For those interested in European freight ..................

[BLACKWATCH]

Have just discovered a webcam that overlooks the station & yard at Plattling in Germany.
It's a live stream with superb views & a decent amount of traffic.

http://webcam.deg.net/?a=showcam&w=showliveimage&o=pla

 

[oknotsen]

Nice!. Thanks for posting.

 

[mezzoprezzo]

Great link

Good catch Blackwatch. Thanks.

It also shows how real turnouts are formed. Studying where the straight and curved bits are placed is a lesson in Surveyor track-laying in itself.

Cheers
Casper

BTW, don't bother floating your cursor over the points (aka turnouts) expecting the red/green arrows to show. I've tried it!

 

[JCitron]

Thank you, Kevin.

Awesome link.

I agree Casper. I use real track all the time and try to emulate what I see when I'm track laying.

John