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The sun is losing the battle with early morning clouds as an eastbound manifest crosses the West branch of Papillion Creek with a Tier 4 70 up front.
Looking up is a good policy, whether it's the current situation you find yourself in or a walk in the woods.
At first glance I thought it was a junkyard, but upon closer inspection, I don't think there is a vehicle in the lot that I wouldn't want to take out for a spin. Taken at 300mm, so a good ways away (err above).
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UP 3392 east is using track rights on the BNSF Trans-Con, passing the new connection at MilePole 185 in the Spring of 1998. Single boxcar must have been high priority to be on a stack train.
Mom was having a much needed snooze and the baby was just waking up with a big yawn tucked safely under her wing. Take a close look to see her chick.
Canon 1DX, F11, 1/640, ISO 1000
Originally built as SP 9763 in 1991, this GP60 became UP 2062 in the early 2000's. In late 2018 it got a new coat of paint and a new number, becoming UP 1171.
Here, this well-traveled Geep lays over at the former MKT Eureka Yard in Houston after bringing in a transfer from UP's Englewood Yard.
UP GP60 #1171
Houston, TX
January 6th, 2024
Looking up into the central tower at Melbourne Parish Church with the bell ropes hanging down.
St Michael and St Mary's Church, Melbourne is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Melbourne, Derbyshire. The church is medieval and existed when the Domesday Book was compiled in 1086. [Wikipedia].
These 3 photos were taken back in 2013 as an exercise in seeing what apertures would do to macro work with this lens. The succulents bloom each year and can easily reach 24" long. They are like just about every other flower in nature. Each flower, along its stem, matures from the bottom up toward the growing tip. Then they wither. As I have about 20 plants, I relieve each plant of its flower stem when it presents itself lest I am in inundated with these long thin flowering stems everywhere.
She was off investigating some rotting seal pups, tangled up in the seaweed line, but of the man and dog team, I was a little higher up the beach looking for flotsam with goose barnacles on it. We both spotted the bright yellow fishing net float at the same time and went that way, to discover a wooden pallet tangled with a plastic and foam float, tangled net, and rope, the whole encrusted with now dead goose barnacles. Ironically there was torn shopping bag in the tangle "proudly proclaiming 100% recycled plastic bottles"
I knew most of this little collection came from far away, perhaps Portugal, Spain or Morocco, as Goose barnacles are found there. Perhaps the bag remnants originated with a British tourist in one of those countries............ But I was more intrigued by the wooden pallet. You know that there is a conservative estimate that there are over 5 billion pallets worldwide. 5 BILLION !!!!! I suspect there are far more, judging by the junk lying around local crofts and cities and our countryside. But what was the thinking of the person who put this pallet in the sea to let it wash up on the beautiful white sands and pristine waters of Sanna bay on the Ardnamurchan peninsula of Highland Scotland ?
Haven't we got enough junk on this planet? Look around and you see wooden pallets lying around all over the place. They are a real blot on the landscape. It may surprise you to hear some of the major pallet manufacturers actually employ staff to locate idle pallets that have fallen out of their systems. I would suggest they have an insurmountable challenge to get all their pallets back once the pallets are unloaded. The fact that they lie, abandoned all over the planet is proof of that. Of course many are chopped up and burnt as firewood, or just burnt to destroy them, and that's not good for the planet either. Of course there is a solution for this, and for responsible, environmentally conscious businesses it's PalletEarth.
Hindeloopen is an old city on the North of the Netherlands on the IJsselmeer. Hindeloopen received city rights in 1225 and in 1368 it became a member of the Hanseatic League. Since the 12th and 13th century, shippers of Hindeloopen undertook journeys to the North and Baltic Sea Coasts. The strong overseas connections with foreign countries and infrequent contact with the hinterland were probably the reasons for the developing of the Hindeloopen language; a mixture of West Frisian, English, Danish, and Norwegian. The shipping trade brought the population of Hindeloopen a great prosperity. The 17th and 18th century were especially golden times. At that time, the people of Hindeloopen spent a lot of money in Amsterdam on precious fabrics and objects, which were supplied through the Dutch East India Company. The rich town developed in those days her own costume and a completely individual style with colorful painted walls and furniture. In the small streets some sea captains houses remind of this time of glory.
A WB freight with a GP50 leading both UP and CR power at Rockyford Rd crossing that I labelled my slides with "Home" as location as I lived right across the parallel ILL Rt. 38.
This might be the best shot of the day. UP 6319 West rolling up on the Pump House with about 3 minutes of shootable light still left. Bonus points for a fairly clean AC4400CW rebuild on the point.
I had all but given up on the UP running anything west in the golden hour and was practically home when I saw something hit the radar scope.
I headed to the spot and figured if he dropped Z20 in time I'd hang around. Sun was dropping fast and I was constantly changing settings on the camera but I think I'm pleased with the results.
Overlooking the boats down at Keyhaven this morning which are often lined up in an orderly fashion.
Met up with talented photographer and fellow Westonian, Simon (Rep001) for a sunrise shoot followed by coffee and croissants. Not the most vibrant one but very moody with some interesting light and lots of possibilities.
Thanks Simon for coming over my way so early and sharing some helpful tips it was great to meet you :)
Shack Up Inn site has former Sharecroppers' homes ~ fixed up for Blues fans ~
Near HOPSON Plantation ~ Clarksdale MS~
The Bottle Tree wards off Evil Spirits.
Photo (c) 2014 Shein Die ~ All rights reserved
UP 3094 leads a double stack train past the handiwork of the UP earlier this summer when they put about 20+ cars of manifest on the ground here at Loring including 6 haz-mat tankers. We are now a couple months removed from that and the pile of freight cars remains right where the derailment contractor left them.
It's a pity that they didn't wipe out a few more trees here. It would be a pretty neat shot if about 3-4 of the big cottonwoods that are here ceased to exist. As a matter of fact, the whole curve at Krieder is about fully overgrown to the point that it might not be a decent photo spot much longer.
at Bridgepoint, east side
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