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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 10/7/2012: Brunel's railroad
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:51:23 -0500
References: <06B08B64-5E18-4137-B2E5-A06CF5A4F4B9@frozenlight.eu><C8DCD704ED794864A87DEF6E090535EC@jimnichols><CAFUrs5BB+4GxGiq-ZH4jVEsn5rRgwnqeCcwd1kFNz-6QzMGF2A@mail.gmail.com> <4FFC6AB8.3060405@jayburleson.com>

Thanks to you and Daniel.  The information age is great!

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jay Burleson" <leica at jayburleson.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 10/7/2012: Brunel's railroad


> 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
>
>
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