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<blockquote data-quote="Sandpatch" data-source="post: 164715" data-attributes="member: 10543"><p>Nope Don, not yet at least. Depending on the line, freight trains can be fairly predictable and devoted fans have a good notion of what might be seen. Many of us carry radio scanners so that we can listen to and better our odds of seeing something. Prior to vacations I also study my railroad traffic density maps to see where the busiest lines are. </p><p></p><p> New technology gets close to answering the question. Some fans now carry laptop computers and are able to tap in to railroad radio data transmissions and see exactly what the Dispatcher sees in real time! I have no experience with this sort of thing and from what I gather, it takes some knowhow to set up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sandpatch, post: 164715, member: 10543"] Nope Don, not yet at least. Depending on the line, freight trains can be fairly predictable and devoted fans have a good notion of what might be seen. Many of us carry radio scanners so that we can listen to and better our odds of seeing something. Prior to vacations I also study my railroad traffic density maps to see where the busiest lines are. New technology gets close to answering the question. Some fans now carry laptop computers and are able to tap in to railroad radio data transmissions and see exactly what the Dispatcher sees in real time! I have no experience with this sort of thing and from what I gather, it takes some knowhow to set up. [/QUOTE]
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