On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:12 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.
Both shots are cool, but I ~really~ like the shot of the old bricked tunnel. The light shining through the columns onto the platform is amazing! I don't often get "personalized posts". I feel honoured. Thanks!! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
