Rail by Road
Jun. 19th, 2022 09:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kevin_standleeOn Sunday, Lisa and I needed to go to Lowe's. We've been going there a lot lately buying building supplies for projects Lisa is completing for Westercon. While heading that way, Lisa spotted something we've seen before, but was worth another look. After completing our purchases at Lowe's, we headed back to the Truck Inn Truck Parking Lot. (The Truck Inn doesn't exist anymore except for the sign — a big rig stuffed and mounted on a pole looking out over the freeway — but the parking area, adjacent to the Terrible's Truck Stop, is stille there.)
On opposite sides of the truck lot were a couple of BART cars sitting on flatbed trailers. These are vehicles constructed in Utah and being transported to the Bay Area, where they will eventually be put into service hauling commuters on the Bay Area's heavy-rail metro system.
You obviously cannot normally get this close to the service workings of a BART car other than in situations like this — not unless you want to risk getting fried, that is.
The photos and video that Lisa shot should eventually end up in an episode of Railway Legends, Myths, and Stories.
On opposite sides of the truck lot were a couple of BART cars sitting on flatbed trailers. These are vehicles constructed in Utah and being transported to the Bay Area, where they will eventually be put into service hauling commuters on the Bay Area's heavy-rail metro system.
You obviously cannot normally get this close to the service workings of a BART car other than in situations like this — not unless you want to risk getting fried, that is.
The photos and video that Lisa shot should eventually end up in an episode of Railway Legends, Myths, and Stories.
