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Ruined Carfloat Tracks, Port Richmond, CA, 2011. (fedia.io)

submitted 6 months ago by mattblaze@federate.social to c/photography@fedia.io

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Ruined Carfloat Tracks, Port Richmond, CA, 2011.

All the pixels, slightly structurally compromised, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/5485081030

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[–] ChuckMcManis@chaos.social 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

@mattblaze@federate.social "rail float" being the same as "rail ferries" ? Before the chunnel there were rail ferries between France and England.

[–] mattblaze@federate.social 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

@ChuckMcManis@chaos.social "Carfloats" are barges with railroad tracks, propelled by pilot tugs.

[–] ChuckMcManis@chaos.social 1 points 6 months ago

@mattblaze@federate.social Neat, I hadn't realized that they distinguish between the self powered ones (train ferry) and the unpowered ones (car float).

There was one being dismantled (apparently, couldn't get a good look at it) at the Mare Island shipyard area. I wonder if they were just recovering the rails. I saw it when I went over to the Maker Faire hosted there last year.