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The Token Grebe: Pied-billed Grebes are very common throughout America. They can be seen anywhere there is fresh water: marshes, lakes, slow-moving rivers, etc. And I personally have seen them everywhere that I have been where there is open water. Although this image is from Florida, I have even seen them occasionally at Brick Pond. I will be photographing Wood Ducks and suddenly a Grebe will appear behind one of the ducks. It will surface, look around and then dive back down, typically not resurfacing again until it has moved out of view. It's fun to see them peek out and announce their presence. On the day that I got this photo there was a large group of them, more than I've ever seen in one place. Possibly some are on the move to their summer homes in the northern US. However many will stay in the south all year. March 2016
This Derby lightweight railcar numbered 79900 was one of two built in 1956 for branch line use and initially based at Bletchley. Its passenger career was very short brought about by line closures it was soon surplus to requirements. The unit was withdrawn in October 1967 but unlike its sister 79901 which was cut up in April 1967 this one passed into departmental service in June 1968 as a training unit based at York and renumbered DB 975010. In May 1974 it moved to the Derby Research Department and gained the title "IRIS" as 'Laboratory Coach 19' numbered RDB 975010. It enjoyed a long career with the BR research department as the radio frequency and signal strength testing unit. Over time it was involved with the development of various railway based radio systems like RETB (Radio Electronic Token Block), NRN (National Radio Network) and CSR (Cab Secure Radio). Despite the arrival of "IRIS 2" in 1991 a converted Met-Cam DMU RDB 975010 wasn't withdrawn until June 1999 and after a year stored it was sold into preservation moving to the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway in June 2000. It has since been refurbished to its original condition as 79900.
Trams/trains travelling from a to b along a single line track.
A ‘Token’, the name given to an object that is passed from the signalman (a), to the tram/train driver on a single line track used for two way traffic. The driver is then allowed to proceed along the single track; he then passes the ‘Token’ to a signalman (b), at the other end. If there are two trams/trains to go in the same direction (a to b), the ‘Token’ is shown by the signalman (a), to the first driver, and then given to the second driver, who then hands it to the signalman (b), at the other end of the single section of track. Signalman (b), now has control of the said section of track. Further trams/trains following in the same direction (a to b) are halted until the signalman (a), has control of the track once again by having the ‘Token’; which has been returned to him by the driver of a tram/train travelling in the opposite direction (b to a). The ‘Token’ can then be passed to the driver of the halted tram/train for him to proceed. This method ensures there is only one tram/train on that section of track at any one time. If there was a collision of two trams/trains on this section of track then the driver without the ‘Token’ is at fault.
This temporary track is in Mosley Street, Manchester as part of the Second City Crossing construction, leading to the new St. Peter's Square tram station.
I hope this isn't too confusing!
6960 was out-shopped from Swindon in March 1944 as the second member of Lot 350. The locomotive initially operated without cab side windows as part of wartime blackout regulations. In June 1947 it received the name Raveningham Hall after a stately home in East Anglia.[1]. The locomotive worked out of London’s Old Oak Common in the 1940s, Reading in the 1950s and latterly Oxford until being withdrawn from service by BR in June 1964.
Between driver & signalman. A token is a physical object which a train driver is required to have or see before entering onto a particular section of single track.
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The signalman at Darley Dale exchanges the token with the crew of LNWR Webb '2F' (Coal Tank) 0-6-2T No 1054.
Peak Rail steam gala.
Semaphore signalling, passing loops, manual token exchanges and pairs of brand new 5,400 hp A/C electric locomotives operating away from the wires.
Welcome to joys of the Cumbrian Coast line.
Following a quick visit to Nethertown in the afternoon we returned to St Bees just in time to pick up the 6M60 Seaton to Sellafield flasks on the 6th June 2018. 88003 'Genesis' is leading the way with 88005 'Minerva' behind.
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The driver of 66772 hands over the single line token from Buxton to the signalman at Great Rocks Junction.
Thirty-second in the series ‘Wild Bonsai’, this tree is 47 inches (1.2m) in height and perhaps 650 years old.
'Wild Bonsai' is a numbered collection of photos of naturally occurring bristlecones (p. longaeva) generally less than five feet in height (1.5m) and - as nearly as I can estimate - between fifty and five-hundred years old - some much older. Most will have sprouted and survived in tiny cracks and crevices or miniature basins of sand and gravel. Shaped by the elements, flourishing tenaciously in the most minimalist of conditions, their lives are measured not in the millennia of more robust bristlecones, but in centuries...often mere decades.
'Duality', the cover photo for this album, is to me a matriarch of sorts and will remain unnumbered as a small token of a deeply intuitive and unapologetic respect that remains as transcendent and mysterious to me as it may seem odd to others. The essay that accompanies 'Duality' could, in many ways, apply as well to any other tree I may post in this series.
A perspective: Housed in the Tokyo Imperial Palace, the fifth oldest living cultivated bonsai in the world is something over 500 years old and is a designated National Treasure of Japan.
A dying form of train control, the token system. The once popular system started out in England and eventually found its way to many British colonies like India. The system is very labor intensive and is quickly being replaced by automatic signalling even in India. I spent a day photographing the token exchange at Nandol Dahegam in Gujrat with the assistance of the station staff, check the link below for a full report and further explanation on the inner workings of this signalling system.
A young fireman working the Stanier 'Black Five' 45212 piloting the double header with 45407 "The Lancashire Fusilier" takes the token watched by a senior crew member leaving Ramsbottom Station on the 1st day of the ELR Spring Steam Gala..
The token exchange is completed at Salogra, Himachal Pradesh, India as KSR ZDM-3 704 passes with the 05:45 Kalka Junction to Shimla Mail Express 52451. The well-maintained station features potted plants, fire buckets and a splendid W&T Avery, Birmingham [1914] platform scales for parcels use, as required.
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I am delighted to share with you a pretty rose bouquet created for my lovely wife that I dearly cherish, and love. The roses are from cuttings that I collected from various gardens in our area.
Taken on the Keighley Worth Valley railway at Damems signalbox. I didn't notice the driver looking my direction nor that his head within the handle of the token ring!
A mid week visit to the SVR and to my suprise the DTG Warship was out for two trips. I got up to Highley on the steam for a trip back to Kidderminster then the 1520 back to Bridgnorth. The second man is just about to give up the Key token for the single line from Hampton Lode. With Chris Guntrip driving and load seven it was worth it! 33108 was stabled up here for some reason.
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it is not too much to say that one of the reason why i could keep drawing through these 4,5 more years is ann garcia. after you discovered (like you said before:) )me , you always check my new piece. when everybody around me lost their interests, when most of the people don't even notice that i'm still doing, when i'm deploring, when i'm rude, you never leave , you see and say something . sometimes i feel it's obvious. but it is not. the fact that i can feel ''someone cares'',''someone looks forward'' ''someone actually is rejoicing''is the biggest strength to make something again. thank you ann garcia. i drew these as tokens of gratitude.
Following my previous photo, today, I’ll give another clue. For now, I show you a fully functional ‘Token booth'.
*I don’t know if ‘Token booth' is the correct designation :p
More LEGO shots here.
Single line tokens are exchanged at Tondu on the Bridgend – Maesteg line for 3S62, the Margam to Margam circuit RHTT on 26th October 2022. The loco is 66121.
Token got a new face-up! :D
He looks even more girly now... But isn't he pretty??? I especially love the eyes! °3°
Also, he finally got a decent wig in the right colour and eyes that don't gap like hell! Now, after a whole year (this month was his "bday"), he's finally complete! Weee~ \^0^/
Face-up is by the wonderful Smaug on DoA.
It's been a pretty sad week for Aussies, losing a number of our young diggers. Lest we forget their sacrifice and service to our nation and the world.