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Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad ( MNA ) Southbound Freight Train comes into Carthage, MO. with 2 UP SD40N’s leading a pair of SD40M-2’s.

The reason I was out this particular day, the engineering special I caught departing a few days prior returning to Council Bluffs.

in the lobby of the AC Hotel in Bricktown

These flip flops were lined up outside a tiny school in Agonda. I liked how they were placed in such an orderly fashion with just one pair of adult flip flips in the middle ...

Colourful and delightful

Unoa Modded (by me and Shory) !

Make Up and some Mods by me.

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Aprendiz de Amélie

Bee Balm flower, specifically from the genus Monarda.

UP Westbound Empty Coal Train passes through an s curve in Brady, NE. aka Buttermilk Curve.

British artist Alex Chinneck has worked with the carmaker before, yet this time his project is something out of this world. Dubbed “Pick yourself up and pull yourself together”, the collaboration with Vauxhall Motors turns a parking space on its head, peeling back 15 meters of arching tarmac to turn a one ton car upside-down as the vehicle grips the curling road with no visible support.

Polaroid SX70

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Holga, Fortepan 400 (expired) dev in D-76 10 min

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Challenger 850 on the ramp in Nur-Sultan on Thursday 09th December 2021.

From my garden this evening :-)

The UP train leaving Union Station, Toronto

UP SD70ACe 8622 sits on the bypass track(Sunset Route mainline) in charge of a westbound intermodal train at BNSF's Lafayette Yard.

restauradores, lisboa

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR FAVS AND LOVELY COMMENTS THEY ARE MUCH APPRECIATED

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One thing I hate about myself is that I am not good at telling people how I really feel about things. I keep things bottled up and hidden underneath a smile. I am insecure and afraid to show my emotions because I am scared that people won't know how to react to them, and I will make a fool out of myself. I feel as if I cannot cry in front of other people because I hate being vulnerable and weak.

Hopefully one day, these bottles will be empty and I will be comfortable with sharing my true feelings.

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UP 5923 trails down Cajon pass on the Palmdale cutoff near drawbar flats.

Stand-up-paddle on Riddarfjärden - Stockholm

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In a rather odd pairing, the brand-new C&NW UP Heritage unit is back-to-back with a GP30u relic in the TRRA Madison Yard.

L-COCO running west near Chapman

Some reflection shots looking upwards whilst wandering around the streets of NYC. Not even sure which buildings these are but the composition and the reflections came out pretty well for a quick shot. Taken on the beast Sigma 10-20

UP Engineering Special, running under Symbol PJCPR2 crosses over the Meramec River in Sherman, MO running on Track 1 of the UP Jefferson City Sub near MP 24 on June 14, 2018.

My day had started with dropping my youngest daughter at Vashon High School to take the ACT. I figured I'd bop over to Luther and see what showed up, maybe head over to Venice or Madison for a bit. Word came along about this Special being called out of Jefferson City and already to Gasconade by the time word got to me. I hopped on 70, zoomed through downtown STL, then blasted out I-44 to get to the best EB shot I could think of in the area. The trip took about 45 minutes and I got the Sherman with about 15 min to spare. Quite the haul for what would turn out to be the only decent catch I got of it.

UP ET44AH #2666

UP ET44AH #2728

UPP Power Car #207

UPP Crew Sleeper #314 "Columbia River"

UPP Businees Car #119 "Kenefick"

UPP Baggage Car #5779 "Promontory"

UPP Deluxe Sleeper #412 "Lake Forest"

UPP Deluxe Sleeper #1602 "Green River"

UPP Diner #4808 "City of Los Angeles"

UPP Inspection Car #420 "Fox River"

-UP PJCPR2

-Track 1 UP (ex-MoPac) Jefferson City Sub, near MP 24

-Meramec River, Sherman, MO

-July 14, 2018

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... in the rain. I looked out my back window yesterday and this is what I saw - HTT!

I feel like giving up. Yesterday was not a great day (well, OK.... it sucked). Today started out alright but started heading south.... and this SHOULD be my vacation week in Maine... as you can see... I am NOT in Maine... and I am NOT happy... about a number of things.

I went out and ran this morning and I was tired and my feet and legs were tired and around 2 this afternoon I started thinking that I would go run a 5K. There aren't many that I can run because I work every weekend (every freakin' weekend) ...and it was a Flag Day run for homeless veterans and their families... so I figured that I should go....and maybe be happy for a bit, even though I knew I was really too tired to run it well... and I would have to go alone because I have only 2 friends that run and how do you ask someone to go run with you and then say.... be ready to go in 2 hours.... Ok, well I did ask one of them, but she had to work... I didn't ask the other... because they don't know me all that well... and they don't know that I do things like this with no prior thought or planning ( they don't know I'm crazy... although, they may have an inkling... but it isn't confirmed... yet. And they are way too fast anyway!) So, I went alone... which is probably just as well. And I rocked the first mile.... got a cramp before I hit two miles and had to walk for a bit... which was not unexpected because I ran this morning too, and ...really... I'm not a runner.. and never really will be. But... my time wasn't horrible.... and I finished strong, sprinting (Ok... MY version of a sprint... but it was my fastest...lol!) through the finish line. And there was Italian Ice... and I wore my awesome red, white and blue sneakers...and I love them... and I ran behind awesome people that were running while carrying full size American flags. It was good.... 34:08 minutes of good... the time is unofficial. ; )

I didn't give up. But I am buying lottery tickets this weekend... because there are a number of things that I would like to give up...

UP 1038 brings up the rear of a now light YBE51X near Belvidere, IL.

UP 5519 is spotless as it leads CP 550 with oil loads for Albany near Lasalle station. Another UP GEVO (UP 5509) was shoving on the rear of the train. At right are two cuts of ballast hoppers in the Lasalle yard.

UP 5270 leads freight from Albina Yard into Lincoln.

UP 8030 leads a detouring MNPRV at Hirschdale.

Back to Salford Quays for me tonight,I make no apologies.........,love it there,..............,so many photo opportunities :)

Took a few shots,nice night :),then I noticed the Imperial War Museum Lit up!,first time I'd seen it like that!.I think there was an event on.

Anyway,got some lovely blue hour colour and nice colour on the building itself.30 second exposure at f10,nd8 filter used,straight out the camera :)

Thanks for looking,

Chris.

www.chrisconphoto.com

Ringrazio ghostbones e ground*floor per le magnifiche textures

Thanks to ghostbones and ground*floor per the wonderful textures

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close-up of a rusty barn

Toronto

UP 3936 and 2 other UP units lead NS train 23K across the Portage Bridge in Letchworth State Park on 4/10/2010.

little silver pot 3.5 cms

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I feel like my creativity is draining each day. But I shouldn't give up yet.

I watched Sweeney Todd this week and I really liked the blue tones it had. This one was taken after sunset and just before all light had gone from the sky.

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After meeting the westbound Z, the Roper heads east at Glenshire.

Close-up in black-and-white scarf.