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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 To a degree, problems with this gear contributed to reliability and these locomotives were sometimes withdrawn earlier than their older counterparts in the other D50 2-8-0 goods classes.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
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.
After a very hard slog up to my first position, I really wanted to get a little closer.... another 40mins later I arrived at this post!
Again, sat perched on an edge, sat in snow... with my flask of coffee - happy days :)
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20308 & 20305 tnt 37610 slog slowly up Madeley Bank near Betley Road with Pathfinder's 1Z47 'The Dimple, Darley and Dale', 0831 Crewe to Barton Under Needwood Rsmd.
Having left Crewe on time, The Choppers were about 10 minutes late here; I'd decided they must have been routed via Kidsgrove and Stoke when they finally appeared on the up fast, as booked. The 0805 1A02 Manchester - Euston and 0818 1A01 Liverpool - Euston were close behind and both lost time, but the slow lines were closed (note the red light on the down slow) so the timetable planners didn't have many options. Thanks to fellow Flickrite EWS60002 for the tip off about the train. 12th. April 2015.
66 427 slogs its way towards Fine Lane level crossing near Alrewas with 6C89 09.45 Mountsorrel to Carlisle loaded ballast.
Commentary.
Tired limbs.
Dry mouth.
Steady, relentless slog up the southern slopes of “the Ben.”
Only two kilometres but over 1,300 metres of
ascent, at thirty degrees plus inclination, and nearly twenty kilos of equipment on my back!
Just as lips and throat feel like sandpaper,
and just beyond 350 metres up,
this fall and plunge pool are a welcome sight.
Whatever drinks I had been consuming,
this pure, cold, fresh water works miracles.
Revived after a few minutes,
the long haul continues!
Jacqueline of Fashion Snag models a bodycon leather dress with platform patent pumps.
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Still slogging away are these Arriva London longer wheelbase Volvo B7TL / ALX400s. The ones at Norwood Garage are probably on borrowed time with moves to bring in other newer buses and the 2 and 176 are up for retender shortly. VLA31 is seen on Waterloo Bridge on route 176 heading for Penge.
Short of slogging into Snake and Alligator territory, this was just as close as I could get to this guy without a better lens, and I didn't care because I had never seen one in real life. He was gorgeous, more gorgeous than I could capture on this day, but I think you can still get a pretty good idea of his minky burgundy brown head and irridescent wings. This was a spiritual moment, for a Bird Watcher like me! Thanks for viewing! =o)
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The caribou in our neck of the woods are still slogging through the snow in search of food. Found a herd of about twenty animals, and catching them was not easy. I did see that a majority of the cows are heavy with expected calves. If they can escape predators,
I'd say we will have a big increase in the number of caribou this year.
A summer Saturday holiday service works up the grade from Darton to Barnsley in May 1981. The train is recovering from a signal check. The Bradford to Weymouth service usually produced a Brush 4 so that could be the train pictured here.
Photographed from the edge of the playing field at Honeywell School, using a 200mm lens on my Zenit EM camera.
66562 slogs up Battlefield Bank, Shrewsbury on 25-1-17 with a 1035 Avonmouth - Fiddlers Ferry PS loaded coal.
I went on a long slog of a hike, through the bogs, forest, and beaches of Leadbetter Point earlier this week. I'd never seen it snow on an ocean beach in Washington and surely haven't seen snow stick right to the sand.
Stranger still, when I stepped onto the snowy beach and saw this strange tower in the distance. I thought I had crossed into a strange parallel universe.
The building is part of "Leadbetter Farms," which is a fancy resort or rental property or something that I probably can't afford.
Having reverted to Plan B after checking out the shot at the summit, we headed up to Shap Wells. This must have been one of the coldest days I have ever stood at Shap. With the snow just starting to come down once again, LMS Princess Coronation Class 4-6-2 No 46233 Duchess of Sutherland slogs her way up past Shap Wells. Even in these dreadful conditions it was still a privilege to stand and watch the Duchess make her way up towards the summit. This was Shap in all its glory.
Saturday 30th January 2016 WCME No unauthorised use of this image Copyright Simon Lathlane
GBRF Class 66 66720 slogs up the bank through Codsall in rather shit light, with the 19:05 6G60 Liverpool Bulk Tml Gbrf to Ironbridge Power Station G Biomass. This is my second sighting of this particular loco.
The Slogger is a heavy artillery frame. Built tough and rugged, the RS-55 can maneuver and fix itself into just about any terrain field, utilizing the heavy leg design derived from the RS-70 "Flint".
It can rip apart foes from afar with its giant Arc Laser mounted on its back, and protects rear joints (the weak spots in the legs) with reflector fields.
On 31st August 1971 'Amazon' raises the echoes across the valley towards Distington as it slogs away from the B.R. exchange sidings at Bains with four loaded hopper wagons of coal from Solway Colliery, Workington, for washing at Harrington Coal Preparation Plant. Built by Vulcan Foundry, works No.5297, and delivered new to the Longmoor Military Railway in August 1946 as Ministry of Supply No.75307, it was sold the following year to Richard Evans & Co. Haydock Colliery, Lancashire as 'Amazon'. After use at Haydock and Sutton Manor Collieries up until the mid-1960s, it moved north to Harrington where it worked up until closure of the washery in May 1973. A move to nearby Ladysmith serving Haig Colliery, Whitehaven proved fateful and it was derelict by the following May, eventually being scrapped on site by T.W.Ward during May 1976.
Halina 35mm Kodachrome 64
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As confusing as it looks, Wodonga Yard Shunter Y169 works hard to drag an X and EL with a full load through Wodonga.
No further info behind this move and how far it continued on, possibly a failure in either the X or EL would be the most likely reason.
2004.
No, you haven't come to the wrong place, it's not a 37 on stock!
Colas Rail's 60087 is settling in to be the regular prime-mover of the 6J37 / 6C37 timber trains.
Here it crests the climb away from the former Cumwhinton station at Wetheral Shield on Wednesday June 10th.
An SY locomotive negotiates the steep incline on a spoil heap above Wulong Colliery with a train of underground mine waste for disposal. This location provided some of the most dramatic images of SY steam locomotives working at full capacity. Fuxin, Liaoning Province, China.
The long hard slog to the Ptarmigan spot was well worth it to spend time with these stunning birds. Here the female ptarmigan is joining the male for some shelter from the sun.
44932 slogs up the hill as she approaches Clay Cross tunnel, the 5 is working the Derby - Manchester Victoria (The Mancunian) rail tour on a typical drab early autumn day. Canon AE-1, 50mm lens, Fujichrome 100 ISO.
It was still dark as I slogged up the steep slippery incline of a dune, all the while careful to leave the least amount of footprints while walking on the delicate undisturbed ridges of soft yellow sand.
What am I doing, I thought.
Why am I here, on this freezing morning, after sleeping in less than comfortable conditions when I could have had a nice warm bed and a warm shower, I thought.
Why should I endure this torture on an empty stomach every holiday when I could have had delicious food for breakfast, lunch and dinner, I thought.
And then the sun came out, its rays warming and tingling every corner of my body and lifting my spirits. Then its slanting rays cast beautiful shadows on the dunes, highlighting every single wave, ridge and ripple in the sand. And when viewed through a wide-angle lens (that invariably tends to exaggerating the structures close to the camera), it was pure magic.
And all my troubles and worries melted away like ice melting under sunlight. My singular thought at that time was to try and capture the visions that had formed in my mind's eye, visions that I have had ever since my last visit to the beautiful Mesquite dunes.
And this was the result of one such vision, stooping down low on the dunes to capture the beautiful patterns. Shot at 1/25, F18 and ISO 400 (F18, a remnant of a previous shot and F11-14 would have been sufficient)
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