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25.10.2025
Niemieckie jednostki high speed podczas samodzielnej jazdy na magistrali E20. Zestaw dwóch pojazdów ICE3neo (BR408) wracał dziś z zakończonych testów dynamicznych prowadzonych na Centralnej Magistrali Kolejowej w ostatnich tygodniach.
Pociąg PXJ 276000/1 relacji Idzikowice - Rzepin w promieniach popołudniowego słońca jedzie szlakiem Poznań Górczyn - Palędzie po wielu niepewnych chwilach czy w ogóle za dnia uda się go z sukcesem przeprowadzić po polskich szlakach.
Na uwagę zasługuje fakt, że powrót odbył się w stanie czynnym, a nie jak w przypadku jazd poprzednich na przy-sprzęgu lokomotywy Gama 111Ed przewoźnika LTG Cargo.
Choć sam mam już wiele zdjęć jednostek ICE wykonanych w Niemczech, taki zestaw na swojej ziemi, w swoim mieście smakuje wyśmienicie i z niecierpliwością czekam na rozpoczęcie regularnych kursów, które zapowiadane są dopiero na rok 2030r.
DB zamówiło w Siemens Mobility łącznie 90 jednostek ICE 3neo, z czego 29 zostało już dostarczonych. Pierwszy EZT tej serii wszedł do eksploatacji w listopadzie 2022 roku. W czerwcu 2024 roku ICE 3neo zastąpił starsze pociągi ICE na trasach transgranicznych z Frankfurtu do Amsterdamu i Brukseli. Siemens Mobility wyposaży do 32 pociągów ICE 3neo w odpowiednie komponenty, aby zapewnić kompatybilność z technologią sygnalizacji i trasami w Polsce i Francji.
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German high-speed EMUs traveling independently on the E20 main line. A set of two ICE3neo (BR408) trains returned today from dynamic tests which took place on the Central Railway Line recent weeks.
Train no. 276000/1 from Idzikowice to Rzepin was photographed on the Poznań Górczyn - Palędzie route in the afternoon sun, after many uncertain moments as to whether it would be possible to successfully run it on Polish routes during the day.
It is worth noting that the return journey took place in active ride, unlike previous journeys, which were carried out with a Gama 111Ed locomotive from LTG Cargo.
Although I already have many photos of ICE units taken in Germany, seeing such a set on my own soil, in my own city, is a real treat, and I am eagerly awaiting the start of regular services, which are not scheduled to begin until 2030.
DB has ordered a total of 90 ICE 3neo units from Siemens Mobility, 29 of which have already been delivered. The first EMU of this series entered service in November 2022. In June 2024, the ICE 3neo replaced older trains on cross-border routes from Frankfurt (Main) to Amsterdam and Brussels. Siemens Mobility will equip up to 32 ICE 3neo EMUs with the appropriate components to ensure compatibility with signaling technology and routes in Poland and France.
Watched this cormorant fishing for 20 minutes and I observed he was very successful. A fisherman would be very impressed.
Island of Hiddensee, Baltic Sea, Germany
After my successful mission on board the Black Sun station in deep space, Command was kind enough to hand me a promotion and put me in charge of the 253rds very own Item Company. After a few transfers, the men of Whiskey Company's first platoon were back under my command. I was then told to select a small squad to accompany me to Mon Cala, our next mission...
Company members:
Left to Right;
'Spade'
Number: CT-3926
Name: Spade
Rank: Private
Primary Weapon: DC-15s Blaster Carbine
Secondary Weapon: Cleaver
'Bishop'
Number: CT-7768
Name: Bishop
Rank: Private
Primary Weapon: DC-15a Blaster rifle
'Rook'
Number: CT-6798
Name: Rook
Rank: Sargent Grade I
Primary Weapon: DC-15a blaster rifle
'Lucky'
Number: CT-1864
Name: Lucky
Rank: Sargent Grade II
Primary Weapon: DC-15s Blaster Carbine
'Scout'
Number: CT-1807
Name: Scout
Rank: ARC Captain Grade I
Primary Weapon: DC-15x Blaster Rifle
Secondary Weapon DC-15s Blaster Carbine
Alright so here's my squad for mission 8, I hope to get the build up later today, so stay tuned.
As always, thanks for viewing and enjoy!
After successfully completing their northern patrol, 1st Lieutenant Dirk Allcock's troop is assigned the more challenging South Western sector, near the ill defined southern border. This area has a vastly different environment to the cooler North, here the pine forests give way to arid grasslands and desert. The locals are a mixture of races and cultures and the cavalrymen encounter many colourful characters. At a traditional southern house, the patrol are welcomed by the locals, who offer them a place to stay for the night. In the morning, they will continue to search for the bandit gang plaguing the area. Tonight; however, they can relax to the upbeat music and fiery food of offered by their hosts.
A lot of inspiration from Norton74's Mariachi wagon and Mexican house in this one!
The lodgers upstairs have had a successful brood and other families have joined them and are using the garden as a roost. Here's 3 of the 8 young seen. Surprisingly, no fighting at the bath!
How can it be a successful trip without a couple of best star trails pics. Startrail is now one of the things I would always try on a trip. Its a tricky type of photography, since you can only click about 2 or 3 long enough star trails in a single night, thus the composition has to be well thought and pre planned, rest have to leave it on the camera, and having a moonless night is an advantage here :), The only problem being was that in Mt Cook, the nights are very small, Sunlight starts to completely fade away by 10:30pm and by 4:30am you can see the morning hues by the horizon, that would give me a night window of only 6hrs (this shot was already 3hr:30mins of that), I was hoping for 3 long star trails (I got 2 long and 2 short startrails), but I am satisfied with what I got. I enjoyed one of the calmest sunrise in my life.
The shot above consists of 210 exposures of 30secs each @ f4 ISO800 10mm giving me 3hrs:30mins of star trail. The main difference in this pic is that the Polaris captured int his shot is the South Polaris, rather then the North one that is usually captured from India
Mt Cook being far far away from the city lights has one of the darkest sky i have ever seen in my life, giving me 10 times more stars to witness then the darkest sky i have seen in India or South Africa, Once your eyes gets adjusted to the darkness of the sky, you can see the Milky Way and a few star clusters and 3 Super novas named SN 1604 (20,000 light years away) and SN 1987A (168,000 light years), 3rd one I couldnt recognize, all this was according to Stellarium on the iphone ;) and with just naked eyes, I wish I had a telescope
The Red light beam you see in the shot was from the night vision torch I used to for keeping an eye on the camera just in case nothing goes wrong and the camera is keeping on clicking, But i wasnt aware it was included in the frame, I kind of like it this way, it gives the shot a Sci-fi feel
After a successful rebuild, Union Pacific's famed FEF-3 #844 returned to excursion service pulling the 2016 addition of the Cheyenne Frontier Days special between Denver, CO and Cheyenne, WY. Having highballed Denver right on the advertised the big ALCO has command of 22 passenger cars as it storms across Sand Creek in Commerce City with the downtown Denver skyline in the distance.
UP 844 ~ PDVDV1 ~ Commerce City, Colorado
Union Pacific's Greeley Subdivision
07.23.2016
After successfully shooting CPKC 418 with the duo of tribute units on the point, I crossed over the CPKC Clover Bar Yard on my way home. Looking at the units below, I could have sworn I saw the flashy new CPKC paint scheme. I took the next exit, and went to investigate. What I saw was, in fact, not a CPKC unit, but rather a CN unit. What I didn't expect, however, was to meet another railfan, who told me CP 7431 would be arriving shortly on a manifest. With luck on my side, I ventured up the CP Scotford Subdivision to find them. Around Fort Saskatchewan, I saw a line of tanks rolling in the distace. I had no idea if that was the train, but I didn't want to miss them, just in case. I turned around and set up at the closest crossing, where not only did I find out it was indeed 7431, but it also just happened to stop right in front of me! I took the opportunity to grab as many shots as I could, because I knew it'd be a while before I shot the CP side of things again. Eventually, darkness set in, and I called it a successful day.
Train ID:
CPKC Mixed Freight
CP Scotford Subdivision
Locomotives:
CP ET44AC 7431
KCS ET44AC 5009
KSC Grey Ghost (End-DPU)
A successful marriage requires
falling in love many times,
always with the same person.
(Mignon McLaughlin)
My twin daughters gave these tiny dolls to Freya (their elder sister) and Sam on their wedding day (October 28, 2016).
Last Tuesday, July 10 2018, Freya gave birth to our first grandchild:
a boy named Eli! :-)
an alphabet book - bokeh
Smile on Saturday! :-) - Lucky Charm
(photo by Freya)
The giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) is a South American carnivorous mammal. It is the longest member of the Mustelidae, or weasel family, a globally successful group of predators, reaching up to 1.7 m (5.6 ft). Atypical of mustelids, the giant otter is a social species, with family groups typically supporting three to eight members. The groups are centered on a dominant breeding pair and are extremely cohesive and cooperative. Although generally peaceful, the species is territorial, and aggression has been observed between groups. The giant otter is diurnal, being active exclusively during daylight hours. It is the noisiest otter species, and distinct vocalizations have been documented that indicate alarm, aggressiveness, and reassurance.
The giant otter ranges across north-central South America; it lives mostly in and along the Amazon River and in the Pantanal.
Its distribution has been greatly reduced and is now discontinuous. Decades of poaching for its velvety pelt, peaking in the 1950s and 1960s, considerably diminished population numbers. The species was listed as endangered in 1999 and wild population estimates are typically below 5,000. The Guianas are one of the last real strongholds for the species, which also enjoys modest numbers — and significant protection — in the Peruvian Amazonian basin. It is one of the most endangered mammal species in the neotropics. Habitat degradation and loss is the greatest current threat.
The giant otter shows a variety of adaptations suitable to an amphibious lifestyle, including exceptionally dense fur, a wing-like tail, and webbed feet. The species prefers freshwater rivers and streams, which are usually seasonally flooded, and may also take to freshwater lakes and springs. It constructs extensive campsites close to feeding areas, clearing large amounts of vegetation. The giant otter subsists almost exclusively on a diet of fish, particularly characins and catfish, but may also eat crabs, turtles, snakes and small caiman. It has no serious natural predators other than humans, although it must compete with other species, including the neotropical otter and caiman species, for food resources.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_otter
I was really happy to see them in the wild! It was one of my dreams and goals of my last trip to Pantanal!
Wishing everyone a wonderful Tuesday!
Thanks a lot for your visits, comments, faves, invites, etc. Very much appreciated!
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Successfully riding through wind and waves takes a great amount of skill and strength, but the reward must be, I can only assume, very thrilling!
Pistol River Wave Bash 2014
There is something to be said about the intrinsic link between failure and expectation. It seems to me that a key component of failure is expectation. Try to imagine failure without expectation? It's tricky. Because in order to fail, you have to have somehow defined what failure is. And we do this with expectation in hand all the time, be it consciously or otherwise. This image is an example of just that. I set it up, had a shot in mind, calculated my exposure, sat on the tracks counting that exposure off mentally, got up closed the shutter and wound the film. All with an expectation of something. Part of that something was a vague notion of how I wanted the image to look. Another part of that something was the expectation that I calculated the technical aspects of the image correctly - focus, exposure, etc. Yet another part of that something was the expectation that the film would be processed correctly. And so on. You get the idea of how something like this is built off a chain of expectations, even when we don't necessarily think of those expectations. Then, when something doesn't go as expected, for example I somehow blew the exposure and overexposed the frame by several stops thereby producing a more faded, washed out image with a bit of a color cast. Well, that goes against my expectation of how I thought this would turn out. My initial reaction was, "Well, blew that one" and mentally began the process of writing this image off. It was just one photo after all and I make a lot of photos. Also, I am no stranger to "blowing it". I often tell people I could bury them with the boxes of throwaway sample prints from "failed" images that I have accumulated over the years. But then again, as I implied above, what is failure really, other than unmet expectations? And if that is really a key to failure, can failure not be converted to something else merely by either tweaking those expectations or simply by not handcuffing yourself to them. It is fine to have expectations, it is also fine to set them aside. After a day, and a second visit to this negative, I gave my initial expectations of this photo a rest and what was left behind was something that was neither expected nor failed. I don't know what it is, nor do I really need to. It is another image in my collection that has something that intrigues me, that has given me something to consider and think about. I used to remark to students that if a every photo you make teaches you something, are there really bad photos?
Anyway, just some thoughts inspired by my misexposure in the making of this particular image. And no, I still don't quite know how I goofed this one up. But I am ok with that too. If I knew, I might want to do it again and that wouldn't be nearly as fun as when it happens incidentally.
Hasselblad Flexbody
Silberra Color 160
Red-lored Amazon
The Red-lored Amazon or Red-lored Parrot (Amazona autumnalis) is a species of amazon parrot, native to tropical regions of the Americas, from eastern Mexico south to Ecuador where it occurs in humid evergreen to semi-deciduous forests up to 1,100 m altitude. It is absent from the Pacific side of Central America north of Costa Rica. Not originally known from El Salvador, a pair - perhaps escaped from captivity - nested successfully in 1995 and 1996 in the outskirts of San Salvador and the species might expand its range permanently into that country in the future. This species has also established feral populations in several California cities.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-lored_amazon
Cornell Lab: birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/relpar10/cur/introduction
Name: Pyer Eliss
Species: Human
Age: 22
Homeworld: Serenno
Faction: CR
Class: Scoundrel
Story: Pyer Eliss was the son of a wealthy Serenno Nobleman and close friend of Count Dooku. His family were seperatists during the Clone Wars, helping to fund the Confederacy's numerous military projects. Following the Seperatist defeat, Darth Vader and his Imperial army invaded Serenno, slaughtering the nobles and remaining separatists. Pyer fled, narrowly escaping, but his family were not so lucky. Overcome by grief, Pyer used his family's fortune to sell weapons to anti-empire guerilla fighters, seeking revenge on the men that killed his family and friends. Support of these early resistance movements were successful up until three weeks ago, when Pyer's main contact, former Senator Alam Sorio, went cold. Pyer now looks to find Sorio and free him, wanting to continue his fight against the Empire.
Successful breeding in 2015 at the WWT's Martin Mere centre, Lancashire. D7100_23977.NEF. Many thanks for views, comments and favourites.
This has been a shot that I've wanted to try for a long time but either just never got around to it or I didn't have the right equipment with me. Now I can successfully check it off my to-shoot list at Disney. This area of DCA is one of my favorite areas because of the detail there is everywhere, if you can tune out the screaming riders getting drenched on the rapids it's fantastic!
As for the shot this is a 3 shot HDR merged with Photomatix, then some Nik software, and a bit of CS5. I was walking by and saw this perfect scene so I couldn't resist shooting it, however I didn't have my tripod so I made a makeshift stabilizer by folding my camera strap up and putting the camera on the rocks.
As always comments and constructive criticism are welcome and appreciated! :)
*This made it to Explore #10 on Jan 5, 2012. Thanks everyone! This is my 3rd overall Explore and my 2nd one in under a week! I really appreciate it!
Lake State Rwy. is crossing the Saginaw River in Bay City, Michigan with the PM heritage up front with this installment of watch out for drone killing bald eagles while flying above this spot - August 23, 2025.
So the seeds are contained in a plastic cylinder and the plastic cylinder is contained in a cage. Why? To contain the seeds for the birds and keep the squirrels out. This containment is mildly successful.
A Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) shows off its successful Dog Salmon catch as a gull screams probably in excitement at the prospect of getting scraps. This bear was plying Pack Creek on Admiralty Island in Alaska on the Inside Passage.
Another successful trip to Dean Mason's Windows on Wildlife hide and a lovely hour spent photographing these super cute harvest mice!
Please note these are captive breed but Dean has a huge respect for his mice.
The Afrika Korps led by General Erwin Rommel had successfully pushed the British and Commonwealth forces to the outskirts of Cairo at the railway station of El Alamein. However, the Allies were able to mount a successful defense at the inconclusive First Battle of El Alamein in July, and the Battle of Alam El Halfa in September. Both sides were now at a stalemate. Before the battle began, the Axis were outnumbered 2 to 1 as they had 116,000 men and 547 tanks compared to the Allies 195,000 men and 1,029 tanks. The British also received much needed lend lease aid, some of it included the M4 Sherman tank. On October 23rd, British general Bernard Montogomery decided to launch an offensive against the German and Italian forces beginning with an artillery barrage. British and commonwealth forces advanced, alongside Free French and Greek troops, but the Germans and Italians were able to hold them off. The battle became a slogging match as both sides would attack and counterattack as the month on. The Allies would emerge victorious on November 11, 1942, as the Axis forces would retreat.
The battle was a disaster for the Axis as they would lose nearly all of their tanks, with 10,000 soldiers being killed and 49,000 being taken prisoner compared to the allies 13,000 dead. The Allies had successfully prevented the Axis from advancing beyond Egypt where the vital Persian and Caucasian oil field would be more vulnerable. They also prevented the possible seizure of Mandatory Palestine from the Germans, which would have likely resulted in the atrocities of the Holocaust being expanded into the Middle East. The end of the battle also coincided with the American and British landings in Morocco and Algeria during Operation torch. This opened up a second front in North Africa, however that is a build for another day.
In the Capuchin Church (Kapuzinerkirche) in Vienna
In art, there are two ways of depicting St Joseph: either as an old man or as a young man in his early thirties who is still in his prime. The view depends entirely on which biblical or apocryphal narratives one follows. Sometimes Joseph is an old widower, sometimes he is a man who has just built up an existence and has now found himself a wife who has just reached sexual maturity and is half his age. In the latter story, given the lifelong chastity attributed to Joseph, there is a heavy pinch of kitsch, which is why I find this presentation in the Capuchin Church extremely successful.
The Red Kite is a graceful bird of prey which is unmistakable with its reddish-brown body, angled wings and deeply forked tail. It was saved from national extinction by one of the world's longest running protection programmes, and has now been successfully re-introduced to England and Scotland.
I find these birds particular challenging to photograph; especially in the dive as they are so fast. But this sequence of shots was photographed on a recent visit to the Chilterns in Oxfordshire; an area known for it's significant kite population.
The 'Cedar Lake" Osprey nest is active again this year, though this photo is from a previous season. Fishing is always good for the Osprey and the Bald Eagles.
I'm now going to be adding my signature to photos. Seems the right thing to do now. Unfortunately, the way I do it strips the shooting information from the image file. To compensate for that, I'll put the basic information in as tags.
We were happy to see many Starlings on the telephone wires in Woodbridge Reserve. Widespread and abundant in much of North America, the introduced European starling is arguably and problematically the most successful bird on the continent. Often characterized as bold, this bird is actually fairly wary and can be difficult to approach, as it was with this bird, hard to find and hard to photograph.
“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person”
Marriage statistics are disheartening to look at.
Half of marriages end in divorce. It's a fact, but it isn't the full reality. The statistics don't even take "seperations" into account. A lot of people are legally married and yet no longer together. It just costs too much money for the lawyer fees and they don't want to deal with the hassle. I know 3 couples that are in that situation.
So MORE than half of marriages fail.
Yet people are getting married every day even though the odds are clearly against them succeeding.
Why is that?
I guess it's for the same reason Eric and I got married. We want to believe that we're going to be the small percentage bracket that makes it to the end. The old couple on the park bench holding hands and gazing into eachother's sagging watery eyes still with the love and passion that we feel today.
I really believe we will. You can chalk it up to youthful idealism, but thats how I feel in my heart. I look forward to growing old with Eric.
I found these Tiny dolls in a small box of knick knacks I unpacked today. I'm not sure where they came from! I used them to test out the macro function on my Nikon.
It's hard to ignore how they both look a little afraid and uneasy.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uckermark
The Uckermark, a historical region in northeastern Germany, currently straddles the Uckermark District of Brandenburg and the Vorpommern-Greifswald District of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Its traditional capital is Prenzlau.
Geography
The region is named after the Uecker River, which is a tributary of the Oder; the name Uckermark means "March of the Uecker". The river's source is close to Angermünde, from where it runs northward to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The Oder River, forming the German-Polish border, bounds the region in the east. The western parts of the Lower Oder Valley National Park are located in the Uckermark.
History
Early history
In the Ice Age, glaciers shaped the landscape of the region. A climate change left a hilly area with several lakes formed by the melting ice, and humans started to settle the area. Megalithic-cultures arose, followed by Germanic cultures.
Ukrani, a Polabian tribe
From the 6th–12th centuries Polabian Slavs migrating from Eastern Europe moved westward into the later Uckermark. The Slavs settling the terra U(c)kera (Uckerland, later Uckermark) became known as Ukrani (Ukranen, Ukrer, Ukri, Vukraner).[1] Their settlement area was centered around the lakes Oberuckersee and Unteruckersee at the spring of the Uecker River. In this region, burghs with a proto-town suburbium were set up at Drense and on an isle in Lake Oberuckersee (near modern Prenzlau).
In 954, Margrave Gero of the Saxon Eastern March (the marca Geronis), aided by Holy Roman Emperor Otto I's son-in-law, Conrad of Lorraine, launched a successful campaign to subdue the Ukrani, who had come in reach of the Empire after the 929 Battle of Lenzen. After the 983 revolt of the Obodrites and Liutizians, the area became independent again, yet remained under permanent military pressure, especially from Poland and the Holy Roman Empire.
Pomerania, Ostsiedlung
In 1172 Pomeranian dukes, vassals of the Duchy of Saxony, later of the Holy Roman Empire, controlled the area. In the course of the medieval Ostsiedlung, the Ukrani were Christianized and Germanized by Saxons, who founded monasteries, castles, and towns; the Slavic heritage is reflected in the many regional towns whose names end with "-ow" and "-in". The early centers of the territory were the Seehausen (Gramzow) Premonstratensian monastery and the city of Prenzlau, developed and granted German town law by Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania, in 1234. Both the central city and the central monastery were set up beside the former Ukrani central burghs.
Pomerania and Brandenburg struggle for overlordship
The Margraviate of Brandenburg, holding claims on the Duchy of Pomerania, expanded north since the 1230s, taking her chances while the House of Pomerania was weakened. In the 1250 Treaty of Landin, Barnim I conceded the Uckermark to John I and Otto III, Ascanian Margraves of Brandenburg. After the extinction of the Ascanians, the Pomeranian dukes reacquired a few border regions. Mecklenburg advanced into the Uckermark, but lost her gains in a 1323 war with Brandenburg. In the Pomeranian-Brandenburg War from 1329–33, Pomerania was able to defeat Brandenburg at Kremmer Damm. In the following years, control of the Uckermark was disputed by Brandenburg, Mecklenburg, and Pomerania.
Brandenburg
The first Peace of Prenzlau of 3 May 1448 established Brandenburg's control over most of the territory, except for the northern Pasewalk and Torgelow region, which was to remain in Pomerania and is not considered to be a part of Uckermark anymore. Though another Brandenburgian-Pomeranian war was fought in the area in the 1460s, Brandenburg's possession of most of the Uckermark was confirmed again in a second Peace of Prenzlau on 30 July 1472, which was renewed on 26 June 1479.
Prussia, and Huguenot settlement
The Uckermark became part of Brandenburg-Prussia in 1618, but was ravaged during the Thirty Years' War. Frederick William, the Great Elector, invited large numbers of French Huguenots to resettle the Uckermark and his other territories by announcing the Edict of Potsdam. These Huguenots helped to develop the economy and culture of the Uckermark. In 1701 the territory became part of the Kingdom of Prussia.
glacier bay NP and preserve, AK usa
too early in the season ? or the day ? fog too thick ?
the expected NP ranger never made it to the ship to give a running commentary or to guide the captain to a glacier ...
and eureka ! with no local expertise - a glacier !
arriving from kobe japan, via yokohama, hakodate, kushiro, kodiak AK & ketchikan AK
destination vancouver british columbia canada
IMG_2969
The bridge was designed in 1748 by William Etheridge (1709–76), and was built in 1749 by James Essex the Younger (1722–84). It has subsequently been repaired in 1866 and rebuilt to the same design in 1905.
The myth that the bridge was originally built without fastenings at the joints, but could not be rebuilt successfully without introducing fastenings at the joints, might owe its origin to a change in the nature of the fastenings during the 1905 rebuilding.
Although it appears to be an arch, it is composed entirely of straight timbers built to an unusually sophisticated engineering design, hence the name. A replica of the bridge was built in 1923 near the Iffley Lock in Oxford.
After successfully extracting the uncoscious pilot from the strange exosuit, he's been transported back to Starbase and into a life support pod for further examination.
The seed part of this buld was obviously the new classic space print that comes with the brown spaceman... thats no baby monitor I say.
Månadens foto Artdatabanken/Picture of the month The Swedish Species Information Centre : www.artdatabanken.se/hjalpa-till/manadens-foto-resultat/
© alpros
Manuela S. Scheuerer
Having successfully navigated the 3% descent into town a U789 train of loaded taconite pellets from Minntac is pulling into the Two Harbors receiving yard at the south end of CN's North Division Iron Range Subdivision mainline. The standard three pack of ex CNW C40-8s have a train of modern CN era ore cars (over 1000 of which were acquired between 2009 and 2018) on the historic former Duluth, and Iron Range side of the railroad which saw its first load of ore arrive from Soudan mine in 1884. Immediately behind the locomotives is the dumping shed that feeds a conveyor that can send pellets to the stockpile or to the pockets on the south side of Dock 2. This system was installed in 1978 when half the tracks were removed from the massive 1916 built dock. Beyond that above the tree tops can be seen Agate Bay and the cold blue water 'of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee.'
This is a region that should need no introduction to even the most casual fan as the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway is in a word legendary. I won't bore you with pages of history as I couldn't do the road or region justice anyway. It simply needs to be experienced for oneself. But I will direct you to two resources. Absolutely check out the fabulous historical information here: www.missabe.com/
And for a fabulously well written overview of modern CN operations find yourself a copy of the April 2023 edition of Railfan and Railroad right now! shop.whiteriverproductions.com/products/rfr-202304
Two Harbors, Minnesota
Wednesday May 10, 2023
After fire, or logging, paper birch is an early pioneer species. For some reason, when loggers came through here recently, they left a few trees here and there. No matter, in 10 years, this hill will sport paper birch and big-tooth aspen replacements. I will return.
In 2024 werd weer Terug naar Toen georganiseerd door de Veluwse Stoomtrein Maatschappij (VSM). Hoogtepunt voor mij dit jaar waren de eerste treinen in de ochtendmist. Maar ook de twee 2400-en en de 44-er stonden hoog op de wensenlijst. In actie kwamen de 41 241, 44 1593, 50 307, 52 3879, 50 3654, 65 018, 23 076, 64 415, 2459, 2412 en de SSN 01 1075 en 23 023. Samen met mijn oudste zoon langs de lijn en op het depot doorgebracht. Het was schitterend weer; 's ochtends mist en later veel zon, maar daardoor helaas minder stoomontwikkeling. Weer een geslaagde dag uit.
In 2024, the Veluwse Stoomtrein Maatschappij (VSM) organized "Back to the Past" again. The highlight for me this year was the first trains in the morning mist. But the two 2400s and the 44 were also high on my wish list. The 41 241, 44 1593, 50 307, 52 3879, 50 3654, 65 018, 23 076, 64 415, 2459, 2412, and the SSN 01 1075 and 23 023 were in action. I spent time with my eldest son along the line and at the depot. The weather was beautiful; mist in the morning and later lots of sunshine, but unfortunately, this meant less steam development. Another successful day out.
Auch 2024 organisierte die Veluwse Stoomtrein Maatschappij (VSM) wieder „Zurück in die Vergangenheit“. Das Highlight dieses Jahr waren für mich die ersten Züge im Morgennebel. Aber auch die beiden 2400er und die 44 standen ganz oben auf meiner Wunschliste. Im Einsatz waren die 41 241, 44 1593, 50 307, 52 3879, 50 3654, 65 018, 23 076, 64 415, 2459, 2412 sowie die SSN 01 1075 und 23 023. Ich verbrachte Zeit mit meinem ältesten Sohn entlang der Strecke und im Depot. Das Wetter war herrlich; morgens Nebel und später viel Sonnenschein, was aber leider zu weniger Dampfentwicklung führte. Ein weiterer gelungener Ausflug.