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[โ€“] alcamtar@lemmy.world 81 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Your picture is actually of active, well-used railroad tracks. Old unused tracks are rusty and weed-grown. If the rails are shiny it means that trains pass regularly and knock the rust off. If there's no weeds it's because the railroad actively sends out crews to maintain the tracks.

[โ€“] BlackRing@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

So THAT'S what looked off... And reminded me of where I moved out of...

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