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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'm not someone that can take pictures of flowers too often, so this'll have to count as my token flower for the summer :)
My accidental collection of Japanese game tokens. Din't really set out to collect 'em, but here we are. Mouse over for notes. All from antique shows, flea markets, whatever. All the same size and finish - plated brass, I think. About the size of a US quarter. All smooth edges (not reeded). One says "Pachinko" right on it. One has a maneki neko.
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.
Managed to sneakily get a few of these out of the Faile/Bast arcade.
They're arcade tokens designed by them for use on their comuter games.
The only place you can get them is at that arcade and as soon as the arcade closes in a few weeks they'll probably be worth a few quid, seeing as faile pieces normally sell for a lot of money
Anyways I got a couple to trade for something really cool if anyones interested
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.
D1015 "Western Champion" heads into Highley on the Severn Valley railway, with a service to Bridgnorth.
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).
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 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.
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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The Colonnade mosque series of Indian Islamic temple tokens were struck in and around Calcutta and Bombay (Mumbai) from the mid 19th century until the 1940’s. As with the general trend for temple tokens, these were initially struck in high grade silver which became progressively debased until the coins were being struck on silver-wash brass flans. High-grade silver temple tokens of similar weight to contemporary rupees were used only for votive purposes and did not circulate as currency.
The obverse side depicts the Kalima within a border. The names of each of the caliphs of the Caliphate (after Mohammed) appear in each quadrant. The Kalima (meaning The Word) is the Muslim statement of faith and reads as La Illaha, Illa-Allah, Mohammed rasul Allah (There is no God but Allah, Mohammed is the prophet of Allah). The Kalima appears on all Sunni Muslim temple tokens.
The four Caliphs were Abu Bakr (reigned 632 - 634, 1st caliph) Umar (634 - 644) Uthmaan (644 - 655) and Ali (656 - 661).
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Size: 1 1/8” diameter (about 28mm).
Material: Mildly debased silver.
Edge: Plain (no collar used in the minting process).
Weight: 12.1g
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Sold eBay 17/7/2012 for €12.00
1Z42 can be seen at a halt at Goonbarrow Junction Signal box whilst a token exchange happens. The photo is taken from 2Z43 which was awaiting the token from 1Z42. This sight is likely to be nearly impossible to recreate as by the next large event demanding such high number of services on the line the HST, in its current format, will no longer operate on the western. Especially with the imminent introduction of IET's onto rails west of Newton Abbot due.
These were from the Namco Arcade in the Lehigh Valley Mall. I think that arcade is still open, actually...
Today’s erection at Thuxton. A driver delivers the token pouch onto this catcher before picking up the one for the section ahead.
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