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Northern gannets fold their wings all the way back until the tips touch when they are diving for fish. This was at St. Vincent's Beach, Newfoundland and Labrador where the northern gannets were diving for a small fish known as caplin (cA-plin, long A sound). They are so incredibly fast that I took many photos of splashes before I got this shot!
The streamlined dream like clinker built oak of The Skidbladner calls out to those that can pack their sea chest as a seat from which to person the oars on an imaginary journey and hopefully the visitors will have notions of goods in their sea chest to trade and room there also to bring back their hard won treasures? This now land bound longboat affords a great prospect to experience Viking visions. The replica of the archaeological recovered Gokstad ship now sits next to a reproduction longhouse and both have room enough to house your imagination and also to inspire your dreams.
The Viking Unst Project,
A968
Brookpoint, Haroldswick, Scotland, ZE2
60.7853, -0.8343
© PHH Sykes 2023
phhsykes@gmail.com
The Skidbladner
Rainbow lorikeets are true parrots, within the Psittacoidea superfamily in the order Psittaciformes. The rainbow lorikeet or lorikeet (common name) is a species of parrot found in Australia. It is common along the eastern seaboard, from northern Queensland to South Australia. Its habitat is rainforest, coastal bush and woodland areas. They are true parrots of medium-size, with the length ranging from 25 to 30 cm, including the tail. The weight varies from 75 to 157 g. The plumage of the nominate race, as with all subspecies, is very bright. The head is deep blue with a greenish-yellow nuchal collar, and the rest of the upper parts (wings, back and tail) are green. The chest is orange/yellow. The belly is deep blue, and the thighs and rump are green. In flight a yellow wing-bar contrasts clearly with the red underwing coverts. 3292
This Citroën Traction Avant is owned by a very friendly and enthousiast guy. He owns more old vehicles and mopeds, which he showed me with all hospitality.
The Citroën Traction Avant series was designed by Flaminio Bertoni (It, 1903-1964) & ing. André Lefèbvre (Fr, 1894-1964), and first officially presented in April 1934.
The revolutionary TA had all kinds of new features, like a self-supporting streamlined body and front-wheel drive.
This smaller TA 11BL (= Légère) was introduced in Oct. 1937.
In March 1946 all TA's received vertical ventilation slots on the side of the bonnet, like here. In June 1952 the windscreen wipers moved from above to down the windscreen.
A big boot lid was introduced in July 1952, it replaced a much smaller and flat one.
The familiale version had extra side windows in the C-pillar.
1911 cc L4 petrol engine.
1000 kg.
Production Citroën TA series: Febr. 1934-July 1957.
Production Citroën TA 11 series: Febr. 1934-July 1957.
Production Citroën TA 11B series: Febr. 1937-July 1957.
Production Citroën TA 11 Normale Familiale: 1935-July 1957.
Original first old Dutch reg. number: May 18, 1953.
With current owner since Oct. 14, 2003.
Austerlitz, Oude Postweg, March 22, 2026.
© 2026 Sander Toonen Halfweg | All Rights Reserved.
Norfolk and Western class J 611 is a streamlined work of art built by the N&W in their own shops in Roanoke in 1950.
It was leading an excursion on the former Chesapeake and Ohio line through Staunton.
The main line was spun off to the Buckingham Branch as the line's primary source of traffic (coal) dried up.
That artwork at the foot of the bridge was created by local artist Willy Ferguson.
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*Disclosure* I removed a distracting Volvo SUV and some wires via Lightroom AI.
GM22 providing extra power assists G534 working T173 Linx Shuttle through Belfield for Enfield, 18/1/2022.
Creator: Unidentified.
Location: Brisbane, Queensland.
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The beautiful Pennsy passes on an elevated track on the outskirts of Spencer, NC, on the way to Charlotte.
Privately Owned Streamlined Locomotives 42101 and 42107 with Lachlan Valley Railway’s 4702 and 4708 on the rear. Fly over the Wingecarribee River at Burradoo with a rake of Southern Aurora carriages in tow bound for Goulburn Workshops
Back in 2019, the RCP heads west through the woods on the Paynesville Sub on a crisp autumn morning. I wasn't a fan of this photo back then, when I didn't know what I was doing shooting with a DSLR, but now it's grown on me. I don't know who that woman is next to the train, or how she even got to that spot, odd.
6228 Duchess of Rutland on an up express with a mixed rake of stock near Hincaster Junction, south of Oxenholme in July 1939. A colourised b/w photo taken by Hubert Foster.
“Tree Swallows are streamlined small songbirds with long, pointed wings and a short, squared or slightly notched tail. Their bills are very short and flat….. Handsome aerialists with deep-blue iridescent backs and clean white fronts, Tree Swallows are a familiar sight in summer fields and wetlands across northern North America. They chase after flying insects with acrobatic twists and turns, their steely blue-green feathers flashing in the sunlight. Tree Swallows nest in tree cavities; they also readily take up residence in nest boxes….. Tree Swallows feed on small, aerial insects that they catch in their mouths during acrobatic flight. After breeding, Tree Swallows gather in large flocks to molt and migrate. In the nonbreeding season, they form huge communal roosts.”
Status : Least Concern
Source : Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
Emigrant Lake – Jackson County – Oregon – USA
Australia Southern Railroad (ASR) units CLP17/CLP8 head an Adelaide to Perth intermodal 'hook and pull' working for TOLL Logistics, through Port Germein, South Australia, on 25 November 1998.
The locos carried the passenger livery of the former government owned business, Australian National, which ASR parent Genesee & Wyoming Inc had purchased a year earlier.
Built by Clyde Engineering for the Commonwealth Railways, CLP17 originally entered service in 1971 as CL8. Some time after ownership passed to Australian National, in 1993 it was rebuilt by Morrison Knudsen Australia and emerged in this dedicated livery for use on AN's interstate passenger services. With privatisation of AN in 1997 the passenger contract was lost. CLP17 continues in service today In G & W orange and black, while CLP8 is stored.
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The streamlined dream like clinker built oak of The Skidbladner calls out to those that can pack their sea chest as a seat from which to person the oars on an imaginary journey and hopefully the visitors will have notions of goods in their sea chest to trade and room there also to bring back their hard won treasures? This now land bound longboat affords a great prospect to experience Viking visions. The replica of the archaeological recovered Gokstad ship now sits next to a reproduction longhouse and both have room enough to house your imagination and also to inspire your dreams.
The Viking Unst Project,
A968
Brookpoint, Haroldswick, Scotland, ZE2
60.7853, -0.8343
© PHH Sykes 2023
phhsykes@gmail.com
The Skidbladner
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This sexy form-fitting body suit dares to bare it all. The streamlined silhouette hugs the body and lets your curves do all the talking. Delicately balanced by thin ribbons this bodysuit has it all. The body suit comes in 10 original colors and fits Legacy Feminine & Perky for Maze Soft Thighs.
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The streamlined Redbone Coonhound, an American original, is even-tempered, mellow, and kindly at home but a tiger on the trail. Vigorous activities like hunting and swimming between long periods of rest is the rhythm of coonhound life.
The streamlined dream like clinker built oak of The Skidbladner calls out to those that can pack their sea chest as a seat from which to person the oars on an imaginary journey and hopefully the visitors will have notions of goods in their sea chest to trade and room there also to bring back their hard won treasures? This now land bound longboat affords a great prospect to experience Viking visions. The replica of the archaeological recovered Gokstad ship now sits next to a reproduction longhouse and both have room enough to house your imagination and also to inspire your dreams.
The Viking Unst Project,
A968
Brookpoint, Haroldswick, Scotland, ZE2
60.7853, -0.8343
© PHH Sykes 2023
phhsykes@gmail.com
The Skidbladner
The last flight of the supersonic Concorde was nearly twenty years ago. Like the Eurostar it was a symbol of Anglo- French cooperation at its best. The design classic is now reduced to a museum piece at the Brooklands transport museum in Surrey. The Concorde had a maximum cruising speed of 1,354 mph (2,179 kph) Mach 2.04 or twice the speed of sound. This reduced the flying time from London to New York to about 3 hours. In today's prices a return ticket would have cost approximately 12000 dollars.
Sadly, on July 25th, 2000, an Air France Concorde suffered an engine failure on take off and crashed into a hotel and buildings killing all 109 persons on board.
The high running cost of supersonic travel, the noise and the damage to its reputation led to the decline of the service, which had its first transatlantic crossing on September 26th 1973.
In the background you can see the world's first recreational flight ticket booking office, which was built in 1911 at Brooklands.
Brooklands was the world's first purpose-built motor racing circuit built by local landowners Hugh and Ethel Locke-King in 1907.
The streamlined dream like clinker built oak of The Skidbladner calls out to those that can pack their sea chest as a seat from which to person the oars on an imaginary journey and hopefully the visitors will have notions of goods in their sea chest to trade and room there also to bring back their hard won treasures? This now land bound longboat affords a great prospect to experience Viking visions. The replica of the archaeological recovered Gokstad ship now sits next to a reproduction longhouse and both have room enough to house your imagination and also to inspire your dreams.
The Viking Unst Project,
A968
Brookpoint, Haroldswick, Scotland, ZE2
60.7853, -0.8343
© PHH Sykes 2023
phhsykes@gmail.com
The Skidbladner
A selection of Tatras from Czechoslovakia, seen at the TRUK (Tatra Register UK) Rally in 2007 (Warwickshire). The line up is fronted by a T12 Sport, then a T603, and a T600 Tatraplan. You can just make out a T87 to the rear.
Streamlined exterior of De Beers Ginza Building.
@Tokyo, Japan.
Explored - 25th january, 2013 - Thank you!
Streamlined Princess Coronation Pacific No. 6221 Queen Elizabeth on the down train at Headstone Lane in 1937 alongside the Bakerloo Line which ran here until 1982. A colourised b/w taken by an unknown photographer.
4501, B61, GM22 and GM27 haul the first Ballast train to Thirlmere, passing over the Como Bridge as 9240.
S317,B61 and GM27 get settled into the long drag up the Blue Mountains as they chatter through Springwood with 1845 empty freight to Kelso.
Stocky yet streamlined is a good way to describe a white-breasted nuthatch's general body shape. That upper body strength is necessary for hammering bug larvae and nut meats from their hidden homes now in winter.
The last surviving E8A from the Erie Lackawanna roster wears its as-delivered scheme and number at Port Jervis, NY.
Unassigned @ Port Jervis Yard, Port Jervis, NY
NYGL E8A 833 (ERIE)
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Dolphin is a common name of aquatic mammals within the infraorder Cetacea. Dolphins range in size from the 1.7 m long and 50 kg Maui's dolphin to the 9.5 m and 10 t killer whale. Several species exhibit sexual dimorphism, in that the males are larger than females. They have streamlined bodies and two limbs that are modified into flippers. Though not quite as flexible as seals, some dolphins can travel at 55.5 km/h. Dolphins use their conical shaped teeth to capture fast moving prey. They have well-developed hearing which is adapted for both air and water and is so well developed that some can survive even if they are blind. Some species are well adapted for diving to great depths. They have a layer of fat, or blubber, under the skin to keep warm in the cold water. Dolphins are sometimes kept in captivity and trained to perform tricks. The most common dolphin species in captivity is the bottlenose dolphin. 1971
A little look back to a fun day with steam pulling a classic streamlined consist.
Making a pretty sight along the lower Connecticut River valley is Valley Railroad 3025 leading the Providence and Worcester Railroad’s streamlined passenger train including power car 668 coupled directly behind that is a former E9B unit originally built for the Union Pacific in May 1954. This is the Mass Bay Railroad Enthusiasts Two Rivers Special that ran from Worcester down P&W's Norwich main following the Thames River to Groton then via P&W's trackage rights on Amtrak to Old Saybrook. There the P&W power was exchanged for steam and the train continued along the shore of the Connecticut River all the way to Haddam on the Valley Line before returning the way it came. It is seen here passing the little Chester Depot and crossing Railroad Ave at MP 8.5 on the Valley Line.
VRR #3025 is a China Railways SY class 2-8-2 that was built in 1989 by the Tangshan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works for Pennsylvania's Knox & Kane Railroad where it spent its life until that railroad's demise following the collapse of that lines signature attraction, the Kinzua Viaduct. It was purchased by the Valley Railroad in 2008 and was rebuilt as a functional replica of a New Haven J-1 "Mikado" locomotive and re-numbered 3025, one numer above the last of the original class on the NYNH&H.
Chester, Connecticut
Sunday October 30, 2016
Cormorants fly carrying a considerable amount of added weight from their last dive and this Little Cormorant is no exception. Unlike most waterbirds, their plumage allows water to penetrate the outer feathers, reducing buoyancy and improving underwater control while hunting.
This effect persists for several seconds after takeoff, turning a benefit underwater into a cost in the air. During this brief phase of flight right after takeoff, the soaked neck and body feathers retain water, increasing mass and aerodynamic drag.
What is visible here is not just the act of flight right after leaving the water, but also the residual cost of a dive optimized feather structure with water, being carried into the air.
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Back before the COVID-19 stay-at-home quarantine began, I began organizing some of my older photos. This is one of the first photos I sought out for editing.
Continued from previous image.
So now I was faced with a choice: be on hand when a friend and his new bride arrive at their wedding reception, or catch a steam train that hadn't been east of the Mississippi River since the nation's bicentennial. Thanks to the railfans on hand, I was able to do both. They tracked the train so that I could keep checking on the status of the wedding party back at the bar. Ultimately, I think I walked between the bar and the depot four times.
Fast forward to coming of SP 4449. Word must have gotten out of it's approach, because a crowd began to gather. As the numbers of people intensified, I realized how ridiculous I looked, dressed to the nines in my best wedding suit while I waited for a steam train. Without a doubt I was the best-dressed person on that platform! I suppose the case can be made that I was either overly-dressed for 2009, appropriately dressed for 1929!
Anyway, as word got around that the train was making a brief stop two stations away in Naperville, the crowd on the platform became too much. So I went to the next crossing down at Washington St. across from the cop shop. The officers seen on the left came out to keep people away from the tracks but also to get some shots on their cameras. The sight of a streamlined steam locomotive speeding down the triple-track BNSF Racetrack on the usual territory of Metra scoots in the 21st century was certainly something not to miss!
LNER 8P Class A4 No 60009 heads north on the ECML at Balderton Hard LC (Broad Fen Lane) on the approach to Newark with the Norwich-York 'Yuletide Express' on 13th December 2012
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Southern Shorthaul Railroads broad gauge B75 goes for a spin on the turntable at the roundhouse in Bendigo, Victoria on 18 April 2018.
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