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Code Lines, Union Pacific Railroad, Harvard, CA, 2010. (fedia.io)

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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

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[–] njvack@ruby.social 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

@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?

[–] mattblaze@federate.social 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

@njvack@ruby.social I think short spans. You don't want wind causing the wires to sway in the way of the trains.

[–] ELS@sfba.social 2 points 3 days ago

@mattblaze@federate.social You also don't want the wires to touch each other, right?