I suppose they're less sensational than what the news paper would pay a lot for, but such incidents are interesting and invariably draw a crowd of casuals. Enjoyed the group, Frank.
Jack --- On Tue, 11/3/09, frank theriault <[email protected]> wrote: > From: frank theriault <[email protected]> > Subject: GESO - Off the Rails > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 2:28 PM > I played hooky from work today and as > I was walking near Spadina and > Queen (for those of you who are familiar with Toronto) I > saw a huge > line of streetcars along Queen, west of Spadina. > Turns out a car had > jumped the tracks right at Spadina. I took a few > pics, the first one > showing the truck off the rails, sitting on the concrete > apron. > > They brought out a hydraulic jack, got the front of the car > in the > air, were inspecting the truck and wheels (presumably for > damage), > then let it back down to the concrete apron. > > No one there seemed to know how they were going to get it > back on the > rails, and though I probably should have stuck around to > see how it > resolved, I decided to walk on. > > Not nearly as exciting as Larry's car accidents or > Christine's > construction photos, here's a little gallery that may be > of interest > to you rail buffs: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/off-rails.html > > Comments welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > 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. > -- 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.
