this here's an outdated place to put it to share, feels like, but look

[fflo]

this from today's "newspaper":

if amtrak wuz a (tame) rollercoaster.

i know it's an image of danger and structural failure, but it looks pleasant to me.  peaceful.  a gentle dip down and back up.  maybe it would be, if you were operating a handcar.

there are lots of cool handcar images out there, i see with a little lookin' around.  and now i know there are model train handcars.  did i see any of those at the model railroad club?  i'm pretty sure that would be my favorite train model that actually rides the rails.

here's a somewhat disturbing antique toy handcar (that can be yours for $1100):

Comments

not so peaceful-lookin'

[fflo.livejournal.com]

from the chronicle today:


 

Re: not so peaceful-lookin'

[custardfairy.livejournal.com]

Just to make sure I'm seeing what I think I'm seeing - is that sucker elevated?

Re: not so peaceful-lookin'

[fflo.livejournal.com]

I was assuming the ground washed out from underneath it.

Re: not so peaceful-lookin'

[fflo.livejournal.com]

(See new picture below.)

Re: not so peaceful-lookin'

[custardfairy.livejournal.com]

Yowza! O.o

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Where were those railroad washouts?

And yes, those handcars are pretty cool, real and toy.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Some embankment washed out up near Plymouth Road. http://www.annarbor.com/news/rain-flooding-close-plymouth-road-in-ann-arbor-flood-wash-out-some-secondary-county-routes/

Oh, look, they have a new picture:

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Eep, I tell you. Eep.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

their whole set at Flicker:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/annarborcom/sets/72157626810747440/