Code Lines, Union Pacific Railroad, Harvard, CA, 2010.
All the pixels, none of the tumbleweeds, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/4612902834
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Code Lines, Union Pacific Railroad, Harvard, CA, 2010.
All the pixels, none of the tumbleweeds, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/4612902834
#photography
@mattblaze@federate.social The thing I find most striking about these railroad poles is that the lines themselves are so nearly straight – there’s almost no catenary curve to them
Always wondered why that was. Short spans? Stiff wires? Extra high tension? All three?
@njvack@ruby.social I think short spans. You don’t want wind causing the wires to sway in the way of the trains.
@mattblaze@federate.social You also don’t want the wires to touch each other, right?