GR translation: trains full of their own hanging off the cars that lumber overhead

[James Kyllo]

yes, these are trains in the sense that predates the railway (wagon trains,
camel trains &c)

J

On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 4:08 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think this imagery is a amalgam of many historic modes of egress from
> war zones. All of these people are fleeing in whatever mode is available in
> their own times. So, no, there are no train tracks above the Autobahn.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Saturday, January 10, 2015, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> V549.36-550.3   . . . caravans of Gypsies, axles or linchpins failing,
>> horses dying, families leaving the vehicles beside the roads for others to
>> come live in a night, a day, over the white hot Autobahns, trains full of
>> their own hanging off the cars that lumber overhead, squeezing aside for
>> army convoys when they come through, . . .
>>
>> So the Gypsy caravans are on the Autobahn, there are train tracks running
>> above the Autobahn, and the caravans have to squeeze aside when army
>> convoys come through.  Is this the correct picture here, or did I
>> misunderstand completely?
>>
>


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