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Norfolk Southern's former Conrail SD60I 5651 was sitting in Canadian Pacific's Bensenville Yard in 2007. In the distance, a former Soo Line GP40 still wearing its banditized Milwaukee Road colors was going about its day.
The NS 6761 has long since lost its blue and white paint scheme and the SOO 2057 went on to LTEX as their 3010 and current whereabouts per them interwebs more or less has it leased to the Kettle Falls International Railway in British Columbia.
I think this is Yellow Patch (Amanita flavoconia) mushroom.
Photo taken hand-held. Amazingly, I was able to align and focus stack 9 photos, one of which had to be manually moved and masked. Then, I used a touch of an AI brush to clean up the mess between the focus and out of focus layers. HSS!
All images and textures are my own.
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I&M Rail Link SD40 203, built in 1966 for the Pennsylvania Railroad as their 6069, was leading SD45 382, a former Seaboard Coast Line motor, on train 264 on the Elgin Subdivision at B12 Interlocking in Franklin Park in 1998.
The patched 203 was still wearing Conrail colors and was passed on to the ICE when they took over in 2002.
It has since been scrapped.
Entre uma descarga do nariz e um joguinho da Olimpiada, fiz esta pra minha irmã dar de prsente num batizado!
This is the Teasel Patch I used to capture all the macros in. It was a good sized patch with many plants easily over 6 foot tall. Lucky for me there were some closer to the ground that still had some flowers on them.
iPhone 4 to capture and iPad 3 to edit.
The old story, worth re-telling:
This happened decades ago. In Iowa, highway department maintenance crews cannot mow down wildflowers along state highways. They can only mow 'weeds', and the weeds have to be specifically included on a legislatively-produced list. It came to pass that in some locations, sunflowers growing along the highways, in ditches, were so tall that they reduced visibility.
The state legislature, acting on a request from the highway department, declared the sunflower a noxious weed, so that these patches could indeed be mowed.
Unfortunately, the sunflower is the state flower of Kansas...where the legislature there took offense at the weed designation. The Kansas legislature then added the Goldfinch -- Iowa's state bird -- to its list of declared pests (rather than protected songbirds), eliminating its protection.
The situation was ultimately resolved, but does illustrate the seriousness and solemnity with which state legislatures pursue their responsibilities. True story.
This photo features the Crimson-patched Longwing (Heliconius erato), taken at the Emerald Valley Nature Center, Lake Yojoa, Honduras. Capturing the vivid red patches against the delicate black wings of this butterfly was a thrilling challenge. The setting provided a lush green background, making the butterfly’s colors pop. I used a slow shutter speed of 1/60 second to capture the fluttering movement of the butterfly, combined with an aperture of f/11 and ISO 800 to ensure a deep depth of field and crisp details. The Canon R5, paired with the RF 100-400mm lens and a 1.4x extender, allowed for an effective focal length of 560mm, essential for this close-up.
From a photographer's perspective, this image highlights the delicate balance between technical settings and the subject's natural beauty. The butterfly, in its later stages of life with parts of its wings worn, tells a story of survival and grace. Emerald Valley is a prime location for butterfly photography, thanks to the conservation efforts led by Robert Gallardo. His dedication to preserving these species is evident in the thriving butterfly population at the nature center.
©2022 Adam Rainoff Photographer
I was visiting Mirror Lake, in the High Uinta Mountains in Utah on an overcast day, when a patch of blue suddenly opened up.
A former Conrail C40-8W and a SD60M led a NS C44-9W on a southbound Canadian National run-through freight back in 2005.
Even though they were patched for new owner Norfolk Southern, the blue beasts were still a nice sight when compared to that monochromatic thing third out.
Come to the Pumpkin Patch at Seminole Heights United Methodist Church down on the corner of Central & Hanna in Seminole Heights. The Patch will be open 12-8 p.m. Sunday through Friday, and 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. Saturdays until Halloween.
Bordered patch butterfly on Brazilian verbena flower. Shot with Agfa Solinar 1:4.5 105mm mounted on Nikon bellows. Bellows connected to Sony A7 body with Nikon adapter.
Wearing patches over its DMIR paint, EJ&E SD-M #804 sits at Kirk awaiting its next job. Built as DMIR SD9 #169 in April 1959, this unit now works for IBCX.
Rock Island 4509 was "patched" as CNW 4160 for the CNW Days at the Illinois Railway Museum and was in charge of the mixed train at Johnson Siding.
RI 4509 was sold to the CNW and renumbered 4160 after the RI shutdown. The engine came to the museum as CNW 4160, brought back to life, and repainted in the blue Rock Island scheme.
May 18, 2024