Hi all,
I caught a train that had just left Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, in Google Maps!! Click here:
I seem to always catch a train when using Google maps on BNSF Baskersfield, Ca Subdivision.
I have google earth and you can go to Chicago and see plenty in yards and main lines
Very neat. but I never heard of Google Earth…details…I need details!
Regards
halifaxcn,…how did you come up with a username like halifaxcn??..considering your location is Attleboro, MA…just curious.
Hate to burst your bubbles, guys, but alot of the images in there are at least a couple of years old, so you’re seeing the same trains over and over again. For instance, this shot of the intersection near my place of employment shows a summertime view of the intersection clearly under construction- which was finished late in the summer of 2004.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=42.035261,-91.637188&spn=0.005314,0.009560&t=k&hl=en
We use google all the time when scouting out rail fanning spots. I find that it’s much easier to navigate to a specific location than DigtalGlobe or other landsat sites which take too much time to load every time you pan the map. The google site is…http://maps.google.com/maps?. You will see a map of the USA. Take your cursor and move the map so your desired location is centered on the map. Use the slider/zoom tool to get a closer look. Once you recognize the specific geographic location you want use the “satilite” button to observe a landsat photo. Note that there are large regions where you cannot zoom all the way down to the max magnification, but all heavily populated regions are. I enjoy following the Guilford on google. It helps when I go to leominster once a year…
I caught on a couple KM west of my house, in an area of high resolution, that was sweet! I would use it to look along the ROW to the west, an intermodal with 2 AC4400s, both CP. Sweet system, eh?