12/15/2011
Custom built 6×12 medium format panoramic camera with a 50MM lens
120 Verichrome Pan Film

A tell-tale is a series of ropes suspended over the tracks above the height of a boxcar. These ropes are intended to give warning to a brakeman on the roof of the train that the train is approaching a low-clearance obstacle, such as a tunnel or a bridge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell-tale#Railroad_

Caney Fork & Western Railroad McMinnville Tennessee