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CN 5432 east, operating as local L528, splits the classic searchlight signals at Rosedale West, on CN's Yale Subdivision.
The nuances that make this image special are fairly esoteric, and may not mean much to those who haven't visited southern British Columbia in the past quarter century.
Since the spring of 2000, CN and arch rival CP have jointly operated their parallel mainlines down the Thompson, and Fraser Canyons as a shared 'Directional Running Zone'. The agreement allowed all of the westbound traffic from both roads to operate over CN's Ashcroft, and Yale subdivisions, between a point near Ashcroft to the east, and Matsqui Junction to the west. Conversely all eastbound traffic is routed over CP's Cascade and Thompson subdivisions between Mission at the west end, and near Ashcroft at the east end. The arrangement has greatly benefited both railroads, as the total train capacity for this important traffic corridor is virtually unlimited now. Under E. Hunter Harrison's reign at CN in the mid 2000's, 5 sidings were removed on the CN side, signaling that this arrangement was permanent in their eyes. When EHH gained leadership at CP, he completed the task of gutting infrastructure at that railway too, and removed 10 sidings on their side of the canyon. The message was clear; the DRZ is here to stay.
For photographers, this operational change was met with mixed emotions. The upside being that one could now set up on the 'CP' side of the river in the morning and shoot all the eastbound traffic in optimum light, and then switch over to the 'CN' side in the afternoon as the sun shifted to favor westbound traffic. The downside to this is that for much of the DRZ, both lines run on a north-south bearing, so the time with optimum light for eastbound traffic on much of the route is limited to a scant few hours during the longest days of the year. The main point of regret though, is that on both lines many classic locations and angles were rendered effectively useless. CP has shown an appetite to run an occasional train against this current of traffic, to the effect of one or two movements per year. CN has been rigid to adhering to this doctrine though, unless the CP line has been out of service due to rock slides or other force majeure, or for the occasional work train movement.
Cue my surprise when it became apparent that CN was running their rarely used L528 symbol to pick up a cut of 32 cars from a manifest train that had been set out for reasons unknown to me at the Rosedale Siding, 22 miles up the single direction DRZ on the Yale Sub. The single light SD60 did not do justice to most of the 'old' eastbound angles on this stretch of line, but it makes a nostalgic stand in for an eastbound train taking a run at the grade and curves up the Fraser Canyon ahead.
While up at Maleny on the week-end for a sunset shoot we were taken by surprise by this athletic young lady who showed us her gymnastic skills.
It's impressive enough that Malia can execute the splits, but in mid-air also? ... That's just mind boggling! Composite of two shots, and yes the leap with the splits is real. Shot in home studio using Canon speedlights and diffused impact softboxes. Keller, Texas, USA, February 2020
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This little girl showed up at her older brother's hockey picture day, so I got to snap a few photos of her. Had a lot of fun creating this image late at night when all my work was done for the day.
Strobist: Canon 550EX camera right 1/2 power through small soft box. Vivtar 285HV 1/4 power through brolly camera left for fill. Triggered by PW+II. Post in Photoshop CS5. ....oh, and Illustrator.
I stood next to the line of whatever it was. It came to the top of my head. I'm 5 ft. this guy was doing splits 5 ft up in the air wearing heavy blades.
Male Bearded Tit /Reedling.
This is my favourite shot from the weekend, taken on Sunday morning.
Taken at RSPB Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk.
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Having left 6 wagons at Burngullow 66127 then took another 5 up to Little Treviscoe for loading. I was expecting the rest to be taken up after the first 5 were loaded and brought back down, however the recently loaded wagons were split, connected to either end of the train then taken to Par to await an onward path to the West Midlands.
The split was basically the front 3, seen attached to the loco going up to the shunt head and being reversed onto the already loaded ensemble seen on the left. The whole consist was then reversed into the remaining 2 wagons bottom right before heading off. Before the final connection was made I headed off to the far side of St Austell for a shot of it leaving St Austell.
This handsome male Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) wants to show off...not so much for me as for the ladies. This omnivorous fellow is just passing through New York--his breeding grounds lay north in Canada. While here, though, he is putting on quite a show, flitting through the air and snagging tiny insects on which to feast. He is also known to dance, standing upright and bobbing his tail as he moves along branches. Godspeed, little warbler.
Male Dartford Warbler. Taken on the Suffolk Coast yesterday morning. Shooting into the sun, so not ideal lighting, but have managed to recover some of the shadow detail.
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Yellow-Headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) doing the splits. Image taken on a pond in North Park, Colorado.
The bearded reedling, Starts two stem climb lower down keeping his back to me i was so glad he just turned his head as he climbed :-)
CPKC 253 splits the mighty town of New Lebanon, Illinois in half with a pair of filthy, ridden hard KCS SD70ACe's on the head end of the 8500 foot train. After switching Hines Lumber and letting the sun sink in to the haze for the past 45 minutes, they are finally underway and this was about the best light we were able to get on it before the clouds told us to piss off and better luck next time. The property owner says he wants to put a new elevator up, obviously meaning this one, a staple of one of the many D&I photo locations, would come down. Once I heard that, I decided it might be worth fumbling around with the stupid drone. So, here you go. Awkwardly cropped, dirty KCS 4057.
On a cold and rainy March afternoon, a BNSF manifest splits the searchlights at Twain. This stretch of track is home to some of the last remaining searchlight signals in Northern California.
BNSF 4996 --- QPABAJ --- Twain, California
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Ouch!!!! doing the splits looks like that would hurt a lot! This is one of our Spring migration photos of a Palm Warbler looking for Aphids on Bidens. Our Palm Warblers are back in South Florida and we will have them all winter. Linda and I hope everyone had a good weekend !! As always thanks for looking and the comments !!
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M580 splits the US&S R2s at V-Line in Newberry. This is where NS’ V-Line to Silverstreet ties into the CSX CN&L Subdivision, which NS has trackage rights over to Columbia. The V-Line hasn’t been used since 2018 when the Chip Mill in Silverstreet shut down, but the connection remains.
Local J780 splits the east end of the siding in Medora, Indiana on the Indiana Subdivision with elephant-style geeps for power. With mixed information on where the only train that regularly travels this portion of the line may be on this day and no chatter on the radio, things looked a little bleak. After several hours of searching, the deep southern drawl of a CSX "spatcher" came over the radio granting J780 permission to travel west from Seymour to Mitchel and the hunt was on catch it at as many classic B&O color position light signals as possible.
Amnicon Falls State Park (WI)
Here I'm continuing my trend of re-editing old photos from 2014. This one is from my waterfall tour of northern Wisconsin last May. Despite it not being a waterfall, it ended up being one of my favorite photos of Wisconsin I've taken. I love the textures in the rootbeer-colored water. The color is caused by tannins from the decomposition of wetland plants. A lot of people have asked me if I was standing in the river, but no, I am standing on a rock outcropping where the river splits in the park.
Camera: Nikon D610
Lens: Nikon 16-35mm
Settings: ISO100, 16mm, f/14, 0.25sec
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This lit up the sky quite brightly and I was surprised when I later saw this on my computer. Hand-held shot....this was a darn lucky shot!
Post processing with PhotoShop Elements 7 for color correction and noise reduction.
A407 splits the massive Gilman coaling towers on their way to Kirk Yard from Centrailia. 1000 will be turning 24 this year, and recent rumblings in the hobby indicate that 15 of these units will be selected for rebuild. I assume they will start with the oldest first, so getting the class unit on the point was something I aimed to accomplish this day, and accomplish it I did.
In September 2010 I had the pleasure and unbelievable opportunity, to drive about the United States shooting some of the country's finest European cars. Towards the beginning of the trip, I found myself in in the ports of Long Beach, California, shooting Nicul's VW CC on Image 88 splits.
I think it's safe to say that anyone that has scanned the countless blogs/forums throughout the course of 2010 has caught a glimpse of the CC. It's quite possibly the most heavy-hitting combination of class, timeless design, and pure aggression that a Euro enthusiast could ask for, especially when you consider the simplicity of the overall build. It's crazy what the right combination of a few key components can do to a car.
A full feature on Nicul's CC can be found in the April 2011 issue of Performance VW Magazine!
286 splits off from the Cut Off and enters Muskego Yard with an uncommon visitor - CP 5041 up front.
While I prefer the GP20 variants of the ECO series, 6 axle units seem to be not allowed in Milwaukee as local units, and they aren’t terribly common in Portage as them either - so road trains are the only way this part of CP’s system sees them. It was a nice change seeing this type of eco compared to the GP20 for sure
US 93 splits from I-40 in Kingman and heads north to the Hoover Dam. Chloride is located off this highway, and Santa Claus is on the western side, about 24 km before the Chloride Road intersection. US 93 enters Nevada where Interstate 11 begins: on the Hoover Dam Bypass. That segment opened on October 19, 2010, in the area of Hoover Dam; it replaces a segment of US 93 over the dam that had been closed to truck traffic due to security concerns since the September 11, 2001, attacks.
Beyond Mind-Blowing Tampa Bay Florida Sunset Splits Sea & Sky Vertically & Horizontally (HDR Aerial Drone View) - IMRAN™
(My 167th Flickr Explore!)
Does “mind-blowing” even come close to describing this scene? A beyond-words beautiful sunset splits the sea into red and blue on the left and right. The sky is divided into almost two equal triangles of red-golds and blue-grays.
The red sunbeams seem to be zapping the undersides of the dark, smoldering, moody clouds like laser cannons. You can see the sharp, serrated edges on the horizon where the Saint Petersburg skyline is visible in sweet silhouette. A boat anchored at the bottom right was captured in the moment.
This is an HDR (high dynamic range) vivid capture from the DJI Mini 3 Pro, flying right above my head and home at Apollo Beach on Tampa Bay, Florida. Social media sites will show this as a 5MB or less version of the original 135MB image.
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I can't do splits, but I can jump up and down, if you like.
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As the ballet studio has no entrance door, I've used the balcony door for my picture.
The little girl is the sugar fairy from CMF series 23, but without her wings, the woman at the mirror is Finola.
For those who don't follow me on a daily basis: This is my take on an Advent Calendar - opening 24 Doors in my Lego City.
Toy Project Day 2697
BNSF U SAPCPG0 84T splits the town of Lebanon Missouri in half for a couple minutes as this 184 car train rolls through town. Not sure how regular this train is on the BNSF Cuba Subdivision or if it was some sort of rerouted one off but the train is from Sapulpa, OK and will be interchanged with the CP at Noyes, MN.