Anyone here living near or around Modesto, CA?

[Trucklover]

hey guys, just wondering if anyone here is living in or around Modesto, California?

[Tom]

I do, check your M&ET Genset thread.

[Doc Holliday]

I'm in Stockton, now officialy known as "Foreclosure Capital of the World".
Doc

[Trucklover]

Tom, i saw your post, thank-you for the offering, i replied to it in that thread

Doc, if your ever in the area of Modesto, would you mind taking some railfan pictures? Im interested in getting picstures of the locos mainly, but pictures of the Industrial District and the M&ET tracks would be useful to me as well. :mrgreen:

I need to make a trip up there myself one of these days, but i have to set aside a day for the trip, as im 6+ hours away lol

[Mileswestern]

Check out this amazing "birds eye" eview of the M&ET enginehouse and 100% of the railroad's industrial park.

Click :bird's eye to take a closer more detailed look, you can see views from all four directions too.


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Sit back and check it out. I spent about an hour looking over all the interesting trackwork! There's plenty to see!

-Miles

[Tom]

Yeah, MS Live Maps ROCKS doesn't it? THe birds eye view blows Google Earth out of the water as far as I am concerned. Spent many hours goofing off on that site. VERY recent photos too considering it wasn't long ago that the 2 new SW1500's were relettered M&ET.

[Trucklover]

HOLY COW!! MS Live Search is AMAZING!!! Tom that really DOES blow Google Earth out of the water!! The image is so CLEAR!! man that is incredible, thank-you Miles for the link, i will have to be spending some time looking over the areas i have layed out in my trackplan

[Tom]

HOLY COW!! MS Live Search is AMAZING!!! Tom that really DOES blow Google Earth out of the water!! The image is so CLEAR!! man that is incredible, thank-you Miles for the link, i will have to be spending some time looking over the areas i have layed out in my trackplan

CAUTION! I MUST warn you though that MS Live Maps is HIGHLY Addictive. I have spent HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS tracing railroad right of ways all over the US and Canada. In fact, when I get a call for a quote at work, I go there first to get a feel for the operation. Then, I end up straying for MILES and MILES and MILES from where I was researching.

So proceed to that sight with caution, you will lose track of time.

[Doc Holliday]

Doc, if your ever in the area of Modesto, would you mind taking some railfan pictures? Im interested in getting picstures of the locos mainly, but pictures of the Industrial District and the M&ET tracks would be useful to me as well. :mrgreen:

I once worked in downtown Modesto for 18 months but now I don't seem to get down there much. If I have a call to go there or just want to take a short trip somewhere I'll see what I can do.
Doc

[tomustang]

I'm in Stockton, now officialy known as "Foreclosure Capital of the World".
Doc

I thought Roseville-Rocklin was.

I was in Rocklin a few years back but returned to the PRR territory again

[shortliner]

Trucklover, photos on TrainOrders.com Western board from Saturday. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,1873541">http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/r ... ?1,1873541</a><!-- m --> UP delivered a 64 car, 9000 ton, grain train for the M&ET. They responded by mu-ing two triple header sets of 70-tonners to move it, with #600 on the point. That is going to be something to see on your modules! 8-)

[Trucklover]

Trucklover, photos on TrainOrders.com Western board from Saturday. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,1873541">http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/r ... ?1,1873541</a><!-- m --> UP delivered a 64 car, 9000 ton, grain train for the M&ET. They responded by mu-ing two triple header sets of 70-tonners to move it, with #600 on the point. That is going to be something to see on your modules! 8-)

THATS AWESOME!! Thanks for the link!! 6 of the 9 70-Toners lashed up together looks beautiful to me