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Somewhat inspired by Dominic Bugatto's stuff. One from awhile ago but the tale is in the processing.
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Eggleston, Virginia, first settled in 1745, was the first permanent settlement in Giles County. After hot springs were found in the area, on the New River, a spa was built and survived into the 1900's. The town reached its peak in the first part of the 20th century when it was considered to be the hub of trade in Giles County. Its now a village of about 300 people with only a store, an upscale restaurant and a firehouse. I drove through this beautiful area but couldn't find my way to the Pallisades, cliffs that drop to the river. I did find a public road beside the river that went in the direction but there were large pieces of cardboard nailed to the trees at the roadside with the message "STAY OUT - THIS MEANS YOU!" written on them. So I did.
This is the old Eggleston High School in Eggleston, Virginia.
April showers bring May flowers is how the old saying goes and shower it did on this particular afternoon soaking the area in a steady downpour of rain bringing with it not flowers, but a rather a train on the lightly used rails of Union Pacific's Peoria Subdivision. Here, two 4400 horsepower General Electric AC products dressed in the company's "Building America" scheme chug north through the interlocking at South Edelstein beneath the evening’s retreating storm clouds with WIMPRQ 22 and its 39 loaded gondolas of rip-rap rock. UP is taking advantage of its current lack of freight traffic due to PSR, the on-going COVID-19 pandemic and economic meltdown to capitalize on a variety maintenance projects across the system and this particular line has recently become a hotbed for “W” trains like these, seeing sometimes 2-3 of these movements daily. This Chicago-Proviso bound train originated south of St. Louis at the Fred Weber Inc. trap rock quarry in Iron Mountain, MO, loadout for many of the railroad's various rock trains. This is the former Chicago & Northwestern SI Line running between Nelson, IL and Springfield, IL.
A (4) train creeps up the middle track of the Jerome Ave Line, passing maintenance forces replacing track at 161st St-Yankee Stadium station.
R142 (4) (Bombardier, 1999-2003)
161st St-Yankee Stadium Station
Jerome Avenue Line - IRT
This beauty was located in Honolulu, Hawaii, but I'm not sure if it's still there or not. Maybe it was renamed at some point, I don't know, but the marquee showing The Deluge dates this photo to 1933. Interestingly, the movie was the first end-of-the-world disaster movie ever made, according to IMDB. Here's the caption on the back of the photo:
Pvt. Thomas H. Davis
26th Bomb Squad (H), 11th Bomb Gp.
API.959
c/o Post Master, San Francisco, Calif.
Dear Mary Evelyn and All:
Here is a picture of one of our theaters. It is the main one. I have to walk about a mile to go to this one while only a couple of blocks to go to a branch theater. Love, Thom Holland.
To Miss Mary Evelyn Davis
615 West Eighth Street
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Dated June 29, 1943
Green tape emblazoned with "Opened by Australia Post for inspection by Customs." is my worst nightmare when expecting a shipment of postcards, as it means the contents of the envelope will be either damaged or missing. Guaranteed. In the case of "Wache 9", a 100 year old postcard that survived two world wars and undoubtedly several owners, it means the latter.
My guess is that it was removed by a careless Australia Post or Customs employee so he/she could determine the envelope did not contain a kilogram of pure German cocaine and then somehow discarded.
Yes it survived two world wars, but it could not survive the might of Australia Post incompetency.
Waaaaaay back in the day I did a series of cobbled together post-apocalyptic guns, but never got around to post all of them. So here are the remaining three (?).
In order:
Apocalypse Rifle 19.01.2015
Apocalypse MK12 SPR 07.02.2015
Apocalypse Pistol (2) 14.01.2015
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My *enormous* brain finally let me do something about my old PMG stuff and I sorted it into uploaded and non-uploaded. Expect some more (and maybe some newer ones?).
From Cleveland Mews, London W1. By Eric Bedford, Ministry of Public Buildings & Works, 1961-64.
Panasonic G2 with Canon FDn 24mm f/2.8.
"Border crossing"
"Not for all vehicles except construction machinery"
Chevigny St Sauveur (Bourgogne - Côte d'Or)
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Over the 48 hours we had on the island, we had around 5 minutes of quality light in the sky, and these are the best I managed in a brief & frantic scramble.
The composition isn't great here, and the pose isn't quite ideal, but it's unusual and that has to count for something.
The numbered posts along the auto route make for the perfect launch point for the low hovering Harriers to hunt from.