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This EIMCO mucker sits abandoned deep in a coal mine. A mucker is a special type of excavator/bulldozer that scoops mud and launches it directly backwards over itself. These are especially common in underground mining where space is tight. The particular mine this machine was found in was filled with ridiculous amounts of mud, so it makes a lot of sense to find it here.
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At the now-demolished Scranton Lace Factory, the final production run of lace can be seen sitting in a loom, cut off and left to sit forever.
A WMATA subway train departs Washington DC's Gallery Place station.
American Airlines Boeing 737-800 (N965AN) on final approach to DCA runway 19.
The spiral section of the parking garage at Greenville, SC Airport
The coal mine gangway joins with an inner slope.
This flatcar sits abandoned in deep muck carrying coal chutes. The mine extends on in the distance seemingly forever, and there is some miscellaneous mechanical components just beyond the flatcar. This mine was excruciatingly long difficult to traverse; the muck was as much as 24-30 inches at its worst. This photo was taken towards the end of the trip, at which point we had already trudged 4 miles through deep mud and water.
A mixed-freight and intermodal Norfolk Southern train heads southbound under Clarks Summit's Freedom Bridge. It was -20F with windchill when this photo was taken, and my hand was in severe physical pain after 30 seconds of being exposed.