The straight line out of town

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The railway lines from the central train station in Edinburgh go in a straight line right under the National Gallery in the city centre. When you go see an exhibit there you hear the rumble and feel the shake of a train running under the building every 5 - 10 minutes. It's a but surreal.

I wasn't sure whether to share this shot as for me there isn't (or wasn't) much special to it other than the symmetry and the tracks running dead centre under the building ahead (the gallery).

But lately I have been looking at it a little differently. Among my many interests is gaming. I do enjoy a good video game and I like a wide range of different types of games. Recently I have been throwing myself into a came I've had for over a year but not really played with. It's called "Transport Fever" and its heaven for train nerds. I've never been a train enthusiast but I have always enjoyed city and base building games. This is like that, only you build transport networks (train, plane, boat, car) to transport passengers and cargo to various randomly create cities on a random map. In doing so the cities grow.

Anyway, I find it rather cathartic and have played a lot of it lately, which has had me looking at this photo a little differently lately. I seem to be appreciating the lines the tracks take and those metal beams that go across the lines? I know what those are for now, they hold the power lines for electric trains!

Anyway, I like the symmetry and I am slowly turning into a train geek but I am in total denial about it...