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The ALCO RS-3m is a diesel-electric locomotive rebuilt from an ALCO RS-3 road switcher.These 98 locomotives were rebuilt to replace their original ALCO prime mover with the more reliable EMD 567B engine and fan assemblies taken from retired E8s. [1]
The ALCO RS-3 is a 1,600 hp (1.2 MW), B-B diesel-electric locomotive manufactured from May 1950 to August 1956 by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) and its subsidiary Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW). A total of 1,418 were produced: 1,265 for American railroads, 98 for Canadian railroads, 48 for Brazilian railroads, and seven for Mexican railroads.
In a religious context, transfiguration (from the Latin transfiguratio) refers to an experience of temporary divine radiance or light. [1] It is often viewed as a form of apotheosis, in which a human being assumes or reveals a divine or elevated nature. [2]
Mount Hermon (2,814 metres or 9,232 feet high) was suggested by J. Lightfoot (1602–1675) and R. H. Fuller (1915–2007) [2] for two reasons: It is the highest site in the area [given that the Transfiguration took place on "a high mountain" (Matthew 17:1)], and it is located near Caesarea Philippi (Matthew 16:13), where the previous events reportedly took place.
The original light was a 25 feet (7.6 m) rubblestone tower that featured one of the earliest rotating beacons, which distinguished it from others on Cape Cod. In 1858 the light got a fourth order Fresnel lens and, in 1874, a second keeper's quarters. Race Point Lighthouse after 1876
This lighthouse is a prefabricated, cylindrical cast iron tower, painted white with red horizontal bands. [2] The last complete painting was undertaken in 2007. The light characteristic is a white flash every 5 seconds, additionally a fog horn may be sounded every 60 seconds.
The tower was increased 5.7 metres (19 ft), and its optic was substituted with a new mechanism. [2] Work on the site lasted 11 years, and in 1908 the lighthouse began operating with a 1,330-millimetre (52 in) Fresnel lens , making it one of the largest optics used in Portuguese lighthouses and one of the 10 largest in the world.
[1] [2] The Synoptic Gospels (Matthew 17:1–8, Mark 9:2–13, Luke 9:28–36) recount the occasion, and the Second Epistle of Peter also refers to it. In the gospel accounts, Jesus and three of his apostles, Peter, James, and John, go to a mountain (later referred to as the Mount of Transfiguration) to pray. On the mountaintop, Jesus begins to ...