A path leads to a 42-meter observation tower, which provides a unique panoramic view of the Saar Loop and the surrounding countryside.

This photo may look similar to the one I posted a few months ago, but it's a view from a different height.

“Keep looking up! I learn from the past, dream about the future and look up. There’s nothing like a beautiful sunset to end a healthy day.”

My daughter used to live in the backyard cottage of people who own this gorgeous German Shepherd, Luca. She is now living somewhere else, but we both still miss dear Luca. Such a magnificent and very sweet dog.

Self love leads to self healing

the tune ~ Alessia Cara - Scars To Your Beautiful

Photo shot at my SL home

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Our way leads us to the church of San Carlo di Negrentino, whose visit we never miss when we are in Ticino.

Unser Weg führt uns zur Kirche San Carlo di Negrentino, deren Besuch wir niemals versäumen, wenn wir im Tessin sind.

Schweiz

Mamiya 7II, 4/80 mm, Ilford Delta 400

Print auf Fomatone 132 mit Moersch 6 blue, ein Spritzer finisher

Selentonung MT1, 1+15, 1:20 min

This path leads to a WWII bunker just over the summit. From there you overlook the suburb of North Ward and the Strand. In the distance you can see Magnetic Island. You can tell by the clothes that Winter is very mild here.

Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Helen Keller

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Please, don't fave and run, you will get yourself blocked.

CSX SD50 8526 leads Chicago to Cincinnati manifest M351 through Swanders.

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The central doorway leads into the dark, atmospheric vestibule, where the roof is supported by 18 columns with wonderfully varied floral capitals in the form of palm leaves, lotus buds and papyrus fans; some also have bunches of grapes, a distinctive Roman touch.

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Although only this column room remains of the original temple, the interior reliefs and walls are in good condition for a forgotten temple in the interior of Egypt. There are still improvements in progress through the restoration process.

...the light leads you to harbor in paradise

"In Greek Mythology The Elysian Fields is a place or condition of ideal happiness."

♪ Drink from me, drink from me (ah, oh-ah, oh-ah)

That we shoot across the sky (now I'm feeling drunk and high)

Symphony (so high, so high)

That we shoot across the sky

Oh, angel sent from up above

You know you make my world light up

When I was down, when I was hurt

You came to lift me up♫

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This trail leads along the former German-German border and is called the green ribbon. Now in winter it is less green, but quite snowy. The trail the green belt leads from north to south across Germany.

AVR 4001 leads a short 9 car train down the ex-B&O on a sunny December day. Built in 1910, the former Experimental Mine of the U.S. Bureau of Mines makes for a nice photo prop along the route. The building is now part of a larger facility for the National Energy Technology Laboratory.

P&W GP38-2 2007 leads WO-PL (Worcester, MA to Plainfield, CT) through Putnam, CT on the 'Norwich Branch'. In these years Monday mornings would find the road jobs out of Valley Falls and Plainfield returning in the daylight because of the three days worth of traffic. It would be somewhat of a bottleneck at Worcester, causing the jobs extra work and delay their departure on Monday mornings back to their home terminals

Many days Dad would head over to the main line in Woonsocket and photograph WO-VF and then head over to CT and photograph WO-PL as was the case here on this snowless February day.

Scanned from a Kodacolor negative

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GP-7R leads the MIR job headed west to Golden Valley as it passes Harrison St and the future home of the steam locomotive 261.

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Conrail B36-7 5000 leads the eastbound from Lima into the yard at Mansfield. He is just getting off the main and entering the yard lead, while passing the classic Westinghouse Electric Co. building. Even at the time of the photo, the building was only a remnant of the structures that once stood there. I believe this corner end still stands but who knows for how long. I know I'm getting old because way back in the mid-1980's, I actually made a sales call in that complex, back when the blue sky area above the GP38-2 and cars was also industrial buildings. And East 4th street was like driving through a ally between skyscrapers.

CN 2326 leads westbound train '406' as they round the bend, on the approach to Hampton, New Brunswick. Fall is really starting to show their colors for this shot.

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October 4,2016.

Percipient object

Awareness unity

Classification event

Monterosso al Mare, Italy

Leguria Region

Cinque Terre

Image taken from a path which leads down to the village from a hotel where I stayed up on the cliffside. Off to the left is the beach. The elevated train took me from Monterosso al Mare to the remaining villages making up Cinque Terre. For several days, I took the train to the other villages with the group I was with to take photographs.

The Cinque Terre is a rugged portion of coast on the Italian Riviera. It is in the Liguria region of Italy, to the west of the city of La Spezia. "The Five Lands" comprises five villages: Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore. The coastline, the five villages, and the surrounding hillsides are all part of the Cinque Terre National Park and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Over the centuries, people have carefully built terraces on the rugged, steep landscape right up to the cliffs that overlook the sea. Part of its charm is the lack of visible corporate development. Paths, trains and boats connect the villages, and cars cannot reach them from the outside. The Cinque Terre area is a very popular tourist destination.

BNSF 6150 leads a northbound coal empty through the Greenland Open Space in Greenland, CO while a snow-covered Pikes Peak rises to the sky some 25 miles away.

This is my first train photo taken with my actual camera gear in almost 11 months. Why the delay? Life stuff, interest in other things, and a general apathy for the hobby anymore to be quite honest. I thought it might be a phase I was going through with not getting out trackside, but as more and more time passed, I realized I just didn't care.

With that being said, I did enjoy this particular morning and had myself a nice little chase of a train with much better power than this ubiquitous GEVO!

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This alpine road with many hairpin turns leads to the Fraele Towers (built in the 14th century), an important strategic outpost of the Middle Ages. In the old days, it connected the Valtellina Valley in Italy with Switzerland and was known as the "path of salt and wine."

The route is included in the list of the most exciting and dangerous roads in the world.

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Pass Torri di Fraele, Lombardy, Italy-Switzerland

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On October 2, 2022 BNSF leads a westbound Q train that comprised just 6 Boeing 737 fuselages along the Clark Fork River near Trout Creek, MT

Alco S2 85 leads an afternoon Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad fall foliage excursion around the bend as it makes its return into Titusville, Pennsylvania after crossing over Oil Creek. The trees are ablaze with fall colors, providing great views for riders as they wind through the valley in Oil Creek State Park.

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66591 Leads three more class 66's out of Midland Road depot in Leeds. I was actually here in the hope I would see a Colas class 70 on cement wagons that I saw about half an hour earlier but they never came, I left when it started getting dark.

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Seminole Gulf Railway GP9 #580 leads a healthy cut of cars from the CSX interchange near Oneco South through Tallevast toward downtown Sarasota. The Seminole Gulf's Sarasota operation normally only runs about once a week to service a handful of local customers, but is currently required to make as many as five runs a week to accommodate diverted Fort Myers bound freight traffic. The SGLR's much bigger Fort Myers operation was severely impacted by Hurricane Ian, with the Caloosahatchee River bridge having been completely wiped out and rebuilding/repairs not having been completed yet. As a result, a lot of traffic destined for customers located in Fort Myers, mainly building products and propane, has been getting transloaded onto trucks on sidings and team tracks on the Sarasota line.

SGLR 580 normally serves as the back up engine to the B39-8E that generally provides the power for the otherwise weekly Sarasota run, but is currently being called into action to handle the severe temporary increase in traffic. Both engines are needed for switching maneuvers along the line with this amount of cars and sometimes even two crews will be called. The venerable former FEC GP9 is already 69 years old, having been built all the way back in 1954, and is the only high hood Geep on the Seminole Gulf system (and I think the only GP9 period left doing freight work on the SGLR).

So it was well worth getting up at 3am to make the 4.5 hour drive and back for a day's worth of shots of this classic old unit handling the freight traffic. Thankfully the 580 made the run this day and the B39-8E was just used to aid in the switching maneuvers. Tallevast, FL (Sarasota)

Union Pacific 8777 leads a Pixley, California - Tuscola, Illinois grain empty through scenic Echo Canyon, Utah the morning of May 6, 2023. On the right is a giant boulder of conglomerate rock, which rolled down the mountain back in 1948, crossing the Lincoln Highway, and coming to a stop just shy of the Union Pacific tracks. It was determined to be stable, and remains a landmark. I figure if the passage of Big Boy 4014 couldn't set it free, nothing will.

CSX 3194, the Honoring Law Enforcement unit, leads CSX C334-31 out of tunnel 9 at Boonesboro

NBSR 6340 leads a New Brunswick Southern Railway westbound freight as the negotiate the hilly terrain of the McAdam Sub, at Cork, N.B. Shot with my 150-600mm lens.

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November 27, 2017.

Aurizon unit 2350D leads 2348D head west across Stockwhip Creek heading for Port

The road that leads north out of Tavistock - the A386 - runs alongside the western edge of Dartmoor, sometimes within Dartmoor National Park itself. A few miles to the north of Tavistock narrow country roads from both the neighbouring villages of Mary Tavy and Peter Tavy lead onto the western edge of Dartmoor by following the valley of the River Tavy. But you cannot go far before encountering the vast Army Training Area where red flags will warn of live firing. This picture was taken near the hamlet of Horndon, just over a mile to the east of Mary Tavy. Here the road curves down into the valley of the River Tavy, which it crosses at Hill Bridge. This is a sheep farming area and several farm buildings and a number of sheep can be seen dotted across the landscape.

Former EL SDP-45 #6687 leads an interesting set of power for "Flare Friday" as she heads a westbound freight over the Vermilion River. Helping out are two ex-PC units, an SD-40 and a U-25B. Given the nice patch job, definitely the right leader in my book.

I am capable of creating hundreds of such landscapes, which leads me to ponder the evolving significance of photographing landscapes. With the advent of AI-generated landscapes, the straightforwardness and novelty of capturing natural scenes through traditional photography begin to fade. In the past, photography was regarded as a means to preserve and immortalize the beauty of landscapes. It allowed us to capture a moment in time, freezing the essence of a place forever. However, as AI advances and creates astonishingly realistic landscapes, the need for photography as a mere replication of reality becomes less apparent. AI can generate an endless array of landscapes, each unique and crafted with meticulous detail. These digitally created scenes possess a remarkable realism that rivals traditional photography. They offer a seemingly infinite palette of possibilities, where one can explore fantastical realms, reimagine familiar landscapes, or even create entirely new environments. With AI-generated landscapes at our disposal, we are no longer confined to capturing what already exists. We can now delve into the realm of imagination and bring to life scenes that transcend the boundaries of reality. This shift challenges us to redefine the purpose of landscape photography. Instead of aiming to capture the objective reality of a place, photography can become a tool for personal expression and storytelling. It can be a means to convey emotions, evoke memories, or communicate a unique perspective on the world. Photographers can now focus on capturing the fleeting moments, the play of light and shadow, or the human elements that interact with the landscapes. Furthermore, photography can serve as a source of inspiration for AI algorithms. By capturing real landscapes through the lens, photographers can contribute to the training data that informs the creation of AI-generated landscapes. It becomes a symbiotic relationship between human creativity and technological advancement, where each influences and enhances the other. In this evolving landscape of artistic creation, the role of photography is transformed. It is no longer solely about replication, but about interpretation, personal vision, and pushing the boundaries of visual storytelling. While AI-generated landscapes offer incredible possibilities, they cannot replace the human eye and the unique perspective that each photographer brings to their craft. Ultimately, the significance of photographing landscapes lies in the power to capture the intangible essence of a place, to tell stories, and to evoke emotions. It is a realm where artistry, imagination, and technology intersect, forging new paths for creative expression.

GB&W C424 (314) leads the northbound local from Plover over the WCL crossing at Wood Street (WCL depot/operating HQ in background.) This is another view showing the manual interlocking at the "west" (eventually the "north") end of the WC's Stevens Point yard. The dispatcher who controlled it sat in the office on the second floor at the opposite end of that building - known to some as WC's "galactic headquarters" to differentiate the operational HQ from the corporate one in Rosemont, Illinois. If a train departed from the yard (coming at the camera in this view) and encountered a red signal here, often the rulebook four blasts of the whistle would result in a cleared signal at "Stevens Point West", and such clear signal would be acknowledged properly with two short toots. If the DS wasn't occupied with urgent matters at his desk (and he/she often was as things got busier and busier), a turn and wave from the DS through the window confirmed the highball and the crew was on its way to join the fray on the mainline...or, as I often said in the spirit of Jethro Tull's song, "Bungle in the Jungle."

37418 leads 11 TTA two axle fuel tanks over the viaduct at Ackworth on the line through Pontefract Baghill to Moorthorpe on the morning of March the 7th 2023. These wagons have been in store at Gascoigne Wood since mid November 2022 after being made redundant in their work carrying Aviation fuel from the Grangemouth Refinery. Running as train 6Z42, the 09:45 from Gascoigne Wood to Lydney, the wagons are heading for a new era in Preservation at the Dean Forest Railway.

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Shot @ my apartment terrace.

It was shot wide open with my Opteka 12mm f/2.8 lens.

I liked the image for the contrast & distortions in the corners , which kind of creates a blurred vision when some one approaches light from darkness.

BLE 909 leads Minntac empties through Kelsey, MN on their way out for another train of pellets for Proctor. The weather during the earlier hours was actually very much in our favor on this day as this would've otherwise been high sun and a waste of a chase. Instead, we got these gorgeous textured skies allowing for a really productive chase of them from Munger out to Iron Junction.

The track leads through the sacred Tōpuni area of the Hooker Valley, which has special significance and values to Ngāi Tahu iwi, towards Aoraki/Mount Cook.

From the first of three swing bridges along the way, enjoy the views over the Mueller Lake and listen for the rumbling of avalanches from the distant Mount Sefton. Try to spot them before they crash into the Mueller Glacier below.

An SD80MAC leads NS 11V west on the Pittsburgh Line between Birmingham and Tyrone. In their final years of active service these engines broke out a bit more from their normal South Fork pool and often led trains on various parts of the NS systems. The 7214 was originally Conrail 4126 and was retired in 2020.

Direct Rail Services owned Intercity liveried 37419 'Carl Haviland 1954 - 2012' ' leads 4x RHTT sets (642036 + 642050, 642019 + 642041, 642047 + 642024, 642011 + 642044) past Ely Dock Junction, 6Z60 1042 from York Thrall Europa (Holgate Works) to Stowmarket D.G.L, in preparation for this years Autumn RHTT season.

4210 leads a westbound Cliffs Erie train away from Cramer Tunnel on the afternoon of October 16, 2008. The clean up trains of 2008 were almost finished here as they cleared out the remaining ore and even some limestone from the Taconite Harbor dock. Twelve days later the 4210 and friends would arrive Hoyt Lakes for the last time with the last train.

The dreary, late fall weather seems fitting in retrospect for my last CE sighting. On this day, some stubborn leaves cling although their end is near. Same could be said for the A-B-B-B-A set of F9s that hung on for over 7 years even after the LTV plant closed. But all good things come to an end. This shot 10 years and one day ago would be the last time I would shoot the Cliffs Erie and the F units on home rails.

At least the trailing F9 and one of the B-units survive at the LSRM. The leader lives looks great in Indiana on the Vermillion Valley. The Cliffs Erie tracks remain quiet except the far west end that is sometimes used for car storage.

The MKT Heritage engine leads the ILAG3 12 through Kaysville, Utah on Nov. 14, 2019.