Google Earth Contest #9

[E-8]

I would like to see this one modeled in N Scale. :)

http://www.trainboard.com/contest/contest9a.jpg

http://www.trainboard.com/contest/contest9b.jpg

[sandro schaer]

first thought was south africa...then a little zooming on www.maps.google.com (we're not allowed to install google earth here at the office)



here's what i found :



johannesburg, south africa

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=-26.218191,28.089348&spn=0.007103,0.009978&t=k&z=17&om=1

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=-26.220289,28.090668&spn=0.056825,0.079823&t=k&z=14&om=1

[Scott Stutzman]

Looks like Sandro nailed it ! I looked at that very place probably four times before. That's a very big yard area!

[E-8]

Congratulations to sandro (again).

The location is:

Johannesburg, South Africa

http://www.trainboard.com/contest/contest9c.jpg

[Mr. Train]

Nice job:thumbs_up:
I got to ask just how in the world do you now where to even start looking?:embarassed:

[sandro schaer]

hard to say. it was just a 'feeling' it could be in south africa.
trains, rather dry ground and lots of places where people digged. since there are many mines in south africa this was my inspiration.

[Stourbridge Lion]

Well Done - AGAIN!!!!!!!

:thumbs_up: :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up:

[Flash Blackman]

Wow! At this rate, the locations on the earth available for photography will soon be exhausted. Are there any rail yards in Antarctica?