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The Nickel-class corvette is the smallest ship in the Federal Navy. Casian Dockyards designed and built these ships when asked by the Naval Procurement Board for a cheap patrol airship. The Nickel is named so because they cost about as much to build. They are incredibly simple to build and maintain. They are very fast, but are restricted to calm-weather conditions because of their size.
All versions of the Nickel class have a deck gun mounted frontally, but some versions also have aerial torpedo launchers on the bow to give them a chance against heavier opponents. In recognition that the type is extremely vulnerable, the Nickel class has a high amount of Mechanicum gear inside, lowering crew requirements.
During the Blighting, they were very useful in evacuating refugees and military personnel. However, during the Great Scouring, they suffered horrendous losses, mostly to Feral Behemoths. The few that were left were barely reinforced by replacements when the Continental War started, leading to further losses. The enormous casualty figures lead to a change in policy as to the use of the Nickel-class corvettes. Subsequently, they were never to be used in a frontline combat role and wold instead be relegated to patrol and policing duties.
Although some were sold to foreign nations and the type has seen some success outside of the Federal Republic of Casia, it is not generally considered a very good ship. If the best one can say of a ship is how fast it can run away from trouble, maybe it shouldn't be looking for trouble in the first place.
The Casian Dockyards are just barely kept afloat by orders of this ship, but they need to quickly design a newer, better ship if they are to succeed in the cutthroat world of airship building.
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Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022
Swayfield, Lincs
Class 57 57310 Pride of Cumbria heads south towards Peterborough with a Worksop to Ely stock movement consisting 465243
Another N class loco - 31401 (Guildford) but this time on the main line with unusually red liveried non-corridor stock , passes near Farnborough. 22/8/64.
DRS Class 68 No. 68004 paired with Class 37 No. 37605 power towards Barker's Crossing, Uttoxeter, working 0Z44 Derby RTC to Crewe Gresty Bridge on the 21st April 2015. The hazy specs on the right hand side are all mozzies and bugs flying around...!
A good online evening yoga class to bring awareness to the hips with a good brisk warm up at the start.
Abellio ScotRail Class 158, 158707 waiting to depart Greenfaulds railway station working 2J65 Falkirk Grahamston - Glasgow Queen Service, 17th November 2017.
Video: youtu.be/SHN-Vc9N-qs
The interior of London Northwestern unit 319005 on 26th May 2021. This must be one of the very few units on the network that still retains Network South East Edward Pond Murals. DTS vehicle 77298 features Somerset House and the Tower of London.
The Illinua-class battleships were the most advanced of their kind in the Vinnish navy around the turn of the century. They were some of the first to feature the new turret design, and had formidable armor and armament. They had a main battery of four 13in guns, a secondary battery of eight 7in guns, and then sixteen 6in guns and eight 4in guns. They were not without their problems, of course: with 16.5 inches of armor and such a large array of weapons, the ship was very heavy for her small frame, and tended to sag a bit lower than intended. The extra weight also caused some steering issues, and limited her to having only a few torpedo tubes. A bit slower than her contemporaries, the Illinuas nevertheless became known as some of the most reliable and effective ships of their time, some of these vessels would serve an extraordinarily long time, being modernized in the dreadnought era and then again in the 1930's to serve as training and bombardment ships.
PERKS & QUIRKS:
Battleship
Primary Guns: 13in (+1)
Secondary Guns: 7in (+1)
Torpedo Tubes: 4 (-1)
Armor: 16" (+2)
Speed: 17kn (-1)
Range: 6,000 (+0)
HEALTHY: (-1)
Ponderous (-1)
Ram: (+0)
Two unidentified Southeastern Class 375 units approach Rochester working the 1P24 09:18 Dover Priory to Victoria service.
Photograph taken from Fort Amhurst, Chatham.
British Rail Type 5 Class 56 Co-Co diesel locomotive 56094 as operated by Colas Rail on a Barnetby and return driver route learning movement with Class 70, 70806 in tow near Attenborough Station in the County of Nottinghamshire (UK).
56094 was built at Doncaster Works by British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) and entered service on August 9th 1981.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_56
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Photograph taken by and copyright of my occasional photostream contributor Mr David Lewis and is posted here with very kind permission.
Brush Class 57/3 2,500 hp Co-Co No.57 303 'Alan Tracey' (ex-47 705; 47 551; 47 261; D1957) (ex-'Lothian'; ex-'Guy Fawkes') of Virgin Trains on hire to FGW on a Taunton-Cardiff service at Bristol Temple Meads 1/10.
Class 508 508010 completing the shunt to the other line. The Class 508 Suburban Rail Tour, 9 February 1980.
Grabshot of preserved British Rail Type 2 Class 25 Bo-Bo diesel locomotive 25057 stored at the Weybourne Locomotive, Carriage Maintenance and Restoration Centre satellite shed at Bridge Road on the heritage North Norfolk Railway in the County of Norfolk (UK).
25057 was built at Derby Works as British Railways Type 2 D5207 in 1963 and was withdrawn from traffic by British Rail on March 15th 1987.
Despite numerous visits to the NNR over many years, I've yet to see or hear the forlorn 25057 in action which on a personal level as a first generation diesel locomotive enthusiast is very disappointing.
It seems 25057 has been abandoned to its fate. The locomotive is not even listed on the North Norfolk Railway website rolling stock page anymore.
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My Sheringham and the North Norfolk Railway album flic.kr/s/aHsjBS95cu
British Rail Class 90 25kV Bo-Bo electric locomotive 90045 as operated by Freightliner stabled in the goods junction yard near to Ipswich Station on the Great Eastern Main Line in Suffolk (UK).
90045 was built at British Rail Crewe Works and entered service on June 30th 1990.
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Photograph taken by and copyright of my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.
GWR Class 165 No.165134 at Dilton Marsh,with the 10:12 Warminster to Westbury service,on 4th of August 2021.
November 1st, 1979
Mirfield
Immingham-based Class 47 47542 (formerly D1585) heads west towards Manchester with an evening Newcastle to Liverpool express. Ref 59-02
Links: Mirfield / Class 47 / Collections
One of the rarest, if not still the only time that 6 x 81 class worked an empty grain train on the NSW main south.
8158-38-08-13-20-45 led 9323 out of Goulburn on 12Jan98.
Knox College fall term dance showcase included poster presentations by students in Dance History class, and a performance by students in Contemporary Dance of works choreographed by faculty member Jen Smith.
taking another photog class at uc berkeley extension. our first assignment was to select a theme, a word or phrase, and translate that into a series of 4-5 pics.
my theme was "practice makes perfect".
47114 and 47234 heading north out of Ipswich station.
47114 was scrapped.
47234 was rebuilt as Class 57/3 number 57315.
Class 105, Cravens unit seen here in departmental use as a route learning unit TDB977124 (ex 51246) & TDB977126 (ex 56455) at Sheffield at 12:09hrs on the 26th of February 1988
Class 03 03045 is pictured in the shed yard at Norwich (32A) on May 15th 1977. It was eventually cut-up in Doncaster Works during September 1979.
BREL (York) Class 321/3 Standard Mk.III 25k v ac overhead 4-car emu No.321 302 of National Express East Anglia ("One") but in Great Eastern livery speeding past Bethnal Green on a Southend Victoria - Liverpool St. service, 02/08.
Abellio ScotRail Class 380, 380017 arriving into Cumbernauld railway station working 2J78 Glasgow Queen Street - Falkirk Grahamston on the 19th of July 2018
Due to the Open Golf at Carnoustie ScotRail have sent DMU's to the east for extra capacity and in turn have put electric trains on services out of Glasgow. This is the first of two days where the Class 380 operated on passenger workings on the Cumbernauld & Grahamston line
Its just a gronk...but its so much more...its a gronk in Taunton shed at night, whilst waiting for the down sleepers, nearly always a pair of 50s. Gronk gone, shed gone but the sleepers still run with a class 57.
67013 stands at Leamington Spa while working the 14:25 to Birmingham Moor Street on the 16th of April 2014.
Cross Country Turbostar Class 170 No 170103 passing Barnt Green with the 11:10 Nottingham to Cardiff Central service on 7th September 2016.
Wickham Class 109 Local Passenger 2-car dmu Nos.DB975005 (ex-No.E50416, Class 109) & DB975006 (ex-No.E56171, Class 146) in Rail Blue livery and all yellow front ends converted to General Manager's Saloon at York, 03/76. Although a rushed shot out of a carriage window, this is the only (scanned) photograph (taken with a Kowa SET) I have of a Class 109.
Preserved English Electric Type 1 'Chopper' Class 20 Bo-Bo diesel locomotive 20205 at Wymondham Abbey Halt on the Mid Norfolk Railway in Norfolk (UK).
20205 was built at the English Electric Vulcan Foundry Newton le Willows as British Railways Type 1 D8305 in 1967 and withdrawn from service on December 18th 1989.
The English Electric Type 1 Class 20 locomotives were first introduced onto British Railways in 1957.
20205 was guest locomotive at the MNR courtesy of Michael Owen and the Class 20 Locomotive Society.