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Mountain climber wagon back to the Base Station.

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Aerial photograph of two old grain elevators in the prairies in Saskatchewan Canada

A Jack goes to pot in Chamberlin on ex-Milwaukee Road real estate, Dakota Southern. One can only wonder if this once celebrated “Centennial” – DDA40X 6925 – will ever be restored, or simply saved from her agonizing demise of slowly-but-surely oxidizing into the central South Dakota color-rust earth. Aside from serving as an eight-thousand gallon fuel bunker, having been plundered of her dynamic braking apparatus, and otherwise donor of homogeneous EMD parts, the near 100-foot-long, head-hanging sixty-six-hundred horse dreadnaught, shamefully moored along the shores of the mighty Mo nowhere near the open seas of amber waves of wheat and sand she once plied, still appears ripe for resurrection. Hopefully, her owner will consider her historical significance and act, for posterity’s sake, soon. (© 28Aug18)

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If there ever were a case of atherosclerosis in BNSF’s vast cardiovascular rail system, the famed infamous “Funnel,” so famously coined by my friend Bruce Kelly so many Kodachrome boxes past, may well be the epitome thereof. The amount of non-stop (figuratively speaking), bidirectional-traffic pumped through this constricted chemin de fer construct at its most acute less than three-mile-short, 21-foot tie-end to concrete tie-end narrows – between Napa & Lee Street Junction and Sunset Junction – is a feat worthy of a standalone Discovery series, if not a Modern Marvels feature, or a modern-day History Channel “Hell on Wheels.” Here, just East of the geographic center of Spokane, the epicenter of The Funnel, it’s 21:35 of any given night or day, and Main Two has very little exposed rail as one eastbound after the other in “Train Ahead” formation follows on the DPU’s dim of the previous in a more stop than go precession. Meanwhile Main One is the antithesis as Boyer West shoots WB-after-WB out of Hauser 23 east-miles as rapidly as safe, making room for the in-frame and following eastbounds. In what may seem as arbitrary minutes, this grain empty will ease ahead keeping measured distance as the train behind it inches its way forward and so on an so forth ad infinitum. (© 24Jul18)

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Celebrate Christmas this year by visiting the spectacular tree lights on display at Vitruvian Park in Addison, Texas.

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Awesome sunrise this morning from @southwestair HDQ. So what fabulous destination would you like to travel to?

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@denoswonderwheelpark The ‪#‎wonderwheel‬ was erected in 1920 and stands 150 feet high and holds 144 people at once. Its unusual design for a ‪#‎ferriswheel‬ incorporates sections of curved tracks connecting an outer wheel and a smaller inner wheel, with 16 swinging cars which roll back and forth between the two wheels. There are also 8 stationary cars. All of the cars give riders panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean. We not only love riding on this Ferris wheel but also love the park's ‪#‎vintage‬ ‪#‎neonsign‬ depicting its colorful ride! ‪#‎coneyisland‬ ‪#‎americana‬ ‪#‎ig_nycity‬ ‪#‎IGS_NYC‬ ‪#‎ig_nyc‬ ‪#‎insta_america‬ ‪#‎vintagesign‬ ‪#‎insta_america_americana‬ ‪#‎just_unitedstates‬ ‪#‎ig_signage‬ ‪#‎signgeeks‬ ‪#‎neongeeks‬ ‪#‎neon‬ ‪#‎SignCollective‬ ‪#‎typevstime‬ ‪#‎typography‬ ‪#‎jj_texttypographical‬ ‪#‎trb_ipoft_signs‬ ‪#‎ipulledoverforthis‬ ‪#‎tv_retrotype‬

Alameda, CA - July 2019

Since it was rather dark, I decided to illuminate these flowers using my iPhone; certainly not a strobe light or softbox, but still effective.

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Enjoyed the Texas Steak Cookoff in Hico today. Some of the best cooking/eating around. This guy is making peach cobbler in a dutch oven on the back of his chuckwagon, it was awesome! Had plenty of ribeye steak to eat today as well.

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A gorgeous sunset as the storm clouds quickly approached.

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A long exposure of the McKinney Avenue Trolley rolling into the Cityplace/Uptown Station, with the amazing stairwell colors of The Richards Group office building in the background.

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The building was one of the tallest structures on the Upper West Side when Henry Grimm, who operated a grocery on the ground floor and lived with his family above the saloon, had it built. The #diner has been in business since 1993. Photo from 2010 and full text appear in our book "New York Nights" #storefront #igs_nyc #ig_nycity #signgeeks #everything_signage #jj_texttypographical #signcollective #gas_food_lodging #ipulledoverforthis #myfeatureshoot #tv_retrotype #guardiancities

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Great day at the Dallas Arboretum, just after the rain had stopped.

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Can you feel it? In his intensity? Can you see it? In his face? At once exuding myopic focus, acute awareness, and singular concentration on the task at hand, in hand. And what about his, by today’s standards, ancient artesian pedigree de La Grange? A mere extension of his psyche and self: idiosyncracies of man and machine merged seamlessly into harmonic executions. Measured movements over wavering, mostly parallel silver streaks as the conductor orchestrates the to-and-fro in succinct, rhythmic motions of hand a short distance ahead. The impetus’ for the Hogger to perform as if a blue-collar musician; to cause his seasoned instrument with its famed, “blown,” throaty-throbbing tune as leitmotiv to rise and fall midst the discriminate din of air being pounded into compression, only to be exhausted in menacing serpentine hiss over clamoring, quarrelsome steel punctuated by an alerting bell and an affirming chime. (© 16Mar18)

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This ‪#‎diner‬ had a great ‪#‎vintage‬ ‪#‎neonsign‬ on its roof but it was recently replaced by an LED lit plastic version. We are not sure why it was replaced but imagine it has somethings to do with the high cost of maintaining a ‪#‎neon‬ ‪#‎sign‬ in New York City, where it is exposed to all types of weather including blizzards and heavy rain, which typically "shorts out" a letter or two. We loved its ‪#‎script‬ and block ‪#‎lettering‬ in both blue and red colors. Photo from 2010 appears in our book "New York Nights".

NEW YORK NIGHTS winner of The New York Society Library's 2012 New York City Book Award

The New York City Book Awards, established in 1996, honor books of literary quality or historical importance that evoke the spirit or enhance appreciation of New York City.

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Photo from today’s Latino Street Festival in the Dallas Arts District.

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Nice clouds, color, and still a little bit of reflection of Dallas, Texas.

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Cum-u-what? Yeah, that’s Greek, I mean Latin for the ominous anvil cloud formation that hangs over the elevations of the pristine-pine-covered Coeur d’Alene National Forest, having the potential of delivering the blow of a pounding thunderstorm that would make Thor proud. Closer to the ground and the action at hand, the former Northern Pacific rails upon which a newly re-minted pair of second generation BNSF Geeps peen and ply are weather beaten and hammered beyond recognition not only having bowed laterally but kinked and buckled at the joints from over 100-years of usage and eventual non-usage and disrepair. A sorry state of affairs that does little justice to their past and present owner’s proud heritage. Post Falls, on the Coeur d'Alene branch, is just across the border from Washington in the Panhandle. Once served by several railroads, notably the Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Milwaukee Road, and Union Pacific (and their respective predecessors), is now a monopoly. The zenith of service over ten decades slowly, steadily tapering off from hard usage to a trickle: once a week. Down from as many as five days a week not too long ago. It is doubtful that branchlines like these will weather many more storms before succumbing to abandonment rendering images like this to the annals of railroad antiquity. Get your pictures while you can! If not this branchline, then one close to you. As rail enthusiasts, we have the responsibility to document these scenes for future generations of railfans. (27Jul16 ©)

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Normandie Bake Shop in Brooklyn had a great ‪#‎neonsign‬ complete with ‪#‎script‬ lettering that at one point must have brought in lots of customers. We could not find out much about the history of this ‪#‎bakery‬ except that it was known for its black and white ‪#‎cookies‬. We hope the relics of this great ‪#‎neon‬ ‪#‎sign‬ was saved. ‪#‎storefront‬ ‪#‎disappearingfaceofnewyork‬ ‪#‎80sixd‬ ‪#‎neongeeks‬ ‪#‎signgeeks‬ ‪#‎signage‬ ‪#‎type‬ ‪#‎typography‬ ‪#‎font‬ ‪#‎fontastic‬ ‪#‎jj_texttypographical‬ ‪#‎trailblazers_urbex‬ ‪#‎tv_retrotype‬ ‪#‎foundtype‬ ‪#‎neonbulletholes‬ ‪#‎ipulledoverforthis‬ ‪#‎everything_signage‬ ‪#‎trb_ipoft_signs‬ ‪#‎tv_typography‬ ‪#‎typevstime‬

Dallas Skyline - found small pool of water along the Trinity River for somewhat of a reflection.

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