Post B2PnjFTaIHYkLcELWS by mattblaze@federate.social
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 (DIR) Post #B2PnjCmGKNiXyfwiie by mattblaze@federate.social
       2026-01-18T16:22:59Z
       
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       Code Lines, Union Pacific Railroad, Harvard, CA, 2010.A transcontinental number of pixels at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/4612902834#photography
       
 (DIR) Post #B2PnjECB3W2cNL4vke by mattblaze@federate.social
       2026-01-18T16:23:15Z
       
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       Captured with a DSLR and 24mm shifting lens (vertically shifted just a bit) on a hot day in the Mojave desert. This is a simple composition, characteristic of the early 20th century Precisionist school. There's little in the frame that isn't essential. The pylons, wires, and tracks all converge at a vanishing point at the edge of the frame, suggesting, but not showing, a more expansive network of wires, tracks, and, for better or worse, human dominance over nature.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2PnjFTaIHYkLcELWS by mattblaze@federate.social
       2026-01-18T16:23:35Z
       
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       Telegraph poles like these, with multiple "code lines", were once a common feature along American railroads. They are distinguishable from ordinary power or telephone lines by their multitude of cables, often occupying several crossarms.  They typically carried a power bus plus individual lines for the signals along the route, with more efficient encodings used as technology improved.They've been mostly supplanted by more modern SCADA systems that don't require so many individual wires.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2PnjNfvoGBnmE4JsW by mattblaze@federate.social
       2026-01-18T16:27:35Z
       
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       (This image is currently on display at the Tesla Transportation Museum in Zagreb as part of an exhibit on railroad infrastructure; catalog at https://muzej.hzinfra.hr/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/200-katalog-ZA-WEB.pdf)