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I've been working on this drawing for the last 2 days. Now that the skunk is drawn... hmmm I don't know what. Maybe oak leaves and tiny flowers?
SOO 909 didn't often rate a pair of GP9's by late 1983 when I took this shot. 2408 and 404 are on the hill leaving Trout Lake with 4000 tons on October 18, 1983. With another 36 loads scheduled to be picked up between here and Gladstone the old geeps will be getting a workout before this day is over.
Freightliners 70008 heads past Chevin near Belper in the Snow working 4O54 Leeds to Southampton Freightliner on the 30/1/15
Working on the title piece for my exhibition "Radiator" at Koplin Del Rio Gallery in Seattle this Fall.
The show will run October 18 - December 1. I will be there for the Reception on November 1 and doing an
Artist Talk, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2pm.
Maggie Hubbard, who has been working with me on this painting took the photo.
La Casa Milà, detta La Pedrera (cava di pietra), fu costruita tra il 1905 e il 1912 da Antoni Gaudí a Barcellona, in Spagna, al numero 92 del celebre Passeig de Gràcia, nella zona d'espansione dell'Ensanche (in catalano, Eixample), su incarico di Roser Segimon e Pere Milà per il loro imminente matrimonio. Dal 1984 è stata dichiarata dall'Unesco Patrimonio Mondiale dell'Umanità, insieme ad altre opere di Gaudí.
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Casa Milà , better known as La Pedrera, ( meaning 'The Quarry'), is a building designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built during the years 1905–1910, being considered officially completed in 1912. It is located at 92, Passeig de Gràcia in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
In 1984, it was declared World Heritage by UNESCO. The building is made open to the public by the CatalunyaCaixa Foundation, which manages the various exhibitions and activities and visits to the interior and roof.
When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years
Then they expect you to pick a career
When you can't really function you're so full of fear
Nikon FE + Nikkor 1.8/50
Fujifilm Superia 200 (expired)
Delaware-Lackawanna PO-75 works Ardent Mills at Pocono Summit, picking up grain cars that were dropped off a few days earlier. With its Canadian wide cab clearly identifying its heritage, I liked being able to get it leading a train with it being one of the more unique engines thanks to the cab. 10-22-21
The area that was to become West Palm Beach was settled in the late 1870s and 1880s by a few hundred settlers who called the vicinity "Lake Worth Country." These settlers were a diverse community from different parts of the United States and the world. They included founding families such at the Potters and the Lainharts, who would go on to become leading members of the business community in the fledgling city. The first white settlers in Palm Beach County lived around Lake Worth, then an enclosed freshwater lake, named for Colonel William Jenkins Worth, who had fought in the Second Seminole War in Florida in 1842. Most settlers engaged in the growing of tropical fruits and vegetables for shipment the north via Lake Worth and the Indian River. By 1890, the U.S. Census counted over 200 people settled along Lake Worth in the vicinity of what would become West Palm Beach. The area at this time also boasted a hotel, the "Cocoanut House", a church, and a post office. The city was platted by Henry Flagler as a community to house the servants working in the two grand hotels on the neighboring island of Palm Beach, across Lake Worth in 1893, coinciding with the arrival of the Florida East Coast railroad. Flagler paid two area settlers, Captain Porter and Louie Hillhouse, a combined sum of $45,000 for the original town site, stretching from Clear Lake to Lake Worth.
On November 5, 1894, 78 people met at the "Calaboose" (the first jail and police station located at Clematis St. and Poinsettia, now Dixie Hwy.) and passed the motion to incorporate the Town of West Palm Beach in what was then Dade County (now Miami-Dade County). This made West Palm Beach the first incorporated municipality in Dade County and in South Florida. The town council quickly addressed the building codes and the tents and shanties were replaced by brick, brick veneer, and stone buildings. The city grew steadily during the 1890s and the first two decades of the 20th century, most residents were engaged in the tourist industry and related services or winter vegetable market and tropical fruit trade. In 1909, Palm Beach County was formed by the Florida State Legislature and West Palm Beach became the county seat. In 1916, a new neo-classical courthouse was opened, which has been painstakingly restored back to its original condition, and is now used as the local history museum.
The city grew rapidly in the 1920s as part of the Florida land boom. The population of West Palm Beach quadrupled from 1920 to 1927, and all kinds of businesses and public services grew along with it. Many of the city's landmark structures and preserved neighborhoods were constructed during this period. Originally, Flagler intended for his Florida East Coast Railway to have its terminus in West Palm, but after the area experienced a deep freeze, he chose to extend the railroad to Miami instead.
The land boom was already faltering when city was devastated by the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. The Depression years of the 1930s were a quiet time for the area, which saw slight population growth and property values lower than during the 1920s. The city only recovered with the onset of World War II, which saw the construction of Palm Beach Air Force Base, which brought thousands of military personnel to the city. The base was vital to the allied war effort, as it provided an excellent training facility and had unparalleled access to North Africa for a North American city. Also during World War II, German U-Boats sank dozens of merchant ships and oil tankers just off the coast of West Palm Beach. Nearby Palm Beach was under black out conditions to minimize night visibility to German U-boats.
The 1950s saw another boom in population, partly due to the return of many soldiers and airmen who had served in the vicinity during the war. Also, the advent of air conditioning encouraged growth, as year-round living in a tropical climate became more acceptable to northerners. West Palm Beach became the one of the nation's fastest growing metropolitan areas during the 1950s; the city's borders spread west of Military Trail and south to Lake Clarke Shores. However, many of the city's residents still lived within a narrow six-block wide strip from the south to north end. The neighborhoods were strictly segregated between White and African-American populations, a legacy that the city still struggles with today. The primary shopping district remained downtown, centered around Clematis Street.
In the 1960s, Palm Beach County's first enclosed shopping mall, the Palm Beach Mall, and an indoor arena were completed. These projects led to a brief revival for the city, but in the 1970s and 1980s crime continued to be a serious issue and suburban sprawl continued to drain resources and business away from the old downtown area. By the early 1990s there were very high vacancy rates downtown, and serious levels of urban blight.
Since the 1990s, developments such as CityPlace and the preservation and renovation of 1920s architecture in the nightlife hub of Clematis Street have seen a downtown resurgence in the entertainment and shopping district. The city has also placed emphasis on neighborhood development and revitalization, in historic districts such as Northwood, Flamingo Park, and El Cid. Some neighborhoods still struggle with blight and crime, as well as lowered property values caused by the Great Recession, which hit the region particularly hard. Since the recovery, multiple new developments have been completed. The Palm Beach Mall, located at the Interstate 95/Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard interchange became abandoned as downtown revitalized - the very mall that initiated the original abandonment of the downtown. The mall was then redeveloped into the Palm Beach Fashion Outlets in February 2014. A station for All Aboard Florida, a high-speed passenger rail service serving Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Orlando, is under construction as of July 2015.
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Seaview Transportation Company's SW7 SVTX 5 is spotting up a cebterbeam load of lumber inside the BB&S lumber yard on the long paved spur. The little 1200hp EMD was blt. Feb. 1951 as NYC 8851 and served PC and CR before being sold to the PW where it served mostly as a Worcester switcher until coming to the Seaview around 2002.
To learn more about Rhode Island's own little railroad check out the long form caption with this shot: flic.kr/p/2nNXfxP
North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Thursday November 9, 2023
The City of Melbourne Australia is adding a new subway with 5 stations that will run through its CBD (Central Business District). Here, 2 men work on one of those stations (across the street from Flinders Station). The steeples of St. Pauls Cathedral show through the gaps in the scaffolding.
Mass Coastal Railroad GP9RM 2008 (ex CN blt Apr 1956) is on the South Dennis line at about MP 1.7 as measured from Yarmouth Junction and the mainline to Hyannis. This is the east switch for the trash transfer station which is the sole freight customer on this branch and its only reason for survival. In just about 0.3 miles ahead of them (and behind me here) at the former Station Street crossing the rails come to an abrupt end and the bike path begins.
However, from 1873 until 1960 the line continued a full 45 miles further to the very tip of Cape Cod at Provincetown. That year abandonments began and the line was successively cut back until just this 3 mile stub remained. I love the feel of this weedy and slow freight only branch as it gives of vibes of what the rest of the line must have looked like in the latter years of the New Haven and even into the Penn Central era. In fact until about 1997 the Bay Colony went three more miles or so to service Mid Cape Lumber in South Dennis and I got the chance to ride an excursion out there over the little Bass River bridge just once shortly before the end.
Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Friday June 26, 2020
A local crew works at the west end of BNSF's Willmar Yard with three EMD's for power. I'm sure the local residents didn't appreciate them blocking the crossing here for well over 20 minutes, but I enjoyed the sight and sound of them working on a beautiful fall afternoon.
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CSXT's weekday West Springfield based local L012 has paused on its way east to Palmer to pull and spot Construction Services located just off the main at MP QB89.8 on CSXT's Boston Sub (ex Boston and Albany mainline). Ex Chessie GP40-2s 6227 and 6245 will drop their train on the single track main and duck into the stub ended siding at left, one of only a handful of customers remaining that is served directly off the mainline.
Wilbraham, Massachusetts
Wednesday November 27, 2024
CNW 4284 works across the diamonds at Grand Crossing on September 19, 1985. The CNW often had a single geep working local industries and it would gather up freight for trains 482/495 to pick up when they made there trips through town.
Captured fellow flickerite Graham Stirling in action a few weeks back when it was slightly warmer.
Exposure of 2 seconds at F12.
Check out his stream here: www.flickr.com/photos/grahamstirling/
I think I am going to make couple more hats in latidoll yellow sizes then these will be ready to go.
The hot pink is the limited fur color and this time it is being used on My Melody.
After tackling the climb up to Holytown from Mossend 66089 is seen passing through the station with a lengthy and fully loaded 4M30 to Daventry. The weight of the train evidently put some strain on the loco as it was making quite a racket as it passed.
This working switched to Class 90 haulage from Mossend for a time, however this was short-lived following some failures. Whether it goes back to Class 90 haulage is anyones guess at this point, though I wouldn't complain if it did.