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8F 48151 makes steady progress up to Ais Gill summit with the return leg of the Dalesman, 12 coaches on the hook.
A77 slogs away as it hauls a heavily loaded log consist up-grade from the Wodonga Goods Sidings.
A short wait ahead at the Hovell Street crossing provided a fair show when the loco powered up from a standing start, a lot of the time struggling to get moving again.
Thursday 7th April 2005.
Bramshall 26-7-25 60046 slogs up the Uttoxeter line at Bramshall on 6M91 Chaddesden Sidings-Ravenhead Sidings loaded sand service. The train had run via Chaddesden Sidings to drop off 6 empties as the original set of wagons that worked to Brandon on Thursday with a load of stone was loaded to 24 wagons and only 18 are required on the sand to St. Helens. TAKEN FROM TREE
Hubby and I slogged for 4 miles through a foot of slushy snow to get a couple shots of Falls Creek. I did not want to spoil the Christmas surprise and open the new snowshoes just yet. We got a thorough, invigorating workout but next time it will be much easier, walking on top!
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Finally, I can show you my vision of the LEGO Tow Truck 60056. In fact, I bought this set right away when it appeared in 2014. I find this a great set! Big and powerful truck - what could be better? But I wanted something more detailed and classic. Initially, I changed only the appearance of the cabin. After that, for a long time I did not work with this modification of 60056. But the incompleteness of the superstructure did not give me rest. When I found out about hook and chain tow trucks, I realized that I wanted to build this type. And now you see the result. The entire cable mechanism is tested in practice, and the model itself can be assembled in the form in which it is depicted on the renders. You can study the model in more detail at mecabricks, as always.
Thanks for attention :)
Mecabricks: mecabricks.com/en/models/LyjWLb5pvJr
London Midland Class 150 Sprinter 150105 slogs through Barnt Green with the 13:59 1M66 Hereford to Birmingham New Street.
Since my last visit, there have been a number of cosmetic changes. First, metal gates were installed at the end of the Platforms. Following this, Hewell Lane bridge has been modified to create extra clearance, and the bridge in the distance is undergoing the same treatment. Finally, the footbridge here has been replaced.
This is a view of the fabulous Mamores taken from the ascent path to Aonach Beag and Aonach Mor fron the Steall ruins. I remember it being an almighty slog that day with the usual four seasons weather and a never ending trudge back to the start, eased considerably by the magnificent scenery all round (when it wasn't raining). If you can, view it large to get the best effect.
Digging hard into the fairly steep grade of Angora Hill, this pair of GEVO's is only a couple miles into its nearly 15 mile climb to Angora. From there it's a much gentler descent down out of the Sand Hills and into Alliance.
C BTMCXC0 43B (Coal- Black Thunder Mine, WY to Chicago, IL [CSX])
BNSF ES44AC #6297
BNSF ES44AC #6021
(DPU) ????
Northport, NE
April 10th, 2021
66019, with some help from 66059 on the rear, lumbers up the Lickey Incline with its 2000 ton load of steel coil. Running as 6M96 Margam to Corby and only moving at walking pace.
Another look back to a warm sloppy winter chase that was short but fun and high yield.
A monster Canadian National train 324 with 106L/6E 13,959 tons & 7,350 ft is southbound on New England Central Railroad's (ex CV) Swanton Sub at about MP 14.1. The head end is about 3/4 of a mile south of the 3800 ft long wooden trestle, but the rear end is still strung out over the lake so they are continuing to crawl at the prescribed 5 mph beside VT Route 78 on a wet snowy Sunday morning.
Leading the train are CN 3020 (GE ET44AC blt 2015), 2921 (GE ES44AC blt 2015), 3893 (GE ES44AC blt 2019 wearing the 100th anniversary logo).
To read more about this day check out the caption with the prior photo: flic.kr/p/2kvzFap
Swanton, Vermont
Sunday January 17, 2021
Another take on my fist time shooting a train at this iconic Northern New England location. This is the caption I wrote with my original post:
There have been a lot of great shots taken at this location, but this isn't one of them! Nonetheless, this location has long been on my New England bucket list but it is a LONG way from home (about 5 hrs one way) and usually out of reach.
This is the old Central Vermont Railway trestle across Missisquoi Bay, that is the northeastern arm of Lake Champlain and the Canadian border is just under three miles away as the crow flies due north of here. The 3800 ft long wood pile structure was built in 1912 and features a 102 ft long thru girder swing span in the middle. A century later the manually operated span was automated by a local Vermont based rail contractor in a public private partnership. To learn more click here: www.engineersconstruction.com/2012/05/03/100-yr-old-east-...
The trestle is located at about MP 15.3 (the draw span) on the modern day New England Central Railroad's Swanton Sub. While owned, maintained and dispatched by NECR the only regular trains that traverse this trackage are Canadian National trains 324 (CN Taschereau Yard Montreal to NECR Italy Yard St. Albans) and northbound counterpart 323. Operating as a turn five days per week their normal off days coincide with mine hence they are not something I could normally shoot. But on a long holiday weekend when I don't have to work on Sunday night then it is possible. Over MLK weekend I was in the Burlington area for largely non train related pursuits (i.e. - breweries!) but got a tip from a local Canadian fan that I should have an opportunity for 323 headed north or even 324 if it was late and I wanted to get an early start.
We didn't start super early on Sunday as the plan was to follow 323 back north from St. Albans. When we got to the yard though there was fresh snow covering the rails and no sign of the CN power so I knew that 324 hadn't shown up yet. So we started following the line north checking crossings along the way and finding nothing but snow covered rails. So we kept following the line beyond Swanton and out through the flats of Missisquoi National Wildlife refuge along VT Route 78 headed toward the lake.
Just as the trestle came into view there was 324 already more than halfway across! My girlfriend who was drivvinf pulled over quick and let me bail out in the middle of the road so I could attempt to manage a few shots. Between the gray skies, falling snow, and no time to set up I did the best I could. Thankfully the permanent 5 mph speed restriction on the bridge and massive train (106L/6E 13,959 tons 7,350 ft) allowed me to pull this off. From here it was a nice chase in fresh snow for 15 miles back to St. Albans.
Leading the train are CN 3020 (GE ET44AC blt 2015), 2921 (GE ES44AC blt 2015), 3893 (GE ES44AC blt 2019 wearing the 100th anniversary logo) as they cross from the town of Alburgh into Swanton.
East Alburg
Town of Swanton, Vermont
Sunday January 17, 2021
70020 slogs up the branch as it works the last yards of the 6H22 1107 Tunstead to Hindlow before it enters the vast quarry at Sterndale Moor. Taken on a blistering hot 13th Aug ‘25.
I slogged through 21 rainy miles for the last full day of Winter. On the bright side I think I was only passed by about 5 cars. I'm calling it the Chernobyl Effect (as in how well the wildlife (=cyclists) are faring in the absence of humans (=cars)).
År 1150 slog sig cisterciensermunkar ner i Varnhem, vid Billingens västsluttning. Ett idealiskt läge med bördig åkermark och tillgång till timmer, sten och friskt vatten från bergssluttningen. Munkarna byggde upp en liten klosterstad och utgrävningar visar på ett avancerat vatten- och avloppssystem. Förmodligen också kanaler för värme och ventilation.
Kyrkans räddare
I slutet av 1200-talet var klosterkyrkan i Varnhem Sveriges största kyrkobyggnad. Verksamheten blomstrade i flera århundraden. I samband med reformationen på 1500-talet upphörde klosterverksamheten och kyrkan lämnades också åt sitt öde. Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie lät restaurera kyrkan under 1600-talet och tack vare honom är kyrkan i gott skick idag. Själva klosterbyggnaderna fick däremot förfalla och inte förrän på 1920-talet började man gräva ut de gamla ruinerna. Klosterlivet är väl dokumenterat.
Tromping around in the Candy Abshier Wildlife Management Area, Smith Point. Got some spiffy new rubber boots which made it a breeze (I'm not wild about wet feet).
66555 toils up the long drag between Tebay & Shap with a Daventry to Grangemouth service seen passing Scout Green on Saturday 7th July 2024. A stop off during a bike ride from Tebay to Haweswater - and another snap from the iPhone 15 in its RAW setting with some apparently ridiculous setting of 1/15000!!
Despite what seemed to be a lightish load, the Shed was down to about 40mph on full power.
A long, slow, late 33J slogs its way west thru Curran behind a couple of NS' finest Thoroughbred Dash 9's. The crew and the dispatcher are already haggling about where the train will get re-crewed - east of Bluffs or at Bluffs. The difference being, the crew having to set tons of handbrakes to cut off their train sitting on the grade east of Bluffs and make their setout, or getting a taxi ride home after a long arduous day just trying to get their over-sized train out of Decatur.
NS 9355 (D9-44CW)
NS 9398 (D9-44CW)
On 7th July 1964 an unidentified 6800 class Grange slogs up the final part of the climb on the Camp Hill line. It has charge of an ESSO tank train of 4 wheel tanks with a van and a cattle truck as barrier vehicles.
To the right are the remains of Lifford Goods, some of the track is still in place, a narrowboat is moored away from the towpath side and is has a commanding view of the Lifford Lane Waste Disposal tall chimney. The new view reveals that the goods yard has been built over, the railway is now hidden behind tree growth. On the plus side the canal is much cleaner with well surfaced towpaths, you still would not want to moor on the towpath side though!
The view is from Pershore Road.
Peter Shoesmith.
Copyright Geoff Dowling & John Whitehouse; all rights reserved
Ex-LMS Jinty, 47298 slogs over Roch Viaduct whilst having stopped at the bottom of Broadfield bank (I assume for the deers that crossed the line) on a dull bank holiday Monday 26/08/2024.
Best viewed large. All rights reserved. A large, adult Rocky Mountain elk bull bugles as he crosses an area flooded by a river while making quite a splash. I am currently using this image as background on my computer.
As we age, we all have to come to terms with the fact that the little things we took for granted take a lot longer........
BR 2-6-4T 4MT 80079 & LMS 2-6-0 4MT 43106 head south towards Church Stretton at Leebotwood in really filthy weather on 11-2-83
400 ASA Kodachrome Colour Negative film using Olympus OM1N
After a tortuous slog up from near Dent Head Viaduct along paths that looked like they haven’t been used since the days of steam, the four of us spent a good hour or so admiring the constantly changing views down Dentdale and photographing the railway below.
In a moment of frivolity a new member joined the 1Z10 group.
13th February 2020
66525 slogs away at the head of 6T27 Immingham Ore Terminal to Scunthorpe, seen passing Appleby (Lincs) box.
Built by the same Clyde Engineering in Granville NSW as CLP 12, 5595, a southern valve gear fitted 2-8-0 goods locomotive entered service on 3 July 1924 and was condemned on 17 November 1967. It arrived at Thirlmere in 1974 in fairly run down and rusted condition but has now been lovingly restored. 5595 is the only extant member of the D55 class, which were fitted with the novel and complicated Southern Valve gear. To a degree, problems with this gear contributed to reliability and these locomotives were sometimes withdrawn earlier than their older counterparts in the other D50 2-8-0 goods classes. The Southern Valve gear caused a bump to be inserted in the red running plate along the side of the locomotive - earlier classes have a straight plate.
The long hard slog up Crawford Hill.
The BNSF shifts Powder River Basin coal south on mile-long trains. Crawford Hill, tucked up in the north-west corner of Nebraska and the Nebraska National Forest, impedes progress for loaded trains and this service will have another four helper units on the rear.
The BNSF doesn't seem to be much of a fanboy for high horsepower EMD units, much preferring the GE Evolution as its standard heavy hauler, but at the time of my visit EMD's were in the majority here. SD70MAC #9699 leads here, wearing the Burlington Northern Executive livery, the locomotive was delivered before the merger with the Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe in 1996.
I don't know the current situation, but I have read somewhere that the SD70's are now being retired from duty...
1 October 2015
66027 is seen slogging away north of Sandy on 6Z92 10.18 Wembley - Tyne Yard formed of Nacco Clay slurry tanks, 67016 was on the rear working flat out after being attached at Wood Green when the 66 was over-powered on the flyover.
27/10/15
66136 slogs up Belstead bank with 6V07 Ipswich to Neasden loaded sand train. I finally managed to bag the DB 'London-Yiwu' livery shed, sadly under heavy skies. (Photo taken with pole)
Almost at the finish of the grueling St. Killen's Hill ascent is X242 PGT (911) working the 09:13 Eglwsybach - Great Orme summit service. This viewpoint is one I am fond of as I used it on the first day I began bus photography, almost seven eye-watering years ago. Nothing but cream-swooped minibuses then!
20th April 2015.
It has been a while since last time when I hit the beach to catch the sunset. I drove to Redondo Beach. It was always precarious to walk down on the slippery breakwater toward the end. After slogging down with extreme caution, I soon found a spot near the end. The clouds seemed stuck hovering over and on the right side of the sun. The surf wasnât high, so I decided to focus on the glow on the rocks.
A heavy westbound coal train slogs up the grade at Tobin, shortly after leaving Helena complete with a fresh crew. In the background the MRL helper set is ready to follow the freight to more level trackage ahead and attach to assist by pushing the "coalie" up the steepening gradient towards the summit of Mullan Pass and a little beyond before detaching and returning back to the yard at Helena .
Slogging up the incline from Holcombe Brook towards the moors.
The IRONMAN Triathlon Bolton.
Starting at 6,00am with a 2.4 mile swim at Pannington Flash, followed by two cycle laps of 112 miles through Bolton, Holcombe, Helmshore and Rivington. Lastly, a four lap marathon run around Bolton with a total climb of 315 metres.