Hello one and all, i would first like to say hello to you all as this is my first thread. Anyway, the point of this is to repost here with GPS cordinates for your Railfaning Location. this way we can all share the joy of a wonderful location together. Heres my Favorite place to Railfan, South Academy Colorado. (Joint Line) N 38' 57.338, W 104' 50.127 It's a Nice location near a signal, Switch/siding, and wonder scenery including cliffs, pines, and a reflective lake. Happy Fanning!
Welcome Adam! Here's mine, a remote cliff across South Boulder Canyon from Tunnel 27: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=39.931632,-105.41855&spn=0.002879,0.005214&t=h&z=17 And here's the shot it nets:
One of my favorite locations is Emerson, GA. It is a tiny town northwest of Atlanta on the CSX W&A subdivision towards Chattanooga. It is about as close as you can get to Atlanta and have "mountains" to railfan with. Looooong passing siding and lots of trains: 60+ a day! Here is one of my favorite spots (if you click the link you will get the corrdinates displayed in FlashEarth): http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=34.123131&lon=-84.752451&z=17.7&r=0&src=msl And a recent video taken in this area: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWlZ9ju7P_M"]YouTube - CSX N172 Unit Coal Train at Emerson, GA[/ame] Not surprisingly, this is the area that I am modeling in N-sacle and Emerson will be the first scene that gets built on the layout. Jamie
Here's a couple: Saginaw, Texas 32 deg. 52 min. 27.64 sec. N, 97 deg. 21 min. 41.23 sec. W North of Ft. Worth, Texas- a railfan-friendly location. Two BNSF (ex-ATSF and ex-BN) and one UP (ex-Rock Island) cross at this junction. Three huge grain elevators nearby have their own switchers. Several decent eateries across the highway (US 287), and is the site of "24 Hours at Saginaw" each year. Another: Cordele, Georgia 31 deg. 58 min. 11.20 sec. N, 83 deg. 42 min. 51.14 sec. W NS's GS&F Sub (ex-Southern) and CSX's Fitzgerald Sub (ex-SCL) cross here, as does the Heart of Georgia RR (HOG, running on an ex-SCL branch from Vidalia to Preston, GA. 60-70 freights daily on the CLass 1s, one a day on the HOG. HOG also operates the SAM Shortline train which runs Cordele-Plains. Both CSX and NS keep locomotives in town for local switching work.
I include GPS location data on many of the photos I post in Railimages. Here is where I spend a lot of time these days. +29° 33' 38.34", -95° 48' 32.83"
favorite place to railfan My favorite place is Durand michigan It is a small town in central michigan. it is were canadian national and two shortlines meet there is a good sized yard and there is always action or at least whenever i am there Go to google earth and search durand MI
I assume you are looking for lat/logs to input into a GPS Device. I have created a list of 47 popular Railfan locations that can be downloaded to any GPS device...they are located at: POIfriend.com: GPS POI Group: Railfan North America Enjoy
my fav 40.930083, -89.655433 edelstein hill, on the bnsf transcon another place about 5 miles away is "UP connection" (UP Nelson sub connects to BNSF for stack trains) can usually see signals in both directions good stuff Ed
Your position is latitude: 42.088159211829904 longitude: -90.15157699584961 Savanna IL BNSF and IC&E diamond
I made a venture out to catch UP 844 steam in Pinole. Searching google earth for the best spot I found this small peninsula (google map). This is definitely an amazing spot as you can follow a train for just over 5 miles along the coast. Here's the video I shot of 844 at Pinole from that location: UP Northern #844 at Pinole, California April 20th 2009 UNCUT on Vimeo