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This is something i find very peculiar about architectural graphics... I interpret my drawings my way...
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Stuck inside but not complaining. Finally moved our personal belongings up here to Big Bear Lake, where we will be living during this pandemic. Sold our condo in San Diego last month and escrow is closing April 1st. Hindsight, we would not have moved if we knew this was going to happen. Oh well....time for a new adventure. No more city scapes and modern architecture but the quietness and serenity up here is far superior. Hope everyone stays inside as much as possible and stays healthy!
Conforming to the reverse curves between Heard and Hermosa eastbound tonnage challenges gravity on the climb out of Laramie to the top of Sherman Hill. Nearly 10 miles remain for the eastbound manifest before the 8015' summit will be at hand. UP 1988, Union Pacific's Missouri-Kansas-Texas heritage locomotive, leads the charge.
UP 1988 ~ MRVNPP ~ Hermosa, Wyoming
Union Pacific's Laramie Subdivision
07.18.2018
Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 #4014 leans into the big curve between Gilcrest and Platteville during its July 2021 break-in run between Cheyenne and Denver as afternoon thunderstorms move across the Plains.
UP 4014 ~ PCYDV ~ Platteville, Colorado
Union Pacific's Greeley Subdivision
07.08.2021
150 empty cars are on their way up "The Hill" at Herndon, as U87 takes them to storage on the ex-Virginian PD District. This section of rail was mothballed in 2015, but for one day in 2020 a train once again traversed the rails between Elmore Yard and Clarks Gap to put 150 cars in storage. Whether or not this will be the last moved every over the famed hill remains to be seen. The train is seen here chugging up the 2.07% grade, passing a set of Virginian searchlights.
There are at least six downy woodpeckers visiting our feeders right now, all starting to look a bit worn as they raise their broods of nestlings. You can see this male's feathers looking a little frayed. Andover, NJ
As you walk up and down the 138 steps of Frank Gehry’s staircase in the Art Gallery of Ontario, new geometric forms reveal themselves with every step. A photobook could be made with just photos of this staircase, but I will stop at these two three...
(After all, our new masters will only allow me 1,000 photos...)
The irritatingly beautiful Andy and I teamed up again to pimp one of his already fantastic photos from an earlier shoot.
Both of us are in love with this shot by G*Squared, so this is an homage to that.
This covers 10.05.09 - 16.05.09 of my 52 weeks project, and a big thank you to all the wonderful people who've joined so far!
CN Geometry car being filled up at Mona Jct in Waterloo, IA I thought these were diesel powered cars, but the UN1203 number is for gasoline. Possible UN number was flipped to the wrong number.
Zoos have evolved over the years to make the life of an animal less and less traumatic, although it is still a prison for entertainment. Unlike those parks where the work to preserve species and recover those at risk of extinction seems to me to be an extremely important social and environmental job. Seeing that there are still zoos where you see that it is simply a prison makes me sad and angry, seeing the aggressive attitude of many animals in these zoos already gives you an idea of the discomfort they feel there and in those conditions. I have mixed feelings, but I am clear that if they gave me the option to choose, I would release them all. I dedicate this series to all those animals that in one way or another live in a prison, or simply have their freedom stolen from them.
Los zoo durante años han evolucionado para que cada vez sea menos traumática la vida de un animal, aunque sigue siendo una cárcel para entretener. A diferencia de aquellos parques donde el trabajo para preservar especies y recuperar aquellas en riesgo de extinción me parece un trabajo social y ambiental sumamente importante. Ver que todavía existan zoo donde ves que simplemente es una cárcel me genera tristeza y rabia, ver la actitud agresiva de muchos animales en estos zoo ya te dan a entender el malestar que tienen estando allí y en esas condiciones. Tengo mis sentimientos encontrados, pero tengo claro que si me dan la opción a elegir, los soltaría a todos.. Esta serie se la dedico a todos aquellos animales que de una u otra manera viven en una cárcel, o simplemente les roban su libertad.
OMR?
Union Pacific SD70ACe 4141, painted to honor President George H.W. Bush, stands proudly displayed on Union Pacific's 'Home Plate' trackage in downtown Omaha, Nebraska in advance of the 2019 College World Series (which is held across the street at T.D. Ameritrade Stadium). Following his distinguished military career during World War II President Bush '41' would play in the first and second College World Series (1947 and 1948) as a first basemen for Yale University. The display of 4141 began on June 12th 2019, on what would have been President Bush's 95th Birthday.
With talk of 4141's eventual donation to the Bush 41 Presidential Library and Museum in College Station Texas, will this be 4141's last public display under UP ownership? Time will tell.
UP 4141 ~ PCBOM3 ~ Omaha, Nebraska
Home Plate Display Trackage
06.12.2019
Wrapped in clouds of steam Big Boy 4014 has paused at Carr, Colorado on the 'Greeley' for a service stop and inspection. The steam crew thoroughly examined their machine looking for the slightest of corrections to be made prior to Big Boy's big debut on Saturday May 4th.
There is not much light at Carr after dark so with thanks to the crew on the northbound 'Nixon' empties holding the siding with their brights on :}
UP 4014 ~ PCYGR2-02 ~ Carr, Colorado
Union Pacific's Greeley Subdivision
05.02.2019
Manila street cat finds a spot on a park bench late at night. As she has the tip of both ears intact this means she has not yet been picked up (volunteers) for vaccination, neutering and inoculation.
a station wagon is a dangerous tool for one prone to collecting... so glad I had it....as I never would have known you...sticks and stones and animal bones...
It turns out that when you climb up over the steep cliff above Fitzgerald Falls, there's this beautiful part of the forest along the rocky stream and a few more small waterfalls I'll show later on. Monroe, Orange County, New York
I'm going on a trip for a few days, but I'll check in to see your photos now and then on my laptop. Hope everyone has a great week!
At Katmai National Park, each bear had his or her own style of fishing. Some would pounce, some would herd the fish towards the shore, some would wait at the top of the falls to catch the fish in mid-air. This bear preferred to stick his head underwater to look for the salmon. This is a shot of him coming up for some air!
High up in the Sierra a pair of SD70Ms lift a westbound 'blade' train up the grade, moments from entering Shed 47 between Andover and Eder. Donner Lake is at left.
UP 4635 ~ SMKSUW ~ Shed 47, California
Union Pacific's Roseville Subdivision
07.31.2011
With the morning sun having just begun to climb above the horizon an eastbound double stack train drops down Sherman Hill at Granite, WY. The headend, led by EMD SD70AH-T4 3047, is passing one of an ever dwindling number of US&S searchlight installations on Union Pacific's Overland Route.
UP 3047 ~ ILXAHX ~ Granite, Wyoming
Union Pacific's Laramie Subdivision
06.06.2018
50 003 Temeraire sweeps past the abutments of the former MSWJR overbridge at Wolfhall with the Up Summer Saturday only 1A61 11:35 Newquay - Paddington
Thanks for the visit - have an enjoyable week -
Also known as viola, wild pansy and heart’s ease, the johnny jump up is actually a relative of the pansy only much, much smaller in size.
UP 7153 West shot for a new photo location last Saturday. With no drone I was forced to get creative with the higher sun angle of the day to get some decent images. I'd only shoot this if I knew a train was parked up in Bonner. You have ZERO sight line to the west.
55010 “THE KING’S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERER” stands at York on 14 January 1980 displaying on its nose, evidence of wintry weather somewhere south of the city.
A debriefing is taking place on the platform or maybe just catching up with the crack.
I've shot on the Blair a few times but never on Arlington Hill. Paul being the chauffeur led us to this spot, where a short hike into the field awards you with a beautiful view in the afternoon light. Sam broke off here and Paul, Ryan and I booked it west to catch him one more time coming under 275 into Fremont before we headed home for the day.
Thanks for showing me this spot, Paul. Might have to get out here again soon.
UP SD70AH 9074 leads a manifest westbound on the Blair Subdivision outside Arlington, Nebraska, March 10, 2024.