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Operator- Arriva Midlands Telford
Operating Area- Shropshire, Staffordshire & Worcestershire
Make- Wright Bus
Model- Pulsar 2
Chassie- SB200 VDL
Fleet No- 3742
Reg- YJ59BVA
Location Seen- Telford Central Train Station
Service- 5A to Telford Centre
Info- New to Arriva Midlands Wellington (Telford) Garage
Seen- 31/8/22
Operator: Stagecoach Bluebird/Megabus
Depot Based: Cumbernauld
Chassis: Van Hool TD927
Bodywork: Van Hool Astromega
Fleet Number: 50227
Registration Plate: SV59 CGG
Service:Blackburn to Kemnay School "G"
Taken at my son's (Ragik's) graduation. This fellow was one of the camera guys for the video shown overhead.
Operator- Coastal Liner Willenhall
Operating Area- West Midlands
Make- Wright Bus
Model- Commander
Chassie- DAF SB200
Fleet No- N/A
Reg- YG52EVY
Location Seen- Telford Central on Rail Replacement
Info- New to John Fishwick & Sons Leyland
Seen 6/3/22
Operator- Arriva Midlands Telford
Operating Area- Shropshire, Staffordshire & Worcestershire
Make- Mercedes Benz
Model- Sprinter City
Chassie-
Fleet No- 1005
Reg- BF67WFY
Location Seen- Blists Hill Victorian Town Museum
Service- Gorge Connect Service
Info- New to Arriva Midlands Southern Counties
Seen 10/7/22
Owner/Operator: Royal Caribbean International
Year built: 1998
Builder: Chantiers de l'Atlantique, St. Nazaire, France
Former names: -
Gross Tonnage 78,491
Length: 279.0 m (915.3 ft)
Beam: 32.2 m (105.6 ft)
Passengers (normal): 1,998
Passengers (maximum): 2,416
Crew: 783
Service speed: 22.3 kn
Sister Ship: Grandeur of the Seas, Enchantment of the Seas, Rhapsody of the Seas
A class of Bus Operators graduates at the Zerega Training Facility on Thursday, July 21, 2022.
(Marc A. Hermann / MTA)
Operator- National Express West Midlands
Operating Area- West Midlands
Make- Wright Bus
Model- Eclipse Urban
Chassie- Volvo B7RLE
Fleet No- 2079
Reg- BX61XCB
Location Seen- Wolverhampton Bus Station
Service- 81 to Dudley
Info- Allocated to Wolverhampton Garage
Seen- 4/9/22
Fort Polk, La., May 2, 2018 - Georgia National Guardsman, Sgt. Ben Anderson, 177th Brigade Engineer Battalion, demonstrates the hydraulically-powered articulated "claw" operation of the Buffalo Mine Protected Route Clearance Vehicle from the front seat during the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team's Joint Readiness Training Center rotation.
Georgia National Guard photo by Capt. Charlie Emmons
Operator State Transit Authority - Sydney Buses (Mona Vale Depot)
Fleet Number 2862
Chassis MAN ND323F
Body Gemilang Eco Double-Deck
Model Valentine Depauw
Ranger Quadra A head with softbox to camera left.
Ranger Quadra A head with diffuser cap behind model to camera left.
Fired by Pocket Wizard Plus 11
Former DSS&A station at Bergland Michigan, taken shortly before it too, went missing. From here the tracks still go north to White Pine, but were abandoned on the former main east to Sidnaw. Taken September 1997 and scanned from a slide.
Operator: Arriva
Livery: Northern / Unbranded Northern Rail
No: 150211 & 150268
Service: 1D96 Llandudno to Chester
Location: Llandudno
Operator: Brighton & Hove Bus Company
Route: 1A
Destination: Mile Oak
Location: Western Road, Brighton
Date: 16th November 2011
A slight recolor of bubbly tiger. A lot of experimental stuff went into this - Sculpted sleeves and pantlegs, epoxy cast lenses for the goggles and the sight, flexible shoulder strap on the SAW, and glue-type epoxy casts from a resin mold (They're on the back, may post some pictures, not sure.) which are pretty interesting if not wholly impractical.
Operator: Reading Buses
Make/Model: Optare Solo (M950)
Registration Number: FX04 WFR
Fleet Number: 181
History: Stagecoach (47271)
View: Rear
Operator: Virgin
Livery: Virgin
No: 390152 'Virgin Knight'
Service: 1F12 London Euston to Liverpool South Parkway
Location: Crewe
Operator: Ryanair
Aircraft: Boeing 737-8AS
Registration: EI-EBH
C/n: 37526/2797
Location: Eindhoven Airport (EIN/EHEH)
Date: 6-8-2020
A class of Bus Operators graduates at the Zerega Training Facility on Thursday, July 21, 2022.
(Marc A. Hermann / MTA)
Operator: Reading Buses
Make/Model: ADL E40D/Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 MMC (H47/33F)
Registration Number: YX64 VRM
Fleet Number: 752
View: Interior (Cab)
A class of Bus Operators graduates at the Zerega Training Facility on Thursday, July 21, 2022.
(Marc A. Hermann / MTA)
Model: Amanda Cowles
Photographer: Justin Bonaparte
Operators Forsvarets Spesialkommando (FSK) during a recent training exercise.
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Photos: Torbjorn Kjosvold /Forsvaret
Operator: First (Berkshire & The Thames Valley) - (Reading) - (RailAir)
Make/Model: Scania K360EB4/Irizar i6
Registration Number: YT68 GXE
Fleet Number: 23605
A dozer operator on the Dodge Springs Fire repairs dozer fire breaks put in to help contain the fire July 26, 2022. Photo by Jess D. Harvey, USDA Forest Service
a/c 11-04, 111 Esquadrón, Ala 11, Free Spanish Air Force
Al Mahbes, Spanish Sahara, March, 1972
Personal mount of Captain Raúl Jiménez (pilot) and Lieutenant Janner Corozo (observer/ECM operator)
The Spanish Republic maintained a neutral stance when WW3 broke out in mid-1950. However, in December Spain joined the Moscow Pact as the European Red Revolutions culminated in the ousting of US forces from mainland Europe. Ejected from the UN, Spain was now at war. In response, the US occupied Spain's Atlantic territories, including the Canary Islands, and Free French troops based in Morocco took control over Spain's northern and southern Moroccan protectorates and its Spanish Sahara colony. A Free Spanish government was established at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in February 1951, which subsequently resumed authority over Spain's Atlantic and African territories. As a result, Free Spanish forces would see considerable combat against the Reds until 1980.
The colonial administration of Spanish Sahara was propped up by UN troops and funding, by the active support of the Spanish diaspora and the recruitment of foriegn mercenaries. After the Reds liberated northern Morocco in 1954, Free Spain and its UN allies defended Spanish Sahara until the colony was liberated in August 1980. Enemies included the Red Army and the insurgencies of the Moroccan Liberation Army and later the Polisario Front. It was the latter that established full control over the former colony as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in August 1980.
The air war over Spanish Sahara was fought in two distinct arenas. Peer operations saw several campaigns of attrition fought between Red and UN airpower. Meanwhile, UN air forces maintained an ongoing COIN effort against insurgents and the Trotsky Trail, the latter forming the routes through which the Reds supported anti-UN forces in sub-Saharan Africa. While fast jets used Spanish Saharan air bases to engage the enemy up-north, those same airfields hosted a range of slow movers mounting tactical COIN missions across the broad swathe of the western Sahara.
In the late 1950s the UN established a series of defensive lines south of the Maghreb, from the Atlantic in the west to the border of neutral Libya in the west. Characterised by minefields, berms, fortifications, artillery fire bases, airfields and extensive surface and air patrolling, this forward positioning was expensive to maintain and constantly proved to be porous. With the growing prowess and reach of Red airpower, UN airpower within and to the north of these lines became increasingly challenged during the late 60s and into the 70s. By 1969, it had become apparent that the UN's nocturnal campaigns against Red movements in the Maghreb, collectively actioned under the umbrella of the DAMIT (Denied Area Mobile Interdiction Techniques) program, was unsustainable. To stem crippling losses, senior UN officers concluded that new systems and tactics were needed. A call went out for innovative solutions.
111 Esquadrón of the Free Spanish Air Force was formed in July 1953 at Laayoune as the first flying squadron of Ala 11. Flying US surplus North American AT-6D Texans, 111 Esq deployed detachments to forward airfields to conduct FAC and light attack missions throughout the colony, into southern Morocco and western Algeria. As with its sister squadron, 112 Esq (formed in 1954), the unit drew heavily on the Spanish diaspora for its personnel. The Texans were replaced by North American T-28D Nomads in 1962. In 1968, another North American product was introduced, the OV-10A Bronco. By then, most of the aircrew were foreigners from throughout the Hispanosphere.
Consulted on DAMIT's issues and informed of the funding available for new proposals, the personnel of Ala 11 responded with a novel concept. They noted that a critical problem was deteriorating situational awareness during DAMIT missions. This, they argued, was due to the loss rate of fast FAC aircraft being higher than the loss rate of the slow FACs they replaced. The failings and increasing timidity of the fast FAC force was compounded by DAMIT's standoff surveillance and EW platforms being forced to fly further south than was useful for effective support. The solution, the Free Spanish personnel figured, was to replace these planes with ones that flew slow and low. They knew from experience that a low flying Bronco was hard to shoot down with a fighter, even in daylight, but what the OV-10A didn't have was the range of targeting sensors and ECM to fulfil DAMIT night FAC missions alone. What was needed, they suggested, were Broncos with LLLTV, FLIR, ground mapping/MTI radar, Elint and ECM capabilities. As the OV-10 had a cargo and passenger compartment in the rear fuselage, Ala 11 argued that the Bronco could feasibly (if uncomfortably) accommodate a third crew member and their black boxes if needed.
When the Ala 11's proposal (The Multispectral OV-10 DAMIT FAC) was considered by UN brass, it was warmly received by Canadian officers, but not the Americans. Although all were aware of the USMC's recently let contract for 2 of the complementary YOV-10D NOGS (Night Observation Gun Ship), the relevant US officers failed to see the potential synergies. Instead, the US focus was on stealth (specifically the Lockheed YO-3A Quiet Star), special forces, RPVs and precision guided weapons. Nethertheless, UN funding was made available and Canada and the Free Spanish collaborated to define a new Bronco variant, to be manufactured by North American Rockwell as the YOV-10D NEWT (Night Electronic Warfare & Targeting).
Given access to the NOGS program and a commitment for the supply of 6 NOGS for combat testing on DAMIT missions, the Free Spanish Air Force ordered 6 NEWTS from North American Rockwell. Intending to use the two types as a DAMIT FAC and attack team, NEWT required a ground mapping radar with MTI, plus a sufficiently powerful ECM suite to provide joint protection. Not limited to using American equipment, NEWT featured the Turquoise Oval SLAR in an elongated nose and the Heliotrope Sail escort ECM suite, which included a ventrally mounted pod. Both systems were produced by the Canadian Marconi company. At the tip of the nose was an internally mounted AAA-4B Pave Mouse IR/UV beacon detector, while under the fuselage was a fairing housing the Pave Bounce direction finding radar receiver. LORAN-C provided both navigation and geolocation data for third-party targeting. Both versions of the YOV-10D were issued to 111 Esq, while 112 Esq upgraded to the OV-10F (which, like the NEWT, featured 4 .50 cal Brownings, more powerful engines and upgraded air-conditioning).
NEWT external loadout options included CBUs (4 Mk.20 Rockeye IIs are seen here), rocket pods, Mk.82s and GBU-12s. SideARMs or AGM-45B Shrikes were carried for SEAD, with a Phillips Canada Sable Latch chaff/flare dispenser mounted on each tail boom as standard. The NEWT's capabilities and weapons complimented the FLIR, laser designator and turreted 20mm M197 cannon of the NOGS.
The airfield adjacent to the northern Spanish Saharan town of Al Mahbes was one of 112 Esq's forward positions. This aircraft, 11-04, was photographed there in April 1972, alongside a NOGS, prior to a night FAC team mission. Seen beside the NEWT Bronco was its crew, pilot Captain Raúl Jiménez (a former Mexican Air Force C-130B pilot) and systems (radar and ECM) operator Lieutenant Janner Corozo (a former electronic warfare operator with the Ecuadorian Navy). According to the article in Soldier of Fortune magazine that accompanied the photo (DAMIT! Hispanic NEWTS and NOGS, September 1972), neither men had seen combat before recruitment to the Free Spanish Air Force. They were said to have volunteered for "the adventure and to kill Commies." Capt. Jiménez was quoted as saying they flew "CSAR FAC and DAMIT kill box FAC patrols, SEAD, heckler diversion and harassment raids and special forces support." According to the story, their "memorable missions" included "successful CSAR efforts" (one to save a downed USAF F-111A crew and another to rescue a Canadian F-4M crew) and a "particularly productive sortie where they busted a pair of BTR-60s, took out a BMP-1 and flamed a few trucks." Both men were killed on 3 November 1972, when 11-04 was shot down by an FLIR-assisted, radar guided ZSU-23-4 Shilka mobile AAA system near Fam El Hisn in Morocco. Their loss brought an end to YOV-10D operations.
Both the NEWT and NOGS versions of the YOV-10D were experimental and no more were built. The Free Spanish YOV-10D DAMIT teams achieved limited success and after 10 months of combat were withdrawn. By then, only 3 NOGS and 2 NEWT YOV-10Ds remained to be sent to the boneyard. Of the 2 USMC NOGS, both saw service in SEA during 1972's Operation Half Back Flanker, where they were shot down. Production OV-10Ds were built to an entirely different standard and delivered to 111 Esq in 1974.
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Country: SPAIN
Operator: RENFE
Item: STEAM
Class or Maker: RENFE/241-2201
Wheel Arrangement or Type: 4-8-2
Number: -
Place details: LA ENCINA lineside
Additional notes: 1674mm Madrid to Alicante train
Original source material: Agfa 35mm slide
Photographer: Charles F Firminger
Copyright: Photographer
Library locator reference: CHFF.0015
30937 Transport Photograph Database
1968APR17CHFF025cs
Recently, I was asked to do some employee shots for Identity Group. This is one of the shots we got.
This gentleman is a press operator for Identity Group's Redi-Tag branch.
strobist: 1 Nikon SB-24, camera right, 1/2 CTO gelled, diffusyed by a 15" Alzo softbox. 1 Quantaray QDC-900WA, camera right (slightly behind subject and overhead), 1/2 CTO gelled, reflected into a silver umbrella. 1 Canon 580EX, well behind subject and pointed at the background, red gelled, diffused by a Stofen diffuser. Flashes triggered via Cybersyncs.
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