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Blue Angel #1 CDR Thomas "Boss" Frosch presents Bill Braack, president of the Airshow's board of directors, with a token of appreciation at the 2015 Intel Oregon International Air Show held in Hillsboro, Oregon.
The driver of 43106 exchanges tokens with the Highley signalman to give him the road to Arley on the Severn Valley Railway.
The token system was developed in Britain in the 19th century, to facilitate safe working of single-line railways. If a branch line is a dead end with a simple shuttle train service, then a single token is sufficient. The driver of any train entering the branch line (or occupying any part of it) must be in possession of the token, and no collision with another train is possible. For convenience in passing it from hand to hand, the token was often in the form of a staff, typically 800 mm long and 40 mm diameter, and is referred to as a train staff. Such a staff is usually literally a wooden staff with a brass plate stating the two signal boxes between which it is valid.
In UK terminology, this method of working on simple branch lines was originally referred to as One Engine in Steam (OES), and later One Train Working (OTW). However the system was used on long through lines as well; R H Dutton, Chairman of the London and South Western Railway explained in 1876 the slow journey time between Exeter and Plymouth by saying, "the cause of the delay is the stopping at every station on the staff system. That really does cause a great delay because if the staff is not there, the train must stop while a man is sent on a horse to get it [from the other end of the section]"; quoted in Williams.
Charles Jones built the Pantechnetheca market in Birmingham in 1824. He sold a set of six "Love" tokens. The reverse features Cupid and Hymen gambling on the game of love.
A close up of the obverse of the custom token created for Build Your Own Arcade Controls (arcadecontrols.com) by arcadetokens.com
A class 156 waits for the token at Ardlui station on the West Highland line. The blue light flashes once the token is received and the train is cleared to proceed.
Am not sure exactly what this is, but it was kept upon the heads of various people from the Groom's side of the family by Kekti's mom and dad. Supposed to be a ritual to depict the responsibility of the girl being passed over to the groom's family.
Exchange of tokens as the steam service crosses a dmu at Consall station on the Churnet Valley Railway.
It's just an ordinary activity for her to prepare a daily meal in her small and rather dark kitchen. The activity of simplest thing like cutting some shallots, onions or other spices in her kitchen is too ordinary to look closer and pay more attention about it, but when the time come and she is gone, suddenly all those ordinary thing become so extra ordinary and deeply missed.
This is not the way she cut the shallot, i think hers are way neater than mine,but the cutting board and knife all are belong to her. It is the nature of life..when something/someone is gone then suddenly we realize how very important the person/the thing is for us.
In memorian of my late mother in law....
The Illinois Railnet was playing around at the plant in Oregon, but didn't go up to Mount Morris, so this was the shot I had to settle for.
The Far North Line is mostly single-track which necessitates the use of a token system to allow the drivers to move to the next section. These signs have a blue light which flashes for a while once the train passes it with the token.
Tokens Cluster Bomb is a 6% abv India Pale Ale from the Swedish craft brewery Ölands Gårdsbryggeri. I love the name and the label, but found the taste a bit too dominated by the hops. Still, a cool beer!
Day fifty-two/365. Tonight, as the pastor, I conducted the funeral service of a friend. The funeral home was packed with his family, friends, and people to whom he'd reached out. He had been a mentor to many, in a variety of capacities. I've led many funeral services. It's different when it's a friend. A fifty-four-year-old friend whose heart failed unexpectedly.
The Scripture passages were easy to select and the words of the sermon flowed effortlessly. My only difficulty was in narrowing down my comments. His family brought tokens. The lunch box, the rocks, and other objects each represented a story and a piece of a relationship. How powerful symbols can be!
It was quite nice on Sunday with the temps in the upper 80's (Down from the 180's) but low humidity. So I decided a small chase of 101 was in order. Here he is in St. Augustine, Fl with the Memorial Presbyterian Church in the background. That is where Henry Morrison Flagler is entombed. He would be proud of his railroad today. October 16th, 2011.
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