RJ, I really don't know what the discussion is all about. You have the location
of the main and the branch down pat.

What I have been talking about is the small passenger wye located within the big
legs. It ran from the south road crossing curving up to the right and joining
the Oroville leg at the north-south road crossing

I believe I can see the pad of the substation in your views, right where I said
it was. I don't have my plats with me now, I'll scale off the distance from the
east line of the road. Biff

--- In SacNorthern@yahoogroups.com, "radiodial868" <floyd-1956@...> wrote:
>
> Biff,
> Not quite following you on this one. It is the location of the big leg in
question. You confirmed it was Oroville to Yuba City (South East leg), but how
far out? Can't tell ROW or switch locations from the satellite images like you
can the inner legs:
>
> http://vintageairstream.com/sn_images/GoogleEarth/TresVias-ROW.jpg
> http://tinyurl.com/nxn8kk
>
> That also means Google maps is wrong too:
> http://vintageairstream.com/sn_images/GoogleEarth/TresVias-Map.jpg
>
> On the substation, you say it was 70 feet west of the switch on the North side
of the Oroville track. Was that the the inner or the outer switch point?
>
> Thanks,
> RJ
>
>
> --- In SacNorthern@yahoogroups.com, "Biff Byrum" <bbyrum9@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Sorry, kinda busy, I forgot to mention that. Take a look at the big leg (YC
> > to Oro) The substation was on the north side of the Oro branch, about 70
feet west of the switch.
> >
> > Yes, the station platform hugged the short wye. It took off the main north
of the road crossing and joined the north leg. It was contained within the
station reservation.
> >
> > RJ, on this system I can't access your GE overlays right now. Biff
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "radiodial868" <floyd-1956@>
> > To: <SacNorthern@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 13:23
> > Subject: [SacNorthern] Re: Tres Vias
> >
> >
> > > Skipp and anyone else. Anyone who knows, or who can check for signs of
> > > where the outside wye was located would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Google Maps shows it on the north Chico to Oroville direction:
> > > http://vintageairstream.com/sn_images/GoogleEarth/TresVias-Map.jpg
> > >
> > > But Interurban Special #26 (Ira Swett) says wye was in the south Oroville
> > > to Marysville direction. You can't see it in the satellite images.
> > >
> > > Here's the inside wye ROW overlay location:
> > > http://vintageairstream.com/sn_images/GoogleEarth/TresVias-ROW.jpg
> > >
> > > Also, if anyone knows the location of the old substation, I can add that
> > > to the overlay map, too.
> > >
> > > RJ
> > >
> > > --- In SacNorthern@yahoogroups.com, "radiodial868" <floyd-1956@> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Following up with MS Bing bird's eye views, here is Tres Vias from the
north. You can see the three legs with the Palm Trees still there, and if you
look to the upper left, what has to be the outer leg from Oroville to
Marysville.
> > >>
> > >> http://tinyurl.com/nxn8kk
> > >> The southbound leg ROW is about 40 yards to the west (right) of Wilbur at
this point. >> RJ