Running many hours late, Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr sails downgrade between Low and Marblehead, Utah on the old WP mainline. Amtrak's 50th anniversary edition of the 'pointless arrow' leads the charge through a snowy scene.

AMTK 161 ~ AMT6 ~ Low, Utah

Union Pacific's Shafter Subdivision

01.23.2023

Sign close to the old Eastham Ferry Landing. There might be a long wait.

Since the Middle Ages, a ferry service operated across the River Mersey between Eastham and Liverpool, the early ferries being run by monks from the Abbey of St. Werburgh. By the late 1700s, up to 40 coaches each day arrived at a newly built pier, carrying passengers and goods for the ferry. Paddle steamers were introduced in 1816 to replace the sailing boats, but the demand for a service declined in the 1840s with the opening of a railway link between Chester and Birkenhead Woodside Ferry.

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A dream

with no joy or comfort or love,

with no excitement, fear and relief,

with no challenges, defeats and victories,

is pointless.

A dream without hope has forgotten to dream.

A dream without escape has no point.

20901 is seen running on the down through road at Bristol Temple Meads at stupid o clock this morning.She arrived at Kingsland Road on Monday tea time but her first run later the same evening was cancelled. This meant that my visit from Teignmouth was going to be a bit of a gamble. Luckily her working was activated but it entered RTT as 3Q81 2220 Kingsland Road to BTM platform 15 with no other details. She was towing a new gadget which i believe is a specialised piece of kit for checking the condition of pointwork. Anyway she spent the whole night running backwards and forwards between Stapleton Road and Parson Street each time taking a different route through the station. Thank Odin for Open Track.

The other problem to contend with was that Temple Meads seems to be used as a large storage depot overnight nowadays with an IET or Castle Set on most platforms making photography very challenging. Combine that with the loco not stopping and the hideous scaffolding over the main arch with grim horrible white lighting and you can understand the scale of the challenge.

An old iron fence, running into Balgray Reservoir in the Dams to Darnley Country Park.

Ellie.

Despite the hundreds of shiny new screws in unopened packages, I’ve still got my ‘special’ jar, overflowing with rust and illogical retention.

[Macro Mondays] – Theme [Junk]

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Touch of macro photography today.

I can't be quite sure, but I do believe this is my old buddy "Big Ben" from last year.

He seems to still be the dominate male in the herd.

His antlers grew in very weird this year. You can see on the one side where points start to pop out of the main branch but never form into a full point.

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In summer 2014 we went for dinner at Mt. Adams near downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. I found this floodlight illuminating the Holy Cross Immaculata Church. Bugs attracted to the light were performing a futile dance for us.

Have you been attracted to people or things where you later realized that it was pointless? I have. Keep these bugs in mind. :-)

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two-fourths of an ongoing project

seemingly pointless gate

I took this photo in Point Roberts one year ago on this April day, and today I'm wondering when I'll ever be able to revisit it and I imagine all the Canadians that own cottages there and all the Americans who rely on us Canadians to shop there are all feeling sadness, we miss each other, its so strange, its so close to us and yet we can't go there ... sigh.

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C'est beau, un?? :)

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صراخ من هنا او هناك .. دماء هنا وهناك .. و في كل معركة .. ينتصر فقط المصفقون ..

وألوم نفسي .. أكنت يوما من حزب المتفرجين ..

فلا جنون الحرب تغريني ... ولا كلمات الطغاة تغويني ..

وحدها وحشة الطريق أبكتني .. فغدوت كورقة خريف .. سقطت يوما في منتصف الصيف ..

Amtrak 156 leads P091 across McGirts Creek Bridge in the perfect morning sun, only because he's over an hour late.

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Pointlessness .. Tolerance .. & Peace ..

The TV quiz show Pointless often has rounds with photographs of wildlife to be identified in the earlier rounds but last week there was a wildlife question in the final. The three categories in "British bugs" were to name a British butterfly, bumblebee or ladybird. In case you've not seen it they ask 100 people the same question, and the contestants have to come up with an answer that none of the 100 people picked. Anyway, what I am getting round to is that Bilberry Bumblebee was a pointless answer. Though I think most answers were pointless, with Red Admiral being the highest scoring insect.

Bilberry Bumblebee (Bombus monticola) is a rare Bumblebee, restricted to the uplands of Britain. It does feed on Bilberry flowers (Vaccinium myrtillus) early in the year which grows on moorlands, which is where it is most often seen. Fortunately the Peak District Moors close to my house are a hot spot for this rare Bumblebee so I see them quite frequently. The scientific name monticola also means mountain-dweller. They have trouble finding nectar sources on the moors between the spring-flowering Bilberry, and the autumn-flowering heather and many depend on flower-rich haymeadows on the moorland fringe.

Bilberry Bumblebees can be identified by the combination of a massive orange tail (more than half the abdomen is orange), and a "typical" yellow and black striped thorax. Though the yellow stripes are a very pale, cold yellow unlike the bright, warm yellow of the common garden Bumblebees. Bilberry Bumblebee rather looks a bit like two bits of the wrong Bumblebee have been stuck together. This one was nectaring on a Marsh Thistle on the Peak District Moors near Holmfirth..

Their distribution map is on Bumblebee Conservation's website here: www.bumblebeeconservation.org/bumblebee-species-guide/

"Candy doesn't have to have a point.That's why it's candy."-Charlie

Willy Wonka; The Chocolate Factory

One for all you Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman fans.

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This is one of those times where you have your camera with you, and you're bored, and sitting there, and take a picture like this, by this, I mean random bokeh balls. It has no hidden meanings, it conveys no useful message, but then you upload it anyway and go =D.

...Actually looking back at it now, I probably should've cropped it or something...

Perhaps, being old and being a guy, leaves me clueless .....

Pointless shot but loved the reaction on people faces at the restaurant when I pulled my zoom lens in the middle of the place lol :P

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There are days when Lysanne hears the screeches and many wings beating outside long before she opens her eyes. They wind their way into her dreams... or nightmares.

She knows there's no point in even getting out of bed, for there will be no living on these days <3

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Porcelain bjd, outfit and wig by OvkStudioDolls

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I'm finding it difficult to get myself out of bed at the weekends these days... if I'm not working :/

colours and bokeh - not sure if it works here and the focus could be better but I've been indoors all day - no chance for a walk

Visit this location at Mother Road - Mirage Motel 66 - Public in Second Life

I'll probably delete this later. xD

Same worn kitchen knife as previous shot.

HMM! Sharp as a Tack

Another pointless upload. You have to see this in person. Bavaria.

decluttr

The time wasted playing with apps should better be spent playing music :(

An old school Amtrak conductors hat, years after the "pointless arrow" was replaced.

Куст жасмина в технике ICM - Intentional Camera Movement / Преднамеренное Движение Камерой

This is POINTLESS

A battered and broken jetty,that has seen far better days

Hope you like her,it's a bit of an expedition to get to it but I think worth it

Please feel free to tell me what you think

Cheers :-)

Pointless.

Íomhánna radacacha a shíneadh ábhair thaitneamhacha saothair thábhachtacha a léiríonn blianachtaí ag crith le réaltaí farraigí doimhne sólás gleoite gormacha ag dul amú,

visages abominables reflets ronds sourires bon marché méditant harmonies thèmes fantaisistes lumières étranges babillage combats dribbles colonnes,

dühös bejárat gondolkodó utcák szemlélő morzsákat blokkoló ablakok sötétség sarkok csillogó függöny arany falak gőzök messze,

prionnsapalan tuairisgeulach dearbh fhaclan rannan ainmeil samhlachail pàipear-taice abairt bàrdachd tòimhseachain leasanan rannan seann mhìneachaidhean,

poszarpane poranki żółte ruiny dzwoniące miecze niewygodne śmierci zaciekawione zbroje bijące wrogów ciemne owoce wirujące niebezpieczne piosenki muchy,

冷たい金属のいたずらのすべての破裂する緑裸の考え華麗な野生のプルームが役割を果たしている灼熱の作品艶をかけられた目燃える太陽狂った世界木材の変化サテンの雲紫色の穴どこでも.

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Amtrak's Phase I heritage unit bursts through the thick fog at Red Lane as the three and a half hour late Crescent diverges onto track two for the approaching station stop in Gainesville. Visibility was under a quarter mile here, as the nearby signal bridge is barely visible from the White Sulphur Road crossing.