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White Pass & Yukon train from Frasier, BC returning to Skagway, AK crosses over the trestle and bridge at Glacier on July 23, 2011. This is a flag stop to drop off and pick-up backpackers of which there are a few barely visible at the far right.
A look at an Agalenatea redii spider and at its web. The fine web always poses a challenge for stacking, a lot of cleaning is required after retouching. Such a headache!
Stack info: Canon 5D Mark II, Canon MP-E 65 lens
46 natural light exposures at f4.5, ISO 200
Originally I had planned on shooting Job 1 crossing the bridge at Onawa, but as I was getting out of the car to walk in I heard them Blowing for Benson. So off to the fill I went to get a shot of them going by MP 19. CITX 3082 leads CMQ 2004 and a short 20 car train.
While the Gallant was a very effective design, it's design focus of Surface Combat inevitably led to the need for a dedicated Space Combat suit. The SK-S13D and MP-GAT(MSV) were only stopgaps and each had it's limits, the SK-S13D was limited in it's maneuverability and the Suit lost a lot of flexibility due to being locked into it while the MP-GAT(MSV) had to deal with high costs to convert and to provide a sizable force would have put significant strain on the number of Gallants left for the other variants. That being said, they did provided significant information and essentially acted as prototypes for the MP-L4N "Lancer".
The Lancer is a unique design that makes use of everything learned from the Sled and Space Mobility Gallant Prototype. The Thruster pack from the Space Mobility Gallant was refined and includes a smaller pair of secondary thrusters to complement the 4 primary thrusters. The Legs which cause the Technical Staff headaches when working on the Space Mobility Gallant were replaced with 2 'Maneuvering Vanes'. The thruster Vanes are essentially a collection of adjustable maneuvering thrusters with the entire 'Vane' mounted to a modified Powered Gallant Pelvis Frame and Joint. Individually each maneuvering thruster is weak but when working together and properly oriented they lend the Lancer unprecedented Maneuverability. As a result the Lancer requires large amounts of fuel during operation which is mounted in a large External Tank with 2 small Reserve tanks, one on each Maneuvering Vane.
The Upper Torso, while visually similar to the Gallant's, has been completely redesigned to advantage of operating in Zero-G. The Manipulators still function on the Universal Standard and can handle a wide range of weaponry.
The removal of the Legs does result in the Lancer not being able to function outside of Zero-G(Tests are scheduled for how they function in the Moon's Gravity Well) and as a result they require a special mini-gantry when being stored outside of a Zero-G environment.
The Picture above showed Technicians and Pilots inspecting the first delivery of Lancers from Northrop-Grumman.
Had some fun with this one, inspired by the idea behind the Zeon Dra-C design, but done up more to my tastes.
Inside the Potala Palace.
Lhasa, Tibet 2007.
Photography was forbidden inside certain parts of the Potala Palace, so I had to be very discreet and shot from the waist. Luckily, my camera was quiet enough to not disturb the meditating monk.
Missouri Pacific Railroad GP7 134 at McCook, Illinois on an unknown day in August 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 134 was built as StLB&M GP7 4119 in July 1950 (c/n 11552), renumbered to MP 134 an an unknown date, retired in August 1979 and is seen here at Pielet Brothers scrap yard. Note the extra front numberboard, for which I have no explanation. However I received a comment by Joseph Yarbrough as follows -
On the MoPac, a select few GP7's had a "crew cab". These units were bought originally by the Texas & Pacific and Gulf Coast Lines. Outwardly they looked like any regular Geep with the exception that the crew-cabs were modified with an extra set of number board cut-out windows that were exactly the same size as the number boards located just below the usual number boards on the short hood/nose. Behind the windows inside the cab sat a spare seat... right beside the typical toilet. The "crew-cab" GP7s used by I-GN and STLB&M (series 4116-4123) were equipped with crew-cabs (modified circa 1953): 4117, 4119, 4120, 4122, and 4123. Since no other unit's received the crew cab, it's speculated that this modification may have been a "Texas thing" for the brakeman to ride inside the unit.
I don't know what the box behind the cab on this side was for. Anyone know, please leave a comment.
Caboose hop? Spent a day in the Kansas City West bottoms in May of 1979. Almost immediately confronted by KC Police, a very friendly officer told me I could stay as long as I wanted, but he took down all my information to make it easier to identify my body if they found it later.
Wearing some interesting graffiti, MP 705777 sits in West Chicago yard. This is a 2980 cu. ft. car built in July 1981.
Screw it, i'll throw this one in as well...
East Yorkshire seem to have quite a good relationship with Manchester based independant, MP Travel.
MP Travel seem to own quite a bit of ex EYMS stock, with them taking ownership of an ex EYMS primsa, ALX300 and now a president?
This now is in what i'm guessing is MP Travel standard, and honestly from the rear, it suits the president!
Seen probably near enough done from paints, is ex EY, now MP Travel plaxton president B7TL YY52LCK (ex EYMS 670)