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Swiss train in a snowstorm...

perhaps re-check the html on that...I'd like to se what you posted!!

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by whataboutbob on Thu Aug 25th, 2005 at 11:41:25 AM EST
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???

It appears alright on my browser... maybe bandwidth problems for you?

Here is a picture of the same bridge from a site that may be faster:



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A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Thu Aug 25th, 2005 at 11:54:15 AM EST
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by whataboutbob on Thu Aug 25th, 2005 at 12:13:10 PM EST
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No, it must be something stranger - now at home, same browser and similarly high bandwidth, but I don't see it either!

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.
by DoDo on Thu Aug 25th, 2005 at 02:32:37 PM EST
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I give links to two more spectacular photos of this bridge (the first which fails to appear):

Wider view from same point as above, in snow from the other valley side, from above.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Thu Aug 25th, 2005 at 02:54:56 PM EST
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Staying with the Rhätische Bahn (and low-bandwith photos), the one below is close to the Italian border (and I would like to visit it someday, know it only from photos):



*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Thu Aug 25th, 2005 at 11:58:09 AM EST
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Oh, I love this bridge. Not enough space and the strech would be to steep. hmm, what shall we do?

Thanks!

having said that what is the difference between a bridge and viaduct?

by PeWi on Thu Aug 25th, 2005 at 12:08:34 PM EST
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Both beautiful...Brusio is in Switzerland? I keep discovering new little places to check out in this little country...

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by whataboutbob on Thu Aug 25th, 2005 at 12:15:29 PM EST
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I can post pictures of several more railway bridges in Switzerland :-)

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.
by DoDo on Thu Aug 25th, 2005 at 02:33:55 PM EST
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This bridge is on the line across the Furka pass, which was disused two decades ago when a tunnel opened, but later rebuilt for museum trains.

This area is covered in deep snow in winter, for that reason the railway traffic ended and surface elements were dismantled every autumn and rebuilt every spring. This bridge (which is as steep as it appears!) is foldable: see picture below!



*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Thu Aug 25th, 2005 at 02:42:35 PM EST
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