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I love these small green masked, Green-winged Teals! This drake was just motoring along at the channel at Potter Marsh when I captured him.
Taken 25 May 2022 at Potter Marsh, Anchorage, Alaska.
Hexham to Gleneagles
No 14 a Vauxhall driven by Charles Bishop co pilot Nellie Bishop both from Great Britian.
As ERA’s blue riband Flying Scotsman event smoothly glides into a second decade of outstanding vintage motoring, timetabling for the 12th edition in 2022 is already at an advanced stage.
Following an enforced absence, the UK’s premier rally designed exclusively for Vintage motorcars returns for 2022 with a Northumberland start. Our route then takes us through the very best scenery and roads that the area has to offer before heading into new territory with an overnight halt at St Andrews. Day 2 sees crews covering some famous ‘Flying Scotsman’ roads as they head into the Cairngorms and a halt in Aviemore. The final day will take a less than direct route to ensure crews are kept busy before arriving at the world famous Gleneagles Hotel for the final control and post event festivities.
Our Route Designers have been busy crafting another first-class journey. This combines scenic Regularities on remote country roads with exciting Special Tests where you can enjoy your fine vintage cars to their full. The competition will be suitable for all levels of experience with three days of exclusive vintage motoring and great camaraderie in prospect.
“It’s one of the best, there is something for everyone” John Lomas, Riley driver
“I love the comradeship between the competitors who gather from all over the world to participate” Willy Van Loon, Bentley driver.
On its release in March 1961 Enzo Ferrari called it "the most beautiful car ever made". That really is a statement and one many enthusiasts agree with. The E-Type Jaguar was built from 1961 through until 1975 and when launched was able to claim a 150 mph capability. Blurring added in pp.
A quartet of EMD SD40T-2s ramp up D&RGW train No. 242 as it approaches the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon at Mapleton, Utah the morning of June 30, 1989. 5350 is from Rio Grande’s first order of 15 “Tunnel Motors” in 1974, and was one of 15 to be repainted into SP “speed lettering”. UP sent the trusty EMD out to pasture (renumbered UP 8609) in June of 2003.
Union Pacific's Wattis Plateau - Intermountain Power coal train glides through rural Mills, Utah along Chicken Creek with SD60Ms 6142, 6139, and 6144 in charge. The ghost town of Mills is 20 miles west of Nephi and 25 miles east of Lynndyl on the old Provo Subdivision. June 13, 1990
Utah Railway's RUT312 local crosses Interstate 215 on the road to Salt Lake City with cars for the Salt Lake Garfield & Western Railway and Holly Refining, Co. The final vestige of colorful oak brush adorns the foothills of the imposing Wasatch Range on Oct. 26, 2008.
Get your "boat" here! U-Boat that is! I highly doubt any Mercury is going to pull that Ohio Central train along even as level as the track is here at North Zanesville, Ohio.
Float Homes in Mosquito Creek Marina, North Vancouver
Float homes [...] feature truly waterfront living with ocean or river views at a fraction of the price. Neighbours include herons, sea lions, bald eagles and many other forms of wildlife. While this style of living may not be for everyone, they do come in single family, apartments/condos, custom built or modular, prefabricated options. New models include the usual home amenities such as stainless-steel appliances, heated floors, soaker tubs, on-demand water heaters, and even rooftop decks. They follow stringent building codes, fire safety and environmental standards demanded by local, provincial and federal authorities. (Anne McMullin, Vancouver Courier)
Dr. Bonnie Henry: “Be kind, be calm and be safe”
This abandoned gas station in Borrego Springs has become a quintessential Instagram backdrop. I see whole amateur film crews pulling up and getting out to do a shoot. It wasn't quite all that when I took this shot in June, 2018. But maybe with a little creative artwork I can hitch it onto the fame train!
A disinterested horse plods along as an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight rumbles through Bison, Montana, while crossing Marias Pass on the southern border of scenic Glacier National Park on September 7, 1999. Burlington Northern GE C30-7 No. 5581 leads a Santa Fe C40-8W and two BN EMD SD40-2s.
As the new year approaches, I thought it would be time for another forced perspective shot of Ruby, my 1/18th scale model 1930 Alfa Romeo parked by the bird pond in our retirement village. She will be 95 years old in the new year - older than most of the residents in the retirement village here!
Ruby looks great from any angle, but the rear view highlights many little details including the instruments on the dashboard which feature real metal chromed surrounds and actual glass faces over the dials. Those wonderful spoke wheels are all removable by undoing the spinner lock. She has real rubber Pirelli branded tyres (tires), and they even feature an air valve - a tiny detail I have not found on many of my other model cars of this scale.
What really stands out for me is the fact that back then (the 1930s) they had the wisdom to include two spare wheels. I know roads would have been rougher back then and tyre quality would not have been as good as today's modern tyres, but it is a stark reminder that these days we are lucky if we get any spare wheel at all. You might get a space saver if you are lucky - most of which can only be used on the rear - but the current trend is to give you a can of spray (useless if you get a gash in the sidewall of the tyre). All so they can save weight to meet fuel efficiency standards.
Most people are probably lucky enough to go through their motoring lives without ever having a puncture, but somehow, I have managed to have at least 50 since I started driving 45 years ago. Give me a full size spare tyre any day. Space savers and repair kits are only good for around 80km before you must find a dealer and have the tyre properly repaired. Fine if you live in a city and are near dealers who can help, but hopeless for rural folks who may be a long way from any tyre retailer or may be on an overnight journey.
The moral of the story from car manufacturers (and government regulators) today is - "please get a flat tyre in cities or towns only, and preferably during business hours.....we have graciously included this advice for your convenience!"
End of rant - I feel better now! ; )
I was watching some stilts on a rainy morning at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, UT, when this guy motored by.
Motoring in Johnston Strait one September morning in 2018. Returning to Vancouver after a 5 1/2 month solo sailing trip to Alaska. I look back on moments like this with melancholy and calm. With too little wind to sail, the Isuzu engine pushed us along, there was still a balance in the world.
Amtrak's California Zephyr train No. 6 glides through Mapleton, Utah a mile or two from the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon on Sept. 27, 1987.
Skyline Drive is the path through Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. There are great overlooks along the way to take in the landscapes -
Beginning of a long runway for this Double Crested Cormorant in the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge.
N465 heads through Moriac with the second Southern Cross bound service from Warrnambool as 8862.
With the introduction of a new timetable in mid-April 2025, all locomotive hauled services to Warrnambool have been replaced by Vlocity DMU railmotors, leaving Swan Hill to be the last line serviced by locomotive hauled passenger trains in the state of Victoria.
Tuesday 25th February 2025