Antonyms are really handy! Titled "different" this post could also have been "the same".

Teeny weeny the Festiniog railway might be. That doesn't mean that it has fewer safety needs than a mainline railway. Because it is single track for all but four passing places, without proper controls on "ownership" of a section then collision with another train is a real risk.

I've had my say about the origin of high speed comms. That's what these poles and wires are for. There are interlocks here too. The use of old-school staffs still operates today.

The reason this post is "different" is that nowhere else along this line did I see a pole which such a whimsical cap. I have no idea what this is all about and I don't care. It is idiosyncratic, it's cute — that's enough.

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Yay! I had a hard time capturing poor Mitten's bath - he's very self-conscious, poor fellow! AND he was seated in front of a window bright with shiny ice! Argh!

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Harsco F-40PH RMS-7 @Calwa CA 1-2003. Another mystery. These are two different units. One at each end of train but they apparently have the same #. Also, are they ex Amtrak or are they the ex Speno F-38's (F-40PH with non-turbocharged engine)?

And Happy Olliedays!