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From a prior year. Glacier Lilies bloom in profusion here in places that will be shady after leaf out. They are a month behind schedule here this year because of record snow depths and a cool spring.
Spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia
Spoonbills are tall white waterbirds with long spatulate black bills and long black legs. In flight they fly with necks and legs extended, in the water they feed with elegant sideward sweeps of their bill. In the breeding season adults show some yellow on their breast and bill tip. The species is of European conservation concern and a very rare breeding bird in the UK. They are listed are listed on Schedule 1 of The Wildlife and Countryside Act. Most birds migrate south in the winter, but numerous individuals remain and winter in Western Europe.
Although they bred in East Anglia during Medieval times, spoonbills had not bred in Britain for over 300 years until 2010, when a small colony was discovered on the north Norfolk coast.
The Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the city of Uglich (Russia) is a cultural heritage site of regional significance. The building of the temple is made in the Russian-Byzantine style with elements of classicism. The church was built in 1858-1881 at the expense of the merchant Mikhail Zharenov. In its place until the Time of Troubles was the monastery of St. John the Theologian, known since 1482. Later, a wooden parish church was built.
The temple has been closed since 1930 and has not been used for its intended purpose. On the door of the church, I saw the schedule of services ...
Kingfisher - Alcedo Atthis
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The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) also known as the Eurasian kingfisher, and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter.
This sparrow-sized bird has the typical short-tailed, large-headed kingfisher profile; it has blue upperparts, orange underparts and a long bill. It feeds mainly on fish, caught by diving, and has special visual adaptations to enable it to see prey under water. The glossy white eggs are laid in a nest at the end of a burrow in a riverbank.
The female is identical in appearance to the male except that her lower mandible is orange-red with a black tip. The juvenile is similar to the adult, but with duller and greener upperparts and paler underparts. Its bill is black, and the legs are also initially black. Feathers are moulted gradually between July and November with the main flight feathers taking 90–100 days to moult and regrow. Some that moult late may suspend their moult during cold winter weather.
The flight of the kingfisher is fast, direct and usually low over water. The short rounded wings whirr rapidly, and a bird flying away shows an electric-blue "flash" down its back.
The common kingfisher is widely distributed over Europe, Asia, and North Africa, mainly south of 60°N. It is a common breeding species over much of its vast Eurasian range, but in North Africa it is mainly a winter visitor, although it is a scarce breeding resident in coastal Morocco and Tunisia. In temperate regions, this kingfisher inhabits clear, slow-flowing streams and rivers, and lakes with well-vegetated banks. It frequents scrubs and bushes with overhanging branches close to shallow open water in which it hunts. In winter it is more coastal, often feeding in estuaries or harbours and along rocky seashores. Tropical populations are found by slow-flowing rivers, in mangrove creeks and in swamps.
Like all kingfishers, the common kingfisher is highly territorial; since it must eat around 60% of its body weight each day, it is essential to have control of a suitable stretch of river. It is solitary for most of the year, roosting alone in heavy cover. If another kingfisher enters its territory, both birds display from perches, and fights may occur, in which a bird will grab the other's beak and try to hold it under water. Pairs form in the autumn but each bird retains a separate territory, generally at least 1 km (0.62 mi) long, but up to 3.5 km (2.2 mi) and territories are not merged until the spring.
Very few birds live longer than one breeding season. The oldest bird on record was 21 years.
They are also listed as a Schedule 1 species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act offering them additional protection.
Population:
UK breeding:
3,800-6,400 pairs
A different take on this encounter.
On our last night in the Grand Teton National Park, I had scheduled for us to be at Schwbacher’s Landing at sunset. This was the first location we visited prior to making our way up to Yellowstone NP a few days before. We shot this location at sunrise (I still haven’t posted any of those images) but I really wanted to see what kind of light I would get at this time of day.
I was actually shooting the scene of the mountain range about 30 yards down to the right when I decided I had enough of that spot and that we should head back a little to get a few more compositions from back closer to the trailhead. As we were shooting, a single moose came out of the pine trees and walked all the way to the marsh in front of us (about 20 yards away!) and those amazing sunset rays were peaking over the range.
Snow + Sunrays + Moose = Jackpot! We saw in total five moose on our few days in the park and it really made our trip. This was our first time seeing them in the wild. The others were all males with big antlers over near the Gros Ventre area. That is a story for another day.
Mike D.
“Once again there was the desert, and that only.”
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger
Outside the Dreaming Door Temple at Burn2. Running until Sunday, October 16th
Visit the Hedonist Club Campsite and Demolition Derby: Camp Friendship
Check out the Schedule of Events
Mt Manaslu 8th Highest Mountain in the world......
8163 metres above sea level...
One of the most beautiful mountain in the world...
16 days trekking schedule...
Strasburg’s 4:15 Santa Express has just arrived back in Strasburg with a nearly sold-out train. The day is not over – another Santa Express has just departed, and two Night Before Christmas trains are still scheduled.
Der Schnellzug R 768 "Berounka" von Praha hl.n. nach Železná Ruda-Alžbětín verkehrt ab Klatovy mit einer Diesellok der Baureihe 754. Am 27. Oktober 2024 war für diese Aufgabe die im sogenannten Najbrt-Design 1.1 gehaltene 754.058 eingeplant. Dieses Farbschema kam bei der ČD zwischen 2008 und 2011 zur Anwendung. Kurz nach Verlassen des Bahnhofs Zelená Lhota konnte ich den besagten Zug vor bunt gefärbten Laubbäumen im sanften Nachmittagslicht aufnehmen.
The express train R 768 ‘Berounka’ from Praha hl.n. to Železná Ruda-Alžbětín runs from Klatovy with a class 754 diesel locomotive. 754.058 in the so-called Najbrt design 1.1 was scheduled for this task on 27 October 2024. This colour scheme was used on the ČD between 2008 and 2011. Shortly after leaving Zelená Lhota station, I was able to take this train in front of colourful deciduous trees in the soft afternoon light.
Вечір. Крижаний дощ. Вимкнення електрики в районі за графіком. Освітлення лише фарами автомобілів. Київ.
Попередження від влади: в ніч на 9 січня 2026 , у столиці вируватиме стихія – вночі та вранці значний сніг, пориви вітру 15-20 м/с, хуртовина, на дорогах ожеледиця.
"Regarding the city of Kyiv, the situation remains the most difficult. Currently, power supply has been restored to most of the right bank of the capital - planned outage schedules are in effect. Emergency outages are being applied in certain areas where restoration work is ongoing."
Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko.
"Щодо міста Києва, ситуація залишається найбільш складною. Наразі відновлено електропостачання переважної частини правого берега столиці — діють планові графіки відключень. Аварійні відключення застосовуються на окремих ділянках, де тривають відновлювальні роботи".
Премʼєр міністр України Юлія Свириденко.
«Масштабне військове протистояння України та РФ триває майже чотири роки. Весь цей час війна безперервно еволюціонувала, і одні її огидні гримаси змінювалися іншими.
Взимку 2025–2026 років черговою гримасою стало прагнення росіян влаштувати гуманітарну катастрофу в нашому тилу. Противник систематично тероризує українські міста, зокрема віддалені від фронту.
Ворог намагається залишити мільйони наших співгромадян без світла, води та тепла, зробивши їхнє життя нестерпним. Деморалізацію мирного населення розглядають у Москві як головний інструмент тиску на Київ.»
/Михайло Дубинянський, Війна цивільних, Українська правда, 10 січня 2026/
Yes, after just under 20 years of operation of the type on Arran, the end is within touching distance for the remaining 7 indestructible workhorses, simply known as PS's. 20538 rests at arguably one of the most picturesque bus terminus's in the country as it awaits its scheduled departure time back to Brodick.
What really brought me out this December 19th, 2025, was a late running L711 with the usual SD40-3. The shot at McGirts Creek would be lit from the west side of the bridge after about 9 a.m., making today's view a bit different from the usual east side angle before or around 8 a.m. Unexpectedly, the local was allowed to leave Moncrief ahead of Amtrak 97 and a very late P091 (now train 41), and the timing just so worked to have a small cloud deprive me of well lit photographic material of those first two trains. However I was in luck, as the two hour off-schedule 41 came across in excellent lighting and with enough warning to scale some sturdy brush for elevation. Cherry on top was the P42DC leader, accented by relatively dark clouds bringing out the blues.
While I've mentioned often here how March was always my favorite month for shooting in Alaska for the many reasons I've enumerated, it wasn't always sunshine and snow.
On a warm misty morning the ground is nearly bare as the regularly scheduled weekly Winter Aurora passenger train is only 28 miles into its 356 mile 12 hour run to Fairbanks. The pair of SD70MACs probably don't even notice the four cars on their drawbar as they pierce the fog approaching the signal at the north end of the 5531 ft controlled siding at the 50 mph track speed.
Eklutna, Alaska
Saturday March 26, 2016
AVANT LE PONT WILSON :
À son emplacement sur le Rhône existait depuis 1839 un pont suspendu appelé pont ou passerelle de l’Hôtel-Dieu. Au début du XX° siècle, il est vétuste et inadapté : son remplacement est décidé. Un pont provisoire construit en amont est ouvert le 1er avril 1912 et la passerelle est démolie.
La première pierre du "nouveau pont de l’Hôtel-Dieu" est posée le 16 octobre 1912. La construction d’un majestueux pont en pierre de 20 m de large débute, mais la Guerre ralentit les travaux. Et dans le contexte de cette guerre devenue mondiale avec le renfort des américains, le 24 juin 1918, le conseil municipal de Lyon décide de donner au nouveau pont de l’Hôtel-Dieu le nom du président américain Wilson.
BEFORE WILSON BRIDGE:
At its location on the Rhone existed since 1839 a suspension bridge called bridge or bridge of the Hotel-Dieu. At the beginning of the 20th century, it is obsolete and unsuitable: its replacement is decided. A temporary bridge built upstream is opened on April 1, 1912 and the bridge is demolished.
The first stone of the 'new bridge of the Hôtel-Dieu' was laid on October 16, 1912. The construction of a majestic stone bridge of 20 m wide began, but the War slowed the work. And in the context of this war became global with the reinforcement of the Americans, June 24, 1918, the Lyon City Council decides to give the new bridge of the Hotel-Dieu the name of the American president Wilson. The solemn inauguration is scheduled for the following 14th of July.
Hellebores .....
Blooming early in the garden due to above average temperatures. Hellerbores usually appear in and around mid-February.
Running 26.5 hours behind their original schedule, NR74 and NR75 head away from Port Augusta through the currently dried up Lake Knockout on a one-off timed Ghan to Adelaide from Darwin as 4DA8.
Owing to a wash away near Katherine, trains were rescheduled approximately 1 day after their intended time.
Saturday 29th February 2020
Levers in the soon to be closed Barnetby East Signal Box.
The box was built around 1916 by the Great Central Railway when the route between Wrawby and Brocklesby was quadrupled to cope with the growing freight traffic to and from Immingham and Grimsby Docks. With closure currently scheduled for the end of 2015 the box will likely just fall short of its centenary.
Title extract from the poem "Woak Hill" by W. Barnes, quoted in "Far From The Madding Crowd" by T. Hardy.
Looking along the Nave of the Abbey Church at Fountains Abbey towards the Choir and site of the Altar with the enormous window in the Chapel of the Nine Altars at the eastern end of the ruins.
The Abbey was founded in 1132 by monks of the Cistercian Order and closed down in 1539 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries as ordered by King Henry VIII. The ruins are Listed as a Grade I Scheduled Ancient Monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The dissolution of the monasteries in the late 1530s was one of the most revolutionary events in English history. There were nearly 900 religious houses in England, around 260 for monks, 300 for regular canons, 142 nunneries and 183 friaries; some 12,000 people in total, 4,000 monks, 3,000 canons, 3,000 friars and 2,000 nuns. If the adult male population was 500,000, that meant that one adult man in fifty was in religious orders. (Wikipedia).
Sometimes you just have to get the shot #GTS no matter how awful or expensive it will be to do so, this was one of those times. I had found out after making my flight reservation to Italy that the one daylight freight train on this line would run between 8 and 10 on Saturday morning. Unfortunately my flight into Paris wouldnt get me to this spot until atleast 9 AM, so I would probably miss the shot. Since the line was going to be closed in November I bit the bullet, payed Delta's stupid $150 change fee and scheduled a new flight via Amsterdam and Lyon. Then it was all day on a TGV and a local train to Ventimeglia, Italy where I spent the night. Then a few hours of sleep up again at 0430 to catch R2125 to Diano Marina, Italy from where I walked 3 miles to this spot. Thankfully my effort was rewarded and the train passed just after the sun had gotten high enough and with a clean locomotive, not easy in Italy. Was it worth it? Most of you will likely say definitely not but for me, yes! Eastbound Ventimeglia-Genoa steel train at Cervo, Italy E652 037. This line closed on November 2nd 2016 after the completion of a new inland line.
Neil Young, Willie Nelson and Crazy Horse - All Along the Watchtower (Live at Farm Aid 1994) The best cover EVER!!
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Oxford Castle is a large, partly ruined Norman medieval castle on the western side of central Oxford in Oxfordshire, England. Most of the original moated, wooden motte and bailey castle was replaced in stone in the 11th century and played an important role in the conflict of the Anarchy. In the 14th century the military value of the castle diminished and the site became used primarily for county administration and as a prison.
Most of the castle was destroyed in the English Civil War and by the 18th century the remaining buildings had become Oxford's local prison. A new prison complex was built on the site from 1785 onwards and expanded in 1876; this became HM Prison Oxford.
The prison closed in 1996 and was redeveloped as a hotel. The medieval remains of the castle, including the motte and St George's Tower and crypt, are Grade I listed buildings and a Scheduled Monument.
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Tōkyō Station (Japanese: 東京駅) is a major railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is not far from the Ginza commercial district. Due to the large area covered by the station, it is divided into the Marunouchi (west) and Yaesu (east) sides in its directional signage.
The station opened in 1914 as an integrated terminus for the present-day Tōkaidō Line, Tōhoku Line, and later the Chūō Line, which previously had separate termini in Tokyo. Since then, it has served as the main terminus for inter-city trains departing Tokyo westwards. The station was badly damaged during the Bombing of Tokyo on 25 May 1945 but soon resumed service. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen, the world’s first dedicated high-speed rail system, opened between the station and Osaka in 1964. With the extension of northbound Shinkansen lines from Ueno in 1991, the station also became a gateway to northeast Japan.
Served by the high-speed rail lines of the Shinkansen network, Tōkyō Station is the main inter-city rail terminal in Tokyo. It is the busiest station in Japan in terms of scheduled trains, with more than 4,000 trains arriving and departing daily, and the fifth-busiest in eastern Japan in terms of passenger throughput; on average, more than 500,000 people use Tōkyō Station every day. The station is also served by many regional commuter lines of Japan Railways, as well as the Tokyo Metro network.
A new year, a new location. We are off to a fabulous start.
This months featured artist is Rosamarie Hock !! Congratulations Rosa! ♥
Have a peek and see what is up and coming.
Special thank you to Wren Parker for designing the schedule. ♥
Inside the TWA flight center which was open to the public during the 13th Annual Open House New York event. The building designed by Eero Saarinen is futuristic with wonderful lines and curves. Scheduled to reopen in 2018 as the only on site hotel at JFK International Airport
Charlie was the last. No more models scheduled to shoot, for the near future.
Lady did a mighty fine job, especially as it was her first time.
(insert sex joke)
But it's time to shift things, ever so slightly. I've got a few projects waiting for me in the next few weeks, gonna hopefully stretch my legs a bit, artistically speaking.
Excited, bit nervous. Don't really like change all that much. But there's something in my brain pan saying "do something different", and if there's one thing I've learned, all my years on earth, it's this:
ALWAYS LISTEN TO THE STRANGE VOICES IN YOUR HEAD.
This charming little house has been scheduled for demolition, guess they're going to put a parking garage or something there.
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If you're in Jackson Hole, WY (USA) anywhere between May and early August and you don't shoot the Milky Way over one of the Moulton Barns then you are certainly missing out. Go for it. Get out there and expand your photography knowledge, skills and the depth of your photography content. Don't be afraid of the dark ... take a couple of friends and have a great time with night photography and don't forget to light paint a few other objects throughout Jackson Hole.
The light in the clouds is from the town of Jackson which is about 15 minutes south of this barn.
As time goes on, I will upload other night sky / Milky Way shots I've taken ... I just don't want to upload one after another and bore people to death.
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Nightsky / Milky Way photography in Jackson Hole, WY
In 2018, I will be leading two 4 day photography workshops. One with Ryan Smith in Arches National Park in March and one in GTNP during the middle of June. During both workshops, I will take my group out for 3 nights of my Milky Way night sky workshop.
My 2018 4-5 day photography workshop schedule:
Icons of the Southwest w/Ryan Smith - April 14-18
Jackson Hole, Wyoming spring - June 15-19
Washington, DC Milky Way Monuments - November 7-9
The great part is that in 2018 I will return to Jackson Hole for the incredible wildflowers throughout the valley and the surrounding mountains.
Do you shoot the Milky Way but need a little help in getting the Milky Way to jump out of your photos ? If so, take a look at my ebook A Photographer's Milky Way Processing Guide - A Photoshop HowTo
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Time to chill out to Lara Fabian's song ... Quedate.
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WOW Air (Iceland)
Airbus A321
TF-GPA
Dublin Airport
9th March 2017
Arriving on the scheduled flight from Keflavik.
Photo taken from the embankment alongside the southern perimeter road.
Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! We have a fun and friendly holiday schedule this month.
December's featured artist is Kimma McGregor !!
Sandy Burgess will be teaching us about aspect ratios on Dec 10th. And lastly, our Grove Photo Club has a special outing to Calas Galadhon for holiday fun. Everyone is invited to join us!
This whole row is scheduled for demolition to allow the Eden Project to be built. I'll believe it when I see it.
Meanwhile, Morecambe seems to be tying its future to this development.
Have a zoom around this picture for some interesting details.
The Providence and Worcester Railroad is still providing their passenger train and crew for the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council's extremely popular Polar Express trains which run from Woonsocket to the North Pole (aka the Buma Funeral Home in Uxbridge!) and return. They have 32 sold out trips running this season after a covid hiatus in 2020, but all but two run at 4 PM and 7 PM meaning there is little opportunity for daylight photography. However they did schedule two 1 PM departures so I decided to get out for the first of them on Black Friday.
Alas the day turned out to be overcast with light rain and gloomy skies. Adding to the disappointment was the railroad's choice to use orange Genesee and Wyoming corporate painted units instead of the classic old school P&W red and brown units that match the train. Consequently none of these images come close to some of the great ones I captured in 2018 and 2019, but it was still enjoyable to get out along the rails of my hometown railroad only a town over from where I grew up.
After chasing the 1 PM up and back I hung around for one more last light (more like no light!) shot of the next run departing at 4 PM.
Moments out of Woonsocket station PW 3902 (GE B39-8E blt. Oct. 1987 as LMX 8502) is leading the train north as it curls under the Slatersville Branch overpass and through Woonsocket Yard approaching the River Street crossing at MP 16.7.
The track in the foreground climbing the ramp is the switch back connection to the 4 mile long line Slatersvile Branch that once served Winter Street yard to the east and stretches west to it's namesake town, where incidentally I grew up. Alas the branch no longer has any customers and has been silent since 2010, although when I was younger it had three active and busy customers and was served three nights a week.
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Friday November 26, 2021
This variety of Cicada (Magicicada) has a 17-year life cycle and is part of brood IV, or the Kansan Brood. The last time they emerged in Nebraska was 1998. They started to emerge from the ground about a week ago as they were delayed by the rainy weather. So happy that we were able to find them in Weeping Water, Nebraska yesterday afternoon.
People call these cicadas “locusts” but they are not true locusts — real locusts look like grasshoppers. The phrase “17 year cicada” indicates that they arrive every 17 years. The name “periodical cicadas” indicates that they arrive periodically and not each and every year. The scientific name for the Genus of these cicadas is Magicicada, and there are 3 types of 17 year Magicicadas: Magicicada septendecim, Magicicada cassini and Magicicada septendecula. This is a true locust:
There are literally billions of 17- year cicadas. Why? One theory suggests that the large number of cicadas overwhelms predators, so predators are never able to eat them all and many always survive to mate. This is a survival strategy called “predator satiation”.
Some of you may enjoy the following website: www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/brood-iv-the-kansan-brood-wil...
Scalloway castle is one of only two castles in Shetland, Scotland. It is a four story tower house with decorative corbelling at the corners. It was built in 1600, with forced labour, from local limestone and sandstone from Orkney by the unpopular tyrant Patrick Stewart (son of Mary Queen of Scots half-brother Robert), who was beheaded in 1615 for oppression of the local people and treason. It is a scheduled monument, currently undergoing restoration.
10/01/2024 www.allenfotowild.com
an ordinary grace; week thirty four
As summer comes to a close and busy schedules are about to begin, I am squeezing every last drop of sweetness out of the season.
The overnight sleeper failed at Carlisle, a door problem I saw reported. It decanted the unlucky passengers onto the platform, and proceeded to London later in the day. Scheduled to go via Wolverhampton, Stechford, Birmingham International it turned left at Stafford and made some time up on the fast line up the Trent valley. So much so that I only just made it in time.... Thanks to gen providers.
Morondava (from Malagasy: morona lava "long coast") is a city located in Menabe Region, of which it is the capital, in Madagascar. It is located in the delta of the Morondava Rive. Its population as of the 2018 census, was 53,510.
The predominant tribe is the Sakalava. But there are also a few Betsileo, Tsimihety, Merina, Makoa and Europeans.
Air Madagascar has regular scheduled flights to Morondava Airport. The main road to town has been renovated recently. With the new road established, a trip from Antananarivo to Morondava by taxi-brousse takes approximately 12 hours. Pirogues are consequently a popular mode of transport used to ferry people and goods along the coast, especially to Morombe.
The city is famous amongst other things for the spectacular Avenue of Baobabs nearby. These giant baobab trees are an 800-year-old legacy of the dense tropical forests that once throve here. Over the years, as the country's population grew, the forests were steadily cut down, leaving only the baobab trees, which the locals preserved for religious reasons. Today, deforestation still continues as large areas of this region, including some of few remaining baobabs, are cleared to make way for sugar cane plantations.
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Morondava (del malgache: morona lava "costa larga") es una ciudad situada en la región de Menabe, de la que es capital, en Madagascar. Está ubicado en el delta del río Morondava. Su población, según el censo de 2018, era 53.510.
La tribu predominante es la Sakalava. Pero también hay algunos Betsileo, Tsimihety, Merina, Makoa y europeos.
Air Madagascar tiene vuelos regulares al aeropuerto de Morondava. La carretera principal a la ciudad ha sido renovada recientemente. Con la nueva carretera establecida, un viaje de Antananarivo a Morondava en taxi-brousse dura aproximadamente 12 horas. Por lo tanto, las piraguas son un medio de transporte popular que se utiliza para transportar personas y mercancías a lo largo de la costa, especialmente hasta Morombe.
La ciudad es famosa, entre otras cosas, por la espectacular Avenida de los Baobabs que se encuentra cerca. Estos baobabs gigantes son un legado de 800 años de los densos bosques tropicales que alguna vez prosperaron aquí. Con el paso de los años, a medida que la población del país crecía, los bosques fueron talados constantemente, dejando sólo los baobabs, que los lugareños conservaban por motivos religiosos. Hoy en día, la deforestación continúa, ya que grandes áreas de esta región, incluidos algunos de los pocos baobabs que quedan, son talados para dar paso a plantaciones de caña de azúcar.
60007 'The Spirit of Tom Kendell' passing Great Cheverell with 6B33 1335 Theale to Robeston discharged tanks. After leaving Theale 45 minutes ahead of schedule, a fatality in the Bath area meant that a block to all trains bound for that area was applied and the train sat in Woodborough loop for 90 minutes, running 63 minutes late past the camera.
Formerly an oil refinery and threatened with closure after a shutdown period in 2014, Robeston was bought by Puma Energy in 2015 and has operated as a storage and distribution facility ever since with trains of imported product operating to Westerleigh, Theale and Bedworth. The TEA wagon directly behind the loco still carries the livery of the former owner, Murco.
It is really hard to write with one hand and click the camera with the other! But I'm a stud and did it anyway. My hands are getting tan. Man, I could not be less fascinated with myself than I am today, but that's the thing about 365 -- it forces you to find just one thing about yourself that even slightly holds your interest, if only for a minute.
Happy Wednesday, Flickr peeps!
Running slightly behind schedule, L&N freight train 165 heads south through Dryden, Virginia en route to Norton at 1:18 PM on July 8, 1980.
In actuality, this is a very rough first attempt at combining a photo of some of my N scale models with a photo of actual scenery along the L&N Cumberland Valley Subdivision. Very special thanks to my dear friends Tim Loope and Jacob Harrell for making the model part of this possible.
(Models photographed on Roanoke Valley Model Railroad Club, Roanoke, Virginia; prototype photo made at Dryden, Virginia, July 8, 2006.)
Last Saturday afternoon, I took our two young students from Thailand for a short walk down to the Trentham Memorial Park, and found that preparations were well under way for the Truck Fest scheduled for the next day!
Whilst there weren't many trucks on display that afternoon (A huge number turned up early the next morning), one of the 'stars' of those gathered was this Kenworth T908. And there was a bonus; a second truck was parked on the back half of the low-loader trailer...!
Belonging to "Quality Demolition", this Rig is part of the company's truck racing team. No, the T908 isn't used for racing (even though it exhibits sheer grunt!), but the "little" truck on the trailer certainly is - and very successfully too...!
And the cost of a Kenworth T908 in New Zealand? Hard to say, but as a rough indicator, a 2009 Prime Mover (i.e. The Tractor Unit but not the trailer) with 23,555 on the clock sells for $NZ176,000...!
So I'm guessing that a new T908 would set the Purchaser back around $NZ600,000 - maybe?
And although it was used a few weeks ago, few songs with a Trucking theme have had more success in New Zealand than CW McCall's "Convoy", so here he is again:
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Last night was the annual Million Mask March through central London. After the troubles last year, such as the burning of a police car there were a lot more police on the streets, and they were much more assertive in dealing with protesters.
The red lines on this guy are focus beams from a TV camera outside the van. I couldn't help thinking it looked like the Terminator had tracked him down!