Here's #9 in my CHSR Every Inch drone coverage series. It starts where I left off at the San Joaquin River Viaduct and runs all the way to the end of the current construction in Madera and Schmidt Creek Viaduct.

This is a long one. I have never flew here before and I was doing all my usual orbits like the rest of the series so far. I kept pushing all the way to where I didn't see construction anymore. This led me well north of where the planned CHSR station is going to be, a surprise viaduct, and a weird history about Madera's commitment issues with the location of their Amtrak stations. First, you must understand Amtrak uses BNSF lines in this area but it's UP lines that run through downtown Madera. Here's the rest of the "Storey" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madera_...)

There is a small No Drone Zone from the local airport that crosses the project between Fresno River Viaduct and Avenue 17. It is much smaller than the one that completely engulfs Cedar Ave Viaduct :(

This is the last video in the first round of my CP 1-2-3 coverage. I'm going on a two week vacation starting next weekend. Expect a bunch of random uploads from Wisconsin, Massachusetts, and Florida during that time. After I get back, I'm going to start round 2 of this series. I think I'm going to start all the way down where CP 3 and 4 meet and shoot all the way, in order, to where today's video ends.

Thank you all for the 500 Subscribers :) Soon I'll be able to put a little tip jar here in YouTube. This brings me to another subject that I have been thinking about. At 1000 subs, I can start getting ad revenue. I hate ads. I've been a YouTube Red/Premium member for many many years. I never wanted ads breaking up my videos. I told myself that I was not going to turn on ads when that time came. WELL, I learned that YouTube is already putting ads in my videos, even before I got to 500 subs :( Apparently, there is a way to tell YouTube to never put ads in your videos. Some say doing this will cause you to loose favor with the Algorithm Gods. I don't know what to do yet. I will think more about burning that bridge at 1000 subs.

Google Earth Map https://earth.google.com/earth/d/1a0m...

00:00 San Joaquin River Viaduct, UP Railway, Highway 99
00:57 Avenue 7
02:06 Avenue 8, Ag Under Crossing
03:09 Avenue 9
04:25 Avenue 10
05:24 Avenue 11
06:28 Avenue 12
07:31 Avenue 13, BNSF Railway, Future Amtrak Station, Future CHSR Station
07:54 Cottonwood Creek Viaduct
09:17 Avenue 15
10:14 Avenue 15 1/2, Storey Station, Former Amtrak Station
11:05 Fresno River Viaduct, Madera Airport No Drone Zone
12:06 Avenue 17, Freight Train :)
13:47 Lake St / Road 27
14:59 Schmidt Creek Viaduct, Road 26, Current Amtrak Station