Loose_Grip/Pete's favorite photos

... vertreibt Kummer und Sorgen ;-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKpVQm41f8Y Please press "Z" and F11 to enjoy this pic - then come back and comment ;-)

Plum coloured sunrise at Sandaoling opencast mine just as the servicing point at Xibolizhan begins to clear of traffic.

The sliding bridge at Keadby was constructed in 1925 by Sir William Arrol of Dalmarnock (Glasgow) and rebuilt in 2004. The original rail crossing here was a swing bridge with its pivot located at the other side of the canal to the drawbridge. Its replacement with a sliding bridge was to minimising disruption to rail services during construction. It is battery operated using a set of 64 submarine type batteries which are trickle charged when not in use. The railway passes over the Stainforth & Keadby Canal on a skew. In the railway opened position it is supported on the nose abutment, the front wedges and the rear wedges. Control of the bridge is by the signalman from the adjacent signal cabin. An interlock with the railway signalling system ensures that the bridge cannot be opened unless rail traffic is prevented from crossing the bridge. The main actuators of the bridge are a set of hydraulically driven lifting jacks, two sets of electrically driven wedges and an electrically driven winch haulage drive which operates through an open gearbox with a six foot diameter differential gear.

WD 90733 makes good progress down the Severn Valley Railway with a charter freight.

It is very difficult to find a clear view of Rugeley Power Station from the west due to housing and the massive Amazon building on the former colliery site. The power station is due to close in a few weeks and did not seem to be generating on this day.

Pictures are taken along a rather steep and winding path and the scenic Paseo Don Juan de Temboury from the Gibralfaro Castle towards the Alcazaba, nearby the city centre of Málaga.

This was quite a long distance shot, with a consequent loss of sharpness, but as always I like to see the seagulls on the look out for discards,

Sea smoke rises from the Long Island Sound just after sunrise (Larchmont, New York)—February 14, 2016. The temperature in New York City was -1°F (-18.3°C) at the time the photo was taken. That temperature broke the previous daily record of 2°F (-16.7°C), which was set in 1916. That temperature was the first subzero reading in New York City since January 19, 1994. It was also New York City’s first subzero reading in February since February 8, 1963. The last time a subzero temperature was registered so late in the season was February 15, 1943. Another photo of the rising sea smoke