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This was once driven as a work truck by its current owner. The truck is rare and I wish the setting was kinder for it; love the windshield wipers though!
Info from Wikipedia: "The Diamond T Motor Car Company was founded in Chicago in 1905 by C. A. Tilt.... By 1967, as a subsidiary of White Motor Company, it was merged with Reo Motor Company to become Diamond Reo Trucks, Inc. ...the truck gave sterling service with the British Army in North Africa Campaign, where its power and rugged construction allowed the rescue of damaged tanks in the most demanding of conditions."
About this photo:
I had just driven about 10 miles from an overlook above the Columbia River near Vantage Washington. I had intended to do some shooting of that dramatic gorge where the Columbia River cuts deeply through the high steepe country of Eastern Washington. However, a tremendous thunder and lightening storm drove me away.
The lightening above the gorge was spectacular. It filled the sky with fingers of lightning which shot from sky to earth and danced horizontally just below the cloud base. Even if I had wanted to take a few images of the storm, it would have been impossible because as well as the constant and multiple lightening strikes all around the car; the wind was whipping at at least 70 mph.
I have only been in one other thunderstrom that compared to this one, and it was in Waco Texas some years back which also spawned several tornadoes.
From a safer distance, this is what a small slice of that Eastern Washington summer thunderstorm looked like.
Fire Garden
Credit for text: vistitlondon.com
"A crackling, spitting, after-dark adventure
Compagnie Carabosse disrupt public spaces with flaming artworks that remind us of our most elemental human need.
With burning metal structures, cascading candles and flickering flowerpots, Fire Garden will transform the front lawn of Tate Modern into a crackling and spitting, after-dark adventure as part of London's Burning. Amongst the flames, discover live music and intriguing goings on. Experience fire like never before and remember the blaze that changed London forever.
One of France’s most prominent street art groups, Compagnie Carabosse are a collective comprising of artistic designers, constructors, actors, musicians, technicians, inventors, poets, photographers and visual artists. For almost 20 years they have been working in public spaces throughout Europe and the world. They are driven by the philosophy that public spaces and streets should remain open to everyone and be a place for self expression and freedom."
1970 BMW Alpina 2002 ti driven by Adrian Van Hooydonk in Group 4A at the 2017 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion.
If you are interested in this, or any of my other photos from this event please visit my website. prints.swankmotorarts.com/f923231362
This car competed in the Richard Seaman Memorial Historic Trophy Race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in June 1973. It's the 1937 ERA R12B of Bill Morris which has a supercharged 6-cylinder inline1,488cc engine and was driven in the race by Tony Stephens. Bill Morris owned two ERAs, R12B and R12C and the two cars have a strange history, R12B being a works car that was originally built in 1936 with a 2 litre engine as a B-type car, but in 1937 it was rebuilt to C-type specifications, thus becoming R12C, and given a 1½ litre engine. In 1938 it was sold to Prince Chula to become one of his White Mouse stable's trio of ERAs driven by Prince Bira, where it was given the name 'Hanuman'. In 1939 the car was badly damaged in a crash during practice at Reims and was rebuilt with a B-type frame, reverting to being R12B and the name changing to 'Hanuman II'. After passing through various hands after the Second World War it came to Bill Morris. Bill Morris had managed to acquire the rest of the wreckage left over from the 1939 crash and using the damaged chassis frame rebuilt the car to its 1939 C-type specifications by 1982. That car was now R12C, as if the 1939 accident had never happened, and was given the original car's name of 'Hanuman'.
Driven by an older couple (obviously not the people in the background). It's got a rollcage, bucket seats and I bet some more goodies for being race-ready. They used it for getting the groceries and even had a lil' dog inside the car
NAO Powerr is a Platform Supply Vessel, designed and built by ULSTEIN. The hull form, with the ULSTEIN X-BOW®,
combined with diesel electric propulsion system, ensures the best performances with regard to fuel consumption, sea
keeping, station keeping, and speed.
The main propulsion system comprises two azimuth pulling thrusters, each
driven by frequency controlled variable speed electric motor.
One retractable azimuth thruster and two tunnel thrusters forward are installed, ensuring the vessel to obtain the best
station keeping capabilities with ERN[99,99,96,90]. The vessel is equipped, built and certified according to IMO Class II
for Dynamic Positioning.
MAIN PARTICULARS:
Length overall 83,40 m
Length between p.p. 76,50 m
Breadth moulded 18.00 m
Depth main deck 8,00 m
Max. load line draft midship 6.70 m
Max Speed (at T=4,5 m, approx) 15,6 knots
ERN 99.99.96.90
ACCOMMODATION:
Accommodation and equipment for 23 persons
CAPACITIES:
Cargo deck area (free area - 10T/5T/m2) 850 m2
Deck cargo (COG=1.0 above main deck) 2 240 t
Deadweight 4 200 t
Fuel oil 1474,4m3
Base oil 259,5 m3
Water Ballast / Drill Water 1599 m3
Fresh Water 1033,5 m3
Dry Bulk 254,7 m3
Mud / Brine 1307,2 m3
Methanol 153,7 m3
MAIN ENGINES & GENERATOR SETS:
2 off main diesel engines, 2 250 ekW each, 690 V, 1 800 rpm
2 off main diesel engines, 940 ekW each, 690 V, 1 800 rpm
EMERGENCY GENERATOR SET:
1 off emergency generator set, 187 ekW, 690 V, 1 800 rpm
THRUSTER:
3 off el. driven side thrusters forward:
2 x Tunnel thrusters, 880kW, 0-1200 RPM
1 x Azimuth retractable thruster, 880 kW, 1800RPM
MAIN PROPULSION:
2 off azimuth thrusters, el. driven frequency controlled propellers
and water cooled drives.
Power: 2 200 ekW each
DECK EQUIPMENT:
1 off Hydraulic deck/ provison crane, 3T 18M
Lowellville Local Schools 35 - 2011 IC CE; Basketball Tournament - Liberty High School - Liberty Township - Trumbull County, Ohio. Only IC in Lowellville's small fleet. I had driven this bus at the time of photography for the field trip.
The Circ Hotel by Hosteeva, located in Downtown Hollywood, Florida, was a highly celebrated project that marked the first new hotel built in the city's downtown core in nearly 40 years. The property transitioned through multiple corporate structural changes—moving from its original lifestyle launch to being operated by Sonder and finally being managed under the Hosteeva banner.
2018: A Historic Grand Opening
The hotel officially celebrated its grand opening in June 2018. It was built as a primary anchor for the $200 million mixed-use Hollywood Circle development, a major revitalization project sitting right next to the ArtsPark at Young Circle. Developed by Hollywood Circle LLC (led by Charles "Chip" Abele Jr.) and funded partly by EB-5 investment, the 12-story, 111-room boutique hotel was widely praised as the catalyst designed to usher in a modern "lifestyle" renaissance for Hollywood's historic urban district.
At its debut, the hotel featured heavily publicized upscale concepts, including:
Olivia Restaurant & Bar: An authentic Italian eatery spearheaded by South Florida restaurateurs Piero Filpi and Marcello Sindoni.
The Muse Rooftop Bar & Lounge: A trendy pool-deck bar offering 360-degree panoramic views of the South Florida skyline.
Presto Market & Coffee Bar: A chic, ground-level neighborhood hub.
While the building originally operated under standard hospitality management agreements, the hotel landscape shifted with the rise of tech-driven corporate hospitality brands.
The Sonder Phase: For a period, the hotel was managed by the flexible-stay hospitality company Sonder, operating under an apartment-hotel style model.
The Shift to Hosteeva: Following Sonder's exit, management of the hotel rooms was taken over by Hosteeva. Under Hosteeva's tech-driven platform, the hotel rooms were adapted into modern boutique accommodations blending classic hotel amenities (like the 12th-floor rooftop pool, fitness center, and a newly established Melbean Coffee Shop) with seamless, contactless vacation rental conveniences.
Recent Real Estate Turbulence
In early 2024, the residential portion directly above the hotel (the 25-story Circ Residences tower) was converted from luxury rentals into individual condominiums. Following slow condo sales, the overarching development entity faced severe financial stress, resulting in a $133.4 million foreclosure lawsuit filed in mid-2026 against the developer's remaining unsold units. Despite the legal and financial restructurings occurring with the residential portion of the tower, the boutique hotel rooms managed by Hosteeva continue to actively welcome travelers visiting the Young Circle district.
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This chain-driven industrial diesel mechanical locomotive was built by F. Hibberd & Co. in 1957. It weighs 23 tons and is fitted with a 117 HP Dorman engine and is air-braked.
It was originally sold to Dorman Long & Co. at Dock Street Foundry in Middlesborough. In about 1974 it was acquired by dealer Frank Berry of Leicester, who then sold it on to Vaynor Quarries Ltd for use at their Machen Quarry in Gwent. 1986 saw it pass through dealer Thomas Hill Ltd of Kilnhurst in South Yorkshire, who resold it to British Industrial Sand Ltd at Redhill in Surrey.
It was sold into preservation in 1999 when it was purchased by the Bridgend Valleys Railway along with a sister diesel-hydraulic locomotive. When the BVR decided to standardise on the hydraulic version, 3832 was purchased for use at Bideford. It arrived by low-loader on 14th September 2000.
On 15th August 2004 after repainting into green livery and named "Kingsley", the Planet was to have her claim to fame by hauling the first public passenger train at Bideford since closure.
Major work has recently been carried out on the 6-cylinder diesel engine of the locomotive and she was restarted recently after this work. She's running extremely well. We need to finish repainting her in a BR black livery. We hope that she will be operational soon.
Theme: 65L Items Featuring: Accessories, Apparel, Cosmetics, Eyes, Jewelry, Poses, Shapes, Skins, Tattoos Event Opening Date: March 19, 2022 Event Closing Date: March 21, 2022
Pictured is a 1992 Brabham-Judd BT60B Grand Prix Car.
BT60Bs were driven in 1992 by Eric van de Poele, Giovanna Amati and 1996 World Champion Damon Hill.
After six seasons as the 'works' BMW team, the German manufacturer's exit at the end of 1987 prompted team owner Bernie Ecclestone to pull the plug on the Brabham operation. The team was sold on and, under new ownership, returned to the grid in 1989 using customer Judd engines.
A deal was struck for the team to run factory Yamaha engines in 1991 with British duo Martin Brundle and Mark Blundell taking the wheel of the new BT60Y cars. The cars suffered from reliability issues, however, Blundell would finish sixth in Belgium and Brundle fifth in Japan. By contrast, Blundell failed to pre-qualify for the event!
Despite some promise being shown, Yamaha had been dazzled by the new Jordan team's meteoric first season in the sport and transferred the engine contract to the Irish team. Left without any other option, the team re-worked the BT60Y chassis to accept Judd V10 engines and the cars were re-christened BT60Bs.
Belgian Eric van de Poele was joined in the team by Italian lady racer Giovanna Amati, the last female driver to compete in Formula 1. Van de Poele started the first race of the season in South Africa from the back of the grid and brought the car home in thirteenth position, four laps down on race winner Nigel Mansell. That would be his only race in the Brabham, failing to qualify for the next nine races and moving to the Fondmetal team mid-season.
Amati failed to qualify for the first three races of the season and was replaced by Williams test driver Damon Hill. Initially, Hill fared no better in the car but did qualify for his first Grand Prix at Silverstone. Starting last, Hill finished sixteenth in the race. He failed to qualify in Germany and by Hungary, Brabham was a one-car team following van de Poele's departure. Hill crashed the race car (Chassis 4) heavily in qualifying, necessitating a change to the spare car.
The car pictured is that same spare car, Chassis 6, which was the last Brabham built. It qualified for the race and finished in eleventh position. That would prove to be the final race for the Brabham team as the money dried up.
It was a sad end for a team that first appeared in 1962, winning four drivers championships with Jack Brabham, Denny Hulme and Nelson Piquet and the Constructors Championship in 1966 and 1967.
Pictured in August 2013 at the Donington Grand Prix Collection, Donington Park.
N777 SNT MERCEDES MP4 of SNT Stuart Nicol Transport leaving Weatherby services Driven here by Sue , 29th May 2018
1938 Maserati 8CTF, driven by Wilbur Shaw both years.
115.0 mph ('39), 114.3 mph ('40).
183.0 cubic inch, straight-8, dual-supercharged.
The most successful car in Indy history... also did well in 1941 (leader until wheel collapsed at 400 miles), 1946 (3rd), 1947 (3rd), 1948 (4th), and 1949.
National Historical Vehicle Register No. 3, US Dept. of Interior
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum (IMSM)
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Shoot and edit for professional bodybuilder Brian Ahlstrom and Beyond Driven gear.
Lighting:
Beauty Dish above camera and just to the left. Pointing back down at the subject.
Strip Light on each side and just behind subject for a little rim.
All editing and compositing done in CS6.
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For some reason, each time I have driven to Asbury Park, with my friend, Sharon, I have somehow managed to totally miss it and end up further south. This time, heading back up to Asbury Park, I realized that I was in Ocean Grove, and got to see the tent houses that I learned about through my Flickr education (Thank you, surreal-journey) .... and I still say that ANYTHING you need to learn, you can learn on Flickr and/or Pinterest!!) We parked and took the time to walk around and it was actually a good time to be there because some of the houses were already emptied of their summer tenants and we could get a good look at the inside, while most of them were still decorated and populated. Apparently there were once 600 of these tent homes, and now there are 114, and there is a 10+ year wait if you want to rent one according to the Ocean Grove Historical Society. The tent houses consist of small wooden houses containing modern kitchens and baths and a wooden platform in front with a frame over which a canvas tent is placed creating a canvas parlor. The canvas tents and personal belongings can be stored in the wooden house and brought out in the summer. Personal touches added by the owners individualize the tent houses and make each one unique.
We were absolutely amazed at how elaborately decorated they were, and by the flowers and gardens, as well!
We walked the narrow pathways between the homes that allowed us a glimpse into many of them. I can only describe them as purely magical. I can’t even imagine how fantastic it must be to spend a summer in one of these (provided that you have quiet neighbors!). This particular one is already empty, but it gives you an idea of what the canvas parlor looks like and the doors leading to the permanent wooden structure. The blue morning glories are to die for!
And interestingly enough, here is what the structure looks like in the off season. I am pretty certain that this is the same one...
www.flickr.com/photos/surreal-journey/13445143575/in/set-...
And he also gives a better history of the area than I can offer:
www.flickr.com/photos/surreal-journey/14925107112/in/set-...
So happy that I got to see this first hand! (Thank you Randy!) You just can’t beat Flickr and Flickr friends for learning new things!
Driven by Jemma Simmons with back-up from Leo Fitz. Based on the Rush Cleaning Services Truck seen in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, S01E21.
Fiction. Nicole, 23, has just joined the ranks of talented black belt basketball players on the Minneapolis-based DRiBBL3 team...and those insistent on wearing their hair natural to inspire their young fans.
Inspired by my childhood in the '70s. Drawn, colored, and finished to '70s R&B music on Sunday, June 11, 2023
Graphite, ink, and pigment on acid-free paper
Strathmore mixed media paper
9" x 12"
2023
Having driven past this black-and-white timbered, mock Tudor building many times, and seen the sign for "Chainbridge Hotel", I assumed that this was, indeed, a hotel. Wrong! It's the main station building for Berwyyn Station, just west of Llangollen. The Chainbridge Hotel is actually on the oposite side of the River Dee and is accessed by.....you guessed it....The Chain Bridge. Simples!
Restoration Of The Tarrytown Lighthouse Also Known As the Sleepy Hollow Lighthouse.
A Contract Was Awarded To Mace Contracting Of New Rochelle, NY For 3.4 Billion Dollars Under A Capital Improvement Project For The Tarrytown Restoration Project. The Piles Were Supposed To Be Driven Into The Hudson River Next To The Tarrytown Lighthouse. However, The Piles Were Not Delivered To The Job Site. Instead The Workers Continued Painting The Top Part Of The Lighthouse. Photo Taken Friday April 21, 2023.
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A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike, push-bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A bicycle rider is called a cyclist, or bicyclist.
Bicycles were introduced in the 19th century in Europe. By the early 21st century there were more than 1 billion bicycles. There are many more bicycles than cars. Bicycles are the principal means of transport in many regions. They also provide a popular form of recreation, and have been adapted for use as children's toys. Bicycles are used for fitness, military and police applications, courier services, bicycle racing, and artistic cycling.
The basic shape and configuration of a typical upright or "safety" bicycle, has changed little since the first chain-driven model was developed around 1885. However, many details have been improved, especially since the advent of modern materials and computer-aided design. These have allowed for a proliferation of specialized designs for many types of cycling. In the 21st century, electric bicycles have become popular.
The bicycle's invention has had an enormous effect on society, both in terms of culture and of advancing modern industrial methods. Several components that played a key role in the development of the automobile were initially invented for use in the bicycle, including ball bearings, pneumatic tires, chain-driven sprockets, and tension-spoked wheels.
Vehicles that have two wheels and require balancing by the rider date back to the early 19th century. The first means of transport making use of two wheels arranged consecutively, and thus the archetype of the bicycle, was the German draisine dating back to 1817. The term bicycle was coined in France in the 1860s, and the descriptive title "penny farthing", used to describe an "ordinary bicycle", is a 19th-century term.
There are several early, but unverified claims for the invention of the bicycle.
A sketch from around 1500 AD is attributed to Gian Giacomo Caprotti, a pupil of Leonardo da Vinci, but it was described by Hans-Erhard Lessing in 1998 as a purposeful fraud, a description now generally accepted. However, the authenticity of the bicycle sketch is still vigorously maintained by followers of Augusto Marinoni, a lexicographer and philologist, who was entrusted by the Commissione Vinciana of Rome with the transcription of Leonardo's Codex Atlanticus.
Later, and equally unverified, is the contention that a certain "Comte de Sivrac" developed a célérifère in 1792, demonstrating it at the Palais-Royal in France. The célérifère supposedly had two wheels set on a rigid wooden frame and no steering, directional control being limited to that attainable by leaning. A rider was said to have sat astride the machine and pushed it along using alternate feet. It is now thought that the two-wheeled célérifère never existed (though there were four-wheelers) and it was instead a misinterpretation by the well-known French journalist Louis Baudry de Saunier in 1891.
In Japan, A pedal-powered tricycle called '陸舟奔車 (Rikushu-honsha)' was described in '新製陸舟奔車之記 (Records of a Newly Made Rikushu-honsha)' (owned by the Hikone Public Library, Hikone, Japan), written in 1732 by 平石久平次時光 (Hiraishi Kuheiji Tokimitsu) (1696-1771), a retainer of the Hikone domain. However, it was not further developed, and the practical use of bicycles in Japan did not occur until modern bicycles were imported from Europe.
The 21st century has seen a continued application of technology to bicycles (which started in the 20th century): in designing them, building them, and using them. Bicycle frames and components continue to get lighter and more aerodynamic without sacrificing strength largely through the use of computer aided design, finite element analysis, and computational fluid dynamics. Recent discoveries about bicycle stability have been facilitated by computer simulations. Once designed, new technology is applied to manufacturing such as hydroforming and automated carbon fiber layup. Finally, electronic gadgetry has expanded from just cyclocomputers to now include cycling power meters and electronic gear-shifting systems.
In recent years, bicycle designs have trended towards increased specialization, as the number of casual, recreational and commuter cyclists has grown. For these groups, the industry responded with the hybrid bicycle, sometimes marketed as a city bike, cross bike, or commuter bike. Hybrid bicycles combine elements of road racing and mountain bikes, though the term is applied to a wide variety of bicycle types.
Hybrid bicycles and commuter bicycles can range from fast and light racing-type bicycles with flat bars and other minimal concessions to casual use, to wider-tired bikes designed for primarily for comfort, load-carrying, and increased versatility over a range of different road surfaces. Enclosed hub gears have become popular again – now with up to 8, 11 or 14 gears – for such bicycles due to ease of maintenance and improved technology.
†A thought for Queen Elizabeth II who passed away yesterday â€
She was the only British sovereign I ever knew...May she rest in peace.
Having left Poitiers and driven East-North-East for a couple of hours, we find ourselves on the banks of River Loire, near the city of Orléans, to visit the Benedictine abbey of Fleury in the small town of Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire.
There are at least two reasons why this abbey is famous worldwide among Mediævalists and beyond: an architectural reason, and a historical one.
The architectural reason is the presence of the enormous and splendid tower-porch built under Abbot Gauzlin, whose abbacy ran from 1004 to 1030. It is a wonder of Romanesque architecture and art.
The historical reason, which makes this abbey even more unique, is that it houses the bones of saint Benoît, Saint Benedict in English, the founder and father of all monasticism in the Western World. Benoît, born Benedetto around 480 in Umbria, founded the Monte Cassino monastery in 529 and died there in 547. His Rule remains to this day the governing law of all Benedictine monasteries worldwide.
Around 580, the monastery on Monte Cassino was destroyed by a Lombard raid. The place was left deserted and utterly unoccupied for more than a century. In the late 600s, the abbot of Fleury, who had heard about the desertion and the fact that neither the remains of Saint Benedict, nor those of Saint Scholastica, his sister who had been buried with him, were properly honored, sent out a search-and-rescue party of monks led by Aygulf. They went to Cassino, discovered the resting place of the saints among the ruins of the abandoned monastery, and brought them back to France in 703. The bones of saint Benoît remained to this day in Fleury, while those of Scholastica went to the cathedral in Le Mans.
Some Italians, of course, disagree and claim that the bones of the saint never left Cassino. You will even find some modern-day internet websites that claim it! Having researched the question quite extensively, and read in particular a comprehensive (150 pages!) memoir published in 1882 by R.P. Dom François Chamard, osb, a brother of the abbey of Ligugé, my opinion is that the bones of saint Benoît were indeed transported to France (19th-century forensic examination of the bones goes in the same direction), even though a few of them may have inadvertently been left in the tomb at Cassino because they were not properly identified as human bones. Some of them were also given back to the Monte Cassino monks who had come to Fleury around 750 to ask for them once the decision had been made to rebuild the monastery there.
The abbey is on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
The kind of open-air narthex created at ground level under the tower-porch features some of the finest examples of Romanesque sculpture of the 1000s.
On road test after brakes was sticking. Not been driven in such a long time but ran smooth and effortless.
Canadian postcard by Canadian Postcard, no. A-433. Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn in Aliens (James Cameron, 1996).
American actress Sigourney Weaver (1949) rose to international fame with her role as Ellen Ripley in the Alien saga. After her breakthrough in the Science Fiction blockbuster Alien (1979), she became one of Hollywood's major female stars during the 1980s and 1990s. Weaver often plays strong, independent, and driven women. She was nominated for an Oscar for Aliens (1987), Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988) and Working Girl (1988), and her tour-de-force performance in the Broadway play 'Hurlyburly' (1984) earned her a Tony Award nomination. Weaver has actually won more than ten film awards, including two Golden Globes and a BAFTA Award.
Susan Alexandra 'Sigourney' Weaver was born in New York, in 1949. Weaver is the daughter of television producer and president of NBC Pat Weaver and British actress Elizabeth Inglis. She changed her name to 'Sigourney' at the age of 14, after a character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's book 'The Great Gatsby'. She graduated from Stanford and Yale, in the same class as Meryl Streep. In the 1970s, she acted in experimental and classical plays, including those by her former classmate Christopher Durang. Because of her height (she is 1.82 metres), she was often ignored by most producers and directors. In 1976, Weaver got a role in the soap opera Somerset. The following year, she made her film debut: she appeared for six seconds in Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977). However, it made many people sit up and take notice. She had her first starring role in Madman (Dan Cohen, 1978) starring Michael Beck. Her breakthrough followed in Ridley Scott's Alien (1979). The part of Ellen Ripley became her most famous role and made Weaver one of the greatest actresses of the moment. She continued her career with drama films such as Eyewitness (Peter Yates, 1981) and The Year of Living Dangerously (Pewter Weir, 1982), with Mel Gibson. In 1984, she played her first comic role as Dana Barrett in Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984). In 1986, the first sequel to Alien was released. In Aliens (James Cameron, 1986), Weaver portrayed Ripley as an intelligent, powerful woman. The film was an even greater commercial success than the original and she was rewarded for her role with her first Oscar nomination. She was also nominated for an Oscar for her roles as the animal rights activist and zoologist Dian Fossey in Gorillas in the Mist (Michael Apted, 1988) and her delicious performance as a double-crossing, power-hungry corporate executive in the comedy Working Girl (Mike Nichols, 1988). She missed out on the award all three times but did receive Golden Globes for the latter two films.
Sigourney Weaver reprised the role of Dana Barrett in the sequel Ghostbusters II (Ivan Reitman, 1989) and played Rebecca Gorin in the reboot Ghostbusters (Paul Feig, 2016). Weaver also reprised the role of Ellen Ripley in the films Alien³ (David Fincher, 1992) and Alien: Resurrection (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1997) with Winona Ryder, as well as in the game Alien: Isolation (2014), the latter of which marks the actress' return 17 years after her last appearance in the franchise. Weaver collaborated with Ridley Scott again, appearing as Queen Isabella in 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) and appeared in the Roman Polanski–directed Death and the Maiden, in a major role opposite Ben Kingsley. For her role in The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, 1997), she received her fourth Golden Globe nomination and won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress. In 1999, she co-starred in the hilarious Science Fiction comedy Galaxy Quest (Dean Parisot, 1999) with Tim Allen and Alan Rickman. Then followed a decade in which she continued to appear in films but also had multiple voice roles in animated films, including The Tale of Despereaux (Sam Fell, Rob Stevenhagen, 2008) and the Pixar films WALL-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008) and Finding Dory (Andrew Stanton, 2016). She also worked in several documentaries, such as the BBC series Planet Earth (2006) and The Beatles: Eight Days a Week (2016). During the 2010s, she made a major comeback in the cinema with supporting roles in the blockbuster Avatar (2009), which marked her reunion with James Cameron, and in the historical blockbuster Exodus: Gods and Kings (Ridley Scott, 2014), starring Christian Bale, for which she reunited with Ridley Scott. She made a lasting return with the Sci-Fi thriller Chappie (Neill Blomkamp, 2015), the fantasy film A Monster Calls (Juan Antonio Bayona, 2016), and the TV mini-series The Defenders (2017). Last year, she returned as Dana Barrett in Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Jason Reitman, 2021). Sigourney Weaver married director Jim Simpson in 1984, with whom she had a daughter in April 1990.
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I just posted the power gear on the Westside Lumber Shay engine and added a load of notes. I realized that I needed to add the shot of the gear on the tender and further explain a Shay's operation. As you can see, the drive shaft continues on to the tender for more power in the form of tractive effort. A Shay tender could consist of two of the trucks on the really large locos. This means up to 16 driven wheels, drivers; that's twice #346 and #844. This engine has 12 driven wheels having a smaller tender. Near the "No Aqua" water tank at "Delay Junction" at the Colorado Railroad Museum, the WestSide Lumber Company #12 Shay locomotive sits on the siding rails. I know a lot of folks have knowledge of the history and construction of the Shay locomotives. If I remember correctly, Ephraim Shay, born in 1839, soon ended up associated with the lumber industry in Michigan. He had a brain explosion and designed his Shay locomotive originally to run on pole (lumber) rails in the woods. His idea worked and the Lime Locomotive Works in Ohio was to manufacture this oddity. Needless to say, they were expected to operate in foul conditions and on absurd trackage. He hung vertical cylinders on the side of the boiler and spun a drive shaft along the side of the engine and tender. That is not entirely unlike your car. Usng a design of bevel gears and universal joints allowed the contraption to power bogie trucks that swivel. All the trucks: the front truck under the boiler, the truck under the cab and either one or two trucks under the tender provided for maximum tractive effort powered through extremely tight curves. The top speed was of course, very limited and CRRM volunteers told me that the enjoyment of a ride wore very short but not short enough. Fortunately, the light was on the correct side but horribly directional and harsh. Here it is anyway. I work hard to expand the shadows on this so I could read the lettering on the frame; OWNED BY LOCO LEASE II. I doubt it now. CRRM does not have a Heisler locomotive; donations anyone? I'm not sure if there was one in Colorado.
Eddie and I spaced the Christmas Steamup this year but he found there was a "Black on Track" costume event upcoming. He really wanted to see this steam up. We are REALLY waiting for the RSG #20 to return for a steamup. Donate generously at the CRRM.That day will be shoulder to shoulder at the Colorado Railroad Museum; keep an eye on upcoming events on their web site. Outlanders could target Colorado trips with the expectations of hitting an event here in Golden. Someone will have already been here from your home town and/or country. These are the takes everyone is foaming at the mouth to see.
Outrageous light here for the bold early steam, IMHO. Steam is a winner in winter but the wind made it a blustery day. Are you ready for some steam? The first excursion was not quite full but is building on this blustery Saturday morning runby. The re-enactors are busy putting on a show now that we took our ride..
A 48 H.P., chain driven 0-4-0 Diesel Mechanical, Class 48DS locomotive, built by Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln, to Works No. 237928, in 1946 and fitted with Engine No.236343, and sold ex-works, 04/09/1946, to British Titan Products Ltd, Pyewipe Works, Grimsby. This locomotive was subsequently sold to ICI, Billingham Works, in 1958, or 1959, before being sold on to Yorkshire Tar Distillers Ltd in 1963. Seen here, stored out of use on 20/01/1973. Its current status and fate unknown.
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BNSF 8418 leads a 6-pack of mixed-scheme BNSF units up the grade in Spruce, CO. The last time I caught 6 units up front was almost 2 years ago in Alaska hauling a coal empty. Man, I miss my blue and yellow MACs...now I'm depressed. But at least this manifest had a new ACe up front!
That road you see over the power is Spruce Mountain Road. It connects Palmer Lake and Larkspur and is a nicely maintained and smooth road with some curvies and rolling hills. Not only does it parallel the Joint Line for almost its entire length, but it's so rarely used. There have been numerous times where I've driven its full length and didn't see another car. It's a hidden gem for when I-25 is backed up or you just don't feel like dealing with traffic going 66mph in the slow lane and 68mph in the passing lane when the speed limit is 75mph. Plus, it's just more scenic in my opinion. If you're out this way, Spruce Mountain Road is your lifeline for railfanning this section of the Joint Line.