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OMG Bridge Bird's-Eye!
« on: June 23, 2009, 08:30:48 PM »
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They've finally got bird's-eye views of "my" bridge on local.live.com Bing Maps:

http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=qvjzjv7p9ybq&style=b&lvl=1&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&scene=34864696&encType=1

My modeling job has just gotten much easier AND much harder--and I couldn't be happier. :)
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Re: OMG Bridge Bird's-Eye!
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2009, 08:33:32 PM »
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Amazing there is a train on it at the same time - note the weathering on the boxcar roof.
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Re: OMG Bridge Bird's-Eye!
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2009, 08:34:20 PM »
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That's pretty cool.
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Re: OMG Bridge Bird's-Eye!
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2009, 09:41:28 PM »
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Was that double track at one time ?
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Re: OMG Bridge Bird's-Eye!
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2009, 10:05:02 PM »
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Quote from: tom mann on June 23, 2009, 08:33:32 PM
note the weathering on the boxcar roof.

I say Thomas, an excellent observation. 
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Re: OMG Bridge Bird's-Eye!
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2009, 10:14:53 PM »
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That website is cool. I spent a lunch hour and most of the off the phone time one afternoon looking at Lima and Allen County Ohio. I'll hve to spend a vacation binging Chicago.
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Re: OMG Bridge Bird's-Eye!
« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2009, 10:18:53 PM »
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Quote from: up1950s on June 23, 2009, 09:41:28 PM
Was that double track at one time ?

According to the topo maps at TerraServer, the bridge was actually triple-tracked at one time. Which is how I'm building it on my module:

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Re: OMG Bridge Bird's-Eye!
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2009, 10:24:04 PM »
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Re: OMG Bridge Bird's-Eye!
« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2009, 10:38:33 PM »
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Seusscaboose,

I don't think the link you gave is the one you meant--at least, it's not obviously showing a bridge.

Once you're looking at the view you want, you need to hit the "Share" button (toward the upper right) on Bing Maps to get a link that points at the current view.

Otherwise you'll get (I think) the last location you explicitly entered, rather than the current view.
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Re: OMG Bridge Bird's-Eye!
« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2009, 11:06:43 PM »
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 Hey Rob,
    I know where that is! Been there. ;D     
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Re: OMG Bridge Bird's-Eye!
« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2009, 11:46:03 PM »
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Quote from: stuntman on June 23, 2009, 11:06:43 PM
Hey Rob,
    I know where that is! Been there. ;D     

Yeah, Kankakee's pretty interesting from a railroad point of view.

I mean, if a bridge wide enough for three or four tracks isn't enough, how about one wide enough for EIGHT? :)

http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=qvp9wp7pb8p5&style=b&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&scene=34853258&encType=1
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Re: OMG Bridge Bird's-Eye!
« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2009, 07:41:13 AM »
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As I recall the IC was triple tracked from Chicago to Gilman (?), so a wide bridge (or viaduct) would have made sense. But what's that diesel on the model? Doesn't look very IC to me.  :)

That's a great looking module you have there!
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Re: OMG Bridge Bird's-Eye!
« Reply #12 on: June 24, 2009, 10:19:59 AM »
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Quote from: Chulvis on June 23, 2009, 10:05:02 PM
Quote from: tom mann on June 23, 2009, 08:33:32 PM
note the weathering on the boxcar roof.

I say Thomas, an excellent observation. 

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Re: OMG Bridge Bird's-Eye!
« Reply #13 on: June 24, 2009, 10:43:38 AM »
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Re: OMG Bridge Bird's-Eye!
« Reply #14 on: June 24, 2009, 10:48:55 AM »
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