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Sunday, 16 October 2011
GM 226 propels the 1530 Cork to Heuston InterCity service south of Charleville.
© Finbarr O'Neill
NS 36T at Oak Street, Pittston Twp, PA, with NS 9186 leading the way. Morning of June 4, 2016, on the R&N RR track 1.
iPhone Panorama swipe of the off-road ascent leading up to L'Authion with awesome views towards the Mediterranean.
Sunday, 16 October 2011
GM 222 hauls the 1400 Heuston to Cork towards the level crossings at Ballyhea, south of Charleville.
(c) Finbarr O'Neill
Fall foliage is gone from the Mississippi River valley, but low November light makes up for the loss of color. A visit to the St. Croix sub yields prime late afternoon sun and only one train in 2.5 hours.
Cochrane, Wisconsin
November 6, 2022
The 'Builder takes off from its Columbus, WI station stop on a perfect summer evening.
While making our way home across Wisconsin I checked in with "Julie" and was pleasantly surprised to find the Builder just far enough off the advertised to reach Columbus 10 minutes after us. So with the whole family out on the bridge my 5 year old daughter was thrilled by the friendly toots and waves we recieved as #7 lifted off. A perfect highlight to the long drive across the state. August 14, 2011.
Varnessa is in the Lakes district on Lake Como. The town is served by a rail line the runs along the eastern shore of the lake. This northbound has pulled into a stop and the conductor is out on the platform overseeing the deboarding/boarding process. The train, shoved by an E 464 class in push mode will soon depart to serve other towns along the line. The E 464 class was built by Bombarier and was a popular model in Europe with over 700 units produced.
A couple Conrail GEs chug up to the top of Byron Hill with an eastbounder back in the days when major construction was underway putting the second track in from Valley to Byron. Still a bit messy at this stage but it did alleviate a major tree tunnel that had grown up around the tracks.
New in 2025: YoY 06/10/2024 15h48
On September 25, 2024, Walibi announced the name of the new single-rail coaster under construction; YoY. Walibi director Mascha Taminiau announced this during a presentation at the IAAPA Expo Europe amusement park fair in Amsterdam. Next year, the amusement park will open a double roller coaster from the American manufacturer Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC), with two different tracks.
The logo was also presented. YoY is pronounced like the English word joy. A single-rail coaster is special because it uses a single track, the so-called raptor track. Trains are therefore particularly narrow: all passengers sit in a straight line behind each other.
The attraction consists of a green and a blue track: the green track - including inversions - is intended for daredevils, while the blue track, which does not go upside down, is suitable for families. This concept is also reflected in the logo, where the two Y's both symbolize a track. The slogan is "Ride the other side".
Walibi said it was looking for a powerful, unique term that conveys the message and that is easy to pronounce for international visitors. The chosen name is indeed unique: no roller coaster in the world is called Yoy, or Joy. The roller coaster Joyride in the Finnish amusement park PowerPark comes closest.
Walibi wants to open YoY in the spring of 2025. In Biddinghuizen, work has been going on for weeks on the track and the supports: a large part is already standing. The station building and the depot are also already visible. YoY is the first single-rail coaster from RMC in Europe. Competitor Intamin delivered its own version for sister park Walibi Rhône-Alpes in France this year.
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Walibi Holland
Slogan: # HARDGAAN
Coordinates: 52°26′24″N 5°45′45″E
Owner: Compagnie des Alpes
General Manager: Mascha van Till-Taminiau
Opened: 1971
Previous names: Walibi World (2005 to 2010) - Six Flags Holland (2000 to 2004) - Walibi Flevo (1994 to 1999) - Flevohof (1971 to 1991)
Operating Season: April - October
Rides: more than 42
Roller Coasters: 8
Water rides: 3
BNSF 1093 rolls east with a unit train of oil tanks at Nelson, WI. 16 years on, the first BNSF paint scheme still wears well and remains a favorite. If a train has to have an orange DASH9 on the point make mine an H1. October 27, 2012.
2nd 1864 C&P (Cleveland and Pittsburgh) PRR bridge over Tinkers Creek at Bedford OH. in 1902 it was replaced by a doubletracking project and buried in the fill of the new line. only the top of the arches are visible today.
I've got a new car, a 2008 Honda Accord. And because I don't want the back of the car all chewed up like as happened to my 1997 Accord I purchased a new bike rack. A Thule 990XT Doubletrack.
The rack sits out quite a bit further which, at first blush, is going to make parallel parking very difficult. However, I learned to parallel park with my grandfathers 77 Bonneville which was a full yard longer than the 97 Accord and is still 30 inches longer than the 08. With the rack it's similar in overall lenth. I'm just going to need to practice a bit.
Also, with it sitting so far back I want to get some reflective tape to make sure that people stay back.
D5185 is pictured at Woodthorpe on the Great Central railway, the Class 25 was working a Leicester north-Loughborough service during their diesel gala.
Saturday, 03 March 2012
View of the curved route of the MGWR line from Dublin Broadstone to Galway, seen here approaching Pike's Bridge outside Maynooth.
© Finbarr O'Neill
Of course after repositioning to get better light on eastbounds we get a westbound. BNSF 9287 west wheels up the river with taconite empties destined for northern Minnesota. October 9, 2011.
Monday, 18 February 2013
GM 219 emerges from Cork tunnel with the 1400hrs InterCity service from Dublin Heuston.
© Finbarr O'Neill
Resident gecko of St. Louis Botanical Garden's Climatron. Pentax K-x and Kodak Enlarging Ektar 100mm lens on Novoflex doubletrack bellows.
Ex LMS Fairburn tank no 42085 seen here at the Great Central railways steam gala event with a freight train to Leicester North from Loughborough passing Woodthorpe bridge.
CN train 341 rolls along back in 2003 with horn blaring through the now-doubletrack quiet zoned town of Grayslake, Illinois.
The incandescent lit intermediate signal at MP 273.7 protects the block as 202 rolls up on the old warrior heading north. This signal, and many others, are serving out their last year or so of service before new LED signals take their place as the Brightline doubletrack expansion project pushes north.
As UP crews work to tie-in the new Main 1 of UP's Glidden Subdivision to the former Sugar Land siding, the signals protecting the siding are being removed. This is likely the last picture taken of this old SP searchlight; its eastbound counterparts had already been removed by the time this photo was taken.
Sugar Land, TX
May 23rd, 2016
These Union Pacific tracks, formerly belonging to the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, host trains of Union Pacific, Utah Railway, and Burlington Northern Santa Fe.
Sunday, 20 November 2011
666 days out of service due to a derailment at Laois Traincare Depot, ICR #37 (22 037) went back into service on the 17 November 2011, which it operated the 1725 Heuston to Limerick. However, on Saturday 19 November 2011 the railcar was hit by stones which shattered the windscreen on 22137. The railcar is seen here as it powers through the North Cork countryside at Grange, between Mallow and Buttevant, working empty from Cork to Laois Traincare Depot due to the smashed windscreen.
(c) Finbarr O'Neill
Saturday, 16 February 2013
Viewed from the level-crossing, 29014 can been seen at the bay-platform waiting to form the 1315hrs shuttle to M3 Parkway, which will be a connection out of the 1242hrs commuter service from Dublin Pearse to Maynooth.
The line to M3 Parkway and Hansfield station can be seen in the background.
© Finbarr O'Neill