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seemingly abandoned cars in an area that is being "recycled" - The area was once a thriving community, where people lived and loved. Now desolate, devoid of character, it will be office towers and high-rise apartment buildings - afternoon - Lanzhou, Gansu, China
Seemingly abandoned cars in an area that is being .recycled'.The area was once a thriving community, where people lived and loved. Now desolate, devoid of character, it will be office towers and high-rise apartment buildings - afternoon - Lanzhou, Gansu, China
The Tornado Rat Rod is a highly-modified, "hotrod" variant of the rusty Tornado, which is seemingly inspired by the custom 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Rat Rod Wagon built in 2014 by Chris Walker from ITW Hot Rods.
The front clip of the car was completely removed in favour of an extended chassis, featuring a drop-beam aluminium bar with small suspension linkages and two articulated bars connected to the structure, in a similar fashion to the Hotknife and the Fränken Stange. Its front end is fitted with a small bumper with turn signals and two circular headlamps over it. It has a massive engine fitted with high velocity stacks, side exhaust stacks and cam covers bearing "TORNADO" badges. The sides of the car are mostly identical to the Tornado, but the rear fenders were cut in order to fit the large rear wheels. The greenhouse area remains identical in shape and design, as well as the whole rear end. On the underside, the rear axle was lifted and supported by four articulated bars and small suspension linkages.
The vehicle is painted in a single color for the body and a portion of the engine block. It uses a set of wheels consisting of "Dukes" rims with standard-sized treaded tires for the front, and "Five Star" rims with large-sized slicks for the rear, both having a colorable surrounding only seen in naturally-generated examples (i.e. Content Creator). However, switching colors from the custom front wheels may also affect the rear ones, though it will lose its color when the front wheels are reverted back to the default ones.
As with animated primary drives in the motorcycles of the Bikers update, the Tornado Rat Rod features an animated timing belt powering every engine pulley.
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MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS # 6
The Rangers must face a seemingly all-powerful threat entirely on their own without the guidance of Zordon. As the fate of the world hangs in the balance, Jason must lead the Rangers through these darkest of times.
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES UNIVERSE # 1
Introducing a new era in TMNT! This series will explore characters and story-lines that are pivotal to the IDW TMNT universe! When a mysterious new mutant targets Baxter Stockman, it will be up to the TMNT to reluctantly save him. Little does everyone know that a larger trap is being laid by a new arch-foe! Plus a back-up story from TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman and comics legend Bill Sienkiewicz!
CARNAGE (2015) # 11
Carnage’s search for more power leads him to a mysterious and secluded island. But who are the island’s mysterious inhabitants? And what terrifying secrets do they hold?
FUTURE QUEST # 4
An earth-shattering power has come to life in the jungles of South America, and Team Quest and Birdman race the forces of F.E.A.R. to reach it first! There they find time ripped apart in a lost valley where dinosaurs and cavemen run wild once more as the ancient legend of Mightor is revealed! Only the shipwrecked aliens Jan and Jace hold the secrets of what fate awaits our world, but as a force led by Jezebel Jade attacks, what new hero will rise?
PREDATOR VS. JUDGE DREDD VS. ALIEN # 2
Want to make apocalypse stew? Throw in four Judges, one insane genetic scientist, a smattering of emoji-based cultists, a dash of Predator, and a pinch of essence of xenomorph, mix, and retreat to the nearest bunker. In this issue, Dredd follows a criminal cult leader into the Alabama Morass. A crew of Predators arrives on Earth to rescue a kidnapped comrade. And they both unwittingly wander into the territory of a revenge-obsessed, gene-splicing scientist who’s just gotten his hands on a xenomorph skull-and the universe’s deadliest DNA!
GOTHAM ACADEMY ANNUAL # 1
When the Gotham Academy student body comes down with a mysterious disease, Pomeline and Colton disagree on the origin of the threat, causing a fissure in Detective Club! The team fractures to get to the bottom of the case…but who will solve it first? Will Maps be able to reunite her friends? Will they ever eat pizza together again?! Join the search for clues in the first ever Gotham Academy Annual, precursor to Gotham Academy: Second Semester!
A seemingly out of place quaint chocolate shop along Clarendon Street in the heart of the Back Bay. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Una pintoresca chocolatería aparentemente fuera de lugar en Clarendon Street, en el corazón de Back Bay. Boston, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos.
Seemingly uninterested in the BLOY nest and sole egg it straddled, this BRPE preened until the agitated nesting pair harassed it away.
With seemingly Autumn in full swing 60039 passes through Treeton working the Sun 6E68 1012 Kingsbury - Humber empty tanks.
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Well past sunset wispy clouds seemingly point to the illuminated Golden Gate Bridge and the City by the Bay. The San Francisco skyline begins to sparkle with lights as the Bay Bridge celebrates Bay Lights, the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge's sister bridge on the bay.
Both the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco Bay Bridge were build at about the same time both using a suspension design. Last year the Golden Gate celebrated its 75th birthday and this year the celebration continues with the Bay Bridge.
While filming the bridge I have been asked why it's called the Golden Gate Bridge while it is clearly a bright orange? The answer is actually quite simple, the opening to San Francisco Bay is surrounded by hills covered in Golden Grass during much of the summer and fall months. The Golden Gate existed long before the Bridge. The Bridge was named after the straight that it spans and not the color of the bridge itself. You can see some of that golden grass in the foreground but the hills behind the camera are covered in it and often covered with California Poppies.
The famous Art Deco design of the bridge was not the first choice and there were many objects to the construction. A dislike of the cantilever design that was originally planned let to the more elegant replacement that we see today. Many of the elements of the bridge are more for ascetic effect rather than structural support. The bridge is illuminated by a number of spot lights that are directed at the two towers. Street lights, matching the Art Deco design line both sides of the bridge. The near side is restricted to bicycle traffic while the far side allows for both pedestrian and bicycle traffic. Both walkways are protected by a low rail which make it easy to view the city no matter your height as you walk across the span. It was reported this was due to the small stature of the designer who wanted a clear view. That consideration would later come in to criticism given the bridge is often used by those wishing to end it all.
Shooting the bridge and getting a unique shot is tricky and knowing the right times is key. The area is swept by high winds most of the year due the nature of the landscape around the bridge. During summer months fog blows in off the Pacific shrouding the bridge in the clouds. On a rare morning you may be lucky to see the fog down on the water so the top of the bridge and perhaps even the deck are visible from the Marin Headlands near Hawk Hill. To get this shot takes sheer luck or a lot of tries as it is fairly rare when the elements come together just right to create the proper effect. I've tried many of times but was only successful just this last year.
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A seemingly odd choice. But he knew, in his cold, calculating way, that they'd be able to run less fast without them.
The wedge-tailed eagle or bunjil (Aquila audax) is the largest bird of prey in Australia, and is also found in southern New Guinea, part of Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. It has long, fairly broad wings, fully feathered legs, and an unmistakable wedge-shaped tail. The wedge-tailed eagle is one of 12 species of large, predominantly dark-coloured booted eagles in the genus Aquila found worldwide. A large brown bird of prey, it has a wingspan up to 2.84 m and a length up to 1.06 m. Wedge-tailed eagles are highly aerial, soaring for hours on end without wingbeat and seemingly without effort, regularly reaching 1,800 m and sometimes considerably higher. The purpose of soaring is unknown. Their keen eyesight extends into ultraviolet bands. 15228
In a seemingly depressing news week there was potential for some good news. Doubt has been cast on the future of the Garden Bridge in London. Millions of public money has been wasted already but at least more might not be spent. This would bring to an end to public money being used to create a public place/private space in central London within sight of the City banking area. Imagine if bankers of today followed the example of their Victorian counterparts and paid to create public spaces in London (and other cities), especially in more deprived areas.
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Seemingly tiny train rolling next to a line of dense evergreens near Bonnya.
The background is dominated by the signature hilly terrain of Outer-Somogy, covered with fertile land and forests.
Seemingly floating, as if in a trance.
This is the same egret in my previous post (shown in the first comment box below), applying its "air brakes" before coming to a graceful landing. :)
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The sun setting over the south rim illuminates a passing rain storm above the Colorado River. The seemingly endless canyons and the roaring rapids provide a unique perspective into the history of the American Southwest. Over the course of several million years the Colorado River carved away one vertical mile of rock making the Grand Canyon into what it is today. The Grand Canyon became the 15th national park in 1919, introduced as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 and is listed as one of the seven natural wonders of the world.
“The glories and the beauties of form, color, and sound unite in the Grand Canyon - forms unrivaled even by the mountains, colors that vie with sunsets, and sounds that span the diapason from tempest to tinkling raindrop, from cataract to bubbling fountain.” ― John Wesley Powell
This is a (seemingly) poor paint job in the brand new parking garage at my medical/dental school. The paint makes it look like the wall is bleeding! It also looks like someone tried to clean it off the wall with little success. The way that the paint bled looked really impressive to me and I just had to try and grab a pic of it before they were successful in cleaning it up. Who knows, they might just end up leaving it haha.
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Seemingly quite a highly specced model with the graphics and whitewalls, this one is visiting from The Netherlands
Photographed in Tanzania from a safari vehicle, no cover
Seemingly as abundant as Impalas in Africa, the smaller Thomson's gazelle is also high on the menu of Africa's many predators.
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From Wikipedia: Thomson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) is one of the best known species of gazelles. It is named after explorer Joseph Thomson and is sometimes referred to as a "tommie". It is considered by some to be a subspecies of the red-fronted gazelle and was formerly considered a member of the genus Gazella within the subgenus Eudorcas, before Eudorcas was elevated to genus status.
Thomson's gazelles can be found in numbers exceeding 200,000 in Africa and are recognized as the most common type of gazelle in East Africa. A small fast antelope, the Thomson's gazelle is claimed to have top speeds up to 80–90 km/h (50–55 mph). It is the fourth-fastest land animal, after the cheetah (its main predator), pronghorn, and springbok.
Description:
Thomson's gazelle is a relatively small gazelle; it stands 60–70 cm (24–28 in) at the shoulder. Males weigh 20–35 kg (44–77 lb), while the slightly lighter females weigh 15–25 kg (33–55 lb). Facial characteristics of the gazelle include white rings around the eyes, black stripes running from a corner of the eye to the nose, rufous stripes running from the horns to the nose, a dark patch on the nose, and a light forehead
Social behavior:
During the wet season, a time when grass is abundant, adult male gazelles graze extensively. They spread out more and establish breeding territories. Younger males usually spend their time in bachelor groups, and are prevented from entering the territories. Females form migratory groups that enter the males' territories, mostly the ones with the highest-quality resources. As the female groups pass through and forage, the territorial males may try to herd them, and are usually successful in preventing single females from leaving, but not whole groups. Subadult males usually establish dominance through actual combat, while adults are more likely to do rituals. If a bachelor male should be passing through a territorial male's region, the male will chase the offender out of his territory.
When patrolling his territory, a male may use his horns to gore the grass, soil, or a bush. Males also mark grass stems with their preorbital glands, which emit a dark secretion. Territories of different males may share a boundary. When territorial males meet at the border of their territories, they engage in mock fights in which they rush towards each other as if they are about to clash, but without touching. After this, they graze in a frontal position, then in parallel and then in reverse, and move away from each other while constantly grazing. These rituals have no victor, but merely maintain the boundaries of the territories. Territorial males usually do not enter another male's territory. If a male is chasing an escaping female, he will stop the chase if she runs into another territory, but the neighboring male will continue the chase.
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A tiny bird seemingly overflowing with energy, the Ruby-crowned Kinglet forages almost frantically through lower branches of shrubs and trees. Its habit of constantly flicking its wings is a key identification clue. Smaller than a warbler or chickadee, this plain green-gray bird has a white eyering and a white bar on the wing. Alas, the male’s brilliant ruby crown patch usually stays hidden—your best chance to see it is to find an excited male singing in spring or summer. (All about birds)
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Seemingly joined at the hip these three engines seem to be perpetually coupled together forming the consist for the HAL Albany turn.
Wow, thanks for your comments, I am finally on here again after a seemingly long absence, Let me catch up on commenting on your pictures.. Happy Thanksgiving everyone...
Seemingly the best seller of Higer’s own buses at the moment is the wheel forward Steed. Like others on their stand this one is for an Irish operator.
Seemingly abandoned former Stagecoach Fife Volvo B10M-55 number 339/20339 R339HFS pictured at its current location at the Blar Mhor Industrial estate between Fort William and Banavie in Lochaber on Friday 21/11/2025.
i have very poor vision, and, okay, i was just too lazy to walk across the street to see if one of those signs said anything in english.re denomination or openness to all. sorry about that.
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317343 and 317508 (nearest the camera) cross Hardmead user-worked level crossing (between St. Margarets and Ware), working 2O12 08.12 Liverpool Street - Hertford East. [Pole, 4/6 sections (~5.4m)]
Greater Anglia's 317s had seen much reduced use for a few months, with seemingly a maximum of two pairs in traffic on any day for a few weeks - and in the few days before this, none at all. The company had advertised that one diagram out of the four on the Hertford East branch would be worked by a pair of 317s today, starting with 06.12 from Liverpool Street (which formed 07.09 from Hertford East), and then every two hours until 23.09 from Hertford East. This was planned to be their last day in service, with the last of the type to be withdrawn at the end of July - and it was indeed the last day any 317s operated in passenger service.
Having not got any pictures of 317s on the Hertford East branch, despite it being less than 45 minutes from home, my plan for today was to get as many shots of the 317s as possible, and ideally on the branch. My start was delayed by a couple of hours when I decided to ignore my 4am alarm and get a little more sleep, so this was my first shot of the day - the second return trip, rather than the first. I was keen to get a morning shot on the stretch between St. Margarets and Ware, while the sun was still on the north side of the line. Satellite views were, however, misleading, and finding a spot that was clear of shadows from trees as well as fairly easily accessible was not easy; the footpath alongside the River Lee Navigation is a little distance from the line, and there are trees and other thick vegetation in between. Of course, I didn't want close-ups of the trains, I wanted to include the surroundings as well as have a good view of the trains, and lineside vegetation means there aren't very many clear spots on the line. So it was hard work, and I ended up walking about as far from the car as possible (I'd parked close to the crossing nearest to St. Margaret's station, and this is the crossing closest to Ware station!). And even at 8.30am the sun was strong enough that the air temperature was rising quite rapidly!
My day chasing 317s was, however, truncated when a DCR working with a pair of 60s appeared on RTT, running south on the ECML late in the afternoon... But I still managed to photograph both legs of four return trips before going for the 60s at St. Neots.
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A quartet of BNSF GEs lead yet another one of the seemingly endless number of intermodal trains west through the desert. In the distance, one can barely make out part of the Petrified Forest National Park.
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37425 with 37558 seemingly dit and load 17 attacking bank as it leaves Thurston behind on its Colchester- Whitemoor move...
Mum sat watchfully nearby while these four sorted out their "pecking-order". The kits are seemingly very well-fed and the vixen didn't seem concerned that her kits really had no idea how to deal with this White-winged Scoter carcass.
Seemingly in the wrong part of the UK for any Greatest Gathering positional moves, I thought I'd better make an effort for 57307 hauling the Jackson Pollock liveried 390119 as 5Z35 1235 Edge Hill CS to Crewe. These locos don’t make a great racket but this one could be heard a good way out under full power.
The formation hauled a long sold out 1Z35 from Crewe into Derby Litchurch Lane, which presumably had the line scratchers frothing!
The train is seen passing Acton Bridge on 31st July 2025.
Pole shot.
Excerpt from newswire.ca:
On Friday, September 21st, 2018, Volkswagen Canada celebrated its most recent brand evolution, the Arteon, with the unveiling of a unique, outdoor art exhibit at the Grand Opening of The Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada (MOCA). Staying true to its passion for inspired and outside-the-box thinking, Volkswagen partnered with renowned experimental and multimedia artist Scott Froschauer to help showcase its most progressive and luxurious vehicle – the Volkswagen Arteon – by designing and installing an original outdoor art exhibit which will remain on display to the public for a limited time.
The Arteon art installation was conceptualized to be reflective of the belief that luxury is more than an image or a name, but rather a feeling and an experience stimulated by the finer things in life. Smart Luxury incorporates a sense of purpose, accessibility, quality and performance.
Renowned Los Angeles-based experimental and multimedia artist Scott Froschauer makes his Canadian debut with his stunning Arteon installation and collaboration with Volkswagen.
Froschauer's expertise with light, design, structural engineering, non-ordinary reality and experiential narrative are encapsulated in the exhibit which surrounds the Volkswagen Arteon with mirrors, lights and stunning imagery which collide to manifest an immersive, engaging and seemingly infinite look at what is #LifeInSmartLuxury
A creative visionary bent on sparking an emotional reaction from his audience, Froschauer's monumental artwork strives to evoke feelings of hope, excitement and joy.
"I was instantly drawn to the Arteon project because I've always been a fan of Volkswagen's heritage of renowned engineering and design – core principals in my own work," says Froschauer. "But even more than that, I was inspired by the Arteon and what it represents. I strive to change perceptions with my art and present new perspectives from which to view traditional concepts, and this big, beautiful, impactful exhibit embodies these core values."
A seemingly recent arrival locally, I've seen it a few times on the move so was glad to catch up with it here.
A clean MOT in September 2021, showing just over 90k, suggests that this should be around for a while.The general MOT history isn't bad, although a failure of two wrongly coloured indicators a couple of years back is a little intriguing.
I've taken seemingly a thousand slides here since the new Loachapoka siding was built in 2010, but it's still a favorite spot and good for "lazy easy" fanning being only 10 minutes from the house. After taking care of some roadmaster duties keeping the pine tree growth pruned back, Q605 heads south with the usual GE trio. Do think this only the second time I've pulled out the 200mm here.
After seemingly months of cloudy evenings it finally cleared up enough to provide a nice sunset. Lake Underhill, Orlando, FL.
Seemingly curious male American Goldfinch at rest on an overcast windy afternoon.
Common. Molting from winter to summer coat. Soon he'll be bright gold wearing a fancy black beret style topknot.
Out of seemingly nowhere, IC SD70 #1001 makes an appearance on the point of train 396 as they roll through mile 2 of the Halton Sub on a sunny but chilly February day. Unfortunately due to a timely appearance by a 271 on the south track, the shot in the sunlight I originally set out for was effectively ruined, but I'll take this over nothing anyday!
Funnily enough, I was not done for Illinois Central units today, as the CN 3008 (IC Heritage Unit) was fast approaching on the Kingston Sub leading Z149. I find it quite fascinating how I was able to snag a shot of the real deal before shooting the modern take on it in the same day.
Tonight the sky lit up seemingly in celebration of Pride month. For me, I am proud of this photo because this building is my last.
I've had 40 years in building or designing buildings or representing owners of buildings. Honestly, this one is taking it's toll... it's hard. The client is hard, the regulatory agencies are hard, it was started in the depths of the pandemic, labor shortages, etc...
We're all tired. This is simultaneously spirit-crushing and rewarding work. I find great rejuvenation when I can step back and capture it on a night like this.
And, an additional bonus, the building on the left corner was recently designed by a good friend of mine.
I'm leaving Sacramento next year. I'll miss this town.
I love how the forest is seemingly wrapped around this little owlet lit up by the warm sunlight in his leafy surroundings.
In the mid 1980's Westoe Colliery in South Shields was a large undersea pit with a seemingly excellent long-term future. It was also the home of one of the most fascinating colliery railways in the country at that time. It was used to transport both coal and spoil to Harton Staithes on the river Tyne and was electrified at 1500v DC and was operated by six surviving electric locomotives, one dating back to 1913. In August 1988 a new pad loading facility was opened at Westoe Colliery to allow BR direct access to the pit head. The new railhead was used to load five daily MGR services for the Tyne Coal Terminal and it also meant the end of electric traction at the colliery. The electric locos continued to move shale from Hilda Exchange sidings to Harton for dumping in the North Sea which is what is happening here. No. 13 is an English Electric Bo-Bo built in 1957. It was uneconomical to keep the system going just for the shale traffic and it was replaced in 1989 by a plastic circular conveyor belt (which could go around corners). At some time during the intervening years this too has met it's end and the site has been used for the building of a faceless or futuristic, depending on your point of view, BT office.
Here number 13 is returning from the staithes to Hilda Exchange sidings for another load.
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What the depth? This snowflake has a seemingly impossible number of layers to it! How can such a small crystal be so complex? My guess is either a strange form of crystal twinning, or dumb luck.
A simple hexagonal plate snowflake can usually have detail in three places: the front, the back, and inside. Interesting fact: if there are surface details on one part of a snowflake, the other side is smooth aside from rings or curved lines caused by inward crystal growth. Much of what we are seeing here are bubbles trapped in the ice, with a few more saturated ones near the center that are so close to the surface they evoke the phenomenon as thin film interference – the same physics that puts rainbow colours in soap bubbles).
The mystery here is that there appears to be multiple distinct layers of bubbles, something very rare. It would require two snowflakes to be stuck on top of each-other, or it could be two twinned crystals. These usually take the form of column-type snowflakes with an “evaporation groove” showing their separation (example: www.flickr.com/photos/donkom/16376573941/ ). I’ve seen it happen once before (long ago: www.flickr.com/photos/donkom/8476502160/ not just a plate twin, but TWO of them!) in plate-type crystals. This would allow for multiple layers, but in the earlier example I link to, each crystal twin as the same footprint! This is true for nearly every twin I’ve encountered, but it’s not true here.
Notice the brighter inner area? It forms roughly into a smaller hexagon which is the would-be twin, brighter here because there are more layers of ice to reflect light back. How can one outgrow the other when their footprints are glue together? The only suggestion I have is crystal splitting – where a bubble forms around the entire circumference of the snowflake, effectively cutting one of the crystals in half. With signs that the bubbles forming in the ice are very near the surface (which can create colours), if a thin top plate formed, it usually accelerates its growth beyond its partners (knife edge instability).
In this scenario and only this scenario could this happen: splitting twinned crystals. Or, just dumb luck that two snowflakes fell onto each-other perfectly. Such luck isn’t that uncommon – it’s what leads to the creation of twelve-sided snowflakes when two smaller crystals collide and stick together at a perfect 30-degree offset in rotation. Sure, they don’t show themselves very often, but I see a handful a season.
This snowflake measures just over 1 millimeter across, and originally it didn’t get my editing attention because it felt too cluttered – and then I realized that there was a puzzle to put together based on the abundance of details.
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Though seemingly fully laden, this ambitious fellow appears intent on gathering more from this "mother lode" of pollen...even to the point of losing some in his efforts. There seem to be many lessons, good and bad, to be learned from bees.
Taken on 4 July 2017 and uploaded 30 December 2024.
The oil/chemical tanker STI Hammersmith passing Shornemead Light at Gravesend Reach on the River Thames. Shornemead Light replaced Shornemead Lighthouse in 2004.
STI Hammersmith was built in 2015 by Hyundai in Ulsan, South Korea. One of a number of similarly named ships seemingly operated by Scorpio Tankers Inc. who advertise a fleet of 'Handymax' vessels all but one (Comandante) named after London locations. Funnily, the company says it is a Marshal Islands corporation.
Today, 30/12/2024, STI Hammersmith is sailing from Antwerp, Belgium, to Donges, France.
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For Monochrome Monday here's a little vignette seemingly straight out of the old west. According to an old USGS topo map these ramshackle log cabin structures are in a place named Beals. But I can find no information about this spot other than that name. So perhaps it was just a lonely ranch or maybe it is a ghost town with a hidden past. It's fun to imagine that perhaps Kid Curry passed this way to rendezvous with Butch and Sundance at Hole-in-the-Wall or maybe Ike Gravelle rode through on his way to blow up the NP's Yellowstone River bridge near Livingston or....you fill in your own wild west tale.
But even if it doesn't look like it at times, it's very much the 21st century as Montana Rail Link's 844 Logan Local is seen at about MP 5.4 on MRL's 6th Sub (Harrison Branch) rolling north (timetable east) through a classic western high plains landscape. They are dropping downgrade toward Antelope Creek which they'll follow back through a canyon that cuts through the London Hills on their return toward the 5th Sub (former NP passenger main) at Sappington. Leading the eight loaded covered hoppers are two classic EMD GP35s, MRL 403 and 401 blt. Dec 1964 as DRGW 3039 and Jan. 1964 as DTI 353 respectively.
Serving only one customer, this branch sees service once a week at most to reach the tiny country elevator at the end of the line. I can't verify the veracity of this claim, but I've been told by railroaders that the only reason this anachronism survives is that the owner of the Harrison Elevator Co. is an old friend of MRL's owner, billionaire industrialist Dennis Washington. If true it would certainly help to explain the otherwise unexplainable!
This branch itself was originally built to Harrison by a Northern Pacific subsidiary in 1889 and extended a year later another 10 miles or so to Norris. Additionally at Harrison another branch forked 7 miles west to a small mining area at Pony. This branch was cut back by the NP during WWII and the outer 10 miles of the main stem to Norris succumbed under BN in 1975 leaving what was left to pass to MRL in 1987.
As for the railroad itself, countless articles have been written about the MRL over the past 35 years of its existence and if you care to learn more download this great series courtesy of Trains Magazine:
www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/TRN-MRL.pdf
Madison County, Montana
Tueaday September 6, 2022
A seemingly sincere fellow approached me, saying he was from the Chamber of Commerce and wanted a pic of me to be used to welcome people to the Democratic National Convention. Well, you all know what happened to that.
However, since this pic was taken in 2007, I suspect he was pulling my leg.
What do you think?