This shot was from the station in Riomaggiore, where we initially departed, looking back along the line the 8 km to La Spezia, which was, excepting a few hundred metres, all in tunnels. The express trains came rushing out into the open along the platforms extremely rapidly, and I don't think that would be allowed in North America. {:-)

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Date/Time Original              : 2007:09:21 10:17:41
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