View of the riverside area from the High Level Bridge

Relaxing near the pumphouse for Newcastle city baths

A shot from last night sunset down on the quayside . It was nice to bump in the Neil again to . Thanks for looking

we had an hour wandering around newcastle .

Leazes Park

Stormy skies over Newcastle Ocean Baths

Luminance HDR 2.3.0

set of 4

view from Carrington Bridge

Newcastle England, Marsden Beach. This guy was clearly in his happy place and who can blame him with such scenery

Newcastle Travel Guide youtu.be/aqLajon7sJo?si=11D0PXeJCfMSK3IP

Tyne & Wear , UK .

During the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, the entirety of the line was single track. As time went on, most of the trackage would see the addition of second tracks, which included a few double track tunnels. Donner Pass would end up with two, one at Blue Canyon, and another one in the foothills at Newcastle.

I’ve always found the tunnel at Newcastle interesting, specifically because of the track’s layout coming out of the east portal. While the later constructed Track 2 stays on a decently flat grade, the adjacent Track 1 shoots up a 2.65% grade. In general, the grade on the original alignment is steep around here, with trains being forced to navigate a 2.42% grade coming into town. Due to this, the Southern Pacific realized running trains on a directional track system would be the way to go. While the far less demanding Track 2 would be used for the eastbound traffic, westbound traffic would have to navigate the challenging grade with sharp twists and turns Track 1 throws at trains. However, when UP modernized Donner in the late 2000s and early 2010s, this directional traffic would make a massive shift.

While directional traffic would still exist over the Sierras, it was mostly eliminated for Donner. Since most of the westbound traffic consists of heavy loaded trains, the UP would shift most of the westbound traffic to the WP’s consistent 1% grade through the Feather River Canyon. Due to this, very few westbound trains would take Donner, with the only regulars today being Amtrak, MSPRV, a Z, and a weekly I stack. This would lead to a pattern where Track 2 would be the preferred track for all traffic on the western slope west of Colfax. Meanwhile, Track 1 became the backup in case any opposing traffic was on the line at the same time. However, when you realize how big the eastbound trains usually are, it becomes apparent why SP had directional running.

The manifest pictured here is a prime example. MRVNP, a North Platte bound manifest that originates in Roseville, is a massive train that navigates the mountain daily. On this day, the manifest was running a 3x3x0 configuration, but with Amtrak being lined down Track 2, the heavy beast was lined up the other track. Despite Track 1 being slow in general, the weight of this train kept all six locomotives in full throttle the entire way up, but it was barely enough to keep the beast moving. Even though I-80 was very busy and located close to the tunnel, the sound of the locomotives was overpowering the highway even from a few miles away. When the train finally showed up, the sound of prime movers in full throttle was deafening as the manifest slowly pushed up the grade. Even though it’s only thirteen miles from Roseville, where this manifest originated, Newcastle has been known to stall trains like this one once in a while. While this train may not have stalled, I’m sure the crew had the thought it might in the back of their mind.

Tyne Bridges, Newcastle, 19 Nov 2021

Taken on a recent Talkphotography meet to Northumberland. We ventured south to Newcastle on the Friday night to shoot the quayside, which was a first for me.....

Tyne Bridges at sunset, Newcastle, 19 Nov 2021

New Castle, PA

Remnants of an old painted wall advertisement.

Newcastle

Taken yester day, but edited to look like last century.

newcastle castle in the fog

Tyne & Wear, UK.

Had a trip to Newcastle on Sunday with Richard Armstrong for sunset...no colours but still enjoyed being out.

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Tyne & Wear, UK.

looking to the East

a slightly murky day but you can *just* see St Johns Lighthouse if viewed large

Newcastle - 0935 North Blyth (Dbs) to Ratcliffe P.S.

Some interesting architecture from different periods in Newcastle's city centre, snapped on a stroll around town on a one-day visit. It dulled over later in the day, but earlier on I was quite lucky with autumn sunlight on the buildings.

Tyne & Wear, UK.

Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Arrived here about 4am where a bunch of teenagers were swimming without any cloths on. It would have been about 4 degrees. In my thermals and gloves, I was freezing... They seem to be having fun so...

First time at this location. The pictures I've seen here are different to what it's like now. That grandstand(quite ugly really) that curves around the back of the pool and acts as a barrier wasn't in most of the pictures I've seen.

I had in mind coming here to take a low shot with my telephoto lens of the 1-6 lane markings out towards the ocean and sunrise but.. that stand prevented this.

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Correction. I thought this was the Merewether Baths. To my big surprise there's 2 baths along this road in this area:p

Thanks to Archie, owner of a fantastic photostream (www.flickr.com/photos/madarchie0/) for sending me a polite, courteous, discrete ah hum email to let me know :) Appreciated it.

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Lines lines and more lines. Had some trouble stitching this one. I spent too much time between shots due to a massive wave coming through and killing my reflection. It didn't want to match up trying to join it so I had to combine other shots into it till it was happy. The shots with the waves streaking across turned out quite well but it wasn't as good as the reflection come panoramic time... Then came the duty of straightening it all out. Almost gave up on this one.

6 Pictures, 5 exposures each.

High contrast shot, taken in the Park, Nottingham.

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Long exposures around Newcastle

Newcastle.