250 м (авторское свидетельство на изобретение №31588 от 25 октября 1965 г.). Другими словами, был сделан принципиальный вывод о том, что главным положением, которым следует руководствоваться при проектировании подводной лодки-мишени, является отказ от жестких связей, соединяющих наружный корпус с прочным корпусом. Среди общепроектных требований, оговоренных ТТЗ. наиболее сложным было обеспечить максимальную подводную скорость хода не менее 18 узлов, что для дизельной ПЛ достичь весьма непросто, особенно если учесть другое требование ТТЗ, ограничивающее выбор оборудования ПЛ из числа только серийно освоенного отечественной промышленностью. В связи с этим в проекте были приняты обводы хорошо обтекаемого тела и выбран, впервые среди отечественных ДЭПЛ, одновальный вариант. Общепроектные требования и ограничения, хотя и с трудом, но могли быть разрешены в конструкторском бюро, что же касается определения ударостойкости отдельных элементов корпусных конструкций, то они требовали натурных испытаний. Кроме того, для обеспечения защиты ПК от ударов торпед в проекте приняты следующие проектные мероприятия: все шпангоуты размещены внутри ПК; прочные цистерны размещены внутри ПК; шахта ВСУ, спасательный люк и входной люк установлены в плоскостях межотсечных переборок прочного корпуса (за исключением входного люка 3-го отсека); предусмотрены усиленные верхние крышки люков; сигнальный буй приподнят над прочным корпусом (зазор больше или равен 250 мм); надстройка в районе захлопок ПВД и газовыхлопа приподнята и выполнена аналогично конструкции легкого корпуса; съемные листы в надстройке имеют усиленную толщину и набор; переборки и выгородки в легком корпусе и в надстройке соединены с прочным корпусом через угольники, уменьшающие передачу динамической нагрузки на ПК; стрингеры цистерн легкого корпуса скруглены; аппарат ВИПС не подходит к обшивке легкого корпуса; предусмотрено усиление ограждения в районе выдвижных устройств; кнехты закреплены только на надстройке; ШУ-200 установлено на переборках ПК; клапаны вентиляции в районе ПК расположены под надстройкой. Заводская себестоимость постройки головной ПЛ (расчетная) составила около 17625 тыс. руб. Продолжительность цикла постройки головной ПЛ от начала работ до сдачи планировалась около 26 месяцев, от закладки до сдачи - 17,5 месяцев. Строительство серии этих ПЛ (4 ед.) вел завод им. Ленинского комсомола в Комсомольске-на-Амуре (главный строитель Л. Д. Пиков). В соответствии с решением ВМФ и минсудпрома от 18 октября 1967 г. из-за отсутствия опыта использования ПЛ-мишеней для головной ПЛ СC-368 был установлен годовой срок опытной эксплуатации, во время которой должны были проводиться испытания по специальной программе. В течение трех лет (1967-1970) завод им. Ленинского комсомола в Комсомольске-на-Амуре построил еще три ПЛ пр.690: СC-256 (1968 г.), СC-226 (1968 г.) и СC-310 (1970 г.) для ТОФ, СФ и ЧФ. Экипаж ПЛ был сокращенным и состоял из пяти офицеров и 28 матросов и старшин. Для них на корабле создали улучшенные бытовые условия. Послепостроечные испытания подводные лодки-мишени проходили на Тихом океане, а потом часть из них переходила по Северному морскому пути на европейские театры. По одной лодке-мишени было на Северном и Черноморском флотах. После того, как были построены и сданы флоту ПЛ пр.690, ВМФ, МСП и Министерством машиностроения в декабре 1974 г. было принято решение модернизировать ПЛ пр.690 для отработки по лодке-мишени стрельбы гравитационными противолодочными снарядами комплекса "Ливень". Подводная лодка "СС-310" была заложена в Комсомольске-на-Амуре на завод имени Ленинского комсомола в 25.04.1969 г (заводской №193). Спущена на воду в 1970 году, 31.10.1970 г. вступила в строй. В ноябре 1970 года вошла в состав Тихоокеанского флота. В 1975 году модернизирована для отработки по ней гравитационными противолодочными снарядами (РКП-5) комплекса "Ливинь" Была переведена на Черноморский Флот, включена в его состав. Вошла в состав 475-го дивизиона 14-ой дивизии ПЛ КЧФ с базированием на Феодосию. В конце 2000 года разоружена и передана в дар Украине (распоряжение Правительства РФ № 1687 от 19.10.1999 г.) с целью создания музея. 31.01.2001 г. подводная лодка "СС-310" была передана фонду "Славутич" (Украина) для переоборудования в музей (г. Киев) распоряжением Кабинета Министров Украины №23-р от 31.01.2001 г. Подлодка была оттранспортирована в г. Херсон, где находится на территории Херсонского судостроительного завода, до сих пор музея на ней не создано..
A Class 101 DMU at Keighley station on The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway soon after arriving from Oxenhope on 10th February 2019.
Name: Sainka
Class: Sentient Flora (some), Intelligent Flora (some) Species
Appearance: The Sainka’s appearance depends on which class/sub-species is being dealt with, but all share some commonalities. The bush/plant-class is most similar to that of Morbuzakh and Karzahni, typically being this spherical base with a bundle of vines and roots spreading out from it. The plant-class is primarily black in color, though can have some lime green vines, various types of silver metallic pieces jutting out of it, as well as translucent blue crystals.
The seed, spore, and sapling classes, while differing in many ways, are far more similar. Starting with the spore-class, these look like a spherical triangle standing up, with an extra cylinder protrusion coming out the back. They have a singular blue eye in the front, their outer shell is made of the translucent blue crystals, protecting the loose green seed and mechanics inside. Three lime green roots/vines sprout out from each corner, with an additional three coming out the back. On the front are three little blasters devices fused in the crystal shell.
The seed-class is much like the spore-class, though does not have the cylinder protrusion in the back and is instead composed of two the spherical triangles, the corners of one triangle rest in the opposite of the other. Its shell is black, with additional blue crystal coverings, and have four black roots/vines, two coming out of each side. It also has three blasters fused into the front of its shell, but has additional ones in its roots/vines.
The sapling-class is closer to the spore-class, but differs in many ways. While its shell is translucent blue crystal, its shaping is more of a spherical plus sign laying down, with cylinder protrusion in the middle, both top and bottom. Harder, blackened roots forming a base on the bottom cylinder stretch out from it, with either lime green or orange roots/vines attached to the ends. Unlike the other two, it has no visible eyes and no blasters in its casing.
Physiology: Sainka is a biomechanical plant, meaning that like other Matoran Universe beings, it is a mix between organic and mechanical nature. The exterior of Sainka is covered in Protodermic armor, with gaps and breaks in this armor revealing the cellulose underneath. It possesses all the typical plant makeup and structure internally, though made of Protodermis like all MU plants, but also has an additional internal mechanic skeleton and parts for structural support and functions. Design to obtain nutrients from any environment, Sainka can live anywhere from inside volcanoes to frozen wastes, but tends to prefer places with lots of existing plant life. To best explain the Sainka plant, it must be further split into several sub-classes.
Plant-Class: The Sainka plant-class, sometimes also known as the bush-class, is the primary species. It is a large factory plant that places itself in an area and begins to swiftly take over, draining away all nutrients and materials to itself. Materials gathered are refined and either used to help expand and grow the Sainka or to manufacture war machines. The primary purpose of the Sainka is the creation of these war machines and soldiers, continue to spread, gain resources, increase military size and strength, and expand conquest.
Members of this class are all sentient and highly intelligent, more so than that of Toa. Their bodies produce a chemical that allows them to feel vibrations in the air to sense movement. Similar vibration senses in the ground as well to detect objects and creatures. If need be, crystalline eyes can be grown anywhere on its body to further check the area. If needed for self-defense, the eyes can grow into heads with sharp teeth and spew out poison or acid. Often at least one head can be found rising out of the primary base of the plant, but the consciousness does not reside there. It is merely a distraction to have attackers focus on the wrong area. Consciousness primarily resides in the main base and master root. For some reason, Sainka are weak to the Element of Air and a blast of that elemental power to the master root will kill the entire creature.
Size of the Sainka varies, depending on how long it has been growing, but the main base is typically no smaller than a city block and several stories tall. As the main base is also primary manufacturing area, it is commonly defended by blades and crystalline structures in addition to vines and heads. The roots and vines it grows can borough quite deep in the ground and easily through buildings and Protodermic defenses. Thorns can also be grown on the roots and vines, provided simply crushing or tearing apart the attacker doesn’t solve the issue. If the area has run out of nutrients and materials, the primary base can consolidate and recycle the extend parts of itself to convert into a large airship of sorts. It can then rocket up into the air and fly to a new location to replant itself.
The plant-class is the only class able to propagate, however, it can only do so once. It must choose the correctly when to do so, for its offspring will have all the knowledge and abilities gained. It can gain abilities from other plant life in the existing area, taking any desirable traits they may possess. However, these traits can only then be passed onto their offspring and are unable to add it to themselves. The only known member of this class is Venivvy.
Seed-Class: The seed-class are the singular offspring of the plant-class, design as such to keep the creature’s population under control. The internal means of growth into the plant-class are protected by a durable outer shell, which has additional physical defenses by ways of crystal armors. They tend to be larger than Toa and their beginning sprouting roots are strong enough to pulverize boulders. Highly intelligent, they can choose when where they want to plant themselves and when they should be planted. After which they can access to all the traits of the base plant-class and the addition acquired traits. Only known member of this class is Khronstor.
Spore-Class: The spore-class, often referred to as the Sparnturtors by the Sainka, are similar to the offspring seed-class in design. They tend to be the first war machines built by the plant-class, based upon the blueprints for the seed-class, and are small, easily manufactured drones. Though they are easily larger than Matoran, they are not quite Toa sized. Their outer shells is fairly thin and weaker, being made of the crystal material, which is filled with fluids and attempts to protect the little seeds inside. Unfortunately, the gaps in their design make it easy to destroy them. A simple blast of Fire or poison in the gaps will instantly kill them. Their vines/roots can crush Matoran, but they don’t have much in the way of intelligence and can be easily outmaneuvered. Their functions are simple, scout, occasionally gather materials, and attack in swarms. Though mentally connected to their plant-class creator, they act as a hive mind, knowing the plant-class’s will and needing little direct orders. They are not considered sentient like the plant and seed-classes and if the plant-class is killed, all Sparnturtors will deactivate. However, like the seed-class, they can plant themselves and become the sapling-class.
Sapling-Class: The sapling-class are the planted versions of the spore-class. They tend to be bigger, more intelligent, and more powerful. Like the plant-class, they can grow more vines/roots and their vines are now strong enough to pulverize boulders. However, unlike the spore-class, they lose all ranged weaponry. Instead, their primary focus is to act as wireless transmitters, sending nutrients and more detailed data back to the plant-class. They can also be the growth quick starter for the plant-class, allowing the roots to instantly connect and grow out to all areas the sapling knows. Though it has lost its ability to fly, the sapling-class can uproot themselves and walk to other areas. They also gain minor manufacturing capabilities, able to repair any damaged Sparnturtors. Ones that plant themselves in the water tend to have the orange vines/roots and looks more like sea kelp.
Powers: Both the plant and seed-classes have Telepathy, able to read minds of beings and creatures, as well as speak to them. Seed and spore-classes have the ability to levitate and fly, though the Sparnturtors are much faster than seed-class, they can’t go as high up. Unique to the base plant-class, it can alter parts of itself to spew out acid or poison.
Weapons: The plant-class can use thorns and vines as weapons or manufacture defensive blades to sprout from its base. The seed and spore-class are the only ones with real weapons, having small elemental blasters built into their protective shells. Spore-class only has three of these and they fire a powerful acid, similar in potency to that of the Bohrok’s Acid Shields. The seed-class has more blasters coming from its vines, but the power depends on the traits it inherits. The only seed-class known so far is able to fire an acid-lava mix.
Hauling a steam train charter northbound class A4 no. 60009 Union of South Africa stops at Stevenage on the East Coast Main Line in October 2014.
7-4-02 Stenson Jct
170109 & 170102 on Sunday diverted train via Stenson & Sheet stores junctions
time 11:09
43083 & 43076 on next diverted service arrive in the background
BR Class 08 diesel-electric shunter, entered service for British Railway in 1961 as D3925, she gained the name of ‘Eagle CURC’ (Cambridge University Railway Club) in 1993. Purchased by Telford Steam Railway in 2016 and repainted in RES (Rail Express Systems) livery. Photographed here on Father Day giving rides up and down the railway.
Preserved English Electric Type 3 Class 37 Co-Co diesel locomotive 37003 stabled in the sidings in the pouring rain at Dereham Station on The Mid Norfolk Railway in Norfolk (UK).
37003 was built by English Electric at The Vulcan Foundry Newton le Willows and entered service as D6703 on December 28th 1960.
37003 was withdrawn from traffic in September 1998.
September 7th, 1976
Brean, near Weston-super-Mare
On yet another hot day during the brilliant 1976 summer Class 46 46002 (formerly D139) heads a train of clay wagons south towards Taunton
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EE Type 3 - Class 37 - 37115, with 'silver roof' Class 47's and a Class 31, at Liverpool Street station in the early-80s..
37115 was originally D6815, and later became 35514, and then 37609.
The loco is still in service today (2014), with DRS..
Restored from an unfocussed, grainy original..
Original slide - photographer unknown
British Rail Class 321 'Dusty Bin' 4 car 25kV Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) 321362 at the front of the 12 car 1Y55 18:49 (19:38 5L) Abellio Greater Anglia Ipswich- London Liverpool Street service train at Hatfield Peverel Station on the Great Eastern Main Line in Essex (UK).
Class 195 DMU No. 195126 is seen at Preston with a Northern service to Windermere on 17th April 2023.
Preserved British Rail Class 89 25kV AC Co-Co electric locomotive 89001 being towed back to its home at the nearby Barrow Hill Railway Centre after being outshopped with a well deserved fresh coat of 1980s British Rail Inter City swallow livery at Toton TMD (Traction and Maintenance Depot) near Long Eaton in the County of Nottinghamshire (UK).
This unique 6000 bhp prototype electric locomotive was built at British Rail Crewe Works in 1986.
89001 had a very troubled service life and was written off as a nil value asset after its last revenue earning service train in July 1992.
Note space have been left for a nameplate to be attached which will almost definitely be it's original nameplate 'Avocet' which was removed on withdrawal from service in 1992.
All part of the continuing restoration of 89001 by 'The AC Locomotive Group'.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_89
www.flickr.com/photos/stuart166axe/tags/toton/
Photograph taken by and copyright of my occasional photostream contributor Mr David Lewis and is posted here with very kind permission.
class 60 60100 clags away on its return working through Kettering as it heads to peak forest from limbury road
Class 37 37228 is pictured on a particularly dull day in Doncaster Works, with accident damage, on May 3rd 1981. The Class 55 behind it is 55005. Remarkably 37228 survived to become 37696, and is still in existance, albeit in storage, at Long Marston.
Some of the necklaces my students made in the class at Lena Corwin's studio! Talented bunch of ladies, having never made any jewelry before, eh? I want Patricia (top left) to start selling hers.
Two Class 108/104 Hybrid units form a Manchester - Blackpool service back in early March 1987.
This weekend witnessed the demolition of the old Bolton Station, the scaffolding clad carcase of which can be seen above the bridge parapet.
General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) Type JT42CWR Class 66 diesel locomotive 66065 working the 636L 09:10 (09:39 5L) Marks Tey Lafarge Tarmac- Crawley New Yard R.M.C. sand hopper train just outside Chelmsford Station on the Great Eastern Main Line in Essex (UK).
DB Schenker owned 66065 was built by EMD in Ontario Canada and entered service in the UK on February 2nd 1999.
Photograph courtesy, copyright and taken by my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.
70807 (6M50) 6M50 1040 Westbury Down Terminal Complex to Bescot Up Engineers Sidings departmental working sees today haul of twenty one EWS MHA Coalfish Wagons.
Preserved British Rail Type 2 Class 25 diesel locomotive 25057 at Weybourne Locomotive, Carriage Maintenance and Restoration Centre on the North Norfolk Railway (UK).
25057 was built at Derby Works as British Railways Type 2 D5207 in 1963 and was withdrawn from traffic on March 15th 1987.
Despite numerous visits to the NNR over the years, I've yet to see or hear the forlorn 25057 in action which is very disappointing.