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Scott Stutzman
November 21st, 2007, 08:20 PM
http://trainboard.com/contest/contest69a.jpg

http://trainboard.com/contest/contest69b.jpg
sandro schaer
November 23rd, 2007, 05:55 AM
not a single reply in more than 30 hours ?



i'll give you a hint.... my sister owns an appartement less than 30 miles away from this yard. and no, my sister doesn't live in switzerland.
Scott Stutzman
November 23rd, 2007, 06:52 AM
Let them stew on it for a while!:zip:
Stourbridge Lion
November 23rd, 2007, 03:55 PM
:tb-err: :tb-err: :tb-err: :tb-err:
firechief
November 23rd, 2007, 05:27 PM
Golden, B.C.

Dave.
Scott Stutzman
November 24th, 2007, 12:56 AM
Golden, B.C.

Dave.
Sorry Dave, That's incorrect.
Scott Stutzman
November 24th, 2007, 10:18 PM
http://trainboard.com/contest/contest69c.jpg
Scott Stutzman
November 25th, 2007, 04:33 PM
Sandro, It looks like you found a "Stumper" for them.:D

Any guesses on what the railroad in the photo is for?
SteamDonkey74
November 25th, 2007, 05:04 PM
I only checked around Golden, BC, after Fire Chief's guess.

This weekend has been nuts because of some work we had to do suddenly for one of our big clients. I am going to scoot around a little on GE for a bit and see if I can come up with this one.

Initially -

Northern hemisphere
looks like there is an airport runway, but not a huge airport
rectilinear street system suggests that it's not a medieval era settlement
The green suggests that it's temperate zone and not in the arid middle of a continent
SteamDonkey74
November 25th, 2007, 05:11 PM
I am thinking B.C. It is, so far, not Port Alberni, Comox, or Courtenay.

Still looking...
SteamDonkey74
November 25th, 2007, 05:16 PM
Not Vancouver (didn't think so) nor Abbotsford nor Esquimalt, nor Victoria (also not likely) nor Kamloops.

B.C. has LOTS of small airports.

Adam
Scott Stutzman
November 25th, 2007, 05:19 PM
Not Vancouver (didn't think so) nor Abbotsford nor Esquimalt, nor Victoria (also not likely) nor Kamloops.

B.C. has LOTS of small airports.

Adam

Adam, Your really Cold.... You need to be "Warmer"....:wink3ed:
SteamDonkey74
November 25th, 2007, 05:52 PM
I checked against a list of airports in B.C. that I found online and came up with nothing. I think I may be in the wrong province... or country... or hemisphere.
SteamDonkey74
November 25th, 2007, 05:58 PM
Sandro, It looks like you found a "Stumper" for them.:D

Any guesses on what the railroad in the photo is for?

I was guessing it was CPRail just because of Sandro's strong affection for that road.
SteamDonkey74
November 25th, 2007, 06:02 PM
It's not Cyprus, Elba, Cinqueterre, Tenerife, or Vescours...

I couldn't tell you what those cars are hauling for sure... maybe coal? I don't see much coal in my area.
Scott Stutzman
November 25th, 2007, 06:02 PM
I checked against a list of airports in B.C. that I found online and came up with nothing. I think I may be in the wrong province... or country... or hemisphere.

:yes9rq: Yup. To 2 of them.
Scott Stutzman
November 25th, 2007, 06:08 PM
It's not Cyprus, Elba, Cinqueterre, Tenerife, or Vescours...

I couldn't tell you what those cars are hauling for sure... maybe coal? I don't see much coal in my area.

I can tell you it's Not coal, Any thing else,And I would have to kill you.:tb-ooh::tb-biggrin:
SteamDonkey74
November 25th, 2007, 06:09 PM
...or Corsica or Maui.
Scott Stutzman
November 25th, 2007, 06:30 PM
...or Corsica or Maui.

Did you look?
Otto Yard
November 25th, 2007, 10:52 PM
:tb-tongue: Did you look?
Kona Coffee? Pineapples? Sugar Cane? The Presto-Log Factory
next to Scott Stutzman's house?
SteamDonkey74
November 26th, 2007, 02:20 AM
Did you look?

Yes. Neither island is really all that big.

Now... could I have missed it? Perhaps.

Where, you ask, have I been finding these ideas? Well, I went to Sandro's website and just started checking out places he has vacationed in the last couple decades, figuring that his sister might live in one of them. That's why I hit Tenerife, Cyprus, and so on.

Adam
sandro schaer
November 26th, 2007, 05:58 AM
ok....some hints.

- my sister lives in a HOUSE in charleston s.c. but she also owns an appartement elsewhere
- this railroad is not in canada
- it's not in the continental usa, neither hawaii
- neither europe
- otto might be onto something with his post
- i've not yet been there, therefore no pics on my website
- trains are still running. (on google maps you will find a train in the middle of nowhere if you follow the tracks north)
- there's at least one active volcano within 300 miles
DanRaitz
November 26th, 2007, 02:26 PM
Sandro,

Thanks for all the hints!

With that help I did find it.

It is the island of Basseterre in the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean Sea. That airstrip is the Golden Rock Airport.

I had looked at Cuba and then when you said that your sister lived in the U.S., that ruled out Cuba! I then looked all the bigger islands in the area, until I found it.

Dan
Scott Stutzman
November 26th, 2007, 03:23 PM
Congratulations! Dan Raitz

Basseterre,St Christopher Island

http://trainboard.com/contest/st_kitts_done1.jpg


http://trainboard.com/contest/st_kitts_done.jpg
SteamDonkey74
November 26th, 2007, 04:25 PM
Good job, Dan Raitz!

I spent a good while looking, based on where Sandro has gone on vacation over the last several years. I missed this one.
sandro schaer
November 27th, 2007, 05:59 AM
congrats. it's st.kitts and the train is used to carry sugar cane, similiar to the one in maui. also there are tourist trains running.
the closest volcano is on montserrat, just a bit south. probably 50 miles. almost 50% of montserrat are covered with lava and ashes.



did you follow the tracks all the way to the north ? you'll find a tourist train :-)


unfortunately i've not yet been to st.kitts.