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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
