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The path I rode to Connahs Quay was very populated by locals, so I went back to Shotton by road, and had to cross the railway by footbridge, three to choose from, I choose the station one! Train due down the coast in six minutes....
158827 | Shotton | 1D18 15:24 Crewe to Holyhead (via Llandudno)
railroad crossing at the defunct thrill-ville
couldn't quit until there were no pixels left to punish.
45125 approaches York as it crosses the River Ouse on 27th December 1985 heading the 09:55 Scarborough to Liverpool service.
Another interaction with a Dome on my way home last night. Think they are starting to follow me now.
Best on black press L
This is me trying to look professional. Walking home from checking in at the Co-op. Ernie said he'll be calling people to set up interviews for Wednesday. So I should be getting a call soon!! =D Please send more positive energy and luck my way!!
Much of the world has similar, but distinctively different, signs for road crossings. So, I want to build a collection of them.
I currently have the following taken by myself:
France + France (2),
Hungary + Hungary (2) + Hungary (3),
Kosovo + Kosovo (2),
Plus some unofficial variations:
I also know of the following others on Flickr:
Help me find a complete set. Please comment or message me if you know of others!
I eyeballed this shot during daylight hours and made plans for an attempt during the blue hour. Originally I wanted to freeze the eastbound but it arrived a bit too dark and I didn't want to ratchet up the iso too too much. Enjoy
Nickel Plate Road 765 is running backwards as it has completed it southward trek on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad and now is returning to Brecksville, Ohio, to discharge its passengers. The train is crossing Furnace Run south of Everett, Ohio.
I also decided to convert a lot of Amazon Prime trucks into ice cream trucks with electric swing arm stop signs like on school buses and the current yellow trapezoid Children Slow Crossing warning blades that word "CHILDREN SLOW CROSSING" to replace all of the older ice cream trucks that still have the old red trapezoid Children Slow Crossing warning blades that word "IF-SAFE STOP THEN-GO". All of the older ice cream trucks that still have the old former red trapezoid children slow crossing warning blade that word "IF-SAFE STOP THEN-GO" will all be torn apart and have their pieces be used as new McDonald's PlayPlace play equipments replacing the dangerous crawl tubes and ball pits since McDonald's also has been making safety improvements to their PlayPlaces by using better play equipments seen athttps://playtime.com/showcases/towers/mcdonalds-playplace-solutions/ replacing the nasty dangerous crawl tubes and ball pits and some of the newer McDonald's PlayPlaces like the epic one in Orlando has arcade games. The Amazon Prime Trucks that are converted into Ice Cream Trucks will go to Mister Softee, Wholesale Clubs such as Costco and BJ's, and other ice cream truck service on safety updates on ice cream trucks. But there will always be brick and mortar stores in real life and Due to that New Jersey was the slowest on phasing out the bad old outdated red trapezoid Children slow crossing warning blades that word IF-SAFE STOP THEN-GO because of some mean teachers at school forcing some ice cream trucks to keep their red trapezoid and made a bad and mean-spirited law of ice cream trucks requiring those bad old outdated red trapezoid children slow crossing warning blades that word IF-SAFE STOP THEN-GO which is extremely confusing to people who are death, color blind, can't read or don't speak English in some of New Jersey, I hereby MOST Amazon warehouses in New Jersey to all be converted into Blue's Clues Handy Dandy Notebook prop replica manufacturing plants and convert most Amazon prime trucks in New Jersey into better and safe updated ice cream trucks with the good awesome current updated yellow trapezoid children slow crossing warning blades that word CHILDREN SLOW CROSSING and School bus stop signs which are octagon shape for the state of New Jersey to also include disabled people in the future too and tear apart the last remaining of the ice cream trucks with the bad old outdated red trapezoid children slow crossing warning blades that word IF-SAFE STOP THEN-GO and recycle all of them into brand new Blue's Clues Handy Dandy notebook prop replicas and reuse the arm the bad old outdated red trapezoid Children Slow crossing warning blades that word IF-SAFE STOP THEN-GO for the brand new stop signs of the new school buses of the future.
Corpach Level Crossing on the West Highland Line, in 2010 when it was an automatic open crossing (AOCL), it was converted to automatic half-barriers (AOCL+B) in 2013.
Box sign
Harlescott Crossing box is situated on the edge of Shrewsbury and in theory worked to Crewe Bank but this had effectively been switched out for the previous five years when this photo was taken thus it normally worked to Crewe Junction. In the opposite direction it worked to Wem. The box again is clearly of London North Western origin containing a 38 lever stirrup handle frame. It dates from 1882 but looks as if it has been extended at some stage in it's life.
Seen on Thursday 4th October 2012 in it's 130th year.
Over the weekend of Friday 11th October 2013 to Monday 14th October 2013 the boxes at Nantwich Station, Wrenbury, Prees, Wem, Harlescott Crossing and Crewe Bank between Crewe Gresty Lane and Shrewsbury Crewe Junction were abolished. Whitchurch box had been demolished some time previously although the signals were still extant but bagged over. Crewe Bank had not been rostered since August 2007.
The last train to be signalled under AB working was 6V71 the Carlisle – Margam limestone, the signaller at Crewe Junction knocked out at 23.13 with the possession granted at 23.58. Harlescott Crossing sent 7 5 5 at midnight for the final time and absolute block working formally came to an end at 00.20 on Saturday 12th October 2013 after something in the region of 130+ years.
The Crewe – Shrewsbury line was chosen as one of two test lines for the installation of “modular signalling” which as I understand it aims to significantly reduce the cost of re signalling. Cheap single head fibreglass post signals devoid of ladders allied to obstacle detection level crossings all controlled and monitored from a new IECC (integrated electronic control centre) or ROC (Route operating centre) seem to form the backbone of the system. The system clearly was not straight forward as the implementation of the scheme has been postponed several times and indeed when I took these photo’s in October 2012 the closure was expected two weeks later, in reality it was deferred by a further year.
Southwark Cathedral is unique among English Anglican cathedrals in being separated by little more than a mile and the River Thames from it's neighbouring diocesian church, St Paul's. This odd arrangement derives from Southwark being a young diocese, since despite being one of London's oldest churches, it has only had cathedral status since 1905. Surprisingly the new Southwark diocese wasn't even carved out of the London one, since everything south of the Thames had traditionally been part of the Diocese of Winchester.
The site goes back to Roman times, with remains of a villa beneath the present building. A church has probably existed here since the 10th century (first recorded in the Domesday book in 1086) though the present cruciform building is mostly the result of 13th century rebuilding. The church was then known as St Mary Overie ('over the river') and served a college of priests.
Following the Reformation it was stripped of it's collegiate function and redesignated as the parish church of St Saviour. For a while the parishoners rented the building from the Crown until they were able to buy it for their own use in 1614. Certain chapels ceased to be used and the building suffered a long decline, culminating in the early 19th century when neighbouring London Bridge was being rebuilt, and road enlargement encroached on the churchyard. There were calls to demolish the church but luckily preservationists won the day, though two projecting chapels were lost at this time.
Though the east end was repaired the neglect had taken it's toll on the nave and in 1832 it's roof was removed, leaving it open to the elements for seven years until it was tragically demolished and replaced with a cheap and nasty brick substitute. Happily this was itself replaced in 1890 by the present nave by Sir Arthur Blomfield, a very successful attempt to replicate the surviving medieval choir which restored harmonyt and dignity to the building in preparation for it's rise to cathedral rank in 1905.
Today the church is a haven of peace in one of the most unsympathetic settings of any English cathedral, hemmed in by roads, car parks and a railway viaduct that passes through the former churchyard! Somewhat choked by all this developement, the exterior looks mostly Victorian, thanks to the new nave and general refacing of the older parts, except for the 15th century central tower.The interior however is a delight, and transports the visitor back to the 1200s, despite the newness of the nave and it's aisles, which blend beautifully with the medieval choir and transepts. The focal point of the interior is the high altar screen of c1520, adorned with niches containing statues (all Victorian replacements).
There are many tombs and monuments in the cathedral spanning all periods and styles, and several have been recoloured (thanks to a slightly over enthusiastic campaign in the 1960s). The most notable tombs include that of the poet John Gower (14th century) in the north aisle, and 16th century Anglican divine, Bishop Lancelot Andrewes in the choir.There is a modern monument to Shakespeare bearing his effigy (he is believed to have worshipped here,being close to the Globe and Rose theatres, his brother Edmund is buried nearby). Further medieval and later monuments are in the choir aisles, and a rich collectionn of Baroque wall tablets adorn the transepts.
The furnishings are generally Victorian, whilst the stained glass is mostly later, the most prominent being Ninian Comper's 1950s east window of Christ in glory and Henry Holiday's superb Pre-Raphaelite west window on the theme of Creation. Most of the Victorian glass was lost to wartime bombing, in it's place we have some fine modern windows in the south choir aisle by Lawrence Lee and Alan Younger, and the Shakespeare window by Christopher Webb.
At the west end is a display of medieval wooden roof bosses from the old nave (more have been reintegrated into the tower ceiling, which has a modern design by George Pace). To the north a large suite of rooms has recently been constructed to serve the cathedral's administrative functions.
One of the most ridiculous pedestrian initiatives are the provision of bright orange flags for pedestrians to take when crossing at a marked crosswalk. This crosswalk in Dartmouth (Halifax) has signs, a zebra crossing, and even flashing lights. Yet they expect pedestrians to use these flags. That's not Zero Vision.
Accidental crossing into the frame...glad he did.....
Poznan, Poland
A street with a name I cannot pronounce...yet.
Christine Dollhofer (Festival Director); Anatol Durbală (director - CE LUME MINUNATĂ | WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD, MD 2014), Sergiu Cumatrenco (Producer).
Foto: Christoph Thorwartl / www.subtext.at