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Common Merganser
Common Mergansers are streamlined ducks that float gracefully down small rivers or shallow shorelines. The males are striking with clean white bodies, dark green heads, and a slender, serrated red bill. The elegant, gray-bodied females have rich, cinnamon heads with a short crest. In summer, look for them leading ducklings from eddy to eddy along streams or standing on a flat rock in the middle of the current. These large ducks’ nest in hollow trees; in winter they form flocks on larger bodies of water.
For more info: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Merganser/overview
B61, C507, 4911, GM22 and 48s34 approach Springwood with 8944 loaded grain train from Nevertire to Port Kembla.
Owing to flooding at Forbes, several trains were divided via the Blue Mountains to access Sydney.
Thursday 18th November 2021
Having swapped over with 3801 at Picton, 4201 and 4916 make the charge north across the Menangle bridge as 6L66 to Sydney Terminal with the Southern Highlander from Moss Vale.
Sunday 18th September 2022
Common Mergansers are streamlined ducks that float gracefully down small rivers or shallow shorelines. The elegant gray-bodied females have rich, cinnamon heads with a short crest.
Streamlined Business Car A-11 brings up the rear of the Museum's "Migration Train" which is bringing beautifully restored equipment from Jackson St Roundhouse to its Osceola Wisconsin operation for the summer
CLF4, C501 and CLF2 power through Brooklyn with a very late running 7921V to Dooen.
Tuesday 15th December 2020
Locomotive 6225 Duchess of Gloucester at Carlisle Station on the 'down'' Midday Scot on 2.8.1939. Ten of this class were streamlined but by 1948 had the streamline casing removed.
Photo purchased at the Kidderminster Photo Fair and cleaned up in Lightroom..
Copyright W D Cooper
South Africa
Cape of Good Hope
The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as the jackass penguin and black-footed penguin, is a species of penguin, confined to southern African waters.
It is also widely known as the "jackass" penguin for its loud, donkey-like bray, although several related species of South American penguins produce the same sound. Like all extant penguins it is flightless, with a streamlined body, and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat.
Adults weigh on average 2.2–3.5 kg (4.9–7.7 lb) and are 60–70 cm (24–28 in) tall. It has distinctive pink patches of skin above the eyes and a black facial mask; the body upperparts are black and sharply delineate from the white underparts, which are spotted and marked with a black band. The pink gland above their eyes helps them to cope with changing temperatures.
When the temperature gets hotter, the body of the African penguin sends more blood to these glands to be cooled by the air surrounding it. This then causes the gland to turn a darker shade of pink.
The African penguin is a pursuit diver and feeds primarily on fish and squid. Once extremely numerous, the African penguin is declining rapidly due to a combination of several threats and is classified as critically endangered. It is a charismatic species and is popular with tourists.
Fewer than 20,000 mature individuals, or about 10,000 breeding pairs, globally. Commercial fishing, oil pollution, oil spills, eaten by fur seals to name a few. – Wikipedia
3801 makes light work of the Southern Highlander, powering through Yanderra as 6S63 to Moss Vale.
Saturday 4th June 2022
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Doug Harrop Photography • May 27, 1976
Mr. Harrop was a big fan of streamlined locomotives, in particular EMD F-units. He made several trips to northern Montana to capture BN's remaining active cab units in helper service over Marias Pass.
Doug was fortunate to catch this power set, added to the point of Burlington Northern train No. 172. BN F9A 808 and company are eastbound along the Middle Fork Flathead River east of Belton (West Glacier), Montana. US Highway 2 is in the background.
Underwater framing of freedivers ascending in their streamlined positions in clear, deep blue water. They are wearing wetsuits, masks and fins, typical gear for depth underwater training.
The first freediver wearing a dark wetsuit and long black fins is positioned prominently in the foreground ascending upwards. Further back and slightly to the left, another person in a dark wetsuit is observing and accompanying the first diver.
The water is illuminated by natural light filtering from above, creating a serene underwater scene. Small, scattered fish can be seen in the background, adding to the aquatic environment. Bubbles are visible around them.
A line or rope extends from the surface towards the deeper diver, commonly used in freediving for depth training and safety where divers follow a weighted line to control their descent and ascent.
Freediving involves descending into the water on a single breath, relying on breath-holding abilities and physical endurance. Freedivers use inward control, discipline, and power to descend and resurface.
After reaching a desired depth or distance, the freediver begins their ascent to the surface. This is the resurfacing phase, where they need to carefully manage their ascent and potentially use specific techniques to assist their return to the surface.
Resurfacing is a crucial part of freediving, as it is the point where the diver transitions back to breathing and their body begins to recover from the breath-hold and pressure changes
Amidst the bobbing yachts of Loch Lomond Marina, we observed a Horned Grebe, its small, streamlined body perfectly adapted for the water. The bird, in its nonbreeding plumage, displayed a clean palette of gray and white, its dark cap sharply delineated from its bright cheeks. Its straight, fine bill, so unlike the broad bill of a duck, hinted at its specialized hunting techniques.
Sleek streamlined metallics merging with blocky bright monoliths…Energy …. Light!
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Streamlined E9A No. 2400, originally CB&Q 9991, powers a Tully-bound OnTrack fall foliage excursion, approaching the Apulia Road crossing near the hamlet of Apulia Station (and summit of the grade coming up from Syracuse) on 8 October 1995.
B61 joined Kelso bound train 1845 as it is seen here passing through Sodwalls, along with GM10, CLF3 and 442s1, on a shake down run after returning from storage again. B61 was detached then utilised on the Ballast Train later in the week.
2020-08-27 SSR B61-GM10-CLF3-442s1 Sodwalls 1845
Streamlined: having a form that presents very little resistance to a flow of air
Result: Speed
Measured at: 389 km/h (242 mph) - In a dive
Meaning: Your looking at the fastest animal on the planet
Impressed? If you're not... check for a pulse!
A guillemot (Uria aalge) in flight, showing its streamlined body and pointed wings against a soft, natural background.
South Africa
Cape Town
Boulders Beach
The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as the jackass penguin and black-footed penguin, is a species of penguin, confined to southern African waters. Like all extant penguins it is flightless, with a streamlined body, and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat.
Adults weigh on average 2.2–3.5 kg (4.9–7.7 lb) and are 60–70 cm (24–28 in) tall.
The pink gland above their eyes helps them to cope with changing temperatures. When the temperature gets hotter, the body of the African penguin sends more blood to these glands to be cooled by the air surrounding it. This then causes the gland to turn a darker shade of pink.
The African penguin is a pursuit diver and feeds primarily on fish and squid. Once extremely numerous, the African penguin is declining rapidly due to a combination of several threats and is classified as endangered.
The African penguin is only found on the south-western coast of Africa, living in colonies on 24 islands between Namibia and Algoa Bay, near Port Elizabeth, South Africa. It is the only penguin species that breeds in Africa.
Two colonies were established by penguins in the 1980s on the mainland near Cape Town, namely Boulders Beach near Simon's Town and Stony Point in Betty's Bay. Mainland colonies probably only became possible in recent times due to the reduction of predator numbers, although the Betty's Bay colony has been attacked by leopards. - Wikipedia
Chesapeake & Ohio 4-6-4 No. 490 rests on indoor display at the B&O Railroad Museum. 490 was built by ALCO in 1926 as a 4-6-2. It was converted to a 4-6-4 and streamlined in 1947, shortly before C&O began curtailing passenger operations. It would serve for only six more years before being retired in 1953. 490 has the distinction of being the last C&O steam locomotive to haul a scheduled passenger train. It was thankfully stored by the C&O in Huntington, WV for many years before being donated to the museum in 1968.
Standing proud the female Red Breasted Merganser
Red-breasted merganser
Scientific name: Mergus serrator
The streamlined red-breasted merganser is a handsome bird and a great fisher - its long, serrated bill helps it to catch and hold its slippery fish prey. It is most commonly spotted around the coast in winter.
Did you know?
Apart from the goosander (known in North America as the 'common merganser'), there are three other extant forms of merganser: the hooded merganser which nests in North America; the scaly-sided merganser, which is a rare bird of China, Japan and Korea; and the Brazilian merganser, which is one of the most threatened wildfowl in the world with only 250 birds living in the wild.
Common Merganser
Common Mergansers are streamlined ducks that float gracefully down small rivers or shallow shorelines. The males are striking with clean white bodies, dark green heads, and a slender, serrated red bill. The elegant, gray-bodied females have rich, cinnamon heads with a short crest. In summer, look for them leading ducklings from eddy to eddy along streams or standing on a flat rock in the middle of the current. These large ducks’ nest in hollow trees; in winter they form flocks on larger bodies of water.
For more info: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Merganser/overview
A cockatoo is any of the 21 parrot species belonging to the family Cacatuidae, the only family in the superfamily Cacatuoidea. Along with the Psittacoidea (true parrots) and the Strigopoidea (large New Zealand parrots), they make up the order Psittaciformes. The family has a mainly Australasian distribution, ranging from the Philippines and the eastern Indonesian islands of Wallacea to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Australia. Cockatoos are recognisable by the prominent crests and curved bills. Their plumage is generally less colourful than that of other parrots, being mainly white, grey or black and often with coloured features in the crest, cheeks or tail. On average they are larger than other parrots; however, the cockatiel, the smallest cockatoo species, is a small bird. Cockatoos prefer to eat seeds, tubers, corms, fruit, flowers and insects. They often feed in large flocks, particularly when ground-feeding. Cockatoos are monogamous and nest in tree hollows. Some cockatoo species have been adversely affected by habitat loss, particularly from a shortage of suitable nesting hollows after large mature trees are cleared; conversely, some species have adapted well to human changes and are considered agricultural pests.
Eucalyptus is a genus of over seven hundred species of flowering trees, shrubs or mallees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalypteae, including Corymbia, they are commonly known as eucalypts. Plants in the genus Eucalyptus have bark that is either smooth, fibrous, hard or stringy, leaves with oil glands, and sepals and petals that are fused to form a cap or operculum over the stamens. The fruit is a woody capsule commonly referred to as a gumnut. Most species of Eucalyptus are native to Australia, and every state and territory has representative species. About three-quarters of Australian forests are eucalypt forests. Wildfire is a feature of the Australian landscape and many eucalypt species are adapted to fire, and resprout after fire or have seeds which survive fire. A few species are native to islands north of Australia and a smaller number are only found outside the continent. Eucalypts have been grown in plantations in many other countries because they are fast growing and have valuable timber, or can be used for pulpwood, for honey production or essential oils. In some countries, however, they have been removed because they are highly flammable. R_10451
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A sight straight out of the 1950s, A 1940 Graham automobile waits for a passing train with a modern streamlined steam engine to pass by. In reality, it’s 2021 and thanks to NCTM/VMT and a generous car owner, scenes like this are still possible decades later.
The City of St. Petersburg at the Emden harbor.
It's sleek semi-spherical prow reduces wind resistance, thus saving 800 tons of fuel annually.
The streamlined goosander is a handsome bird and a great fisher - its long, serrated bill helps it to catch and hold its slippery fish prey. It nests in riverbank trees, but can be seen on lakes and reservoirs in winter.
While a streamlined Alco FPA4 pulled the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad train south into Akron, a mundane LTEX GP15-1 pulled the charge north into Rockside.
We stopped to tour the NPS Boston Mill Visitors Center when LTEX 1443 pulled through the small Ohio town on March 29, 2025.
The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. Although once considered to be three separate species, it is now considered to be one, with nine recognised subspecies. A member of the Artamidae, the Australian magpie is placed in its own genus and is most closely related to the black butcherbird (Melloria quoyi). Currawongs have yellow eyes, whereas Magpies have red-brown eyes and Butcherbirds have very dark brown, almost black eyes. It is not, however, closely related to the European magpie, which is a corvid. The adult Australian magpie is a fairly robust bird ranging from 37 to 43 cm in length, with distinctive black and white plumage, gold brown eyes and a solid wedge-shaped bluish-white and black bill. The male and female are similar in appearance, and can be distinguished by differences in back markings. The male has pure white feathers on the back of the head and the female has white blending to grey feathers on the back of the head. With its long legs, the Australian magpie walks rather than waddles or hops and spends much time on the ground. Described as one of Australia's most accomplished songbirds, the Australian magpie has an array of complex vocalisations. It is omnivorous, with the bulk of its varied diet made up of invertebrates. It is generally sedentary and territorial throughout its range. Common and widespread, it has adapted well to human habitation and is a familiar bird of parks, gardens and farmland in Australia and New Guinea. This species is commonly fed by households around the country, but in spring (and occasionally in autumn) a small minority of breeding magpies (almost always males) become aggressive and swoop and attack those who approach their nests. R_3356
Another take on the very cool architecture of The Robert H.N. Ho Research Centre in Vancouver.
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The goosander is a large, streamlined diving duck adapted for catching fish in freshwater habitats. Males have a clean white body with a dark green head, while females show a grey body and a distinctive reddish-brown crested head. Equipped with a long, narrow bill lined with serrations, it is highly effective at gripping slippery prey. This species is typically found on rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, where it dives underwater to pursue fish. In the UK, goosanders are widespread, particularly during the winter months, and are increasingly breeding in wooded areas near suitable waterways.
42103, with GM10 at the rear, head away from Glenfield on their return to Enfield with the AK cars as SK84.
Wednesday 12th August 2020
The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as Cape penguin or South African penguin, is a species of penguin confined to southern African waters. It is the only penguin found in the Old World. Like all penguins, it is flightless, with a streamlined body and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat. Adults weigh an average of 2.2–3.5 kg (4.9–7.7 lb) and are 60–70 cm (24–28 in) tall. The species has distinctive pink patches of skin above the eyes and a black facial mask. The body's upper parts are black and sharply delineated from the white underparts, which are spotted and marked with a black band.
The African penguin is a pursuit diver and feeds primarily on fish and squid. Once extremely numerous, the African penguin is now the rarest species of penguin, classified as critically endangered, with its population declining rapidly due to a combination of several threats, such as habitat loss, overfishing and climate change. It is a charismatic species and is popular with tourists. Other vernacular names of the species include black-footed penguin and jackass penguin, due to the species' loud, donkey-like noise[3] (although several related species of South American penguins produce the same sound). They can be found along the coast of South Africa and Namibia.
Taxonomy
The English naturalist George Edwards included an illustration and a description of the African penguin in the second volume of his A Natural History of Uncommon Birds in 1747. He used the English name "The Black-Footed Penguins". Edwards based his hand-coloured etching on two preserved specimens that had been brought to London. He suspected that they had been collected near the Cape of Good Hope.[4] In 1758, when the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the tenth edition, he placed the African penguin with the wandering albatross in the genus Diomedea. Linnaeus included a brief description, coined the binomial name Diomedea demersa and cited Edwards' work.[5] The African penguin is now placed with the banded penguins in the genus Spheniscus that was introduced in 1760 by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson.[6][7] The genus name Spheniscus is from Ancient Greek word σφήν (sphēn) meaning "wedge" and is a reference to the animal's thin, wedge-shaped flippers. The specific epithet demersus is Latin meaning "plunging" (from demergere meaning "to sink").[8]
Banded penguins are found mainly in the temperate Southern Hemisphere, with the Humboldt penguin and Magellanic penguin found in southern South America and the Galápagos penguin found in the Pacific Ocean near the equator. All are similar in shape, colour and behaviour.
Penguin colony at Betty's Bay
Description
African penguin diving in Siam Center, Bangkok, Thailand
African penguin skeleton at the Museum of Osteology in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US
African penguins grow to 60–70 cm (24–28 in) tall and weigh between 2.2–3.5 kg (4.9–7.7 lb).[9] The beak length of the African penguin varies, usually growing between 4.8–6.5 cm (1.9–2.6 in).[10] They have a black stripe and black spots on the chest, the pattern of which is unique to each penguin, like human fingerprints. The sweat glands above the eyes cool the birds' blood and as the temperature rises, increased blood flow causes the glands to get pinker.[11] This species exhibits slight sexual dimorphism; the males are slightly larger than the females and have longer beaks.[12] Juveniles do not possess the bold, delineated markings of the adult, but instead have dark upperparts that vary from greyish-blue to brown; the pale underparts lack both spots and the band. The beak is more pointed than that of the Humboldt penguin. The African penguin's colouring is a form of protective colouration known as countershading. The white undersides of the birds are difficult to spot by predators under the water and the penguins' black backs blend in with the water when viewed from above. African penguins possess supraorbital salt glands located above the eyes that allow them to excrete excess salt from ingesting seawater, an adaptation that helps maintain osmotic balance while foraging at sea.[13]
African penguins resemble and are related to the Humboldt, Magellanic and Galápagos penguins.[14] African penguins have a very recognisable appearance, with a thick band of black that is in the shape of an upside-down horseshoe. They have black feet and black spots that vary in size and shape between individuals. Magellanic penguins share a similar bar marking that often confuses the two; the Magellanic has a double bar on the throat and chest, whereas the African has a single bar. These penguins are sometimes called "jackass penguins", which comes from the loud braying noises they make.
Distribution and habitat
The African penguin is found on the southern and southwestern coast of Africa, living in colonies on 24 islands between Namibia and Algoa Bay, near Port Elizabeth, South Africa.[15] It is the only penguin species that breeds in Africa, and its presence gave name to the Penguin Islands.
Two adults with chicks at the Boulders Beach colony in South Africa
Two colonies were established by penguins in the 1980s on the mainland near Cape Town, namely Boulders Beach near Simon's Town and Stony Point in Betty's Bay. Mainland colonies likely became possible only in recent times due to the reduction of predator numbers, although the Betty's Bay colony has been attacked by leopards.[16][17] The only other mainland colony is in Namibia, but it is not known when it was established.
Boulders Beach is a tourist attraction due to the beach, swimming, and the penguins themselves.[18][19] The penguins will allow people to approach them as close as a meter.
Breeding populations of African penguins are being kept in numerous zoos worldwide. No colonies are known outside the southwestern coast of Africa, although vagrants (mostly juveniles) may occasionally be sighted beyond the normal range.
Population
Roughly 4 million African penguins existed at the beginning of the 19th century. Of the 1.5 million African penguins estimated in 1910, only some 10% remained at the end of the 20th century. African penguin populations, which breed in Namibia and South Africa, have declined by 95% since pre-industrial times.[20]
Today, breeding is largely restricted to 24 islands from Namibia to Algoa Bay, South Africa,[21] with the Boulders Beach colony being an exception to this rule. The total population fell to approximately 150,000–180,000 in 2000.[22][23] Of those, 56,000 belonged to the Dassen Island colony and 14,000 to the Robben Island colony.[24] The colony at Dyer Island in South Africa fell from 46,000 in the early 1970s to 3,000 in 2008.[25]
In 2008, 5,000 breeding pairs were estimated to live in Namibia.
In 2010, the total African penguin population was estimated at 55,000. At the rate of decline seen from 2000 to 2010, the African penguin was expected to be extinct in the wild by 2026.[26]
In 2012, about 18,700 breeding pairs were estimated to live in South Africa, with the majority on St. Croix Island in Algoa Bay.
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S303 and T357 on hire from the Seymour Rail Heritage Centre, work the 60th Anniversary special of the Southern Aurora through Glenfield as 6L61 to Melbourne.
Following substantial amounts of rain across NSW, the Southern Highlands were no exception, with Picton experiencing landslides in the rail corridor. While the Main South is currently open for traffic, the Picton-Mittagong loop line, which is home to the NSW Rail Museum is currently cut off from the rest of the world while embankment remedy work is carried out on the branch line connection. During this period, nothing can get in or out of Thirlmere, hence the hired ex-Victorian Railway's units. Thankfully the Southern Aurora consist had left Thirlmere prior to the incliment weather, however it has had to be housed elsewhere in the meantime.
Saturday 23rd April 2022