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Post by Curtis on Dec 17, 2008 14:24:05 GMT -8
Okay, I'm getting into the full holiday swing as You can see... Christmas Tree on the Chilliwack...  Christmas Tree on the Queen of Burnaby...  |
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Post by Canucks on Dec 22, 2008 14:09:45 GMT -8
Here goes my attempt at combining Christmas and ferries. ;D I made the ornaments in Photoshop from scratch, what do you think? Are they realistic. Anyways, happy holidays.   |
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Post by Esquimalt Queen on Dec 29, 2008 23:36:41 GMT -8
This was going to be my sig pic, but I cannot crop it small enough to fit within the size requirements without losing the integrity of the pic. The Queen of New Westminster dressed up for New Year's Eve:  So I decided I'd just post it here for everyone to see. I hope the flashy thingies don't cause any epileptic seizures. |
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Post by Kahloke on Dec 31, 2008 9:09:12 GMT -8
I'm getting a jump on the new year here - posting my January Signature a day early. I took this particular photo last January on one of those clear, cold days we had.  |
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Post by Canucks on Jan 10, 2009 13:25:04 GMT -8
This one is going to be up for the rest of January. It is a pretty normal shot but the colours are pretty good on it. I'm still trying to find something to replace my avatar with this month.  |
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Post by CN2972South on Jan 14, 2009 22:54:12 GMT -8
My new one.  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 15, 2009 14:14:53 GMT -8
My current signature-pic is a historical reference to the name "Northern Expedition", in honour of the sea-trials & delivery-voyage of the new ship by the same name.  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 15, 2009 14:37:47 GMT -8
And here's a comment on my current avatar image:  This is the logo of the 1969 Seattle Pilots, American-League baseball team. The expansion team (they joined the AL at same time as the KC Royals) lasted only 1 year in Seattle, and then became the AL Milwaukee Brewers for 1970 onwards.... Yes, the name "Pilots" was in the nautical meaning of the word. Here's a website with lots of Pilots' history (look for the story of the toilets at Sicks Stadium, later used on the MV Northern Adventure... ;D): www.brandx.net/pilots/index.htmlI've already chatted with member Barnacle about the team, and his family's memories of it. I'm sure the a certain ferry nut in Seattle might also have some pilots memorabilia stashed away somewhere.  |
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Post by Canucks on Jan 15, 2009 14:54:52 GMT -8
My new one. This is quite a find! I have never seen a bcr painted loco, although I have seen the CP one behind it. When was this taken? Nice Picture. |
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Post by CN2972South on Jan 16, 2009 16:43:26 GMT -8
This is quite a find! I have never seen a bcr painted loco, altohugh I have seen the CP one behind it. When was this taken? Nice Picture. Some time in the 1970's, the premier at the time was touring the line and CP only had the one budd car at the time, so a BC Rail budd car was brought over for the special trip. There was another time when BC Rail budd cars were used on the E&N, a fan trip to Port Alberni shortly afterwards, 2 BC Rail budd cars were brought over. |
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Post by Kahloke on Jan 31, 2009 18:21:59 GMT -8
February is almost upon us - just a few hours now. So, for the month of February, I am posting this pic I took of Island Home departing Martha's Vineyard last fall. Enjoy!  |
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Post by Curtis on Jan 31, 2009 20:59:59 GMT -8
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Post by Balfour on Feb 2, 2009 11:05:48 GMT -8
With the Queen of Vancouver's retirement possibly close, I have a new sig pic (below) taken back in May 2008 at Bellhouse park on Galiano Island, while on a trip with other forum members. NewFlyer and I were on our bikes for this trip.
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Post by M/V LeConte on Feb 3, 2009 23:07:06 GMT -8
I just found this topic. What a great idea for people to be able to explain their siggys! I guess I should explain mine thus far. My first one was from one of the Cachets (one of four) from the inaugural voyages of the LeConte. It was created by the very talented Rie Munouz, and the original drawing is framed on board the LeC. Here it is: Briefly I had an image of the QPR coming to the Taku's aid. While this was up (about 5 days later) the Lituya went on her late night spree and wound up on Scrub Island. It may have just been poor timing, but I decided to replace it anyway. My current siggy is of the Lituya during better times. I took this from the Malaspina in May of 2006. We were northbound into Ketchikan while she was on a return trip to Met. Here is that photo: And finally, I have this one planned to come out around St. Valentines Day. I took this photo (series) of the Matanuska back in July '08. Later my wife pointed out the heart of snow on the mountain above her. Seems to fit to me! Hope y'all like 'em! ~LeC |
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Post by Neil on Feb 6, 2009 10:51:19 GMT -8
A couple of forum members are currently using the Queen of Vancouver as their signature picture, with the words '1962-2009' accompanying. Other people did similar themes for recent retirees. Thing is.... the ' Vancouver is still in service. A dated memoriam is usually used after someone's demise. If you were deathly ill, and not expected to hang on into the next year, would you want your friends putting tributes on their facebook page saying, 'Bob, 1962 - 2009' while you were still around to read it? I hope that this jumping the gun won't offend the ocean spirits, and make for some bad omen. If anything horrible happens to the ' Vancouver in the next couple of weeks, a couple of people here will have to answer for it. |
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Post by Mill Bay on Feb 13, 2009 18:13:51 GMT -8
Well... this isn't a signature pic (most of mine have gone unexplained anyway...), but I just by chance happened to find something worth posting. Since the nominations have long since passed for this, I decided to post it here. Here's an honorary submission for the forum flagship category of forum members in action. Since he didn't get to post a photo of his own, I'll submit a banner of our friend DENelson on board Queen of Cowichan en route to the Coastal Renaissance open house in Nanaimo.  |
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Post by Curtis on Feb 28, 2009 21:16:16 GMT -8
When it was imminent that the I-Sky would be entering service, this image was brought in.  I was going to replace it with this one but it never happened.  But now, here are the images of the Island Sky that make up this month's Sig and Avatar Pics.   |
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Post by Kahloke on Feb 28, 2009 21:37:56 GMT -8
Nice images of Island Sky, Curtis. For March, I am going with a circa 1995 pic I took of Walla Walla, still sporting the "rainbow" colour scheme.  |
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Post by Canucks on Feb 28, 2009 22:21:45 GMT -8
Good to see some nice pictures coming up this month. This will be mine for the first half.  |
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Post by CN2972South on Mar 8, 2009 21:14:23 GMT -8
Heard today that CN has retired the last of the BC Rail SD40-2's so I whipped this up quickly.  |
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Post by Dane on Mar 10, 2009 11:57:13 GMT -8
The 1986 units sure had a short service life :s
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Post by Kahloke on Mar 31, 2009 21:09:56 GMT -8
Out with the old, in with the new. For April, I am paying homage to the ill-fated "Fast Cat" experiment. This is Pacificat Explorer at her open house in Victoria.  |
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Post by Mill Bay on Mar 31, 2009 21:13:13 GMT -8
Out with the old, in with the new. For April, I am paying homage to the ill-fated "Fast Cat" experiment. This is Pacificat Explorer at her open house in Victoria.  Very well made image there. So, are you implying that the Fast Cats were an April Fools' joke?  |
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Post by Kahloke on Mar 31, 2009 21:21:30 GMT -8
Hadn't really thought about it in that vein, but...could be.
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Post by Curtis on Mar 31, 2009 22:01:08 GMT -8
This month's Sig and Avatar Bunch includes a whole lot of Chilli. (Unfortunately not including the Con-Carne)   And as a bonus sig, I'm celebrating the Powell River Kings' Winning the Coastal Conference for the first time since the mid 90s. ;D  |
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