Random picture thread for Friday

@oldabeintx said:
Thank you 1northcoin. I enjoy all your posts, but you’ve outdone yourself.

Thanks, much appreciated. Editing the segments for the YouTube Playlist of the Tang Dynasty Show in Xian China turned out to be more time consuming than I had anticipated. Condensing a two hour show down to less than 30 minutes of highlights that would be of interest to others was certainly a challenge taking several days to complete.

Ironically, this morning when I stopped at Costco I found a newly offered confectionary that I had tasted for the first time in Xian China among the street food vendors in its Muslim Quarter. It was a favorite and we were hoping to find some to take back to friends. The show was our last night in Xian and after the show our efforts to find any near our hotel were fruitless. Thanks to Costco we get to return to Xian, if only through tasting once again the fondly remembered treat.

The special treat we found in Xian's Muslim Quarter as just found once again at Costco:

Alaska's "Night Train" from this Week + My Prior Most Viewed Alaska Railroad Train Videos

During summer evenings a single Alaska Railroad Passenger Train departs from Seward Alaska headed to Anchorage where it arrives at 10:15 PM. Yes, it is a "Night Train," but you won't see any stars in the sky as the late night arrival will likely coincide with when the sun sets here in the "Land of the Midnight Sun."

In the below linked video taken this week, the Alaska Railroad Dome-Topped "Coastal Classic Train" Pulls into Anchorage from Seward Under a Sunset Sky as The Chords sing their classic, "Sh-Boom."

Link to Video of Alaska's "Night Train," officially known as the "Coastal Classic Train," pulling into Anchorage from Seward Under a Sunset Sky to the sounds of the classic "Sh-Boom" by The Chords:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dG7vHkq9v0I

Screenshot Photos from the Video:

And for good measure here is a link to a previously taken video from one year ago that I took while aboard the "Night Train." It was the first video on my YouTube Channel (dalejay8901) to muster thousands of views with the count now being at 13,000.

As the Alaska Railroad train exits a Moose Pass tunnel the rushing water's of a mountain stream can be seen below. This as captured from the observation platform of the Historic Denali Car:

Link to Video Aboard the "Night Train" from Seward to Anchorage Alaska:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x9CKy8tgC8

Topping that in count number though is another Alaska Railroad Train video from 5 months ago with its 92 Thousand Views:

This video captures a rare winter Alaska Railroad passenger train. It is seen fronting a winter ice fog rising above the frozen mud flats and Cook Inlet waters bordering Anchorage Alaska. Watch as the train disappears into the frosted foliage amid the ice fog:

Link to my most watched Alaska Railroad Train Video: with the train departing into the ice fog:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAoYe-hNn2E

This needs to be in the DIY hall of F(SH)AME