Trains on google street view.

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Re: Trains on google street view.

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Re: Trains on google street view.

Post by ZachL » Wed Feb 20, 2019 9:44 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote:Not exactly street view related
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Re: Trains on google street view.

Post by brett nc railfanner » Fri Mar 15, 2019 2:14 pm

2 NS SD40-2s leading an empty hopper train in Birmingham, Alabama:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.5667095 ... 312!8i6656

A CSX road slug in Decatur, Alabama:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.5912329 ... 312!8i6656

An idle NS train in Irondale, Alabama: https://www.google.com/maps/@33.538655, ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Trains on google street view.

Post by freebrickproductions » Sat Mar 16, 2019 4:04 pm

brett nc railfanner wrote: A CSX road slug in Decatur, Alabama:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.5912329 ... 312!8i6656
A bit more to see there as well, including a GP40-2, a GP40-3 (which was likely the one that was based out of Oakworth Yard around that time) paired with a GP38-2, and what might be Q515 with an ET44AH leading an ES40DC. Also a YN2 GE (Dash-9?) sitting next to a six-axle EMD (SD50-2?):
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.590861, ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Trains on google street view.

Post by brett nc railfanner » Mon Mar 18, 2019 3:09 pm

What looks like an NCDOT F59PH on a spur line in Chapel Hill, NC https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9774148 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Trains on google street view.

Post by brett nc railfanner » Mon Mar 18, 2019 9:13 pm

A CSX GP38-2 in Fayetteville, North Carolina:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.0464676 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Trains on google street view.

Post by NathanFromEngland » Tue Mar 19, 2019 10:56 am

brett nc railfanner wrote:A CSX GP38-2 in Fayetteville, North Carolina:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.0464676 ... 312!8i6656
There was a crossing there in 2007, but it is unusual to wonder why it was closed.
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Re: Trains on google street view.

Post by ZachL » Tue Mar 19, 2019 3:18 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote:
brett nc railfanner wrote:A CSX GP38-2 in Fayetteville, North Carolina:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.0464676 ... 312!8i6656
There was a crossing there in 2007, but it is unusual to wonder why it was closed.
What's unusual? The crossing was probably closed due to a) increased train traffic b) quiet zone or c) too many accidents
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Re: Trains on google street view.

Post by NathanFromEngland » Sun Mar 24, 2019 6:57 am

Some ALCO or GE switcher with several coal cars in Palmetto, Florida.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.5245811 ... 6656?hl=en
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Re: Trains on google street view.

Post by freebrickproductions » Sun Mar 24, 2019 9:10 am

NathanFromEngland wrote:Some ALCO or GE switcher with several coal cars in Palmetto, Florida.
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.5245811 ... 6656?hl=en
Alco S2M:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locopi ... x?id=44228
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