RailwayStation.com - Aerial and Satellite Photographs of South Central US Railroads
The following links will open a new window and take you to selected locations on the Microsoft Terraserver. The resolution varies from 16-meters down to 1-meter per pixel, which is detailed enough to recognize individual railcars and railroad roadbed. Once at the Terraserver site you can zoom, navigate and search for other
locations, and topo maps. Don't forget to come back to RailwayStation.com!
Index
Arkansas
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Jonnesboro, AR - U.P. yards. Thanks to Trent Dowler
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Little Rock, AR - UP Jenks Shops The North Little Rock locomotive overhaul and maintenance facilities are the
largest of their kind on the Union Pacific Railroad (formerly belonging to the Missouri Pacific Railroad until the 1982 merger) and among the largest
in the world.
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Colorado
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Denver, CO - Union Station. Color Image!
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Crawford's Hill, CO - BNSF Loops - thanks to Andrew McNeilage
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Axial, CO - Load-out on the former D&RGW (Now UP). Thanks to Andrew McNeilage
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Crater, CO - Crater Loops on the former D&RGW (Now UP). Thanks to Andrew McNeilage
- Click here for an "Aerial Tour" of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
- Click here for an "Aerial Tour" of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
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Golden, CO - Colorado State Railroad Museum. Color Image!
- Pueblo, CO -
American Association of Railroads Transportation Technology Center includes forty-eight miles of railroad track to test rolling stock, track components, signal, and safety devices, track structure, vehicle performance, track and service worthiness, life-cycle and component reliability, and ride comfort.
Learn more at the AAR web site,
http://www.aar.com/ttci/whatwedo/test_tracks.htm
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Pueblo, CO - UP and BNSF yards
- Denver, CO - Union Station
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Durango, CO - Durango & Silverton roundhouse
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Kansas
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Louisiana
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New Orlean, LA - The Huey P. Long Bridge, longest railroad bridge in the United States, can be see in this image.
Missouri
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St. Louis, MO - Union Station
High resolution color image
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Kansas City, MO - Air Line Junction. In the past, seven railroads converged here (ATSF, MP,
KCT, IC, GM & O, KSC and CRIP).
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Kansas City, MO - Union Station. submitted by Tim Buller
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St. Louis, MO - Union Station - Opened on September 1, 1894 Union Station was, for a brief time, the largest
in the world. An impressive 230-foot clock tower rises from the station's
head house. Last used as a train station in 1978, it has been restored as a
shopping mall and hotel. Some nice postcards showing the station can be
found at
http://www.nationalrrmuseum.org/stations/stlouis.htm
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New Mexico
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Albuquerque, NM - AT & SF Albuquerque Shop. Built between 1914 and 1924,
In the mid 1980's, Santa Fe deemed the shops surplus and closed them. There
are current efforts to preserve the complex and convert it into a
convention center, shops, and museum. Color Image!
- Click here for an "Aerial Tour" of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
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Albuquerque, NM - AT & SF Albuquerque Shop. Built between 1914 and 1924, In the mid 1980's, Santa Fe deemed the shops surplus and closed them. There are current efforts to preserve the complex and convert it into a convention center, shops, and museum.
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Abo Canyon, NM
Submitted by Steve Sandifer
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Las Vegas, NM - reported to be the last former ATSF Roundhouse still in existance.
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Texas
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