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Unread postby JM1261 » Tue Aug 23, 2016 3:05 pm

http://fragis.fra.dot.gov/GISFRASafety/

The FRA recently released this detailed map of US rail lines. Includes all of the mileposts and signal locations/names for EVERY line. Very helpful tool!
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Unread postby jgvaughan » Tue Aug 23, 2016 3:50 pm

Thank you, thank you, thank you...this will come in handy on my planned Ravenna Arsenal route.
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Unread postby RAILSOHIO » Tue Aug 23, 2016 3:55 pm

I expected this to only indicate active lines,but am thrilled to see it displays some roads that were pulled nearly 30 years ago! This is a great find,thanks for posting.
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Unread postby JM1261 » Tue Aug 23, 2016 4:25 pm

You're welcome guys! I was rather thrilled myself when I found it *!lol!*
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Unread postby jalsina » Tue Aug 23, 2016 11:54 pm

This map is amazing. So much info. !!*ok*!!
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Unread postby Bananarama » Wed Aug 24, 2016 12:36 am

Neat stuff! !!*ok*!!
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Unread postby Tomcat » Wed Aug 24, 2016 6:31 am

Great find! Thanks for the heads up.
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Re: Helpful route building tool

Unread postby ZekTheKid » Wed Aug 24, 2016 11:52 am

*!!thnx!!* In the future (exact date not yet decided) I will be building a route that's one of my favorites, the Metropolitan Sub. *!greengrin!*
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Unread postby artimrj » Wed Aug 24, 2016 2:00 pm

Well you better hurry up cause in 14.6 billion years the sun is going to implode ;)
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Unread postby ZekTheKid » Wed Aug 24, 2016 5:13 pm

artimrj wrote:Well you better hurry up cause in 14.6 billion years the sun is going to implode ;)

Like I'm going to live that long. !*roll-laugh*!
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Unread postby buzz456 » Wed Aug 24, 2016 5:15 pm

Well you said the other day that you had had something forever so we just thought............
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Unread postby ZekTheKid » Wed Aug 24, 2016 5:17 pm

buzz456 wrote:Well you said the other day that you had had something forever so we just thought............

!**conf**!
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Unread postby ErikGorbiHamilton » Wed Aug 24, 2016 6:59 pm

artimrj wrote:Well you better hurry up cause in 14.6 billion years the sun is going to implode ;)



Actually he better move even faster because between Now and 10,000 Years i'm sure Humanity will just Annihilate itself! !**duh*!!
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Unread postby buzz456 » Wed Aug 24, 2016 7:30 pm

ErikGorbiHamilton wrote:
artimrj wrote:Well you better hurry up cause in 14.6 billion years the sun is going to implode ;)



Actually he better move even faster because between Now and 10,000 Years i'm sure Humanity will just Annihilate itself! !**duh*!!


Hopefully not.
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Unread postby imnew » Thu Aug 25, 2016 12:40 am

Nice find! Thank you.
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