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I've been wanting to take a reflection photo for a while and this spot was just right during sunset. There is no edit here.
SPT's subway network in Glasgow is closed from 02-31 July for essential maintenance and First Glasgow are providing the replacement bus service on a 5 minute service at peaks and 10 minutes service at all other times. Volvo B7TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 32544 (SF54 OSE) is seen here on Great Western Road whilst operating the outer circle replacement bus service.
I was sitting on the deck of our cottage when I took this; I never did see the little girl's face as she was so absorbed with the sea and didn't turn around or in my direction. One of my most favorite shots ever. Taken with my beloved Pentax K1000
Nags Head, NC. October 2023.
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sometimes I wonder where they went when they sit still in one position for so long. maybe they went to the outer space....^^
The Mansion of Millions of Years of User-Maat-Re Meriamun, ( Ramesses III) "United with Eternity in the Possession of Amun in Western Thebes."
The temples outer walls depict important battle and victory scenes over the Libyans and Sea Peoples.
Ramses III leaving the Temple after receiving his commission from Amun and mounting his chariot to set out on the Libyan campaign.
"Ramses III, holding the sickle-sword and a bow, leaves the temple. He is followed by the war-god Montu and preceded by priests carrying four standards, those of Upwawet, the "Opener of the Ways," of Khonsu, of Mut, and of Amun.
As the bugle soundsand the army stands at attention, the King mounts his chariot. Behind the King stand personal attendants and princes; before him waits his bodyguard.
This is the best preserved scene on the west wal."
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This is a still from "Night Motion Timelapse: Outer Banks", my 4 minute film vimeo.com/25023898
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25s - ISO 1000
The British Railways Standard Class 4 tank was a class of steam locomotive, one of the BR standard classes built during the 1950s. They were used primarily on commuter and outer suburban services.
On the nationalisation of British Railways (BR) in 1948 the London Midland Region had a number of ex-London, Midland and Scottish Railway 2-6-4T and the Western Region a number of GWR Large Prairie 2-6-2T types. These tank engines were particularly suited to commuter and secondary services. However, particularly in Scotland and the Southern Region, the situation was not so good with large numbers of pre-grouping types struggling on.
On the decision to build the BR standard series of locomotives, a series of class four tank engines was ordered, based on the ex-LMS Fairburn 2-6-4T with some modifications. The lineage of the class could therefore be tracked through the LMS/BR Class 4 2-6-4T locomotives back to the Fowler design of 1927.
Design work was done at Brighton, the overall programme being overseen by R.A. Riddles. The principal modifications to the Fairburn design involved the reduction of their envelope to enable them to fit into the L1 loading gauge. To do this the tanks and cab were made more curved than the Fairburn design, the Fairburn having a straight-sided tank. The biggest mechanical change was a reduction in cylinder size, also to reduce cross-section, and a corresponding increase in boiler pressure to compensate. Other visible changes include the reintroduction of plating ahead of the cylinders.
130 of the class of 155 were built at Brighton, 15 (80000–80009, 80054–80058) at Derby Works and 10 (80106–80115) at Doncaster Works between 1951 and 1956. The first to emerge was 80010 from Brighton in 1951. Fifteen that were due to be constructed in 1957 were cancelled due to impending dieselisation, and the last five would have been too had they not been at an advanced stage of construction when the order came to cancel them.
No significant modifications were made to the design. The tank vent was found to restrict the driver's vision and was moved further forward from 80059. Initially built with fluted coupling rods, these caused problems on other classes and from 80079 plain section coupling rods were substituted.
The BR standard class 4 4-6-0 was essentially a tender engine derivative of the Standard Class 4 tank.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BR_Standard_Class_4_2-6-4T
On July 4 1988 a very shabby hunk of metal on wheels was carted off from Woodham's scrap yard in Barry, South Wales. It had been shoved around there for 23 summers and winters suffering corrosion watching 205 other more complete and appealing pieces of similar machinery, including some of it own type, being snapped up by steam locomotive preservationists. To facilitate the departure of some of these luckier engines the hulk had been shunted too and fro becoming derailed on one occasion.
The leading bogie wheels had come off the tracks and, to remove the obstruction, they were simply sliced off with a gas axe leaving the hulk an even more forlorn and useless mess. If ever there was a "Barry-no-hoper" this was it.
What remained was constantly soaked by the rain bleached by the sun and bitten into by the cruel spray-filled sea air leaving it smarting and rusting away.
To make matters worst from time-to-time humans with no humanity chopped off limbs and ravaged the entrails.
There was no chimney, motion, pistons, gears or springs left: even the cab roof was torn off to provide a bonnet for a younger sister already rescued and just visible on the bunker sides was a number, 80072.
I was a loco-spotter in the early 1950s like so many other young boys and paid frequent visits to my grandparents in Hampshire. I soon found out that, if you went down to the nearby station of Bursledon in the afternoon, you would be treated to an express train hauled by a Brighton Atlantic speeding through quickly followed by a train with glossy new very impressive black express tank locomotive on it - a BR Standard Four Tank.
These trains were the Bournemouth - Brighton and Plymouth - Brighton services, the latter being pulled by a newly built 80XXX Class engine on a running in turn.
Every few days the next one in the series would appear. No 80072 was completed at Brighton in November 1953 and this was probably one of her first duties.
The Class was destined for service over a wide range of lines throughout the country and No 80072, together with a batch of her sisters, was sent to Tilbury on the Eastern Region. Here she seems to have been totally a passenger engine, working heavy commuter trains in and out of London's Fenchurch Station.
One of her regular bosses was Roy Shelley, who passed out as driver on her. He drove her often and came to look upon her as "my engine". His widow found out about the preservation of the engine and became one of the benefactors of the restoration project until her recent death.
Electrification brought an end to No.80072's usefulness at Tilbury and in July 1962 she was sent to the Western Region being assigned to 87D (Swansea East Dock).
This was the beginning of various wanderings on to Shrewsbury, back to Camarthen for a summer and, in September 1965, to Leamington Spa. Of her activities there we have quite a bit of evidence, mostly photographic, because she worked commuter trains into Birmingham, iron-ore workings from Banbury and even on banking turns from Stratford upon Avon up to the North Warwickshire line.
Otherwise of these itinerant years we know little and would be grateful for more information. But British Railways were modernising, diesels were fast taking over and No80072 was sent to Shrewsbury.
But they don't appear to have wanted her because on 24 July 1965 she was with-drawn from service and sold to Woodham's of Barry for scrap. No80072 was a mere child in steam locomotive terms being only 11 years of age.
Early in 1988 a chartered surveyor, Ray Treadwell, and his wife Elaine, were looking for a engine to buy and discovered No.80072. A reserve already placed on the engine was successfully challenged and purchase completed.
Ray had originally intended to take her to Brighton but shunting difficulties over the third rail there deterred him and he turned to Swindon, who were willing to take her. So rusted up was she, that loading at Barry was difficult, so they oiled her up before unloading.
For a moment No.80072 showed some of her original vigour, for, as she was lowered down, she ran free, broke through the chocks and unloaded herself in the middle of the yard.
Swindon was planned as temporary resting place but it proved to be more than that. Ray says that it was fortunate that the engine did go to Swindon because it was possible to dismantle and start some work there. This would not have happened at Brighton.
But Ray and Elaine were also trying to restore a pannier tank too so they decided to seek others to restore No.80072. This led to the formation of the Llangollen Standard Four Project, as it was acknowledged by some of the Llangollen Railway members that this kind of engine would be an asset to their line.
She would also fill a place in Welsh railway history because not only had No.80072 spent most of her years in Wales but examples of the Class had been used over several lines in the North Wales in the latter years of BR steam.
Money had to be raised quickly to complete the purchase, as we were not the only party interested in buying this engine, such is the favour bestowed on the type. The engine was secured while Ray and Elaine became partners in the scheme.
The engine had already been dismantled when the Project team moved into Swindon. The engine resided on the premises of the now Swindon Locomotive , Carriage and Wagon Company set up in the old GWR works.
We are grateful to them for allowing us to go in to work on the engine and for undertaking much of the early technical work. Professional work was needed as years of corrosion had played havoc with the metal.
Getting the engine apart in the first place had not been easy. Frame stretchers needed replacement or repair, strengthening had to be done in some places and a bent back-end had to be straightened (probably form a heavy shunt in BR days). Axle box liners were cracked and had to welded or replaced.
The driving wheels had been retyred by the time we became involved but the broken wheelset had to be replaced with the new wheel hubs. Despite the extent and cost of the work it was decided to restore to MT276 specification leaving options for use on the main line open for the future.
The frames were thoroughly cleaned and six coats of paint applied. Axle boxes were remetalled, journals machined and the engine made ready to receive her driving wheels back.
By the summer of 1995 the engine was a rolling chassis again. The move came on July 11 by road and she was received in the old goods shed at Llangollen. Now work could get underway to fabricate and fit the parts needed to hang the new springs.
Also transported at the same time with the engine had been the other axle boxes and wheels together with the repaired set. Assembly now took place returning the engine from an 0-6-0 to a 2-6-4.
With the completion of the new locomotive shed at Llangollen including its restoration roads No.80072 could be removed form the depths of the goods shed and took up position in the airy and spacious position reserved for her. The move in the Autumn of 1996 has meant that work can proceed more easily. At present lubrication, vacuum and steam heating pipes and fittings are being attached and the brake gear and motion being assembled.
It has been found that many parts exist on preserved railways across the country; these are being collected together as availability and finance allow. The engine can be viewed by the public subject to prior arrangement but when the planned observation platform is put in place in the locomotive shed, the public will have regular opportunities to view the progress.Since Harry's article he has written to me with the following :-
When the engine left Brighton it went briefly to Plaistow Shed (33A) before being sent on to Tilbury. On leaving the LTS it went to Old Oak briefly and then on to Swansea. I refer in the article to it moving on to Shrewsbury - this was because I have documentary evidence of it there at this time. However, I have established that it wasn't shedded there then but would be a likely visitor because it was working the Central Wales line which ended up at Shrewsbury and likewise this would have taken it to Camarthen.
At Leamington I refer to iron ore traffic. This may be so but is probably unlikely. This was based on the picture (which you have in the photo album in paper cutting form) of it standing at Banbury with' seemingly, iron ore wagons. I have since established that these contain stone from Ardley quarries - so replace "iron ore" with "stone". (Iron ore trains from Banbury were not a Leamington turn).
While she was at Swansea I have documentary evidence of her on Gloucester shed in steam -- how she got there is an interesting one to work out.Also when it left Leamington apparently it was sent to Tyseley first - they didn't want it so sent it on to Shrewsbury who promptly withdrew it.
I bought this in 1968 and I still have it. Mel Birnkrant, who designed the Colorforms Outer Space Men must've been inspired by the Metaluna Mutant from This Island Earth when he designed this one.
Exhibits at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
The stunning one-million-gallon Outer Bay exhibit is home to the largest community of open-ocean animals to be found in any aquarium. Giant bluefin tuna power their way through the water. Hammerhead sharks circle inches away. Sea turtles cruise lazily by.
The Outer Bay also features the largest permanent collection of jellyfish species in the United States. Egg-yolk jellies and sea nettles drift gently in ten-foot-long exhibits beautifully lit to accentuate the jellies' delicate beauty. Comb jellies pulse with rainbow bands of light as they swim.
In the past, a wonderful exhibit of Jelly Fish and most recently “The Secret Life of Seahorses”; always something exciting to see at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
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Becoming mild past.
Crossing the outer wall without scratching me.
Being happy knowing what to your you are it.
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♫♫♪♫♪ W.A.S.P.: Forever Free ♫♫♪♫♪
I ride all alone and can't see
The road to nowhere anymore
And shadows whispers are calling me
To forbidden forests by the shore
And there she fell, deep in the night
One breath away from heaven's light
And she said - don't cry for me, I'm leaving you
The wind cries her name in the breeze
But I can't hold her anymore
Some fallen angel had come to me
And fell to heavy on my soul
And stole from me the love that I heard
Lords of time say never die
And said - don't cry for me, cause I'll be
Riding the wind forever free
High in the wind forever free
I'll ride the wind forever free
High in the wind forever free
Forever free
Forever in my hearts a fire, a fire burning
I wake up nights and hear her crying, crying my name
Riding the wind forever free
High in the wind forever free
I ride the wind forever free
High in the wind forever free
Forever free
This ship started as table scraping (The treads as engines) plus that spoiler part. Then I saw the black windscreen an it's reverse, and the ship came together. It's a much different style than my normal Blacktron 2 MOCs, but in a good way, I feel.
Ruins of outer walls at Dun Aonghasa, a prehistoric stone fort atop a 300-foot (100 m) cliff on Inishmore, largest of the Aran Islands.
A week after hurricane Irene brought us down to the Outer Banks and a little town called Corolla. The stormy ocean was a little hairy to play in but the big storms stayed away. A cool place to hang out.
There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to — The Outer Limits.
Creds to Sharpey for being so scary!