Monday, January 23, 2023
Monday, January 16, 2023
The North Star
Originally built in 1837, this broad gauge locomotive served the Great Western Railway until 1871. It was scrapped in 1906 but parts of it were saved and used to build this nonworking replica in 1923. It can be viewed today in the STEAM museum in Swindon, UK.
Monday, January 09, 2023
Cadillac
My grandfather had a poster hanging above the stairs to the basement. It pictured smartly dressed man posing on the fender of (I think) a Rolls Royce. The caption at the bottom loudly proclaimed "Poverty Sucks."
I can't help but think of that whenever i see this much vintage chrome in one place.
Monday, January 02, 2023
Blur
Some of the downhill runs on the Ravenglass and Eskdale can produce what seem like frightening speed, but considering how close you are to the rails, I'm sure the sensation is somewhat more impressive than the reality.
Monday, December 26, 2022
Monday, December 19, 2022
Monday, December 12, 2022
Playing Tourist
Burg Al Arab, Dubai UAE. You know you're in a tourist trap when you're looking for the best spot to take a picture and realize there's a photographer's booth positioned there charging $10 a picture. This was taken about 15 feet away and 3 feet below the best spot.
Monday, December 05, 2022
No Traffic?
I don't know if you can ever get a picture of the the Bangkok railway station without traffic in front of it, but it certainly didn't happen the day I was there! This is actually several pictures taken over a couple minutes while leaning hard against a lamp post. Afterwards I overlaid all the images and erased the bits that had vehicles in them. It took a little patience, but it did give me an unobstructed view...eventually.
Monday, November 28, 2022
Monday, November 21, 2022
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