#Google Earth- Update (43comp, 2u/c)

[Howie]

Here it is... 64208 edges, 23891 faces, 1308 components, 18 different materials, 1 field trip later... i present Adelaide Railway Station.

* Adelaide Railway Station (Howie)

[bmw boy]

woooooowzer bravo!

u forgot something tho... the ppl at the entrance getting rejected for a tiny rip in the jeans

[Cruise]

woooooowzer bravo!

u forgot something tho... the ppl at the entrance getting rejected for a tiny rip in the jeans

Lol, good one. have you been to the casino lately?

BTW howie im impressed with that model

[Mants]

sweet job mate

[bmw boy]

woooooowzer bravo!

u forgot something tho... the ppl at the entrance getting rejected for a tiny rip in the jeans

Lol, good one. have you been to the casino lately?

BTW howie im impressed with that model

lol yes I have, but i shall post the answer in the appropriate thread, I dont want to be responsible for changing the topic of this thread hehe.

[Cruise]

woooooowzer bravo!

u forgot something tho... the ppl at the entrance getting rejected for a tiny rip in the jeans

Lol, good one. have you been to the casino lately?

BTW howie im impressed with that model

lol yes I have, but i shall post the answer in the appropriate thread, I dont want to be responsible for changing the topic of this thread hehe.

fair enough, good call

[Shuz]

Wow, excellent job Howie! Looks brilliant.

Hope the rest of the Riverside can be completed one day. Would look awesome

[Norman]

That is AMAZING work Howie. You are a ledgend!

[muzzamo]

When you load this all up in google earth.. is there any way to distinguish between the buildings that actually exist/are complete and the buildings that are proposed/under construction (particular the pie-in-the-sky ones)?

Great work btw.

[Howie]

Thanks fellas, the missus was really busting my chops about spending so much time on sketchup this weekend Your enjoyment makes it all worth it.

Muzzamo we may have to do a little reorganising down the track, and split them between built/proposed/neverbuilt. Right now that hasn't been set up, but you can hide the buildings you don't want to see.

[Howie]

Hope the rest of the Riverside can be completed one day. Would look awesome

Going for a walk down there on the weekend has given me second thoughts about building the marj on the other side of morphett street bridge. There's just so much untapped potential there for a world class entertainment precinct. Anyhow that would be discussion for another thread.

[Will409]

Being a rail fan, I cannot help but comment on Adelaide Railway station. It is simply fantasic to say the least. Certainlylooks like you have put in a huge amount of detail into it. May we ever see a modeled tram infront of it in the future with these models That is probably asking too much of you so I will leave it there.

Just a historical note about the railway station, it is actually the third one on the site. The first one was built in 1856 for the Adelaide to Port Adelaide railway and was a simple single storey stone structure. As the rail network grew over the next 20 years, it gradually became too small to meet the needs imposed on it.

Original station 1856-c.1876

In c.1876, the second station building was opened. This was again a stone building but was two storey. This one had enclosed platforms with a British style 'train shed' built over the platforms. The platforms were apparently paved with a red brick similar to what we have today. This station eventually also became rather small for the needs imposed on it by the 1920s.

Second station c.1876-c.1928


The 'train shed' over the platforms.

The current station was only completed in 1928 under what was known as the 'Webb era' when the SAR had an American as the head of the railways who was brought in to rebuild the railway system. The current station almost bankrupted the state during construction and was based on 'the' Grand Central Terminal in New York. Originally, there were 13 platforms but this was cut back to the present 9 in 1984 which also saw them placed under cover as they are now.



Sorry to go on and on like that but while I am all for development in Adelaide (and it is overdue that something happened here), I have always enjoyed looking back as well as looking forward. Anyway, back on topic

[Howie]

Nice historical photos Will409, thanks for posting that. I did know it wasn't the first station on that site, but i never knew it was the third. I'll try to add a little more detail to the station as i go along, so long as a tram doesn't add too much to the size of the google sketchup file i'll do it.

Btw guys, another one up.

* Wyatt House (Howie)

[Norman]

Wikipedia has a great article on the Adelaide Railway Station, I suggest you all have a good look.

[Mants]

i was waiting for you to do that one howie! looks great.