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Even though the Southern Pacific was known as the friendly, crews along than the Sunset Route still lived up to the name even though the company changed and I'm not a "unauthorized rider", all the road crews and local for that matter out of Tucson were more than interested to see someone out shooting. These guys saw me the day prior at Mescal oddly enough on this trains counterpart albeit an extra, and were laying on the horn and waving accordingly. The same applied here later in the afternoon after a solid morning of rest before hitting the rails again for a evening run to El Paso, Texas.
Der ostasiatische Drache ist ein zwiespältiges Wesen mit überwiegend positiven Eigenschaften: Regen- und Glücksbringer und Symbol der Fruchtbarkeit und der kaiserlichen Macht (aus Wikipedia).
Auch beim Maskenzauber in Hamburg stand er nicht auf der dunklen Seite der Macht ;-).
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Street view of Takaka on the day of the Saturday morning market. This lady saw me pointing the camera and gave a friendly wave and thumbs up. I am presuming there were pony rides somewhere but given the rural nature of this township and area, she might just have been taking the pony to a friend's house. The town has lots of good cafes hence the Dangerous Kitchen behind. Takaka is both rural, alternative and a fair tourist destination for those hardy enough to cycle or drive over the Takaka Hills. For the Through the Lens Week 13 theme of Street
I was treated to lots of friendly horn action from the crew of NS 21Z, aka "The Zipper" (Rutherford, PA to Chicago, IL, 63rd St., Park Manor Yard hotshot trailers/containers) as he flew through downtown Brimfield, Indiana on NS' ex-LS&MS/NYC/PC/CR Chicago Line. I'm sure they've seen me before as I've shot the evening parade countless times which includes the Zipper. At the time of this shot 21Z's crew took 20K home the following day back east to Toledo as a regularly assigned set of trains, (although that may have changed since) and as it turned out I got the same friendly horn the following day from 20K with the same crew. NS 2585 is an SD70M built in Oct. of 2000 for NS. The NYC era tri-light signals are still in service here.
I wonder sometimes what people thinks when I slam on the brakes with my bike, make a U-turn back and photograph such a motif.
Two guys where working in the small streets of Jerusalem and when they saw me they asked me to take a photo.
Hasn't it got a pretty face?
It seemed to provide a good subject to practise my close up technique with the Olympus.
Trouble was that it kept reaching out with those feeler things, and leaving some slimy, sticky stuff on the lens glass. (Came off with a soak and a scrub!)
Then I noticed the translucence of part of the body when seen in the light, and tried to catch that. The photo below gives some idea of what I mean.
Walking home, camera in hand as usual, and this man asked me to take his picture. So, I did and we had a brief chat. I sent him a copy and received a nice thank you.
A friendly wave from the engineer of NS empty coal train 881 can be seen as he pulls through CP-379 in downtown Kendallville, Indiana on NS' ex-LS&MS/NYC/PC/CR Chicago Line. CP-379 was once the home of UK Tower which controlled the at-grade crossing of PRR's Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad here. 881 has empty Detroit Edison coal gons headed back out west after unloading in Monroe, Michigan. The NYC era GRS Type G tri-light signals are still in service here.
So why does my brain start playing the Jaws Movie Theme tune?
Looks like a monochrome image... but this is full colour on Scottish Summers day.
After the St Paul Union Depot Days, the Duluth Museum’s Soo 2500 appearance, it made a photo trip on the Dresser Sub. Great times were had by all whom attended
Several dozen horses roam in this field in Grand Teton National Park - a few came by to say hello :)