Google Maps Railfanning Section (READ RULES!)

Good to know! Thanks.

(knowing that, I really tried to keep this post small but I just kept actidentally finding stuff)

Burlington Northern 1973 & a BNSF friend
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.629...6s1xX9hA!2e0!5s20180601T000000!7i13312!8i6656
BN 2935
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.629...FyJSPhrQ!2e0!5s20180601T000000!7i13312!8i6656

BNSF 5010 & 4136 up on a bridge (finally I got one on a bridge!)
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.626...ttBZoLtA!2e0!5s20170801T000000!7i13312!8i6656

BNSF 5613 with a CNW hopper looking down on us
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.618...4!1sWsamkMQrn3YRWy8BYqOKMQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

BNSF 612, 5641 and 4784 with warbonnet 799, which still has part of the S from Santa Fe
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.609...193.78503&pitch=0&thumbfov=100!7i16384!8i8192

Some shortline engine #1805
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.608...159.83281&pitch=0&thumbfov=100!7i16384!8i8192

BNSF 1599 idlining on a bridge. You can see the engineers door open (or is it conductors side, i can never remember)
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.607...4!1skPmvzQKRg7xebxCOPfOHfA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

A bunch of locomotive including: a many UP/BNSF engines (one BNSF engine has a CN body panel), a BNSF SW1500, a blue warbonnet with a BN engine, some CN engines, 4 warbonnets, 3 CITIRail engines, a ferromex engine, 2 NS engines and an executive.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.560...usl-Y6MA!2e0!5s20190901T000000!7i16384!8i8192

BNSF 1560 and an SW1500
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.650...ZRzOVYrw!2e0!5s20121001T000000!7i16384!8i8192

BNSF 2318 with graffiti
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.633...8MpALmLA!2e0!5s20120801T000000!7i13312!8i6656

Close detail of UP 8720, 1454, 4342, 9066 and 2726
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.585...4!1sJY7WaJfQE4JFDPfO0laa_Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

UP 8594 & 7719 (a bit more stuff here, but I'm desperatley trying to keep this short. I have a problem :D)
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.576...4!1sEw6Bq7-h52N5sMiGEb8oGQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
 
NS 8766 & 2773 in Normal, IL
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.518...4!1s9JgBdeKjpKCHgTXZj3MlVA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

BNSF 2001 & 2772 in Clinton IA. Turn to the left to see what I'm assuming is a nuclear reactor. (Also a tiny MOW crane)
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.833...4!1s9mQuTLuS70lWmKrU4Lny3A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

A cab view from an old F7 at the Connecticut Eastern RR Museum
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.714...-k-no-pi-0-ya270.6692-ro0-fo100!7i7296!8i3648

LIRR RS1 0670, MTN 404, a green rusty N? Solutions GP40, various cabooses (one can be identified as a New Haven RR one) and passenger coaches, a black RS1 #C4?R, Blue RS1 CNZR #50, three blue 25-ton switchers and a bunch of other stuff that I missed
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.897...oE3iq65w!2e0!5s20211201T000000!7i16384!8i8192

NS 7550 & 3650 on shaky rails in the heart of New York. They are standing on a bit of abandoned rails (I'm also putting this on my Abandoned Rail lines on Google Maps thread) (and also turn exactly 180 to see a blue 50-ton switcher)
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.721...55.139347&pitch=0&thumbfov=100!7i16384!8i8192

New York New Jersey Rail 1197, 1133, 1197, 2293 and another unidentifiable one, NYNJRR caboose with a slick paint job and a black KLW Fairbanks-Morse H-10-44
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.677...4!1s3kf9p18N3Ox1wEJ1cnhpRw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
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https://www.google.com/maps/@40.677...6f4z8ZYQ!2e0!5s20190701T000000!7i16384!8i8192

KLW 2240 in action
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.682...4!1svaX7eN0QkkvjOoRXspUkwQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

NS 3392 & 1705 taken while in typical NY traffic (there's more here, as usual including some CSX)
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.682...4!1slARzEQvTd5mmaNgHf_xIIA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

I love Google Maps....:hehe:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6963341,-74.1640693,424m/data=!3m1!1e3

A NY Light Rail
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.733...4!1sqvxtWRf76IHjZyHm7B5prA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

A pair of old, rusty, experienced LIRR switchers #157 & 154
https://forums.auran.com/trainz/newreply.php?p=1908418&noquote=1
 
Curious what that sign for Ahli Gigi is about. Dentist?

Well, it is somewhat like a privately-owned dental clinic specializing at tidying someone's teeth, especially making and repairing dentures. Such profession is actually considered as legal according to Indonesian laws, as long as they don't attempt to do the same done by real dentists (and this profession is still considered as a controversy among many people in Indonesia).

Anyway, another one:

https://goo.gl/maps/mbhLs9MVsMpuxq2z8

This December 2021 shot of Bekasi station shows 2 trainsets of former JR East 205 series EMU stopping at Bekasi station. The nearer one in old color is former Musashino Line 205-5000 (refurbished with Toyo Denki-built VVVF inverter), while the farther one wearing new color is former Yokohama Line 205-0 (original resistance + field excitation control)
 
That's for when the pilot REALLY needs a wake-up! :) I love Google Maps....:hehe:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6963.../data=!3m1!1e3

Haha, when I was on there there was a Starbucks pop-up in the middle of the runway, GM must've updated

Coos bay lumber company 2-8-2 #104
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.361...4!1spWWOMovwUDwSen48-KCK7w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
And OCHRR 111 and a tiny tractor and two BN and Southern cabooses
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.362...4!1suIXQhWin9IH12ybemYnqhA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Delaware & Lackawana RR RS3 4103, 4068 and another RS3, two Red engines that look like a GP30 but I know they're not that, the back of an F7, an ex-Penn Central RS-11 and and Alco PA-1 that looks reeeeally familiar.....
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.390...4!1sUTSW8eOdfG8SS241edRPGA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
ERS 4204 and a yellow Erie Mining Company engine and a cute little caboose and a MOW crane
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.392...4!1sxbHm3yHNE5jzohw_RGg8Rw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

An Illinois Central GP-something popping a cork in Champaign, IL
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.141...4!1sK0C4N6Y1wZNCBIzxXN1ctg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

It's been a while since I found a tiny train car
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.361...4!1sY2EZTzer3BBtQwDop57-gA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Pioneer Line 3054 & 1601
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.283...4!1sr8Jpp-qFhJ9uqjD2xnHveA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
 
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Canadian Pacific 8833 and 8723, I think. Move the time to see a couple NS engines
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.928...4!1sn-1TcDo2W3gU58js8xM0nA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

CN 2186
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.931..._UXyarGA!2e0!5s20140701T000000!7i13312!8i6656

CSX 3267 & 483
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.898...4!1scxnNX4xIwfbuW3QUW8mbDg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
CSX 70 & 8563 with a CSX / UP pair in the the background
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.898...4!1s6p6KCmbEHAWz-A6CYkWV8w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Slug set 2384 & 5394, 5232, 927, a blurred GP, a spongebob cab, and a red GP 40 with a white stripe and another GP 40
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.897...jrzHAL5g!2e0!5s20161001T000000!7i13312!8i6656
7664 & 7357
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.897...TWsx_i-Q!2e0!5s20120801T000000!7i13312!8i6656
On the other side of the yard; 765, 585
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.900...4!1sZVcDFP0zckzHiqiMwwfo3Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
There's more stuff here, as usual

NS 5077 in Oregon, Ohio
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.659...4!1sq2iWpR-kHkAR4ChEkso77A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Ann Arbor RR 3927
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.695...804avI-w!2e0!5s20150801T000000!7i16384!8i8192
AARR 1337. (What railroad do pirates use? The AARR):hehe:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.695...VwzxJ-YQ!2e0!5s20150801T000000!7i13312!8i6656

Coopersville & Marne RR 50-tonner, an "AMERICAN" MOW crane
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.064...4!1somQfYcQLNFpATbJ5uq_Z5g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
25-tonner
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.064...4!1sOTqVJN_GIoVNeqwgjpqebw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

A million multi-colored engines in a line
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.777...k-no-pi-0-ya301.27454-ro0-fo100!7i6000!8i3000

A safety catchphrase that's better than my safety puns! (https://forums.auran.com/trainz/sho...ive-Paint-Scheme-to-recognize-Railroad-Safety) Also a bunch of WAMX engines
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.293...4!1sjueKrIjQYNi4mwUYosmV8w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
 
A few shots from me

Unknown RR 502 and another SW1500
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.563...4!1sg_kq8WPs61gmX6fUEjN_VA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

BN SD70M 1457 & 1472
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.051...4!1sZ18EFuyx3E-xV5KTV5SXHA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Santa Fe 2229 & BN 2882
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.065...4!1sAwa7k1MEu8c5uqa9YeTaQA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Santa Fe 8370, BNSF slug 59 and two other BNSF GP30s (As per the contract, there is more stuff here, move the date)
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.068...4!1s9INyI5dPriWSFdwEb62gMw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Amtrak 133 and a bunch of Rail Runner passenger sets
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.078...4!1sa8saiSZfig5vLPBYMuATtg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Oregon Pacific 1202
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.267...4!1sk5zmDsNkusMSS0HY904vGA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
And 801. It looks like 1202 is chasing 801
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.267...0mk5LINA!2e0!5s20180701T000000!7i13312!8i6656

Close detail of UP 534
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.405...HwSZqL0w!2e0!5s20110801T000000!7i13312!8i6656

SSRX 118, an East Portland Traction .CO caboose, Samuels Pacific 50-tonner with one end cut off and the funniest little car that's literally just four wheels and an engine. I made it the first one, to see all the real engines turn the sands of time
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.453...dYU1Knqw!2e0!5s20140601T000000!7i13312!8i6656

*big breath* Nickel Plate RS3 324, Nickel Plate Alco PA-1, UP SW1500 96, Oregon Pacific 1413, two weird cabooses, a Spokane Portland & Seattle tender and a bunch of passenger cars with beautiful graffiti
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.507...qccm0c7w!2e0!5s20170801T000000!7i13312!8i6656

Union Pacific; 560, 166, 1152, 3001, 2666 and a slug
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.482...vc-8Kvaw!2e0!5s20090401T000000!7i13312!8i6656

UP 7746, 8350, 2576, 7396, 2629, 2549, 5518, a bunch more, CEFX 1?51 and CP engine
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.541...OfxwMNZg!2e0!5s20211001T000000!7i13312!8i6656

A lonely BNSF 5360
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.555...q0mQJuAA!2e0!5s20160301T000000!7i13312!8i6656
 
One new entry from Indonesia:

https://goo.gl/maps/uB5qQStDXxkn5JGu8

Although the number is unclear (because it passes at high-speed while pulling all-executive class train, presumably Argo Dwipangga), giving the fact that the size of logo reflects those owned by Cipinang locomotive depot it seems that the CC206 locomotive in this photograph was either CC206 64, CC206 80 or CC206 86 (though my guess that the locomotive was CC206 80).
 
Another new entry:

https://goo.gl/maps/hjakcHR7GDPAL8Xf6

This one was taken near downward home signal of Tanjung Station, with CC206 13 of Sidotopo locomotive depot is seen here taking fully loaded container train all the way to Jakarta (presumably its destination was Sungai Lagoa station or Jakarta International Container Terminal a.k.a JICT). Actually this locomotive had its cab once damaged by a crane that went runaway from Bogor station at Cilebut station back in 2014 or 2015, with this accident was caused by improper procedures when parking the crane inside the area of Bogor station (luckily the crane itself was the ones using both tyres and steel wheels mainly used for handling works inside station area).

While the train was dominated with cooler-enabled containers, normal containers were also included. ;)
 
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1. October 2021 - INKA-built KfW-i9000 series EMU trainset #2 (K3 1 11 05 - K3 1 11 08) is seen here just departed from Klaten station with Yogyakarta-bound intercity commuter train

https://goo.gl/maps/YyvcD7rZwAH5edue9

2. August 2019 - CC201 77R of Madiun depot is seen here pulling a Kirow crane and crew car (NL: noodrijtuigen, ID: kereta penolong), though it is not clear whether there was a derailment or it was simply deployed for helping double track construction works

https://goo.gl/maps/bnXBXwdzX36awVkz5
 
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If they paint that brick road yellow, I will definitely have to follow it further! :hehe: Actually that is really a neat brick road, it must have taken a lot of labor!
 
If they paint that brick road yellow, I will definitely have to follow it further! :hehe: Actually that is really a neat brick road, it must have taken a lot of labor!

That's true, and actually such very neat brick road could be found everywhere in Indonesia, even on those that was formerly RoW of a closed rail line (though the largest weak point of such brick road is they are prone to damages caused by rain). :hehe:
 
I followed the yellow brick road and it took me to ....

...the end of the yellow brick road: https://www.google.com/maps/@-7.440...4!1s9784hKoG3EWDxiWoOrxe7g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

But also, I think that shot with the construction MOW crew was going to this construction site:
https://www.google.com/maps/@-7.437...4!1s733UV8CmuH16hlanYjxVdw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
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https://www.google.com/maps/@-7.437...4!1s3NQyJXp4_U-PVf4xrW2cow!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Separately; Dr. Citron, I found this 80-tonner at the same grain plant. The engineer is closing the gate to the industry in the background.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.592...4!1sDV00tDTCUbqzOOoshs9keQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
And also, a gaggle of MBTA coach cars and a white caboose
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.587...4!1sDR_WVCs-fnm5RyEjS4MWyQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Georgia & Florida RR 9459 in Albany, GA
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.575...4!1sYUYI7bScs0Ye9KaVgW7a-A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
HLCX 3618 and a rusty engine in the back
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.575...4!1svcfmM-JQzFJMkrN4ytfo0Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

A trackmobile
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.815...4!1sHsoDUdhOD7-m-HfZMLwgQQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

NS 5567 & 3532
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.856...4!1s9O6hHVtrcXEDmcH36sDz2Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

G&W 3345? & another one
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.459...4!1sJ8yM-7K4oaU79kIfRHraBg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

G&W engine
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.209...4!1sfkoDdclFj-NUMEiSDVe4rA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
An all black, unmarked GP9 #2881 that's real close
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.209...m4!1sogQtm8ZE9TbebpClHtrWTw!2e0!7i3328!8i1664
G&W 2058
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.209...4CX4W6xA!2e0!5s20190701T000000!7i13312!8i6656

Chattooga & Chickamauga RR #102 and a red caboose that says "The Right Way". There is another shot of 102 but its from the 2000s and really grainy
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.705...4!1sJW3JUVJPaNa7qm-f9QuFQw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

First Coast RR 1810 Switching at Worldwide Terminals Fernandia right in front of the Google Car
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.674...4!1sxhSohpNM-M32gx2ntCKZRg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Golden Isles Terminal RR 437 & FCRR 1602
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.663...4!1soxD-8Vy2km9FzBtPjeKCMA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
FCRR 501 close up
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.663...0Bja_NAg!2e0!5s20110501T000000!7i13312!8i6656

FRCC 1605 and another engine that's harnessing the power of the sun and beaming the ray of light on the poor google car and distracting the driver, causing the car to plummet into the ravi- *ahem* .. It's a glare
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.662...4!1s0OafODZ6IyQAaljN8Fekfw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Two unmarked engines with cool paint jobs numbered 1602 & 1810
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.662...4!1sXaGiqctaRWKLBxJbzlThRQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

NS Dash 9 8432
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.452...4!1sRU7NsxGmbWo3auTJRSZRKw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

GC U30B with a GP9 style hood, Ohio Central System GP9 7594, OCS slug 1006 and OCS blue slug 1005
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.079...4EG_SFmA!2e0!5s20120501T000000!7i13312!8i6656
Three Georgia Central U30B's under a bridge
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.079...m4!1sQ9mYSftxO7VYlYp87-9FTw!2e0!7i3328!8i1664
GC 3917, OCS GP9 7594, and the two slugs
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.079...vkqs6MyA!2e0!5s20120901T000000!7i13312!8i6656
GC GP9 1713 and R&L (?) SW1500 #1526
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.079...ICHqJu-A!2e0!5s20160401T000000!7i13312!8i6656
Better detail of the blue slug
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.079...7jIBT6eg!2e0!5s20071101T000000!7i13312!8i6656
 

Strictly speaking: it is actually the construction site for extending double track past Solo Balapan station to Mojokerto station, as part of Ministry of Transportation's plan for upgrading capacity of Southern Java Mainline. Currently the section past Mojokerto to Wonokromo (Surabaya city) is undergoing double-tracking works, but for some reason the double track would temporarily terminates at Sepanjang station (actually the section between Wonokromo and Tarik had been already doubled back in 1920s a.k.a Dutch East Indies period by the then Staatsspoorwegen, but it was forcibly reverted to single track by invading Imperial Japanese Army as the rails were looted for building the Thai-Burma Ralway a.k.a Death Railway etc).
 
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