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On 21st August 1993 42220 and 4488 arrive at Summit Tank with their Rail Transport Museum tour train. They will run around their train and return to the South Coast line.
I don't know if i'd bring a tripod with me again while climbing a mountain. On one hand it allowed me to take this pic, but the extra weight definitely made it unnecessarily more challenging....
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The summit of Glyder Fach is a rocky plinth almost covered with massive rock slabs and boulders. Two chaps had scrambled up there and, if you check their attire, you can work out that it was pleasant enough for shirtsleeves at 3000 feet in mid-winter. No wind to mix the air or to chill the bones.
Reflections in tundra potholes at Summit Lake. 13,842' Mt. Spalding background, right. Alpine Avens in foreground.
The summit of Ireland's highest mountain at midnight, Saturday 3rd June. No artificial lighting used - the illumination was from the full moon. Details of my hike:
I set out from Cronin's Yard at 8:30 p.m. and walked up the Hag's Glen and ascended to the ridge of the Reeks via the Zig Zag path (easier to negotiate than the more popular Devil's Ladder ascent).
The sun had set as I reached the ridge but I was greeted by a beautiful full moon rising in the east. The night was calm, barely a breath of wind, and there was no need of a jacket as I made my way to Cnoc na Toinne (845m) on my way to Carrauntoohill.
There was then a drop down to the saddle just above the Devil's Ladder and then an ascent to the summit of Carrauntoohill which I reached at 11:30 p.m.
The light of the moon was bright enough for me to make out the path and I didn't need to use my head-torch.
As I neared the summit - I could see the iron cross in the near distance - a dog started barking. It belonged to a man who was in a bivvy bag nearby. There was no one else around.
I stayed on the summit for about an hour taking in the atmosphere - the full moon, the clear sky with the stars and planets, the stillness, the lights of the towns and houses in the distance, the majestic panorama of the Reeks - and then made my way back down. I used my head-torch at this stage so as to avoid any problems on the descent.
Having reached the saddle above the Devil's Ladder I had to ascend Cnoc na Toinne to get to the ridge and then I descended to the Hag's Glen via the Zig Zag path.
On my way back the Glen a group of hikers on the way up looked like dancing fireflies as their head-torches were the only things of theirs visible until they came near. They were on their way to the summit to greet sunrise which was at 5:20 a.m. I hope they got there in time.
As I neared Cronin's Yard - it was now 4:15 a.m. - the dawn chorus was beginning. Among several other birds two cuckoos were loudly greeting the glimmer of pre-dawn light on the north-eastern horizon.
The last time I did a night climb of Carrauntoohill was about 30 years ago and the conditions then were practically identical. It was a great privilege to be able to do it again.
DL PO-74 crests the summit of Mount Pocono as they cross Summit Avenue with M630s 3000, 3007 and C636 3642 pulling around 30 grain loads for Ardent Mills just under a mile away. June 7, 2020.
Mount Kinabalu - LINCOLNOSE2®2009
Note: The Kinabalu Park is famous the world over for the highest mountain in South-East Asia - Mount Kinabalu, a vast jagged granite massif rising to 4,095.2m (13,432.26 ft ) above sea level.
The Huanan Forestry Railway was the last industrial steam worked narrow gauge railway in the north of China. Originally built as a forestry line, but in latter years it carried purely coal traffic from a mine at Hongguang. 762mm gauge 'C2' class 0-8-0 No.041 leads and sister locomotive No.043 pushes at the rear on the steep ascent from Lixin with a loaded coal train for Huanan on 11th November 2005.
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The view from the summit looking back down Schiehallion - a beautiful interplay of soft light and mist and hard rock.
On 30th July 2016 and during its two-day visit to the line, Patrick Keef’s peripatetic William Bagnall 0-4-0 saddle tank 'Woto' (Works No.2133 built in 1924) prepares to move off from the county boundary halt on the windswept moors at Hillend Summit, the current operating limit of the Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway. Just visible to the right of the electricity line pole is the Lowther Hill National Air Traffic Services radar station, on the second highest peak in the Scottish Southern Uplands, at 2,378 feet. The Leadhills and Wanlockhead 2ft gauge railway has been built on the original track bed of the Caledonian Railway and runs between the former standard gauge station site at Leadhills and the line's present summit at Gleggonnar Halt. The line is run entirely by volunteers, and they are striving to extend the line across the county boundary into Wanlockhead. The original Caledonian Railway was built to transport lead and other minerals from the mines in Wanlockhead and Leadhills, known as 'God's Treasure House in Scotland' because of the vast number of mineral deposits found there. Mining continued in the area until 1938 when the closure of the mines signalled the end of the railway, which connected with the West Coast Main Line at Elvanfoot, just over seven miles distant from Leadhills. The Caledonian Railway branch was opened in two sections: from Elvanfoot to Leadhills in October 1901, and then on to Wanlockhead in October 1902. In 1910 there were three timetabled trains in each direction on weekdays; the service in the 1930s was four round trips daily worked by a Sentinel steam railcar, with just two freight workings weekly. During it brief life as a standard gauge line, just 37 years, the railway had the distinction of being the highest summit level in Great Britain worked by standard gauge adhesion, but only just! That is 1,498ft compared with the 1,484ft of the Highland Railway's summit at Druimachdair. The railway is normally entirely diesel-worked, but for one weekend only steam traction returned to Leadhills over the weekend of 30th/31st July 2016, steam events being held here infrequently. The Bagnall was delivered new to British Insulated Callender's Cables Ltd at Belvedere, Kent, in 1924. Built to the unusual gauge of 3ft 6 (and1/4in)", replacing an older 1900-built Bagnall which was scrapped. It was soon followed by identical brother 'Sir Tom', which now resides at the Threlkeld Quarry & Mining Museum in Cumbria. Its name is made up of the initials of the original two Callender brothers, William Octavious and Thomas Octavious.
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Three-shot stitch from the summit of Snowdon, looking out towards the Irish Sea - Llanberis down by the lake to the right
BNSF 6820 and 7046 are on the rear of a manifest at the summit of Marias Pass as the Empire Builder passes by on track 2.
The top of Teide volcano seen from the upper cable car station - the closest a visitor can get without walking and without a permit :)
Mount Teide is a volcano on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain. Its 3718-metre summit is the highest point in Spain and the highest point above sea level in the islands of the Atlantic. Teide is an active volcano: its most recent eruption occurred in 1909 from the El Chinyero vent on the northwestern Santiago rift. The volcano and its surroundings, including the whole of the Las Canadas caldera, are protected in the Teide National Park, which has an area of 18,900 hectares (47,000 acres) and was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on June 28, 2007. A cable car goes from the roadside at 2,356 m (7,730 ft) most of the way to the summit, reaching 3,555 m (11,663 ft), carrying up to 38 passengers (34 in a high wind) and taking eight minutes to reach the summit. Access to the summit itself is restricted, a free permit is required to climb the last 200 m. Numbers are normally restricted to 200 per day. Because of the altitude, the air is significantly thinner than at sea level. This can cause people (especially with heart or lung conditions) to become light-headed or dizzy, to develop altitude sickness, and in extreme cases to lose consciousness. The only treatment is to return to lower altitudes and acclimatise. Teide is the most visited natural wonder of Spain.
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Szczyt wulkanu Teide widziany z okolic górnej stacji kolejki linowej - najbliższe miejsce, z którego można go oglądać bez uzyskiwania dodatkowych zezwoleń :)
Pico del Teide – szczyt wulkaniczny położony na wyspie Teneryfie (Wyspy Kanaryjskie). Szczyt ten o wysokości 3718 m n.p.m. i wysokości od dna morza około 7500 metrów jest najwyższym szczytem w Hiszpanii i najwyższym szczytem na jakiejkolwiek atlantyckiej wyspie. Jest to typowy stratowulkan. Obecnie Teide jest wciąż uważany za czynny wulkan, ostatnią aktywność notowano w 1909 roku. Ważniejsze erupcje następowały też w latach 1704, 1705 i 1706. Pod szczyt wulkanu można wjechać kolejką linową Teleférico del Teide, która ma swój początek na wysokości 2356 m, a stacja końcowa znajduje się na wysokości 3555 m. Wejście na wierzchołek główny wymaga uzyskania darmowego zezwolenia, które można otrzymać m.in. poprzez stronę internetową parku. Jednakże wejście na szczyt może być obciążeniem dla osób z chorobami serca, nadciśnieniem lub problemami z oddychaniem. Rozrzedzone powietrze i mniejsza zawartość tlenu jest tam mniej lub bardziej odczuwalna (przyspieszony oddech, szybsze męczenie się, zatykanie uszu, zawroty głowy). Stożek wulkanu wraz z ogromną kalderą o średnicy do 15 km i obwodzie około 40 km oraz otaczającą je równiną, objęty jest od 1954 roku ochroną w ramach Parku Narodowego Teide. Park zajmuje 18 900 ha powierzchni, co czyni go piątym co do wielkości parkiem narodowym w Hiszpanii. W 2007 roku park wpisano na listę światowego dziedzictwa UNESCO.
24 September 2009 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - G20 Summit. Arrest of protesters during G20 summit in Pittsburgh, PA at intersection of Butler Street and Penn Ave. Photo Credit: Josh Drespling
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This was the reward for climbing up to the Glyder Fach, Castell-Y-Gwynt and the Bristly Ridge just in time for sunrise. We ascended through complete darkness and then thick hill-fog to arrive at the summit just as twilight was starting to materialise through the darkness of the night's climb.
We made our way across to some of the ridges and down, before making our way back across and down the way we came but this time in daylight which looked worse than the climb.
You certainly wouldn't climb up it in daylight as it was an extereme tortuous one. Started at 2am and got there for around 5:30am. The climb down was just as rough.
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A beautiful sunrise in the lake district, at the summit of Catbells. Perhaps a more unusual perspective than the usual wide vista..
66104 approaches the southern portal of Summit Tunnel with the 10:41 Knowsley Freight Terminal to Wilton refuse train on June 20th 2019
Taken in the Adirondacks, the largest park in the United States. It is larger than some states. The geography is unique. Usually locales is either mountainous or contains numerous lakes, but the Adirondacks contain both. There is little to no development. The buildings in the lower right were the only things for miles and the road they were on was the only road. An amazing place located in Northern York State
Looking back to the final section of Beinn Sgritheall, the snow scoured by the wind into a sharp ridge. Distant hills include the Loch Quoich and remote Knoydart ranges.
It may be Spring (officially), but the chill winds & ominous clouds were rolling around up on top of Stanage Edge in the Peak District.
In such circumstances some may view the moors as being bleak - but I can tell you that with such dramatic skies there is beauty in abundance. Then there's the rock formations - the scale of some of these are immense, then the mind boggles at how erosion from exposure to the elements has created some spectacular shapes in these gigantic boulders.