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SEPTA Norristown High Speed Line (former Philadelphia & Western interurban). Fantrip with the last of the serviceable Brill-built "Strafford" cars of 1927, the immediate predecessors to the line's famed Brill "Bullet" interurbans. More on the history of these cars can be found here: www.phillytrolley.org/strafford.html
"Forgetfulness is not just a vis inertiae, as superficial people believe, but is rather an active ability to suppress, positive in the strongest sense of the word, to which we owe the fact that what we simply live through, experience, take in, no more enters our consciousness during digestion (one could call it spiritual ingestion) than does the thousand-fold process which takes place with our physical consumption of food, our so-called ingestion. To shut the doors and windows of consciousness for a while; not to be bothered by the noise and battle which our underworld of serviceable organs work with and against each other;a little peace, a little tabula rasa of consciousness to make room for something new, above all for the nobler functions and functionaries, for ruling, predicting, predetermining (our organism runs along oligarchic lines, you see) - that, as I said, is the benefit of active forgetfulness, like a doorkeeper or guardian of mental order, rest and etiquette: from which can immediately see how there could be no happiness, cheerfulness, hope, pride, immediacy, without forgetfulness" Nietzche, On the Genealogy of Morality.
Hágale pues A.
Yesterday I posted this shot of Valley Railroad 2-8-0 number 97 running light here: flic.kr/p/2qyJ23H
Exactly six minutes after 97 passed, the 3 PM train finally showed up headed northbound nearly thirty minutes late. And since number 97 had left sans train on her rescue mission this run was led by Valley Railroad 80 tonner number 904. It is seen here at the open field near MP 4.5 on the old New Haven Valley Line north of the bridge over the Falls River.
This locomotive is relatively new to the line, having been acquired in 2023 in a government auction after beeing stored serviceable at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach where they had last served. 904 still wears its USN yellow paint but received a green cab with nee number and logo that mirrors but does not match the green and orange New Haven style colors of the rest of the road's original. GE center cab fleet. To learn more about this unit check out this article:
railfan.com/ex-navy-80-tonners-find-new-home-in-connecticut/
Essex, Connecticut
Saturday November 16, 2024
Wow, Doctor Strange! Where to start....
I'm gonna go out and say it... it was just a movie. Like it didn't blow my mind, but it wasn't terrible, it was just a good time and then it was over.
Admittedly, I don't know everything there is about Dr Strange. I'm semi fluent with the Marvel's magic universe, but not enough to quote anything. That being said, even as a casual fan I didn't find a whole lot to latch onto and enjoy or take away with me. Not to say that this was a bad movie! More that it feels like I've seen this movie before....
Perhaps because it's an origin story? Perhaps it's the "entire world is in danger" cliché? Or maybe it's because of the "fall from grace/emerge a hero" arc? This really could have been something else entirely. I don't know about anyone else, but I'm getting tired of the Marvel Formula.
Back when Dr Strange was announced for production, I was hopeful for an established character. Mostly the impression was from the name drops he'd receive every so often in the MCU. But it's a shame because that's not what we got. What we got was serviceable, it was fine, but not what I was hoping for. Marvel just stuck to their formula. It worked okay, but I don't feel all the concepts landed.
The mere fact that this has been advertised as something entirely different that will change the way you see movies... ehh that's not entirely true. Yes the animation and visual spectacle was impressive, and that stems quite a lot from the source material. But visuals aren't always the reason a film is good. Substance is pretty crucial. Then to retort, I found it difficult to focus on one thing at a time when fights or conflicts happened. Being torn between looking at the visuals or the fights, I found myself missing things. So maybe I didn't like the animations as much...?
I don't know.... It's not like this was a bad movie by any stretch, but something about the over saturation of the superhero genre is really getting to me. Like why did the conflict have to be the end of the world? Could there have been something like... I don't know, some students mess with a spell they shouldn't, they get stuck in the dark dimension, and Strange and Mordo have to rescue them. Even if you wanted his origin in the movie, it could be slipped in through dialogue and flashbacks. But what we got, I was kinda bored with the linear story telling.
Additionally, I didn't find the conflict or even the villain that much of a threat, mostly due to the Superhero Troupe that the good guy wins all the time. I had no sense of danger or concern for any of these characters. Hell, when the Ancient One dies, that brought on the "student in now the master" cliche. It wasn't a surprise to me, or seemed to bother anyone in the film for more than a few minutes.
Also the Marvel humor felt a little forced, but that could have just been me. Somebody sitting behind me lost their mind at the vending machine scene and I got nothing out of that. These jokes are all the same old same old.
I've listened and read a handful of reviews now, and it's a very mixed bag. Some say it's their new favorite Marvel Movie, some think it's all flair and no beef.
It's not like this was a bad movie, just myself personally, I wasn't very satisfied. I'd almost want to see it again to see if I feel the same way after typing and thinking about it for so long :P
Anyway, I'll cut this short! I'd like to hear what you guys thought though! Did Dr Strange feel like Marvel was phoning it in? Did it knock your socks off into The Astral Plane?
Let me know what you think!
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B&O 2-8-8-4 #7626 is going through inspection at the shops in Cumberland, MD, April 1954. The big steamer and it's brothers would work out of Cumberland another two years before being bumped to the Ohio coal fields by diesel-electric locomotives. There they worked for another two years being retired in 1958. Stored serviceable for a few years, all were stricken from the roster and scrapped by the mid sixties.
Photographer is unknown. Original Kodachrome slide.
At the end of a day pulling freights for a 2014 Lerro Photography Charter, Rayonier Willamette #2 heads for the "House of Gears" at the Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad in Mineral, Washington.
This 1929-vintage, 3-Truck Willamette is the last of 33 such engines built by the Willamette Iron & Steel Co. Although it looks for all the world like a Shay, the Willamette Co. was able to take advantage of the fact that several key patents held by Ephraim Shay expired in 1921, allowing them to produce a similar, competing locomotive, but with numerous improvements, notably superheating. Initially, the Willamette proved popular, and became known as the "Cadillac" of geared steam locomotives". Unfortunately, the competition lit a fire under the Lima and Heisler Companies, forcing them to incorporate some of the same improvements in their products and the bigger players in the business eventually won the battle for the marketplace. Of the 33 Willamettes that were built, only 6 survive today, and the engine seen here is the only operable example. She was restored in 2009 after decades of inactivity in private hands. Today, she is stored serviceable at the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad in Mineral, WA.
RJ Corman Baldwin's # 301 and # 1007 are seen in the former Texas South Eastern engine house at Dibboll, TX. The # 301 is a serviceable backup to a SW1500 while the # 1007 is O/S. Taken with permission 10/24/2016
Many rejoice, some mourn, others don't have a opinion. With CN deciding to store the fleet of C40-8M "saggin wagons" there comes a time where you realize how special these guys really are. Some argue that they are pieces of junk that don't load and slip, and they are glad they are "gone". I would beg the latter, I would expect these to return sometime in the future. The when and where are to be in question, but when they come back they will be a hot commodity, at least for the railfans.
CN 2401 sits at the engine rack at Point on the evening of October 25th, 2019. She had been paired up with a sister barn running trains North out of Point and always returning in the next day or so. I am glad I had the opportunity to capture this unit many times within the past month, even though most of the time it was idling at the racks. Within a week, CN would make the announcement and she would be gone. Who knows where, when, and why she might come back? Nobody. Thats the fun about it.
New fleet number with retro gold leaf. This tram is still serviceable to date and currently (2023) on assignment in the Arnhem based Nederlands Openluchtmuseum (Dutch Open Air Museum). (c)Henk Graalman 1968
SEPTA Norristown Highspeed Line (former Philadelphia & Western interurban)- three October 1989 shots illustrating the brief period of operation of former Chicago Transit Authority 6000-series L cars. SEPTA obtained them as one of the stopgaps to keep operations going until the new fleet arrived (these were later replaced by some modified Philly L cars), the serviceable original fleet of Brill "Bullets" and Strafford cars having dwindled in numbers.
I was "rest day" on Saturday.
For some time now the fact that there is only one serviceable DBSO at Kingmoor has meant that one coastal set has reverted to T&T 37s. On Friday heavyweight 37716 found itself on the southern end of this particular set but I was at work and unable to phot' it in the West Cumbrian sun. "No matter", thought I, "I'm off tomorrow so I'll be able to shoot it in the forecast Saturday sun".
WRONG!
The bloody thing burst itself at Barrow on Friday afternoon and so initially had 37259 bolted on ahead of it at the Citadel, working the last southbound of the day D.I.T.
The whole shooting match then went ECS to Kingmoor via the WCML at the close of play where 716 was levered out and 259 reattached for the Saturday shift.
A 37/0 on passenger work in 2016 would be a top prize on any day of the week, especially in the sun.
You'd think.
A 37/7 would've trumped it big-time.
Anyway, it is what it is and here's Saturday's 08.42 CAR - BIF passing the site of the former Moss Bay steelworks at Salterbeck.
The combination of night photo shoots and smoke machines allows railfans to get creative with making the least serviceable of steam power look alive. Such is the case this October evening with the SP 5021, on display at the RailGiants Train Museum in Pomona. With lighting and smoke effects brought in by Steve Crise, this three cylinder giant appears ready to tackle the next job it's assigned to.
On a cloudy, fall afternoon, an East Broad Top mixed train rolls through the company's yards at Rockhill Furnace, PA, shortly after dropping a few passengers at the depot. This image depicts the state of the yard restoration efforts as of October, 2023. A fair amount of track rehab has been done, including replacement of a lot of older ties. Most of the remaining coal hoppers, although not operable, have been given some cosmetic rehab, to stabilize them for restoration in the future. The railroad's massive shop complex, which looms in the background of this frame, has seen significant work to stabilize and improve the look of the buildings and the interior is now open for guided tours. Other projects are underway to rehabilitate the yard's coal tipple and water column, to make them all serviceable.
This image was created during an October, 2023 photo shoot on the East Broad Top Railroad, which featured the recently-restored Baldwin Mikado Locomotive #16, which ran for the first time in 67 years on February 1st of 2023.
The official Go-Coach Volvo Plaxton President farewell took place on Thursday 30th December 2021 and featured 8304 Y825 TGH visiting a number of haunts which have been popular for the type over the past seven years.
Its seen here at Crockenhill about the work the penultimate leg of the tour to Dartford as a 412/D12. The marathon tour started in Swanley with an extended S31/431 to Sevenoaks Bus Station via Orpington, then an S6 to Kemsing Noah's Ark, 431X to Tunbridge Wells via A21, 402X back to Sevenoaks Bus Station, a 409C/S12 to Crockenhill via Eynsford, a 412/D12 to Dartford and then a mystery tour via Amazon LCY3 back to Swanley.
Sadly 8301 Y809 TGH had a faulty alternator so was not used although it was repaired later in the day. Both remained in serviceable condition throughout January 2022, with 8304 last working a p.m. S12 on Tuesday 4th January which left 8301 to perform the honours of the final of the type in service working the p.m. S8 on Monday 31st January 2022.
I sometimes wonder why I even scan marginal stuff but it just happens and then I'm torn whether to post of just stick it on a memory stick never to be seen again. Sorry about the brutal lighting on this one but the power was pretty cool by the date of the shot. Train 705 is at Moonlight with 1848, 1847, 4743 and EMD 2000 on May 14, 1994. The CP BIGs had already been retired once in December 93 but a power shortage caused some of the still serviceable ones to be returned to service in late winter/early spring 1994. The reprieve didn't last long and if a serious failure occurred the unit was promptly re-retired. Some of these units literally returned to service and suffered a major problem and were parked again for good in just a few days. When the BIGs returned to service it was instructed they were not to be used as leaders, that wasn't really a problem in virtually all of them as the RSC equipment and radios plus a few other cab amenities had been ripped out upon there retirement in late 93. Oddly enough the 4743 seen in this set was fully intact in the cab and capable of leading. It may well have been the only BIG running on CP in 1994 that was. At the time I knew a couple people in the CP power bureau and relayed the information 4743 was still a qualified leader. It was one of those things I think they'd rather have not known as I'm not sure anyone wanted to stick a big in the lead and have pictures pop up of one of the units Rob Ritchie had personally retired the previous December back in service leading a train on his railroad. Anyway 4743 turned into quite the survivor and still works on DL to this day. I can't believe I had that much to say about a crappy shot lol.
The arrival of the two Aurizon 2300 class locos at Thevenard to run the gypsum trains has seen all the surplus locos now stored in a line up next too the silos.
In the morning of 8-6-23, 5DD2 with 2364D,2332D complete unloading at Thevenard alongside stored locos 906,851,1203,1204,873 and 859.
The two NJ class locos 1601 and 1606 have been kept serviceable in the loco as spares
Due to a shortage of serviceable steam locos, 7A was rushed back into service from its overhaul in June 2024. This presented photographers with a rare opportunity: to photograph 7A mid-repaint on the daily excursion trains.
Of note is the remnant green paint on the cab sides of 7A; for many years, 7A wore the apple green livery now worn by 6A to represent the first era of narrow gauge railways in Victoria.
7A's paint job has since been completed, and it looks quite smart in its fresh Canadian red livery.
"MEV209" Arriving on-time in the late summer light from Lagos. Med-View are currently an airline not allowed to operate in the EU due to aircraft serviceability issues. However this Icelandic registered and owned aircraft is not subject to the ban.
The Portland - a sailing hold scow, built of kauri in 1910.
She traded in and around Auckland until 1932
when she came to Nelson, and traded between the Tasman Bay harbours and Wellington for over 40 years.
The Portland is one of the few surviving serviceable hold scow in New Zealand,
most of these ships were taken to the Pacific for war use and never came back.
The Portland is currently moored at Pounawea in The Catlins.
But I hear rumours she's sold and may be moving back to Auckland. Rumours...
ehive.com/account/3021/object/42312/Photograph_[Scow_The_Portland]
www.odt.co.nz/regions/south-otago/158184/all-hands-pumps-...
Thanks for placing this image as the 17th out of 500 photos explored the world over today.
On my fourth safari I finally got a serviceable picture of a bataleur eagle, a fine looking bird that has no tail (which you'd note if you saw it on the wing). Perched high on a snag in Amboseli National Park in Kenya. ©2025 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com
2-10-0 248 ready for action at Bukinje, near Tuzla, Bosnia. About 9-30pm, 15th October 2017. One of about 6 serviceable ex German 'Kreigsloks' (War Locomotives) which shunt collieries in the Tuzla area. I don't know if they still survive. This is real steam.
The final "serviceable" class 67 in EWS livery is pictured with 66147 at Toton on 16th June 2024. The 'Skip' has just been sanctioned a replacement turbo and work has started in no.5 road of the TMD. Once this is complete it will visit the paintshop for TfW livery and should be working passenger trains along the marches route by October.
Dont be fooled by the exterior gleam on 66147 either, this 66 has been sidelined since the end of 2021 and has now also moved inside the TMD for repairs to take place. Expect this loco to return to service in the near future on the yard pilot turn before going back into revenue earning traffic
Another ex-Go-Ahead London PVL left the go-coach fleet on Saturday 15th May 2021 when 8306 X563 EGK was delivered to Coxheath Primary School for non-psv use.
The former PVL163 entered service with London General in November 2000 and survived with the company until late 2015 when it was purchased by Go-Coach, repainted and numbered 8306. It was delicenced in November 2020 and stored serviceable at Swanley until being taken to Otford for a repaint into red over the May Bank Holiday weekend as part of the agreement with Coxheath Primary School.
Pictured here is 8306 being positioned next to the playground at Coxheath Primary School after its run down from Swanley Garage. Saturday 15th May 2021.
Volvo B7TL - Plaxton President (Ex-Go-Ahead London PVL163)
In October 2019, the Grand Elk ran some of the first trains down to the end of the old New York Central branch in nearly 2 decades. Once NYC's mainline rom Jackson to Grand Rapids, the line has been mostly abandoned over the years, with about a 4 mile stretch remaining in Grand Rapids now known as the Hastings Industrial Lead. Most of the lead has not seen any use since the Conrail era, but recently Grand Elk landed a lumber customer about halfway down the line. The remainder remained OOS until last month when some work was done make it serviceable for storage cars. Here we see WAMX SD40-2 #4190 pulling ahead with a long cut of centerbeams for temporary storage. In a moment they will shove back clear of the road as they fill the runaround at the end of the line with the remainder of their cars. The crossings here at 36th and Eastern had not functioned in years and they actually had to run power back to the boxes to get them to function. They were activated manually as the track circuits were all but gone. While the line is currently packed with storage cars, Grand Elk has big plans. Both of these crossings will be redone next year, along with more track work. They are currently in talks with a few customers who would potentially get cars at the end of the branch.
This was the only piece of "active" rail line in Grand Rapids that I had never seen a train on, until now!
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For February 1 Macro Monday the Theme is Safety. I've chosen to feature the system that keeps my camera and budget safe while tramping through woods looking for birds, walking whatever landscape for a great image or just out and about. The strap that accompanies most cameras is most serviceable and really safe to the extent that it's so fastened to the the camera that it can't easily be removed when I don't want it dangling from a tripod.
I adopted the Black Rapid system some years ago; it has an attachment via the tripod socket with secondary attachment via carabiner which has it's own safety locked "gate" that prevents it from accidentally being opened. In the first year using the system I did have the "eye" that is attached to the tripod socket come loose while walking in a wildlife preserve with camera and 400mm long lens attached. It did not detach or fall but I then decided it necessary to create another layer of safety ... I found a short cable that permanently attaches to Canon's strap lugs with another carabiner that can attach to a different place on the strap ... in essence a belt & suspenders with a 2nd set of suspenders for peace of mind. This is how I feel i'm keeping my camera ... and budget safer.
This is was created from a 20 image dot-stack sequence processed in Adobe LR an PS.
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Tupolev TU-134A parked at a freezing Novosibirsk, Russia;
a Siberia Airlines Tupolev Tu-154B RA-85451 hiding behind;
not sure if either are serviceable?!
Fuel truck mobile exhibition of the Museum "Mosgortrans". All vehicles are serviceable and on the go.
GBRf 73961 'Alison' and 73971 are seen at Carnoustie with 1B16 20.26 Aberdeen to London Euston 'Caledonian Sleeper'.
73961 along with sister loco 73962 have been drafted in from the South East to help out with a shortage of serviceable CS class 73s - which are still neccessary for coupling to the Mk5 stock.
Working steam in Peru is long gone, but the shop forces on the FCCA (FC Central Andino, the famed railroad that crosses over the Andes at an elevation at almost 16,000 feet) had 2-8-0 #206 tucked away in its shop. The engine was serviceable, but needed some work.
The railroad got busy and got it operating for our group visit. The engine was at Chosica near the bottom of the mountains. The railroad dragged it over the Andes to La Oroya in a freight train and our group boarded the little train at La Oroya on July 27, 2008. The FCCA even built a special car for us so we could ride in the open behind the engine. We were to ride the line north out of La Oroya to Cerro de Pasco, a mining town.
But alas, things did not go as planned. The engine soon developed a serious problem and had to be set out at a place called La Cima. A diesel, which had been following us, took our train on to Cerro de Pasco. Our bus, which had been shadowing us for such emergencies, picked us up there and took us to our hotel many miles away (that's a whole 'nother story). The mechanical folks worked on the engine all night and got it to Junín, where we met it the next morning to head back south to La Oroya. We were able to use it for a few hours before it succumbed for good. Before it died, we had a nice run by at Zig Zag (switchback in US parlance). Then the diesel brought 206 and our train to La Oroya. This image is of the 206 on the switchback not far north of La Oroya. Photo by Joe McMillan.
I should mention that the railroad went above and beyond what would be expected in trying to make this work for us, but the problem was too serious to fix without having the engine in a shop. Nevertheless, we were treated to some nice steam action.
After languishing a couple years out of service at Huron with a broken crank reportedly the 401 was put back together and made serviceable in the late 70's. It like the rest of the C425's was filthy and it ran around that way until Huron painted the C425's and there BU companions in late 1980. The 401 looking better than it has in years sits at Waseca on January 3, 1981. No photographer to credit on this one, Chuck Schwesinger collection.
6609, leaving at 17:55 is the last train of the day from Khmil'nik and here is seen almost at the end of its one hour and twenty minute journey. Running alongside Vulytsya Hychki (Hychki street) the train potters into Vynohradiv behind the lines only serviceable loco, TU2 034 on the 23rd of April 2017
45017 stands in platform 4 Derby at the head of 1M54, 08:20 Leeds – Birmingham New Street, 15th June 1983.
Locomotive History
45017 was built at Derby Works and entered traffic as D23 in April 1961. It was allocated initially to Derby but was transferred to Leeds Neville Hill five months later and moved across the city to Leeds Holbeck in December 1962. It would spend the next twenty five years allocated to Holbeck before it was transferred to York in May 1978. A year later in May 1979 it transferred to Tinsley and its final transfer was to Toton in March 1984. It was withdrawn in August 1985 but reinstated to the departmental fleet a month later for training use at Toton and renumbered ADB968024. The exact nature of the training that ADB968024 was used for is unclear and re-railing has been mentioned, however in July 1987 it was still serviceable and used at the Midland Railway Centre on passenger duties. By 1988 it was dumped at Tinsley and was broken up at MC Metals, Glasgow in November 1991.
Canon AT1, Agfacolour CT18
Royal Air Force - RAF
Aerial nose view of Teasin Tina one of only two surviving Handley Page Victor K.2 tankers that is in serviceable condition, capable of taxiing at full speed. This aircraft is part of a few remaining historic aircraft after the sale of Bruntingthorpe airfield.
28-11-2021
Sometimes I buy ugly, rotting old folding cameras for a few dollars at garage sales and such. If the lens is still in a "serviceable" state, I separate the glass and shutter from the rest of the box and do some minor disassembly and cleaning. Come next winter, I have some interesting new optics to putter and explore with while the snow piles up outside my window. Ya gotta make your own fun sometimes. NOTE: 5/30/22: It helps if you can find some extension tubes or small bellows to mount vintage lenses. You'll need a mounting plate, too (see the plastic Canon EOS body cap in the lower right I used to mate an old Zeiss lens). Lastly, the best results are with optics over 75-100mm.
Owing to a lack of available steam crew, 47306 ”The Sapper” was called upon to cover the days services. 47306 was purchased by HNRC following a period in store at St. Blazey Depot having visited for an open day in the early 2000’s. HNRC moved the 47 to the Bodmin & Wenford railway for inspection and despite the loco still being in a serviceable condition, HNRC agreed a swap deal with the owner of 20166/20197 which kept 47306 in Cornwall and sending 20166/20197 to Barrow Hill from Bodmin.
In December 2015, the loco was stopped for a complete overhaul taking little over 3 years to complete. It’s refreshing to see the veteran freight loco keep this striking livery which makes a change from the usual shades of blue or Green seen on a lot of preserved locos.
10:30 Bodmin General - Bodmin Parkway.
Chlorobromide silver gelatin print on Cass Art Watercolour paper.
Sodium chloride, potassium bromide, silver nitrate, citric acid, gelatin.
Toned in Moersch carbon toner.
The final serviceable print from the last batch of emulsion. It suffered from terrible chemical fogging after a couple of weeks.
4110 is pictured being taken back to the depot after being in a minor RTA. Also a db250 (4751) was in an RTA that day (ASWELL) but I didn’t manage to see what happened with that one. I was thinking of getting 4751 but deciding not to was a good move in the end, little was I to know!
As for the Olympus it will be serviceable again, since it was still drivable after. This will be back in use again at some point.
Update: It is already back in use! 15/1, DB250 4751 is sadly withdrawn.
A strange original character from a strange show from like thirty years ago.
Here's just a quick shot taken of my newest Christo Flash (with edited boots because WHY DIDN'T CHRISTO GIVE HIM BOOTS?)! It really bugs me that I bought this figure nearly a year ago, and as serviceable as the design is, it was missing that crucial aspect of the costume! So I quickly threw some rough editing together and this was the result :)
Anyway, I shared a handful of other “review-like” bonus post on Patreon FOR FREE (yes you read that correctly) They're all up there now, veiwable by the public just to give you an idea of what my other posts tend to be like!
Well usually they're a little more in-depth than the one's about Pollux, but you get the idea :P
Ultimately, I felt obligated to share this one over here because this is where my Christo Flash collection began and I wanted to make sure he didn’t get forgotten!
Anyway, go check out my Patreon right now to read all of my thought's about this fig :)
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With the urgent need to get serviceable buses and equipment out of Hackney Garage and into the new Ash Grove Garage ready for the first day of operation, inevitably those unable to move would be left behind. How long for, I don`t know. But by early afternoon on the last day that Hackney was operational 24 April 1981, MBA 611 SMS 377 and MBA 523 didn`t look to be going anywhere.
One of the refurbished "Clacton Express" class 309 EMU's is seen well out of its usual sphere of operations at Manchester Oxford Road. From construction in 1962-63 up until 1994 these units were exclusively used between London Liverpool Street, Clacton and Walton-on-Naze.
On this occasion the unit was part of a 2x4-car consist coupled with 309 615 forming the Hertfordshire Railtours 'Network Exile' railtour covering electrified routes in the West Midlands and North West which was a first for the class. Ironically in the early part of 1994 as the class were being withdrawn from service as new class 321 units took over their work on the services out of London Liverpool Street. The remained eight serviceable 4-car sets of class 309 stock were transferred to Manchester Longsight Depot to replace aging class 303 and 305 units. They took over Manchester - Crewe, Stoke and Stafford services lasting until May 2000. 309 611 depicted here wasn't one of them as it had been withdrawn in December 1991 from Clacton Depot, being broken up at Mayer Newman's Scrapyard at Snailwell in March 1992.
For thousands of District 18 residents, the K-7 is the last word in cheap dependable transportation. It is quite inexpensive, and small enough to weave through dense traffic. It uses manually controlled steering vanes and a simple thruster and hoverpads for reliability and serviceability. The bike is built around a basic alloy frame, and components can be easily swapped to customize the bike for numerous applications.
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Built for the LEGO Speeder Bike contest.
Note to Judges: this build has not been modified in any way since the deadline.
This diesel generator was purchased expecting the need for additional power for a planned new mineral concentrator in Sandon. This unit installed to run in parallel, independent or as a backup to the existing hydroelectric plant. The Blackstone Engine Company of Stamford, England was contracted to supply the engine, generators and control panels. The engine is still serviceable and runs on special occasions during the year.
There was another classic Cold War V bomber at Bruntingthorpe Airfield today but sadly it wasn't flying. However the organisers had positioned Handley Page Victor K2 tanker XM715 Teasin’ Tina on the main runway so it looked the part as Vulcan XH558 flew over.
The Cold War Jets Collection at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome maintains this fine aircraft in fully serviceable order, capable of taxiing at full speed. See victorxm715.co.uk
What a fantastic looking aircraft the Victor is, unlike anything before or since, and must have looked real "space age" back in 1952.
Oxford, Ohio. I can make out "Ross Auctioneer" on the door. There is a Douglas Ross Auctioneer listed in Oxford a few blocks from where I found it. Perhaps this is his truck. It looks a little beat up, but still serviceable and I think it was a daily driver. If it was mine, I wouldn't do much to it other than enjoy driving it around and making the local Miami University students jealous. The bumper sticker says "Love it or Leave it" and it has an AAA National Award emblem on the bumper. Sometimes it is fun to speculate about the history or current situation of these old vehicles one finds.
HTT
I dunno, blame Colby.
Floyd: The hardest of these to figure out besides flag. Helmet isn't perfect, but it's fine for what I was trying to accomplish.
Boomerang: I like his head a lot.
Waller: A last-second inclusion
Enchantress: My favorite of these
Rick Flag: Oof, boring, but at least he's not naked.
Tiger: Basic, but serviceable.
B'deep B'deep B'deep, that's all folks.
On a cold morning in January of 2019, the Huckleberry Railroad's pretty 10-wheeler #152 rumbles across the trestle over Butternut Creek, headed west back toward Crossroads Village, hauling a short excursion train. If the trestle pictured doesn't look particularly old, that's because is was placed in service in 2013, about 6 years prior to the date of this photo, replacing an older structure.
This image was captured during a January 2019 photo shoot on Michigan's Huckleberry Railroad, which is located at Crossroads Village, just north of the City of Flint. The railroad has a pair of steam locomotives, including US 152, depicted here, and the former Denver & Rio Grande Western K-27 #464, although typically, only one of them will be serviceable at any given time. The railroad alternates them in service on 15-year cycles. This particular photo shoot was able to feature both, as it happened during a transition period when both were in service.
Many photos have been shared of the classic "North End of the Alaska Railroad" sign that graced the bumping post at the old Fairbanks Depot. Here is a link to one in case you've never seen it: railphoto-art.org/collections/leo-king-collection/alaska-...
What we have here, however, is the rarely seen absolute south end of serviceable Alaska railroad trackage. Somehow being at the south end of the northernmost railroad in North America is less poetic, so it warrants nothing more than a simple End of Track sign. While passengers get to see the end of the line at the Seward Depot, over here on the freight dock the rails extend beyond the south throat of the yard right out into Resurrection Bay where pipe ships and barges can berth at the ARRC owned facility with access to on dock rail service. Beyond the bumping post lie the icy waters of the bay and then the vast north Pacific Ocean with the next landfall in Hawaii 2800 miles to the south.
Seward, Alaska
Thursday November 18, 2010
En route from Bushbury to Oxley sidings, 40162 runs light along the Stour Valley line towards Wolverhampton North Junction on 28th November 1982. A blockade was in force at Wolverhampton station necessitating empty stock movements from Oxley sidings to Bushbury entailing reversals at Cannock Road Junction.
Just a week later 40162 was reported as stored serviceable at Haymarket but it was condemned on 14/12/82. It remained there until 25/06/85 when it was moved to Millerhill Yard for scrapping. [Ref. Class 40 Motherlist]
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Inspired in part my Andrew Cookston's badass Rogues post a while back, and also my own admiration of Flash's villains, I thought I'd bolster my Rogues gallery with a few new and updated faces.
Back row:
Weather Wizard: Took the parts from my defunct Ra's and made this guy.
The Top: Utilized the torso most folks use for Weather Wizard. He's also standing on the CMF Series 14 Banshee tail for effect.
Grodd is Grodd
The Thinker: Used my 80's Squad Thinker cause I wasn't sure which one to actually use.
Abra Cadabra: Entirely new, and I think, rather serviceable. Glad to find a use for that second Alfred head I have.
Rainbow Raider: An attempt was made, Cyclops head, Vulture torso, Fairy bat arms, CMF King legs.
Bottom Row:
Digger is Digger.
Mirror Master is the same other than now he's got Green Arrow's head.
Cold is Cold, and Heatwave has an AT-ST Driver's head now.
The Reverse Flashes are my normal standbys
Pied Piper now has a Belloq head
Fiddler now has a Harry Potter head
The Turtle: Made this guy on a lark. Hagrid head, TMNT shell, CMF Dino guy torso, beach kid legs.
Trickster is the same as you saw previously.
Golden Glider: I have never, ever seen a fig of Snart's sister, so here's one now: CMF Genie girl hair, WW head, Atlantis Soldier torso reversed, Atlantis Soldier legs.
Let me know what you think while I go hunting for the new JLA sets and Batman CMF
Cheers! And hey! Happy almost New Year eh? This year was a thing that happened, maybe next year will be slightly more interesting.