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One of the coolest things I've seen was this past November at La Jolla Cove in San Diego, California. A herd of seals and pups lying on the rocks and playing in the waves, totally oblivious to all the tourists wandering around, no more than 6 feet away from them.
Totally awesome!.... EDIT: seemingly it’s a sea lion and not a seal. According to The Google, sea lions have visible ear flaps. Who knew! 😉
The photo below and this one were bought several years apart on eBay. This one is from Christmas 1964 and the other is from Christmas 1959. I'm almost positive this is the same woman as the one sitting on the right.
The same doublestack containertrain as in previous is still exiting tunnel 10 on its way to Mojave. There really is enough time to switch lenses and choose another point of view.
Same day, but another train. TDX 1026 is back up to the station of Montmorency, for preparing this day on the Charlevoix Subdivision, MP 6.
Bristol MW6G with Eastern Coachworks body at Wensley in Wensleydale North Yorkshire July 2007, working seasonal heritage service 127 (Ripon & Hawes/Garsdale). New in 1962 to Eastern National as fleet number 548 then later changed to 1348. Behind working as a relief bus on the same route, was another also with VOS, this one a Bristol L5G/ECW new in 1949 to United Automobile Services as fleet number BLO423. It too later changed its number in this case as BG381.
Same as those on previous picture but having more repetitions of the same pattern... Not as effective as flower tower, as here next level is less than half, thus it's eating more paper. Folded from 30 cm of kami. The last level I opted not to try to finish it completely as it wasn't enough precise for that. The finish on the center is the same as on violet doodle... :)
I shared this shot just recently of Pan Am's OCS at this exact same spot: flic.kr/p/2mJYPwz
Here is the exact same train nearly three years ago with better power but worse weather. They are seen here eastbound passing the surviving former Boston & Maine freight house standing between West Hawley Road and the Deerfield River at MP 407.4 on the the old Fitchburg Division, modern day Pan Am Southern's Freight Mainline.
PAR 1 and PAR 2 are ex Canadian National FP9s 6505 and 6516 built in 1954 and 1957 respectively by GMDD. They passed from CN to VIA Rail in 1978 before being picked up by the Conway Scenic in 1995 when they expanded into Crawford Notch. After 15 years spent hauling tourists in the White Mountains 6505 & 6516 would become PAR 1 & 2 when traded to Pan Am Railways in March 2010 for GP38 252 and GP35 216. The gorgeous duo is seen pulling the four car OCS train consisting of sleeper 103, dome car 102, lounge car 101, and observation/business car 100.
ST100 was originally Norfolk and Western business car 102 that was rebuilt and streamlined in 1957 from diner 1011 that was originally built by ACF in 1934. It was purchased by the D&H in 1976 and then passed to Guilford in 1984 and was retained after the 1988 bankruptcy and divestiture of the D&H.
ST101 also came from the D&H but was one of four originally built by Budd for the D&RGW in 1950 for use on the Denver-Salt Lake Prospector and was numbered 1290 named the Castle Gate. After that train was discontinued in 1967 the D&H acquired it and named it Champlain.
ST102 was also built by Budd in 1950 for Wabash's Chicago to St. Louis "Blue Bird" and originally wore #201. It later became N&W 1611 until stored at Roanoke in 1966. In 1971 it went to Amtrak where it stayed for 22 years before ending up in private hands for 20 more years until PAR bought it in 2013.
ST103 is a former Southern Railway sleeper dating from 1917 that was part of CSXT's business car fleet until being sold to Pan Am in 2019. The car had come to CSXT by way of the Conrail split as this car was part of Conrail's OCS and was numbered Conrail 8. Conrail had acquired the car from the SOU in 1983 and was completely remodeled after decades of revenue service. To learn more about this car check out this fabulous history: www.the-boring-the-adoring.com/conrail-blog/conrail-sleep...
Charlemont, Massachusetts
Friday December 14, 2018
The same lessons that led to the development of the M-72AB Zastava Zmey were applied to some of the JNA's other armored vehicles. That is to say, the omnipresence of incredibly mature anti-tank munitions and countermeasures left many of Yugoslavia's vehicles exposed to lethal threats during the Second Eastern European War. Indeed, despite what many contemporaneous public reports stated, this rebuke of Yugoslavia's armored forces was felt most heavily among those that rode and served in the M-81A Ipabogs. Rather than being designed for sustained confined warfare, the Ipabog was meant to ambush and overwhelm. This discrepancy in modus operandi would come to haunt the JNA during the war's peak.
To rectify these concerns, the Ministry of Defense once again turned to Zastava Arms (hence the new designation) to create a suite of applique for the M-81 series. Many of the improvements and additions are simply commonsense items: explosive reactive armor, a dozer blade, hardened underbelly, slat armor, and an active protection system. Although many of these add-ons obviously improve the overall protection of the vehicle writ large, particular emphasis was paid to the troop bay in the rear--if the dismounts can arrive in good health, then they can offer 360-degree protection for their respective vehicles. Whether or not this idea translates to reality has yet to be seen. Indeed, it appears that NATO is doing its utmost to see that Belgrade never has a chance to use its new toys. Still, that hasn't stopped the Balkan nation from stirring up trouble in the past, so the future might be bathed in red as well.
Belated joint upload with Evan's HQ-7C SHORAD and Brian's Boeing "Shabh" Multirole Fighter.
Here is another frame from the same location as the prior post.
Engineer Larry Pitbladdo throttles up his four big six axle Alco and MLW monsters coming up from a sag seen here at about MP 106.6 on the Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad's Pocono Mainline.
A local railfan recommended this spot just before a curve that is exactly one mile to the east of Tobyhanna station. The long telephoto lense pulls the scene in highlighting the mangled ties at left from the long removed second main track harkening to the days when this was the DL&W's heavy duty mainline hosting innumerable anthracite coal drags, hot merchandise, and glamorous passenger trains such as the famed Phoebe Snow. Those days may be gone but the one daily train the D-L runs puts on one of the greatest shows in all the land!
The four Delaware Lackawanna units in charge are: 3643 (MLW M636 blt. Nov. 1970 as CP 4743), 3642 (Alco C636 blt. Apr. 1968 as PC 6342), 3007 (MLW M630 blt. Dec. 1970 as PGE 707) , 3000 (MLW M630 blt. Dec. 1970 as PGE 706)
To read the story of this day's adventure check out this earlier post caption: flic.kr/p/2jDHTjU
East of Tobyhanna
Coolbaugh Township, Pennsylvania
Friday September 4, 2020
This is the first of a little series which I'm calling Yellow... with the second and third shots in comments :)
They're all taken in the same spot... just taken further and further away from this little flower.
Same place as previous photo.
I have previously posted a scan of this from a print but this one is from the negative which is a little better.
On the bridge is NZR Locomotive Ja 1275 made in 1952.
The car is my 1960 Ford Zephyr .
A very wet day in 1967.
B&W square negative.
Ja1275 is an oil burner.
The smallest is the oldest and the youngest is the tallest.
They have different sizes
Different colors.
Different origins.
Different breeds.
One is from Iceland and one from Shetland. Both are horses although one is called a pony.
I went to the same driftwood so many times to try to shoot it with different lights. This is one of them.
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