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Below is only a very little part of Triglav's mighty North Wall. Above is the summit ridge, some 350 m of altitude. (Aerial shot, geo-coordinates are approximate, dia scan.)
A southbound Illinois Terminal Belt (ITB) loaded grain train crests a small hill just south of Heyworth, IL on a dreary spring day. "It's all downhill from here boys!"
The ITB was officially approved for start up in October 2019 and runs between Clinton and Heyworth on a leased 11 mile portion of Illinois Central's original Charter Line, the "Mainline of Mid America." Power is MRIX GP10s 8317 and 8344, and MP15AC 1477. The grain will be interchanged with CN at Clinton.
On the left, the pole line marks the former right of way for the Illinois Terminal.
Summit Lake, Alaska, along the Richardson Highway, about 195 miles from Valdez and 167 miles from Fairbanks.
After bad weather, luckily we could enjoy a fantastic day to climb the Elbrus' summit. We woke up at 1:00 am at Barrels Camp. After a quickly breakfast we went with a ratrac to Pastukhov rocks (4600 metres) and following we began to climb up to the summit.
The day began wonderful, the weather was absolutely perfect.
Deloitte Summit is a 24-storey office tower in downtown Vancouver made up of several clusters of four-storey steel-framed cubes stacked on top of each other to create a sculptural effect.
Visible to the northwest from Thorp Mountain are Lemah, Chimney Rock and Summit Chief mountains. While more to the north are Mount Hinman and Mount David.
Like the nearby Ben Lomond, the summit of Mount Barrow consists of several peaks that rise above a large plateau. These plateaus were carved by glacial activity before the end of the last ice age around 14,000 years ago. One of the features of infrared landscapes is that we tend to lose a lot of the depth perspective. But you can still enlarge this and look around at the detail.
Such a beautiful morning on Mt. Evans! We left at 4 a.m. to get up the mountain for a sunrise shot. I had scouted out another site, but the flowers there had wilted, and the mountains to the west were hazy. So it was back to Summit Lake to try there. We weren't disappointed. Calm mornings are not typical, so such a nice reflection was a bonus!
It’s hard to imagine this river began with a single drop of water. The length of this river fueled by the slow, but certain melting of mountain glaciers. All along the braids formed by pools, back eddies and gravel bars, the river's floodplain slowly delivers each drop of water from the mountain summits to the sea.
This photograph is an aerial view taken over Skeiðarársandur in Southeast Iceland. Seem from above, a vast plain of sand and ash serves as a canvas for small river channels to branch into abstract patterns in the sand.
The summit of Bidein a'Ghlas Thuill, which is the highest of An Teallach's Munros, and translates from Gaelic as 'the peak of the grey hollow'.
back home after a gorgeous but also exhausting 3-weeks-trip to NZ's North Island. Paku summit is just a few steps from Anton&Mary's B&B.
Five elephant-style Delaware & Hudson EMD’s and a contrarian Conrail B23-7 lead a northbound D&H train through Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. The front of the train has just crested the heavy grade out of Scranton, and will have an easier time the rest of the way to Binghamton. The bridge in the background is the final one on the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s Northeast Extension.
A Sacred Summit
Mount Madison reflecting near symmetry at Star Lake
My girlfriend and I were very lucky to have such a calm morning here, as a reflection isn't usually this good. Strong prevailing winds tend to muddle reflections and kill the symmetry but I guess this morning was the exception!
Due to the howling gales and rain i apologise for taking a blurred shot of this beautiful view! The small island in the distance at the tip of the headland is Puffin Island.
Union Pacific GP35 753 leads two DD40AX's, a GP30B, and an ABA set of E's west at Cajon Summit on a trailer train in the winter of 1973.
Greg Stader Photo
Luke Renish Collection
My walk finished with a visit to the Chiltern Summit. At 267m this is the highest point in the Chilterns. This cairn was erected in 1977 to commemorate the Queen's Silver Jubilee.
It's all downhill from here after a long climb from Las Vegas, NM. The red dirt is plenty as the train rolls off the top of Glorieta Pass passing the west end of the siding.
Here we catch a glimpse of the summit of Mount Wellington (1,272 metres), Hobart, Tasmania, in the early morning light. The apartment buildings in the foreground were constructed in the 1960s.
the highest point on the Isle of Man.
There are wide-ranging views over the Island and across the Irish Sea to the coastlines of neighbouring countries. There is a well-known saying in the Isle of Man that on a clear day
you can see seven kingdoms: Mann, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, England, and rather more fancifully, Neptune and Heaven.
For the record, the modern day countries are quite close:
* 31 miles (50 km) to the Mull of Galloway (Scotland)
* 51 miles (82 km) to Scafell (England)
* 66 miles (106 km) to the Mountains of Mourne (Northern Ireland)
* 85 miles (137 km) to Liverpool (England)
* 97 miles (156 km) to Dublin (Republic of Ireland)
Through a temporary speed restriction just before the summit, 68001 eases across the top at Slochd summit.
Summit Chief Mtn, as viewed from Williams Lake. This was taken on the same long ago trip on which we climbed Mt. Daniel, and did a few short hikes from base camps. FYI - That's not our tent, as we didn't camp here. Scan of a 35mm Kodachrome 25 slide.
Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA
Apparently the high ground/rock was the best place for this Red Fox to listen for little creatures scurrying through the grass.
Arriving on the summit I went as far as the rocks would take me. Passing on to the snow on the other side of the rocks would probably see me standing on the highest point proper but would also put me right on the edge of a cornice. I had not come this far to fall on the final step!
It was highly likely that we were the only people on the entire range and a possibility that we were the first up here this season. It is a great feeling to have made it and while time was short for us up here it was worth spending some time to soak it all up.
Looking down (The only real way to look when on a summit) it was amazing to think that it was only yesterday that we were lounging in Unwin Lodge, gazing up here and wondering if we could make the climb. Now Unwin Lodge could not even be made out and here we were, the three summiteers, we had made it!
It was interesting to look out on the ranges to the west (Pictured here in the background) and see the cloud pouring over them only to disappear in the valley. We had made a good decision and the weather on the summit was amazing!
Moments before sunrise, Amtrak #8 passes a Cascade green powered work train at the summit of Marias Pass.
A BNSF Railway spreader plows through deep snow near Summit on the west slope of Marias Pass. January 8, 2022.
Wind Turbine blades climb to the summit of the Golden State Route. 8637' Gallinas Peak looms in the background.
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Corona, NM east of Gallinas, NM
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Whitehorse Mountain, dressed in her snow cap and winter glaciers. Toned for high key to emphasize light and dark playing on her snow fields.