Railview from Google might be next

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Hello everybody,

seen this on http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=382879 . I think this is a fantastic idea. Hope that they will come to North America as well. The views would be fantastic.

Frank

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All this time we have been trying to do that with micro & mini cams on our flats & other cars…

It’s interesting that they are doing that…

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And we can all play Spot the Railfan!

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Hello,

thank you for your replies. My thoughts were that if one would like to model a certain aspect that is not accessible to the general public, like the spiral tunnels from CP one can just click on Google Maps and look at the vicinity as if one were standing there. This can be a great modeling tool for us in the model world.

Frank

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Oh man, what a great idea. It was cool when I found out about google street view. Now right from the rails, damn that’s gonna be cool.

I agree, it will be a great tool for modeling.

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Here’s a youtube video of this camera in action on a train in Switzerland…this is going to be cool !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX4dp1F171w

Having trouble making this link active??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX4dp1F171w

Wayne