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Just for the Followers - To be deleted soon.
Who in the world is that skinny guy with the backpack and the old Cannon AE1 around his neck. How bout that black hair, short shorts, and ugly shoes. Seems like I've had a camera around my neck forever. ( At least since age 6 ). No matabout 43ter where I go to this day, I always seem to strike up a conversation with a park ranger. Taken at the National Zoo in 1976. Just about 43 years ago.
My first throw back is CP 299 running north in Des Plaines with a SOO SD60, ex-BN SD40-2, and a SOO SD60M
Throwback Thursday and a photo from 2015 of wall art in our (rental) condo in Zihuantanejo Mexico; I've always loved their whimsical art (from Diego Rivera's life size murals in the National Palace in the capital to this take on marriage by an unknown artist).
Today is the start of a trio of well known celebrations: All Hallows Eve or Halloween, All Saints Day (Nov 1) and one of my favourites Dia de los Muertos (Nov 1-2).
And of course, these three days of celebration will be followed up by a US election...whew, that is a lot of action over the next few days. Be safe out there. :D
This week we are going back twenty-four years to 1999, to a bus that has featured here before, on the same route and in the same location. Except this time there is a better view of the bus.
99 D 73675 is seen in Ringsend and was a DAF Plaxton demonstrator built in 1997. Converted to run on liquified petroleum gas, it was trialled with a few operators in the United Kingdom (as P10 LPG) as well as Dublin Bus. After it returned to the United Kingdom, it was converted to diesel power and operated with Arriva until around 2013.
The bus is operating a service on route 3 to Larkhill, although the destination blind is missing the "h". Route 3 started operating between Whitehall / Larkhill and Sandymount in 1940. For its final twenty years or so of operation, certain departures were extended to / from UCD Belfield. The route was partially replaced on the by new route 1 in 2012 which covered the southside leg through Ringsend and Sandymount. In 2021 this part of the routing was replaced by routes C1 and C2.
Ringsend, 19/10/1999
Beginning with his Masters Thesis paintings in the mid-1940’s and continuing through the mid-1950’s, artist Ted DeGrazia produced a small number of nonrepresentational abstract oils, watercolors, and screen prints. Although these pure abstracts account for less than one half of one percent of his known work, DeGrazia repeatedly explored the style and devoted serious attention to it for more than a decade. Happy Throwback Thursday!
There is a lot I could say about this photo of Thomas Boldman on his personal motorcar in Kentland, Indiana in the 1920's. The Boldman family worked on this line from start to finish. They helped build it in the CI&S days, worked primarily as track inspectors or in some aspect of water tower and pumphouse employees. They worked on this line mostly between Sheff and Schneider. The photo above shows Thomas in the morning after setting his motorcar on the tracks near Allen street, which looks like where it was taken from looking north. He lived 2 blocks away and after #80 would go north, he would set on and ride to Sheff to work the pumphouse. He had no protection and no authority and allegedly had many "Close Calls" with extras.
The Boldman family built, maintained and unfortunately, dismantled the Egyptian line.
The photograph is believed to have been taken by Wilmer Boldman. Photo looks north at the northbound home signal.
Throwback Thursday will be photos from the Boldman family collection of the NYC's Egyptian line.
Drift Creek Falls Suspension Bridge
Lincoln County Oregon
Drift Creek Bridge
• Latitude: 44.93235
• Longitude: -123.85176
• Elevation: 630 feet
• Height: over 100 feet
• Length: 240 feet
Description
This trail bridge spans Drift Creek in the Oregon Coast Range. The 240 foot long bridge reaches from one wall to the canyon to the other, over 100 feet above the creek. The walkway surface is 3 feet wide. The bridge is supported by two 29 foot towers and anchored by bolts planted in rock on one side and in 29 cubic yards of concrete on the other. The bridge provides a view down to 80 foot Drift Creek Falls, as well us closeup views of the upper forest canopy.
The bridge is dedicated to the late Scott Paul, a trail builder with the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Mr. Paul was the construction foreman on the early Forest Service portion of the construction. He died in a tragic rigging accident during construction. The bridge was completed by Sahale, a firm that specializes in trail bridge construction. In our area, they also built the Lava Canyon Bridge and rebuilt a bridge on Wind River that accesses Shipperton Falls Fishway for personnel of the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife.
From Sahale's website: "Drift Creek Bridge is unusual for light pedestrian suspension bridges in that it incorporates a quasi-stiffening truss in the deck. The bridge is anchored in rock on one side of the gorge and concrete deadmen are used on the other. Numerous design changes were made by Sahale during the process of construction, including changes to the anchor systems, tower configuration, truss assembly, wind cable connections, and railing system. Materials, including concrete, were mobilized to the site via helicopter, and the mainspan was erected from a skyline, more than 100 feet above the canyon floor."
This week we are going back twelve years to 2013, and to GT 125 on Hawkins Street dressed for route 68.
The DUTC started operating the route in 1934. The 68 runs from the city centre to Newcastle (in west Dublin), going via Clondalkin. In 2006 it was extended slightly further to the Greenogue Business Park at the southern end of Newcastle. In 2011 it was slightly modified under Network Direct to go via Bulfin Road as a partial replacement for route 19.
GT 125 was new to Dublin Bus in 2013. In 2018 it migrated to Go-Ahead Ireland and became 11907.
Beside the bus is the former Department of Health, which was located in Hawkins House. It was demolished in 2021, and the site is being redeveloped.
12/12/2013
This week it is a trip back twenty-six years to 1990. RH 41 is seen on Burgh Quay with a 48A to Ballinteer. The bus was new at the time and was delivered in Wedding Bus livery. The Wedding Buses were meant to be used on special private hires to move wedding guests between locations. Now in 2016 Dublin Bus are phasing out the Wedding Bus concept with the buses being repainted into the standard yellow/blue livery. The route to Ballinteer was abolished a few years ago with the 14 and 61 replacing parts of it. The 48A fell victim to the success of the Luas Green Line. 15/091990
Halifax Transit 1997 NovaBus Classic #985. Last classic ever to be bought.
Missed so much!
Photo taken in early 2017.
Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), exit a CH-46E Sea Knight during Exercise Red Reef 13, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jan. 7, 2013. Red Reef is a bilateral amphibious exercise between the 15th MEU and Saudi forces that focuses on expanding levels of cooperation, enhancing mutual maritime capabilities, as well as promoting long-term regional stability and interoperability between U.S. forces and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The 15th MEU is deployed as part of the USS Peleliu Group, and is scheduled to complete its eight-month deployment and return to Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton Sept. 13. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bobby J. Gonzalez/Released)
***Decided to merge images from my old Flickr account with my current account. Photos and descriptions from 2007-2009.
Location: Chicago, IL
I visited Taste of Chicago and decided to stop by Chicago's stunning Crown Fountain. There were too many people out now that it is warm. I am kinda missing the cold now because this heat/humidity is killing me. I guess that I will never be satisfied.
This shot was taken of one of the dozens of dozens of kids playing in the fountain. Testing out my new trusty 135L.