Yeah, that has interesting implications for modelling prototypical routes in the future. Even if we still had to create meshes and textures for rollingstock, most of a route could be generated from these maps. But, I suspect that's quite a ways off; Google Earth has had this capability for awhile now and it hasn't advanced, not to mention the legalities of using these images.
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Ok, an easy one, but one that should warm the cockles of any commuter fan:
https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40....=nBI6O_H-DpFVN3Sb1PDfig&cbp=12,123.44,,0,-2.5
Silverliner IVs 280, 291, and others waiting in West Trenton (NJ) yard, probably on a Sunday, in August 2013.
https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40....=nBI6O_H-DpFVN3Sb1PDfig&cbp=12,123.44,,0,-2.5
Silverliner IVs 280, 291, and others waiting in West Trenton (NJ) yard, probably on a Sunday, in August 2013.
I was amused in the street view area that Davesnow posted: from one view they had obscured the herald of the locotive, but left the number quite plainly readable, and in another view, they had obscured the number and left the herald visible!
I've seen similar with motor vehicles. Sometimes they'll obscure a trailer number in one view (3/4 front), but have it plainly visible from the 3/4 rear view. And around airports, sometimes one view will obscure the tail number of an aircraft, and move to a slightly different view, and the tail number is plainly readable.
ns
I've seen similar with motor vehicles. Sometimes they'll obscure a trailer number in one view (3/4 front), but have it plainly visible from the 3/4 rear view. And around airports, sometimes one view will obscure the tail number of an aircraft, and move to a slightly different view, and the tail number is plainly readable.
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BNSF 7682 (ES44DC)
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.987...m4!1e1!3m2!1siBJ1r-yH_dhW_-X8ZhxPpg!2e0?hl=en
John
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.987...m4!1e1!3m2!1siBJ1r-yH_dhW_-X8ZhxPpg!2e0?hl=en
John
Southern Pacific 1774:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.396...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sIbhnmn38RgkOTiQOIGYkqg!2e0
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.396...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sIbhnmn38RgkOTiQOIGYkqg!2e0
Copper basin railway:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.010...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sYAnw3IEZ3J_obWGqx3aReA!2e0
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.010...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sYAnw3IEZ3J_obWGqx3aReA!2e0
Bessemer & Lake Erie 2-10-4 643 in McKees Rocks, PA.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4711477,-80.0562622,3a,15y,252.08h,90.44t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1suRwzZZBXKTeT3LQ0EyoLnw!2e0?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4711477,-80.0562622,3a,15y,252.08h,90.44t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1suRwzZZBXKTeT3LQ0EyoLnw!2e0?hl=en
NS GP40 3101 and slugs foreground, NS 8772 C40-9 (Dash 9-40C background Norfolk, Va
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.874...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sA0E7RsS6mS67HFPzNaAzRg!2e0
John
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.874...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sA0E7RsS6mS67HFPzNaAzRg!2e0
John
Good catch, John!!
Atlantic and Western 109 with a short string of cars in Sanford, NC.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.478...m4!1e1!3m2!1sTgje-LxkZiCG0AtfPehQnA!2e0?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.478...m4!1e1!3m2!1sTgje-LxkZiCG0AtfPehQnA!2e0?hl=en
Not sure if this has been posted before, but this fellow is quite a collector.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.758...m4!1e1!3m2!1sWnS-A2MviKuBjlRwcP4V0A!2e0?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.758...m4!1e1!3m2!1sWnS-A2MviKuBjlRwcP4V0A!2e0?hl=en
Check out UP's Roseville, CA loco service facility, Too many units to type in:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.748...m4!1e1!3m2!1sIx4oNbizU7ynebXcy5TZ0g!2e0?hl=en
and here same location looks like a SD40 dead line;
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.740...m4!1e1!3m2!1sWI8LW5j-PT47ODPH_1CSyw!2e0?hl=en
John
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.748...m4!1e1!3m2!1sIx4oNbizU7ynebXcy5TZ0g!2e0?hl=en
and here same location looks like a SD40 dead line;
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.740...m4!1e1!3m2!1sWI8LW5j-PT47ODPH_1CSyw!2e0?hl=en
John
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That is a lot of active units!
The deadline is a sad site, but perhaps they'll be sold off for rebuilds for shortlines and leasing. Pan Am Railways has a lot of older equipment up this way and these would be right up their alley. By the time they get done with them, they'll be ready for the scrap yard though.
John
BNSF 7200 in Wilmington, California:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.799...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sleykqwURcQBiW822op7tsA!2e0
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.799...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sleykqwURcQBiW822op7tsA!2e0
At UP's Delores Yard, Carson CA
UP 6260 patched SP AC4400CW, built as SP 210 (AC44CW)
UP 6674 AC4400CW
UP 5912 AC44CWCTE
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.802...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sHM2fbpAlXUzOCoJpwU5U0g!2e0
John
UP 6260 patched SP AC4400CW, built as SP 210 (AC44CW)
UP 6674 AC4400CW
UP 5912 AC44CWCTE
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.802...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sHM2fbpAlXUzOCoJpwU5U0g!2e0
John
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