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LawrenceKellie (196 posts)
Aug-19-01, 06:32 PM (EST) "Interesting Observations, including a picture!" Today, I was driving the route I am creating between Everett and Monroe, Washington. This is the eastern-most part of the Marias route (I believe), with mileposts in the neighborhood of 1770.Anyway, I found the below picture, which I assume is an automatic switch. First I have ever seen. The second observation was regarding a "railroad grade" which showed up with Wes' Convert3 program. This particular grade I didn't remember seeing it before. Since it was on the route I was driving, I decided to take a look-see.Sure enough, there it was. And after seeing it, I do remember its existence--of course, that was about 30+ years ago. The below picture was taken out of the car's window, therefore you see a glare in the right side. Third and last observation, I was surprised to see the speed limit for passenger trains:
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wesdowns (137 posts)
Aug-19-01, 08:51 PM (EST) 1. "RE: Interesting Observations, including a picture!" You really might want to view the aerial photography of the route that is present on terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com. If your area of the world is covered there, I've found nothing better than a cab ride to tell you what scenery you'll need to place. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
LawrenceKellie (196 posts)
Aug-19-01, 10:05 PM (EST) 2. "RE: Interesting Observations, including a picture!" Oh I have found terraserver. Actually, I prefer topozone.com. For some reason, I cannot get the graphics to load at terrasserver. This is with IE 5.5. At work, with IE 5.1?, I can. Here at home with Netscape 4.7 I can. But not IE 5.5. Have not found another site where the graphics do not load in.I have found, with using Netscape 4.7, that terraserver gives just a whisker better detail in their topo maps. Can't see how, but when you go to the finest resolution, they are just a bit better than topozone. I do, however, use topozone for the "bigger" picture.I wouldn't mind a cab ride, but that will never happen. Have a friend who jumps freights. But my wife would be pretty unhappy if I did that.I have, however, grown up in this area. Was gone for several years and now am back. I know the terrain pretty well. So, it shouldn't be to hard to model.Lawrence Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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