05-31-2011, 11:46 PM
Gary S Wrote:Stein, thanks for the image and the idea. I'll search on google earth and find some more representative areas to model my rip track after.
Makes sense. Had a quick look at a map of Fort Worth, TX. There is an old MoPac yard in the SW corner of town - look for Mopac Avenue. Middle/upper right end of yard has a track which most likely is the RIP track - you can fairly easily see the wheel tracks next to the RR track on the overhead pictures.
Looking for wheel tracks at the UP Englewood yard in Houston, TX, they are fairly easy to spot there too. Might be hard to get ground level pics of them - seems like there are yard track between public roads and the RIP track on both sides (north and south).
Smile,
Stein