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Who All Thinks Railcams Should Have Night Vision?

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Who All Thinks Railcams Should Have Night Vision?
Posted by ironhorseman on Saturday, January 3, 2004 9:01 PM
Who all would like to see night vision on rail-webcams?
[tup][yeah][wow]

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Posted by Mikeygaw on Saturday, January 3, 2004 9:20 PM
im sure we all would [:D]
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Posted by Puckdropper on Saturday, January 3, 2004 9:21 PM
Take it from someone enrolled in college for computers... the 'any' key is located directly below the 'n' key. ;-)

Sometimes a geographic location makes pictures from railcams at night look awesome. I have a few neat ones from the Galesburg (Don't remember exactly what it's called) railcam that were taken at night. My wallpaper is a photo taken at night, and I think it looks awesome.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 3, 2004 9:26 PM
[alien][alien]"We thinks it's GREAT !!!" WoooooWooooooooo![:D]
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 3, 2004 9:26 PM
Ay! they should have night vision, and a choice to see with or without nigfht vision
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Posted by ironhorseman on Saturday, January 3, 2004 10:12 PM
I didn't think of this until after I made the intitial post, but night vision probably cost more. However, I'll chip in a few $$$ to Trains if everyone else will to have their cam upgraded. [:D]

How about it?

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Posted by kenneo on Saturday, January 3, 2004 11:44 PM
Automatic Aperture Adjustment does the trick along with high lumin video tube. Cameras cost about $10,000 each for color capable ones.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 4, 2004 12:35 AM
Or how 'bout we just stick a few flood lights in rochelle
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Posted by dmoore74 on Sunday, January 4, 2004 8:02 AM
I doubt the train crews would appreciate being blinded by floodlights shining directly in their eyes. If you've ever watched trains meet at night you'll notice they both dim their headlights.
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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, January 4, 2004 9:35 AM
I would like to see a night vision cam.as far as seeing trains at night they go by all the time where i work on third shift.
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Posted by eolafan on Sunday, January 4, 2004 10:02 AM
Don't hold your breath folks, we've been waiting for years now to see the new railcams at Galeburg, etc. that have been promised by "LIVETRAINS.COM" but nothing has materialized, and this won't either.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 5, 2004 9:41 AM
I think having night vision would be sweet!
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 5, 2004 1:23 PM
Sweet but EXPENSIVE!
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Posted by piggyjo on Monday, January 12, 2004 9:12 PM
YES, YES, YES! I work all day so I can't really see the live images when I get home. Night Vision would be great! [:D]
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