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Nash Point Lighthouse
Position 51° 24'.00 N 03° 33'.05 W
Nash Lighthouse was designed by James Walker, the Engineer-in-Chief to Trinity House, in 1832 to mark the sandbanks off the point at the entrance to the Bristol Channel. The decision to build it followed a public outcry after the passenger steamer FROLIC was wrecked with heavy loss of life in 1830.
Two circular towers were built each with massive walls and a stone gallery. The eastern, or high lighthouse being 37 metres high and the western or low lighthouse 25 metres high. Placed 302 metres apart they provided leading lights to indicate safe passage past the sandbanks. The high light was painted with black and white stripes and the low light was white. In those days both towers showed a fixed light which was either red or white depending on the direction from which a vessel approached. The red sector marked the Nash Sands.
The low light was abandoned early this century and the high light was modernised and painted white. In place of the fixed light a new first order catadioptric lens was installed which gives a white and red group flashing.
Nash is one of those lighthouses scattered around our coast that has no claim to fame. For over 160 years its light has done its job as a sign to mariners to keep them clear of danger, its sole distinction is the discovery in 1977 of the tuberous thistle (Cirsium Tuberosum), a rare plant, which was found growing around the lighthouse.
Specifications
Established 1832
Height Of Tower 37 Metres
Height Of Light Above Mean High Water 56 Metres
Automated July 1998
Electrified 1968
Lamp 1500 Watt
Optic 1St Order 920 Mm Catadioptric, Fixed Lens, 2 Reinforcing Panels For Red Sectors
Character White And Red Group Flashing Twice Every 15 Seconds
Intensity 140,000 Candela
Range Of Light 21 Sea Miles (White Sectors)
08641 positions the newly delivered former Anglia Mk3's from Norwich at Laira. 68024 brought the train down, and can be seen on the left.
EXPLORE: Highest position: # 87; March 13, 2009.
Serie Street Photography.
2 Flashes ....one SB900 on Camera pointing up and the other a SB800 off camera from the left.
Explore highest position #339
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Model: Natalia
Location: St.Albert
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Highest Position - Explore #494
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Normally, Havoc's ears are positioned toward the back of his head. I got his attention by whistling a tune I remember from the 1960s. He paid close attention!
Janice asked me why I'd chosen that old tune. It's just what popped into my head . . .
SIR #448 emerges out of St. George Tunnel with a four-car set of R44s rolling through the B&O-style CPLs at SNX (Slosson) interlocking on a drab Saturday evening on Staten Island with Lower Manhattan and 1WTC visible on the top right.
The SIR is the most interesting of all the lines operated by the NYCT with its own unique operations and history. Opened in 1860 on the island's east shore and reorganized as the Staten Island Rapid Transit in the 1880s, the SIRT was historically owned by the Baltimore and Ohio which financed its expansion into New Jersey via a bridge over the Arthur Kill Strait to a connection with the CNJ at Cranford. By 1900, the SIRT was a wholly owned B&O subsidiary isolated from the rest of the system and reached by trackage rights over Reading and Jersey Central east of Philadelphia. The B&O electrified the SIRT in 1925 taking delivery of brand-new ME-1s built by Standard Steel for rapid transit operation. Construction began on a tunnel under Lower New York Bay to integrate the SIRT with the rest of the New York transit system; the project was never completed.
Service ended between St. George and Arlington on the island's north shore in 1953. The B&O handed over the remaining rapid transit operations to SIRTOA, a subsidiary of MTA, in 1971, and Chessie continued freight operations on the island until it sold the railroad in 1985. By 1991, freight traffic east of Arlington was permanently finished, and the railroad was abandoned west of St. George severing it from the rest of the U.S. rail network.
A lasting legacy of the B&O on Staten Island is the continued use of B&O signal aspects on the SIR. The B&O installed color-position lights on the SIRT in 1924 making it one of the first lines on the entire B&O system with the classic CPLs that we know and love. Originally installed for ABS operation, the CPLs on the SIR are configured for ATC and cab signals. Although most of the original B&O-era masts have been removed (the ones you see here at SNX are MTA-era masts), a number of GRS-built dwarves remain scattered across the line.
Last but not least, SIR operates the oldest cars in revenue service on the New York transit system since the retirement of the R32s in 2022. The R44s in service on the SIR date back to 1973 when the MTA ordered a dedicated fleet of R44s to replace the B&O-era ME-1s that have been operating on the SIR since the 1920s. In addition to the 278 cars built for the NYCT B Division, 64 R44s were built by the St. Louis Car Company to FRA standards for service on Staten Island, the final pieces of rolling stock built by the company before its dissolution. 12 of these R44s were initially sent to the B Division before being reassigned to the SIR in the mid-1980s. Today, 57 R44s remain in active service on the SIR and the last R44s on the B Division were retired in 2010. The remaining R44s on Staten Island will be replaced by the R211S in the near future.
Night walk in Zielona Góra
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highest position #468 on 20-05-2008
this photo has earned the exhibition in local museum.
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Manufacturer: American La France Cars, Elmira, New York - USA
Type: 12 Roadster
Engine: 14,500cc straight-6 T-head
Power: 85 bhp / 1.800 rpm
Speed: 120 km/h
Production time: unknown
Production outlet: unknown
Curb weight: 3250 kg
Special:
- The American La France Company (one of the oldest fire apparatus manufacturers in America) was founded in the early 1830s, producing horse drawn carriages and steam powered fire engines and officially formed by Truckson LaFrance (a descendant of a French Huguenot emigrant to America) and his partners in 1873 as the LaFrance Manufacturing Company selling hand powered equipment, emergency response vehicles, such as chemical engines, aerial ladder trucks, airport crash trucks and more.
- Different used ALF-fire trucks converted into a cars. This was in fact an inexpensive way to get a fast and reliable automobile.
- Therefore, it is also difficult to get reliable info about numbers, models, etc..
- By changing gears, the car could easily be adapted for use on public roads.
- For switching of the unsynchronized driebak experience was an absolute requirement.
- Starting of the engine (individual cylinders displaces about 2.41 liters ☺!) was a cumbersome procedure. At first you had to be built up pressure with a hand pump in the fuel tank, then the ignition was put on “late” and the choke pulled out. After opening of the hood you had to inject gasoline into the cylinders (wit an oiler). Then the startbobine was switched on and the decompression button pulled out and the engine could be cranked. When the engine was running the various buttons and levers were put back into their original positions.
- The huge torque provided the car to drive away in second or third gear.
- It has a three-speed manual straightcut-chaindrive transmission, Eisenman Magneto and twinspark ignition, Ram's Horns inlet manifold, a Zenith carburettor, Reliance tachometer (300 – 3.600 rpm), Phinney-Walker keyless clock, Pirene fire extinguisher and rear wheel drive.
- The fire truck chassis (made of Krupp nickel-chrome steel) with doorless steel body using the same basic running gear has a 159 inch wheelbase, a finished wood dashboard, a moto-meter atop its brass radiator, leather interior, strategically placed grab handles, a Stutz Bearcat-esque monocle windscreen, a (standard) side-mounted toolbox, a bolster fuel tank, wood trimmed steering wheel, dual chain drive, a chain-drive rear axle, a rear mounted spare tire, massive 42" wooden-spoke wheels and only drum brakes at the rear wheels by an e-brake handle.
- Fuel consumption: “No comment, just a happy local fuelstation manager ☺!”
It has been a long time since my last (less than average) PBR was uploaded and I think this is a vast improvement!
The build features a rotating gun tub, two MG positions behind the cabin, and a mounted MG on the lower back deck.
All these weapons, if built in reality, would be replaced by Brickarms M60's and 50. Cal's. I also added some ammunition boxes and jerry cans for a bit of mixed detail.
It couldn't be a proper Pibber without that stereo blaring "Satisfaction"!
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Note how sharp the teeth are on the gears, it is over a one hundred year old piece of equipment and this drives it. It is moved every year back and forth to this position from a shelter for the show under it's own power. 1916 Type B Erie Shovel made by Ball Engine Company of Erie, Pa. Found in Harrisonburg Va. Derelict and used as a sign for a stone quarry. Weight is 41000 lbs, dipper hold 3/4 of a cubic yard, boom is 17 1/2 ft and height is 18 ft, cab is 8'2" wide and 12' 10" long, the boiler is 45 inches in diameter and 88 inches high with a heating surface of 364 square inches and holding 275 gal of water. Ordinary working pressure is 125 lbs designed for 143 and tested to 213. Used double reversing boilers for hoisting, digging, swinging. It is self propelled on steel wheels. Got to see my favorite piece of steam equipment. See the rest of these pix in the album.
A Class 50 at London Kings Cross is a rare sight, and this is thought to have been the only the third visit of a 'Hoover' by this time; the date is 9th June 1978. The 50s were undergoing refurbishment at Doncaster Works at the time, this putting them in position for some ECML work. On this day No. 50020 (still un-named) took over the 1A13 0920 Hull - Kings Cross at Doncaster due to a failure of the booked traction. It later worked back on 1L12 1445 Kings Cross - Leeds. Alongside is Class 55 'Deltic' No. 55019 'Royal Highland Fusilier'.
One Year Ago Today
Pennsy Position Light Farewell Tour - Part 4
The last stop and furthest west signal we'd visit was this one, Automatic 2752 sitting just east of the famed stone bridge over the Conemaugh River and just west of Johnstown's ex PRR and current Amtrak station.
We'd had a bit of a debate about where this shot was and how to access it amongst our group of seven photographers since neither John Kittredge nor the other guys had ever shot there. So that made this extra cool as it was as new and as much of a treat for them as all the rest were for me.
As it turned out we'd spend a couple hours here shooting trains on this bridge ranging from full brilliant sun to a torrential downpour.
I'll share some of those trains later but here is just one for now that gives a good look at the position lights. This six pack of all ex Conrail SD80MACs surprised us westbound on track 3 just as we were about to leave due to the rain. Glad I got a shot of these 5000 hp unique to CR units on home rails because I knew them when they were new and blue running on the B&A.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Saturday May 25, 2019
Taken with my Nikon FM2n camera with some Washi X 100 35mm film.
Grosmont Station, North Yorkshire Moors Railway. England.
One of the many Glaciated rocks that can be found laying around the Cumbrian valleys .
This was one that can be found along the Honister pass .
I do find it fascinating to think that ice has moved these rocks , some are massive !
This one was prob six or seven feet hight and must easily weigh a tun or three :)
Mamiya 645 Super
Sekor 45mm Lens
Kodak Ektar 100 film
cokin Nd4 grad
Epson V500 Scanner
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The Lego Gymnasts are doing extra conditioning to work off the 5 pieces of Halloween Candy they ate. Here they chalked up and did rope climbs in an L-position (legs extended in front). And they smiled the whole time :-)
Highest Explore Position #360 ~ On January 29th 2009.
Alpaca - Colchester Zoo, Colchester, Essex, England - Monday 26th January 2009.
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Anybody who watched Zoo days on Channel 5, here in the UK yesterday, will have seen this lil guy getting a hair cut..:O))
They are used to being in a cold climate, but a Hmmmmm, "HOT" summer in Colchester, makes them uncomfortable, so they are grateful for the close shave...They look a lot different naked..lol
The Cheetahs in the Zoo were happy about the hair cut though, because they got to play with the cuttings....The progamme is on again in an hour for anybody who's interested..:O))
Anyhoo West Ham are playing live on Sky Sports 2 again this evening, at Home to Hull City...it's a real 6 pointer as we are only 8 points off, of going down..all prayers gratefully received...lol..:O)))
I hope everybody is having a great Hump Day Wednesday..:O))
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ~ The Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) is a domesticated species of South American camelid. It resembles a small llama in superficial appearance.
Alpacas are kept in herds that graze on the level heights of the Andes of Ecuador, southern Peru, northern Bolivia, and northern Chile at an altitude of 3,500 m (11,483 ft) to 5,000 m (16,404 ft) meters above sea-level, throughout the year.[citation needed] Alpacas are considerably smaller than llamas, and unlike llamas, alpacas are not used as beasts of burden but are valued only for their fiber. Alpaca fiber is used for making knitted and woven items, much as sheep's wool is. These items include blankets, sweaters, hats, gloves, scarves, a wide variety of textiles and ponchos in South America, and sweaters, socks, coats and bedding in other parts of the world. The fiber comes in more than 52 natural colors as classified in Peru, 12 as classified in Australia and 16 as classified in the United States. Alpacas and llamas differ in that alpacas have straight ears and llamas have banana-shaped ears. Aside from these differences, llamas are on average 1-2 feet taller and proportionally bigger than alpacas.
In the textile industry, "alpaca" primarily refers to the hair of Peruvian alpacas, but more broadly it refers to a style of fabric originally made from alpaca hair but now often made from similar fibers, such as mohair, Icelandic sheep wool, or even high-quality English wool. In trade, distinctions are made between alpacas and the several styles of mohair and luster.
Behavior ~ Alpacas are social herd animals that live in family groups consisting of a territorial alpha male, females and their young. They are gentle, elegant, inquisitive, intelligent and observant. As they are a prey animal, they are cautious and nervous if they feel threatened. They like having their own space and may not like an unfamiliar alpaca or human getting close, especially from behind. They warn the herd about intruders by making sharp, noisy inhalations that sound like a high pitch burro bray. The herd may attack smaller predators with their front feet, and can spit and kick. Due to the soft pads on their feet, the impact of a kick is not as dangerous as that of a hoofed animal, yet it still can give quite a bruise, and the pointed nails can inflict cuts.
Spitting ~ Not all alpacas spit, but all are capable of doing so. "Spit" is somewhat euphemistic; occasionally the projectile contains only air and a little saliva but alpacas commonly bring up acidic stomach contents (generally a green grassy mix) and project it onto their chosen target. Spitting is mostly reserved for other alpacas, but an alpaca will occasionally spit at humans that, for example, take away food.
For alpacas, spitting results in what is called "sour mouth." Sour mouth is characterized by a loose-hanging lower lip and a gaping mouth. This is caused by the stomach acids and unpleasant taste of the contents as they pass out of the mouth.
Some alpacas will spit when looked at, others will never spit—their personalities are very individualized and there is no hard and fast rule in terms of social behavior, although there is often a group leader, and a group trailer/runt that is picked on by others.
Physical contact ~ Once they know their owners and feel confident around them, alpacas may allow their backs and necks to be touched. They do not like being grabbed. Once socialized well, some alpacas tolerate being stroked or petted anywhere on their bodies, although many do not like their feet, lower legs, and especially their abdomen touched or handled. If an owner needs to catch an alpaca, the neck offers a good handle—holding the neck firmly between the arms is the best way to restrain the animal. Holding the neck from the rear with the animal's head under one's arm is also very effective.
Hygiene ~ To help alpacas control their internal parasites they have a communal dung pile, where they do not graze. Generally, males have much tidier, and fewer dung piles than females who tend to stand in a line and all go at once. One female approaches the dung pile and begins to urinate and/or defecate, and the rest of the herd often follows.
Because of their preference for using a dung pile, some alpacas have been successfully house-trained.
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23 seconds after "Tunnel Vision" and a change of camera position to just outside the window for a clearer view ;)