Thanks, Bob! Rick
--- On Wed, 12/3/08, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rick, > Interesting pictures, I didn't know St.Louis had a rail > line. > The first is clean and I like the people in the transit > car. > It's an inviting picture. > The second is my favorite however. > The repeated pattern of the columns and the perspective are > very nice. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 9:12 PM, Rick Womer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The MetroLink rail system runs from East St. Louis, > across the Mississippi River, through St. Louis and out to > Lambert Airport, with a spur to the western suburb of > Shrewsbury. It is an excellent service, and crowded even on > a Saturday. It is mostly above ground, but has occasional > tunnels or tunnel-like stations in cuts: > > > > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8317464&size=lg > > > > (K10D, (guess which lens?), ISO 1600, f/3.5 @ 1/15, > RAW via LR2) > > > > Downtown, the line uses old brick railroad tunnels > from the 1850s (IIRC), then an old railroad viaduct beneath > a highway bridge across the river: > > > > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8317519&size=lg > > > > (K10D, DA 50-200, ISO 400, f/4.5 @ 1/90, RAW via LR2) > > > > Unfortunately the transit authority decided to build > the spur to Shrewsbury with borrowed money, without waiting > for Federal and state grants, and the system is in financial > distress. Sigh. > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
