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The calmly flowing waters of a swollen Kickapoo Creek gently touch the concrete footings currently supporting the passage of this heavy, 131-car, southbound Union Pacific coal drag as its two, lead, AC six-axles ride their dynamic brakes, coasting downhill across a combination deck plate and lattice through truss bridge along the former C&NW "SI Line" outside Bartonville on a gloomy July morning. This train of loaded aluminum BethGons -- symbol CNAPW 14 -- are topped out with over 18,000 tons of Wyoming's finest black diamonds; Filled at Peabody's North Antelope Mine in the state's rich Powder River Basin, these hoppers have only a few short miles left to travel before reaching their destination at NRG Energy's Powerton Generating Station, near Pekin. The train will soon cross the Illinois River drawbridge and immediately make a right turn onto the IMRR and down into Crescent Yard for interchange where they'll tie down and the loads will wait for an Illinois & Midland crew to spot the cars at the plant for final dumping. Slated for decommission come the end of 2028 due to the country's relentless insistence on "cleaner" energy alternatives, Powerton is the sole remaining, actively burning coal-fired power plant to still remain standing in the greater Peoria area, outliving the facilities at Havana, Hennepin and Canton's Duck Creek (2019), and eventually the E.D. Edwards Station at Bartonville (2022). Once closed, it'll be another major hit in activity levels for a route that is already down in traffic. Twice weekly scheduled manifest service between Peoria and Clinton, IA, as needed coal, grain and ethanol unit traffic, and seasonal ballast trains are pretty much the bulk of what traverses this line.
For southbounds, this is the final, and most dramatic, crossing atop a snaky Kickapoo Creek which twists and turns beneath the rails of the Peoria Subdivision in six different locations within just about a short, two mile stretch of track. Just about a half mile back from this bridge, the train is still working through the CTC controlled interlocking at "Peoria JCT" where the Peoria Sub main to South Pekin splits from UP's "Low Line," which routes trains for Peoria area interchange into and out of their small Adams St. Yard just a short distance away on the city's southwest side. The single-tracked Peoria Subdivision, which runs south out of Nelson away from the busy Geneva Sub, uses a combination of CTC, TWC and ABS infrastructure to route what little traffic runs down this line and is also the only class 1 of four that has a "through route" through the city. A line that does not get much attention from photographers, an older "winged" EMD SD70ACe on the point of a well timed coal load just was enough for me to grab the camera and quickly pick it off at this very seldom shot location.
I sure could do without that walkway.
Just dumped at the side of the road and that amazes me that someone has no consideration and would do that.
That said had I seen this before the weather got at it I would have loved it for upscaling. John is probably happy I hadn't seen it before 😂
A colorful and busy scene at 2nd Avenue & E 1st Street, East Village, NYC. The colorful tribute to hip-hop is by Os Gemeos
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Found this while checking out a landfill in Garfield, Washington (don't ask). Somebody took half their house to the dump..
Curdnatta Photographer's theme "Dumped Rubbish Abandoned".
The remains of an old truck dumped on Bon Bon Station in the north of South Australia.
Just outside of Oakes, track speed slows to a crawl for the last few miles to their destination in Fullerton, ND. Taken from the city dump outside of town.
A litter dump for any trash from your car as you pass this small parking spot with room for just two cars. Near the village of Warne. 17 February 2021
This quite large bear, in the vicinity of the dump was probably making its way there. I only got a quick shot as it was hidden by bushes.
You may wonder why bears frequent the dump. In my experience it is not healthy bears that go there.
This bear, once I got the shot enlarged on my computer, may be blind. For sure, one eye is totally closed. and it was climbing down down the path, low to the ground, reaching down with one paw when it could have just followed the path.
Most bears I've seen at dumps are either injured or old and unable to easily hunt for food. The other bears are the cubs that follow an injured mother bear and end up being acclimatized to the routine. I have photographed a lot of bears at dumps and always find when I get a close up on my computer that they are injured. The same with coyotes at the dump. Healthy animals shun people and stay away from built up areas in my experience.
When we climbed the Sokolovskă Uhelna dump yard hills at the feet of the Erzgebirge at that day all went well. Incidentally, an area that almost seamlessly transitioned from an already recultivated local recreation area into the open, unfenced factory site. We could already hear the busy, unmistakable and typical rattling of the overburden trains, including sound rings that serve as a warning signal when driving forwards and backwards.
Once at the top we were rewarded with very busy mining train operations. This time, with a keen eye, it also took place without any fuss
Czech Republic, Sokolov, June 2015
Dump truck near Glasgow in Howard County Missouri by Notley Hawkins Photography. Taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV camera with a Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens at ƒ/4.0 with a 10 second exposure at ISO 100. Processed with Adobe Lightroom 6.4.
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A few more shots around Bago station and shed from our 2018 FarRail tour.
Around the back of Bago (formerly Pegu) engine shed the remains of 4 other steam locos are dumped in the long grass, the rusting frames obvious here. It wasn't possible to identify them but from the size of the driving wheels there are both YD 2-8-2 and YC 4-6-2s amongst the pile.
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Still dumping south of Cedar Grove. A mishap in hearing the trains original warrant stopped us from going any further
It might sound like it when you say it, but CERA is not a girl it is actually the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority. The problem is that there is so much work to do that road have to closed, roads dug up, buildings knocked down and all the 8 million tonnes of earthquake rubble has to go somewhere. Of course people do not like most of this.
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Rubble dump Hoheward Herten-Recklinghausen-Herne from a different point of view. Formerly a mining dump for several mines, today a nature and leisure region.
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There is an official rhino day, but to me everyday is rhino day.
At the time that I "shot" this rhino baby it was between 2 and 3 weeks old.
They are wild and roam about freely, but because the veld lacks nutrition they do get some additional green stuff as a supplement.
Those who dump the greens do so with one eye on the moms and quite a few times I've witnessed a hurried dash to the vehicle as a mom decided that they were getting too close.
The youngster was still reliant on his mom's milk and didn't have a clue as to why she was eating stuff off the ground. 😁
Even at that young age he has already been de-horned in an effort to deter poachers.
The photo was taken on the African Continent somewhere between Cape Town and Cairo.