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Posted by Semper Vaporo on Friday, August 12, 2011 11:53 AM

yeah, I'm still watching.  Not as much as I used to and not near as much as I WANT to... but I do still check it once or twice a day for a few minutes.

Usually when I do get it on screen I also have the Fostoria and the newer "FailRoadTracks" cam in Salt Lake City at the same time. 

Fostoria and SLC both have sound too, which I didn't think would be worth it at first but it has turned out to be nice at times on those.  Both tend to be overdriven by the sounds of the trains, but it can sometimes be a help to let me know to watch one (and fun to guess which track it will be on!... I can usually tell which camera it will be just by the unique background sound that fades as the horn blows).

The sound on the SLC cam is often as much as a minute behind the video... it is a bit disconcerting to see a big truck pull up to the stop sign (maybe just barely slow for it) and then pull away belching smoke out the exhaust and then a minute later hear the truck brakes squeel and then hear the rumble as it pulls away.  Same thing when a train goes across and a minute later you hear it whistle for the crossing!

As for Roanoke... How long has that topper truck been backed into that parking slot?  I think it has been near a month now, hasn't it?

Just saw three engines running light westbound on track 2.

Train on the SLC camera should show up soon.  Gates just went down.  But I don't hear any horn.

 

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Posted by j610 on Friday, August 12, 2011 11:31 AM

Does anyone but me watch the roanoke cams anymore ?    RON

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Posted by j610 on Saturday, August 6, 2011 9:02 AM

Slow morning in roanoke . I have seen only one train in over two hours .   RON

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Posted by nik .n on Monday, August 1, 2011 11:23 PM

Semper Vaporo

 

 nik .n:

 

Want another cam to watch?

http://www.failroadtracks.com/

Have fun!

EDIT:

 

 Semper Vaporo:

FOUND IT!

The intersection of N 800 W St, (the N/S divided street from lower right to upper left) and W South Temple (the E/W street from the lower left to the right).

Street View shows the grade crossing all blocked off and all of the street surface removed.  I assume that Street View is relatively recent (within the last 2 to 5 years, maybe) so that means the horrible grade crossing is not that old.

I believe this is the cameras geo-location:

40°46'10.44" N 111°54'48.85" W

(Run Google Earth, copy and paste that Lat/Lon in the Search box and click on the magnifying glass.  you then will need to zoom in a bit using the mouse scroll wheel.)

 

 

 

 

 

You need to add that it is in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Done. :D

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Posted by Semper Vaporo on Monday, August 1, 2011 8:49 PM

What is neat about that cam is that not only do you get to see a train periodically, you also get to see an automobile get destroyed sometimes too.

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Posted by jwhitten on Monday, August 1, 2011 8:45 PM

nik .n

Want another cam to watch?

http://www.failroadtracks.com/

Have fun!

EDIT:

 

 Semper Vaporo:

 

FOUND IT!

The intersection of N 800 W St, (the N/S divided street from lower right to upper left) and W South Temple (the E/W street from the lower left to the right).

Street View shows the grade crossing all blocked off and all of the street surface removed.  I assume that Street View is relatively recent (within the last 2 to 5 years, maybe) so that means the horrible grade crossing is not that old.

I believe this is the cameras geo-location:

40°46'10.44" N 111°54'48.85" W

(Run Google Earth, copy and paste that Lat/Lon in the Search box and click on the magnifying glass.  you then will need to zoom in a bit using the mouse scroll wheel.)

 

 

 

 

Ha! That's a great video. However, I'm certain there is some rule against enjoying it too much...

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Posted by Semper Vaporo on Monday, August 1, 2011 8:33 PM

nik .n

Want another cam to watch?

http://www.failroadtracks.com/

Have fun!

EDIT:

 Semper Vaporo:

FOUND IT!

The intersection of N 800 W St, (the N/S divided street from lower right to upper left) and W South Temple (the E/W street from the lower left to the right).

Street View shows the grade crossing all blocked off and all of the street surface removed.  I assume that Street View is relatively recent (within the last 2 to 5 years, maybe) so that means the horrible grade crossing is not that old.

I believe this is the cameras geo-location:

40°46'10.44" N 111°54'48.85" W

(Run Google Earth, copy and paste that Lat/Lon in the Search box and click on the magnifying glass.  you then will need to zoom in a bit using the mouse scroll wheel.)

 

 

You need to add that it is in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Posted by nik .n on Monday, August 1, 2011 8:04 PM

Want another cam to watch?

http://www.failroadtracks.com/

Have fun!

EDIT:

Semper Vaporo

FOUND IT!

The intersection of N 800 W St, (the N/S divided street from lower right to upper left) and W South Temple (the E/W street from the lower left to the right) in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Street View shows the grade crossing all blocked off and all of the street surface removed.  I assume that Street View is relatively recent (within the last 2 to 5 years, maybe) so that means the horrible grade crossing is not that old.

I believe this is the cameras geo-location:

40°46'10.44" N 111°54'48.85" W

(Run Google Earth, copy and paste that Lat/Lon in the Search box and click on the magnifying glass.  you then will need to zoom in a bit using the mouse scroll wheel.)

 

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Posted by GP39 on Sunday, July 31, 2011 12:53 PM

Like the Fosteria cam with the sound.

Thanks for the link!

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Posted by switch7frg on Sunday, July 31, 2011 12:06 PM

Wink  Now that Fostoria cam is interesting, a new mystery car has showed up in Roanoke. Could it be the driver "hopped" a freight out of town to a distant city?  or maybe a new  hobo trying out.

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Posted by rixflix on Saturday, July 30, 2011 3:31 PM

It'll be great when Fostoria gets a few more cams going, I guess when the park is built. They have only one now. I really enjoy Roanoke, especially when trains are plugged for (I guess) track space or units on and off.

How much do these systems cost? I'd love to a webcam at  Wyomissing Jct  just west of Reading, where NS splits for Reading yard,. Philly and Allentow-New York. Lots'a traffic, the rails stay warm in winter!  

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Posted by j610 on Friday, July 29, 2011 1:39 PM

Sorry I missed that . It seems I am never on at the right time .     RON

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Posted by andypc on Friday, July 29, 2011 12:04 PM

I am interested to know what the excursion train was that has just left the Roanoke station?

It was made up of dark brown passenger cars but I could not read the markings; near the end it had a Great dome car.

Interestingly as it was pulling out a freight train on the adjacent track was ended with what looked like a empty transformer transport car.

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Posted by mittelfruh1 on Thursday, July 28, 2011 4:25 PM

http://www.greatlakeslive.com/F-town_CAM_1.html

Click around on the site, as they're changing things up come Aug. 1st.

 

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Posted by RichardLHight on Thursday, July 28, 2011 3:11 PM
Would one of you gentlemen kindly supply the link to the Fostoria cam?

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Posted by Semper Vaporo on Thursday, July 28, 2011 12:39 PM

Modelcar

 Great Western:

The Roanoke and Fostoria cams are both great to watch (from a UK perspective).  They both have their differing merits.  Obviously sound is a plus for Fostoria and Roanoke has slower moving trains.  Both have traffic to see when there are no trains.  Roanoke, being in downtown, does have those little extras such as road races and the occasional VMT movements.

All in all I enjoy watching them whilst I look at other websites or pages using the split screen facility of XP.

 

Yes, the sound really does enhance the Fostoria one.  Wish we had sound working on the Roanoke location.  Don't forget all the Coca-Cola semi's in view much of the day too.  Must be a distribution location nearby and behind the camera location.

 

The Coke plant is actually off to the right about 4 to 6 blocks away.  HUGE plant.  You can see one entrance to the plant from the VMT cam on the left.

You folk should spend some time on Google Earth looking at the area.  Also spend some time using the Street View feature to get street level views of all of this stuff.  My doing so has sure answered a lot of my questions about what I am seeing on the 2-D Hotel and VMT camera images.  You do have to realize that the aerial images and the street view images were taken a couple of years apart (presently, the Street View images are newer) and lots of changes occurred in the time between, as well as since they were taken.

 

 

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Posted by Modelcar on Thursday, July 28, 2011 11:10 AM

Great Western

The Roanoke and Fostoria cams are both great to watch (from a UK perspective).  They both have their differing merits.  Obviously sound is a plus for Fostoria and Roanoke has slower moving trains.  Both have traffic to see when there are no trains.  Roanoke, being in downtown, does have those little extras such as road races and the occasional VMT movements.

All in all I enjoy watching them whilst I look at other websites or pages using the split screen facility of XP.

Yes, the sound really does enhance the Fostoria one.  Wish we had sound working on the Roanoke location.  Don't forget all the Coca-Cola semi's in view much of the day too.  Must be a distribution location nearby and behind the camera location.

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Posted by Great Western on Thursday, July 28, 2011 11:02 AM

The Roanoke and Fostoria cams are both great to watch (from a UK perspective).  They both have their differing merits.  Obviously sound is a plus for Fostoria and Roanoke has slower moving trains.  Both have traffic to see when there are no trains.  Roanoke, being in downtown, does have those little extras such as road races and the occasional VMT movements.

All in all I enjoy watching them whilst I look at other websites or pages using the split screen facility of XP.

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Posted by j610 on Thursday, July 28, 2011 7:56 AM

I agree the sound is nice . I can minimize the page and when I hear a train I can quickly click back on it and watch .   RON

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Posted by mittelfruh1 on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 7:28 AM

Yes, the ads are a pain, but I can put up with a 30 second ad every 15 minutes. I can also bring up the dispatcher audio, so I know what's coming, or watch the chat screen. I've already seen the NS OCS twice now. What a nice sounding engine!

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Posted by j610 on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 1:27 AM

The hotel cam seems to have the clearest picture but i do like the sound on the fostoria cam . I watch them both also . I tend to favor the hotel cam because roanoke is my hometown . The museum cam is still a joke .    RON

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Posted by Semper Vaporo on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 12:01 AM

I watch them both.  But when the Fostoria cam's advertisments begin to irk me, I quit for a while.

Unfortunately, lately I have not been able to watch either one for more than a few minutes a day (and those are often spread over the whole day, a minute or two at a time).

 

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Posted by j610 on Monday, July 25, 2011 11:29 PM

It looks like everyone is now watching the fostoria cam . Too bad the hotel cam doesn;t have sound .    RON

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Posted by mittelfruh1 on Sunday, July 24, 2011 7:52 AM

As much as I used to enjoy the Roanoke cam, I'm now fixed on the Fostoria, OH one now. Lots of action at the CSX/NS diamond, and it's got sound, so some nice horn action. Roanoke still has the nicer cam resolution though.

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Posted by j610 on Sunday, July 24, 2011 12:02 AM

i haven't seen a train yet so I don't know if it is still stop action or not .  No , it is the same disappointing cam as before .   RON

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Posted by Semper Vaporo on Saturday, July 23, 2011 11:45 PM

I bet if a gnat were to crawl across the lens it would be in perfect focus... but everything beyond the gnats hat is definitely not.  Those streetlights are NOT pretty globes, they should be almost pinpoints.

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Posted by j610 on Saturday, July 23, 2011 11:37 PM

Museum cam is back up . I haven't watched it long enough to tell if it is improved yet .    RON

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Posted by Modelcar on Friday, July 15, 2011 12:08 PM

....I wonder if someone, or some thing....such as wind / rain cleaned off the spicer web.  Seems more clear, and I don't find the movements of the former web stretched across the lens....

Also, as I checked a general freight was heading west.  Sunshine too.

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Posted by Modelcar on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 2:08 PM

....Hotel cam back to normal here....and as I just peeked, 2 trains.

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Posted by j610 on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 8:24 PM

Same here .   RON

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