tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post1863478304504210532..comments2024-01-15T10:12:27.170-05:00Comments on Navigating The Finite: Who Has Time For Chores, There Are Railroads to Look AtSextanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-3132690106459277632011-05-24T09:13:03.010-04:002011-05-24T09:13:03.010-04:00On my visit on Saturday, I notice some really old ...On my visit on Saturday, I notice some really old looking ornate (like Victorian) roof vents on the south end, but failed to take any pictures. With the leaves out now trying to get photos is very difficult. I will try again here soon to get more photos of the place from some different vantage points. I would love to get some from the highway bridge, but bastards put the sidewalk on the wrong side of the bridge, plus there is always the ubiquitous fine mesh chain link fence.Sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-66878530391881815032011-05-24T07:31:32.218-04:002011-05-24T07:31:32.218-04:00I keep coming back to that zoomed photo of the rou...I keep coming back to that zoomed photo of the roundhouse and assorted buildings. I like the old brick buildings and weathered steel, old roof vents and chimneys.......neat neat neat...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00163705918646580867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-68862223666009479702011-05-23T22:51:34.029-04:002011-05-23T22:51:34.029-04:00"Very nice telephoto work...your camera is su..."Very nice telephoto work...your camera is superb."<br /><br />Thanks. I wished I knew how to use it. My camera is awesome in good light. It can do what appears to be a macro shot at 20 feet. I was about 12 feet from the butterfly. But it ain't worth a shit in dim light as the yellow violet in the Trillium Trail post attests. What is amazing on that butterfly is that it was hand held and I was drifting all over the place with the zoom. It has amazing shake correction.Sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-4930818434413919412011-05-23T22:13:02.162-04:002011-05-23T22:13:02.162-04:00All right, stay legal if you must......makes it mo...All right, stay legal if you must......makes it more of a challenge that way. No trespassing and a camera is your only tool.<br /><br /> 'Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to ascertain why the turntable has been moved and and if there are any locomotives in the roundhouse.'<br />' Not too much pressure, but 2 weeks is your deadline. Since you are gainfully retired, this is your new part time job.'<br /><br />'This post will self destruct when Harold Camping gets his end of world prediction sorted out."<br /><br />'Good Luck Sextant'Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00163705918646580867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-32841511040959833512011-05-23T22:10:00.020-04:002011-05-23T22:10:00.020-04:00BTW, Welcome back to Winnipeg! According to Stat C...BTW, Welcome back to Winnipeg! According to Stat Counter you are back in Winnipeg. You have been in Toronto for about 3 weeks. You were still there this morning, but you got back to Winnipeg this evening. <br /><br />There must have been and equipment failure in Winnipeg and they had to transfer traffic to Toronto.Sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-44497301250923997572011-05-23T21:54:54.081-04:002011-05-23T21:54:54.081-04:00The open doors were in the boxy part at the south ...The open doors were in the boxy part at the south end. The round house doors were all closed. So the round house could have engines. As far as criminal trespass, sorry I am too old to get my ass dragged off to a magistrate. <br /><br />"Now son, can you tell me what you are doing out in the middle of the rail yard with a camera with a telephoto lens?"<br /><br />"Well sir, I was trying to get pictures of the engines in the repair shop for a friend in Manitoba."<br /><br />"How well do you know this friend in Manitoba?"<br /><br />"Well not at all sir, he has a blog on the Internet."<br /><br />"So son are you in the habit of taking photos of American transportation facilities and sending them to foreign nationals?" <br /><br />"Well sir it is just for a blog."<br /><br />"I see you have been caught in the past stealing railroad property, and you were under suspicion of malicious vandalism with firearms against railroad property."<br /><br />"Well sir it was wild strawberries growing near the tracks. Someone shot the place up with pellet guns sir. I don't know anything about that."<br /><br />"Uh hug, that's what they all say"...<br /><br />Not that curious. I will have to check it out during the week when they are working, I am always over there on a weekend.Sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833454649093878095.post-87637479364706469852011-05-23T21:14:26.049-04:002011-05-23T21:14:26.049-04:00Good detective work Sextant. You're on top of...Good detective work Sextant. You're on top of your game ole boy. Bravo.<br />Now if I were down there with you. You and I would be making further forays into URR territory..fences or no fences...bulls or no bulls.<br /><br />Very nice telephoto work...your camera is superb. Now if you just get the angle of your camera to shoot into the doors ??<br /><br />So....what do you make of the moving turntable ? Is it the wind ? Nah can't be . just kidding. So, if there are no locomotives..why the need to move the turntable ? You must investigate this further Sextant.<br />Don't leave this dangling mystery. I mean there is sleuth work and then there is sleuth work. I guess anyone could pick up the telly and ring the maintenance shop and just plain ole ask, or you can do some digging the other way.??<br /><br />I love the shot of the zoomed round house turntable.<br />Gotta run....more comments later. <br />Work on that mystery will ya.!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00163705918646580867noreply@blogger.com