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E-8
September 30th, 2007, 06:29 PM
Last one for today gentlemen.

http://www.trainboard.com/contest/contest41a.jpg

http://www.trainboard.com/contest/contest41b.jpg
r_i_straw
October 1st, 2007, 03:43 PM
Looks like that was once quite a yard. Are there even tracks there any more? A few cars seem to be abandoned in the dirt.
Scott Stutzman
October 1st, 2007, 08:28 PM
I've seen this place before,But can't remember where! :tb-confused:Looked for a while last night.
jagged ben
October 2nd, 2007, 06:12 AM
Okay, that's a couple hours I won't get back...giving up for now.
sandro schaer
October 3rd, 2007, 05:40 AM
northern hemisphere, they drive on the right side of the street.

from how the harbor and the ships look i'd assume asia
jagged ben
October 3rd, 2007, 07:58 AM
Still stumped. Who else is looking?
SteamDonkey74
October 3rd, 2007, 08:07 AM
I've looked a little. This one is interesting.
sandro schaer
October 3rd, 2007, 10:44 AM
due to the brown colored river in the upper right corner and the ships in this kind of harbours i was tempted to look all over china. first thought it could be close to shanghai.

not yet successfull. could be india as well.

there must be a rather wide river with west-east orientation, an airport with roughly a 06/24 or 07/25 runway, and of course the abandoned yard in almost north-south layout.

i'll do some further searching later at home.



hey, i'm not a trainboard admin. i don't get paid to play with google earth the whole day ... ;-)
r_i_straw
October 3rd, 2007, 01:34 PM
I think I am getting burned out on these. Glad I don't have to do it for a living. Even if I was only getting minimum wage doing this, I have put in enough hours to bring in a large chunk of change. Where is that punch clock? Let me at it!
Scott Stutzman
October 3rd, 2007, 08:54 PM
Hhmmm. Large abandoned yard,some tracks pulled up,some with cars left on them. Smells like Rock Island or Milwaukee Road. But where?
SteamDonkey74
October 3rd, 2007, 09:06 PM
Scott,

Aren't you still supposed to be working on the "Scott Stutzman Special"?

:tb-tongue:

Adam
E-8
October 3rd, 2007, 09:10 PM
i'm not a trainboard admin. i don't get paid to play with google earth the whole day ... ;-)

You think I get paid?!? :tb-shocked::tb-shocked::tb-shocked::tb-shocked:

Air, air, give me air....

Charlie
SteamDonkey74
October 3rd, 2007, 09:13 PM
Your "payment" must be getting to hang out with characters like us.
Scott Stutzman
October 3rd, 2007, 09:13 PM
Scott,

Aren't you still supposed to be working on the "Scott Stutzman Special"?

:tb-tongue:

Adam

:yes9rq: :cry2eh:
SteamDonkey74
October 3rd, 2007, 09:19 PM
Scott,

Don't cry. I won't tell E-8. We love working on these with you.

:boy_hug:hugs

Adam
sandro schaer
October 4th, 2007, 06:07 AM
charlie

what about a little hint such as what continent ?
E-8
October 4th, 2007, 09:47 AM
It's the same continent that had everyone stumped a few days ago. :)

Charlie
Keith
October 4th, 2007, 02:47 PM
Can't believe it, but I done got it!!

Kinshasa N Dolo
Africa
E-8
October 4th, 2007, 03:00 PM
Congratulations Keith on your first win.

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

http://www.trainboard.com/contest/contest41c.jpg
E-8
October 4th, 2007, 03:03 PM
What are the chances that as I posted this, to the very second, I heard on the radio news about a car wreck in this town that has killed many people.

Strange.

Charlie
SteamDonkey74
October 4th, 2007, 04:32 PM
I thought I heard about a Russian-made cargo plane crashing there, too.
sandro schaer
October 4th, 2007, 07:06 PM
plane crash..... a more than 40 year old antonov exploded after take-off



good find btw ! congrats !
Scott Stutzman
October 4th, 2007, 08:30 PM
Sweet! Someone finally did this one in... Congrats Keith! I looked everywhere,But the Congo in Africa!
jagged ben
October 5th, 2007, 02:34 AM
I had looked at Lagos, Nigeria (which looked quite promising at first, btw) but I just didn't go as far south as Congo because I thought it was impossible for the cloud shadow to fall so far to the north in the southern hemisphere. The photo must have been taken in December and the cloud must be higher than it looks.

I wonder how long it's been since the yard was used. DR Congo has been in political and economic chaos (and war) since it stopped being Zaire ten years ago.
Keith
October 6th, 2007, 02:08 PM
It's the same continent that had everyone stumped a few days ago. :)

Charlie


Interestingly, it was this clue that allowed me to solve the puzzle!
Going back over previous contests, I found contest #37 was the one that
had everyone stumped for a while.
Rereading that thread, plus the clue Charlie gave was all I needed.
Much to my surprise!

And to think, I hated this stuff while in school.