Norm48327 External hard drives are not expensive, and when your c drive takes a dump you don't lose them.
External hard drives are not expensive, and when your c drive takes a dump you don't lose them.
Sure, but external drives can die just as a built-in one... besides, I have a laptop PC and the whole idea there is to have everything built-in to one compact unit and no "extra" (and attendant power and cabling) to have to drag along with it.
Best is to have all files stored in at least 2 places and the automatic Back-up built-in to Windows 10 was SUPPOSED to do it for me on a periodic basis (I would plug in the external drive whenever I was at home and it would run for a while to make the copies)... unfortunately, it didn't backup ALL variable files, just some of them... I'm MAD!
Semper Vaporo
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I have quite a lot of time wrapped up in my .kml files on Google Earth, and save them to the 'My Documents' folder often to help avoid loss. I'm sure that you probably use the same method I do to allow you to upload them to your website, but if desired I can tell you how I save my files.
Petoskey, MI, turntable (removed) CSX
45.3760832 -84.962858
Unfortunatly the site is now covered in condos. The turntable itself still exists; it was moved to Greenfield Village and shows on the list for Dearborn, MI
I visited the site in the 1970s when the turntable was still in its original position. The location was documented in a topo map:
http://www.mytopo.com/maps/?lat=45.3767&lon=-84.96331&z=16
Semper Vaporo Norm48327 External hard drives are not expensive, and when your c drive takes a dump you don't lose them. Sure, but external drives can die just as a built-in one... besides, I have a laptop PC and the whole idea there is to have everything built-in to one compact unit and no "extra" (and attendant power and cabling) to have to drag along with it. Best is to have all files stored in at least 2 places and the automatic Back-up built-in to Windows 10 was SUPPOSED to do it for me on a periodic basis (I would plug in the external drive whenever I was at home and it would run for a while to make the copies)... unfortunately, it didn't backup ALL variable files, just some of them... I'm MAD!
I feel for you. I was in I.T. for 25+ years. I quit and became a maintenance mechanic! Anyhow, yes, you should always have your files in two physical places. The hard drive on your computer, and an external drive that you back up regularly to. Cloud offers a 3rd cheap alternative. And a couple time a year, I back up my external drive to another external drive and keep that off-site (not in my house) for extra protection. Just be aware that you can redundancy yourself into the poorhouse.
I found some more.... I found this page of BN yard maps
http://www.fobnr.org/yardmaps/maps.htm
and google earth'd all of them. That, and some blind luck and here you go.
ID, Avery, RH location 47°14'57.12"N 115°49'15.89"WSupporting document... supporting doc http://www.railroads-of-montana.com/Milwaukee_Road_Connections_Book.htm
IL, Centralia, TT and RH foundations - 2 38°32'36.90"N 89° 8'8.09"W
NV, Wadsworth, TT and RH foundation 39°37'58.28"N 119°17'15.52"W
MO, Chaffee, TT and RH foundations 37°11'7.86"N 89°38'55.58"WSupporting docs: http://www.semissourian.com/blogs/flynch/entry/62732
MT, Billings, RH Foundation 45°46'36.67"N 108°30'40.70"WSupporting docs: http://www.fobnr.org/yardmaps/billings3.htm
MO, Hannibal, RH Foundation 39°42'20.62"N 91°20'57.38"WSupporting docs: http://www.fobnr.org/yardmaps/hannibal.htm
MO, St. Joseph, TT foundation 39°44'14.68"N 94°51'13.15"WSupporting docs: http://www.fobnr.org/yardmaps/stjoseph1.htm
WA, Centralia, TT and RH Foundations 2009 46°44'13.30"N 122°56'44.34"WSupporting docs: http://www.fobnr.org/yardmaps/centrailia.htm
Two orders of business here:
1) I added the new items listed since the last update. Only the U.S. data were udated.
2) I have compressed all 5 files into one ZIP file so MAYBE everybody can download them all in one swell foop. No one answered as to whether they were able to download the KMZ files, but because it now seems to be broken (I am certain it used to work) because the hosting service is filtering out allowing that file extension to be downloaded, I thought I'd try the ZIP format.
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/sempervaporo/Trainsdotcom/RR%20Roundhouses.zip
That should get you all 5 files at once for you to Un-ZIP. I'll try the link myself to test it as soon as I post this missive.
Here are links to the individual files:
Excel file of all the data:
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/sempervaporo/Trainsdotcom/Roundhouse%20and%20Turntables.xls
PDF of the Non-U.S. locations:
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/sempervaporo/Trainsdotcom/Non%20US%20Roundhouses%20and%20Turntables.pdf
KMZ of the Non-U.S. locations:
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/sempervaporo/Trainsdotcom/Non-U.S.%20RR%20Roundhouses.kmz
PDF of the U.S. locations:
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/sempervaporo/Trainsdotcom/US%20Roundhouses%20and%20Turntables.pdf
KMZ of the U.S. locations:
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/sempervaporo/Trainsdotcom/U.S.%20RR%20Roundhouses.kmz
I saw MI, Petoskey on the Excel spreadsheet, but not on the PDF for USA.
1. I too wonder how long it takes to "process" these posts 2. I have watched your postings and enjoyed looking at the ones that are close by. 3. One of yours really has been a mystery to me (will detail later). 4. Wanna tease? 5. I know of a roundhouse that presently does not exist (but has a funny story associated w/it's past) 6. Can you find where it was in Malden MO? 7. Anxious to chat mike ....endmrw0807162127....
The ONE the ONLY/ Paragould, Arkansas/ None other, NOWHERE in the world/ Est. 1883 / formerly called The Crossing/ a portmanteau/ JW Paramore (Cotton Belt RR) Jay Gould (MoPac)/crossed at our town
MidlandMike I saw MI, Petoskey on the Excel spreadsheet, but not on the PDF for USA.
The PDF's are printed from Excel, so it should be there unless you have an old PDF file. Try downloading it again.
I wish I could tie the Google Earth Places files (KMZ) to the Excel data directly, but they are maintained totally separately and errors/omissions could be in either that are not in the other, but the PDF's should track exactly with the Excel files.
Found a turntable in the town of New Town ND. It does not show on the USGS Topo Quad. It is at the end of a Soo Line Branch serving Grain Elevators. Looks like there might be the remains of a foundation of a small Engine House.
N 47 58' 42" W 102 29' 45" http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=47.97842,-102.49588&z=15&t=T
Steve
New Town, ND; already in the list. Thanks, anyway.
Fairport Harbor/Painesville, OH, 41°45'17.05"N 81°16'1.83"W Former TT&RH
On Google Earth it can best be seen on early 2000s images.
Link to topo map:
http://www.mytopo.com/maps/?lat=41.7549&lon=-81.26615&z=16
Thank you MidlandMike... interesting that the ground appears to have been plowed in 2007 and 2014 based on the rows of vegetation, yet the locations of the radial tracks still show on the ground in later years.
I will try to get the on-line files updated in a week or so.
Semper Vaporo...yet the locations of the radial tracks still show on the ground in later years.
I've seen satellite images of areas that haven't had track in over 100 years - but freshly plowed ground will still reveal the route of the line.
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MidlandMike Fairport Harbor/Painesville, OH, 41°45'17.05"N 81°16'1.83"W Former TT&RH On Google Earth it can best be seen on early 2000s images. Link to topo map: http://www.mytopo.com/maps/?lat=41.7549&lon=-81.26615&z=16
Well, I haven't been around much. Busy busy busy. Found one in Toledo tonight. I was inspired by the topo map so I started poking around again. :)
I'm still looking for evidence of one in the abandoned Ottowa Yard in Erie, MI. But I went south and found another one on the topo of Toledo that I don't think is in the list yet....
OH, Toledo, RH Foundation 41°41'24.67"N 83°30'21.83"W
Here's another one in Toledo. Arc of the roundhouse can be seen in 1993 and it shows up on the topo map, too.
http://www.mytopo.com/maps/?lat=41.6224&lon=-83.53113&z=16
OH, Toledo RH foundation 1993 41°37'21.33"N 83°31'53.01"W
MossRoadHere's another one in Toledo. Arc of the roundhouse can be seen in 1993 and it shows up on the topo map, too. http://www.mytopo.com/maps/?lat=41.6224&lon=-83.53113&z=16 OH, Toledo RH foundation 1993 41°37'21.33"N 83°31'53.01"W
I suspect that is the B&O's (now CSX) former Rossford Yard.
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MI, Mackinaw City, TT and RH foundations visible 1994 45°46'47.58"N 84°43'53.20"W
http://www.mytopo.com/maps/?lat=45.7777&lon=-84.72650&z=16
TX, Sweetwater, RH and TT foundations visible 2012 32°29'48.68"N 100°24'16.64"W
It just seemed a lot of lines crossed there.
OK, Purcell, TT and RH foundations 2012 35° 0'12.79"N 97°21'30.71"W
http://www.mytopo.com/maps/?lat=35.0025&lon=-97.35855&z=16
MossRoad MI, Mackinaw City, TT and RH foundations visible 1994 45°46'47.58"N 84°43'53.20"W http://www.mytopo.com/maps/?lat=45.7777&lon=-84.72650&z=16
Hotel on the site now.
AL, Decatur, TT and RH foundations 2004 34°35'29.03"N 86°59'5.87"W
MO, Marceline, TT and RH foundations 39°42'21.11"N 92°57'25.58"W
IA, Keokuk, TT foundation 2010 40°23'12.86"N 91°24'10.47"W
Link to topo map:http://www.mytopo.com/maps/?lat=40.3874&lon=-91.40248&z=16
WI, Marshfield, TT 1998 44°39'49.28"N 90° 9'51.97"W
WI, Wausau, TT and RH foundation V 1998 44°57'23.84"N 89°37'3.88"W
AR, Newport, RH Foundation 35°36'23.89"N 91°17'3.05"W
MO, Monett, TT and RH foundations V 2012 36°55'13.66"N 93°54'54.48"W
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