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After shunting the sleeper stock 460 026 then brought out these wagons and after running around the train is seen departing for the short journey to Port Bou in Spain.
Bristol Omnibus Company's 2628, a Bristol MW5G, leaves Weston super Mare's bus station and depot on a lightly loaded service 138 journey to the resorts of Brean and Burnham on Sea, August 30th 1979. The brackets either side of the destination box indicates that the bus had at one time been used on Bristol's "City Centre Circle" service, since when so used a "City Centre Circle" destination board would have been clipped in there.
Canon EOS600D, ISO400, 1/200th, f6.3, 46.0mm, off camera EX430II flash @ 1/6th power, radio triggered via a shoot-through brolly.
From Zenkaicon 2016. Probably one of more fun photo-shoots I've done in a while.
A bit of inspired improvisation:
- Star-Lord (Guardians of the Galaxy) having a dance-off with Cisco Ramon (Vibe from "The Flash" TV show). Just do a google search for these characters dancing and you'll see why this came together at the last moment.
I was literally trying not to drop my camera from laughing so hard.
NJT 1001 comes off the Montclair-Boonton Line into Denville. This is the first train of the afternoon to continue west of Montclair and rejoin the M&E here at Denville.
I probably should have been working.....but the wind was keeping the mosquitoes at bay, so the dogs and I headed off to get some photos of prairie wildflowers. Two hours and over 600 photos later.........
The dogs would probably have preferred to have gone to the river, but they found some deer poop, some long-lost toys and other such things to keep them amused.
the old Pachyderm building has been closed off for a while now and is still closed as the Expedition Africa exhibit is being constructed nearby. Will this building be integrated into it? or torn down?
Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 departing Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport bound for Chicago Midway on a clear day
When the 436 was withdrawn between Woking and Guildford, from 22nd October 2006, the way it served Woking town centre was changed into a loop: arriving from Sheerwater via Maybury Road, then terminating in the bus stand in The Broadway along from the rail station. Then, starting again to the station stops on The Broadway, under the canopy, down the High Street, Cawsey Way, Victoria Way, doubling back via Chertsey Road, Stanley Road and then via Walton Road back to Sheerwater.
When this started, the canopy was actually being built, so all buses were having to go the long way round and using The Broadway bus stand, turning via Locke Way. A shuttle service was run to take people around to Cawsey Way.
The problem with the loop arrangement is that the arriving bus dumps passengers at the far edge of the town centre, leaving everyone to walk to where they need to get to.
That's fine if you're able bodied, but not if you're not.
When the 446 was withdrawn from Morrisons, to improve reliability, after October 12th 2012, it was changed to follow the 436's arrangement.
Some pensioners try and stay on the bus for the return leg to reach Cawsey Way, but this isn't technically allowed.
Here, Abellio Surrey 8086 (KV03 ZFM) had just arrived, and the driver is kicking two pensioners off the bus.
It took them five minutes to get from the bus stand to stop 2, where they stopped to have a rest. The same bus then drove past them on its return 446 trip.
This was the penultimate day of the 446 running half hourly. Various attempts to get it to run reliably (including withdrawing it from Morrisons, as above) never worked (it really needed an extra bus in the cycle), so as part of Abellio Surrey's network review from 5th April 2014, it was cut to hourly.
To maintain a half hourly Abellio service through Sheerwater, route 459 was withdrawn from Six Crossroads, Shores Road and Kettlewell Hill (replaced by new two hourly, off-peak, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays only route 592) and diverted via Sheerwater instead. It was also withdrawn from Morrisons, and now takes the same loop route as the 436 and 446 in the town centre - another route added to the list.
Current plans for the development of 'Victoria Square' involve the High Street being made one way westbound, so every bus route serving the town will have to follow the same arrangement.
Apart from the obvious problems of not serving the shops and accessibility for the infirm, some routes (e.g. the 437) won't actually have enough time in the schedule to go the long way around.
The Broadway, Woking, Surrey.
For the daily challenge....."Pointed"
Looks good on black.
One tiny little water drop off the point of an orchid petal. I was surprised how clear I was able to get it. Obviously not as pinsharp as with a true macro, but for a little attachment lens for the iPhone, I think it did amazingly well.
All is not as it seems as Scotrail branded class 47/4 no 47637 Springburn stands between trains at Wolverhampton on 25 February 1989. Allocated to the Intercity sector off Crewe at the time, it was probably employed on a Shrewsbury service on this particular occasion.
... for a while. Camped in lovely green places, catched some sun and listened to the silence. Oh joy !
Taken during a helicopter flight from Hilo airport on the East coast of Big Island, Hawaii. This helicopter flight was run by Paradise Copters and we went for the "doors off" extreme flight over the top of the active Pu'u O'o volcanic vent/crater, which had plenty of lava on show for us bubbling away in the crater, and flowing out in a lava river a little lower down one of the crater flanks.
Inspired by a UK-based cookery show, the Great British Vape Off is a four-eJuice line of baked dessert flavour blends. visit: goo.gl/j1R4cv
I'll be heading off to Egypt for our belated Honeymoon...so we'll be going from snow to sand for a while. Hopefully I'll have some good shots when I get back!
A robust touring machine, for off-road adventures. 29x2.00 tires, disc brakes, fenders, a custom cat's head headbadge, and a custom bullmoose style stem done up to fit some moto bars.
Shannon's 1st time at off leash to meet new friends.
Canonet QL19
Fomapan 400
Kodak D-76, 1:1, 12 minutes, 20°C/68°F
Epson V550
Deliriously happy.
First, we're ditching our parents for three weeks of freedom and second, we're returning to England - we'd been gone almost eight years.
1972, Ruth and I had saved our money (mostly babysitting) and bought cheap student plane tickets and a BritRail Pass. We're seniors in High School but I was at a hippie school where I was told to "check out the women's movement in England" Ruth went to a regular school - I forget what she was supposed to do to "justify" 3 weeks off.
Our parents - not really the kind to worry (we're seventeen with no idea what we'll do for three weeks when we get over there except for a few nights at relatives) - sent us off in high spirits - lots of jokes and cracking each other up - general hilarity at the depot. In contrast, the American girl that went with us was saying an emotional goodbye to her mom who was also teary and worried.
The really funny thing about this was that that reaction was so foreign to us I can remember saying in disbelief "Wait, you're not crying are you?" not to be mean but just amazed!
Remember this, Ruth?