Wild lupine flowers were everywhere! Captured through the rain- drenched window pane of the vehicle we were travelling in

Simpson river National Reserve is a national reserve of southern Chile's Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region. Wikipedia

The path leads to: Cabanas Baguales in Coyhaique - Aysén (región)

My daughter used to live in the backyard cottage of people who own this gorgeous German Shepherd, Luca. She is now living somewhere else, but we both still miss dear Luca. Such a magnificent and very sweet dog.

No.7029 Clun Castle leads, with No.46233 Duchess of Sutherland bringing up the rear.

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Our way leads us to the church of San Carlo di Negrentino, whose visit we never miss when we are in Ticino.

Unser Weg führt uns zur Kirche San Carlo di Negrentino, deren Besuch wir niemals versäumen, wenn wir im Tessin sind.

Schweiz

Mamiya 7II, 4/80 mm, Ilford Delta 400

Print auf Fomatone 132 mit Moersch 6 blue, ein Spritzer finisher

Selentonung MT1, 1+15, 1:20 min

CN 2436 leads westbound train 406, as they head downhill into Rothesay, New Brunswick during one of the first snowstorms of the year.

December 17,2016.

SD-40N leads the transfer (YSP 51) from E Mpls to South St Paul. Crossing the Robert Street bridge on a very cold day. Good to see old friends today braving the cold.

Scurdie Ness is a headland located on the South side of the River South Esk estuary, Montrose, Angus, Scotland. The River leads from the North Sea into Montrose Harbour and then into Montrose Basin. The headland has also been referred to as Scurdie Ness, Montrose point or Montroseness. The word Scurdie is a local word for the volcanic rock found there and Ness means a promontory, cape or headland. The coastline from Scurdie Ness to Rickle Craig has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Scurdie Ness Lighthouse is located on the headland and has also been referred to as Montroseness Lighthouse. In 1867 the seafaring community of Ferryden made representations to the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses to have a light established on Montrose Point due to the numerous shipwrecks and great loss of life along that coast. There are 11 wrecks recorded around the mouth of the estuary.

The lighthouse was built by David Stevenson and Thomas Stevenson and at 6 pm on Tuesday 1 March 1870 the tower was lit for the first time. During World War II the lighthouse was temporarily painted black so that it could not be used by the German bombers as a daytime reference point. The light was not illuminated except when requested by the Royal Navy.

The lighthouse is a category B listed building of architectural/historic interest, Historical Scotland Building ID: 4958. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland - Canmore ID: 36262

Originally the light characteristic was fixed white but in 1907 was changed to isophase white 60 seconds (i.e., light 30 seconds, eclipse 30 seconds). Scurdie Ness lighthouse was converted to automatic operation in 1987 and now displays 3 white flashes separated by 2.5 seconds and repeated every 20 seconds. The light is 182,000 candlepower and on a clear night can be seen for approximately 42 km.

The buildings within the grounds of the lighthouse are now privately owned. Cars are not allowed along the road leading from Ferryden to the lighthouse but it is a popular walk and sightings of seals and dolphins are not unusual. Whales are sometimes seen in the area including rare sightings of humpback whales.

This path leads to a WWII bunker just over the summit. From there you overlook the suburb of North Ward and the Strand. In the distance you can see Magnetic Island. You can tell by the clothes that Winter is very mild here.

...that leads to your door, will never disappear

Love Now & Forever

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Climbing the slopes of Conachcraig, the deep Glen behind us leads to the snowy wintry slopes of Lochnagar. Clouds are over the snowy mountains in the distant Cairngorms.

Conachcraig is a Corbett standing at 865 meters (2837 feet). A Corbett is a Scottish mountain between 2500 and 3000 feet high, with at least 500 feet of descent on all sides.

Three B40-8 units have a stack train well in hand for this "Semaphore Sunday" view, cruising past one of the blades in located in part of the North Branch Susquehanna River valley area. This train is seen during the time of the D&H directive service order, so I don't know anymore if this train was technically a D&H train or an actually NYS&W train using trackage rights. But I guess it doesn't really matter, either way this was a great time to be railfanning in western New York State.

From Ruta 40 and then 76 a dirt road leads to the National Park "Talampaya". The park is in a basin between the Cerro Los Colorados to the west and the Sierra de Sañagasta to the east. The landscape is the result of erosion by water and wind in a desert climate, with large ranges in temperature - high heat by day and low temperature at night, with torrential rain in summer and strong wind in spring.

Features are: The dry bed of the Talampaya River, where dinosaurs lived millions of years ago; the "Talampaya gorge" and its rock formations with walls up to 143 metres high; the remains of indigenous peoples' settlements; regional fauna, including guanacos, hares, maras, foxes and condors.

scanned slide, Minolta X700

Tram station, stadium, Düsseldorf

Samyang 8mm Fishey

The track on the right leads up into the dry valley of Conistone Dib

Conistone village, Wharfedale, is set in characteristic limestone scenery, including Mossdale Caverns, the dry gorge of Conistone Dib and the limestone outcrop of Conistone Pie Above the Dib the Dales Way path connects Kettlewell, to its north, and Grassington, to its south, providing distant views over Wharfedale

CN SD60F 5538 leads two UP motors and Thunder Bay coke empties down Steelton Hill six years ago on April 16, 2016.

Up ahead at Pokegama Yard, CN would take the cowl off, and the empties would continue down the Hinckley Sub. to the Twin Cities with a UP crew and yellow 4205 leading.

The Thunder Bay coke trains still run via UP-CN during the shipping season but of course, it's no longer possible to get a cowl leading like this. Despite being taken in the middle of the excruciatingly long brown season up here by Lake Superior, I think this one has aged better than some. CN retired its fleet of SD60Fs the next year.

A winding dirt road leads toward the iconic sandstone buttes known as the Mittens in Monument Valley Tribal Park, located on the Arizona–Utah border. Few landscapes are as instantly recognizable as Monument Valley, where towering red rock formations have become symbols of the American Southwest and have appeared in countless photographs, films, and television productions.

Planning a photography trip? Read my guide to the best Monument Valley photo locations, timing recommendations, and field tips.

If the path is beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.

~Anatole France

The chase that kept on giving..on the way back from a week in Saskatchewan with my friend Craig Williams we stopped in the DMVW office in Bismark. It was late morning and the guy in charge said a crew was just leaving Oakes westbound for Napoleon with an empty grain train...needless to say we hightailed it east to intercept.

Westbound empty grain climbing out of the drainage created by Beaver Creek. The cars were destined for loading at Napoleon. A former WC SD45 and a pair of ex-CN cowls leads the way.

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Central Midland Railway HLCX 1521 leads three cars West past the bluff East of Labadie which strangely has an odd looking cave dug into it. I'm rather curious of how or why that cave came about, but I'm assuming it might have something to do with the pipeline property behind the cliff. Anyhow, trying to find an open spot along the steep ground leading up to the cliff's edge proved challenging but I was able to cling onto a tree right on the edge here to get enough of a view through all the brush. I'm glad I even got some red leaves in what is otherwise an area of sparse fall colors at best and an otherwise clear view of train and bluff. Who knows, maybe Bigfoot usually sits on the ledge of the cave watching the trains go by on his Missouri vacations.. Labadie, MO

CN 2454 leads eastbound train 306, as they head along the countryside, crossing the trestle at Saint Eleuthere, PQ, in Fall's full force. Of all the trips I've made here in the Fall, this is the most colorful that I've seen it.

October 6, 2018.

NR30 leads NR31 through the farmlands near Nana Glen, just north of Coffs Harbour, on the last leg to Brisbane.

The Inca trail leads to Intipunku, the Sun Gate (altitude 2720m - 8923ft), which marks the entrance to the site of Machu Picchu.

As we see on the photo, the Sun Gate, you've got to earn it ...

But given the magic of what we discovered when we arrived there, it was well worth it!

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La dernière montée avant Intipunku, la Porte du Soleil

Le chemin de l'Inca débouche sur Intipunku, la Porte du Soleil, à 2720 m , qui marque l'entrée du site du Machu Picchu.

Comme on le voit sur la photo, la Porte du Soleil, cela se mérite ...

Mais vu la magie de ce qu'on a découvert en y arrivant, cela en valait bien la peine !

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Intipunku - Chemin de l'Inca - Pérou / Intipunku - Inca trail - Peru

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This alpine road with many hairpin turns leads to the Fraele Towers (built in the 14th century), an important strategic outpost of the Middle Ages. In the old days, it connected the Valtellina Valley in Italy with Switzerland and was known as the "path of salt and wine."

The route is included in the list of the most exciting and dangerous roads in the world.

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Pass Torri di Fraele, Lombardy, Italy-Switzerland

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BNSF 720 leads a loaded CP ethanol through the flooded Mississippi River in downtown Davenport, IA.

Since the water is higher than 3" above the top of the rail, the lead locomotives are isolated and the train is pushed through the high water. Once the engines are clear of the water, the traction motor blowers will be run for 10 minutes. The lead engines pull the rest of the train through and the blown down procedure is repeated for the DPU.

March 24, 2019.

CN 5771 leads a 4 pack of SD75I's on a heavy northbound manifest up Steelton Hill. As you can imagine, four EMDs hauling over 10k feet of train over a 2% grade sounded glorious. Even though the Iron Range has its own charm, my visit to the area started, and ended, on Steelton Hill. It's a fun diversion for sure.

43124 leads 1a81, the 0741 Penzance to Paddington while descending Dainton Bank south of Newton Abbot. Aggregate Industries’ Stoneycombe Quarry, which extracts limestone is visible to the left.

Norfolk Southern ES44AC #8025 leads train #219 (Kansas City, MO - East Point, GA) through the crossovers at 'Jac Mac' just outside of Atlanta, GA. It took 11 years but this was the last of the NS heritage units I needed to shoot!

66591 Leads three more class 66's out of Midland Road depot in Leeds. I was actually here in the hope I would see a Colas class 70 on cement wagons that I saw about half an hour earlier but they never came, I left when it started getting dark.

CP 6232 leads 250 through a snow squall in Greenville, Maine as they slow to around 15 mph before making the turn underneath the Moosehead Lake road overpass.

Cliffs Erie 4210 leads the last pull of the day through a rock cut just out of Taconite Harbor, MN, working up the steep grade towards Cramer Siding on the evening of August 20, 2008. At Cramer Siding, the 4210 would combine these 12 cars to the other two pulls they made away from Lake Superior on this day. They would eventually tie-down for the day up near the tunnel.

Was a great day 11 years ago today on Cliffs Erie with the F-units working in beautiful weather. Kind of bittersweet as we knew we were probably were seeing the last of the F-Units on the Erie Mining during this cleanup effort.

DL #3007 leads PO75 westbound back to Scranton in some light snow from the night before. They are seen coming around the curve at Cobbs Gap here.

"Like the naked leads the blind.

I know I'm selfish, I'm unkind.

Sucker love I always find,

Someone to bruise and leave behind.

All alone in space and time.

There's nothing here but what here's mine.

Something borrowed, something blue.

Every me and every you.

Every me and every you,

Every Me...he"

Every You Every Me - PLACEBO.♥

NHN 3823 leads the southbound through some nice late afternoon sun on their way from Ossipee to Dover. While the NHN is mostly based in New Hampshire they do cross the border briefly into Lebanon, Maine.

BNSF 5493 leads what I believe to be a unit sand train of 2-bay hoppers at Savanna, Illinois. The train is passing between the backwater of the edge of the flood-elevated Mississippi River, which should normally be just to the left side of this photo, though the flooding is down a couple of feet from it's crest about a week earlier. While locals including the owners of the water-logged grain elevator seen here wait for the water to recede to perform cleanup, the BNSF seemed to be mostly back to business as usual at this spot. That's the Sabula-Savanna bridge in the distant left, which was opened to traffic in 2017 replacing the previous truss bridge.

C17 967 leads the Mary Valley Rattler along the rails near The Dawn heading for Amamoor

0.7 mm each

The Fichtelberg railway (German: Fichtelbergbahn) is a 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) narrow-gauge railway that leads from the

standard-gauge international line at Cranzahl to the ski resort of Oberwiesenthal in the Erzgebirge mountains in eastern Germany. It takes its name from the Fichtel Mountain near Oberwiesenthal.

After the railway from Chemnitz to Chomutov via Annaberg and Vejprty was opened in 1872 (consisting of Chemnitz–Flöha, Flöha–Annaberg, Annaberg–Vejprty and Vejprty–Chomutov sections), plans were made to also connect the former mining town of Oberwiesenthal to the Saxon Railway system. The requirements and qualifications to build a narrow gauge railway from Cranzahl were met by 1884, but it wasn't until April 6, 1896, that construction started. The railway opening took place on July 20, 1897.[1] By the end of that year, 67,756 passengers (and 57 dogs) had already traveled on the new railway.

Passenger count increased in the following years, and tourism played an increasing role in the passenger count. Freight traffic also increased significantly. Until 1906, freight had to be transloaded in Cranzahl; since then transporter wagons made the extra cargo handling unnecessary. The biggest cargo customer – even until the mid-1990s – was the quarry in Hammerunterwiesenthal, requiring around 30 freight cars daily.

After 1990 the railway lost its status as the most important carrier into Oberwiesenthal (which is the highest town in (Germany)), and in 1992 freight service was terminated. After 1994, the Deutsche Bahn became the new owner, and planned to either dismantle the railway, or sell it.[1]

For the 100-year anniversary, the communities along the track, together with the operators of the Pressnitz Valley Railway and the Lößnitzgrund Railway organized a festival week that drew 40,000 visitors. With different rolling stock of narrow gauge railways from all over Germany; a train schedule of extra and regularly scheduled trains meant that there was a train on the track almost every hour. Fun fairs along the track and historic trains ensured the success of the event.[2]

New thinking started after the success of the event, and the district of Annaberg prepared to acquire the railway. On June 1, 1998, the operator BVO Bahn GmbH, since 2007 Saxon Steam Railway Company took over operations from the Deutsche Bahn, and renamed the railway to the catchier Fichtelbergbahn. The new operator aligned operations with the tourism in the surrounding area, and within relative short time achieved country-wide recognition. Especially during the winter months the railway now has similar significance as in its heyday, as winter sports tourists in the towns of Neudorf and Cranzahl can reach the ski areas of Oberwiesenthal with ease and in style.

The railway starts at the standard gauge station Cranzahl at 653 m (2,142.4 ft)[3] of the Vejprty–Annaberg-Buchholz railway. The passenger trains start on the same platform as the standard gauge trains. The former freight yard and its loading ramp for the transporter flatcars is on the northern end of the station. The narrow gauge trains leave the station in a left turn and follow the right side of the Sehma valley through the village of Neudorf.

The first stop is Unterneudorf, followed by Neudorf. The following stop Vierenstrasse is a popular starting point for hiking into the Fichtelberg area. Leaving Vierenstrasse, the track follows a long incline (1:33 or 3.03%)[3] through the densely covered Fichtelberg forest. The next station Kretscham-Rothensehma is used to allow valley-bound trains to pass. The track continues to climb, reaching the watershed of the Pöhlbach river, arriving at the next stop of Niederschlag.

The tracks now lead downward into the Pöhlbach valley, crossing the Bundesstrasse 95, and run along the border with the Czech Republic uphill to the Hammerunterwiesenthal station. Leaving Hammerunterwiesenthal, the valley becomes so narrow that there is only room for the state road and the railroad tracks, steep meadows on the right hand side, and a steep forest to the left on the Czech side of the border.

After the next stop Unterwiesenthal, the track unwinds itself from the narrow valley, and the peaks of Fichtelberg on the right, and Klínovec on the left become visible. After crossing the federal route again, the railway leads over a 110 m (360.9 ft) long and 23 m (75.5 ft) high steel viaduct, and reaches the terminus of Oberwiesenthal at 893 m (2,930 ft).

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37418 leads 11 TTA two axle fuel tanks over the viaduct at Ackworth on the line through Pontefract Baghill to Moorthorpe on the morning of March the 7th 2023. These wagons have been in store at Gascoigne Wood since mid November 2022 after being made redundant in their work carrying Aviation fuel from the Grangemouth Refinery. Running as train 6Z42, the 09:45 from Gascoigne Wood to Lydney, the wagons are heading for a new era in Preservation at the Dean Forest Railway.

Former EL SDP-45 #6687 leads an interesting set of power for "Flare Friday" as she heads a westbound freight over the Vermilion River. Helping out are two ex-PC units, an SD-40 and a U-25B. Given the nice patch job, definitely the right leader in my book.

GB Railfreight (GBRF) 'Pride' liveried 66773 'Pride of GB Railfreight' leads the 4L13 1114 Doncaster Railport (Gbrf) to Felixstowe North Gbrf intermodal past Ely Dock Junction.

CN 8003 leads westbound train 'A406' as they negotiate an S-Curve through the tree line. There wasn't much leeway for visibility. Turned out decent nonetheless.

June 7,2016.

The MKT Heritage engine leads the ILAG3 12 through Kaysville, Utah on Nov. 14, 2019.

The road 'Lugar Tenesar' leads to a beach and a hiking trail. Sadly we had to turn around after some metres, because the road conditions were to bad for our car! :-( But I stopped to take a pano of this wonderful view over the road, the lava field and to the volcano 'Tenezare'.

This pano was stitched from 5 single shots.

swag . swag , swag on you !!

really love this pic ^^

Direct Rail Services (DRS) 37716 leads 3x RHTT sets (642050 + 642036, 642044 + 642011, 642041 + 642019) past Barway, 6Z37 1135 from York Thrall Europa (Holgate Works) to Stowmarket D.G.L, in preparation for the Autumn RHTT season. These 3x RHTT sets were taken back to York Holgate Works on the 10th, to receive additional wheel maintenance before beginning the 2020 RHTT season.