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When in Italy a few weeks ago, we stayed in quite a strange little collection of buildings up on the hill above Foggia.
Surrounded by friends, food & coffee - there was little else to see except for lizards and the scorching, unrelentless sunshine blasting down on us at a constant 40C.
About 100 yards across the fields was a train track, apart from the occasional daytime train it was most noteworthy for the fact that it was used to fill metal containers with rocks.
After midnight.
For several hours.
Day trip with good friends to explore the Dinosaur trackway located near my house. This was recently uncovered by paleontologists and they have currently uncovered 500 square feet of tracks.
by Nelson Ball.
[2nd separate edition. Ottawa, privately published, for 25 december 1997. 4o copies?].
8 pp/4 printed, colour photocopy. 3-7/8 x 5, leaflet.
a poem, with cover illustration by Tara Callingham, issued by the artist as a christmas greeting. 1/1o copies 2nd state, before signing & inscribing by Callingham for mailing. preceded only by a private edition of 1o copies produced by Ball in 199o.
bottom spine corner bumped...
25.oo
Nixa High School Boys and Girls teams competing at the 2018 Capital City Track and Field Meet in Jefferson City, Missouri USA
*FAIRWEATHER* track complete bike
BLUE LUG custom
SPEC
Frame: *FAIRWEATHER* track frame
Stem: *FAIRWEATHER* CR79 fillet stem (silver)
Headset:*CHRIS KING* 2nut
Handle:*NITTO* albatross bar (silver)
Wheels: *GRANCOMPE* small track hub × *H PLUS SON* the box rim
Tire: *FAIRWEATHER* for traveler tire (asphalt/skin)
Brake lever:*DIA-COMPE*
Crankset:*WHITE INDUSTRIES* eno single speed crank (silver)
Bottom Bracket:*PHILWOOD* squar taper bb
Saddle: *BROOKS* b17 special (honey)
Seatpost:*NITTO* s65
Brake: *DIA-COMPE* brs101
Fernleigh Track , Newcastle and Hunter region.
The Fernleigh Track is for walkers and bicycle riders. It follows
the course of a railway track built in the 1880s , to carry coal to Newcastle. Features of the track are the 180 metre long tunnel and the bushland corridor it follows for much of the way. I have ridden various parts of the track , but finally completed the 22kms from Adamstown to Swansea and back. Pizza for lunch was great. Swansea is a lakeside suburb on the edge of the largest saltwater coastal lake, Lake Macquarie, in NSW.
Reading and Northern RR SD40-2 3053 next to wrecked R&N SD45r 3200 in Port Clinton PA in 2010. - 3053 built 1979-80: xUP 4321; nee MP 3321 - 3200 built in 1969; x SP 7525; nee SP 9028
The Hooker Valley Track begins at the visitor centre and leads up the Hooker Valley towards Aoraki/Mount Cook. The track passes close to the Alpine Memorial, which is a great viewpoint.The route crosses the Hooker River twice (on swing bridges) before eventually reaching the Hooker Glacier terminal lake.
The pointy thing you see is the Alpine Memorial.
Just decided to do four uploads of this day because there would be too many pictures for this part....
WorldPolice & Fire Games - Mary Peters Track Belfast - Presseye - Saturday 3rd August 2013
Copyright Presseye / Declan Roughan
Check Republic's Stanislov Calvora in action in the 110 meter hurdles Decathlon
I had an interesting conversation with mrwaterslide/John Van Noate today about farm tracks. He raised the point that rural tracks like these used to have three ruts..one each for the cart wheels and the middle one for the horse. Something I have never considered before. Anyway if someone has a photograph of a three rut track, I'd love to see it. Or a cute kitten doing somersaults..
My usual photopoint along Harry Ell track, burnt by the February 2017 fire and recenty planted with native trees.
*FAIRWEATHER* track complete bike
BLUE LUG custom
SPEC
Frame: *FAIRWEATHER* track frame BLUE LUG CUSTOM PAINT by COOK PAINT WORKS
Stem: *FAIRWEATHER* CR79 fillet stem BLUE LUG CUSTOM PAINT by COOK PAINT WORKS
Handle: *NITTO* b352 all rounder bar (silver)
Wheels: *H PLUS SON* archetype rim × *GRAN COMPE* small track hub
Tire:*FAIRWEATHER* for traveler tire (asphalt)
Brake lever:*DIA-COMPE*
Crankset: *FAIRWEATHER* CX crankset (matt silver)
Saddle: *KASHIMAX* ojamax aero saddle BL special (natural)
*FAIRWEATHER* track complete bike
BLUE LUG custom
SPEC
Frame: *FAIRWEATHER* track frame BLUE LUG CUSTOM PAINT by COOK PAINT WORKS
Headset:*CHRIS KING* 2nut 1" (turquoise)
Stem: *FAIRWEATHER* CR79 fillet stem (silver)
Handle: *NITTO* b352 all rounder bar (silver)
Wheels: *CANE CREEK* track wheels
Tire: *PANARACER* pasera
Brake lever:*CANE CREEK* time trial brake levers (black)
Crankset: *SUGINO*
Saddle: *SELLE SAN MARCO* concor supercorsa forato saddle (blk)
Brake: *CANE CREEK*
The Tracked Raper system started life as a US M548 Tracked Carrier, developed by BAe Systems for Iran, however with the fall of the Shah's government BAe offered the system to the Royal Air Force. The first Tracked Rapier's entered service with the British Army's 11 (Sphinx) Air Defence Battery of 22 Air Defence Regiment , Royal Artillery in 1982-83. The Tracked Rapier was slow, cramped and generally uncomfortable to be in due to the fact the driver, commander and operator lived in the vehicle. To add insult to injury the crew had to deal with the Optical Tracking Unit inside the cab along with personal kit and rations. However deployment time of the Tracked Rapier without Test & Adjustments was just 30 seconds compared to the 30 minutes of the towed Rapier System. The Tracked Rapier was accompanied by a Support Vehicle which carried arms, fuel and water however the support vehicle was much faster over rough terrain and crewed by two rather than three men.
The original Rapier FSA saw use in the Falklands Conflict with less than rosy results. It was deployed against low flying aircraft . In 1982 T Battery joined 3 Commando Brigade as part of the Falklands Task Force, they landed at San Carlos Bay. Early post-war results were favourable indicating 14 kills and 6 probables. Later analysis however showed as few as 3 aircraft were actually downed by the Rapier FSA.
The main problem of the Rapier FSA was range and the lack of of a proximity fuse, a deficiency which required the operator to directly strike the target aircraft. Rapier also suffered problems with Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) although this didn't contribute to the poor performance. However the Batteries in the Falklands were permitted to fire on any target unless specifically instructed otherwise.
The issues of the original Rapier FSA were however dealt with and the Rapier missile remains in service with the British Army as the Rapier FSC ( Field Standard C) which was developed by MDBA, the Rapier FSC is used in a combined system with the Blindfire 2000 Tracking Radar and Dagger Surveillance Radar.
Eight Rapier Missiles can be carried ready to fire, each with a high explosive warhead and missiles (designated MK2B) are fitted with a proximity fuse. Rapier FSC propulsion system is a two-stage enhanced solid-propellant rocket motor capable of Mach 2.5. The guidance is automatic infra-red and radar command to line of sight.
*FAIRWEATHER* track complete bike
BLUE LUG custom
SPEC
Frame: *FAIRWEATHER* track frame BLUE LUG CUSTOM PAINT by COOK PAINT WORKS
Stem: *NITTO* technomic stem (black)
Handle:*NITTO* rb001aa BL special (silver)
Wheels: *H PLUS SON* archetype rim × *GRAN COMPE* small track hub
Tire: *PANARACER* pasera tire
Brake lever:*TEKTRO*
Crankset: *FSA* gimondi crankset
Saddle: *BROOKS* swift (brown)
Brake: *CAMPAGNOLO*
Here is a very small piece of railway track. My Husband Ian used to work as a Blacksmith assistant driving the big steam hammers at Eveleigh Locomotive workshops in Redfern NSW Australia.Back the 80s from 1980-1988. In 1988 they closed the workshop, and he kept on working for the railway right up until 1992.