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Hi friends, I would like to warn you that I am having problems on my PC, but soon I will be back. Sorry for my absence on Flickr from you and the delay to blog the beautiful creations of my designers friends, but I hope to solve this problem as soon as possible. I wish you all a wonderful weekend with lots of light and love. A kiss with love
Marcy Tomsenβ₯
Memories from Italy
Tower of Mangia
The Torre del Mangia is a tower in Siena, in the Tuscany region of Italy. Built in 1338-1348, it is located in the Piazza del Campo, Siena's premier square, adjacent to the Palazzo Pubblico. When built it was one of the tallest secular towers in medieval Italy.
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NS P50 (Ersatz P26), the Chamblee to East Point transfer job heads south through Lenox on the Piedmont Division with highhood SD40-2 3270 leading. No doubt I was annoyed it being on the wrong track thus ruining my plan for shooting with the signal, but oh well, time heals most wounds.
I ran across these two shots from over 10 years ago that look like I took them yesterday. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing!!
With temperatures beginning to cool down right on cue here in September, my mind starts going towards Fall foliage railroad photography. I have a few vacation days set aside next month for just that, but this month is a nice time to take a look back at past ventures. Sure, I could share something a little more contemporary like last year's peak foliage-filled chase of Pan Am's OCS, but you all probably saw enough of that from others last year (so I'll wait at least a few years before sharing more from that chase).
So, tonight we turn the calendar back to October 13, 2010. The D&H between Schenectady and Binghamton has always been a favorite Fall destination of mine, oftentimes featuring great foliage. When I headed down the D&H early that morning, I figured I'd get something like Train 931, whose black NS engines would contrast nicely with the foliage. As I drove south through Richmondville and heard nearby MOW call the dispatcher for a train lineup, I was floored when I heard that the "Super Local"--Train 515--was coming north with none other than D&H GP38-2 #7312 leading! Though the foliage wasn't as great as I had hoped it would be, how could you go wrong with a D&H lightning stripe leading a northbound in perfect, early morning sun?
Here, the train passes MP502 in Duanesburg, NY as it approaches the Youngs Road crossing. I certainly won't be able to repeat this this Fall, but that's okay. And, in case you're wondering, I was by myself at every spot this morning--something that's unfathomable in today's world of smart phones and instant communication. Boy do I miss "just showing up" and surprises like these!
I ran across these two shots from over 10 years ago that look like I took them yesterday. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing!!
Saw a coworker at North Park way back in 2014. This is his photo, but I used Gigapixel AI to increase the size of the image from 960x640 to 3840x2560. It mostly worked! Well, it worked better than I expected. There are some funky things going on if you look closely, but I think it was worth the price. Just don't expect to enlarge fine art with it. I think this app is best for enlarging old, low-res snapshots.
Once again a scan of a slide from my 1994 holiday in southern USA. This one was taken on a trip from El Paso to Phoenix.
Taken very early one morning, during a night shift five years ago.
Time flies when you have fun, I guess.
Today, I would never work night shifts on the south side.
This is especially for you Llanuza!
Algoma Central FP9A 1752 and friends bask in the golden sunset of a beautiful Sault St. Marie evening in August 1996. We had just returned from a private car charter round trip up to Hearst and back.
Four Maroon C420 glow in the last light of day as the Monnet turn chugs back into Rogers. As I was taking this I realized this was one of the last times this would ever happen....turns out I was wrong but it was still the last time for me.
Show us the History of #Telecommunication through your pictures for this week's #TBT challenge: your old phone, radio, computer... or any other system that helped you send and receive messages in the past. Share your images in our Facebook page! Just post the Flickr photo URL in the comments section.
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