by WileeCoyote
Hey all,
I'll be moving to Manhattan, Kansas on the first of July, for a few weeks at least. As yet, all I know about the area is what I've been told by my parents who went there to procure a house recently.
Having looked at the house by means of Google Earth, I have discovered that the house lies about 800 meters or so north of what appears to be a single-tracked railroad line that runs on the southern side of Manhattan itself. I've never lived this close to an active railroad line so suffice to say, my curiousity has been piqued. Would someone please be so kind as to tell me what's there railroad-wise and what there is to do? I'm looking forward to going railfanning there, however I don't really know anything about what runs there. As far as I'm aware Union Pacific is the owner and operator of the line, outside of that I don't know anything about local trains (and the locomotives used to pull them), timetables, radio frequencies etc.
Apropos, are there any definite regulations when it comes to railfanning along Union Pacific property, much less railfanning in general? I'm plenty familiar with the rules in Germany (stay at least 2 meters away from the tracks, do not use flash, do not trespass, do not do anything stupid et al.), but since I've never really gone railfanning in the U.S. before, I find I may need to do a bit of learning about the topic.
Any information, help, suggestions etc. would be greatly appreciated.
Viele Grüße,
Wile E. Coyote
I'll be moving to Manhattan, Kansas on the first of July, for a few weeks at least. As yet, all I know about the area is what I've been told by my parents who went there to procure a house recently.
Having looked at the house by means of Google Earth, I have discovered that the house lies about 800 meters or so north of what appears to be a single-tracked railroad line that runs on the southern side of Manhattan itself. I've never lived this close to an active railroad line so suffice to say, my curiousity has been piqued. Would someone please be so kind as to tell me what's there railroad-wise and what there is to do? I'm looking forward to going railfanning there, however I don't really know anything about what runs there. As far as I'm aware Union Pacific is the owner and operator of the line, outside of that I don't know anything about local trains (and the locomotives used to pull them), timetables, radio frequencies etc.
Apropos, are there any definite regulations when it comes to railfanning along Union Pacific property, much less railfanning in general? I'm plenty familiar with the rules in Germany (stay at least 2 meters away from the tracks, do not use flash, do not trespass, do not do anything stupid et al.), but since I've never really gone railfanning in the U.S. before, I find I may need to do a bit of learning about the topic.
Any information, help, suggestions etc. would be greatly appreciated.
Viele Grüße,
Wile E. Coyote
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