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It's no secret that I'm a rail fan. In October, a train derailed off this bridge in Alberta. Reports indicate that it was most likely caused by high winds.
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In this photo, the shadow of the trestle is visible. However, if you look on the railing itself, it is possible to see that the guiderail has detached from the pole.
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That body of water is the Battle River.
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Those are cattle grazing below. This gives some perspective as to the height of this bridge, which was built in 1908.
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It was hard to spot it, and I really had to crop the picture, but in the valley to the east of the trestle was an old homestead. If you click on the photo, you can see its remains. People often have an image of the prairies as being dull and totally flat, but that isn't true. The colour spectrum may be subtle, but so is the woven work on a Missonni scarf, and nobody rejects that.
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