Because the IRM picture is an aerial photos taken from only a couple thousand
feet for the Illinois Geological Survey. The Saudi pic is actually a satellite
photo.
Rob McNay
Chicago IL
--- On Thu, 2/4/10, John <onequiknova@comcast.net> wrote:
> From: John <onequiknova@comcast.net>
> Subject: [CBQ] Re: Saudi 1936 DZ watch
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010, 9:44 PM
> 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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