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T-33A Shooting Star 16533 51-6533 USAF
Pearl Harbour Aviation Museum located Ford Island Honolulu Hawaii
Photo taken 20th May 2025 While on Holiday
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North American F86 Sabre FU-832 USAF 51-2832 12832
Photo taken at Pearl Harbour Aviation Museum located Ford Island Oahu Honolulu Hawaii
Photo taken 20th May 2025 While on Holiday
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At the Severn Valley Railway, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 7th June 2025.



About the photograph.

The train is a British Rail Class 42 Warship serial number D821 and named Greyhound. The train, built in 1960, was named after a Royal Navy warship called HMS Greyhound, a destroyer that sunk in 1941.

The Class 42 was built between 1958 to 1961, at British Railway’s Swindon Works, and a total of 38 were produced. The Greyhound got two Maybach 1,135 hp engines, even thought it was a German manufacturer, the engines were made by Bristol Siddeley under licence.

The loco could hold about 3,600 litres of diesel fuel, no mention of what the maximum range would be, as they weren’t designed for long-distance non-stop runs, but the engines could give it a maximum speed of up to 90 mph.

They were then withdrawn from services around 1968 to 1972.

A railway preservation organisation called Diesel Traction Group were planning to buy a Class 22 but before they could get it, it was accidently scrapped, so British Railways offered a choice from the three remaining Warship locos, so the Diesel Traction Group bought series number D821 for preservation.

In the photograph, it is seen at Severn Valley Railway’s Kidderminster station during the Step Back to the 1940s event.


About Severn Valley Railway.

The Severn Valley Railway is a 16 miles single track heritage railway line in Worcestershire and Shropshire, between the towns of Kidderminster and Bridgnorth. The railway line follows the course of the River Severn along the Severn Valley.

The train services are often hauled by a mix of vintage steam locomotives, and classic diesel locomotives, usually pulling resorted heritage carriages.

The Severn Valley Railway often holds special events during some weekends, and the Step Back to the 1940s event is one of the many events.






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Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan
日本四国地方香川県丸亀市

Marugame Castle was built high up on a hill overlooking the city as a means to help control the area. The castle is one of only twelve so-called "original castles" in Japan, i.e. castles whose keeps have survived the post-feudal period (since 1868) intact.
Source: www.japan-guide.com/e/e5465.html

Marugame Castle has one of the highest and most beautiful stone walls of any castle in Japan.
Source: www.japan.travel/en/japans-local-treasures/marugame-castl...

Admiralty Arch in London was built as a memorial to Queen Victoria and was commissioned by her son King Edward VII. Building was completed in 1912. I took this photo with my Canon Camera. Annoyingly another photo where I lost my camera details but kept the EXIF following downsizing the photo!

The arch was designed by Aston Webb, who also designed the Victoria Memorial and the new façade of Buckingham Palace at the other end of the Mall.  Admiralty Arch was constructed by John Mowlem & Co and completed in 1912. It adjoins the Old Admiralty Building, hence the name. The building was commissioned by King Edward VII in memory of his mother Queen Victoria, although he did not live to see its completion in 1912. Admiralty Arch served as the official residence of the First Sea Lord, including Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma. It also housed various government offices, initially for the Admiralty. 

The structure, which combines the features of a triumphal arch with those of a government office building, is asymmetrical. As viewed from the Mall, the right wing of the building has one floor more than the left one: below the cornice there are three on the right, but just two on the left. 
A Latin inscription along the top reads:
: ANNO : DECIMO : EDWARDI : SEPTIMI : REGIS :
: VICTORIÆ : REGINÆ : CIVES : GRATISSIMI : MDCCCCX :
(In the tenth year of King Edward VII, to Queen Victoria, from most grateful citizens, 1910)
The sculptural figures of Navigation (left) and Gunnery (right) at the end of the two wings were designed by the English sculptor Thomas Brock.
Beneath the building is a warren of tunnels and chambers, including vaults which used to house the government archives. In 2000, the Cabinet Office moved into offices in the building, while maintaining its headquarters on Whitehall. It was also home to the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit and the Social Exclusion Task Force. In 2011, as part of the United Kingdom government austerity programme, the building became vacant and was put up for sale for a reported £75 million. In October 2012, the winning bidder was reported to be the Spanish real estate developer Rafael Serrano, who planned to turn the property into a luxury hotel. The property was sold as a 125-year lease. In August 2013, Westminster City Council granted full planning permission for the restoration and conversion of Admiralty Arch into a 100-room hotel, residences and private members' club.
The architects Blair Associates were retained by property developer Prime Investors Capital (run by Rafael Serrano) to convert the building into a hotel, restaurant and four apartments. The residences went on sale in July 2016. 
In 2022, Motcomb Estates took over development of Admiralty Arch. The building is currently being converted into a luxury hotel under the Waldorf Astoria brand, and is scheduled to open in 2026.
There is reputedly an underground passage connecting Admiralty Arch to 10 Downing Street.

Windmill Street, Manchester

Windmill Street, Manchester

Windmill Street, Manchester

Windmill Street, Manchester

Windmill Street, Manchester

Windmill Street, Manchester

Windmill Street, Manchester