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There is no bigger story from local rail preservation this year than that of the resumption of work on Rio Grande 223 under the guidance of the C-16 Locomotive Society and the Colorado Railroad Museum. After six years of the locomotive sitting in a state of suspended animation, the resumption of work and its eventual return to Colorado is an exciting conclusion to a long restoration process.
It's also elicited a bit of reflection, I never was a member of the Golden Spike chapter of the R&LHS but my family offered some financial donations (okay my dad bought me the poster they were selling as a fundraiser when we first visited the 223 shops), and I was cheerleading the project from the comfort of my armchair. Occasionally a narrative still arises that that the R&LHS chapter failed the restoration effort, when what I have gathered it was a fairly steady restoration job; paying as they could go and putting quality if slow going work into the engine. Ultimately what doomed the Golden Spike R&LHS was difficulty navigating the mercurial world of city politics, and Ogden City's shut down of the project in 2019 was a slap in the face towards the volunteers working on the engine (que some "well you need to own the property" quote from online commentators, advice I'd argue while true always comes across as "well no shit Sherlock... hammocks! Why didn't I think of that?"). Understandably the Golden Spike chapter continued to fight for the engine's future and by extension the Utah State Railroad museum's future as a whole, creating a narrative as seen by some that they were an obstinate party, despite their effort leading to local news coverage of their efforts making it to the broader public raising awareness of the locomotive and the museum.
In a way the Golden Spike chapter's stubbornness paid off in drawing attention to redevelopment plans at Union Station. One of the biggest controversies my social media and photography pages have ever stumbled into was a report my friends and I published while I was in college over planned changes to Ogden's Union Station (written some years before the 223 lock-out), having seen early draft renovation plans for the site that would have removed the rail displays in favor of an ice rink. We got a lot of push back on that subject (in part because of our panicked, overeager and screaming from the rooftops tone that I can best attribute to "I was younger then"), and I understandably dropped it and shrank away from discussions of it; only to see the discussions on the museum's future flare up after the 223 lock-out occurred. In looking back on the matter recently, I got a chuckle that I threw out barbs out at the time rooted in a "poor, poor, pitiful me" attitude on local rail preservation; it's something that can still stick with me to some regard but has been tempered a lot by a) reminding myself of my armchair enthusiast position in almost all of this and that it isn't so fair to throw darts from the comfort of home and b) the realization that my own dissatisfaction with local steam lacking in action pushed me to take visits to some of my now favorite railroads in Nevada, Oregon, Colorado, Ohio and as far as Britain last year (and also with it a greater appreciation for the National Park Service ran Golden Spike site as my one local exception to the norm, I love my time visiting there) in the last few years leading to some of my most favorite adventures and memories that I could never have achieved as a railfan had I just stayed home waiting stubbornly for 223 or some other local project to suddenly roll out in steam here in Utah without any effort from my part! There is also some vindication too with time, since I also believe what has helped shaped Union Station's direction recently for the better has been consistent public feedback and even outcry from the community showing how much we love our railroad museum.
What has happened since, in the whims of city politics Ogden still is marching ahead with considering plans to renovate the Union Station site but public feedback has helped them keep the rail history as part of their future plans. The former Golden Spike members became one of the most vocal voices on this and groups such as "Save Union Station" on social media proved the public desire to see rail history remain on site as renovation plans continued to involve On the museum's end, this has included a growth in the diesel locomotive displays (and an eagle eye looking at my photo can spot the Western Pacific engine down the track, fulfilling a long vacant need to represent Utah's smallest Class One at the museum); and Ogden's work recently shows a continued interest in moving forward with the museum and site redevelopment in step. It is a reminder that for all the foibles of governance, that local voices can matter; and I hope the former 223 restoration crew continues to publicly voice their approval or disapproval of changes at the museum as the place continues to evolve; and that victories such as the Western Pacific finally being fully represented at the museum continue to benefit the local community and preservation interests. Maybe with the right voices in the room as the station's future redevelopment is considered, we can have our cake and eat it too; getting both a better rail museum and a downtown commercial/tourist anchor in the process; but that cannot be achieved if the rail preservation parties were to roll over silently and not raise their voices since without that open public dialogue we could always end right back up at those days of "ice rink" site plans again.
If anything while 2019's 223 shut down could have been read as a local government callous to its rail history, the 2025 donation of the engine seems a more calculated decision to deaccession the piece from the collection to its proper home in Colorado while turning the focus to Utah related subjects (although trust me, I wish something at least could stand in at the museum for Utah's often forgotten narrow gauge history! Anyone got a spare Utah Northern engine lying around?) This last week a former DRGW SW1200 made its way into Utah, en-route to Ogden; the latest addition to a collection of Utah rail history to come to the museum, it's shared time here with 223 before the narrow gauge engine leaves for its new home will likely be short but it is a neat changing of the guard as the collection in Ogden both expands in scope yet with a more narrow focus on Utah railroading.
It is unfortunate though that in a change of stewardship, that the R&LHS chapter won't have much of a hand on the wheel for 223's future; but I suspect once the engine arrives in Colorado the completed cab, appliances and tender worked on by the Golden Spike chapter will be a blessing for the new restoration crew; and attention can be focused on the boiler and running gear instead. The work the R&LHS put in will hopefully prove invaluable to bringing the rest of the project to a close. I think many of us will be excited for the day 223 once again steps out on the rails under steam, the conclusion of a long, sometimes painful, yet what shall be an ultimately victorious restoration effort born from starry eyed and dedicated volunteer work in the full Titfield Thunderbolt-ian vein. Every piece worked on from the Golden Spike R&LHS' contributions to the eventual conclusion in Colorado will represent one of the most storied restoration efforts in American rail preservation history; and I hope that when the day comes 223's whistle is heard in the Rockies again that everyone who has ever worked on the project can smile knowing it proved the naysayers who looked at a pitiful wreck of a locomotive dragged from a Salt Lake City park saying "it can't be done!" wrong once and for all! When we're standing trackside watching 223 roll by someday we'll all owe our gratitude to the dreamers who said it was possible and started the project. I hope to be there in Golden, or Durango or Chama or wherever it is that day when it finally happens to see it myself.
"Against all the evil that Hell can conjure, all the wickedness that mankind can produce, we will send unto them... only you. Rip and tear, until it is done."
Never liked the TLG Doctor Doom, so I thought I'd make my own (shinier) variation, pretty happy with how the idea turned out, let me know what you think.
201 cruises south down the Shenandoah Valley at Dooms, VA. The train is being escorted by a pleasant pair of aces on this beautiful August morning in 2019.
Hope cement works and its workings at dusk. Such sites are the life blood of our communities and have their own beauty.
Stormy day in Medina. I was super soaked and looked like I was playing paintball with the rain, hiding behind trees and all, but it was fun.
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As many of you know I love Castle building, it's so easy to pack in detail with that theme, which is why it's one of my favourite things to do when building. So Castle and Marvel in the one vig? Why not! I've had the Doom figure lying around since I bought the set it came in, so what's that... 2013? Man 5 years now. Anyway yes super glad I finally got to use this figure in a MOC. For me collecting figs is fun, it's nice to have them sure, but it's only worth it when I can put them in a MOC. So I used this MOC as a way to display some other figs that I have yet to come up with concepts for MOC's to put them in. The Sentry figure is from bigkidbrix, if you are wondering ;)
But yeah, love building throne rooms like this, makes me want to do more, it was great fun to combine two of my favourite themes in the one vig like this. Would love to do it again!
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Hi everyone!
Let us introduce you Lill and Bomi, on the brand new Doom body (60cm). One of each (handcasted in resin) will be available at Ldoll festival. We hope you will like them!
The Doom & Gloom
My Good Friend and travel photographer Krisana Pick Staring into the big blue sky as the waves were ferociously beneath him. Its been a dreary few days in Sydney Australia, and i feel this image depicts it perfectly. As Always, Mahon Pool in Maroubra is one of my favourite places to sit and shoot. I can never tire of this place.
It's the morning like this that i can sit for an hour or two afterwards on that very same ledge to escape and ponder life itself.
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The Mahon rock pool is located to the north of Maroubra Beach at the base of Jack Vanny Reserve. Steep steps lead down to the ocean pool from a car park on Marine Parade.
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Details:
- Mahon Pool
- Maroubra, Sydney NSW, Australia
- Nikon D800
- Nikorr 16-35mm f/4
- ISO100|f/11|2 sec|16mm|
- Lee 0.9 Hard GND
I edited this image using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom with final touch ups made in Adobe Photoshop and Nik Software
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Well, the Young Animal version. I'm still not very familiar with Classic Doom Patrol. Someday I will be.
Either way, I've very slowly been catching up on various titles, and I have to say, this one is one of my favorites. So. Gloriously. Weird.
Terry None: Painted Ms. Marvel head, CMF Ringmaster torso, March Harriet legs.
Negative Man: CMF Mummy head, Falcon torso, Nurse Harley legs.
Casey Brinke: Harry Potter head, reversed Captain Marvel torso, Spider-Man legs.
Robot-Man: Loki helmet sans horns, Pharaoh's Quest head, Rocker Batman armor, Indiana Jones torso, Star Wars legs.
Flex Mentallo: Bruce Wayne head, PoP torso, Cavebat arms and legs.
Been meaning to post these for a while, glad I finally got around to it. Maybe someday I'll get to the Brotherhood of Dada.
Until then, lemme know what you think!
Kuwait - Alwafra Desert
I dont know how this truc was half barred in the ground but it was sure great subject for star trails photography.
we used colored flash to give some lighting colors to the shot.
the exposure was 65 minutes
Special Thanks to
Faisal Albisher
Dhary Alobaid
Mohammed Aloraify
Camera: Nikon D3
Lens: Nikkor 14-24 2.8
Exposure: 3942 sec (3942)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 14 mm
ISO Speed: 250
Exposure Bias: 0/6 EV
Thank you all for your support, faves, comments and most of all inspiration, you have given me this year. Looking forward to see what next year will bring :) Merry Christmas, happy new year and hope you all will enjoy your holiday.
I took my OG Doom Patrol figs apart awhile back due to-well I can't really remember...but the point being I felt like rebuilding and improving them today and last night. Anyways...on to the figs:
-Cheif: Pretty simple considering his design.
-Rita: Really like this head on her, aswell as the painted bathrobe I used as a skirt.
-Robotman: The head ain't the best...but I kinda like it. Basically a pretty common combo for Cliff at this point with the Antlantean pieces and all.
-Negative Man: My favorite. I sharpied the glasses on Harley's head black and I like the result. Also did the same thing I did for Penguin's cuffs not too long ago.
-Negative Spirit: Nothing too interesting.
Welp, Enjoy!
Well, my bad ideas spread through the groupchat, and now I've got other people making my Batman team mashups with me. My contribution to what we're calling The Bat Team Takeover is the Doom Batrol!
From left to right:
Elasti-Bat, Batman (Jane's personality #63), The Negative Bat, Robatman, BatChief, Batothy (BatChief's Bat-Daughter), Cybat, and Bat Mentallo.
Check out thereallordallo, cruisebacca_creations, and kaiju_dan on Instagram for the other Bat team posts! (I know Allo and Dan have flickrs too, not sure if they'll post them though) Also credit to nostalgicrose_ (Levi here) for the idea to use the minidoll arm on Rita!
155345 whisks its passengers towards Hull with 2R09 from York, the beautiful bracket signal at Crabley Creek is living on borrowed time abolition and demolition is due in early December.
Victor Von Doom, not only a vicious super villain, but also a brilliant scientist! He's developed and used a time platform with so much success that the Red Skull took an interest.
Built for the DC vs Marvel building contest from Brick Fanatics.
I just got the book compiling the Superman: Doomed storyline, and I was compelled to make some of the characters into figures, so here they are!
Left to right:
Steel: Not much here really. Couldn't find a good silver/ whatever that color is head, so the Cyborg head will have to do. :P
Xa-Du: The Phantom King! Thought he looked cool, and when I went to make him that trans piece fit right into this armor.
Red Lantern Supergirl: She kinda showed up out of nowhere... I had no idea what was going on with her or the Red Lanterns. Thought it was an interesting turn of events.
Superdoom: Pretty simple, but the first figure I had the idea to make.
Brainiac-ed Lois Lane: Gamorra's head really helped here!
Cyborg Superman: I wish there was a nice half robot head to make this guy with. The bandanna was an attempt at that.
Lana Lang: Again, simple. But she's been featured a lot in the story, so here she is.
Ghost Soldier: I thought this guy was a cool new character! I love his mask. I had trouble replicating it in LEGO though of course, and his hair looks a bit goofy, but I think it still captures the character.
Obvious shot is obvious
• ~35 Megapixel Rendering
• DeadEndThrills CheatTable (FOV / Timestop / Depth of Field)
• SRWE for Hotsampling
• ~35 Megapixel Rendering
• DeadEndThrills CheatTable (FOV / Timestop / Depth of Field)
• SRWE for Hotsampling
A gloomy February day 5 years ago with a pair of doomed SOO SD60's on hold at Irving Park Rd. This pretty much sums up Chicago's 2017 entire winter except you cant just accidentally run into a pair of SOO SD60's, sight... Feb 23, 2012
Doctor Doom crossed with my sigfig hence the coat,
This is my entry to philip's crossover contest: www.flickr.com/photos/155145039@N08/with/43168958022/
The nexo night head is the best I could find, but I like it.
So bio:
Jeklarr von Doom gets turned into Doctor Doom.
Might come up with more later.