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
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