January 27, 2012

Watch Out! -- Cable-Car coming


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photo by Donald Kinney

Yeah, I can just see the headlines; "Local photog gets creamed on cable-car tracks". Well, the shutter was still open when I realized I had to get out of the way.



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So anyway, I lugged my tripod along with me last Sunday on a steep walk up Mason starting near Columbus. Cable-cars have pretty wimpy warning bells--I suppose out of consideration for the residents at such an early hour.



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Surviving Mason Street, I moved several blocks south, to the curved tracks at the corner of Powell & Jackson.



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So did you know, cable-cars can't turn corners without letting go of the cable or "rope", coasting around the corner, and then re-gripping the rope? They are called "let-go" curves, where the car drops the cable and coasts around the curve on its own momentum.


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1 comment:

photowannabe said...

Love these shots and am glad you didn't get "creamed" taking them.
I really like the curve of the last on and the colors.
Have a great weekend Don.

 
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