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Photos form the other day of Lothian Buses brand new fleet for service 26.
Lothian 467 at Levenhall on service 26 to Clerwood. 28th July 2017.
A few vessels of the Montauk fishing fleet, berthed along East Lake Drive.
"The lake was originally referred to on maps as Lake Wyandanch and commonly referred to as the "Great Lake". It was the largest body of freshwater on Long Island, more than double the size of Lake Ronkonkoma. In 1927, real estate developer Carl Fisher blasted a gap on the northern shoreline to connect the lake to Block Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean.
Fisher intended to develop the new port of Montauk into the "Miami Beach of the North". On Star Island, a small island in the lake, he built the Montauk Yacht Club and Star Island Casino. His other projects included the hotel Montauk Manor, Montauk Playhouse, the golf course Montauk Downs, and the six-story Montauk Tower. Fisher renamed the lake Lake Montauk.
After Fisher opened and dredged the lake, the lake replaced Fort Pond Bay as Montauk's main port (Fort Pond Bay is notoriously shallow and rocky with one of its more famous groundings being HMS Culloden during the American Revolution).
Fisher's enterprises became bankrupt after the Crash of 1929. The United States Navy assumed control of the lake during World War II along with other Fisher businesses including Montauk Manor.
After World War II, the lake became a well-known commercial and sports fishing area, and became New York's largest fishing port.
In the 1970s, a proposal was made to dam the sound and build a canal through the former Montaukett Indian Field and Big Reed Pond for a new outlet. The plan included a proposal for constructing more than 1,000 houses along the new waterway. Intense local opposition organized by Hilda Lindley stopped the plan. Suffolk County assumed ownership of the property and it is now Theodore Roosevelt County Park (formerly Montauk County Park).
Among the businesses on the lake is the only ferry service in East Hampton town. It offers service during summers to Block Island, Martha's Vineyard, and New London, Connecticut.
The United States Coast Guard also operates a station on Star Island. Montauk Airport is on the east side of the lake, on East Lake Drive.
Montauk is noted as one of the leading centers for sport fishing on the Atlantic Coast. By 1986, it claimed 39 world-record catches. including a 76-pound (34 kg) striped bass.
Montauk hosts several annual shark tournaments. The craze for shark fishing off Montauk was encouraged in the 1970s by local boat operator Frank Mundus who often was reported in stories as the source for the character Quint in the movie Jaws. Mundus caught a 4,500-pound (2,041 kg) great white shark by harpoon and a 3,427-pound (1,554 kg) great white shark by rod and reel." (Wikipedia)
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Eeyore's photo pass.
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Zentradi Fleet. All 1/20000 scale plastic kits from Arii. From the Japanese animation "Super Dimensional Fortress Macross".
Double vision! The first thing 650 did after completion was visit NHVC to meet [https://www.flickr.com/photos/channel4squares]’ similar Network liveried Lolyne. So here together are 650 and 427, with a bit of a Mansfield Road corridor feel with blinds for the 57 and 15. Since the last time when Daniel’s 427 met my 403, his Lolyne has gained adverts.
As 427 shows, the majority of NCT’s pre-2001 buses have the registration number matching the fleet number, but 650 breaks this rule by being 941 instead, and SNR at the end while the rest of the batch were SNN. Operators usually booked number blocks in advance, and while the DVLA will reserve special combinations I don’t see what’s particularly special about the number 650. So we’ve got one matching registration with V427 DRA, and one non-matching with W941 SNR. Also, NCT randomly switched from numbering their Lolynes in the 400s to the 600s.
Last one for today and we are going to end with a Peak on the Southern again.
The date is Saturday the 8th of July 1967 and location is Fleet. I have no idea as to the workings of Cross Country trains in this area at this time, but class 46 D154 is on the up fast line working the 1E55 Portsmouth to Sheffield service via Kew and Brent (thanks to Mister C below). Can't recall seeing any other photos of Peaks on passenger in this area around this time, but it could have been something regular.
As its a Saturday its unlikely to be a diversion, but it could well be a dated train that is heading for Clapham Junction and then across London to the Eastern. Anyone any ideas?
D154 was new to was new to Derby in February 1962 and a Midland Lines (ML) loco at this time. The loco became 46017 under tops and was finally withdrawn in April 1984 and cut up at Swindon Works in June 1986.
Image from a slide in my collection taken by an unknown photographer.
Flohmarkt _ flea-market in Idstein / PENTAX K200D DSLR + SMC PENTAX-DA 1:4 12-24mm ED AL (IF) / 12mm, 1/500s f8.0 ISO140 AF.S _ 21/04/2013 10:57
This is a Hutson Brothers postcard showing the scene from Fleet Street looking east towards Ludgate Circus and Ludgate Hill with St. Paul’s Cathedral in the distance. The postcard was posted in January 1936, but the photograph is from 1930. The Star newspaper was a London evening newspaper and I can just remember the news vendors call of “Star, News and Standard”, referring to the Evening News and the Evening Standard. The Star was taken over by the Evening News in 1960. The placard on the back of the paper van refers to the death of Dr. William Sandford Whitcombe aged 65, the Harley Street specialist. On 16th April 1930 he was found at his home in Holland Road, Kensington, suffering from extensive burns from which he later died, the inquest was told that he took the drug Veronal for his insomnia and had apparently collapsed onto a gas fire receiving the burns injuries. The Doctor’s wife was represented at the inquest by a Mr. Fearnley-Whittingstall, now where have I heard that name before? Mr. Oswald, the West London Coroner, found that Dr. Whitcombe had been overcome by a dose of Veronal which had caused him to accidentally fall onto the gas fire. The drug, Veronal, was the first synthesized Barbiturate which was available commercially and was the sleeping pill of choice although prolonged use leads to an accumulation in the body and can cause an inadvertent overdose. The City of London police constable on traffic duty is wearing a white cape to aid his visibility when directing traffic, I think that the City of London police was the only force to issue white capes, but I may be wrong about that.
The start of the Coastal Classic yacht race from Auckland to Paihia.
October, 2013. Auckland NZ. (c)Mike Brebner. All rights reserved.
Galilee, a fishing village within the town of Narragansett, Rhode Island. Galilee is the home of the largest fishing fleet in Rhode Island.
ARRIVA North West Volvo Olympian / Northern Counties 3311 - R311 WVR, the last survivor of a batch of 22 purchased by MTL Merseybus in 1997 and branded as 'The Millennium Fleet' works a route 84 short from Crewe to Nantwich in the autumn of its career (literally). This example outlasted its last remaining sisters by some four months despite not being refurbished or repainted into the new livery like some of its peers, The bus has been sold to Peoplesbus of Liverpool and thus will return to its former stamping ground. This was the last bus in Winsford's allocation to carry the old corporate livery.
Fleet number 434 was seen on Kilgraston Road while working a Sunday 41 service from The King’s Buildings to Cramond. The vehicle is passing the junction with Whitehouse Terrace
CIS Fleet over Geonosis
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Out in 86, the cosmic fleet voyager was my favourite set as a kid. Here is the front part of the ship. The Lab in the back will come later.
Main picture here. ^^
Citybus (Metro) Belfast Volvo Sunsundegui Fleet Number 1782 Reg REZ 9782 in Sandy Row on a Private Hire
PHILIPPINE SEA (March 13, 2022) An F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the “Vigilantes” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 151, launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in U.S. 7th Fleet to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Javier Reyes)
The latest addition to The Big Lemon Coaches fleet is this Mercedes 814 Plaxton Cheetah Y259 NAK. Purchased from Charlton Coach Hire, this vehicle will operate school services during the week and local private hires at weekends. This now makes 5 large coaches , 1 small midicoach & 1 support van making up the coaching fleet. It’s worth noting this fleet list as The Big Lemon Coaches Limited trades separate to the The Big Lemon CIC which is now solely the bus operations.
The sole example of an ALX500 in the Network Buses fleet represents an unusual acquisition.
This is a very large bus with real crowd-shifting ability. Its appearance in red livery would suggest it will not be assigned to either the C16 or C20 college routes (the preserve of buses in a blue variant of the main fleet livery and current haunt of most of the fleets other tri-axle buses) so it may be earmarked for the imminent reintroduction of the limited stop 8X service.
This follows much the same route as the all-stops route 8 and was discontinued in 2009 due to low patronage.
Its expected to reappear in early July and this dual door, aircon bus with high-back seats and good legroom should appeal to the business customers the 8X targets.
Its photographed in Innistoige village at the terminus of the 48, presumably out on test in advance of receiving an allocation and still sporting its Hong Kong number blinds, despite being in full NB livery.
Between 2009-2010, close photography friends and I found ourselves monomaniacally obsessed with documenting the last days of the Suisun Bay Mothball Fleet (which is now largely scrapped). These trips were not officially sanctioned. In fact, we received a lot of grief because of it. Despite that, it was one of the proudest moments of my life. Countless volunteers, museums, and small organizations had made efforts to save these maritime time capsules to no avail - despite their monumental efforts. The ships' contribution to bay water pollution didn't help in their preservation cause.
Thousands upon thousands of seamen and women remember these ships, but only a small fraction of the ships remain to be remembered. Pictured here is the mess hall floor of the U.S.S. Glacier. The Glacier was an improved icebreaker, but only larger and more powerful. Its bow had the characteristic sloping nose, enabling the ship ride up heavy ice and break it with the weight of the vessel. When built, Glacier had the largest capacity single armature DC motors ever installed on a ship and could break ice up to 20 feet thick.
We were almost apprehended on this ship, but she protected us at a critical moment. I will always miss this majestic ship's hidden nooks and crannies, its crows' nest and the numerous hand-painted murals designed by the Coast Guard crew.
We lose things constantly. At the very least, society should allow us to document them, but that - too - rarely happens quickly enough...