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Repurposed British Rail Class 43 High Speed Train (HST) Diesel Power Car 43277 'Safety Task Force' heads a Colas Rail operated Derby RTC- Doncaster West Yard Network Rail test train at speed through Attenborough Station in the County of Nottinghamshire (UK).
43277 was built at British Rail Crewe Works and entered service in 1978.
Introduced into service from 1976 as Class 253 on the Western Region and 1978 for the Class 254 on the Eastern Region, the HST's were initially marketed as the InterCity 125.
The High Speed Train power cars are/were the fastest diesel locomotives in regular service in the world and in my opinion are British Rail's finest achievement.
The high speed train powers cars feature numerous times in my photostream www.flickr.com/photos/stuart166axe/tags/class43/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterCity_125
Photograph taken by and copyright of my occasional photostream contributor Mr David Lewis and is posted here with very kind permission.
27th May 2017. Tasker's Little Giant, Will O' the Wisp, Ashley Hall Traction Engine Rally, Ashley Hall Showground, Hale, Nr Altrincham, Cheshire
1Z78 13.53 Cleethorpes - Crewe "The Trent Almighty" railtour seen passing Great Cotes No. 1 box on the "light railway". Signaller Bradley observes closely.
The bridge over the railway is now closed to vehicles (though still used by pedestrians and a great number of cyclists) but prior to the construction of the A180 it would have been the main route west out of Grimsby and I believe it also used to carry a tram built by the Great Central to convey workers from Grimsby to it's then NEW port it had constructed at Immingham. The Grimsby and Immingham tramway opened in 1912 and closed in July 1961.
20309 & 20312 leading with 20308 bringing up the rear.
15.33, Saturday 6th September 2014.
Pathfinder Tours ran an excursion to Sunny Cleethorpes via a very circuitous route from Crewe. As I had no other commitments other than more work on the new house I decided chasing it (even in full dull) had some appeal in comparison to the alternative.
Arriving in North East Lincs via the line from Gainsborough and Brigg I first happened across the train between Wrawby and Barnetby. Given it stood for some 25 minutes it was an easy task to get ahead of it and await it's passing at Roxton as it continued onto Cleethorpes. After a brief sit at the seaside resort the train then lead by the previously trailing solo 20 headed back to Habrough Junction where it exited stage right to Ulceby and up the Barton on Humber branch where I next encountered the ensemble at Barrow Road Crossing in New Holland.
After that it was back to Grimsby to observe it passing Great Cotes No. 1 and Pyewipe Road, both on the light railway, before leaving it to it's own devices.
Taking into consideration the height of a Giraffe, adults average over 6 metres, stooping down to drink water is indeed a difficult task.
The need to quench one's thirst overcomes all difficulties and they have to bend their front forelegs to get to the water. I saw this group of Giraffe's near a Dam inside Nairobi National Park. The mother was standing close by whilst the youngsters took turn to drink water.
California Army National Guard Task Force Medevac pilots and crew chiefs received wildfire flight training with Chief Warrant Officer Bobby Brockly and Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Gifford at Folsom Lake, Sacramento, April 2, 2015. California Guard Soldiers, aircraft and other elements are expected to play a key role in this year's wildfire season. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Ian M. Kummer/Released)
I will be making more. Put Sandman in because he worked with Ghost, Price, and Soap.
Decals by Roaglaan
Another view of the all welded tipping trailer from the Andover trailer builder, this time coupled to a Bedford 'S' type tractor unit.
The grounds of 13th Century Grade II Listed Upton Castle, although in private ownership, the gardens are open to the public. Located near Cosheston, Pembrokeshire in Wales.
It stands close to a creek of the Carew River on land held by the Earls of Pembroke. The original holders were the Norman Malefaunt family, in whose hands it remained until the 16th century when it passed to the Bowen family. In the late 18th century, the house and estate was sold to John Tasker, although Nicholas Carlisle described the building in 1811 as "now in ruins". Between 1828 and 1860 there were considerable alterations to the building, including the insertion of a new door and the construction of two large wings. In January 1883 there was a fire at the castle, attended by a fire crew from the 23rd Regiment, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. The owner at the time was Mr H. H. Vaughan. The damage was confined to timbers, walls and chimney-piece.
Management of the gardens, which had been substantially improved in the early 20th century, was taken over by the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and opened to the public in 1976. However, the park authority later withdrew their funding and since the property changed hands in 2007, the new owners and a team of volunteers have restored and reopened the gardens.
Too small to be described as castle in the strict sense of the word, most sources refer to it as a fortified manor house although its towers are unusually strong in comparison with other examples. The medieval portion of the exterior stands to the north east of the range, which is dominated by three early towers, separated by short sections of curtain wall and surmounted by a plain parapet on corbels. Surviving internal medieval features include two fireplaces, a spiral staircase and a vaulted ceiling.
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