Animedragon

WOW! Those photos are beautiful. I really like the cloud formations in the sky they look amazing. I liked the flower photos as well.

I'm not a great one for listening to music, although I do have quite a collection of anime soundtrack CDs and like to have music playing when I'm on a long drive on my own, but I'll be interested to read your blog.

Yes, they can run backwards. But but it's not as easy for the crew to see where they're going and see the lineside signals especially if it's a large loco with a tender. Smaller locos like tank engines that don't have tenders were designed so the crew had decent visibility whichever way the loco was going.

Thank you for your comment about my photos, and I'm pleased that you found my blog interesting and you learnt something from it.

Most heritage railways can't turn their locos so they have to run backwards for the return journey. The WSR is unique in that it can turn locos at both ends of the line, but they only do this at galas and on non-gala days they don't turn the locos.

5 hours ago, Sakura said:

WHY WOULD THEY STORE IT IN THEIR YARD LMFAOFAMO

I honestly never thought about how trains turn around either now that it's been mentioned though.. so I'm guessing normal trains don't have to turn around and just these older ones? I actually don't know much about trains either o_o 

They keep the locos in special sheds at the heritage railway where they get cleaned serviced and maintained. The loco owners hire their locos to the heritage railway, who then help look after them and pay for the hire, which goes towards paying for the locos next overhaul. Modern diesel and electric locos don't need to be turned as they have driving cabs at each end.

Yes, they're all owned either by the railway they run on or by societies that were formed just to own and restore a particular loco, very few individuals can afford to own a steam loco. Owning a steam loco is VERY expensive!  Privately owned steam trains can run on heritage railways, but if their owner wants to run then on the national railway network they have to be maintained to a much higher standard and carry ALL the modern safety systems and equipment, which is very expensive.

Watching a loco being turned round on a turntable is always an interesting sight.

Congratulations and well done on that 82%. Enjoy your summer break, you've earned it.

3 hours ago, Animesku said:

Wow! It is so cool (^⁠‿^)

The buildings were so old. Did you photo this by yourself?  

Thank you.

Yes, I took all the photographs myself, I really enjoy visiting places and taking photos of them.

@Sasuke I think a lot of English people like to think King Arthur was a real person, and I'm one of them . 

@froggy Feel free to use my photos as source material for your drawings, I'd like to see the results if you do.

The legend of King Arthur and the whole idea of him being "The Once and Future King" who will return when he is most needed is part of English folklore as is the whole legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Much of it is of course myth and legend based upon novels written many years ago, but while there is no solid evidence that he really existed there is a theory supported by some historians that the legends grew up around a local tribal warlord someone similar.

Looking at the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey does leave you with a feeling of awe that people could build such huge and impressive places so many centuries ago without all our modern construction machines, but not all such places were demolished. Wells Cathedral dates from the 1150s and is still intact and very much in use as a place of Christian worship, it's an amazing building and perhaps I'll feature it in a future blog.

7 hours ago, Eris said:

I don't mind that except what Sasuke just said:

I don't like hot temperatures. 

Neither do I.

9 minutes ago, Sarada said:

I'm sure she'll take some pictures for you it'll give her a reason to get out of the house.

That'll be good, sometimes people need a reason to get out of the house.

I'm like that sometimes.

7 hours ago, Sarada said:

I don't think she'll be back for several days so to answer your question yes it is   I had to think about it for a moment because I walk by it every day and never gave it much thought :V

I knew she was going to be away for a few days as she's told me quite a lot about it, but thanks for answering my question. It was my inner railway nerd coming out, I instinctively spot railway stuff  

Another collection of really wonderful photographs @Sakura the Black & white ones look great, as do the colour versions of course. I especially like the night time shots of Chicago, they really capture the feeling of a city at night.

In the first two photos is that the famous Chicago L I see? If it is when you escape from the clutches of the hospital I'd really like if you could take some photos of it and the trains for me, please, please (you know how much I like trains, any sort of trains!)

It's true that many people have forgotten the meaning of Good Friday, or perhaps they never knew it. There was a story in the papers about a school where the headmistress had banned Easter events... and this was a school in England !!

On Good Friday my church and the other local churches did a Walk of Witness along the High Street and I wondered just what the people out shopping thought of this group of people following someone carrying a large wooden cross.

The railings are actually quite sturdy, they built things to LAST back then, but yes I would have preferred something more substantial. I'm glad I went up the top, but I wouldn't do it again and I doubt I'd even make it up there now because my legs don't do well on stairs and even if I did get up there I'd have serious difficulty getting back down.

This is such a great photo. It's always nice to get together with family and they look so happy that I'm sure you all had a very enjoyable time.

Wonderful photos. Going out for a walk in the park and enjoying looking at nature is a really good thing for both mental and physical health and a good way to lift your spirits.

It looks like you had a great time. Yes, that capybara bag is seriously cute, and the cosplayers are really cool.

Well done for getting the camera repaired. Nice foodie fotos I'll look forward to seeing some of your other photos.   You can actually get a real job taking photos, however as a job professional photography is a hard one to earn a living at because until your work is known it's difficult to get work and when you do it's quite hard.  One of my friends worked as a photographer for a while but gave it up because it didn't bring in enough money to live on.

Stick with taking photos for a hobby and enjoy it.

Congratulations on the 83.5 that's a great achievement. I have a friend who is a nurse at our local hospital and from what she's told me the training courses are really tough. You only got 3 more weeks to go before the summer break, so hang on in there and do the best you can.

I think when water was delivered to houses depended on where you were. The pumping engines in this blog were replacements for earlier beam engines which I think were operating around 1900. The Kew Bridge pumping station, which I might cover in the later entry, dates from around 1840.

And while the view from the top of the engine was impressive, it was also VERY scary being that high up.

2 hours ago, Zeref said:

Judging from that third picture being up there on that I wouldn't have wanted to be either and be ready to get down

I think I understood correctly but they still run them from time to time for visitors to see? That seems interesting to see if they do that. Somehow I imagine these are very loud lol. 

Yes, it was certainly scary up on the top of the engine. I only did it once and once was more than enough!

Yes, they have Open Days when they have the engine in steam and running. It's a big machine but it's not as noisy as you might think, there's a low rumble as the huge shafts rotate and the pistons rise and fall and the soft clatter of the gear cogs but it runs quite slowly and there's the regular hiss of steam with each revolution.

It's good that you've taken time out to do a mental reset. A toxic atmosphere and being surrounded by negative attitudes is not a good place to be especially when you're trying to study.

It's good that some of the higher ups are now listening to you and providing some help and encouragement. I wish you all the best in your studies

Look forward to that 3 month summer holiday, you'll have earned it.