Emu, Healesville Sanctury Zoo, Badger Creek, Healesville, VIC, Australia Trip, 23 March 2024 (26)
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Before spending the evening photgraphing trains on the Southern end of the MML (shame about the rain shower), before the Class 117 DMU's were replaced by Class 317 EMUs, I walked the 50 yards from my desk for this shot!! 37193 Broxbourne 120583 (1P72)
37193 (TE) - 1P72 (1235 SX London Liverpool Street - Kings Lynn, which was formed of 9 coaches) - Broxbourne - c1300 - 12/05/83.
I'm voting Labour at the next General Election, so they can re-nationalise the Railways and run them for the benefit of passengers not share holders and foreign countries, by getting rid of the "Rail [non] Delivery Group" & "Network Rail [not] improving your railways"!!!!
Sword (Emus)
Hakodate City Museum of Northern Peoples, Hakodate, Japan.
Cultural affiliation: Hokkaido Ainu
Material: metal, wood.
Source: Kodama collection
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Tannepikoro (Long Sacred Sword) and Emus (Sword)
"[In Japanese culture, t]he tannepikoro (long sacred sword) and emus (sword) are both used for religious rituals, and are believed to have great power to protect people from evil spirits. The tannepikoro, used by individuals while praying, is meant to ward off demons that bring ill health. The emus is used in the emus rimse (sword dance) ceremony, in which men dance and simulate fighting in a display of strength designed to drive away demons that might bring disease to the community. Women provide a vocal backdrop to the ceremony with songs while men shout from the sidelines."
www.mlit.go.jp/tagengo-db/en/R1-01907.html
Western Coal
CEY006, CEY001 and CEY007 lead CA14, a Clarence to Kooragong loaded Southern Shorthaul Railroad coal train.
Emu Heights, NSW.
Monday, 25 September 2023.
Double Eagles
Both Indian Pacific liveried locos, NR28 and NR27 lead 6PS7, a Pacific National Perth to Sydney intermodal train.
Emu Heights, NSW.
Monday, 25 September 2023.
Power at Pratteln
The Re465 was initially built to drive passenger trains - similar to its siblings Re460 at SBB. But BLS has moved completely to EMU operation and therefore the locomotives are now used by BLS Cargo.
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Over the fence
This trailing shot sees Mariyung sets D43 and D143 head up the grade away from Sydney and into the Blue Mountains. Disputes preventing the Mariyung fleet from entering service remain ongoing, with the trains mothballed into storage in the meantime.
Emu Heights, NSW.
Monday, 25 September 2023.
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Emu.
Emu 2024-04-21 (7D_182A5357)
Emu, Red Stag Farm, Eurobin.
1976 – All Change at Drayton Park..
Taken on August 20th 1976
Newly-rebuilt Drayton Park station on a sunny day in August 1976, with a new Class 313 unit in the platform. This is the changeover point from overhead AC to third-rail DC, and the track on the right has an extra ‘fourth rail’ bonded to the running rails to improve current return.
In the distance, the building works have revealed the old Northern Line tunnel that led to Finsbury Park, and was abandoned when the new Victoria Line took over some of the tunnels in the 1960s.
The Class 313s were replaced by Class 717s in 2019, and two units have been preserved..
Today (2024) the car sheds on the left have gone, and there is a large walkway over the platforms, near the end of the canopy..
Restored from an under-exposed cyan-colour-shifted original..
Original slide - property of Robert Gadsdon
See where this photo was taken
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