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TAR 18 Finale speculation and discussion
DrRox:
theschauzers......
The old seven mile bridge was built by Henry Flagler for his railroad. I think that you will agree, that at some point, it was converted from a railroad bridge to a automobile bridge. The main problem was, that is was extremely narrow and there were lots of deadly car accidents on it. So they got the new seven mile bridge.
I don't know about Peach, but the "fake train" I mentioned in my earlier post is in this picture in the foreground.
Here is a pic of the entrance to the old seven mile bridge.....notice the "No fishing from Bridge" sign.
Here is a pic from farther down the old seven mile bridge. Notice the fishing pole on the right. Also notice the Speed Limit sign. In the far distance you can see the trees on Pigeon Key. I can't really see the teams having to walk or run all that way. If you look at the roadway on the bridge, they have taken those concrete stop bars used in most parking lots and used it to divide off the driving lane down the center and the walking paths on the outer sides of the bridge. At some point, they do have to have maintanance vehicles go to Pigeon Key for electical, plumbing, etc. I would suspect that since WRP rented the island, they would be able to use that method to get all their equipement down on Pigeon Key to film the Finish Line.
florida:
They could have done a TAR 4 and used bikes....make them want, taste and sweat for that million dollars :cmaslol
theschnauzers:
Dr Rox, if you look at the wiki link in my last post, it explains that the railroad was abandoned in 1935. It was then converted to 2 narrow traffic lanes for vehicles.
DrRox:
--- Quote from: theschnauzers on December 17, 2010, 05:41:26 PM ---Dr Rox, if you look at the wiki link in my last post, it explains that the railroad was abandoned in 1935. It was then converted to 2 narrow traffic lanes for vehicles.
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Yes I knew that from previous knowledge. If you will look at my posts.....I never said they used a train to get to Pigeon Key.
And yes, florida.....I would like to see a bicycle race............but the elminated teams and production and Phil and BVM.....they rode down there in cars or vans........lol.......no one is putting that finishline riser, the stationary cameras and sound gear on bicycles and hauling them over to Pigeon Key.......lol
If there is enough dry dirt on Big Pine Key......I can sure see them doing a TAR9,12,13 or 14 type of memory challenge there.
georgiapeach:
I am not talking a real train, but the video in the Live thread is awesome for the train, which seems to have ceased running in 1935.
There seems to have been a tourist Trolley train named Harry...up till maybe a few years ago? Can't find any recent stories about it after 2006.
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