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Some more auroras were visible here at South Pole yesterday. The flag line guides us the way. The outside temperature is around -65C these days.
Mankato, Kansas
Seems that sometimes we worry more about a used and faded piece of cloth than we do about a person in the same condition.
After an eventful four days on the river it was time to get back to civilization. VIA's Sudbury-White River service has at its core always been about connecting the remote communities of northern Ontario. The "flag stop" train allowing passengers to hop on or off just about anywhere in between - and so of course that's what we did - throw a red life jacket on the front of the canoe and wave while #186 eased into Pogamasing beneath the towering rock cuts (view from the top pictured here flic.kr/p/2qxHr8L).
Veteran Budd RDC-4 #6250 leads the way, built way back in 1955 for the Canadian Pacific and is acting as the baggage car for the trip. The RDCs are perfect for this type of service being able to stop quickly and accelerate rapidly, while doing passenger speeds in between. It will be interesting to see how much longer these are in service, but it was a pleasure to be able to both ride and capture them in their element over the course of the trip.
One final aside, the back track here is 100 lb rail from Algoma Steel dating back to 1932. There are a number of these backtracks on the Nemegos and White River Subs that used to house specialized school cars dating back to 1926. Commissioned by the Ontario Ministry of Education, the CPR brought the schools on rails to children living in remote areas with students attending classes for five days straight before being given three weeks of homework until the train's rotation returned. Apparently the school cars registered near perfect attendance with students who went on to traditional schools and universities excelling. These were retired in 1967 with over 4,000 students having received their education on the rails by then.
- MP 20 CPKC Nemegos Subdivision.
The mountains were flagging snow this evening as weather conditions begin to deteriorate as the next major snowstorm gets organized to hit Colorado on Tuesday - two major snowstorms in three days.
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駐教廷大使館
Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan）to the Holy See
Via della Conciliazione 4/d, 00193Rome,Italy
視線沿著協和大道到聖彼得教堂, 很難不被右方的國旗所吸引, 這是國旗唯一在歐洲大陸飄揚的地方
It is difficult not to be attracted to the flag in the right side along the Via della Conciliazione to St. Peter's Basilica, which is the only national flag of Taiwan fluttering in Europe
Taken at 5am during the first snow shower of the year. Edited in photoshop and inverted to make everything except the flag black and white.
It happens over and over. Low pressure system comes through and dumps its snow load. Low pressure system passes to the east, the sky clears and winds shift to the northwest. Winds are often tightly wrapped around the low pressure and are strong enough to blow the snow off the peak of Mt Princeton - "flagging.' I love this repeating cycle of weather and look forward to it.
Thimphu, Bhutan
In Bhutan, government and Buddhism go hand in hand. This is one of the country's primary government buildings, formerly a fortress, and houses a Buddhist temple and monk housing. You might note that the monks precede the flag and the soldiers...
(Tashichho Dzong Fortress)
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Bonorong is a Sanctuary for wildlife run by a passionate team of like-minded people. We’re a social enterprise: a little business with a biiiig heart. The skills and funds generated through the Sanctuary allow us to proactively address problems in our surrounding environment and communities.
A visit to Bonorong is a chance to come closer than ever to something wild and fragile. You’ll come face to face with animals that went extinct long ago in other parts of Australia — the same animals we’re working hard to protect now.
CP G95 has CP 3051 & CP 4429 for power as it switches Total Fuel, one of two clients left on the Lasalle Loop Spur.
Spanish flags reflected in a puddle on the Plaza de San Francisco, La Laguna, Tenerife.
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Grand Traverse Light is a lighthouse in the U.S. state of Michigan, located at the tip of the Leelanau Peninsula, which separates Lake Michigan and Grand Traverse Bay. It marks the Manitou passage, where Lake Michigan elides into Grand Traverse Bay.
Bonorong is a Sanctuary for wildlife run by a passionate team of like-minded people. We’re a social enterprise: a little business with a biiiig heart. The skills and funds generated through the Sanctuary allow us to proactively address problems in our surrounding environment and communities.
A visit to Bonorong is a chance to come closer than ever to something wild and fragile. You’ll come face to face with animals that went extinct long ago in other parts of Australia — the same animals we’re working hard to protect now.
Het gebouw bestaat uit een kantoorgebouw van zes en een toren van twaalf verdiepingen en is een project van de architectengroep TWINS, die bestaat uit de Duitse architect Jürgen Mayer en de Hasseltse architectenbureaus a2o architecten en Lens°ass Architecten. Het nieuwe gerechtsgebouw was een belangrijke realisatie in de modernisering en omvorming van de Hasseltse stationsomgeving geleid door het studiebureau Eurostation.
The building consists of an office building of six and a tower of twelve floors and is a project of the architectural group TWINS, which consists of the German architect Jürgen Mayer and the Hasselt architectural firms a2o architecten and Lens°ass Architecten. The new courthouse was an important realization in the modernization and transformation of the Hasselt station environment, led by the Eurostation consultancy.
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By default, 'Scots Guardsman' was chosen as the locomotive to 'fly the flag' and haul the special train conveying the Olympic Torch between the NRM York and Thirsk on June 20th. Still working from its York base on 22nd July 2012, it is seen approaching Lazonby in charge of the York to Carlisle 'Waverley', almost 20 minutes ahead of schedule and gliding along like a sewing machine, and emitting a pleasing exhaust.
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The conductor of Providence and Worcester's Valley Falls based local PR-3 is on the ground flagging the busy Elmwood Ave. / U.S. Route 1 crossing as they head east out the Warwick Industrial Track with one load for Safety-Kleen. PW GP38-2 2006 was built new for the then only 7 year newly independent road by EMD in Feb. 1980. To learn more about the historic Warwick Railway check out this earlier post: flic.kr/p/2q36U8K
Cranston, Rhode Island
Monday June 17, 2024