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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 10/7/2012: Brunel's railroad
From: leica at jayburleson.com (Jay Burleson)
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:47:36 -0700
References: <06B08B64-5E18-4137-B2E5-A06CF5A4F4B9@frozenlight.eu> <C8DCD704ED794864A87DEF6E090535EC@jimnichols> <CAFUrs5BB+4GxGiq-ZH4jVEsn5rRgwnqeCcwd1kFNz-6QzMGF2A@mail.gmail.com>

Per Wikipedia, UK trains generally keep to the left.

Jay, who is enjoying learning something new today...

On 7/10/2012 10:24 AM, Daniel Ridings wrote:
> I would think so. Sweden went over to right-hand traffic on the roads
> back in the 60's, but they didn't change the train tracks. Trains
> still have left-hand traffic in Sweden.
>
> Daniel
>
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
> wrote:
>> Nice one!  Do they drive on the left track?
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at 
>> frozenlight.eu>
>> To: "lug Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera Discussion"
>> <olympus at thomasclausen.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 3:14 AM
>> Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 10/7/2012: Brunel's railroad
>>
>>
>>
>>> We are spending the last day of our UK trip at our son's place in Bath
>>> before all four of us fly back to Alicante tonight. I woke up early and 
>>> went
>>> for a walk in my son's not very interesting neighbourhood. And yet, I 
>>> took
>>> my picture of the day during this walk--one of Britain's and hence the
>>> world's oldest rail lines, connecting Bath with Bristol and built by
>>> Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1839-1840. By coincidence, I am reading a book
>>> about the arrival of the railroad in Bath in 1840 and the impact it had 
>>> on
>>> the local economy and society. Fascinating piece of social history.
>>>
>>>
>>> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=1956365831&k=TNkwJQg&lb=1&s=XL>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Nathan
>>>
>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> (sent from somewhere)
>>>
>>>
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-- 
Jay,
Dripping on the shutter button here in Seattle



Replies: Reply from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] Nathan's PAD 10/7/2012: Brunel's railroad)
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