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Monkton Farleigh ammunition depot utilised an old stone quarry below a plateau some 450 feet above the valley floor in which ran the main line railway that was its principal source of supply. Before the depot could be commissioned, an efficient means was need to bring in ammunition from the railway at Farleigh Down Sidings. The sidings were just over a mile from the depot as the crow flies but more than four miles by road along steep and tortuous country lanes.
In November 1937 the Great Western Railway were contracted to lay the sidings and build a 1000 foot long raised loading platform complete with a narrow gauge track to carry the ammunition wagons. Outline plans had already been prepared to drive a mile long tunnel from the heart of the workings terminating in an underground sorting yard built beneath the sidings in the valley below.
These photographs, taken in January 2016, showcase the building as it stands today.
Inspiration for the framing of the shots came from the 1975 New Topographics exhibition.
These used to be loading docks for trains.
I used the 'infrared' preset in CS3's new Black & White tool.
My take on set 4201 Loader and Tipper, only in a futuristic style.
An independent view of the Loader-Mech with a close-up view of the drivers cab, spotlights and leg suspension / balance joints.
C&C welcome as always :)
A total snapshot here as I had to kick the ISO up to 6400. It was taken from my cockpit as I waited in a long line for takeoff. It's a dark ramp and portable floodlights are brought in to light up the loading area. I completely missed the Polet AN-124 that was parked next to it the night before. It's rare to have 2 AN-124's here at the same time.
Slovakian 2019-built 600mm gauge 'TL16' Class 520 volts DC electric locomotive 'No.5' has just positioned the rake of four bogie hopper wagons for loading beneath the limestone loading point serving Wesling's Förderstedt quarry, near Stassfurt on 1st February 2024.
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Not a lot of time today, so i needed a quick page. It's Emily's 13 th bday, so we have shopping, lunch, presents, ice skating a sleepover, making a sushi cake, and grandparents in town. i had to use a pic of her of course, and i loved the colors of the notebook. Made some flowers and wah-la!
Phew - still sick - fever, aching, etc etc - didn't think I would do this but I pulled myself off the couch and threw it together. (With help from Studio Calico's Nicole Harper's LO that I lifted). Now back to bed!
Re-enactors of the 3rd Maine Regiment Volunteer Infantry load gear and supplies onto a Kennebec Central Mixed Train in the station area at Alna Center, Maine, during the June, 2024 "Road to Togus" event at the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum. Although not historically accurate, because the Kennbec Central was not built until well after the Civil War, the re-enactors were present at this event to emphasize the connection between the KCRR and the National Soldiers Home in Togus, Maine, where hundreds of Civil War veterans lived out the rest of their lives in retirement.
Here's a really nice Peterbilt leased to Anderson Trucking Service picking up a load at Aqua Chem Corp. in Milwaukee in July 1981.
Glad this load of building blocks didn't fall from the truck (as it went round the roundabout) when I was there!
Oddly the blocks were gone when I returned from work some 8 hours later.
Here is a look at the controls of the load out as the operator is not only controlling the height of the chute, the flow, and the silo conveyors with his let hand, he is remotely controlling the locomotives using a remote box with his right hand.
66158 loads up with coal having just arrived working 4V01 23:20 Earles Sidings (Hope) to Cwmbargoed Opencast Colliery.
Case W24C Loader with Onsite clearing parking lot near Drivers Village. www.dailydieseldose.com for more!
Just arrived at the cattle dock and being herded into pens before loading into the waiting cattle wagons.
Red Wharfe Bay Model Railway. N Gauge.
Goole Model Railway Show 2017.
960 Loading Dock. © Copyright 2021 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Loading dock area of a San Francisco building.
As life trends slowly back towards a more normal world, I was recently able to join my Studio Nocturne friends (a group of San Francisco Bay Area night photographers) for the resumption of our annual fall “open studio” events in conjunction with the ArtSpan San Francisco Open Studios. The group and its ancestor, The Nocturnes, has shown night photography during this event for a couple of decades. Things were more or less suspended last year, for reasons I hardly need to explain, but this year we were able to offer a very successful open studio event in North Beach, followed by a “pop-up” event in Dogpatch.
So, for the first time in a couple of years, I spent the better part of several full days in San Francisco, showing art, working with my colleagues, talking to visitors about our work. This return to something feeling a bit like the old normal was wonderful. It was also great to once again feel like the life of this city was returning — masked and socially-distanced, yes, but still. The photograph includes the “view” from my location at the pop-up event. As an aside, its composition reminds me of the ubiquitous “chyron” displays on television…
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
Detail of Cathedral Building, Heart of Worcestershire College, Worcester. Designed by architects Richard Sheppard, Robson & Partners. Completed at some point between 1965-73.
Although trucks and vans are gradually replacing the humble trishaw, it is still widely used in China. It is amazing the loads they can put on these things. The advantages of the trishaw are they cheap to buy, cheap to run and environmentally friendly. One of Nanning's typical tree lined streets to provide shade from the fierce summer sun.
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More photos from Nanning in southern China's Guangxi province.