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Western Railroad Discussion > Fooling Around With Drones at Fulda (Donner Pass)Date: 06/08/25 15:51 Fooling Around With Drones at Fulda (Donner Pass) Author: BoilingMan I was up at The Balloon Track at Fulda to map it with the drone. The Balloon is not easy (impossible?) to shoot in it's entirety. The first photo is the result of the mapping flight- 199 individual photos stitched into 1. I'm not sure why some parts didn't print.. I suspect the texture of the firs, pines, and cedars somehow confused the stitching software. I'll give Tech Support a call...
The other photos are some of trains that passed while I was there: a WB auto racks, a BNSF rights EB, and #6. There were a few others, but I was busy with the mapping. SR (Fulda is on Donner, between Blue Canon and Emigrant Gap)    Date: 06/08/25 15:52 Re: Fooling Around With Drones at Fulda (Donner Pass) Author: BoilingMan ,
   Date: 06/08/25 16:20 Re: Fooling Around With Drones at Fulda (Donner Pass) Author: IC_2024 Saw you out there yesterday when we went by on #5, SR. Simply amazing— great job!!
Date: 06/08/25 16:28 Re: Fooling Around With Drones at Fulda (Donner Pass) Author: Gonut1 Pretty nifty stuff. Thanks for sharing.
Gonut Date: 06/08/25 16:29 Re: Fooling Around With Drones at Fulda (Donner Pass) Author: BoilingMan Ha! I figured you’d be on either 5or6 (I saw both)
SR Date: 06/08/25 19:00 Re: Fooling Around With Drones at Fulda (Donner Pass) Author: doge_of_pocopson Awesome SR! B
Date: 06/08/25 20:20 Re: Fooling Around With Drones at Fulda (Donner Pass) Author: FiveChime Great photos from where others have not photographed from, at least the drone shots!
Thanks for trecking into the wilderness to take those! Regards, Jim Evans Date: 06/08/25 22:07 Re: Fooling Around With Drones at Fulda (Donner Pass) Author: SP8100 IC or Boilingman.. I have a question. Advance approach at the intermediate signal of MP 168.8 tells the engineer what at the next control point. I don't have a SP timetable for the Roseville Sub to reference, hence why I am asking you guys..
SP8100 Date: 06/08/25 22:21 Re: Fooling Around With Drones at Fulda (Donner Pass) Author: BoilingMan Mark (IC) can certainly give the exact answer, but as a retired RRer (who really only made the coffee), I can tell you that up ahead the double track will go to single at Switch 9 (just beyond Emigrant Gap). Y over Y is the first clue as to what’s in store at Switch 9.
SR Date: 06/09/25 08:38 Re: Fooling Around With Drones at Fulda (Donner Pass) Author: kg6nlw Yellow/Yellow is Approach Diverging - Proceed prepared to advance on diverging route at next signal at prescribed speed through turnout. Your next signal can be one of three, Red/Green, Red/Yellow or Red/Flashing Yellow.
Regards, -Frank C. Frank Christ Cloverdale, CA FranksRails Photography, LLC. Date: 06/09/25 21:13 Re: Fooling Around With Drones at Fulda (Donner Pass) Author: wabash2800 Balloon track is used to turn snow removal trains?
Victor Baird Date: 06/09/25 21:32 Re: Fooling Around With Drones at Fulda (Donner Pass) Author: BoilingMan That’s right- mostly the Flangers.
The Balloons (there’s another in Truckee) were added as a result of the City of SF snowbound incident in 1952. They speed up turning the Flangers, eliminating using a wye, which would be difficult to keep clear in a storm. SR Date: 06/09/25 23:56 Re: Fooling Around With Drones at Fulda (Donner Pass) Author: weather Amazing stuff SR!
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