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For my friend, Steve Abatzidis (ineedathis), a Chef
This was taken last night, the last course of Chinese Dinner in Fine Dining stlye @ the KL Hilton during a Wedding dinner.
It consist of ice-cream over crumbs and pan-cake with lotus seed fillings top with thick cream (since I'm not a chef, cannot taste what it was! maybe Mayo or sour cream.)
Very low light condition, so had to use ISO-1600. A lot of noise reduction using Neat Image to process.
One of the few remaining first electric trains that ran on the Sydney metropolitan rail network was brought out of retirement as part of the 90th. anniversary of the service. Built in the 1920's they ran until 1992 and being devoid of air-conditioning had large sliding windows that could be raised open during summer. These windows would rattle as the train ran, hence why the common name of 'red rattler' for them came about.
Their passing was mourned by few as the air conditioned replacements came online.
Company/Owner: Pangasinan Five Star Bus Company, Inc.
Fleet/Bus Number: 1127 (former 1008)
Classification: Air-conditioned Provincial Bus
Coachbuilder: Five Star Bus Body
Body Model: MAN/Five Star A80 KLQ6123K R39 (Scania Higer KLQ6123K replica)
Engine Model: MAN D2066LOH12
Chassis Model: MAN 18.350 HOCL (PBMR39)
Transmission: Manual (6-speed forward, 1-speed reverse)
Suspension: Air Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2×2
Seating Capacity: 49
Route: Tuguegarao City, Cagayan–Cubao, Quezon City via N1 (Maharlika Highway) / Pangasinan–Nueva Ecija Road / TPLEX-Pura–SCTEX-Amucao–NLEX-Balintawak
Municipalities/cities passing: Peñablanca/San Pablo/Cabagan/Tumauini/Ilagan City/Gamu/Naguilian/Reina Mercedes/Cauayan City/Alicia/Echague/Quezon (San Isidro)/Santiago City/Cordon/Diadi/Bagabag/Solano/Bayombong/Bambang/Ineangan (Dupax del Norte)/Gabut (Dupax del Sur)/Aritao/Santa Fe/Carranglan/San Jose City/Science City of Muñoz/Talavera/Santo Domingo/Guimba/Pura
Type of Operation: Provincial Operation Public Utility Bus (Regular Class)
Area of Operation: Cagayan Valley (Region II)
Shot Location: Maharlika Highway, Mabini, Santiago City, Isabela
Date Taken: February 1, 2016
Notices:
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**** The vehicle's registration plate(s), conduction sticker(s), and/or persons (if applicable) were pixelated/blurred to prevent any conflict with the photographer, the bus company and/or to the car owner for their security and/or privacy purposes. So, don't use their plate number, conduction sticker, and vehicle tag as an evidence for any incident. And, I have taken this photo for bus fanatics, bus enthusiasts, and bus lovers purposes.
Kagagaling lang nito ng LAO or VGN. Bandang 7:25 pm ko ito nakunan sa terminal.
Company/Owner: GMW Trans/GV Florida Transport, Inc.
Fleet/Bus Number: 45
Classification: Air-conditioned Inter-provincial Bus
Coachbuilder: (Suzhou) Higer Bus Company, Ltd.
Body Model: Higer KLQ6118HKQE2A U-Tour SD
Engine Model: Yuchai YC6L280-30 (L38MA/L53SA)
Chassis Model: Higer KLQ6118H (LKLR1GS**EB)
Transmission: 6-speed Manual Transmission
Suspension: Air Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2×2
Seating Capacity: 45
Franchise route: Vigan (Ilocos Sur)–Santiago City(?)
Route: Vigan City, Ilocos Sur–Santiago City, Isabela via N2 (MacArthur Highway) and N1 (Maharlika Highway)
Municipalities/cities passing: Bantay/San Ildefonso/Santo Domingo/Magsingal/San Juan/Cabugao/Sinait/Badoc/Pinili/Currimao/Paoay or Batac/San Nicolas/Laoag City/Bacarra/Pasuquin/Burgos/Bangui/Pagudpud/Santa Praxedes/Claveria/Sanchez-Mira/Pamplona/Abulug/Ballesteros/Aparri/Allacapan/Lal-lo/Gattaran/Alcala/Amulung/Iguig/Tuguegarao City/San Mateo-Tuguegarao Road: Maddarulug [Santo Domingo (Solana)]/Enrile/Santa Maria/Rizal/Quezon/Mallig/Roxas/San Manuel/Aurora/Cabatuan/San Mateo/Ramon or via Maharlika Highway: Peñablanca/San Pablo/Cabagan/Tumauini/Ilagan City/Gamu/Naguilian/Reina Mercedes/Cauayan City/Alicia/Echague/San Isidro
Type of Operation: Inter-regional, Inter-provincial Operation Public Utility Bus (Regular Class)
Area of Operations: Ilocos Region (Region I) / Cagayan Valley (Region II)
Shot Location: GV Florida Bus Terminal, Barangay Villasis, Santiago City, Isabela
Date Taken: May 20, 2018 (19:25H)
Notices:
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** If I have mistakes on the specifications, please comment in a good manner so that I can edit it immediately.
*** The specifications and routes (for provincial, inter-provincial, and city operation) mentioned above are subjected for verification and may be changed without prior notice.
**** The vehicle's registration plate(s), conduction sticker(s), and/or persons (if applicable) were pixelated/blurred to prevent any conflict with the photographer, the bus company and/or to the car owner for their security and/or privacy purposes. So, don't use their plate number, conduction sticker, and vehicle tag as an evidence for any incident. And, I have taken this photo for bus fanatics, bus enthusiasts, and bus lovers purposes.
This image for the Condition series was taken from a drone. I love how it turned out, but he quality of the image produced by the GoPro was disappointing. Very low res :(
229 Gulf View Boulevard
Right on SUNNY CLEARWATER BEACH, FLORIDA
Furnished apartments overlooking the beach. Gleaming kitchenettes. Beautiful tile baths. Walk-in closets. Electric heat and air-conditioning. TV. Private parking. Heated swimming pool. Shuffleboard. AAA Approved. Dick Prokes, and Don Armstrong, Owners-Mgrs.
Pure Color by Ward Beckett
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This poor lady is loosing her fur, with a severe case of mange. Add the hole in the ear, ticks, and other problems, and she is in rough shape. But despite all that, this bushbuck holds her head erect and is wary and alert. She looks rather dignified, despite all the troubles she has.
Copyright 2015 Dave Montreuil
This photo can be licensed via Shutterstock
Condition Météo:
Température EXT: 13°
Humidité 45%
SQML: 21.35
Lune: présente
Imaging information
Mount:
Takahashi-EM200 Temma2jr
Optics:
Takahashi FS.60c red:4.2
Camera:
Atik-4002 Mono
Filter:
H.Alpha 3nm Astrodon
Software:
MaximDL v6-Pro
Exposure:
7x3x300sec Binningx2
Guiding via MaximDl v-6Pro
ZWO ASI-120 mini via Takahashi GT.40
1sec Binningx2
Dark x13
Offset x101
Flat x21
Location:
Col de la Croix Rosier ( beaujolais )
N: 46°08'08.18"
E: 4°54'82.11"
Alt: 731m
Treatment
MaximDL v6-Pro and Photoshop.CS2
My grandpa has a half roll of pennies from 1957 that have never been in circulation. this is one of them, which he has given to me.
The Library of Birmingham which was designed by Buro Happold and built at a cost of £188 million. In Centenary Square, Birmingham, West Midlands.
Birmingham City Council looked into relocating the library for many years. The original plan was to build a new library in the emerging Eastside district, which had been opened up to the city centre following the demolition of Masshouse Circus. A library was designed by Richard Rogers on a site in the area. However, for financial reasons and reservations about the location this plan was shelved. The Council suggested that the Library be split between a new building built between the Rep Theatre and Baskerville House at Centenary Square, which until 2009 was a public car park (to house the main lending library) and a building at Millennium Point in "Eastside" (to house the archives and special collections).
In August 2006, the Council confirmed the area between the Rep Theatre and Baskerville House as the future site for the library. Capita Symonds had been appointed as Project Managers for the Library of Birmingham. The council's intention was to create a "world class" landmark civic building in Centenary Square. Not long after this, the two-sites idea was scrapped and the archives and special collections will move to the site at Centenary Square.
Preparation of the ground for building, and archaeological work between Baskerville House and The Rep had begun before planning permission had been granted. Planning permission was finally granted and approved by Birmingham City Council in December 2009. Building work, which was undertaken by Carillion, commenced in January 2010, with a completion schedule for 3 September 2013. A topping out ceremony to mark the completion of the highest part of the building took place on 14 September 2011.
At the 2014 RIBA West Midlands Awards, the Library of Birmingham was named overall West Midlands building of the year Mecanoo architect Patrick Arends won emerging architect of the year and Birmingham City Council won client of the year. In the June 2014 birthday honours, the library's director, Brian Gambles, was made MBE "for services to libraries". On 17 July 2014 the Library of Birmingham was nominated as one of the six short-listed buildings for the 2014 Stirling Prize, awarded for excellence in architecture.
The library has a number of nationally and internationally significant collections, including the Boulton and Watt archives, the Bournville Village Trust Archive, the Charles Parker Archive, the Parker collection of children's books, the Sir Benjamin Stone photographic collection, the Wingate Bett transport ticket collection, the Warwickshire photographic survey, the British Institute of Organ Studies archive and the Railway and Canal Historical Society Library.
The specialist Shakespeare Memorial Room was designed in 1882 by John Henry Chamberlain for the first Central Library. When the old building was demolished in 1974 Chamberlain's room was dismantled and later fitted into the new concrete shell of the new library complex. When the Library of Birmingham was built, it was again moved, to the top floor. It houses Britain’s most important Shakespeare collection, and one of the two most important Shakespeare collections in the world; the other being held by the Folger Shakespeare Library. The collection contains 43,000 books including rare items such as a copy of the First Folio 1623; copies of the four earliest Folio editions; over 70 editions of separate plays printed before 1709 including three "Pavier" quartos published in 1619 but falsely dated. There are significant collections from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, a near complete collection of Collected Works, significant numbers of adaptations, anthologies and individual editions.
The Boulton and Watt Collection is the archive of the steam engine partnership of Matthew Boulton and James Watt, dating from its formation in 1774 until the firm's closure in the 1890s. The archive comprises about 550 volumes of letters, books, order books and account books, approximately 29,000 engine drawings and upwards of 20,000 letters received from customers. Boulton and Watt manufactured the screw engines for Brunel's SS Great Eastern and the archive includes a portfolio of 13 albumen prints by Robert Howlett documenting the construction of the Great Eastern, including a rare variant of the Brunel portrait of 1857.
Company/Owner: Nishi Nippon Transport
Fleet/Bus Number: 804
Classification: Air-conditioned Tourist Chartered Bus
Coachbuilder: Hino Motors, Ltd.
Body Model: Hino S'elega SHD
Engine Model: Hino F20C
Chassis Model: Hino RU3FTAB
Transmission: Manual (6-speed forward, 1-speed reverse)
Suspension: Air Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2+1×2
Seating Capacity: 55 (45 + 10 jump-seats)
Route: Various (Tourist Chartered)
Municipalities/cities passing: N/A
Type of Operation: Tourist Operation Non-Public Utility Bus (Special Trip / Tourist Class)
Area of Operation: Any point of Luzon: Ilocos Region (Region I), Cagayan Valley (Region II), Central Luzon (Region III), CALABARZON (Region IV-A), MIMAROPA (Region IV-B), Bicol Region (Region V), Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)
Shot Location: In-front of Barasoain Church, Malolos City, Bulacan
Date Taken: August 7, 2015
Notices:
* Please DON'T GRAB A PHOTO WITHOUT A PERMISSION. If you're going to GRAB IT, please give A CREDIT TO THE OWNER. Also, don't PRINT SCREEN my photos.
** If I have mistakes on the specifications, please comment in a good manner so that I can edit it immediately.
*** The specifications mentioned above are subjected for verification and may be changed without prior notice.
**** The vehicle's registration plate(s), conduction sticker(s), and/or persons (if applicable) were pixelated/blurred to prevent any conflict with the photographer, the bus company and/or to the car owner for their security and/or privacy purposes. So, don't use their plate number, conduction sticker, and vehicle tag as an evidence for any incident. And, I have taken this photo for bus fanatics, bus enthusiasts, and bus lovers purposes.
Its in great condition just a few small scratches and a bit of paint is missing but its still very presentable probably because its from a rear wheel theres no brake dust on the back! On the rear its all complete a good find for me
under favorable lighting condition, its otherwise black plumage would show up as shades of colors.
This is a large size cuckoo measuring almost 18inch in length. It's infamous for singing ear piercing love songs (he has a huge repertoire of songs at his disposal) to his wife but could drive some people nuts especially early in the morning. Like most cuckoo species, it too is parasitic in nature.
This implies his wife has got no parenting duties. After a happy and successful mating, she then target a host nest and joyfully lay her fertilized eggs in it. Following, she would excitingly kiss her eggs good-bye and leave the entire 'bringing-up' of her offspring to the host's mother.
Therefore I would consider the female of this species a 'half mother'
Nonetheless, this wondrous arrangement is devised by nature and there must be a very good reason behind which we are still trying to unravel.
Seen here selecting the sweet tasting rambutan of its choice for dessert.
These folks have a nasty habit of concealing themselves among the leaves and branches despite its huge size. Only briefly exposing itself during flight and often mistaken as a crow. The only give-away is its rather long tail which is unfortunately out of frame in this image.
@bukit panjang
An unknown Leyland Beaver tractor unit which belonged British Estates Services is seen in a derelict but fairly intact condition in Woodcote , Oxfordshire.
London transport 5Q5 Q137 seen in what appears to be withdrawn condition in Kingston in the 1950's. This bus was withdrawn from service on 1st May 1953.
Knoxville, TN, 2015.
Choices that we make
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We can leave our cozy corners and explore the world like a butterfly. We can meet real people and make memories that matter.
Or we can sink in our couches and roam like a fly addicted to the toxic sweetness of the social networks. Looking at people's lives through the colorful filters, we can consume the distorted reality and get locked inside our own imagination.
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I captured the first image during a hike in the Smoky Mountains last week with friends. The second image was captured yesterday while I was in Starbucks - a fly sat on the screen of my laptop and I quickly opened the Facebook intro page to make this composition. I think this diptych perfectly portrays the human condition in the modern world.
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Knoxville, TN 2015.
Ah well, I thought all my friends out there might like an update on my mother's condition. Now, you all must realize that my mother's health is fragile, and that there will come a day when I can't give you a good report, but today, Praise the Lord, is not one of those days. We've had a couple of good weeks, and my mother is much better. Yesterday I saw her and the attendant got her in her wheelchair and I took her outside. I brushed her hair for her and helped her brush her teeth, and I read some David Copperfield to her. If you've been reading my Florida Sex Stories, you can hear a little Dickens in them, if you listen closely. We're about three-quarters of the way through David Copperfield---he's kind of sissy if you ask me, and he married a girl who has a brain made out of cotton candy. They've been married for a month now, and I still can't figure out if either one of them knows that one's male and one's female.
And I can only shudder to think how Dickens would react if he saw the American girls down at South Beach, snapping cellphone pictures of each other topless, with the skyscrapers and the condominiums in the distance. Still, Dickens has a wonderful rhythm to his paragraphs, and he knows how to set you up for a payoff. I hope a little of that rubbed off on me.
I don't think I've got a photograph of my mother where she's got a better smile than she has in this one. I guess that makes me feel good. I kind of like my smile too, even if I am kind of a momma's boy.
This Great Western Railway locomotive is preserved in what is called its "Barry Condition". This means that it is left in the state in which it was rescued from the Barry scrapyard. The locomotive was delivered by the Swindon locomotive works. It is still impressive - though it is basically a heap of junk now.
Company/Owner: Victory Liner, Inc.
Fleet/Bus Number: 7078
Classification: Air-conditioned Provincial Bus
Coachbuilder: Santarosa Motor Works, Inc./Columbian Motors Corporation
Body Model: MAN/Santarosa Modulo R39
Engine Model: MAN D2066LOH12
Chassis Model: MAN 18.350 HOCL (PBMR39)
Transmission: Manual (6-speed forward, 1-speed reverse)
Suspension: Air Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2×2
Seating Capacity: 49
Route: Earnshaw, Sampaloc, Manila–Tuguegarao City, Cagayan via N1 (Maharlika Highway) / Emilio Vergara Highway or Felipe Vergara Highway
Municipalities/cities passing: Santa Rita (Guiguinto)/Plaridel/Pulilan/Baliuag/San Rafael/San Ildefonso/San Miguel/Gapan City/San Leonardo/Santa Rosa/Cabanatuan City/Talavera/Santo Domingo/Science City of Muñoz/San Jose City/Carranglan/Santa Fe/Aritao/Gabut (Dupax Del Sur)/Ineangan (Dupax Del Norte)/Bambang/Bayombong/Solano/Bagabag/Diadi/Cordon/Santiago City/San Isidro/Echague/Alicia/Cauayan City/Reina Mercedes/Naguilian/Gamu/Ilagan City/Tumauini/Cabagan/San Pablo/Peñablanca
Type of Operation: Provincial Operation Public Utility Bus (Regular Class)
Area of Operation: Cagayan Valley (Region II)
Shot Location: Doña Remedios Trinidad Highway (Maharlika Highway), Barangay Cut-cot, Pulilan, Bulacan
Date Taken: August 10, 2015
Notices:
* Please DON'T GRAB A PHOTO WITHOUT A PERMISSION. If you're going to GRAB IT, please give A CREDIT TO THE OWNER. Also, don't PRINT SCREEN my photos.
** If I have mistakes on the specifications, please comment in a good manner so that I can edit it immediately.
*** The specifications and routes (for provincial, inter-provincial, and city operation) mentioned above are subjected for verification and may be changed without prior notice.
**** The vehicle's registration plate(s), conduction sticker(s), and/or persons (if applicable) were pixelated/blurred to prevent any conflict with the photographer, the bus company and/or to the car owner for their security and/or privacy purposes. So, don't use their plate number, conduction sticker, and vehicle tag as an evidence for any incident. And, I have taken this photo for bus fanatics, bus enthusiasts, and bus lovers purposes.
Bus no.: 9578
Classification: Air Conditioned Provincial Operation Bus
Model: SR AKR
Manufacturer: Santarosa Motor Works, Inc.
Chassis: RB31S
Engine: Nissan Diesel PE6
Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension
(Note: Specification are subjected for verification and may be changed without prior notice.)
Shot Location: Balintawak Clover Leaf Interchange, Caloocan City
Company/Owner: AJU Global Transport Corporation
Fleet/Bus Number: 825
Classification: Air-conditioned Tourist Chartered Bus
Coachbuilder: Zyle Daewoo Bus Corporation
Body Model: Zyle Daewoo BH115E Royal Economy
Engine Model: Doosan DE12TiS
Chassis Model: Daewoo BH11E (KL5UN61JD4P)
Transmission: Manual (5-speed forward, 1-speed reverse)
Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2+1×2
Seating Capacity: 60 (49 + 11 jump-seats)
Route: Various (Tourist Chartered)
Municipalities/cities passing: N/A
Type of Operation: Tourist Operation Non-Public Utility Bus (Special Trip / Tourist Class)
Area of Operation: Any point of Luzon: Ilocos Region (Region I), Cagayan Valley (Region II), Central Luzon (Region III), CALABARZON (Region IV-A), MIMAROPA (Region IV-B), Bicol Region (Region V), Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)
Shot Location: In-front of Barasoain Church, Malolos City, Bulacan
Date Taken: August 20, 2015
Notices:
* Please DON'T GRAB A PHOTO WITHOUT A PERMISSION. If you're going to GRAB IT, please give A CREDIT TO THE OWNER. Also, don't PRINT SCREEN my photos.
** If I have mistakes on the specifications, please comment in a good manner so that I can edit it immediately.
*** The specifications mentioned above are subjected for verification and may be changed without prior notice.
**** The vehicle's registration plate(s), conduction sticker(s), and/or persons (if applicable) were pixelated/blurred to prevent any conflict with the photographer, the bus company and/or to the car owner for their security and/or privacy purposes. So, don't use their plate number, conduction sticker, and vehicle tag as an evidence for any incident. And, I have taken this photo for bus fanatics, bus enthusiasts, and bus lovers purposes.
1959 Oldsmobile Super 88, at Big M Auto Dismantlers in Williams, California. Visit the set page for more information.
Night, 120 second exposure. Full moon, natural and blue-gelled flashlight.
Reprocessed and replaced, July, 2024.
This is the first time that I have used the Zeiss Batis lens to photograph the various follies in St.Anne’s Park and I must admit that I am very happy with the results mainly because of the detail captured in the images that I have published online. I am so pleased with the 25mm lens that I have decided to purchase the new 18mm Batis if I can raise the cash. I am also considering the new Sony GM lenses but they may prove to be too expensive for me.
St. Annes is known for its follies, of which there are approximately ten, mainly around the Naniken river. The follies include a Herculanean Temple on a mock-ruined bridge abutment along the Naniken river, which served as a tearoom for the family, a Pompeian Water Temple of Isis on the banks of the duckpond, and the Annie Lee Tower and Bridge near the chestnut walk.
Other follies include Saint Anne's Well beside the duckpond, after which the park gets its name, the Hermitage Bridge, Yew Circle and Fountain (behind the formal walled garden beside the house), rustic cave and bridge, three rustic archways and a rock work feature. A "Druidic Circle" of Giant's Causeway basalt was lost at an earlier stage. An unusual folly is the Roman style viewing tower which stands on the hill overlooking the duckpond. This started out as an observation tower on the roof of the original house. Later, the tower was removed during extensive refurbishment of St. Anne's house in about 1873 and placed in its current location. It is modelled on the Tomb of the Julii at Glanum near St. Rémy in France.
Many of the follies are in a neglected condition at present, with graffiti being an ongoing problem. For example, the Roman style viewing tower is graffiti covered and has been closed for many years. In addition it is completely hidden by mature trees and could only be revealed by felling them, which would be detrimental to the environment of the park. An alternative proposal is that the tower be moved instead to the site of the old rockery, near the junction of James Larkin Road and Mount Prospect Avenue.
In 2010, Dublin City Council, with the support of the Heritage Council, commissioned a strategy by conservation architects (Shaffrey and Associates) for the long-term conservation of these follies, and it is planned to implement this on a phased basis. It is now 2016 and I have visited the park at least twice per year since 2010 and I am convinced that the follies are now in a worse condition than they were back in 2010 and I am not at all sure that they can be saved
Company/Owner: Luzon Cisco Transport, Inc.
Fleet/Bus Number: 100
Classification: Air-conditioned Provincial Bus
Coachbuilder: Pilipinas Hino Auto Body, Inc.
Body Model: Pilipinas Hino Grand-Echo I RK
Engine Model: Hino J08C-TK
Chassis Model: Hino RK1JST (LWB)
Transmission: Manual (6-speed forward, 1-speed reverse)
Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension
Seating Configuration: 2×2
Seating Capacity: 49
Route: Cubao, Quezon City–Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija via N1 (Maharlika Highway)
Municipalities/cities passing: Santa Rita (Guiguinto)/Plaridel/Pulilan/Baliuag/San Rafael/San Ildefonso/San Miguel/Gapan City/San Leonardo/Santa Rosa
Type of Operation: Provincial Operation Public Utility Bus (Regular Class)
Area of Operation: Central Luzon (Region III)
Shot Location: Pulilan–Plaridel Regional Road/Bypass Road, Cut-cot, Pulilan, Bulacan
Date Taken: January 19, 2016
Notices:
* Please DON'T GRAB A PHOTO WITHOUT A PERMISSION. If you're going to GRAB IT, please give A CREDIT TO THE OWNER. Also, don't PRINT SCREEN my photos.
** If I have mistakes on the specifications, please comment in a good manner so that I can edit it immediately.
*** The specifications and routes (for provincial, inter-provincial, and city operation) mentioned above are subjected for verification and may be changed without prior notice.
**** The vehicle's registration plate(s), conduction sticker(s), and/or persons (if applicable) were pixelated/blurred to prevent any conflict with the photographer, the bus company and/or to the car owner for their security and/or privacy purposes. So, don't use their plate number, conduction sticker, and vehicle tag as an evidence for any incident. And, I have taken this photo for bus fanatics, bus enthusiasts, and bus lovers purposes.
Centrally located for the Tri-City area - 50 units - Room Phones - Televisions - Air Conditioned - 24 hour service.
Telephone Colonie -- STate 5-8571
Mailed from Albany, New York to Mr. & Mrs. A. Wolf of Fort Wayne, Indiana on August 9, 1959:
Hi. Staying here at this motel. We went to the races today made out all right. We enjoyed your visit with us so very much. You shouldn't have left that $10,00, we went to New York and I got the candle holders. They are beautiful. Thanks. Glad you had a nice trip home. You made it in good time. We are all going to Lake George tomorrow. Then to Vermont, New Hampshire, and home, Love Ida & Art
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I caught this beauty making a delivery at the harbour, a quick word with the driver and he let me take some photos, the truck was in immaculate condition and after checking out its specifications on the web its a mean machine indeed.
Scania introduces new Euro 6 engines with features that further boost efficiency. Second-generation 450 and 490 hp Euro 6 engines provide fuel savings of up to 2 percent. A unique, SCR-only 410 hp six has an extra eco-nomic edge. New 520 and 580 hp Euro 6 V8s provide exceptional performance and character. Proven EGR and SCR technologies are combined to provide optimum performance in all market segments.
The Euro 6 emission standard calls for a fine balance between the combustion and aftertreatment processes. Scania is using its vast experience of both EGR and SCR to implement an optimal technical solution for each output level, as well as for individual applications.
Scania customers now have a choice of nine Euro 6 outputs, ranging from the 250 hp 9-litre unit to the 580 hp V8. Additional outputs will follow. In addition there are two gas engines, adaptable to run on biogas, compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquefied LNG.
V8s with exceptional torque
The only Euro 6 V8s in the market, the new engines are based on the 16.4-litre platform introduced with the 730 hp unit. They have typical Scania V8 traits, with plenty of lugging power from low down the rev range. Like Scania’s inline 13-litre engines, the new V8s have torque-to-power ratios in excess of 5.
520 hp, 2,700 Nm at 1,000-1,300 r/min, EGR+SCR
580 hp, 2,950 Nm at 1,000-1,350 r/min, EGR+SCR
730 hp, to be released later
The performance of the new 580 hp Euro 6 V8 is similar to the 620 hp Euro 5 thanks to its wider torque peak and ‘fat’ power curve. Fuel consumption of a Euro 6 V8 engine worked hard is equivalent to Euro 5. The exhaust brake output is 320 kW at 2,400 r/min.
Scania’s Euro 6 V8 engines feature common-rail fuel injection (Scania XPI) and a variable-geometry turbocharger (VGT) mounted at the rear.
A newly-developed water-cooled EGR system is fitted low down underneath the RH cylinder bank. The silencer unit for the V8 engines is somewhat larger with higher capacity than for inline engines. The top-output 730 hp V8 is due for release by the time Euro 6 becomes mandatory.
Further refined 6-cylinder engines
Four 12.7-litre engines constitute Scania’s six-cylinder Euro 6 offering.
370 hp, to be released later
410 hp, 2,150 Nm at 1,000-1,300 r/min, SCR
450 hp, 2,350 Nm at 1,000-1,300 r/min, EGR+SCR
490 hp, 2,550 Nm at 1,000-1,300 r/min, EGR+SCR
The 450 and 490 hp engines are based on further refinements of the 440 and 480 hp units, which have been proven in the hands of operators since early 2011. The 450 hp engine is available in P-, G- and R-series and the 490 hp unit in G- and R-series trucks.
The 450 and 490 hp engines have been further developed in several respects, including the engine management system and a revised intake system that main-tains sufficiently high exhaust temperatures without the need for an intake throttle. The exhaust brake is rated at 256 kW at 2,400 r/min. A new disengaging air com-pressor is being introduced across the Euro 6 engine range. The compressor has a pneumatically-controlled coupling that disengages when the compressor is idling, contributing to a fuel saving of up to 1 percent, depending on operation.
Euro 6 trucks for long-haulage should generally be specified for highway cruising at less than 1,200 r/min to minimise fuel consumption. The high torque delivered already from low revs in combination with automated gearchanging means that the low cruising revs save fuel without requiring extra attention from the driver.
Tests have shown that Scania’s second-generation Euro 6 engines are 2-3 percent more economical than the first ones.
Company/Owner: Victory Liner, Inc.
Fleet/Bus Number: 7021
Classification: Air-conditioned Provincial Bus
Coachbuilder: Almazora Motors Corporation
Body Model: MAN/Almazora Tourist Star Deluxe R39
Engine Model: MAN D2066LOH12
Chassis Model: MAN 18.350 HOCL (PBMR39)
Transmission: 6-speed Manual Transmission
Suspension: Electronically-Controlled Air Suspension (ECAS)
Seating Configuration: 2×2
Seating Capacity: 49
Route: Tuguegarao City, Cagayan–Cubao, Quezon City via N1 (Maharlika Highway) / Felipe Vergara Highway / Carmen–Cabanatuan Road / Santa Rosa–Tarlac Road)/ SCTEX-Amucao–NLEX--SCTEX Connector / Dau Access Road / NLEX-Dau–NLEX-Balintawak
Municipalities/cities passing: Peñablanca/San Pablo/Cabagan/Tumauini/Ilagan City/Gamu/Naguilian/Reina Mercedes/Cauayan City/Alicia/Echague/San Isidro/Santiago City/Cordon/Diadi/Bagabag/Solano/Bayombong/Bambang/Ineangan (Dupax del Norte)/Gabut (Dupax del Sur)/Aritao/Santa Fe/Carranglan/San Jose City/Science City of Muñoz/Santo Domingo/Talavera/Cabanatuan City/Aliaga/Zaragoza/La Paz/Tarlac City–Dau (Mabalacat City)
Type of Operation: Provincial Operation Public Utility Bus (Regular Class)
Area of Operation: Cagayan Valley (Region II)
Shot Location: Victory Liner Santiago Terminal, RC Miranda Boulevard, Calao East, Santiago City, Isabela
Date Taken: January 29, 2016
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ENGLISH (german below):
Boeing 707 D-ABOC "Berlin" @ TXL today (still airworthy!). This photo was taken June 2007, it's anyones guess what she looks like today considering that the grass and the forest close-by accelerate the rotting process exponentially! And she should "still" be airworthy...
1960 the 707 was the beginning of the Jet-Age for Lufthansa. This is the last of 3 707-400's in working condition! I can't understand why Lufthansa, nor the Airports of Berlin, or anyone else is trying to save this plane from certain destruction... unbelievable!
The plane is left to rot at that location. What a shame!
Used to be on display in front of the main entrance, today it's hidden in the far south-western corner of Tegel Airport. The Lufthansa livery has been painted over in order to counter any "ad"-effect the plane might have (had).
Story behind the aircraft:
The aircraft was painted to resemble the 1960's original, but it never actually served with Lufthansa, it was owned & operated by El Al until early 1986 when it was returned to Boeing which was looking for a 707-400 in good condition. Boeing brought it in to their U.S. shop, did a technical check-up and painted it to match the original livery of the D-ABOC. As every Lufthansa plane the name of D-ABOC was "Berlin". The original D-ABOC was scrapped at Tripoli, Libya, in the early 1980s. This plane was a gift to Lufthansa to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Lufthansa, as well as the 200th Boeing delivered to Lufthansa the same year.
November 1986
Boeing had to trick the russians a little since they refused any West-German plane to fly into Berlin or over East-German airspace. It had to be re-registered as N130KR in order to fly it into Tegel Airport. Lufthansa received it with all honors and after some shuffling it got a nice place in front of the Tegel Airport. In 1998 an ex-purser, now running Tegel, by the name of Lothar Schulz wanted to make a name for himself as a hardass penny-pincher and arranged for D-ABOC to be moved to the parking lot of the Tegel Airport fire station which was closed to the public and that meant the plane was not accessible to the public. Since approx. 2000 she's in her final "resting" place, ready to rot. If not drastic measures are taken this plane will be a total loss, since it's parked on top of grass and next to a dense forest on the south-western edge of Tegel Airport. (Geo-Coordinates: 52.5545, 13.2592)
This plane was delivered to El Al 06/1961 as 4X-ATB.
The real D-ABOC was scrapped @ Tripoli in the early 1980's.
The original 4X-ATB actually was involved in a failed hijacking attempt in 1973.
The pilot successfully went into a steep dive allowing the air-marshalls to shoot and kill the involved terrorists. The plane was on route to New York from Tel Aviv and made an emergency landing at London Heathrow in order to cover up the event.
It's rumored that post East-German elements that work at Tegel and the German Army detachment based there are behind the attempt to have the plane disappear by letting her rot to death. On top todays government of Berlin has many elements that resent this sign of german-american friendship... let's hope that the ones that want to keep this part of Berlin's history alive win in the long run and save her from oblivion and rotting to death...
DEUTSCH:
Boeing 707 D-ABOC @ TXL heute. Das Foto wurde Juni 2007 aufgenommen, also kann man davon ausgehen das die Boeing wesentlich schlechter dasteht als in diesem Foto, besonders in Hinsicht auf den nahen Wald und die Grasswiese auf der sie geparkt wurde!
TEGEL:
Nach einigem hin und her wurde D-ABOC vor dem Flughafen auf einer grossen Verkehrinsel ausgestellt, was eigentlich ein guter Standplatz war.
Circa 1998 wurde sie auf geheiß von Lothar Schulz, einem ehemaliger Lufthansa Purser und nun Manager der BFG, um "Kosten" zu sparen entfernt. Man munkelt auch das ehemalige ostdeutsche Offiziere der NVA, nun bei der Bundeswehr untergekommen sich nicht mit einem "Relikt" aus "West"-Deutschland abgeben wollten. Auf Tegel sind auch Luftwaffeeinheiten stationiert....
Somit wurde sie für ca. €100.000 auf den Feuerwehrparkplatz verbannt (welcher der Öffentlichkeit nicht zugänglich war), und schlussendlich an diesen Ort gestellt, am süd-westlichen Ende des Flughafens (siehe Geotag). Dieser Ort ist nur mit Erlaubnis zugänglich und somit der Öffenlichkeit nicht zugänglich! Man kann Fotos nur vom Fluhafengelände aufnehmen, von aussen sieht man D-ABOC nicht.
GESCHICHTE:
Boeing lackierte die 707 nach Vorbild der originalen D-ABOC von 1960 um die Übergabe der 200. Maschine an Lufthansa, als auch das 60. jährige Bestehen der Lufthansa, zu feiern. Die D-ABOC war ja bei Inbetriebnahme 1960 vom damaligen Bürgermeister Berlins, Willy Brandt, "Berlin" getauft worden. Deswegen wurde genau dieses Flugzeug ausgewählt um Lufthansa als auch der Stadt Berlin die Ehre zu erweisen.
Leider existierte die originale D-ABOC nicht mehr, sie wurde Anfang der 1980er Jahre an eine Libysche Fluggesellschaft verkauft, und wurde als Ersatzteillager ausgeschlachtet. (siehe Geotag des Originalfotos der D-ABOC).
El Al war der Besitzer dieser Maschine und 1986 wurde sie an Boeing abgegeben um dieses Projekt möglich zu machen. Baujahr ist 06/1961 und die originale Registrierung der El Al Maschine war 4X-ATB. Boeing überführte sie als N130KR nach Tegel da die damalige DDR und Russland auf das Flugverbot westdeutscher Fluglinien bestanden. Auch mussten alle Lufthansa Insignien überklebt werden und konnten erst wieder in Tegel freigelegt werden.
Bewegte Geschichte dieser israelischen Boeing 707-400:
1973 - Auf dem Flug von Tel Aviv nach New York via Amsterdam versuchten Jugendliche Extremisten die Maschine in ihre Gewalt zu bringen. Daraufhin ging der Pilot in einen Sturzflug über und die an Bord befindlichen bewaffneten Flugbegleiter (heute Air-Marshalls genannt) erschossen die Terroristen. Anschließend landete die Maschine in London Heathrow und der Vorfall wurde erst einmal vertuscht.
1984/1985 - Maschine flog für die die israelische Charterfluglinie ARKIA, blieb aber Eigentum der El Al.
1986 - El Al gibt Maschine an Boeing zurück und sie wird von Boeing als N32824 registriert.
Dann bewies die Firma Boeing echte deutsch-amerikanische Freundschaft als sie ihrer treuen Kundin Lufthansa zum 60. Jubiläum und Übergabe der 200. Maschine an Lufthansa diese Maschine zum Geschenk machte.
So sollte die Maschine in Lufthansa Farben und mit Deutschem Kennzeichen in West-Berlin landen, um nach vielen Jahren des Flugverbots für Deutsche Fluggesellschaften ein Zeichen zu setzen.
Doch der Kontrollrat der Alliierten der Stadt Berlin erlaubte dies nicht, natürlich auf ausdrückliches betrieben der russischen und ostdeutschen Verantwortlichen (wer sonst), und der Überflug der SBZ und die Landung in Berlin Tegel als Lufthansa Maschine wurde so erfolgreich verhindert. Also registrierte Boeing die Maschine mit einer neuen Nummer und flog im September 1986 als N130KR ohne Behinderung der russischen Behörden nach Berlin Tegel ein.
Es wird gemunkelt das ehemalige DDR-Elemente die auf Tegel, und auch Elemente der Bundeswehr die von der ehemaligen DDR-Armee übernommen wurden, arbeiten hnter dem Versuch stecken das Flugzeug verschwinden zu lassen indem es man Sie zu Tod verrroten lässt und somit das Problem sic h"auflöst". Zusätzlich ärgern sich viele ehemalige ostdeutsche Elemente der damaligen DDR die heute der heutigen Regierung Berlins angehören über dieses Zeichen der deutsch-amerikanischen Freundschaft ... Hoffen wir das diejenigen, die möchten das dieser Teil der Berliner Geschichte am Leben bleibt, am Ende Erfolg haben, und Sie sie vor dem schäbigen Ende das iIhr im Moment droht bewahren und Sie vor dem Vergessen und und dem Verfaulen und sicheren Tod retten...
If you care about this plane please email or write to Lufthansa and tell them how you fell about all this (nicely;-))
Lufthansa manager email addresses:
andreas.bierwirth@dlh.de
carl.sigel@dlh.de
carsten.spohr@dlh.de
holger.haetty@dlh.de
stefan.lauer@dlh.de
wolfgang.mayrhuber@dlh.de
juergen.weber@dlh.de
stephan.gemkow@dlh.de
or snail mail/fax:
Deutschland/Germany
Deutsche Lufthansa AG
Kundendialog Deutschland
D-33322 Gütersloh
Deutschland
+ 49 1805 838005
Europa / Europe
Lufthansa German Airlines
Customer Feedback
PO Box 1289
Liverpool L69 3AX
United Kingdom
USA
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