Do Not Hump
by Peggy Hughes
Title
Do Not Hump
Artist
Peggy Hughes
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
In railroad terms, "humping" refers to the use of a track laid over a hill or "hump" in classification yards. Train cars are decoupled on top of the hump where gravity then separates them and imparts the speed necessary to carry the cars to their respective destinations. Even though their speed is regulated, cars are often shunted to one another with some residual momentum (they can bang together pretty hard). A rusty and riveted close up of the side of the train car definitely has a place in my train and rails collection.
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March 6th, 2013
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