Best tracks to google earth?

[Modelcar]

CShaveRR

I located my house

 

Carl, it's amazing just how much one can see on some of these satellite photo sites.  On one, I have pulled up  my home and it shows it in perspective form...side, back and front views....!  And, in another, I have pulled up a dirrectly overhead photo that shows my John deere lawn tractor parked on the drive way where I locate it each time I finish mowing to clean it off with my leaf blower....Another I found I could see Jean coming out the service door from our attached garage....!

On RR sites to peek at:  Might take a look at Horseshoe Curve and on up the mountain to where the tracks go into tunnels.  {Near Altoona, Pa.}

[scottychaos]

Boyd

What are the best tracks to see via google earth? 

 

kind of a pointless question.. ;)

the "best" tracks are any tracks you personally are interested in..the "worst" tracks are any you arent interested in...every person will have their own list. 

I will never look at any tracks in Minnesota on google earth..because I have never been there and dont care about any rail lines there...likewise you will probably never look at tracks in Western NY...but I spend lots of time looking at them..

Scot

[CShaveRR]

I'm not sure it was Google Earth, but when this feature was relatively new, I located my house. Then I went north to the UP main line in Lombard, and west both west and east, between West Chicago and Proviso. There were over a half-dozen trains, just in that stretch!

I haven't played with this feature at all lately--I'm afraid it would lead to my never tearing myself away from the computer!

[alcodave]

Depends on what you are looking to see. most major cities ar good resolution. Chicago and Los Angeles are two cool cities I have looked at. The L.A. ports are interesting.  Columbus Ohio is closest to me so I have mapped out the rail lines there and look at train yards and such.

[Boyd]

What are the best tracks to see via google earth?