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Exposed for 1.6 seconds at f32, a First Great Western Turbo class 165 approaches Acton Mainline station. Picnik used for slight corrections...
Just for you Stuart!
Don't think Aunt Edie had the camera level! Or it's a heck of a hill! I think it was probably taken near Sidestrand, towards Overstrand, on the old N&SJnt. Circa 1950. The line closed in 1953
The Ghost Train
It's five minutes until the clock of the Abandoned Station strikes Midnight... Tick... Tick... Tick...
In the distance, an eerie light appears from beyond the horizon. The stong smell of burning coal permiates the air. You hear a bell ringing in your head... Ding... Ding... Ding... or do you? Is it merely your imagination playing tricks on you, or do you spy a mysterious black steam engine in the distance? And are those flames that you see burning within it's boiler? - or a burning for mystery within your soul?
Is it the legendary Ghost Train on it's way to Grave Stone Station? Perhaps... Do you believe? Because if you don't, it may leave you to rot in Grave Stone...
JB & I flipped a car on it's back to examine the trolley and motor, and we cleaned the pick-up shoes to ensure conductivity.
Dutch postcard by M. B.& Z. (M. Bonnist & Zonen, Amsterdam), nr. 5. Photo: Loet C. Barnstijn Film. Still for Malle gevallen (1934, Jaap Speyer).
Dutch actor Louis Borel (1905 - 1973) appeared in films in the Netherlands, in Great Britain and in Hollywood. He also adapted, translated, directed and starred in many stage plays. At the end of his career he became a popular TV star.
Louis Borel was born as Lodewijk Borel in 1905, in Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands. He was the son of author Henri Borel. Louis started his stage career as Lodewijk Makkay at the company of legendary Dutch actor Cor van der Lugt Melsert. He worked there till 1934. In 1934 he made his film debut in the comedy Malle gevallen/Ludicrous Events (1934, Jaap Speyer) based on a novel by Hans Martin. Louis played Hans, one of three students (the others were Johan Kaart and Roland Varno) who date three nice girls (Annie van Duyn, Enny Meunier and Jopie Koopman). In a row he made three more films. De Kribbebijter/The Cross-Patch (1935, Hermann Kosterlitz aka Henry Koster, Ernst Winar) was a comedy starring Cor Ruys and Frits van Dongen (aka Philip Dorn). In the comedy De Suikerfreule (1935, Haro van Peski) starred Johan Elsensohn and Annie van Duyn. And Fientje Peters - Poste restante/Fientje Peters: General Delivery (1935, Victor Janson) with Dolly Bouwmeester was an alternate language version of the German production Hilde Petersen postlagernd (1936, Victor Janson). At the end of 1934 Borel moved to England, where he worked till 1939. He appeared in leading roles in such British productions as House Broken (1936, Michael Hankinson), the crime film The Avenging Hand (1937, Victor Hanbury, Frank Richardson) with Noah Beery, the musical Head Over Heels (1937, Sonnie Hale) opposite Jessie Matthews, and the Alexander Korda produced comedy Over the Moon (1939, Thornton Freeland) with Rex Harrison and Merle Oberon. Borel returned shortly to the Netherlands, where he starred in De Spooktrein/The Ghosttrain (1939, Karel Lamac aka Carl Lamac) with Jan Musch and Fien de la Mar. Then he left for the United States.
Louis Borel stayed in the US for ten years. First he appeared in small roles in Hollywood productions like Foreign correspondent (1940, Alfred Hitchcock) and the anti-Nazi film Paris After Dark (1943, Léonide Moguy). Billed as Louis Borell he had bigger roles in B-films like London Blackout Murders (1943, George Sherman) and A Night of Adventure (1944, Gordon Douglas). He also played several stage roles, including in Candle in the Wind and Made in Heaven. In 1949 Louis Borel returned to the Netherlands, but also regularly appeared in American tv shows like Passport to Danger, Crusader, Topper, and Those Whiting girls. He also played bit parts in the films Desirée (1954, Henry Koster) with Marlon Brando, and The Purple Mask (1955, H. Bruce Humerstone) starring Tony Curtis. In The Netherlands he often worked as a stage director, and in 1955 he had his own company De Blijspelers. He also translated and adapted many plays. He also appeared in the Dutch crime films 10.32/Murder in Amsterdam (1966, Arthur Dreifuss) starring Linda Christian, and Because of the Cats (1973, Fons Rademakers) with Bryan Marshall and Sylvia Kristel. At the end of his career he became a popular tv star in the Netherlands for his role as the mayor in the legendary Dutch tv series Swiebertje (1970-1972). Other tv series in which he appeared were Een Koekoek op het nest/The Cuckoo’s Nest (1965-1966), De Klop op de Deur/The Knock on the Door (1970-1971), and the children’s series De Vloek van Woestewolf/The Curse of Woestewolf (1973-1974).Louis Borel died in 1973, in Amsterdam. His last role was in the tv play Hier stierf Anna Tholen/Here Died Anna Tholen, which was broadcasted posthumously.
Sources: Wikipedia, Swiebertje.tv and IMDb.
4 day's have passed since Picnik closed, i must be one of the only still people using it now as i left the browser open and shall continue to edit my Flickr stuff untill my browser safari quits "due to an unexpected problem". This is a long exposeure of a First Transpennine Express Class 185 entering the Marsden Portal of Standedge Tunnel. Picnik used to adjust Hue, with Darken as a filter. The Standedge Tunnel carries the Huddersfield Narrow Canal over to Diggle & Ashton Under Lyne, it is the longest, deepest and highest canal tunnel in Britain. It is 5,029 metres (16,499 ft) long, 194 metres (636 ft) underground at the deepest point, and 196 metres (643 ft) above sea level. Above the Canal Tunnel is the Railway Tunnel, that carries the line from Huddersfield to Manchester. I took the photo at 0.1 sec, f29 for maximum ghosting effect. The lady at the table is my wife coloured back to original.
After running the car around and playing on it, we started getting some tire tracks in the dust. We learned about how the car tracks, and how it moves. Which is really interesting--it accelerates on the turns. The drive wheels move the car at about 2 feet a second, but on a turn, the inside wheel is moving 2 fps, but the outside wheel suddenly has to roll maybe 5 feet per second, causing a very abrupt slinging motion.
We rode the car around the circuit for about an hour watching for flaws, kinks, loose spots, electrical troubles--anything that would cause problems later. The sun was just coming up over the trees in Avondale. This was the day the hurricane hit Texas, I think.
Gutted, wrecked, but still full of personality I had to climb up onto a few of the passenger cars of this abandoned train in Versailles, KY.
Heart of Wessex Line branded 153305 leads Looe Valley line branded 153369 at Teignmouth. Exposed for 10 seconds (5 sec whilst stationary, 5 sec moving) at f13.
Another photo from the Hollis/Valentine collection. This is Old House right around the time of it's completion.
To get to the Sandwell Valley Country Park from West Bromwich Town Centre, you first have to pass through Dartmouth Park.
Dartmouth Park is located next to West Bromwich Town Centre and Sandwell Valley Country Park. It is currently undergoing a £6 million restoration project that is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and BIG Lottery. There is a rangeof activities for all visitors at this Grade II listed park including a play area, ornamental lakes, gym equipment, floral displays, sensory garden and a community Pavilion with viewing tower.
A fun fair was in Dartmouth Park, although it seemed like they were packing up.
Pat Collins Fun Fair was on from Thursday 27th July to Sunday 30th July 2017.
Ghost Train
Coming out of our ride the car barely passes between two trees. Eventually we will build crash doors there.
This point was the second time a track weld sheared and we had to repair it mid ride. It is embarrassing, but we had no real beta test with this setup. broken rails are the kind of thing we have to be absolutely prepared to deal with at a moment's notice to keep the ride line moving.
I'm spending my time after work laying the track for our dark ride. The track is made out of 3/4" square steel stock arranged in parallel with 3 1/4" in between.
Train Chartering and Private Rail Cars work together to deliver very special private charter trains for family travel. Imagine the excitement for all generations of having the family steam locomotive pull the family train.
These designs are from the early Halloween decorations that Edgewood Elementary School put up even when I was there in the late 70's-early 80's. A lot of these designs are from a German Company called Lurhs. I like classic Halloween designs rather than the more aggressive images marketed today. The old designs say more about the Halloween season than the gruesome bodies and blood of today's attractions.