Google Earth Contest - Scott Stutzman Special

[E-8]

Here Scott. This one is just for you.

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

[SteamDonkey74]

:we-laugh::we-laugh::we-laugh:

[r_i_straw]

If he gets this one, I quit.

[Scott Stutzman]

Ya know, I'm gonna give it a shot.... Looks like you could Zoom right in on those tress!

[fitz]

To quote many other participants, "I can tell by the shadows that this lies in the southern hemisphere, taken near sunset" etc, etc,. Charlie, these are all fascinating. Every time I open a new one it has already been solved. Good stuff. It's amazing to me that such vast yards still exist. I thought they all went out with the demise of steam, but then you know I'm prejudiced that way. :tb-biggrin: Congratulations, Scott!

[friscobob]

I just wanna know how the flippin' flyin' you get these locations.........:tb-err::tb-err::tb-err::tb-err:

[E-8]

We've got a few in the hopper here that may give some of these smart guys a headache. :)

Charlie

[SteamDonkey74]

Well, let me see:

It's on planet earth.

It's sunny out.

There are tracks.

There are trees.

I think it's either in the northern or southern hemispheres, but not in Antarctica or out in the middle of the ocean somewhere.

This one is tricky!

[Stourbridge Lion]

:tb-rolleyes: :tb-rolleyes: :tb-rolleyes: :tb-rolleyes:

[Steve F]

I don't see the compass in the upper right so I'm incline to believe that this is just a blurry picture of someones N-track module.

[Scott Stutzman]

I don't see the compass in the upper right so I'm incline to believe that this is just a blurry picture of someones N-track module.

Ya know, That's what my wife said!:huh:

[E-8]

Nope. I know exactly where it is. :)

Charlie

[Hytec]

Charlie, this wouldn't be one of the seldom used lines up in your neighborhood, would it? The high sand content around the roadbed, shape of the scrub, color and texture of the field grass, and dead oak(?) leaves at far right are reminiscent of northern NH and ME, and southern NB in late fall.

[E-8]

Hank,

Not in New England. :)

Charlie

[wurlitzer153]

Looks kinda like the stuff here in nothern Ohio...

[E-8]

Nohio.

Charlie

[SteamDonkey74]

Near the Platte River in Nebraska?

(I want to see Charlie rhyme something with "Platte River in Nebraska." Also, the line looks like it *could* be there.

[E-8]

Nomaha, Youraskal. :)

Charlie

[Flash Blackman]

This is obviously the old Lone Wolf (http://www.city-data.com/city/Lone-Wolf-Oklahoma.html), Lugert (http://ortho.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/osd/dat/L/LUGERT.html) and Luling (http://www.texasescapes.com/TOWNS/Luling/luling.htm) Line behind Flores Country Store (http://www.liveatfloores.com/main.htm) near Dime Box, Texas. (http://www.texasescapes.com/CentralTexasTownsSouth/DimeBoxTexas/DimeBoxTx.htm) Back in 1955 we listened to Willie Nelson play there on Friday afternoon after work and watch the trains go by as we sometimes did the Texas two-step. At least it looks like those tracks late on Friday around sundown. Is that close?

[Hytec]

Hank,

Not in New England. :)

Charlie
Interesting that you didn't discount NB.....hmmmm.:eh-skeptical:

[E-8]

Nobraska, No Brunswick, Noxas. :)

Charlie

[SteamDonkey74]

Perhaps Montana?

[wurlitzer153]

United States?

[SteamDonkey74]

Is it 1:1 scale, or should we start guessing whether it is Z, N, TT, HO, O, S, G, etc.?

[wurlitzer153]

Charlie already discounted N and said he knew exactly where it was.

[E-8]

I'll let you know if you get warm.

Charlie

[Scott Stutzman]

Geez! Guys. I thought this one was for me?

[SteamDonkey74]

Geez! Guys. I thought this one was for me?

Scott, buddy! We can't let you fight the good fight on your own!

[E-8]

Scott,

I think they care called "hangers on".

Charlie

[Scott Stutzman]

I'm stumped. :we-twitcy:

[r_i_straw]

I had found it but was holding back so you could get it Scott. But then I forgot where it was. http://www.trainboard.com/tbsmiles/131.gif When I find my car keys, I may drive around and see if I can stumble on it again.

[Scott Stutzman]

Dang you! Russell... You were probably in on this one!:tb-tongue:

[jagged ben]

There's got to be a riddle to this, right? It's Scott's hometown, or a spot on his layout, or a place he likes to railfan...or else a reference to a previous Google Earth contest that he won...or something like that.

Still looking Scott?

[SteamDonkey74]

Is it Salem, Oregon?

[Scott Stutzman]

Is it Salem, Oregon?


:no: Shadows are wrong. (I looked)

[jagged ben]

Yeah, I looked too. :)

[SteamDonkey74]

How can you tell the shadows are wrong without a compass rose? The shadows show the sun angle, angles which can be produced at different times of day at different times of year.

[r_i_straw]

How can you tell the shadows are wrong without a compass rose? The shadows show the sun angle, angles which can be produced at different times of day at different times of year.
If you look at the bark on the tree trunks you can determine that the photo is oriented with the tracks running on an east/west axis with north to the top of the photo. The early Fall season can be determined by the turning of color of the leaves on the tree to the right. It is about noon so the shadows indicating the Latitude to be somewhere between 60º and 70º North. The length of the fuzz on the woolly worm caterpillars indicate that the coming winter will be mild.

[SteamDonkey74]

Don't forget the iron oxide residue in the soil at the lower left, which I analyzed and found to match Jimmy Hoffa's DNA, and therefore this is next to a

SOYBEAN FIELD IN WISCONSIN!

[Scott Stutzman]

If you look at the bark on the tree trunks you can determine that the photo is oriented with the tracks running on an east/west axis with north to the top of the photo. The early Fall season can be determined by the turning of color of the leaves on the tree to the right. It is about noon so the shadows indicating the Latitude to be somewhere between 60º and 70º North. The length of the fuzz on the woolly worm caterpillars indicate that the coming winter will be mild.
Yeah, What Russell said.:laugh:

[friscobob]

If it's Oregon, would it be somewhere in the Wilammette River valley?

Wild-a** guess..............

[Scott Stutzman]

As Charlie would say "NOregon" :tb-wink:

[r_i_straw]

I had found it but was holding back so you could get it Scott. But then I forgot where it was. http://www.trainboard.com/tbsmiles/131.gif When I find my car keys, I may drive around and see if I can stumble on it again.
OK, Charlie told me where I could find my keys. ;)

[Scott Stutzman]

Russell, Check this out...

Over the Rainbow
Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high,
There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby.

Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.

Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly,
Birds fly over the rainbow,
Why then, oh why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow,
Why oh why can't I?
:tb-wink:

[r_i_straw]

I believe I lost my keys along the Yellow Brick Road. I think a tornado hid them under a house or something. Where was that again?

[SteamDonkey74]

Kansas! Kansas!

:thumbs_up::thumbs_up:KANSAS!:thumbs_up::thumbs_up :

[Scott Stutzman]

I believe I lost my keys along the Yellow Brick Road. I think a tornado hid them under a house or something. Where was that again?

I don't know... Maybe like, Fruit and Cake.

[shamoo737]

What a coincidence, I just received my z scale Dorothy farmhouse.

[Scott Stutzman]

Oooh! Maybe Russell's keys are in it!:tb-biggrin:

[r_i_straw]

I think the scare crow was singing this song?

Danke Schoen, darling Danke Schoen.
Thank you for all the joy and pain.
Picture shows, second balcony, was the place we'd meet, second seat, go Dutch treat, you were sweet.

Danke Schoen, darling Danke Schoen.
Thank you for walks down lovers lane.
I can see, hearts carved on a tree, letters inter-twined, for all time, yours and mine, that was fine.

Danke Schoen, darling Danke Schoen.
Thank you for funny cards from Spain.
I recall, Central Park in fall, how you tore your dress, what a mess, I confess, that's not all.

Danke Schoen, darling Danke Schoen.
Thank you for seeing me again.
Though we go, on our seperate ways, still the memory stays, for always, my heart says, Danke Schoen.

Danke Schoen, Auf Wiedersehn, Danke Schoen.

[r_i_straw]

Come on folks, with all the hints provided, you can get this one.;)
I myself am not good and figuring out hints, so maybe the hints I give are not so good?

[SteamDonkey74]

I think the scare crow was singing this song?

Danke Schoen, darling Danke Schoen.
Thank you for all the joy and pain.
Picture shows, second balcony, was the place we'd meet, second seat, go Dutch treat, you were sweet...

I got it. It's the birthplace of the singer who made this song popular in 1963, Wayne Newton...

:thumbs_up::thumbs_up:ROANOKE, VIRGINIA!:thumbs_up::thumbs_up:

[SteamDonkey74]

Or shall I say it more like this...

:we-tongue::w20z6q:ROANOKE, VIRGINIA!!!:w20z6q::yes:

[r_i_straw]

Wow, now that was a stretch but no. It is not there, but old Wayne did record that song and make it famous. Something about his name?

[SteamDonkey74]

Then one of these Newtons...


Newton, Alabama (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%2C_Alabama)
Newton, Georgia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%2C_Georgia)
Newton, Illinois (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%2C_Illinois)
Newton, Iowa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%2C_Iowa)
Newton, Kansas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%2C_Kansas)
Newton, Massachusetts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%2C_Massachusetts)
Newton, Mississippi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%2C_Mississippi)
Newton, New Hampshire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%2C_New_Hampshire)
Newton, New Jersey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%2C_New_Jersey)
Newton, North Carolina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%2C_North_Carolina)
Newton, Texas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%2C_Texas)
Newton, Utah (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%2C_Utah)
Newton, Wisconsin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%2C_Wisconsin)
Newton County, Georgia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_County%2C_Georgia)
Newton Falls, Ohio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_Falls%2C_Ohio)
Newton Grove, North Carolina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_Grove%2C_North_Carolina)
Newton Township, Michigan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_Township%2C_Michigan)
Newton Vineyard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_Vineyard)

[Scott Stutzman]

Pick a Newton and go find it.:tb-cute:

[SteamDonkey74]

That's too much work for trying to accomplish during my lunch break. What if it were actually, say, Fort Wayne, Indiana?

[E-8]

It is a "Newton."

Charlie

[SteamDonkey74]

OOOh, ooh!

I will take a look when I have some time later today.

[SteamDonkey74]

Oh, Mansas... I think it's

NEWTON, KANSAS!

[SteamDonkey74]

I am having a hard time getting an image, but the tree with the turned leaves on the right side of the image is at

38deg 01' 13.93" N
97deg 23' 58.07" W

[SteamDonkey74]

Near Newton, Kansas... see the attachment.

:w20z6q::w20z6q::w20z6q::w20z6q:

[SteamDonkey74]

Lookie look look look... I found the exact section of track! (See previous post)

[r_i_straw]

Yay!!!!
http://www.trainboard.com/tbsmiles/107.gifhttp://www.trainboard.com/tbsmiles/104.gifhttp://www.trainboard.com/tbsmiles/404.gif

[SteamDonkey74]

How many of you had already found it? What am I? Number three or four?

[Scott Stutzman]

I'm pretty sure all of the staff knew. Russell let me in on it awhile back.:tb-biggrin:

[Scott Stutzman]

Oh yeah! Congrats! I was wondering when you would get it.:tb-smile:

[NW AL]

Congratulations. I knew it was NOT Roanaoke. :tb-biggrin:

[r_i_straw]

I'm pretty sure all of the staff knew. Russell let me in on it awhile back.:tb-biggrin:I didn't volunteer the information until he physically twisted my arm. Now let me tell you, that is some accomplishment over the internet.http://www.trainboard.com/tbsmiles/079.gif

[Scott Stutzman]

Russell, What really happened is I hypnotized you with my avatar.:we-eek::we-biggrin:

[SteamDonkey74]

Do I get another bar that says something like "Danke Schoen" or "Honorary Scott Stutzman" beneath my "TB Geosleuth" bar?

[r_i_straw]

It's already there. Don't you see it?:confused:

[Scott Stutzman]

SteamDonkey,
LoooK Inntoo my Avatar.... You are feeling sleepy... Verrry Sleepy.:tb-cute:

[SteamDonkey74]

I tried to stare into your avatar, but the leprechaun that lives on my shoulder and tells me to set fire to things keeps distracting me.

[Scott Stutzman]

:we-laugh:

[SteamDonkey74]

His name is Fergus.

Fergus! No, I won't set any more fires! No!