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A Saturday in the Warrington area. Red Bank for 66754 and 66760 on 1Z24. Got done by cloud. 66155 followed it and of course that was in full sun! Then a move to Winwick for the rest of the day. 66620 came on an engineers train, 56087 came light from Carnforth - Carnforth which terminated at Crewe. There was a 5Z07 Crewe Gresty Bridge - Kingmoor. Expected 68001. Came with 66429! Anyway, here is 66620 working the 11:42 Euxton Jn - Crewe Basford Hall past Winwick 30/7/16
20095 passes through Carstairs with a short Engineers.
Carstairs, Lanarkshire. 6 July 1984
Scottish Railrover
I love how this one came out! It took a lot of hard work. It is loosely based off of the BF3 engineer class. But mainly this fig was built to show off my Ak-47 mod. Enoy!
GBRf class 66/7 no. 66729 'Derby County' heads a Civil Engineers' working, 6G40 from Cramlington to Doncaster Belmont, past Copmanthorpe on 30th September 2025.
Gorgeous Kerri, Rachel, Karena sitting on a very wet Maserati GT at the Cannonball 2013, Mondello Park, Kildare, Ireland.
Nikon D-800, Nikkor 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 IF-ED-VR-2 (FX), Nikon SB-910 Speedlight. 90mm, f5.6, 1/100 sec.
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Engineer (Young) Will Lovelace calls for permission through a work authority on the Philly Sub from the cab of Q032. Will's dad was an Erie, and later NJT conductor. Will was the first CSX-era hire on the former RF&P out of Richmond.
When I was occasionally cut back to conductor, I would go to the UPS train pool to work with the top-dog engineers; John Stone, Jim Stevens, and Will Lovelace. All great to work with.
Mr. Lovelace retired in late 2021.
The "Three Amigos" in engineer class. L to R: Mike Burbidge, Jeff Sessa (me), Jay Daravong. I believe Mike went to MBTA, I went to Amtrak in 2023, and Jay went to the Pan Am before leaving the industry entirely. We certainly had fun down in Atlanta.
Colas Railfreight "Grid" Class 56 56113 powers past Bennerley Viaduct near Ilkeston Station working 6C56 Tinsley South Jn to Toton North Yard in the lovely morning sun
Of interesting note, the footbridge in the background i understand is soon to be gone, , opening this scene up possibly more, but will be a sat sight to loose something of LMS heritage
Two budding engineering students deep in discussion as they head back to college. Bacolod City, Philippines.
Pillar Rock Lighthouse is also known as Holy Island Outer Lighthouse. A shore light, it is situated low down near the S end of the E coast of Arran on Holy Island, and guards the main channel up the Firth of Clyde. It was built in 1905 to a design by engineers David & Charles Stevenson. The lighthouse was electrified and automated in 1977
For over 150 years Robert Stevenson (1772-1850) (Robert Louis Stevenson’s Grandfather) and the former’s descendants designed most of Scotland’s Lighthouses.
JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, SPAIN - FEB 03: Pirelli engineer on pits on training session on February 03, 2015 in Jerez de la Frontera , Spain
Steam Engineer Ken Ristow pauses for a moment while attending to the various appurtenances on Soo Line 2-8-2 1003.
Plymouth, Wisconsin, November 24, 2018.
As requested...pics with light!! :) Like I said before, a little bigger than I am used to, but we still like it.
Credit to Mr.Jens for the original 251.
Credit to Panzerbricks for the original concept.
As soon as Vincent was handed his bowl from the street vendor, he eagerly slid a spoonful of his spicy and delicious chicken curry into his mouth. Ah, that was the flavor and heat he was wanting! A soft, happy moan escaped him before he turned to face Aiden who was just...standing there and staring at his own bowl. Oh, how skeptical he looked! Vincent smirked a bit as he scooped more curry onto his spoon once again and asked, "Is it too spicy for you?"
"No!" Aiden said a little quickly. "I'm just...letting it cool off some more is all." Vincent smirked a little more but said nothing as he returned to his bowl and began to walk away from the vendor. Aiden followed along and lifted his curry to his nose and gave a small sniff. That was going to burn! He just knew it! When Vincent had asked him how spicy he wanted his bowl to be, Aiden had stated how he'd go for whatever Vincent was having. Vincent had warned him he liked his spicy and hot but Aiden boldly insisted he'd try it anyway. But now he was mildly regretting his decision. Finally, he brought the spoon to his mouth, blew on it for show, then stuck it in his mouth.
As Vincent slowly chewed his dinner, he watched with great interest and amusement as Aiden's face steadily grew a dark shade of red and his eyes began to water. Yet...he was eating it! And then he went for a second spoonful! Then a third! Vincent thought to himself that Aiden didn't have to get it that spicy! He didn't feel bad for him at all! ....okay, maybe he felt a little bad. After another few bites, Vincent chuckled and told Aiden, "Come with me." Then, he turned and led a confused Aiden away in the opposite direction.
As they turned a corner, Vincent paused in front of another street vendor (a drink vendor Aiden realized) where he ordered a large cup of cool milk for Aiden. Aiden found himself blushing in embarrassment when Vincent glanced up at him with a highly amused smirk. Aiden glanced off to the side and ran his hand through his hair awkwardly. Without having to say a damned thing, Vincent knew Aiden would get the message that he wasn't going to let him forget this humorous event!
Vincent took the cup once he'd received it and offered it to Aiden. Once it was taken, he took Aiden's bowl so he could drink and relieve the burning in his mouth. Without another moment's hesitation, Aiden quickly began to drink and was unable to contain his sigh of relief. Vincent found this even more amusing! But instead of making fun of him, an affectionate smile graced his lips as he told his friend, "You are such a git." He chuckled softly before he shook his head and began to wander off in search of a bench or somewhere they could sit. Aiden nibbled his lower lip as he followed Vincent and tried to push down how his stomach filled with excited butterflies at how Vincent used it as a term of endearment.
It didn't take long for Vincent to find them a bench facing the lake. As they ate dinner, Aiden noticed how Vincent seemed just a bit more subdued than he had earlier in the day and he kept staring out towards the lake. Aiden would dare say he looked almost bummed despite the enjoyable day. He'd noticed earlier how Vincent kept staring around at Leon's Claw longingly. As they neared the last few bites of their dinner, Aiden finally asked, "Is everything okay?"
"What do you mean?"
Vincent looked genuinely surprised so Aiden elaborated, "I....well, I was noticing how you seemed a bit more bummed. Not that it's overly noticeable! I just was wondering if maybe something was on your mind." Vincent blinked as he was taken aback. He hadn't realized Aiden had been paying that close attention. Perhaps Aiden had just come to know him that well.
"Heh, why am I not surprised?" Vincent gave a small shrug and stared off towards the colorful clouds of the sunset. With a wistful sigh, he explained to Aiden, "To say I miss flying would be an understatement. If I'm being honest, I'm feeling restless and bored and it's starting to REALLY get to me. Being on Leon's Claw today made me miss it more than ever." Aiden had paused eating as he focused his attention on Vincent. He understood how Vincent felt. Even Aiden was longing to be back up in the air! But Vincent had his flight with Damien coming up soon!
"But you'll be going up with Damien in a few days. He's supposed to come back tomorrow night, right? You can take Leon's Claw tomorrow if you want!"
"No," Vincent explained dejectedly. "I got a note from Damien this morning saying it will be another two weeks. No reason why other than he decided to stay longer." Vincent hunched slightly and brought his bowl and spoon up to finish his meal. Before he took his bite, he grumbled, "I should have known he'd do this again."
Despite being relieved to hear that Damien wouldn't return for a couple more weeks, Aiden knew that meant Vincent would have to wait even longer. He put aside his own feelings and continued to empathize with Vincent as a friend. "What do you mean?"
"He has a habit of changing plans at the last minute, is all. It's just....well, the moon is going to be full the next couple of days and the weather's been perfect for flying! But...it's fine. Really, it's...not a big deal. It's just two more weeks."
Aiden said nothing as Vincent brushed it off with a slight smile and continued with his meal in silence. Aiden quirked his mouth and faced the sunset once again. As he slowly finished his meal, he allowed himself to get lost in thought. It wasn't 'fine' at all. Vincent had obviously been looking forward to this! It was a couple of minutes later, once they'd finished eating, that Vincent, himself, broke the silence.
"I'm sorry."
"What do you have to be sorry for?"
"I don't know. For...bringing the mood down with my complaining? It's what I do. I always bring everyone down."
"You have nothing to be sorry for!" By now Aiden was facing Vincent in earnest while gazing into that sea-colored gaze he loved so much. He continued before Vincent could cut in, "You sure as Hell do NOT bring everyone down! Your whole family loves you! Tom was all smiles today and had a fantastic time with his uncle! He's been eager for this, remember? And you definitely aren't bringing me down! I enjoyed today. Even now! You're my best friend, Vincent. I want to be here for you! You don't have to carry your burdens on your shoulders silently all the time, you know? That's what friends are for! I asked you what was wrong. It's not fair to you that Damien brushed off your plans like that. It's normal to be disappointed. I would be! You don't have to pretend it's okay because it's not! So...please don't apologize. You really, really have nothing to be sorry for."
Every time Vincent had wanted to cut in and tell Aiden why he was wrong, he found he couldn't find the words. All he could do was sit there as Aiden went off on a passionate, long-winded speech to tell him why he shouldn't be sorry. And by the end, Vincent was sitting there in a stunned silence as he processed all of that. Did...did Aiden really just do that? No one had ever spoken to him like that! Well, Aiden had once before but nowhere near like this! And as Vincent stared back into that serious gaze, his cheeks colored a touch as he licked his lips and glanced down. Aiden had silenced him. So, instead, he managed a small nod as he conceded.
Aiden smiled softly and reached out to take Vincent's bowl for him who smiled back and mumbled a quiet thanks. Aiden wandered a short distance away towards a trash bin where he disposed of their bowls. He quickly drained the last bit of his milk then disposed of the cup as well. He knew there was a very real possibility that the evening would be drawing to a close now.
Though, as Aiden turned to face Vincent again, he couldn't help but pause and stare. There was just something about how his captain was relaxed and completely entranced by the colors of the sunset and how light sparked and shimmered across the water. The way the sun rays were hitting him made him look as if he were almost glowing. It was beautiful. The moment felt magical, Aiden felt. It was as if almost anything could happen...
"Fly with me."
Vincent blinked and turned his gaze up at Aiden in surprise. Not only was his young engineer asking him to join him to fly, but in a bold move he was actually extending his hand out towards Vincent for him to take. Vincent's lips parted as he glanced down towards Aiden's hand then back up to his eyes. Uncertainly, he asked, "Fly?" Aiden bravely kept his hand out towards Vincent as a small but confident smile spread across his lips. He wasn't going to miss this opportunity!
"You said tonight's a perfect night for flying, right? You need this. Do this for yourself. Just for tonight, you and me...let's run away together on Leon's Claw and just forget the world. Fly with me, Vincent. What do you say?"
Vincent stared up at Aiden so long that the latter was starting to doubt himself. This had been such a daring move on his part; especially offering his hand out for Vincent to actually take! And Vincent's expression was giving nothing of his thoughts away other than his initial surprise.
And indeed Vincent was unsure what to make of all this! What was going on with Aiden?! But as the seconds passed and he gazed up in those beautiful eyes, his heart began to beat a little harder in his chest as excited anticipation began to fill him. He knew his answer. Without another moment's hesitation, Vincent reached up and placed his hand in Aiden's as he took a step closer with a smile on his face as he gazed up at his friend.
Aiden's smile spread into a grin as his fingers closed over Vincent's. Taking his hand firmly in his, he turned and began to lead the way but Vincent took him by surprise! Instead of following him, Vincent squeezed his hand and ran ahead as he tugged Aiden along with a laugh. Once he was steadily keeping up, Vincent let go of Aiden's hand. Yet Vincent stayed comfortably by Aiden's side and exchanged looks of joy and laughter together.
Vincent felt liberated to let this side of himself come out! And it was all because of Aiden! And while he was still denying it to himself, he knew deep down that the excitement and joy in his heart wasn't just because of the upcoming flight.
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In the seat, engineer Brian Williams looks on from the cab of his leased GP38AC as he prepares to take CCT's job to Lodi northbound. Mr. Williams came to the Traction Company in the late 1990s.
Monday, May 8, 2023, 1:16 PM.
37248"Midland Railway Centre" +58020"Doncaster Works" pass Didcot on 23/April/2002 working 6O26 Didcot Yard to Eastleigh yard engineers.
On the right 37415 reverses an empty Civil Engineers train into the sidings as 37107 (with 37509 out of shot) passes with 7H51 a return working from ICI Northwich. This view is looking south showing the Peak Forest Signal Box. The two 37's are actually on the Up and Down main lines opened in 1867 linking Manchester to London.
Nikon 801
80/200mm/F2.8
125/F5.6
Fuji Provia 100F
66047 works 6B02 Clay Cross North Junction - Toton engineers early through Clay Cross on Sunday 10.01.2021.
Checked into WWDC08 this afternoon, and picked up my speaker badge and this awesome "Apple Engineer" T-Shirt. Neat.
Top and Tail Colas 70803 and 817 at Hadnall with 6C21 East Usk Junc - Crewe Basford Hall engineers on 4-5-19.
1 Yongnuo 575 EX II with shoot through umbrella above and left if subject sett to TTL + 2/3. Triggered with Nikon CLS
Leela made these for birthday presents for a Train Themed B-day party!
The view of a rural grade crossing near Mattoon, Illinois, on the former Illinois Central Railroad mainline. The view is from a southbound Illinois Central Gulf intermodal train. (Scanned from Kodak Tri-X negative film)
This locomotive class were built especially to KiwiRail design specifications by CNR Dalian and were among the first diesel locomotives exported from China to a western railroad. While generally well regarded by loco engineers they are not so well liked by rail fans. The line through Hamilton was lowered in the 1960s with the original bridge to the left now used by road traffic.
Stoats Nest Junction, Coulsdon, Surrey - Stanier 'Black Five' 44871 snakes across the crossovers to gain the Quarry line with the Railway Touring Company's 'The Christmas Sussex Belle' on 6 December 2023. The line block taken to allow engineers access was lifted for the movement (note the 'orange men' to the right), which occured on a strike day, with fewer-than-normal other trains running.
An enthusiastic engineer has his Twin Ports-bound manifest at track speed as it kicks up a ground blizzard while passing the 1 x 1 vehicle train.
Built by Thomas Bouch Engineer.
Podgill Viaduct is about one and half miles east of Kirkby Stephen East Station and crosses the very attractive valley of Pod Gill down which flows the Ladthwaite Beck.. It is built of local limestone and has eleven arches, each of 30 feet span, giving it a total length of 466 feet, and a maximum height of 84 feet. Originally only 12 feet wide between parapets for single track, it was built by contractors Chambers & Hilton at a cost of £6,189.
Chambers and Hilton also built the section of line between Smardale, starting east of the viaduct, to Rookby Scarth, a mile or so north east of Podgill, four and three quarter miles in total, at a cost of £32,818. Doubling of the line between Kirkby Stephen and Belah, including the widening of Podgill Viaduct, was authorised by the directors of the North Eastern Railway on 5th September 1889, the work probably being completed about three years later. This task was undertaken by building a new, almost identical, viaduct alongside the existing, to which the new structure was tied.
Podgill Viaduct was acquired by the Northern Viaduct Trust direct from the British Rail Property Board in 2000.
Born at Thursby in Cumberland on 22nd February 1822, Bouch was to become one of the highest profile civil engineers in mid-19th century Britain. Son of a sea captain he was educated locally and in Carlisle, then entered a mechanical engineering business in Liverpool in 1840. Very soon, however, he was working for Joseph Larmer, a civil engineer then engaged on the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway under Joseph Locke and John Errington.
Late in 1844 the young Bouch moved on, first to Leeds, then to the Stockton & Darlington Railway where he worked for four years under John Dixon. From January 1848 he became manager and engineer of the Edinburgh & Northern Railway, later the Edinburgh & Dundee, and soon to form part of the North British Railway. Here he designed the first ever train ferries to handle traffic across both the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Tay, but he left in the early 1850s and went into general engineering consultancy.
In his new role Bouch undertook surveys and plans for a whole series of railways and branches, mainly in Scotland and Northern England, including the Darlington & Barnard Castle, the South Durham & Lancashire Union, the Eden Valley, the Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith, the Sevenoaks and Maidstone, the Peebles, the Kinross-shire, the Leven (Fife), the Leslie, the St. Andrews, the Creiff Junction, the Coatbridge, the Edinburgh, Loanhead & Roslin, the Leadburn, Linton & Dolphinton, the Penicuik, the Arbroath & Montrose, the Newport (Fife), the Tay Bridge and the Edinburgh Suburban.
Apart from those on the SD&LU he built several remarkable bridges, including over Bilston Burn on the Edinburgh, Loanhead & Roslin line, over the River Esk at Montrose, and Hownes Gill Viaduct near Consett on the Stanhope & Tyne Railway. On the SD&LU his masterpieces were the iron viaducts at Belah, Deepdale and over the Tees west of Barnard Castle. Belah, the greatest of them, was 1,040 feet long and carried the railway 196 feet over the gill below.
However, Bouch's magnum opus was the Tay Bridge, built to carry a single line of railway for nearly two miles on 85 spans, high above the waters of the Firth of Tay between Dundee and Wormit, and opened to traffic on 22nd September 1877. Bouch was honoured, first, when Queen Victoria crossed the structure on her way to Balmoral in June 1879, and second, by the bestowal of a knighthood. However, serious faults were exposed in the design and construction of the bridge when it was blown down in a severe storm on the night of 28th December 1879, with the loss of over 70 lives of the passengers and crew of a train which was passing over at the time.
The shock of this disaster was a great blow to Bouch, and to his reputation. His health quickly deteriorated, and he died less than a year later, at his home in Moffat, in Dumfriesshire, on 30th October 1880.
Taken from NVT.
During the late afternoon of 11th July 2022, Hunslet 0-6-0 saddle tank No.7 'Beatrice' (W/No.2705 built in 1945) works through Embsay station heading a Civil Engineer's train, passing the North Eastern Railway petrol-electric Autocar No.3170.
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Not for the first time this year, but still a rare sight these days - a Class 60 on an engineers' train as GB Railfreight's 60076 "Dunbar" pairs up with Class 66, 66771 on a rail drop train for an overnight possession in the Hazel Grove area.
The Brush Traction machine was leading for the return run, powering through Acton Bridge on a crisp and chilly Sunday morning as 6G49 07:38 Stockport Edgeley Junction No 1 to Crewe Basford Hall SSM.
Smart DB Cargo red liveried 66113 eases past Niddrie West Junction operating 6K07 Glenrothes - Millerhill, with 66001 on the rear. This was the third of 5 Sunday morning engineers services.
Whilst everyone else concentrated on their river vessels, I was more interested in 66849 working the engineers train at Golant on 18th July 2021
Daniel James (Daniel Twiss) as the Sacrifice Engineer from the opening scenes of Prometheus (2012)
After making the Last Engineer this seemed like an obvious one to do. The face is redesigned to look less angry :)
Sony A7RII Fine Art Zion National Park Autumn Winter Subway Hike! Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Landscape Photography!
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Engineer Mike McGill eases around the corner with UP Train ZYCMXB 04, about to enter the UP Chester Sub. from the Mt. Vernon Sub. at Chap. A couple Yahoo! Groups (remember those?) got together today to watch trains, and I believe there were about 2 dozen of us in the park throughout the day.
Mike is an Operation Lifesaver Presenter, and lives in Dexter, MO. At the time he worked off the board at Salem, but today he works an extra board out of Dexter.
Locomotive: UP 4025
6-4-06
Gorham, IL
During the ‘naughties’ I paid a few visits to Crosshaven on the west side of Cork Harbour as it offered a good location for ship photography.
Located above Crosshaven is the impressive bastion of Camden Fort Meagher.
Today it is a museum and tourist attraction which I must visit when I get to return to Cork. However, back then it was an abandoned site which was firmly locked up with two substantial gates one each side of a bridge over a very deep, dry moat.
However, when I visited on July 29, 2006 both the outer and inner pedestrian gates were open!
There was no sign of life.
I couldn't resist the temptation to take a quick look inside!
However, being aware that should the gates be closed and locked I would have no means of escape and having left my mobile phone in my car I would have had no means of summoning help.
Hence, I only spent about 10 minutes inside and didn’t wander far beyond the view of the entrance.
In the early 2000s this historic site faced and uncertain future but by the 2013 when I sailed past on the MV BOUDICCA restoration was clearly underway. I was pleased to see it featured in a recent episode of UKTV Play’s Underground Worlds.
A Short History of Fort Meagher
Fort Meagher was originally constructed by the British Military along with other coastal defences in the Cork Harbour area during the Napoleonic Wars. During the British rule the fort bore the name Fort Camden - after the second Early of Camden, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1795. It occupies a 60 acre site 200 feet above sea level.
Fort Meagher is situated on the west side of the entrance to Cork Harbour. On the opposite side of the entrance lies Fort Davis (Fort Carlisle) which is still used by the Irish Army.
Between 1850 and 1865 the fort served as a convict prison. It was returned to military use being extended and extended present size during the period 1875 to 1880 using both contract and convict labour from the nearby Spike Island convict prison.
During this extension 30 additional guns were installed
A narrow gauge railway was installed to handle torpedoes in the 1890s, remains of the tracks are visible down on the quay.
There is a tunnel engineered to house a torpedo system invented by Louis Philip Brennan on the site as well as other extensive underground tunnels and a large underground magazine
Along with other military bases in the Cork Harbour area the British garrison remained 1938. However with war clouds looming in Europe and the presence of the British military threatening Irish neutrality the British withdrew on July 11, 1938 from Cork Harbour, along with the other "Treaty Ports", and they were handed over to the then Irish Free State Army.
The Irish Army renamed the fort after Thomas Francis Meagher. Meagher was born in the City of Waterford, Ireland, in 1823. He was educated at Stonyhurst College, in Lancashire, England and played a key part in the Young Ireland Rebellion in 1848.
After the rebellion he was sentenced to transportation to a penal colony in Tasmania from where he escaped to the United States of America.
He fought on the Union side in the American Civil War rising to the rank of Brigadier General, following the war he became Governor of Montana and died in a drowning "accident" in 1867.
Fort Meagher was occupied by the army during "The Emergency" as WWII is often referred to in Ireland. Following the war it was used by the Irish Naval Service.
In 1989 the fort was sold to Cork County Council. It is now a museum and open April to October each year.
More photographs of Camden Fort Meagher can be found here: www.jhluxton.com/Ireland/County-Cork/Camden-Fort-Meagher/