Check N 26.42256 E 50.14231. That sure resembles the 5 unit Nebraska zephyr
coupled to a Sauidi diesel. On a side note, I used the same site to look at IRM
to see if their Nebraska zephyr was outside, which it wasn't, but the
resolution is so much better here in the states that it is in Saudi Arabia.
Zooms in closer too. I wonder why that is?
John.
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "John" <onequiknova@...> wrote:
>
> I'm not too sure what your looking at, but that sure looks like a Budd
> obsevation sitting among more modern passenger cars at N26.42285 E50.14002.
> I'm going to poke around on that site for a bit.
>
> John.
>
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyr9900@> wrote:
> >
> > No, not *a* watch (as in tick-tick-tick-tick) but an update on the supposed
> > 1936 Denver Zephyr cars in Ad Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
> >
> > The previous Googlemaps imagery that we all viewed last summer was from
> > 2006. Googlemaps has updated their imagery to 2010 (at least, that's what
> > the superimposed copyright bug says...)
> >
> > There has been some redevelopment to the railyards in Ad Dammam. It looks
> > like there is some major expansion going on. The cars that I am imagining
> > are the 1936 DZ cars appear to have been moved a little west from their
> > previous location:
> >
> > http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=26.42695,50.12688&z=19&t=S
> >
> > Randy
> >
> > --
> > Randy Gordon-Gilmore
> > Rio Vista, CA, USA
> > http://www.prototrains.com
> > zephyr9900@
> >
>
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