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CSX AC44CW no.s 3144 and 3133 are seen descending the grade into Ridgefield Park, NJ, passing a pair of prefabricated track panels lying near the Mt Vernon Street grade crossing. The panels were built in preparation for replacement of the grade crossing, which would be shut down in the coming days, per construction signage nearby.
The aging current Pattullo bridge with the future replacement bridge towering behind. @grantmatticephotography
MetroBus provided a number of Scania OmniCities, previously operated by Brighton and Hove. Fleet 6961, YP 58 UGB, climbs over Cavendish Place railway bridge on route to Lewes
Alton has a replacement bus service every Sunday now for the Summer! Stagecoach Trident 18527 in The Rivers livery waits at Farnborough before heading back to Alton.
Weekend Rail Replacement between Lewes and Seaford finds Seaford and District Fleet 520, SF 06 SEA between Newhaven Town and Harbour stations.
this two bitties are one for me, one for Marilyn (Spicedcoffee) because her first greenhouse didn't arrived!
Metrobus lost TfL route 261 to Stagecoach back in November last year, have a surplus of Scania deckers which have been retained for the purpose of helping out on the Gravesend blockade rail replacement. It will be interesting to see if these buses are retained in group (Go-South Coast for example) or whether they are sold out of the group.
Image from our basement shower replacement project - April 18th, 2011. This is the old shower, before it was torn out.
The eagerly awaited Basingstoke blockade didn't disappoint on Sunday 9th March 2025 with a whopping 58 rail replacement vehicles seen keeping the passengers moving to points such as Andover, Guildford, Reading, Weybridge, Winchester and Woking. And the sun played ball too with temperature tickling 20 degrees!
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Bluestar - 1557 - HJ63 JMV
An Alexander Dennis Enviro400 in Bluestar fleet livery.
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From a large collection of photos from the launch of Bluestar's brand new route 18 double deckers.
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Youngs coach at Cambridge station in the rain on the morning of 24 May 2014, substituting for a broken down train on 0944 to Ipswich.
Image from our basement shower replacement project - April 18th, 2011. This is the beginning of the tear-out of the old shower, showing old blue tiles and massive mold damage behind where the shower had been.
Image from our basement shower replacement project - April 18th, 2011. This is the old shower, before it was torn out.
Here's main damage. No leaking. And some replacement patches from back in the winter that weren't even the same color.
Day Two of the shower replacement process - April 19, 2011. Contractors have removed the old shower, poured fresh concrete in the base and redone the plumbing, and are now installing the new unit.
Image from our basement shower replacement project - April 18th, 2011. This is the old shower, before it was torn out. We kept the brand-new doors.
Now operated by Renown of Bexhill, former MetroBus Scania YN 53 RZB passes the new Arndale Centre in Ashford Road, Eastbourne
So after a few minutes of racking our brains. I remember I had 2 frozen cakes that I could pull out and thaw in time. Granted the cake was late....but we managed to give them at least something to cut on their wedding day.
Loopy bow doesn't look half as good as my original : ( Spares from past cakes...lol
Davies Coaches of Cwmgwili maintains a small Rail Replacement fleet of five vehicles - a Ford Transit, a pair of Volvo B7RLEs fitted with Plaxton Centro and Wright Eclipse Urban bodywork, an Optare Solo and an Optare Versa. All carry a smart, though anonymous, grey, white and red livery, and RRxx WAL registrations.
The Plaxton Centro was new to Shropshire operator Minsterley Motors as DX09 GYS. She passed to Yellow Buses of Bournemouth in 2013 and then on to Swansea-based Cymru Coaches in late 2019, where she received registration G11 CYM:
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Davies Coaches acquired her in August 2024 with her original plate re-instated and she then gained current plate RR09 WAL.
This shot from January 2026 shows her waiting time outside Swansea Railway Station when operating a Transport for Wales Rail Replacement service between Swansea and Llanelli.
Day 3 of the new fence! They had all the posts put in yesterday, then today got all the boards up.
Tomorrow, they install the gates, and the finishing cap on the whole fence.
Exeter St David's Station, 9th February 2014 - A large rail replacement operation was in place, due to flooding in Somerset and the collapse of the sea wall at Dawlish. Replacement coaches were operating from Exeter to Newton Abbot, Taunton and Bristol Parkway among other places.
Local operator Axe Vale's Bova Futura WA03HRC awaits it's next dut, whilst Cardiff based Watt's Coaches VDL Bova WF63LTK loads, presumably for Bristol Parkway.
At the time of my visit, a traction change from electric to diesel was undertaken at Villupuram and WDP-3A locomotive No. 15516 was tasked with taking the Vaigai Express onward to Madurai Junction.
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For this photo I shot a photo of this building with a small aperture at dusk/evening first. But the original sky was a little bit mediocre. So I replaced it in Photoshop with an awesome sunset sky I shot the other day with the help of a great tutorial video by Phlearn. Turned out quiet good in my opinion.
Having been out all day and unaware that the Duchess had been taken of at York ( due to fire risk ) I caught 47773 heading the return special through Malton. 12/7/14
E008 Royal Danish Air Force, Lockheed Martin F16AM Fighting Falcon @ RAF wadddington international air show 2014 05/07/14 lincolnshire england uk
History
In the late 1970s, Belgium, Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands started looking for a replacement for the F-104 Starfighter. These four nations, known as the European Participating Air Forces (EPAF), became the first international customers for the F-16. Together with the US, they started a unique multi-national development program for the F-16.
Under the terms of the agreement, F-16 Fighting Falcons for the EPAF nations were to be produced in Europe. Danish F-16s for the initial and follow-up order were built on the SABCA production line in Belgium and the Fokker line in The Netherlands respectively.
Denmark considers the F-35 Joint strike Fighter as a possible F-16 successor. It has participated in the JSF project since 1997, and for the time being JSF is one of a few candidates. A number of Danish companies are associated with the JSF project, which entitles them to compete as subcontractors.
Initial Order
The initial Flyvevaben (Royal Danish Air Force) order was for 46 single seat F-16A's and 12 two-seat F-16B's. Final assembly of these planes was carried out by the SABCA plant in Belgium, and all were built to the initial block 1 standards. Deliveries to the RDAF began on January 28th, 1980, with the arrival of the first F-16B.
Since all European built F-16s were assigned USAF serials for administrative purposes, RDAF F-16s carry the last 3 digits of their USAF serial numbers on the fuselage. For F-16A's, the serial number is prefixed by E, for F-16B's it is prefixed by ET.
The 58 F-16A/B's in the initial RDAF order were later upgraded to F-16A/B block 10 standards by the RDAF's Aalborg workshop in the Pacer Loft I program.
Follow-On Order
After briefly considering buying 24 additional F-16s to replace its aging Saab Drakens (an order which never came through), a follow-on batch of 12 block 15 (large-tail) aircraft was ordered in August 1984. The order consisted of 8 single seat F-16As and 4 two-seat F-16Bs. Contrary to the aircraft of the initial order, the aircraft of the follow-on order were built by Fokker in The Netherlands, and were intended as attrition replacements.
RDAF F-16A #E-004 was part of a follow-on order for 12 Block 15 aircraft. Note the PIDS on the middle hardpoint [Photo by H. Kristensen]
Attrition Replacements I Three former USAF Block 15 aircraft from the 170th Fighter Squadron of the Illinois Air National Guard were delivered to the RDAF in July of 1994. The serial numbers of these aircraft were #82-1024, #83-1075 and #83-1107.
RDAF F-16A Block 15 #E-024 was one of three ex-USAF attrition replacement aircraft that were delivered to Denmark in 1994, and is seen here dressed up for for the holiday season [RDAF photo]
Attrition Replacements II
A second batch of 4 attrition replacements arrived in early 1997. They will be spread among the existing units and will be upgraded to MLU-standard. The -A Block 15's are former 704 FW, Texas AFRC aircraft and the -B Block 10 is a former 162 FW, Tucson ANG machine.
RDAF Inventory
ProgramModelBlockQty.SerialsDelivered
Initial OrderF-16ABlock 13E-174/E-1761980-1983
F-16B2ET-204/ET-205
F-16Ablock 512E-177/E-188
F-16B3ET-206/ET-208
F-16ABlock 1015E-189/E-203
F-16B3ET-209/ET-211
F-16ABlock 1516E-596/E-611
F-16B4ET-612/ET-615
Follow-OnF-16ABlock 155E-004/E-0081987-1991
3E-016/E-018
F-16B3ET-197/ET-199
1ET-022
Attrition IF-16ABlock 153E-024,E-075, E-1071994
Attrition IIF-16ABlock 153E-011, E-070, E-0741997
F-16BBlock 101ET-626
Modifications & Armament
Identification Light
All Danish F-16s are equipped with a search light, mounted on the port forward fuselage, in front of and just beneath the canopy. The search light is used for identification during nighttime interceptions, and uses a 450W light bulb. This modification is the same as the light on Norwegian F-16s, and similar to the ADF's. The RDAF already installed this searchlight during initial production.
All Danish AF F-16s are equiped with an Identification Spotlight on the port side of the cockpit, used to identify night-time intruders.
Pylon Integrated Dispenser
The RDAF's F-16s have been given extra wiring to the no. 3 and 7 wing stations, in order to be able to accept the Pylon Integrated Dispenser Station. The PIDS is manufactured by Per Udsen Co. Aircraft Industry (Terma A/S since 1997) in Denmark, and is in fact a pylon equipped with chaff dispensers. Normal configuration is to carry a PIDS on either 3 or 7 station, and the Advanced Miniature Jamming System (AN/ALQ-10) on the opposite pylon. AMJS is a very powerful system comparable with the AN/ALQ-131 series, and is also built in Denmark.
The chaff dispenser used by the RDAF right now is the RR-170 with 30 chaff cartridges in each. After briefly considering the RR-180, the RDAF has ordered a new type called Cherming Chaff Block (CCB) from Cherming Ltd., England. The CCB is the same size as the RR-170 but carries 60 charges.
All chaff/flare/ECM activity is controlled by the (digital) Electronic Warfare Management System (EWMS) which is made by the Danish company Terma. The mechanical firing mechanism in the chaff/flare canisters have also been replaced by a digital one from Danish origin.
Reconnaissance Pods
Some Danish F-16s also have the capability of carrying the Red Baron Recce Pod. The Red Baron Pod has been replaced by the Modular Reconnaissance Pod (MRP), locally developed by Per Udsen Co. (now Terma). This pod has also been exported, amongst others to to Belgium.
Royal Danish AF F-16A in recce configuration, equiped with the Baron recce pod and the Pylon Integrated Dispenser System (PIDS) - a countermeasures dispenser in the outer wing pylons. [RDAF photo]
Mid-Life Update
The RDAF participates in the MLU program and has modified all of its remaining 61 F-16s in the Aalborg workshop.
Armament
The primary air-intercept weapon carried by RDAF F-16A/B's is the AIM-9L Sidewinder, but the RDAF plans to acquire the AIM-120 AMRAAM fire-and-forget air-to-air missile for its F-16s. It will also acquire the Hughes AGM-65G Maverick air-to-surface missile for ground attack missions, with the LAU-3, Mk 82 and Mk 84 also staying in service in the near future.
With the modernization of the Danish F-16s to MLU standards, also other weapon systems were introduced on the fleet. Besides the purchase of some LANTIRN pods, also LGB weapons were acquired consisting in GBU-12 and GBU-24 weapons. Denmark was the first of the four EPAF countries to purchase the GBU-31 JDAM for its F-16 fleet.
Danish F-16 at Karup AFB with weapons line-up [RDAF photo]
Avionics
Since Danish pilots found that the built-in clock/timer in the instrument stack was not ideal to use, a cheap digital quartz watch was fitted next to the HUD on all Danish F-16s.
Currently the aircraft are being upgraded with the LINK 16 advanced tactical data link, JHMCS (Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System), and an advanced EWMS (Electronic Warfare Management System)
Operational Service
Units
Please refer to the F-16 Units section for an overview of units.
Deployments
Allied Force
Grazzanise AB, Italy, 1999
During operation 'Allied Force' in 1999, Denmark participated with a number of F-16s stationed at Grazzanise AFB in Italy, together with F-16s from Norway. Danish F-16s most of the time undertook CAP missions. During the conflict, the RDAF also sent their updated MLU F-16s to Italy to take maximum effect of the AIM-120 missiles and the other advantages offered by the upgraded airframe.
Enduring Freedom
Manas AB, Kyrgyzstan, 2002
In 2002 the Danish government decided to send F-16s to Afghanistan in support of operation 'Enduring Freedom'. Their aircraft are stationed at Manas AFB in Kyrgyzstan together with aircraft from The Netherlands and Norway. Operations have been flown from October 2002 to October 2003. All EPAF countries, except for Belgium, have flown together in this operation, showing a multinational detachment can operate in a hostile environment very effectively.
Baltic Republics Air Police
Lithuania, 2004
After Belgium provided for the first 3 month rotation for the air policing of the three Baltic republics - Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia - the RDAF send 5 F-16s to Lithuania to take over from this detachment. From July 1st till October 10th, 2004 they provided air cover over the Baltic states being supplemented by RAF Tornado F-3 aircraft from the latter date.
Iceland Air Policing and Surveillance
Keflavik, 2009 and 2010
Iceland has been a NATO partner since 1949. During the past decades the USAF provided air coverage over the island from Keflavik AB untill that deployment ended in 2006. From then on sporadic deployments have taken place with the RDAF F-16s providing air cover over the island both in March till May of 2009 and 2010.