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One of two new work platforms for NASA's Space Launch System booster engines is secured on dunnage inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The platforms were transported from fabricator Met-Con Inc. in Cocoa, Florida. They will be stored in the VAB, where they will be used for processing and checkout of the engines for the rocket's twin five-segment solid rocket boosters for Exploration Mission-1. EM-1 will launch an uncrewed Orion spacecraft to a stable orbit beyond the Moon and bring it back to Earth for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo credit: NASA/Bill White
Sony A6300 + Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* E 4/16-70
Daejeon station, Korea
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We recently redid our newly-minted teenager's room at his request. I built him a platform bed on casters. Upside is that Kimberlee loves the caster feature when she makes the bed.
I ripped the design off from this one (called a "meat cart" design): www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/how-to/how-to-make-a-platform..., but made it with 2x6s instead of 2x4s to suit my large, rowdy son. The stainless grab bar was a great design touch. My own addition was the lag bolts and fender washers, which I think contributed to the industrial look.
The Northern Central Railway's 2PM excursion arrives at the historic depot in Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania. Engineer Steve eases his locomotive to the mark which will put the coach platforms exactly where the Conductors have positioned the steps. Shortly, the passengers will disembark and will have 30 minutes to tour the museum inside the depot, or perhaps buy some refreshments from a vendor who has set up his ice cream truck in the nearby parking lot.
The NCRy trains no longer run with the locomotive leading on the run north from New Freedom to Hanover Junction. For the first few weeks of operation, the railroad tried that, but they found that the switching operations necessary to get the train configured for the southbound run just took too much time and required too many people to ensure the safety of the passengers. Now, the trains back up on the northbound run, so when they arrive at the junction, there's no switching to do at all. This allows the crew to focus on locomotive service, and permits the patrons to view and take photos around the train without risk of injury.
A13 arrives into Epping Platform 5 with a Central service from Hornsby via the ECRL (Epping - Chatswood Rail Link).
On the 30th September 2018, the Epping - Chatswood Rail Link (ECRL) was closed to be converted to a "Metro" as part of the Sydney Metro project, a driverless train system running from Tallawong, near Riverstone, to Sydenham, with plans to extend to Bankstown.
Sunday 23rd September 2018
The stock for the 14:40 Crewe to Holyhead has just arrived at Platform 1 with Class40 40035 in charge, just look at all the mail that is waiting to be loaded on the train , but no staff in sight to do it, other Class 40,s photographed that day were, 40013 40014 40029 40033 40034 40087. 23/06/1979.
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The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is a public transport agency that operates transit bus, streetcar, and rapid transit services in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1954, the TTC has grown to comprise four rapid transit lines with a total of 69 stations, as well as over 149 bus routes and 11 streetcar lines, of which 148 routes make 243 connections with a rapid transit station during weekday rush hours.
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From the May 2016 trip to Thailand and Cambodia:
Sra Srang is a manmade baray. It means “royal bath.” It measures 700 meters by 350 meters (on a slight SE-NW axis) and is directly across the street from the east entrance of Banteay Kdei. It was built around the mid-10th century by King Rajendravarman. This lake has retained its water for more than 9 centuries. Well…until now. But, as half of my countrymen will gladly tell you, global warming isn’t a problem, now, is it?
Anyway, when you look at these pictures – and they’re from the west viewing platform – imagine how amazing sunrises could be here with a reflecting pool directly in front of you. Oh, what once was. (I’ll pray that this lake does fill up during the year, though it’s still worrisome that it dries out completely for part of the year, if that’s the case.)
Well, this is it. Save for a return flight to Bangkok on Tuesday, May 17 (a formality, really, just to pick up the return flight to China on the 18th…and no shoots on the 17th in Bangkok), Siem Reap/Angkor Wat is the last stop – and the one I was most looking forward to.
The flight over was pretty uneventful, though amusing. At Phnom Penh International Airport, we checked in at the gate, then went outside and hopped on a bus to take us to the plane…which was literally less than 100 meters away. That amused me to no end. A quick, comfortable 45 minute flight on the prop jet later – over completely black terrain; it seems the countryside is either sparsely populated, or electricity is a premium, but we may as well have been flying over a moonless ocean – brought us to Siem Reap (which, I’m glad to say, had lights). Siem Reap is the small town (and it’s basically a tourist/party kind of town where it’s great to go out at night after spending a full day in the sweltering hot sun. It’s about 10 kilometers south of Angkor Wat.
In overview, Angkor Wat is the ancient capital of the Khmer kingdom. What remains today are temples…temples…and temples. Hindu temples. Buddhist temples. They were also a people who were animists, so some temples are reminiscent of that system, too.
The detail of the temples is also fascinating. There are more asparas here than you can shake a stick at. Of the roughly 20,000 asparas, only one is shown smiling (baring teeth, that is). It fascinates – and impresses – me that people have done such extensive research and restoration that they know this. Those are the details, though.
A macro view of the Siem Reap area is just as impressive in that these temples are a study of a civilization close to one thousand years old (yet another jaw-dropping aspect of Angkor: the longevity) and their durability. The earliest temples are over a thousand years old, and the most recent are from the 14th century. (If the guide book I bought is correct, they were all built between 790-1307.) What survives today is all original (though there have been reinforcements with stone – many foreign countries support renovations of specific temples; I recall China and India among them). It’s quite obvious to tell what’s old and what’s new in most cases. However, the restorations are all good and necessary. One last note regarding the longevity of these temples is this: If these stone temples are what remained…how impressive must the society have been who created them? (That’s to say…think of the temples, houses, and all that didn’t survive as they were built of wood; these are simply the temples built by the royals or the aristocracy.)
A tour of modern-day Angkor Wat can be done in one or two fairly vigorous days. However, if you’re looking for any classic shots, you’ll want to spend longer here. (Common sense: the more time here, the more chances for good shots.) For this trip – it may be the only time I come here, though you never know – we arrived on a Saturday night and checked into our hotel (My Home Tropical Garden Villa; $20/night)
Siem Reap feels, at first, like a small dusty outpost of a town. The center of town is about four square blocks of small dive restaurants (and a bar street) and slightly pricier restaurants. There is also a night market street, an art street…all in all, it’s quite nice and has a bit of a party feel to it in addition to the endless souvenir stands you would expect. Though we didn’t go out on Saturday night (since we didn’t get checked in until around 9:30 p.m.), we did get a chance to go on Sunday.
Sunday morning was an awfully early start. Before having left Phnom Penh, I jumped on Facebook and, by chance, found and hired a local tuktuk driver, Mao Khvan, for $25/day. He agreed to pick us up at 4:50 a.m. to catch the sunrise at Angkor Wat.
Now, a quick note on tuktuks: almost every single hotel/hostel/guesthouse probably has tuktuks available for hire. Also, when we were picked up at the airport, the taxi driver offered to drive us for the time we were there. In short…it’s a competitive market, and finding a driver for the day will be no problem. $25 may even be slightly pricy (you could probably find a driver for $15-20), however, I was so impressed with Mao’s service that, if I were to return, I’d gladly hire him again. He wasn’t rude or pushy, provides all the ice water you could possibly want to drink, and though he’s not an “official” guide, he’s very, very knowledgeable and made both days pleasant. I even had him take us to the airport the morning we left, and he brought his wife and daughter to meet us. He’s just a genuinely good and decent guy. (For anyone who goes to Angkor Wat, here’s Mao’s contact info if you want to arrange his services ahead of time: www.facebook.com/maotuktuksiemreap/?fref=ts )
Back to the actual touring itself, Angkor is geared towards tourism and they do it well. You can buy an admission ticket for either one, three, or seven days. ($20, $40, or…$60?). It’s also nice because they don’t have to be used in consecutive days (for the three and seven day passes, obviously). The three days can be used in a given week. The seven day pass, within a month.
Conventionally, two days is enough to see the “main” sites (albeit quickly) in about 8 hours each day. There’s a small loop (which we did the first morning) in which we caught the sunrise (not a great one, but…there was one, and it wasn’t terrible, by any stretch) at Angkor Wat, followed by a quick tour of the grounds – but not the temple itself. Afterwards (we were at Angkor Wat from 5:30 until 7:00 or 8:00, I’d say), we hopped back in the tuktuk and headed over to Ta Prohm, about 15-20 minutes away. Ta Prohm is famous for those who are fans of the Lara Croft Tomb Raider movies. (The first, I think. I’m not, so I don’t recall it vividly.) After those two spots – probably two of the three most famous – we went to the Khmer Country Kitchen for a rather nice, relaxing, and cheap breakfast where we spent an hour with the other two members of our group. Around 10:00, we went to our third stop: Ta Keo Temple. In 40 degree heat (roughly 104F), I was feeling a bit too exhausted to climb the somewhat steep stairs to the top of this temple, but I did enjoy the lower area just as well. From Ta Keo, we made a quick stop at two temples (they form a pair): Thommanon and Chau Say Tevoda for about 20 minutes. Between these three, I’d say we spent about an hour. Our last stop of the morning, around high noon, was the Bayon complex of Angkor Thom. Passing through Bayon’s east gate, we stopped for a few quick pictures before going to the main compound of Bayon, which I would say is the the last of the three most-recognizable places here. We spent a good hour, or a little longer, shooting here after which point we were completely spent. Mao would have gladly taken us back to Angkor for sunset, but we actually decided to call it a day around 1:00. 9 hours in high heat was more than enough.
Back at the hotel, we rested, and I enjoyed myself immensely in the swimming pool. In the early evening, we walked about 600 meters to the “happening” part of town where we wandered the various streets and had a rather nice Khmer dinner. After eating and walking off a rather good dinner, we called it a night and headed back to our room. (For what it’s worth, the afternoon sky clouded over quite a bit and I heard we didn’t miss much as far as sunsets go. Mao also told us the following morning that the sunrise was a wash, as was Tuesday morning’s. Perhaps he was just trying to make us feel good.)
Monday morning we gladly skipped the sunrise and had a late start around…10:00. After a good old-fashioned breakfast of a ham & cheese omelet, Mao came by and we spent the second full day on the large loop. The first stop of the day was at Ba Phuon, a lesser temple just north of Bayon in Angkhor Thom. This was accompanied by quick stops at the adjacent Elephant Terrace and Leper King Terrace. After about an hour in the Ba Phuon area, we rode off to the northeast and stopped at Preah Khan, which was a rather interesting ruins. Another hour or so gone, we continued along the northeastern loop, bypassing Neak Pean (which, following English pronunciation rules, could theoretically be pronounced “neck pain,” which amused me for some reason…). The next stop was a rather small temple named Ta Som on the eastern end of the outer loop. Just down the road from Ta Som, we stopped at the East Mebon temple. When it was constructed, this was an island, only accessible by boat. That, however, was centuries ago. Now, it’s just a very dry, dusty area – with the temple still standing – and it’s hard to imagine it was once surrounded by water. At any rate, it was a quick stop at East Mebon, followed by another nice meal at the Khmer Country Kitchen before we continued with the tour. The next stop on the list was due east of the restaurant (southeast corner of the outer loop, which is really slightly northeast of Angkor Wat). Pre Rup (or Bre Rup) was a fairly photogenic temple. By this point, the heat – also around 40 degrees, just like Sunday – was starting to take a toll, though we still managed to stay out and see all we could. The last “new” temple for us was Banteay Kdei, a citadel that is at the corner of where the inner and outer loop meet on the eastern side of Angkor Wat. Directly across the street from Bnateay Kdei is what should be a nice lake called Sra Srang. A long, rectangular lake, which is also across the street from the Khmer Country Kitchen, it’s now nothing but a dustbowl. Though it’s rainy season now, there’s been so little rain that the lake has completely dried up. (But, please don’t tell any “right”-thinking politicians in my country that global warming is a problem. It certainly isn’t, despite what your eyes see.) After some rather sad contemplation at Sra Srang, we went back to Angkor Wat around 4:00 and were there until 6:30 or so for sundown. However, a boomer of a thunderstorm (light rain, but heavy on thunder & lightning) came through and there wasn’t much to see. However, we did finally get to tour the interior of Angkor Wat, and found that a pretty fitting way to end the initial Siem Reap shoot. From there, we went back to the hotel where we passed out from exhaustion.
The only thing left to do was wake up on Tuesday for a quick 45 minute flight at noon to Bangkok. We concluded the trip as we started it: eating well at a Thai restaurant. Other than that, we just had a quiet night in Bangkok (no shooting at all) and a very early (3:30 a.m.) wake up call for our return flights out of Thailand. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing Thailand again soon.
An evening of live performance, documentary film, literary swaps, and a giant platform line dance — all set against the backdrop of our 1936 subway station home.
Photos: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit
Close platform pass on a pipeline survey offshore Sarawak. F23 is a gas producing platform about 200km offshore, production started in 1985. Inside the 500m zone, shots from inside the vessel.
AC Electrics
A night shot at Leeds City station, with a view of DVT 82222 seen at the back of my train to Doncaster - the 19.45 Leeds- London (King's Cross).
The Class 91s are high-speed electric locomotives, ordered for the East Coast Main Line (ECML) modernisation and electrification programme in the late 1980s. The Class 91s were given the brand name of InterCity 225 to indicate their envisaged top speed of 225 km/h (140 mph); they were also referred to as 'Electras' by British Rail during their development and throughout the electrification of the East Coast Main Line. At the other end of the InterCity 225 train set is a Mark 4 Driving Van Trailer (DVT), built with a similar body shell to the Class 91 locomotives, but with only one driving cab. The InterCity 225s were officially introduced to revenue service in 1989. That same year, the ECML had been energised through to York, and two years later electrification had reached Edinburgh, allowing electric services to begin operating on the whole route on 8 July 1991. During the privatisation of British Rail, ownership of the Class 91 fleet passed to Eversholt Rail Group, which in turn leased the fleet to its various operators. Eversholt put all 31 locomotives through a £30 million heavy overhaul and refit process (known as Project Delta between 2000 and 2003, seeking to improve the fleet's reliability. Overhauled units had their numbers increased by 100 - thus 91001 became 91101 and so on. As of 2023 only 12 of the Class 91s remain in service, with 5 more stored serviceable. More info here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_91
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British Railways Brush Traction Type 4 Co-Co class 47/0 diesel-electric locomotive number 47233 of Cardiff Canton Traction & Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot approaches platform 3 at Oxford Road railway station in Manchester with with an empty limestone train bound for the Peak District. 11:39, Sunday 8th July 1984
The train was possibly the diverted Northwich Terminal Complex to Great Rocks Junction empty limestone train (6H39)
The British Railways concrete mile post show the location is ¾ mile from the 0 mile post at London Road
Ref no 05974
Germany, Nordhein-Westfalen, Essen-Gelsenkirchen, Zeche Zollverein, Ruhr museum, Orientation platform, Tourists (with the chimnies of the coking plant in the background). (uncut)
The Zollverein – an extensive former colliery and coking plant complex.
It was in operation from 1847- 1986 and was (in)famous for its impact on the environment and also for its efficiency and the high quality of its Bauhaus inspired architecture and 'urban plan'.
It's a UNESCO World Heritage site now and is (being) transformed into a cultural, creative economy and touristic industry park. The masterplan (2002) for this transformation was made by Rem Koolhaas/OMA. The drastic renovation of the coal washery was designed by OMA too.
Best viewed: LARGE.
Fenced off ready for demolition to begin, the condemned canopy at the east end of Platform 4 at Gloucester on 14th January 2014. It became a Parcels Platform when the station was re-signalled as part of the MAS Scheme and Gloucester Panel was commissioned on 26th May 1968. The ornate cast iron pillars received 'concrete boots' to protect them from collisions with brutes. The Chalford Bay Platform was situated to the right of the canopy.
A.K.A “Kool Kat”
Always on the cutting edge of cool, Jade’s the ultimate fashionista! After checking out the latest fashion mags, the trendiest boutiques and the thrift stores, she always manages to put together looks that are completely unique and look like one ‘Kool Kat!’ Jade’s wildly unique perspective is an inspiration to her friends. With a great sense of adventure and a hilarious sense of humor, Jade never takes herself too seriously, and that’s why her friends love having around.
Nickname: Kool Kat
Fave Color: Green
Lucky Number: 11
Fave Movies: Stylish Foreign Films
Fave Books: I prefer fashion mags
Fave Food: Sushi, because it looks so cool on a plate!
Fave Smoothie: Strawberry
Fave Music: Gwen Stefani
Fave Class: Chemistry, because I like mixing elements together!
Fashion Passion: Anything new and quirky cool
Shoppin’ Style: The coolest shops and the hippest styles
Hey Bratz Fanz! Oh my gosh, I had such an awesome summer! You know I mentioned I wanted to do a clothing drive? Well, yesterday me and the girlz went through all of our old stuff, and of course we ended up wanting to keep all of each other’s old clothes! Lol! But, we realized it was more important to help the community, so we helped each other pick things we could do without. Sasha had this really cool denim jumpsuit that I was dying to decorate with paint, so she let me keep it in exchange for an old pair of platforms. We still ended up with like, 6 garbage bags of clothes for the local shelter, so that’s awesome! I’ve been sketching a lot in my free time. I had some more great ideas for the talent show outfit and what’s cool is I can use some of the old clothes we traded. That way we don’t have to spend a lot of money and can be green by re-using! Do you think the leggings trend will be out of style by the time school starts? I have a great idea but I wanna make sure we look trendy and cute! I want us to show everyone that we are totally the girlz with a passion for fashion! Well Bratz Fanz… Gotta run! Check back soon!
Xoxoxo
Kool Kat (Jade)
The bridge between the platforms at Newton Abbot railway station. It would be a great place to hold a banquet.
An offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
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This is the old London Road line platform at Bridgeton Cross Glasgow. Still intact, underneath the pavement of London road. You can see the stilts holding up London road.
This is looking back from Parkhead tunnel.
Just in the distance the present day electrified line curves away south.
There was talk a while back about opening this up as a bus route, but that idea has also been pulled.
I think I'm correct in saying that the line closed in 1964 as a result of the huge programme of rail cuts ordered by the then chairman of the British Railways Board, Lord Beeching.
I have been on London Rd many times and never new this was here.