EAR (East African Railways) Garratt No. 5602 on a freight train at Morogoro, Tanzania, in 1968. Photograph: Basil Roberts

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Happy Black Five Friday! #Black5Friday Stanier Black Five BR No. 45289 at Llandudno Junction locomotive shed (6G), August 1962. Photograph: Alan Murray-Rust

SBB Krokodil Ce 6/8 No. 14254 at Airolo, Gotthardbahn, May 1921. Photograph: H. Lavater

NS No. 3702 on the turntable, probably at Utrecht, in 1950. Photograph: NS

Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) in the neighbourhood, today. Snorzweefvlieg. #ElkeDagEenInsect

PO (Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans) No. E.401 during the inauguration of the Paris-Vierzon electric line, December 22, 1926. Photograph: Agence Rol

Mica cap (Coprinellus micaceus) in the neighbourhood. Gewone glimmerinktzwam.

Sweat bee (Lasioglossum spec.) in the neighbourhood, today. Groefbij. #ElkeDagEenInsect

A tiger crossing the road. #ElkeDagEenInsect

A very important meeting. #ElkeDagEenInsect

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Southern Pacific Railroad Class AC-12 Cab Forward No. 4293 rounds the curve just below Soda Springs, CA, on Donner Pass in the late 1940s. Photograph: James Morley

Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) and Blow Fly (Lucilia spec.) in the neighbourhood, October 20. Blinde bij & groene vleesvlieg. #ElkeDagEenInsect

A Micheline Type 22 rubber-tyred railcar on trial and Stanier Jubilee LMS No. 5645 ‘Collingwood’, ca. 1935. The railcar operated on the Oxford-Cambridge route and in the Leamington Spa-Coventry area. Photographer: Unknown

October 14 vs. October 21. Bulbous honey fungus (Armillaria lutea) in my garden. Knolhoningzwam.

Migrant Aphideater (Eupeodes corollae) in the neighbourhood, today. Terrasjeskommazweefvlieg. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Stubble Rosegill (Volvariella gloiocephala) in the neighbourhood, today. Gewone beurszwam.

Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) in the neighbourhood, today. Blinde bij. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Common Earthball (Scleroderma citrinum) in my garden. Gele aardappelbovist.

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad EP-2 No. 10251. Five EP-2 locomotives were built by General Electric in 1919. They were withdrawn in 1961. No. 10251 has been preserved and can be seen at the National Museum of Transportation in Kirkwood, MO. Photographer: Unknown Source: NVE

Honey fungus (Armillaria ostoyea) in my garden, today. Sombere honingzwam.

Fungi festival!

Reading a beautiful comic book.

Honey fungus (Armillaria spec., possibly Armillaria lutea), sporting a fashionable pebble, in my garden, today. Honingzwam.

Stripe-faced Drone Fly (Eristalis nemorum) and a root-maggot fly (Anthomyiidae indet.) in the neighbourhood, today. Puntbijvlieg & bloemvlieg. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Unique electric locomotive BBÖ No. 1082.01 on an express train at St. Anton am Arlberg, July 28, 1932. Photograph: Josef Stögermayer

Stubble Rosegill (Volvariella gloiocephala) in the neighbourhood, today. Gewone beurszwam.

Field Digger Wasp (Mellinus arvensis) in my garden, today. Gewone vliegendoder. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) in the neighbourhood, today. Blinde bij. #ElkeDagEenInsect

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DMU Class 107 BR No. 107440 at Ayr, October 1983. Photograph: Rob Newman

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Broad-banded Aphideater (Eupeodes latifasciatus) in the neighbourhood, today. Gele kommazweefvlieg.

Lawyer’s Wig (Coprinus comatus) in the neighbourhood. Geschubde inktzwam.

Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) and, I think, a Siphona fly (Siphona spec.) in the neighbourhood. Akkerhommel en, ik denk, een Sluipvlieg. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Checking Baldwin AT&SF No. 5000 as it leaves the roundhouse, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad shops, Clovis, NM, March 1943. Photograph: Jack Delano

RIP Claudia Cardinale

Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) in the neighbourhood, today. Blinde bij. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) and Root-maggot fly (Anthomyiidae indet.) in the neighbourhood. Akkerhommel en bloemvlieg. #ElkeDagEenInsect

NCS No. 14 ‘De Zwijger’ at the Boorstraat railway yard, Utrecht, between 1900 and 1910. Photograph: J.W. Deetman

“This looks like a nice comfy bed.” Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) in the neighbourhood, July 11. Aardhommel. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineola) in the neighbourhood, July 15. Zwartsprietdikkopje. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Sometimes you don’t even have to go outside. Brown House Moth (Hoffmannophila pseudopretella) at home. Bruine huismot. #ElkeDagEenInsect

HST BR No. 253038 and No. 253004 at Penzance during a national BR strike in July 1982. Photograph: Terry Fougler

Map (Araschnia levana) in the neighbourhood. Landkaartje. #ElkeDagEenInsect

What’s that tiny thingy? Lime-speck pug caterpillar (Eupithecia centaureata) in my garden. Zwartvlekdwergspannerrups. #ElkeDagEenInsect

European Crane Flies (Tipula paludosa), Bihain, Luxembourg province, Belgium. Weidelangpootmuggen. #ElkeDagEenInsect

European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula) and an Ichneumon wasp (Ichneumonidae indet.) in the neighbourhood. Franse veldwesp & een sluipwesp. #ElkeDagEenInsect

BRCW Type 2 (Class 26) BR No. D5344 at Achnasheen, August 19, 1973. Photograph: Walter Dendy