Into harms way

I think that many people fail to realize that although the prospect of going into a war zone is something most men and women in uniform hope they never have to do, it is in fact increasingly something that they do - repeatedly.

 

 

Hercules aircraft fly overhead on a daily basis, performing short field take offs and landings that are not for pleasing crowds air shows - no, this is a skill that is needed for survival in places where a lumbering aircraft is a fat and easy target for a rocket, a rifle or an anti-aircraft gun.

I pause to watch and wish them a safe trip and a rapid end to this folly.

Vanishing point

Eerie beneath a grey winter sky, twisting in the heat of the summer. I have always enjoyed the parallel lines that twist sinuously as they head towards a single point in the distance.

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Mighty diesels

Okay - so I like the powerful rumbling sound that diesel locomotives emit - it shakes me and stirs me, captivates and fascinates me.

 

CP 6030, an EMD SD40-2

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