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A CPKC local pops out of the tree tunnel leading to the “old Conrail main” and into a small sliver of afternoon light at "Q Tower" in East St. Louis, Illinois. The crew has retrieved a respectable cut of stacks from CSX Rose Lake Yard and is headed back to CPKC's East St. Louis Yard.
Click the pic to zoom in for a look at an exceptional beard on the hogger.
Much to the crew's dismay, after overhearing a complaint directed to the Alyth TTM of the 9014 making it onto another round of train C46. The hogger now finally has a chance to bring the 5000 ponies to life to bring the train up to a respectable speed. With the tail-end now clear of the PPZ at Ogden, ahead lays about 7 hours worth of work at Carseland.
CMQ Job 1 rolls westward past Little Greenwood on Saturday evening just before sunset. There weren't many photos after this one, but it was good to get back up to Jackman. The crew was Jimmy and Adam, hauling a very respectable train, with at least 20 logs up front.
Taken in Torbay through the kitchen window.
We have five coming in for food this past week
. Way to many as the grab all
the food in sight and then off they go.. One would be more than enough as they tend to keep the smaller birds away . Mind you the flickers do not stand down and they are more respectable eaters
I developed a terrible case of Buck (Owl) Fever when I spotted this affectionate Barred Owl couple and neglected to dial back to a respectable shutter speed and ISO. Even though I ended up with uber-grainy shots, it was a wonderful display to witness.
MMID 2060 blazes across Rocky Ridge Road in Detour at a respectable 25mph. Early morning westbounds aren't exactly well lit, but it's better than a well-lit scuzzy CSX GE, which is about the only other thing you can see around here.
The climate change that the planet is suffering is warning us all that if something is not done now, there will come a time that will have no remedy, once again the scientific community has made it clear this week that we are not doing enough to limit global warming, climate change is not fiction or exaggeration, we must act now or never! Unless all governments change their energy policies, the planet will be uninhabitable, the UN chief warns, accusing some government and business leaders of lying about their commitments to reduce their use of fossil fuels and switch to clean energy. Although it is a critical situation and with a lot of pessimism, according to some studies, there are still reasons not to lose hope to try to remedy this serious problem, which affects and will affect many generations... let's act now! Let's tell those who rule that we want a sustainable world!
I encourage you all to contribute to this cause for the good of all of us.
As always, there will be many different opinions and thoughts on this, and everyone is respectable, but I think we can all agree that the earth is our home... and the home must be taken care of, right? ... because otherwise this will be .... Hell on earth!
Thank you all for your comments and fav!
Located on the eastern edge of Mazomanie, right alongside the Prairie Sub, is a small man-made body of water called Lake Marion. In 1855, the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad built the lake to provide power for a nearby flour mill. A dyke was built adjacent to Black Earth Creek which not only carried the railroad, but also formed the northern edge of an impoundment. Black Earth Creek was then dammed on the northeastern edge of the lake and water was diverted into the impoundment. By 1885, Mazomanie had set up a municipally owned electric utility to power the street lights, supposedly before Madison got electric street lights. The small electric grid helped develop the local industry which by then included two flour mills, a creamery, a brewery and factories that produced reapers, fanning mills, cabinets, telephones and knitted goods.
After picking up 25 grain cars from the Long John in Madison, the T007 from my previous post is looking pretty respectable with a decent train length and a pair of very clean motors. Here we see them rolling west as conductor JAD leans out to greet me. I'm a sucker for reflections, so I was happy to hear the lake was refilled earlier this year. More on that saga in the next post.
To see more from the line, check out my new Prairie Subdivision Album.
"To live content with small means;
to seek elegance rather than luxury,
and refinement rather than fashion,
to be worthy, not respectable,
and wealthy, not rich;
to study hard, think quietly,
talk gently, act frankly,
to listen to stars and birds,
to babes and sages,
with open heart,
to bear all cheerfully,
to all bravely await occasions,
hurry never.
In a word, to let the spiritual unbidden
and unconscious grow up through the common.
This is to be my symphony."
— William Henry Channing
I found this bee struggling in my swimming pool so I pulled it out and set it on the deck to see if it could recover and fly away. Unfortunately it did not make it so I took the opportunity to shoot a macro stack.
While I admire and appreciate macro insect photography, it's not something I really wanted to do, but when opportunity presents itself......
I kept this shot around for a couple years now until my photoshop skills improved enough to clean it up. It was amazing how much pollen and other stuff stuck to the bee even after the extended bath in the pool.
You can still see the pin through the legs, unfortunately that happens sometimes when stacking shots. But otherwise I think its a respectable first attempt at an insect.
Canon EOS R6
Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5X macro
Godox X2T Flash Trigger
Godox DP400
WeMacro rail
Zerene Stacker
Adobe Photoshop
Demersus MKVIII
Quasi-rhomboidal Heavy Tank of Holy Preceannesia
Based on an early tank model from a previous war, Demersus was a large yet respectably maneuverable heavy tank, outfitted with seven machine guns and two sponson-mounted cannons. Despite being notoriously unreliable, the MKVIII was a symbol of power sure to turn the tide in trench warfare.
Crew: 12-13
Armament: 7x 7.915mm machine guns, 2x 57mm cannons
Mass: 34 tons
Length: 36’
Height: 9’8”
Engine: V-12 Motrax 300hp engine
Years produced: 1918-21
Max speed: 6.2 mph
This was a surprisingly quick build; the outer sides are identical and the central section with the superstructure is pretty simple.
C&NW power at west end of yard: GP35, Fb slug, three GP35 (856-BU31-865-849-839.) Six weeks into my BN career, I guess I had the time and the motivation to check out "that other railroad." Chadron was a division point on the long "Cowboy Line" (a name I only heard from railfans outside of this area) that stretched across northern Nebraska to just west of Chadron, where it split to go up to Rapid City or into Wyoming. Lots of rickety track at this time, although during my ten years in this country the NorthWestern steadily improved the plant to a respectable condition. There were some pretty respectable trains, too, making the trip from Rapid City (actually originating at Belle Fourche, South Dakota, with the bentonite traffic) to Chadron and then heading east across the state, to make the connection with the mainline at Fremont. This looks like a typical power consist for a train heading to or from Belle Fourche ("BellFOOSH"), with four or five GP35's and a slug converted from an F-booster unit, cut in for extra traction on these heavy trains. East of Chadron, three or even just two of the GP35's would do; I'm sure that they had the same grade situation we had east of Alliance on the BN: downhill to the Missouri River, about 400 miles away. Later on I'd see former NYC GP40's, Geeps and SD7/9's and many were repainted at the Chadron roundhouse. People were proud of their far corner of the C&NW, and I never received an unfriendly reception at the roundhouse or Western Division HQ in the two story depot.
Reading & Northern train NRFF otherwise known as the "Fast Freight" is right on time passing through Lehigh Gorge State Park in White Haven, PA. On Tuesday, April 16 the train featured a trio of matched Fast Freight SD50s 5020-18-19, with a respectable train making it a spirited chase. Photo by Zachary Carlson
16,000+ tons are no match for this Erie trio, making easy work as they step up to the top of the hill at Suman at a respectable clip. Now I know why they ran him lefty out of Willow Creek - to get him out of all the tree shadows. Westville, IN.
The story about Benjamin Franklin wanting the National Bird to be a turkey is just a myth. This false story began as a result of a letter Franklin wrote to his daughter criticizing the original eagle design for the Great Seal, saying that it looked more like a turkey. In the letter, Franklin wrote that the “Bald Eagle...is a Bird of bad moral Character. He does not get his Living honestly…[he] is too lazy to fish for himself.”
About the turkey, Franklin wrote that in comparison to the bald eagle, the turkey is “a much more respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America...He is besides, though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage.” So although Benjamin Franklin defended the honor of the turkey against the bald eagle, he did not propose its becoming one of America’s most important symbols.
On long-term hire to Colas Rail, 70009 crosses over Sawley Viaduct (the River Trent just about visible) on the freight-only Castle Donington branch with the 6M57 07.17 Lindsey Oil Refinery-Kingsbury Oil Sidings. Whilst this particular Saturday morning was unexpectedly sunny, it wasn't to last and soon after was the last I would see of any respectable sun coverage for the rest of the day.
Taken with the assistance of a pole.
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common - this is my symphony. William Ellery Channing
~happy symphonic fence friday~
I chartered the M/V Bear Paw for an adventure in the San Juan Islands. With my old friends we had a look at the wildlife from a respectable distance, and with my Nikon Z, I got a few good captures of this expedition.
Heather is so common in the Finnish wild that its beauty is rarely appreciated, but in central Europe the species is admired as a rockery ornamental. Heather likes dry, light-filled places (xerophyte), and it doesn’t do well at all in forest shade. It is especially fond of forest fires, which keep its habitat open and help its seeds germinate. The fire burns up its shoots, but the rootstock’s ability to recover quickly means it can rapidly fix any damage caused by fire, frost or drought. Modest-looking heather can usually achieve a respectable 25 years of age, and plants that are even 50 years old have been found. (source: Luontoportti)
SP 3611 is still looking pretty respectable in Black Widow paint in 1971 as shown here sitting in Tracy, obviously during the late summer sugar beat season as demonstrated by the loaded beat gons in the background.
Kodacolor Negative by Bob Black- John Black Collection 0964
Winter Crossing. The blazoned winter sun casting down on Campbell Parade. The morning chill (a respectable 7'C and yes I can hear the laughing from you northern hemisphere lot) soon made way for a sublime 20'C in Sydney today.
I started working in Atlantic County on March second. It was on one of my first trips down the expressway that I noticed something strange in an osprey nest platform along the highway. As I flew by in traffic, I could see the top of a head in the nest. “That was strange!” I thought. “That looked like the head of a bird with ear tufts.” Although ospreys can have some “wild hair” days in the wind they don’t have two ear tufts. Each time I passed I was rushing for procedures or a hospital case. Stopping wasn’t an option. Besides, what respectable owl would put her nest on a highway, out in the open, and in an osprey platform? Right? I must have been wrong. Then abruptly, I could see more than one head. I realized that despite the probabilities, this was indeed a great horned owl and her owlets. I mentioned it to a good friend, who managed to find the nest and confirmed the discovery. It wasn’t until this morning that I had a chance to take a few moments and stop. It would certainly seem that mom is taking quite a gamble placing her youngsters this close to an open highway. There is a good chance that they will not make it once they start to fledge, but then maybe mom is a gambler. After all, she did choose to put her nest in Atlantic City? #GreatHornedOwls
I laid up on the bank at John Heinz NWR watching and waiting for three American Coots to make a close approach for a good image. Unfortunately they made some approaches, but not quite as close as I would have liked. So, a decent crop from the original image but still respectable detail. I never realized that the American Coot is not a duck, not sure if it is considered waterfowl to tell the truth. My understanding is that the Coot is closely related to the rails and also the Sandhill Cranes. A mud hen is its common name. View large for detail.
It is the end of the weekend. :( Cloudy and rainy most of the time here in Philly. Enjoy the evening ~!
Maserati Ghibli 3.0 V6 GranLusso.
Powered by a three-litre turbo diesel, it pulls a respectable 0-62mph in just 6.3 seconds, and the exhaust not in 'Sport' mode is out of this world.
Hello everyone! ====Tres Chic==== has begun a new round this week! If Off-Line is offering an exclusive gift to all of our group members and, the raffle this month will select 8 winners for the new Inthium Khara Body! Be sure to stop by once a day for an entry to increase your chances of winning! Now lets talk fashion!
For this shot, I used a super cute outfit from Fio's. This 2 piece dress has a translucent sheer texture with a colorable bikini/bra top! There is also a bit of breathing room between fabrics in case you want to wearing something else beneath the sheer!
Moving onto the shoes, these heels from DDL have a very lovely leather-style texture comes with a respectable range of colors options for the main part of the shoe and has some metal texture options
For the hair, we have a super cute hairstyle from KMH! I really loved this short look with the bun in the back and the straight bangs in the front. The color options were also very pleasing as some of the ombre options allow for the bun to be a different color than the rest of the hair. Usually I prefer rigged hairstyles but, KMH's unrigged hairs are surprisingly simple to adjust without any major malfunctions.
Last but not least, Luane's World has done it again with another stunning pose pack! If you're cat lover like me, you will love this! The pose pack comes with a wall prop that doubles as a pose stand and its litteres with cats and flowers! Highly recommend this shop for themed photos!
As always, the event ends on the 10th of next month and if you enjoy my work please leave a fav, follow, and comment! More details about the products below! Happy shopping!
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Shropshire this morning 14th April 2024 - You may need to view at a respectable image size to view the bokeh.
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February 2019, trip to Kuusamo (Finland) - image 2:
Siberian Jays (Perisoreus infaustus) in a forest full of beautiful, by snow covered, candle spruces. Shot this image with a wider angle than normal, 27mm. To get a bit of depth in the image and a fast enough shutter to freeze the action the ISO went up to a respectable 6400.
I guess this person has the most amazing back yard during tulips season I can imagine... wouldnt you want to live here ?
PS Geotag is not accurate for privacy reasons !
Since most tourists seem to think its a must to walk into the field to take a selfie. All my shots are taken from a respectable distance to the flowers not destroying any flowers nor walking deceases into the fields.
Soon every farmer will either move away or create a huge gate or ditch around his land since tourists cannot control themselves and do not respect normal fences... See this weblink for more info.
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IORY 3494 and two other I&O SD40's knuckle down to pull this evenings Cincinnati - Lima turn up the hill as sun sets at Tremont, OH.
Tremont lies at the bottom of a grade, and crews swap trains at the siding here. Once a track warrant is issued, the engineer eases the northbound out of the siding, and cycles through the notches until it hits Run 8 at around this point in the picture. Add in 3 SD40's on a respectably heavy train, and those 645's will sing.
Great Crested Grebe / podiceps cristatus. Straws Bridge, Derbyshire. 03/08/20.
'A UNIQUE ENCOUNTER.'
This was a totally unexpected and very unique sighting for me back in August. I've never seen a Great Crested Grebe on the shoreline of my local lake before! They are usually wary birds and stay at a respectable distance from the edge.
My first thoughts were that it must be ill or injured, although it's demeanour suggested otherwise. It seemed bright and perky in manner, occupying itself with a lot of preening. After about 20 minutes it tucked it's beak tip under it's wing and dozed.
I must have observed it for at least half an hour before some Canada Geese swam in. Their size and number proved too much for the grebe who got up and with an ungainly shuffle, entered the water. As it swam off strongly I was left mystified by the encounter.
I very much doubt I will see a repeat performance.
A family who share their clothes,
is a family who's rather close.
Coming soon,
The Respectable dress & The Respectable suit.
Both garments are unisex.
Walking back from the big Pagoda to the harbour. Like many Cambodian people, this respectable woman was having a rest on a hammock, talking with some friends.
Book: NEW ARABIAN NIGHTS, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry Holt and Company, New York 1882. A comforting copy of RLS's inimitable and playful masterpiece. A touch of bumping to the edges of the boards and the hinge going else a respectable example of the first American edition.
The beer: SMOKE ON THE PORTER, New Glarus Brewing Company; New Glarus, Wisconsin. A splendid take on a slightly eccentric genre. A perfect match for Stevenson's flamboyant prose:
From the opening paragraph:
"During his residence in London, the accomplished Prince Florizel of Bohemia gained the affection of all classes by the seduction of his manner and by a well-considered generosity. He was a remarkable man even by what was known of him; and that was but a small part of what he actually did...."
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22/05/2018 Raissa, afgana, Helene, entrenamiento con paraguas, un buen ejercicio de entrenamiento.
22/05/2018 Raissa, Afghan, Helene, umbrella training, a good training exercise
il y a longtemps j'ai été prof quelques semaines.. juste le temps de comprendre que mon rôle était de réaliser un formatage bas niveau sur mes élèves destiné à gommer toute différence entre eux et à les préparer à être soumis à une vie de travail sans contestation possible.. j'etais un collabo des puissants, un traître à l'éducation populaire et à l'emmancipation des peuples.. la récompense aurait pu me permettre d'occuper une place sociale respectable qui aurait pu gonfler mon égo mais elle n'a pas suffit, je préfère être vu comme un branleur voir un parasite que comme un traitre..
a long time ago i was a teacher for a few weeks... just long enough to understand that my role was to carry out a low-level formatting on my pupils intended to erase any difference between them and to prepare them to be subjected to a life of work without possible contestation. I was a collaborator of the powerful, a traitor to popular education and to the emancipation of the people... the reward could have allowed me to occupy a respectable social position which could have inflated my ego but it was not enough, I prefer to be seen as a wanker or a parasite than as a traitor...
hace mucho tiempo fui profesor durante unas semanas... el tiempo suficiente para comprender que mi papel consistía en llevar a cabo un formateo de bajo nivel sobre mis alumnos destinado a borrar cualquier diferencia entre ellos y a prepararlos para ser sometidos a una vida laboral sin contestación posible. Fui un colaborador de los poderosos, un traidor a la educación popular y a la emancipación del pueblo... la recompensa podría haberme permitido ocupar una posición social respetable que podría haber inflado mi ego pero no fue suficiente, prefiero ser visto como un pajillero o un parásito que como un traidor....
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Robin, taken in Preston Park, Brighton. The files from my new 5D Mark IV are looking clean and sharp at ISO 800, with some noise reduction required at ISO 1600. It's good to have the extra resolution, as the crops are a respectable 14 - 17 megapixels.
I managed to get much closer to the yellowhammers at Bathpool today - actually got some respectable shots!
"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich, to study hard, to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common – this is my symphony."
William Henry Channing (150 years ago)
Of the 39 members of the Pere Marquette's fleet of Superpower Berkshires, only two examples remain-- #1225, restored to operating condition by the Michigan State Trust for Railway Preservation, Inc., and #1223, cosmetically restored and displayed at the Tri-Cities Historical Society museum site in Grand Haven, MI. In fact, of the entire fleet of steam locomotives operated by the Pere Marquette, only these two engines escaped the scrapper's torch. A third Berkshire, #1227, was offered to the City of Grand Rapids for display at John Ball Park, but the city's Parks and Recreation Department declined the offer, and she was sent to the scrapper.
Number 1223's history, while not as well known as sister #1225's, is interesting nonetheless. Constructed in November, 1941, she served the PM moving heavy wartime traffic, and with her sisters pulled the PM's premiere expedited freights, numbers 40 and 41, The Overnighter, on their tight nine-and-a-half hour schedule between Chicago and Detroit, via Grand Rapids. This service was not only competitive against trucks connecting Chicago and Detroit, but given the state of the highway system prior to 1950, was unbeatable!
At just over 400 tons, the N-1 class Berkshires were not quite the heaviest power on the PM, being outweighed by the booster-equipped members of the N class (#1211-1215), and all of the engines of the N-2 class (#1228-1239). They steamed well, and generated a respectable 69,350 pounds of tractive effort at the railhead. Their weight, however, restricted them (as well as all of the other Berkshires) to operating on the lines from Toledo to Saginaw, from Detroit to Grand Rapids, and from Grand Rapids to Chicago.
Number 1223 was retired in late 1951. Despite having been assigned C&O number 2657 following the merger, she retained her number up to retirement. Following a quick shopping and a repainting into C&O livery, she was donated for display at the Michigan State Fairgrounds, where she remained on display behind the grandstands until 1981. While on display, her grease cellars were traded to the Michigan State Trust for Railroad Preservation to aid the restoration of sister #1225 in East Lansing, Several similar Superpower Berkshires of C&O and Nickel Plate heritage displayed throughout the Great Lakes region also provided parts for that effort.
In 1980, the State Fair administration decided that #1223 no longer fit into their plans for development of the fairgrounds, and offered it for display elsewhere. Several groups and individuals made offers to remove #1223, with the City of Grand Haven making the winning bid. In 1981, with the help of the Michigan National Guard using panel track, #1223 was moved to the nearby Grand Trunk Western mainline for shipment to Grand Haven, a city she had never visited while in service on account of her extreme (by PM standards, at least!) weight.
Upon arrival in Grand Haven, #1223 was moved to the site of the former Grand Trunk Western yard along the Grand River, at the intersection of North Harbor Drive and First Street. Over the succeeding years, she was joined by ex-Pere Marquette steel caboose #A986 and ex-GTW caboose #77915. In 1982, the West Michigan Railroad Historical Society acquired PM steel boxcar #72222, cosmetically restored it, and donated it to the restoration effort for use as both part of the display, and as enclosed storage space.
The Pere Marquette 1223 Preservation Committee, working under the auspices of the Tri-Cities Historical Society, accepted responsibililty for making #1223 presentable again, and for maintaining her. The many years of hard work by these volunteers has paid off, as the photo shows. Much sheet metal was replaced, and the cab completely rebuilt. Missing parts were acquired or fabricated so as to give her the appearance of a complete locomotive. As a compromise due to her exposed display (a protective shed promised by a previous city administration never materialized), #1223 currently wears a fabricated headlight and number boards and lacks her original builders plates, as protection against theft. Presently, #1223 and her consist are a very handsome display. An ex-PM wig-wag signal is mounted nearby to add to the atmosphere.
On December 7, 2000, #1223 was placed on the National Register of historic places.
Demo capture for my Planetary Imaging course... I've reprocessed it several times for the upcoming AstroSurface processing tutorial session. I think it's pretty respectable at this point.
Questar 3.5/TV 2.5X PowerMate/ZWO ASI 385MC.
Avec son rostre bien développé, on le reconnaît immédiatement comme un charançon (Curculionidae). De taille respectable pour cette famille, il est répandu et facile à identifier.
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With its well developed rostrum, it is immediately recognized as a weevil (Curculionidae). Of respectable size for this family, it is widespread and easy to identify.
I'm searching through the relatively small number of vaguely respectable images from yesterdays Flickr meet up and I keep stumbling across this abstract s***. Although I think everyone took note of these lovely reflections in the building by Pudding Lane.
Hopefully something a little more conventional to follow.
"I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by sharking and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. The turkey is a much more respectable bird."
Benjamin Franklin, letter to Sarah Bache (January 26, 1784).