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Class 40s on the East Lancashire Railway (ELR)
Apart from working the Carlisle-Leeds 1E23/1M26 service on a regular basis, and hauling numerous rail tours, celebrity survivor D200 / 40122 worked many other service trains during its extended reprieve. But once she had been preserved, by the National Railway Museum (NRM) at York in April 1988, she saw very little actual service again.
However, between 1997 and 1998, she had been loaned by the NRM to work on the East Lancs Railway (ELR), and at the end of the loan period, she participated in a special English Electric running day, which included taking part in this triple-headed Class 40 working along with sister locos D335 / 40135 and D345 / 40145 - and of course, I was there to record this fantastic occasion 😎:)
Here we see the triple header in action from a couple of coaches back A very rare opportunity to sample TRIPLE-HEADED 40s 😍:)
Not sure of the exact location but somebody will know - the monument must give it away - thanks to Flikrman Gaz for suggested location in comments below :)
D200 / 40122 in preservation (1988-current)
During the early part of 1993, arrangements were made between the NRM and the North Yorkshire Moors Railway to allow D200 to operate over the line on two separate occasions. The first appearance was on Saturday 25th April when the loco hauled a small demonstration freight train over the line. Two weeks later on Saturday 8th May, she worked her first passenger train over the line since the locomotive became preserved. The next public appearance at a preserved railway was in July 1997, when the loco visited the East Lancs Railway. The loco was on loan to the railway for a year and was looked after during her stay by the Class 40 Preservation Society. Apart from running the loco during her twelve months stay, the CFPS carried out a number of jobs on the loco, one being the removal of the power unit and main generator for repairs. Since then the loco has returned to the railway again and as also appeared at various open days including Toton, Old Oak Common and Crewe Works.
The locomotive is now a static exhibit only at the National Railway Museum York after suffering main generator bearing problems while on loan to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
(Info courtesy of aureol.weebly.com/d200.html)
D200 (static exhibit only) appeared at the ELR Class 40's 60th Anniversary event which was held from 13th to 15th April 2018 with kind permission from the NRM
Taken with a Nikon F-501 SLR camera and 75-200mm zoom lens. Scanned direct from a print so reduced quality - will eventually be replaced by a higher quality negative scan.
You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/
'Indian Summer' - a period of happiness or success occurring late in life...English Electric Type 4 1958-1984
superpower for a reminder the cambrian coast express at llangollen goods jctn
locomotives are standard 4-6-0 75029 the green knight and greatwestern 2-8-0 3822
from a scanned 35mm slide 1990's
He is the mutant with the ability to fly with his wings.
These photoshopped 1024X768 wallpapers are for everyone to download. just comment on the photo before you download. I would love to hear your praise and criticisms.
Possibly a unique occasion in the annals of British steam railways saw Gresley A4 Pacific 60007 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ coupled to Stanier Princess Coronation 46229 ‘Duchess of Hamilton’ to haul a five-coach train on the East Lancashire Railway. The powerful pair are seen arriving at Rawtenstall.
March 1998
Rollei 35 camera
Fujichrome 100 film.
I have superpowers!!!!...
Yeah, I know it... So freak!! XD... But I'm a owner of a comic store!! I can't avoid doing it!!!
Well, it's the first time I try to do something like this, with special superpower effect and so... The final result is decent, I think. but of course it could be improved... bah, doesn't matter, I have 9 month left of the 365 proyect!
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Lo siento, mi lado friki ha salido a relucir, soy dueña de una tienda de cómics, ¿que esperabais? XD
En fin, es la primera vez que intento hacer algo asi, con efecto de superpoderes y tal. Creo que al final ha quedado algo decente, aunque está claro que puede mejorarse. Pero bueno, aun me quedan mas de 9 meses de proyecto para ello!!!
QJs 6828 and 6882 provide somewhat excessive power on the eastbound approach to Biligou on the Jinpeng section of the Jitong Railway. I assume that this kept the loco workings balanced. They certainly had little problem surmounting the bank.
I haven't found the time to do much except make minifigs the past few years. I intended to do the "comic book cover" thing, but it just wasn't happening the way I wanted. I'm closing in on 50 characters and at this rate I'll never get done. I decided to put all my characters in a "trading card" looking format. I also intended to use the stats I had made up into some sort of game which is based on a card game from the late 90's. Anyways, I really enjoyed making these characters and I'm tired of them sitting around without giving them their spotlight. Every so often, I'll show off a few characters. Comments and questions are always welcome. Don't forget to check out the 6 I already did.
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Hey everyone this is Yasmin Shamma from University of Dhaka. I'm pursuing my Masters in World Religion and Culture. Apart from my study, I'm a MUNer, I'm a Organizer. I worked on various projects by various organizations. I like volunteering for good causes.It makes me feel good, confident. As a MUNer, I've been a participant, a Co-Chair, an Organizer. I love MUNing. It has taught me tons of stuffs that I had no idea about. It gave me opportunities to meet some awesome people and also the Special One (*blushing*).
As the eldest child of my family I had to keep a lot of things in my mind. Can't do that, can't do this blah blah blah. I'm from a small city named Naoga (নওগাঁ). I wanted to debate and I was good in it. But due to some social customs and rules and regulation I had to stop debating in my school and college life. I always dreamt of being a part of Dhaka University. And I was confident that if I work hard I can achieve anything. I did work hard and got myself admitted into DU.Before DU, I was a student of Rajshahi University and Jahangir Nagar University. Yes ! I'm one of those very very lucky persons who got herself admitted into three different Universities and into three different disciplines. Amazing nah? Yeah It is amazing. But as I always dreamt of being a DUer, I finally made it to DU. And all because of my confidence. I was always confident that I can make it.
In every sphere of my life, this "confidence" helped me to survive, to succeed. It helped me as a MUNer, helped me to pass my courses (hihihihi). Confidence is one of my superpowers and this amazing power has given me numerous occasions to be happy, to experience happiness.
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(jewell and i)
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the equipment used for this shot:
canon 7D(jewell's camera)
50mm 1.8
natural light
UP 844 sits on display in Sacramento for the UP 150 festivities at the California State Railroad Museum
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Texas & Pacific #610, American Freedom Train livery, work in progress.
She, herself, is nearly done. The cab is fully furnished, and she's only missing a few pieces. Most notably the push rods and her bell. I also want to fill in the gap on her undercarriage between the pistons so that hole isn't there. Also the to-tender coupler and the undercarriage south of the cab is unfinished, but I can't work on that till the tender is built so I know how the two will interact in curves.
And of course I still need to build the tender, which has not been started.
I'm beginning to hate flex tubing (in the best way, of course).
As an aside, I am a bit concerned about her ability to operate under her own power. She handle's curves great, but she is heavy. As I've experienced with the failure of my PRR T1, really heavy and long engines tend to operate poorly. And yet, while I feel shame regarding my T1, for some reason I feel like having her operational is a secondary goal. Perhaps it is because the real #610 is a well preserved museum piece (which is rolled out of the shop on nice days at the Texas State Railroad - she's still greased up), or perhaps because of all her detail work cannot be full appreciated while she's in motion. Regardless, I don't think I'll feel nearly the same way about the old girl as I do about the T1 if she never runs.
is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. Russia shares borders with the following countries (from northwest to southeast): Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan (by the Sea of Okhotsk) and the United States (by the Bering Strait).
At 17,075,400 square kilometres (6,592,800 sq mi), Russia is by far the largest country in the world, covering more than a ninth of the Earth's land area. Russia is also the ninth most populous nation in the world with 142 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning 11 time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources, and is considered an energy superpower. It has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's fresh water.
The nation's history began with that of the East Slavs, who emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. Founded and ruled by a noble Viking warrior class and their descendants, the first East Slavic state, Kievan Rus', arose in the 9th century and adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire in 988, beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium. Kievan Rus' ultimately disintegrated and the lands were divided into many small feudal states.
The most powerful successor state to Kievan Rus' was Moscow, which served as the main force in the Russian reunification process and independence struggle against the Golden Horde. Moscow gradually reunified the surrounding Russian principalities and came to dominate the cultural and political legacy of Kievan Rus'. By the 18th century, the nation had greatly expanded through conquest, annexation, and exploration to become the Russian Empire, which was the third largest empire in history, stretching from Poland in Europe to Alaska in North America.
Russia established worldwide power and influence from the times of the Russian Empire to being the largest and leading constituent of the Soviet Union, the world's first constitutionally socialist state and a recognized superpower, that played a decisive role in the allied victory in World War II. The Russian Federation was founded following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, but is recognized as the continuing legal personality of the Soviet state. Russia has the world's 11th largest economy by nominal GDP or the eighth largest by purchasing power parity, with the fifth largest nominal military budget. It is one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states and possesses the world's largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction.
Russia is a great power and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, a member of the G8, G20, the Council of Europe, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Eurasian Economic Community, and is the leading member of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The Russian nation has a long tradition of excellence in every aspect of the arts and sciences, as well as a strong tradition in technology, including such significant achievements as the first human spaceflight.
History
Please go to
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Russia
Geography
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia#Geography
Other info
Oficia name:
Росси́йская Федера́ция
Rossískaia Federatsíia
Formation :
Declared June 12, 1990
- Finalized December 25, 1991
Area:
17.075.400 km2
Inhabitants:
150.000.000
Languages:
Ainu.Aleut Aleut, Mednyj Altai, Northern Altai, Southern Alutor Bohtan Neo-Aramaic Buriat, Russia Chukot Chulym Dolgan Enets, Forest Enets, Tundra Even Evenki Gilyak Itelmen Karagas Kerek Ket Khakas Khanty Koryak Mansi Mongolian, Halh Nanai Negidal Nenets Nganasan Oroch Orok Selkup Shor Tuvin Udihe Ulch Yakut Yugh Yukaghir, Northern Yukaghir, Southern Yupik, Central Siberian Yupik, Naukan
(europe)
Abaza Adyghe Aghul Akhvakh Andi Archi Avar Bagvalal Bashkir Bezhta Botlikh Chamalal Chechen Chuvash Dargwa Dido Domari Erzya Finnish Ghodoberi Hinukh Hunzib Ingrian Ingush Judeo-Tat Kabardian Kalmyk-Oirat Karachay-Balkar Karata Karelian Khvarshi Komi-Permyak Komi-Zyrian Kumyk Lak Lezgi Livvi Ludian Mari, Eastern Mari, Western Moksha Nogai Romani, Vlax Russian Russian Sign Language Rutul Saami, Akkala Saami, Kildin Saami, Skolt Saami,Ter Serbian Tabassaran Tat, Muslim Tatar Tindi Tsakhur Udmurt Veps Vod
Capital city:
Moscow
Meaning country name:
From a Varangian group known as the Rus' and from the state of Kievan Rus' they co-founded. (Soviet scholars disliked attributing the foundation of the Old East Slavic state to Scandinavian dynasts rather than to Slavic cultural groups, and therefore often insisted that the term "Rossija" derived from the name of the river Ros near Kiev.)
An Rúis — (Irish name) means, literally, "The Rus", though using a singular definite article (an) rather than the plural form na which would be grammatical. Use of an' to denote a country is standard in Irish.
Krievija (Latvian) : named after the ancient Krivichs tribe, related to modern Belarusians.
Vene, Venemaa (Estonian), Venäjä (Finnish): after the ancient people Venedes.
Decription Flag:
The flag of Russia is a tricolor of three equal horizontal fields, white on the top, blue in the middle and red on the bottom. The flag was first used as an ensign for merchant and war ships and only became official in 1896. Rumored to be based on the Dutch tricolor, the flag was in use until the 1917 Revolution, which toppled the tsar and established a communist government. For that time period, a red flag charged with communist symbols was favored over the tricolor. It was not until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 that the tricolor was brought back as the official flag of the new Russian Federation. The modern era flag underwent a slight change in 1993 and has been official since 2000. The flag of Russia provided the Pan-Slavic colours of red, blue and white that appear in the flags of Slavic countries.
The three colors purportedly came from the coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which depict Saint George wearing white (silver) armor, riding a white horse, wearing a blue cape and holding a blue shield, on a red field. According to another version, these three colors were associated with the robes of the Virgin Mary, the holy protectress of Russia.
A different interpretation associates white with the bright future (where the colour itself is associated with brightness, while its placement at the top - with future); blue with clouded present, and red with bloody past.
Coat of arms:
The Russian Coat of Arms comes from the old Russian Empire, and it was restored after the fall of the Soviet Union. Even if it has undergone several modifications since the reign of Ivan III (1462-1505), the current Coat of Arms is directly derived from the various precedent versions. The general chromatic layout corresponds to the early XVth century standard. The shape of the eagle can be traced back to the times of Peter the Great (Peter I).
Great Coat of Arms of the Russian Empire, 1882The two major symbolic elements of Russian state symbols (the two-headed eagle and St. George slaying the dragon) predate Peter the Great. The Great State Seal of Ivan III, Duke of Moscow, featured a horse rider slaying a (or struggling with) a dragon. The figure was not officially identified as Saint George until 1730, when it was described as such in an Imperial decree. The older form (a mounted dragon slayer known as Saint George the Victory-bearer, "Победоносец") was always associated with the Grand Duchy of Moscovy, later becoming the official arms of the city of Moscow. The earliest graphic representation of a rider with a spear (1390) figures in a seal of the prince of Moscow, Vasiliy Dmitriyevich. The serpent or dragon was added under Ivan III. Saint George henceforth became the patron of Moscow (and, by extension, of Russia). Today, the official description does not refer to the rider on the central shield as representing Saint George, mainly in order to maintain the secular character of the modern Russian state.
The double-headed eagle was adopted by Ivan III after his marriage with the Byzantine princess Sophia Paleologue, whose uncle Constantine was the last Byzantine Emperor. The double-headed eagle was the official state symbol of the late Byzantine Empire, spanning both East and West. It, amongst other aspects, symbolized the unity of Church and State. After the Fall of Constantinople to the Turks in 1453, Ivan III and his heirs considered Moscovy (Moscow) to be the last stronghold of the true, orthodox, Christian faith, and in effect, the last Roman Empire (hence the expression "Third Rome" for Moscow and - by extension - for the whole of Imperial Russia). From 1497 on the double-headed eagle proclaimed a Russian sovereignty equal to that of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. The first remained evidence of the double-headed eagle officialised as an emblem of Russia is on the great prince's seal, stamped in 1497 on a Charter of share and allotment of independent princes' possessions. At the same time the image of gilded double-headed eagle on red background appeared on the walls of the Palace of Facets in the Kremlin.
Central element of the Great Coat of Arms of the Russian Empire, 1882Under the first tsar of the Romanov dynasty, Mikhail Feodorovich, the image of the coat of arms changed. In 1625 the double-headed eagle was adorned with three crowns for the first time. Through time, the latter have alternatively been interpreted at the conquered kingdoms of Kazan, Astrakhan and Siberia, or as the unity of Grand Russia (Russia), Little Russia (today's Ukraine) and White Russia (Belarus). Today, the imperial crowns stand for the unity and sovereignty of Russia both as a whole and in its subdivisions (republics and regions). The orb and sceptre are traditional heraldic symbols of sovereign power and autocracy. It has been decided to retain them in the modern Coat of Arms of Russia despite the fact that the Russian Federation is not a monarchy, which led to objections by the Communists. However, after having lost both the blue band of the Order of St. Andrew supporting the three crowns and the corresponding Chain surrounding Moscow's shield, the modern Coat of Arms of Russia was (re-)instated by decree in 1993, and the corresponding law act was paraphed by President Vladimir Putin on December 20, 2000.
National Anthem: National Anthem of Russia
Русский
Россия — священная наша держава,
Россия — любимая наша страна.
Могучая воля, великая слава —
Твоё достоянье на все времена!
Припев:
Славься, Отечество наше свободное,
Братских народов союз вековой,
Предками данная мудрость народная!
Славься, страна! Мы гордимся тобой!
От южных морей до полярного края
Раскинулись наши леса и поля.
Одна ты на свете! Одна ты такая —
Хранимая Богом родная земля!
Припев
Широкий простор для мечты и для жизни
Грядущие нам открывают года.
Нам силу даёт наша верность Отчизне.
Так было, так есть и так будет всегда!
Припев
Transliteration
Rossiya — svyashchennaya nasha derzhava,
Rossiya — lyubimaya nasha strana.
Moguchaya volya, velikaya slava —
Tvoyo dostoyanye na vse vremena!
Chorus:
Slavsya, Otechestvo nashe svobodnoye,
Bratskikh narodov soyuz vekovoy,
Predkami dannaya mudrost narodnaya!
Slavsya, strana! My gordimsya toboy!
Ot yuzhnykh morey do polyarnovo kraya
Raskinulis nashi lesa i polya.
Odna ty na svete! Odna ty takaya —
Khranimaya Bogom rodnaya zemlya!
Chorus
Shirokiy prostor dlya mechty i dlya zhizni.
Gryadushchiye nam otkryvayut goda.
Nam silu dayot nasha vernost Otchizne.
Tak bylo, tak yest i tak budet vsegda!
Chorus
English
Russia—our sacred state,
Russia—our beloved country.
A mighty will, a great glory
Are yours forever for all time!
Chorus:
Be glorious, our free Fatherland,
Ancient union of brotherly peoples,
Ancestor given wisdom of the people!
Be glorious, country! We are proud of you!
From the southern seas to the polar region
Lie our forests and our fields.
You are one in the world! You are one of a kind,
Native land protected by God!
Chorus
Wide spaces for dreams and for living
Are open to us by the coming years.
Our faith in our Fatherland gives us strength.
So it was, so it is, and so it will always be!
Chorus
Internet Page: www.duma.ru
Russia in diferent languages
eng | cos | ina | ita | oci | roh | scn: Russia
arg | ast | bre | glg | jav | pap | ron | smo | spa | sqi: Rusia
fra | frp | fur | jnf | nrm: Russie
que | tgl | tur | zza: Rusya
afr | dan | nld: Rusland
deu | ltz | nds: Russland / Ruſsland
hrv | lit | slv: Rusija
cat | por: Rússia
ces | slk: Rusko
fao | nor: Russland
kin | run: Rusiya
xho | zul: iRashiya
aze: Rusiya / Русија
bam: Irisi
bos: Rusija / Русија
cor: Russi
crh: Rusiye / Русие
csb: Ruskô
cym: Rwsia
dsb: Ruska; Rusojska
epo: Rusujo; Rusio
est: Venemaa
eus: Errusia
fin: Venäjä
frr: Ruslönj
fry: Ruslân
gag: Rusiya / Русия
gla: An Ruis; An Ruisia
gle: An Rúis / An Rúis
glv: Yn Roosh
hat: Risi
hau: Rasha; Russia
haw: Lukia
hsb: Ruska
hun: Oroszország
ibo: Rọsia
ind: Rusia / روسيا
isl: Rússland
kaa: Rossiya / Россия
kal: Russit Nunaat; Ruslandi
kmr: Ûrisêt / Ур’ьсет / ئووڕسێت; Rûsistan / Р’усьстан / ڕووسستان; Ûristan / Ур’ьстан / ئووڕستان
kur: Rûsya / رووسیا; Ûris / ئوورس; Ûristan / ئوورستان
lat: Russia; Ruthenia
lav: Krievija
lim: Rösland
lin: Rusí
liv: Krīevõmō
lld: Ruscia
lug: Rassa
mlg: Rosia
mlt: Russja
mol: Rusia / Русия
mri: Rūhia
msa: Russia / روسيا
nah: Ruxitlān
pol: Rosja
rmy: Rusiya / रुसिया
rup: Arusia
sco: Roushie
slo: Rosia / Росиа; Rusia / Русиа; Ruszem / Русзем
sme: Ruošša
smg: Rosėjė
som: Ruush
srd: Rùssia
swa: Urusi
swe: Ryssland
szl: Rusyjo
tah: Rūtia
tet: Rúsia
tly: Urusiyət / Урусијәт
ton: Lūsia
tpi: Rasa
tuk: Russiýa / Руссия; Rossiýa / Россия
uzb: Oʻrusiya / Ўрусия; Rusiya / Русия; Rossiya / Россия
ven: Rashia
vie: Nga
vol: Rusän
vor: Vinnemaa
wln: Rûsseye
wol: Riisi
chu: Рѻссія (Rōssīja); Рѻсія (Rōsīja)
abq | alt | ava | kjh | krc | kum | rus | tyv | udm: Россия (Rossija)
lez | tab: Урусат (Urusat)
abk: Урыстәыла (Urəstʷəla)
ady: Арысей (Arəsej)
bak: Рәсәй / Räsäy; Россия / Rossiya
bel: Расія / Rasija; Расея / Rasieja
bua: Ород улас (Orod ulas)
bul: Русия (Rusija)
che: Оьрсийн Пачхьалкх (Örsijn Pačḥalq); Росси (Rossi); Росси Пачхьалкх (Rossi Pačḥalq)
chm: Россий (Rossij)
chv: Раҫҫей (Raśśеj); Российӑ (Rossijă)
ddo: ГӀурус (ʿUrus); Расси (Rassi)
kaz: Ресей / Resey / رەسەي
kbd: Урысей (Urəsej); Россие (Rossie)
kir: Орусия (Orusija); Россия (Rossija)
kom: Роч му (Roč mu); Россия (Rossija)
lbe: Аьрасай (Ärasaj)
mdf: Рузмастор (Ruzmastor)
mkd: Русија (Rusija)
mon: Орос (Oros)
myv: Россия Мастор (Rossija Mastor)
oss: Уӕрӕсе (Uäräse)
sah: Арассыыйа (Arassyyja); Россия (Rossija)
srp: Русија / Rusija
tat: Рәсәй / Räsäy; Русия / Rusiä; Россия / Rossiä
tgk: Русия / روسیه / Rusija; Россия / راسیه / Rossija
ukr: Росія (Rosija)
xal: Әрәсә (Äräsä)
ara: روسيا (Rūsiyā)
ckb: ڕووسیا / Ṟûsya
fas: روسیه / Rusiye
prs: روسیه (Rūsīyâ)
pus: روسيه (Rūsiyâ); روس (Rūs)
snd: روس (Rūsu)
uig: رۇسىيە / Rusiye / Русия; روسسىيە / Rossiye / Россия
urd: روس (Rūs)
div: ރަށިއާ (Raŝi'ā); ރޫސީވިލާތް (Rūsīvilāt)
syr: ܪܘܣܝܐ (Rūsiyā)
heb: רוסיה (Rûsyah)
lad: רוסיה / Rusia
yid: רוסלאַנד (Rusland)
amh: ሩሲያ (Rusiya); ሩስያ (Rusya)
tir: ራሻ (Raša)
ell-dhi: Ρωσία (Rōsía)
ell-kat: Ρωσσία (Rōssía); Ρωσία (Rōsía)
hye: Ռուսաստան (Ṙousastan)
kat: რუსეთი (Ruseṭi)
hin: रूस (Rūs)
mar: रशिया (Raŝiyā)
nep: रूस (Rūs); रसिया (Rasiyā)
ben: রাশিয়া (Rāšiyā)
guj: રશિયા (Rašiyā)
pan: ਰੂਸ (Rūs)
kan: ರಷ್ಯಾ (Raṣyā); ರಷ್ಯ (Raṣya)
mal: റഷ്യ (Ṟaṣya)
tam: ரஷ்யா (Rašyā)
tel: రష్యా (Raṣyā)
zho: 俄國/俄国 (Éguó); 俄羅斯/俄罗斯 (Éluósī)
jpn: ロシア (Roshia)
kor: 러시아 (Reosia)
bod: ཨུ་རུ་སུ་ (U.ru.su.); རྒྱ་སེར་ (rGya.ser.)
mya: ရုရ္ဟား (Ẏúšà)
tha: รัสเซีย (Râtsiya)
lao: ລັດເຊັຽ (Lâtsiẏa)
khm: រុស្ស៊ី (Russī)
chr: ᎶᏏᏴ / Losiyv
iku: ᐅᓛᓴ / Olaasa
On the 12th August 2020 4-6-2 no.70000 'Britannia" pioted by 4-6-0 no. 46100 'Royal Scot' pass Bishopsteignton with a Plymouth to Cardiff excursion.
The Phantom is an American adventure comic strip created by Lee Falk, also creator of Mandrake the Magician. A popular feature adapted into many media, including television, film and video games, it stars a costumed crimefighter operating from the fictional African country Bangalla.
The Phantom is the 21st in a line of crimefighters that originated in 1536, when the father of British sailor Christopher Walker was killed during a pirate attack. Swearing an oath on the skull of his father's murderer to fight evil, Christopher started the legacy of the Phantom that would be passed from father to son, leaving people to give the mysterious figure nicknames such as "The Ghost Who Walks", "The Man Who Cannot Die" and "Guardian of the Eastern Dark", believing him to be immortal.
Unlike many fictional costumed heroes, the Phantom does not have any superpowers, and relies on his strength, intelligence, and fearsome reputation of being an immortal ghost to defeat his foes. The 21st Phantom is married to Diana Palmer, whom he met while studying in the United States; they have two children, Kit and Heloise. Like all previous Phantoms, he lives in the ancient Skull Cave, and has a trained wolf, Devil, and a horse named Hero.
The series began with a daily newspaper strip on February 17, 1936, followed by a color Sunday strip on May 28, 1939; both are still running as of 2014. At the peak of its popularity, the strip was read by over 100 million people each day.
Lee Falk continued work on The Phantom until his death in 1999. Today the comic strip is produced by writer Tony DePaul and artists Paul Ryan (Monday-Saturday) and Terry Beatty (Sunday). Previous artists on the newspaper strip include Ray Moore, Wilson McCoy, Bill Lignante, Sy Barry, George Olesen, Keith Williams, Fred Fredericks, Graham Nolan and Eduardo Barreto.
New Phantom stories are published in comic books in different parts of the world, among them by Dynamite Entertainment in the United States, Egmont in Sweden, Norway and Finland (not anymore), and Frew Publications in Australia.
The Phantom was the first fictional hero to wear the skintight costume that has now become a hallmark of comic book superheroes, and was also the first shown wearing a mask with no visible pupils, another superhero standard
Creation
After the success of his Mandrake the Magician, the King Features newspaper syndicate asked Falk to develop a new feature. His first attempt was a strip about King Arthur and his knights, which Falk both wrote and drew.[6] However, King Features turned this down, and Falk developed the idea of The Phantom, a mysterious, costumed crimefighter. He planned the first few months of the story and drew the first two weeks as a sample.
Inspired by his lifelong fascination with myths and legends, such as those of King Arthur and El Cid, as well as modern fictional characters as Zorro, Tarzan, and The Jungle Book's Mowgli, Falk envisioned the Phantom's alter ego as rich playboy Jimmy Wells, fighting crime by night as the mysterious Phantom. Partway through his first story, The Singh Brotherhood, before revealing Wells was the Phantom, Falk changed the setting to jungle and made the Phantom a seemingly immortal mythic figure.[7] Deciding there were already too many characters called the Phantom (including the Phantom Detective and the Phantom of the Opera), Falk had thought of calling his hero "The Gray Ghost" (which later became the name of a Batman character, a fact alluded to in the first episode of Phantom 2040).[citation needed] However, Falk could not find a name he liked better and finally settled on the Phantom.
In the A&E American cable TV documentary The Phantom: Comic Strip Crusader, Falk explained Greek busts inspired the idea of the not showing the Phantom's pupils when he was wearing his mask. He (incorrectly) believed that Ancient Greek busts displayed no pupils (they would have been painted on originally, which over time faded) which he felt gave them an inhuman, awe-inspiring appearance. In an interview published in Comic Book Marketplace in 2005,[10] Falk said the Phantom's skin-tight costume was inspired by Robin Hood, who was shown wearing tights in films and on stage.
Newspaper strips
The first Phantom Sunday strip (May 28, 1939). Art by Ray Moore.
The Phantom started as a daily strip on February 17, 1936, with the story "The Singh Brotherhood", written by Falk and drawn first by him, for two weeks, followed by Ray Moore, who was an assistant to artist Phil Davis on Falk's Mandrake the Magician strip. A Sunday Phantom strip was added May 28, 1939.[12]
During World War II, Falk joined the Office of War Information, where he became chief of his radio foreign language division. Moore also served in the war, during which he left the strip to his assistant Wilson McCoy. On Moore's return, he worked on the strip on and off until 1949, when McCoy succeeded him.[13] During McCoy's tenure, the strip appeared in thousands of newspapers worldwide, and The Phantom strip was smuggled by boats into the Nazi-occupied Norway during World War II. The word "Phantom" was also used as a password for the Norwegian Resistance, leading the character to receive iconic status in the country.
McCoy died suddenly in 1961. Carmine Infantino and Bill Lignante (who would later draw several Phantom stories directly for comic books) filled in before a successor was found in Sy Barry. During Barry's early years, he and Falk modernized the strip, and laid the foundation for what is considered the modern look of the Phantom. Barry's tenure would see Bengalla turned into a democracy, with the character of President Lamanda Luaga being introduced. Barry would continue working on the strip for over 30 years before retiring in 1994, having drawn around 11,000 Phantom strips in total.
Barry's longtime assistant George Olesen remained on the strip as penciller, with Keith Williams joining as inker for the daily strip. The Sunday strip was inked by Eric Doescher until Fred Fredericks became the regular inker in 1995.
Falk continued to script Phantom (and Mandrake) until his death on March 13, 1999. His last daily and Sunday strip stories, "Terror at the Opera" and "The Kidnappers", respectively, were finished by his wife, Elizabeth Falk, after the hospitalized Falk had literally torn off his oxygen mask to dictate the adventures.[17] After Falk's passing, King Features Syndicate began to cooperate with European comic publisher Egmont, publisher of the Swedish Fantomen magazine, which now went from only publishing Phantom stories in licenced comic books to providing the stories for the newspaper strip as well, by adapting their own Phantom comic book stories into the comic strip format. Fantomen writers Tony De Paul and Claes Reimerthi alternated as writers of the newspaper strip after Falk died, with De Paul handling the daily strips and Reimerthi being responsible for the Sunday strips. De Paul would later assume duties as the sole writer of the strip. Some stories have been adapted from comic magazine stories originally published in Fantomen.
Phantom daily strip from 2005. Art by Paul Ryan.
In 2000, Olesen and Fredericks retired from the Sunday strip which was then taken over by respected comic book artist Graham Nolan, who had previously drawn three covers for issues of Fantomen. A few years later, Olesen and Williams left the daily strip after Olesen decided to retire and artist Paul Ryan, who had worked on the Fantomen comic stories and had been a fan of the character since childhood, took over the daily strip in early 2005. Ryan succeeded Nolan as artist on the Sunday strip in 2007.[18] On Sunday July 31, 2011, Eduardo Barreto became the Phantom Sunday page artist. Barreto died after only a few months of working on the strip however, and Ryan temporarily took over the Sunday page duties again starting with the January 15, 2012 edition, which carried a memoriam for Barreto. The following week's strip was also handled by Ryan, before Terry Beatty became Barreto's permanent replacement.
The Phantom is one of few adventure comic strips still published today.
Mythos
Over the course of more than seventy years' worth of stories, the back story "legend" of the Phantom grew to become an integral part of the series. The legend of the "Ghost Who Walks" made the character stand out from the innumerable costumed heroes who have battled crime throughout the 20th century, and helped maintain his appeal through to the present day.
Much of the underlying, continuing plots and themes of the series focus on the continuing legend of the Phantom. The series regularly quotes the "old jungle sayings" surrounding the myth of the Phantom.[33] Perhaps the most well-known of these is the tradition that anyone who sees the Phantom's true face without his mask will certainly "die a terrible death".
Not all stories were set in present time, but included earlier generations. While the costumes looked the same, the weaponry varied with the age, such as revolvers and pirate flintlocks.
The Phantom is feared by criminals over the entire world and knows how to use his frightening image against them.
The series regularly quotes the "old jungle sayings
The Phantom's face means death (Old Jungle saying) The Phantom The Phantom Comic 1930s
Phantom moves silently as fog (Old Jungle saying) The Phantom The Phantom Comic 1930s
Phantom has eyes and ears everywhere... (Old Jungle saying) The Phantom The Phantom Comic 1930s
I am known by many names... The Phantom The Phantom Comic 1930s
The Phantom only warns once... (Old Jungle saying) The Phantom The Phantom Comic 1930s
When Phantom moves, time stands still... (Old Jungle saying) The Phantom The Phantom Comic 1930s
Angry Phantom is fearful to behold (Old Jungle saying) The Phantom The Phantom Comic 1930s
Phantom rough with roughnecks... (Old Jungle saying) The Phantom The Phantom Comic 1930s
Never point a gun at the Phantom (Old Jungle saying) The Phantom The Phantom Comic 1930s
The Ghost Who Walks will never die.... The Phantom The Phantom Comic 1930s
Phantom quick like lightning...(Old Jungle saying) The Phantom The Phantom Comic 1930s
The Phantom has the strength of ten tigers (Old Jungle saying) The Phantom The Phantom Comic 1930s
Phantom moves faster than eyes can see (Old Jungle saying) The Phantom The Phantom Comic 1930s
The cold voice of the angry Phantom can freeze blood (Old Jungle saying) The Phantom The Phantom Comic 1930s
Call the Phantom anywhere and he will hear (Old Jungle saying) The Phantom The Phantom Comic 1930s
In Phantom country, it is said that a woman clad in jewels may walk without fear (Old Jungle saying) The Phantom The Phantom Comic 1930s
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Courtesy of Chatwick University Archives, 1960
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Paying homage to the Super Amigos Riddler .
That was released in Argentina in 1989.
Which was a repainted Green Lantern from the Kenner Super Powers line.
Super Powers didn't release a Riddler then.
So the Super Amigos version is the closest to a vintage
Super Powers Riddler there is.
For my Riddler, I have had the DC Comics Super Heroes version. Which was also released in 1989. This line, put out by Toy Biz, is a knock off of the Super Powers style anyway.
Now, it is cool to add this Riddler in to my collection :)
Whilst operating the “51 Moorclose Circular” bus service in Workington I passed the railway station at about 10’ish and saw a DRS Class 66 in the distance on what I assumed was a freight train of some type. As I crossed the Bessemer Way road bridge I saw the day’s “Floodex” waiting time before changing roads south of the station and heading for Maryport. The Class 66 had been affixed to the star of the eight o’ clock show, namely 37607.
This is the first time that I have seen a “Shed” on the train and I don’t think one has been rostered previously.
This picture shows the 17.00 ex Workington passing the Workington Port spur on its way to Maryport.
Unfortunately the 37 appeared to be D.I.T. so the sound was all “Ying”.
Nonetheless, a pleasant surprise for all of the day’s “bashers”!
RD6678. Over the Superpower weekend on the Welsh Highland Railway a competition was held to establish which locomotive, or combination of locomotives, would be ’King of the Hill’ - with the hill in question being the 5 mile 1 in 40 climb from Beddgelert up to the summit of the line near Pitt’s Head.
The winning combination was the Penrhyn Ladies, aka LINDA and BLANCHE.
So the King of the Hill turned out to be the Queens of the Hill and the pair of ex Penrhyn Quarry Railway 2-4-0ST/Ts are seen here rounding the curve at Fridd Isaf on the climb to Rhyd Ddu with the 15.05 from Caernarfon to Porthmadog.
Sunday, 11th September, 2011. Copyright © Ron Fisher.
this man has the ability to produce powerful "optic blasts" from his eyes. He wears a protective glass to control the blasts.
These photoshopped 1024X768 wallpapers are for everyone to download. just comment on the photo before you download. I would love to hear your praise and criticisms.
On the eve of the GWSR Autumn showcase gala, GWR 2-8-0s 3850 and 2807 sit making steam ready for the days services the next day.
Photo manipulation made in Photoshop. Made from a big hunk and lots of photos of fire. No idea where the model came from but if anyone knows, let me know and I'll give proper credit.
In the breakneck age of early jet travel, it was a race between the transatlantic superpowers to become king of the skies. To combat America's rising star, the Boeing 707, Britain hoped that its latest development, the Vickers VC10, would be the answer to our prayers, but instead has come to encompass all that was right and all that was wrong with the British aviation industry.
As part of a consolidation of the UK aviation industry to reduce costs, the British Government cut down on the number of companies available to build aircraft. By 1959, only two engine makers, Rolls-Royce and Bristol Siddeley, were allowed to take part in aviation powerplant construction. By 1960, the government had merged the aircraft manufacturers into a selection of larger companies, including British Aircraft Corporation (BAC), which encompassed Vickers, Bristol and English Electric's aviation interests, Hawker Siddeley, that was built on de Havilland's heavy aircraft experience, and Westland consolidated helicopter manufacture. The British government also controlled route-licensing for private airlines and also oversaw the newly established publicly-owned British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) long-range and British European Airways (BEA) short and medium-range airlines.
In 1951, the Ministry of Supply commissioned Vickers to create a military troop/freighter aircraft based on the Vickers Valiant nuclear bomber. The concept interested BOAC, who entered into discussion with Vickers and the RAF for a passenger variant to become the flagship of transatlantic flights. In October 1952, Vickers were contracted to build a prototype which they designated the Type 1000 (Vickers V-1000), followed in June 1954 by a production order for six aircraft for the RAF, together with the planned civil variant for BOAC known then as the VC7 (the seventh Vickers civil design).
Work commenced in 1955, but was put on hold after the RAF order was cancelled the same year due to major cutbacks in the face of a recession. Vickers hoped that BOAC would remain interested, but waning confidence in the British aviation industry following the Comet crashes and delayed production of the Bristol Britannia turboprop made them reluctant to follow the project through. Although BOAC would later order a set of the Comet 4 aircraft, these were only seen as temporary stop-gaps until the airline received 15 Boeing 707's in 1959. However, while the 707 was an able aircraft, it was very poor at operating the Empire services to the colonies in Africa and Asia. In these regions, many airports are located in hot climates at high altitudes, examples being Singapore and Nairobi, therefore reducing aircraft performance. The 707 was oversized and underpowered for such a task, and thus BOAC once again searched for options.
De Havilland offered the DH.118, a development of the Comet 5 project while Handley Page proposed the HP.97, based on their V bomber, the Victor. After carefully considering the routes, Vickers offered the VC10. Crucially, Vickers was the only firm willing to launch its design as a private venture, instead of relying on government financing.
The design of the VC10 included a T-Tail with four Rolls Royce Conway engines mounted at the rear of the fuselage. It had a generous wing equipped with wide chord Fowler flaps and full span leading edge slats for good take-off and climb performance; its rear engines gave an efficient clean wing and reduced cabin noise. The engines were also further from the runway surface than an underwing design, an important factor in operations from rough runways such as those common in Africa; wide, low-pressure tyres were also adopted with this same concern in mind. The VC10 was capable of landing and taking off at slower speeds than the rival 707 and its engines could produce considerably more thrust, providing good 'hot and high' performance, and was considered to be a safer aircraft.
The Rolls Royce Conway engines provided the VC10 with 22,500lbf each, propelling the aircraft to a top speed of 580mph, a range of 5,800 miles and an operational ceiling of 43,000ft. However, the combined engine pack at the rear of the aircraft made the VC10 incredibly noisy externally, so much so that it has gone on record as the loudest commercial airliner in history, something that even the mighty Concorde couldn't top!
Another party-piece of the VC10 was its revolutionary and highly advanced onboard avionics, including a quadruplicated automatic flight control system, intended to enable fully automatic zero-visibility landings. Capacity was up to 135 passengers in a two-class configuration. The VC10 came in two variants, the Standard and the Super. Super VC10's differed in that they were equipped with more powerful Conway engines and a 28ft longer fuselage offering up to 212 seats, 23 more than the Boeing 707–320 series.
Each aircraft cost £1.75m (£39m in today's money) and confidence in the aircraft was high, with most of the development team expecting it to thrash the comparatively simple 707. However, the costs of development meant that in order to earn a profit, Vickers would have to sell at least 80 of the aircraft at the asking price. Eventually BOAC took on 25 of the aircraft, 55 short of their required amount. In response, Vickers offered a regional alternative known as the VC11, intending BEA to consider its usage, but this plan came to no avail, the company instead ordering the Hawker Siddeley Trident.
The prototype, G-ARTA, rolled out of the Weybridge factory on 15th April, 1962. On 29th June, after two months of ground, engine and taxi tests, it was first flown by Vickers' chief test pilot G R 'Jock' Bryce, co-pilot Brian Trubshaw and flight engineer Bill Cairns from Brooklands to Wisley for further testing. Flight tests revealed a serious drag problem, which was addressed via the adoption of Küchemann wingtips and "beaver tail" engine nacelle fairings, as well as a redesigned basal rudder segment for greater control effectiveness; these aerodynamic refinements considerably elongated the testing process. The certification programme included visits to Nairobi, Khartoum, Rome, Kano, Aden, and Beirut. A VC10 flew across the Atlantic to Montreal on 8th February, 1964.
Problems regarding the construction of the VC10 however were due largely to the location of the factory at Weybridge. Weybridge, a former RAF Spitfire base, had a runway that was too short for the VC10, and thus the aircraft, following construction, had to be flown without furnishings and with less than half a tank of fuel to the nearby BAC factory at Wisley, located 3 miles to the south, where the aircraft would be fitted out for final delivery to an airline.
The first deliveries to BOAC took place in 1964, and immediately received acclaim from passengers and crews for their low noise level, comfort, ease of flying and stylistic beauty, especially in the BOAC livery. BOAC would eventually take on 11 Standard VC10's and 17 Super VC10's, these being put to work on the Empire flights as well as transatlantic services to New York. Most other carriers that took on the VC10 used it to exploit the hot and high flight capability, and thus it was very popular among Middle Eastern and African airlines such as Gulf Air, East African Airways and Ghana Airways. In addition to commercial aviation, the VC10 also found itself in its original intended role working for the RAF, which took on 9 aircraft originally as strategic transport and VIP aircraft.
However, despite it being lauded for its advanced design and superb looks, the VC10 would very quickly come to symbolise all that made the British aviation industry lag behind the foreign competition, and it would cost Vickers dearly.
Vickers wanted the VC10 to be a mass-produced competitor to the 707 and Douglas DC-8, and though equally as capable and much more advanced, its failure to sell in the same numbers came down to three things. The first was that most airlines didn't have the hot and high problem that the VC10 was specifically designed to overcome, and thus its technology was somewhat surplus to requirement. At the same time the VC10 was considered cutting edge, a risk many airlines weren't willing to take, especially during the economically and politically unstable times of the 1960's and also following the failure of the Comet. The final, and arguably most important, reason was because the VC10 was much more expensive to operate. Whilst the 707 and DC-8 followed the barn-door approach to building aircraft, the VC10 was a highly advanced and extremely complex plane by comparison, and thus didn't suit the needs of its opponents.
As a result, only 54 VC10's were built when production ended in 1970, and very soon the ones that had been built found themselves redundant. Throughout the 1950's and 60's, the economically unstable UK, like many other colonial powers, were forced to give independence to many of its overseas territories, including Kenya, the Sudan, Singapore, Nigeria, Rhodesia and countries of the Arabian Peninsula such as Yemen. As such, the requirements for the VC10's hot and high abilities were reduced as BOAC, later British Airways, removed or reduced services on routes to these former colonies. The political unrest that ensued also broke apart many of the other operators that used VC10's, namely East African Airways, which was an airline jointly owned by the governments of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Following independence, relations between these countries began to deteriorate, and the airline folded in 1977.
Here in the UK, almost all VC10's were now under the ownership of British Airways, taking on former British United and later British Caledonian units. The VC10, though a useful aircraft, was now both needlessly expensive due to its inefficient nature, especially after the Oil Crisis of 1973, and had been superseded by a variety of later builds, including Boeing 747's. The first VC10's were retired as early as 1974, though would later find use with Gulf Air. Eventually, almost at the same time, every VC10 in passenger operation was retired, with all commercial examples being withdrawn by 1982. British Airways made its last flight of a VC10 in May 1981 after attempting to sell them on to other airlines with no avail. Eventually, those that had not been scrapped were instead sold to the RAF.
The RAF, by the mid-1980's, owned 28 VC10's, including both their original orders from 1964 and converted commercial examples. All of these aircraft, including the transports, were retrofitted into air-to-air tankers to replace the Handley-Page Victors, which were converted nuclear V Bombers. Under RAF service, the VC10's saw action in both Gulf Wars, the War in Afghanistan, the Kosovo Crisis and assisted in the Arab Spring of 2011. Each aircraft was capable of carrying 80 tons of fuel over their range of 5,800 miles, making them important parts of any airborne tactical situation. The VC10's remained in service with the RAF until the final examples were retired on the 25th September, 2013, being replaced by the Airbus A330 MRTT Voyager aircraft. After 49 years of service, of which only 18 had been spent in passenger service, the last mass-produced long-range British jet airliner fell silent and was consigned to the history books.
However, the VC10 does have the distinction of being among the safest aircraft in aviation history. Although 7 aircraft were written-off during its career, only two were fatal, and none were as a result of a fault with the aircraft itself. Three VC10's were hijacked, two of which were destroyed, one being at the infamous Dawson's Field in Jordan alongside other hijacked aircraft, though in all three situations only one hostage was murdered. One VC10 was destroyed by small arms fire on the ground at Beirut during an Israeli raid, one was written-off after a hard landing, and another was written-off on the ground after an error in fuel distribution. In the case of the two fatal landings, these were due to pilot error more than anything else, and the combined loss of life for both incidents was 130.
Today, 10 VC10's have been preserved, including one commercial example, two former VIP aircraft, and 7 ex-RAF tankers and one partial fuselage.
It is truly a shame that the VC10 never caught on in the way Vickers had hoped, but, as mentioned, it is one of several aircraft that summarize the best and worst regarding the motivations of the British aviation industry, creating highly advanced aircraft that are far more reliable and endearing than the competition, but being too expensive or complex to have a mass-market appeal. The VC10 was an unfortunate case in point, with all passenger examples retired within 15 to 20 years. A sad waste perhaps, but at least there are still Vickers VC10's in the world to show us all the lengths of British innovation and aircraft manufacturing.
This aircraft is one of my all time fave's and for a very, very good reason!
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Pere Marquette Lima Superpower 1225 with a Model T Ford. 27th September 2008. NW of Owosso, Michigan.