Ok here is your chance to post some images from Google Earth that are points of interest please keep it Model Railroader related.
I will start. Here is the Tallmadge Ohio Owens Corning Pink foam plant (wish I had just 1 percent of all that foam my layout would be a kingdom).
Here is the Akron yard if you look at the botton third near the center you will see the WYE that is still used yet it has more weeds and bru***han a old farm field.
Ok guys your turn to share.
Well over 60 views yet no one wants to add any thing well I will keep this post here for 24 hours if no replies by then I am going to delete it no sense wasting bandwidth with usless dribble!
Area 51 of course! [:D]
But seriously, Chicago and Baltimore are fun to look at… btw google local is the same thing as google earth…
I hope this catches on, it could be fun !
This is Bachmann’s headquarters in Philly, it’s about a 10 min drive from me.
The famous 30th Street Station Philadelphia, Pa.
I was going to put up UP bailey yard, but its way too big to fit on the screen! Its in
North Platte, NE if you want to check it out.
Couldnt get the picture up by the link will take you to the Sunset Route out here in Arizona. It is UP line now but if yo follow the link, you will see the Shawmut Curve and the thin black line, is the old SP curve. Tracks were yanked in 1959. if you follow it down to the west you can see the road bed for the wye.
maps.google.com/?ll=32.984638,-112.52135&spn=0.012959,0.015943&t=k
Latitute/logitude coordinates please? (that’d save bandwidth instead of posting the picture, right?)
Ok, I love Google Earth as a model railroad reference. Here is a pic of the south end of BNSF’s North Yard in Saginaw (North Fort Worth), TX which I am modeling on my new layout.
This is one of those few areas that are crystal clear in Google Earth.
Ron
Ok, here is one more. This is UP’s Centennial Yard, a major hum yard west of Downtown Fort Worth, TX.
Ron
That would be one to see for sure! It’s probably visible from space.
Now thats what I was talking about some of you guys out there know where these things are others of us do not so its nice to see. I like the latitude longitude idea but as they say a pictures is worth a thousands cooridinates. keep them comming guys I have a few more I will add later.
Can anyone Guess what this is?
Good luck!
David
David,
Would that be the great wall of china? or the TRANS CANADIAN HIGHWAY
There’s an old locomotive shop in Paducah, KY (I think it was EMD) and the hump yard in North Platte, NE that would be interesting to see on Google Earth. Unfortunately, I have dial-up and an old computer so installing it would be pointless.
Here’s some coordinates that might be of interest:
One end of the old New York “High Line” freight El can be found at 40 44’22.50"N 74 00’29.55"W and traced north - it’s even possible to see the track in some places although the line is heavily overgrown.
The Bristol Industrial Museum in the UK can be found at 51 26’51.98"N 2 35’52.97"W and it’s easy to trace the remaining rails that they use regularly for steam train rides. It’s a new experience riding in an ex-GWR brake van with an 0-6-0 tank loco providing power in a very urban setting. In fact, the centre is of interest for all sorts of industrial archaeology. Worth a wander around if you have time, just follow the water and see where it takes you!
Finally, for tram and trolley fans try these 51 31’06.08"N 0 07’14.70"W This is the only surviving section of original tram track in London. It is in fact the entrance ramp to the Kingsway Underpass, which provided a twin-track tram subway. Most of the underground part is still there although a section near the other end has been converted for road use. Googling any of these terms will bring more explanations.
N.B. Advised altitude for these is around 400ft - the resolution will stand going in to 300 but it’s easy to lose your bearings at that height!
The Trans Canada IS in the picture…but something else is…and Im looking for the something else…
David
North Platte is a cool site on Google Earth. Here is the whole yard, thought it is so big that you can only get the whole thing on the screen by zooming out to an altitude of 19,000 feet. If you look at it and zoom in the clarity and detail are great.
Ron
yeah what David said!
Parcs des montagnes Rocheuses canadiennes
Parks of the Canadian Rocky mountains
Ok, I’m having way too much fun with this. Here are a couple of pics from the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis (Kirkwood), MO.
The first is a general overview of the entire facility.
The second is a closer pic of the Big Boy (lower locomotive at the right) and the Centennial (just above the Big Boy) and a steam rotory plow (far right of the Centennial).
Ron