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One of the Mute Swan community exerts token territorial authority on a fine afternoon at Fleet Pond.
2nd May 2023
In a busy scene at Gothland Station, 63395 waits patiently, as with the fireman about to exchange tokens with the signalman, 76079 arrives with a train from Pickering.
Two of a set of tokens from the Ynysbwl Co-op society, which I acquired from a certain internet auction site, recently. I rather like the shape and textures of these two, although some of the others are quite nice, too, so may show up later...
In the previous photo I noted the Chicago "Y"-symbol (referring to the 3 branches of the Chicago River). That set off a recollection of the same symbol in old CTA tokens used before fare cards. I dug up one of the old tokens, and , there's the "Y" symbol (I think).
The showdown between the USS Monitor and the Merrimac took place on the James River at the Battle of Hampton Roads March 1862. It was arguably a turning point for naval warfare, ending the era of wooden military vessels.
I've been hoping to get a shot of this behavior - male Great Egret presenting nesting material to female.
The signalman has just exchanged the single line token with the driver of the 2C33 York-Leeds service at Cattal. The train is formed of one of Northern’s recently acquired Class 170’s, still in its former Scotrail livery.
The driver of 2C40 - Northern’s 0842 Carlisle to Barrow - swaps tokens with the St Bees signaller on 23 May 2016. The hoop (in the signaller’s right hand) on the St Bees to Sellafield token made it easy for the driver to collect it on the move but nowadays the train must stop and the signaller walk the length of the platform. Of course, prior to 1997 there was only a token to collect as there was no key from Bransty to deposit (seen in the signaller’s left hand).
We've used these glass tokens in various games over the years: Pente, Mancala, Magic The Gathering, etc. They remind me of the mysterious crystals from Land of the Lost.
The wife suggested I light it from underneath, because she's awesome.
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New York City Subway Tokens circa 1985.
I had a few of these and dropped them in my macro soft light box.
Strobist: Hand held, extention tube, 1/500th at f19, sb800 at about 1/64th power outside the box to upper left to give angled lighting and almost even with coins for height for low angle.
There's always a next time right? Next time, I'm going to illuminate the bottom also.
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The driver of 66096 collects the token at Pantyfynnon signal box for its journey to Gwaen -Cae - Gurwen open cast coal mine on the 6B15 service, having originated at Swansea Burrows. The train will return loaded with coal for the wash processing plant facility at Onllwyn. Once processed, the coal will be shipped by rail to Aberthaw power station via Neath and Brecon Junction - www.flickr.com/photos/99220921@N03/12677445814/
I was really pleased to capture this rare working, which runs about two times a week, if that. By the time it appears on RTT, there is not enough time for me to make the journey to Pantyfynnon. To turn up on the chance that the working might run would be pretty risky. Today, however, the train went via Margam and was flagged up on RTT early on, which allowed me sufficient time to make the journey.
Pantyffynnon was the junction for the Brynamman branch along the Amman Valley, which was closed to passengers in 1958, well before the Beaching Act. Considerable coal traffic used the line (to the left) until the demise of coal mining in the valley. However, in 2009, the line was reopened for trains to Gwaun Cae Gurwen open cast coal mine, operated by Celtic Energy.
The crew of 'Dorothea' take the token for the return to Launceston. Newmills, Launceston Steam Railway, 12th October 2018.
The single line token is returned at Freeman's Crossing as 3Q99 heads away from Cambois with 69002 leading 69005 on 9th May 2023 on the annual weedkiller train.
The driver of an incoming service from Parkend hands over the single line token to the signalman at Lydney Junction,on the Dean Forest Railway.The train is formed by a preserved Class108 DMU,consisting of vehicles 56492 and 51914. Taken 22.3.14.
More from the token collection.
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