Glen Park Auto Distribution Facility Photosimulations Union Pacific Railroad, Kansas City, Kansas The Department of Industrial Development for the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) was expanding the railroad's capacity to deliver new automobles to primary market hubs. The effort included new auto changer facilities, or intermoadal automoblile distribution centers, where new vehicles would be transfered from long-haul railroad to short-haul auto-carrying trucks near final retail outlets. The Glen Park Facility in Kansas City would serve Ford Motor Company retail outlets in Kansas and Missouri. A display was needed to quickly convey the site layout, local road network access and it's location within the existing agricultural transload and petroleum storage industrial areas to non-technical Ford executives.

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Photosimulations | Mouse-over images below to toggle: E 1 2		2. Photosimulation of Proposed Automobile Distribution Facility: View featuring site layout with Autorack loading/unloading, storage tracks and automobiles in temporary storage.

POITRA photographers made an aerial photo survey of the site by helocopter from which the simulation base photograph was to be selected. The Railroad decided on a view that included the transportation options which would be an important component in site selection. UPRR provided preliminary CADD site plans for the proposed facility which were perspective matched to the aerial base photograph. POITRA then painted the areas of layout using it's experience visiting similar existing facilities. Truck runways were rendered as concrete and auto parking as asphalt using digital painting methods. All rail, roadway and parking striping were added in the same manner. The layout was populated using POITRA 3D stock model railroad equipment. POITRA Visual has had plenty of experience working with rail intermodal facilities and it's principals have actual railroad bridge design experience. The simulation process is always much more efficient when the artists are familiar with the industry. A display board was designed by POITRA graphic artists to hold the completed simulation. The finished display board was delivered as a printed mounted panel to UPRR staff members for their presentation to top Ford executives.

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