Clinch River Railroad

Clinch River Railroad - traffic network in Google My Maps

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Zuletzt aktualisiert: Samstag, 05. November 2016 17:33
Geschrieben von Michael Homberg

 

Clinch River Railroad:
traffic network in Google My Maps

Google My Maps allowes to place the trackage into the map - and to share it

What is "Google My Maps"?

I got the information I needed to set upp this map after I put these words into Google.

"Clinch River Railroad" (= CRRR) is a freelanced model railroad, invented and designed by Phil Brooks. It is modeled to look and work like the prototype railroads in the Appalachian coal fields in the '50s.

Therefore, the place was set. A real place, and the Railroad was laid into that place.

The real world is mapped, and can be seen in Google Maps.

When I discovered that Google My Maps makes it possible to add individual information, to store it, and to share it to others, I tried to map the trackage of Clinch River Railroad.

What are the starting points for this map?

  • the publications about CRRR by Phil brooks
  • discussions with Phil
  • Google My Maps, for the Maps
  • the topography
  • 1955 as the status of CRRR, given by Phil

Here is my guess of where the tracks of CRRR would have been in 1955:

 

CRRR setting

 

This is what it looks like in Google My Maps. Klick here, or on the picture, to get a larger image

For lager images, please click on those.

 

a 10 CRRR Ueb

 

Clinch River Railroad trackage (in red), and connecting rail roads

 

a 15 RCCC Ueb 2

 

CRRR trackage, overview

 

CRRR Clinch River RR, Big Creek Area

 

CRRR, Big Creek Area

 

Clinch River RR, Sneedville (TN)

 

CRRR trackage around Sneedville (TN), town above Panther Creec Junction

 

Clinch River RR, East

 

CRRR trackage overview, eastern part

 

a 42 East Det

 

Detail of map, with scale (in Kilometer)

 

Clinch River RR, eastern trackage

 

 

This is what Google My Maps looks like:

  • blue arrow: if one clocks on one symbol ("at Big Ridge" in the picture, a description field pops up, giving information of the name og the location, and the coordinates.
  • to go to "Big Ridge", one can click on "Big Ridge" in the column on the left, too

 

 

Clinch River RR, Speers Ferry

 

CRRR, Speers Ferry Area, with connecting rail roads Southern Ry (black) and Clinchfield RR (green)

 

CRRR, Clinchport (VA)

 

Details of Speers Ferry CRRR Interchange