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This week we are going back thirty-one years to 1994, and to RA 194 parked on Burgh Quay, dressed for route 7.
Route 7 started operating between Dublin city centre and Ballybrack in 1979. In 1988 it reached Loughlinstown Park. From 2004 certain departures were extended to Cherrywood. However, in 2016 the 7 was split in two. Route 7 continued to operate to Cherrywood (although the terminus is at Brides Glen Luas stop), while services to Loughlinstown Park became route 7A. It has remained that way to this day.
RA 194 was new to Dublin Bus in 1994. When originally delivered it was designated RH 194, but was later reclassified as an RA to differentiate it from the RH Class due to some differences between the two. RA 194 was withdrawn in 2006, and sold on to an operator in the United Kingdom.
21/08/1994
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."
Even though the 630 didn't spend much time on the CNO&TP during its career, it was still an amazing site to see Southern steam on the CNO&TP. Here train 957 gets back underway at Corinith, KY after a lube stop for 630.
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
Angie had taken me to Vegas for my birthday and we made a day excursion to the Grand Canyon's Western Rim
***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.
This isn’t a Corvette. It’s the Equus Throwback.
Okay, so it is a Corvette, sort of.
But this Corvette has been restyled, and given a little bit more grunt by Equus Automotive, creator of the Bass770.
The retro-inspired Throwback is a limited model, with only 25 planned by the Detroit-based company, which utilises the ‘Vette as a basis to create a “significantly upgraded” muscle car.
The Corvette’s supercharged V8 can be tuned to an output of 746kW and 1114Nm. Equus says it’s capable of a 2.5-second run to 97km/h (60mph), and has a top speed of 354km/h.
Equus Autmotive’s goal with the Throwback was to inspire a sense of nostalgia in muscle car fans while providing a car with modern-day usability.
“The Throwback model uses unique styling language in its outer skin to create a breathtaking vision of the ultimate Corvette. Equus takes the customer down memory lane to an era when Corvettes were synonymous with performance and class.
“The Throwback can be personalized for the design orientated drivers or for the fastest paced performance centric customer, always emphasizing the original love of an icon, desire for innovation and uncompromised quality.
“Just as companies like Brabus and Alpina focus on European brands, Equus Automotive is focused on providing American Sports car lovers the ultimate interpretation of todayʼs designs.
In 1949, the DeGrazias' bought 10-acres of land in the Santa Catalina Foothills, north of Tucson. Soon after Ted and Marion began to build their home on the grounds, at this time there was no electricity, water, or services. All supplies that they needed had to be transported from Tucson. They cooked their food in an old wood-burning stove and took showers outside with water from a bucket. Happy Throwback Thursday!
Hoy he descubierto esta foto haciendo revisión del viaje a Thailandia , técnicamente la foto esta hecha hace casi ya dos años . Pero para mi ha sido como descubrirla hoy . La verdad no había visto las fotos desde que las tome , era como que quería guardar el recuerdo de ese paraíso en mi retina y que ninguna foto haría justicia a tanta belleza . Esta toma esta hecha en maya bay ,cerca de kho pi pi y cuenta la historia de esa noche , en la que cantamos ,bebimos ... eramos completos desconocidos. La magia de la playa , el olor a hierba , y el buen rollo hacen de aquella noche inolvidable.