#wheatland

[unteriors]

Water Street, Wheatland, Wyoming.

[greendayauthority]

Wheatland, CA, 28 April 2002

[railwayhistorical]

Color Position Lights To provide some background on my relationship to the color position light, let me go back in time a bit here.

As a teenager I used to drive down to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in southern Indiana to chase trains. As far as I know, the B&O, and the Chicago & Alton (which was controlled by the B&O), later the GM&O, were the only roads to use this particular signal type. (Though, it should be said, there are similarities to a later Pennsylvania Railroad signal type that can still be found on the Northeast Corridor.) The color position light was developed by superintendent of signaling of the B&O, Frank Patenal, around 1918 (source). The signals are favorites of rail enthusiasts for their complex and rich appearance. The “position” of the CPL mimics that of upper-quadrant semaphores that came before them. The “color” of the CPL adds another layer of information to reinforce the indication.

Simplifying here, the most common indications are—clear (or proceed), approach (or proceed at restricted speed), and stop. The additional “marker lights” (above or below) can alter the simple indication to modify speed or indicate a diverging route, etc.

In any event, most signal systems around the United States have been replaced with one type, the color light—with separate green, yellow, and red lights positioned one over the other. To make matters worse, the signal is typically covered by a large sun- and snow-shade, hiding any of its inherent charms, which are non-existent anyway.

The first picture here shows a westbound B&O train at Wheatland, Indiana, on the former Ohio & Mississippi (originally built as broad gauge); the line runs between Cincinnati and St. Louis. The second image shows a southbound train on the former Alton, just north of Lincoln, Illinois. The final photograph, a simple portrait of the pair of signals, is again at Wheatland.

All images by Richard Koenig. The two black & white images, made along the B&O, were taken on March 7th 1976, while the GM&O image was made on November 21st 1976.

[20th-century-railroading]

Fresh GEs on the CNW by Don Kalkman Via Flickr: Union Pacific GE AC4400CW 6833 was on its first trip across Iowa after delivery from GE in 1996.

Three new GEs were on the former Chicago and North Western crossing the Wapsipinicon River just east of Wheatland.

[aleksiann]

2022 No. 2 “Wheatland Motel” ft. Fancy gold embellishments

Acrylic on canvas, 8X20 inches

[potluckstuff]

Highway 2 WA Abandoned School

The Words of the Past Scrawled on the present layer by layer.

[federer7]

A plot holder with the daughter of his servant. Wheatlands, Randfontein, South Africa. 1962

Photo: David Goldblatt

[dabiconcordia]

July in the West

A rhythm of reapers; a flashing Of steels in the meadows; a lashing Of sheaves in the wheatlands; a glitter Of grain-builded streets, and a twitter Of birds in a motionless sky,— And that is July! by James Newton Matthews

[unteriors]

5th Street, Wheatland, North Dakota.

[greendayauthority]

Wheatland, CA, 28 April 2002

[oledavyjones]

SHIPS OF THE HOME FLEET GUARDING THE NORTHERN TRADE ROUTES. 26 TO 29 MAY 1942, ON BOARD THE DESTROYER HMS WHEATLAND IN ICELANDIC WATERS AND EN ROUTE TO SCAPA. A view through the passage door as HMS WHEATLAND approaches Iceland. Creator: Ware, C J (Lt). Source: © IWM (A 8924)

[gonksinlove]

I gotta say it's very uncool of the universe to make me aware of the fact that Dogstar is touring, and then show me that they are actually playing IN MY TOWN, but not until all the tickets were already sold out except for the several hundred dollar VIP tickets 😭

[whywishesarehorses]

BLM Mustangs for Sale - Diamond HMA Mares

These girls are part of the March 2023 auction; from the Diamond HMA and currently held in Wheatland WY. (Some are not included because the photos were quite bad/out of focus/blurry, and with 700 horses, I am being choosy)

6 YEAR OLD BAY FEMALE HORSE (0017) 15.1hh

8 YEAR OLD SORREL FEMALE HORSE (0018) 13.2hh

8 YEAR OLD BAY FEMALE HORSE (0019) 13.2hh

7 YEAR OLD SORREL FEMALE HORSE (0021) 13.3hh

4 YEAR OLD ROANRED FEMALE HORSE (0048) 14.1hh

6 YEAR OLD ROANRED FEMALE HORSE (0065) 15hh

5 YEAR OLD BAY FEMALE HORSE (0109) 13.2hh

8 YEAR OLD CHESTNUT FEMALE HORSE (0173) 13.1hh

5 YEAR OLD SORREL FEMALE HORSE (0216)15hh

6 YEAR OLD SORREL FEMALE HORSE (0304) 14hh

6 YEAR OLD BROWN FEMALE HORSE (0328)

5 YEAR OLD PALOMINO FEMALE HORSE (0335) 14.2hh

7 YEAR OLD PALOMINO FEMALE HORSE (0681) 14hh

6 YEAR OLD BAY FEMALE HORSE (0564) 14.1hh

6 YEAR OLD PINTO FEMALE HORSE (0521) 14.1hh (Clydesdale pony????)

8 YEAR OLD SORREL FEMALE HORSE (0458) 13.1hh

6 YEAR OLD BROWN FEMALE HORSE (0432) 14.3hh

6 YEAR OLD SORREL FEMALE HORSE (0369) 14hh

6 YEAR OLD CHESTNUT FEMALE HORSE (0368) 13.2hh

5 YEAR OLD BAY FEMALE HORSE (0367) 14hh

6 YEAR OLD CHESTNUT FEMALE HORSE (0345) 13.1hh

[unloneliest]

there's an old horse chestnut tree that might be a ghost now. the main barn's been down since before i was born. the pig barn with my grandma's name in it where her siblings wrote it when they were all young is still there. jane's place. she's gone now though, and so is one of her sisters. the woods my great grandpa planted are in straight lines. my great great uncle walked the edge between the woods and fields with me once, but maybe only in a dream. i saw his ghost in the diner—the booth he always sat in. i have one of his hats in a moving box. i saw a snake digesting a mouse on the path between the trees across the road (a dirt road). i miss the porch. i miss the old wood shed—wonder is the tiny baby mouse in its nest my dad showed me there once. i miss the porch. i miss the kitchen. i miss juice at the table and the scratchy living room couch. i miss my family. i want to go home.

[thebotanicalarcade]

n484_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: The peaches of New York,. Albany,J. B. Lyon Company, printers,1917.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6593890

[cha-gyu]

Basement Lookout in Chicago Example of a huge urban look-out concrete floor and brown floor basement design with beige walls, a standard fireplace and a stone fireplace