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Scott Stutzman
November 26th, 2007, 08:37 PM
http://trainboard.com/contest/contest70.jpg

http://trainboard.com/contest/contest70b.jpg
SteamDonkey74
November 26th, 2007, 08:49 PM
It's not Boardman, Oregon. I saw the arid environment and what looks like a powerplant and tried that.

With that kind of land division I would say United States, an area settled after the Land Ordinance of 1785 (the one where we got the rectangular townships, sections, quarter-sections, etc.).

Adam
dakotacowgirl
November 26th, 2007, 11:57 PM
I'm probly off base but I am thinking Europe
friscobob
November 27th, 2007, 01:39 AM
Looks more Midwestern to me- I also noticed a subdivision in the upper left corner.
r_i_straw
November 27th, 2007, 01:57 AM
I would say somewhere like Iowa with all its east west lines but most of that state is low resolution photos.
Scott Stutzman
November 27th, 2007, 04:50 AM
Ok, I'll give everyone an early clue

The city is my birthplace.:p
r_i_straw
November 27th, 2007, 05:14 AM
Hmmm. Riverside, or is it Centerville? Maybe Fairview, Franklin or Midway? How bout Fairfield, Pleasant Valley or Troy? Can't be Springfield.
SteamDonkey74
November 27th, 2007, 05:37 AM
Well, you're not the Scott Stutzman from Decatur, Illinois or the one from Mooreland, Oklahoma. There are LOTS of Scott Stutzmans across this nation. This should be fun.

Adam
Scott Stutzman
November 27th, 2007, 05:53 AM
Oh yeah, And it's not Oregon.:giggle7yc:
SteamDonkey74
November 27th, 2007, 06:00 AM
Hmmm. Riverside, or is it Centerville? Maybe Fairview, Franklin or Midway? How bout Fairfield, Pleasant Valley or Troy? Can't be Springfield.

If it is one of those cities, it's not in California. I checked all of those. I am now trying some of these names in a different state.
SteamDonkey74
November 27th, 2007, 06:05 AM
Hmmm. Riverside, or is it Centerville? Maybe Fairview, Franklin or Midway? How bout Fairfield, Pleasant Valley or Troy? Can't be Springfield.

It doesn't appear to be any of these in Illinois, either.

I am tired. I am going to bed.
Scott Stutzman
November 27th, 2007, 09:08 PM
It doesn't appear to be any of these in Illinois, either.

I am tired. I am going to bed.

Hmmm. Riverside, or is it Centerville? Maybe Fairview, Franklin or Midway? How bout Fairfield, Pleasant Valley or Troy? Can't be Springfield.

What makes you think it's any of these cities? I think Russell was being a wiseguy.:)
r_i_straw
November 27th, 2007, 09:38 PM
Those are the most popular names for towns in the USA. Just a shot in the dark. Most appear in well over thirty different states. I have been going over each of the mid western states but so far have not stumbled on the location. Onward.......my eyes hurt.
SteamDonkey74
November 27th, 2007, 10:19 PM
What makes you think it's any of these cities? I think Russell was being a wiseguy.:)

D@&N YOU, RUSSELL STRAW!!!

Thwarted again!

I thought Russell was trying to impart a hint, like maybe he knew it was ONE of those cities but just wasn't going to tell when it came to which state it is...which is fair. This is a Google Earth Contest, after all, not a Google Earth Giveaway.

Adam
SteamDonkey74
November 27th, 2007, 10:23 PM
Also, I know way more about the free online Stutzman family tree than probably most Stutzmans. Of course, the trees I was looking at were all missing one Scott Stutzman in particular, a prominent member of the railfan esoterica community.
Scott Stutzman
November 28th, 2007, 01:49 AM
Also, I know way more about the free online Stutzman family tree than probably most Stutzmans. Of course, the trees I was looking at were all missing one Scott Stutzman in particular, a prominent member of the railfan esoterica community.

Not that easy, Huh?:tb-tongue:
Otto Yard
November 28th, 2007, 02:12 AM
Not that easy, Huh?:tb-tongue:

:tb-wink:Looked like Kansas to me.
sandro schaer
November 28th, 2007, 05:40 AM
i was looking around idaho. no success (yet?).
Scott Stutzman
November 29th, 2007, 05:22 AM
It's not Idaho or Kansas. I think someone passed right over it..;)
SteamDonkey74
November 29th, 2007, 05:59 AM
It's not Idaho or Kansas. I think someone passed right over it..;)

I am thinking that that someone was me. I still cannot find it, but I DID find out that there's a lot of that same weird marking on fields in the Land o' Lincoln. That's where I have been looking, but I am almost too tired to sit up anymore.:eh-confused:
Keith
November 29th, 2007, 03:03 PM
How many folks have also checked out a particular section, only to discover that track does NOT exist in that specific area?? I've followed several abandoned sections, while searching. A bit annoying!
SteamDonkey74
November 29th, 2007, 05:17 PM
I've done that. I usually have the Google Earth option for showing rail lines turned on, but it's not always correct, especially in places like Africa.
Scott Stutzman
December 1st, 2007, 04:22 AM
Well, you're not the Scott Stutzman from Decatur, Illinois or the one from Mooreland, Oklahoma. There are LOTS of Scott Stutzmans across this nation. This should be fun.

Adam

Nope I'm not from Decatur, But I know where it is.;)
SteamDonkey74
December 1st, 2007, 04:36 AM
Nope I'm not from Decatur, But I know where it is.;)

Is that a hint?
r_i_straw
December 1st, 2007, 04:46 AM
I ran into fellow Geo Sleuth Dave Porter today while setting up at the Oklahoma City Train Show. We decided that #70 has gone on far too long and you guys better solve it quick. :)
SteamDonkey74
December 1st, 2007, 04:55 AM
I ran into fellow Geo Sleuth Dave Porter today while setting up at the Oklahoma City Train Show. We decided that #70 has gone on far too long and you guys better solve it quick. :)

If we had a hint that was a little more illuminating other than some obscure fact we could never deduce on our own we might get somewhere. Hints like, "I lost my car keys there in 1978," don't really help.:tb-biggrin:

I don't think it is Illinois. I have searched and searched that state.
Otto Yard
December 1st, 2007, 05:25 AM
Nope I'm not from Decatur, But I know where it is.;)
:wink2:Everybody sing along, it's a good ol' railroad song:
"All aboard the southbound odessey,
The trains pulls out of Kankakee" {Illinois}
SteamDonkey74
December 1st, 2007, 05:28 AM
Otto Yard, you got it! Here I thought it wasn't in Illinois since I had been all over the place, but I had been looking for a small-ish town, not the edge of a town.
Scott Stutzman
December 1st, 2007, 06:36 AM
Congratulations Otto Yard

Kankakee, Illinios

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

I got a ride in the cab of a Conrail loco southeast of St. Anne when I was a kid! I think all of that trackage is KB&S now.
jagged ben
December 1st, 2007, 07:24 AM
:wink2:Everybody sing along, it's a good ol' railroad song:
"All aboard the southbound odessey,
The trains pulls out of Kankakee" {Illinois}

That's always been one of my favorite songs. :)
ulie
December 1st, 2007, 10:14 AM
Hello all,

This was a though one...

Congratulations from here too Otto Yard :bear-smile:

That's always been one of my favorite songs. :)

that's one of my favorites too :bear-smile:

But I'm wondering, what that plant in the left is or was. On Google Earth it's shown that there is (or better was) a track from the siding into the plant. The turn out and tracks are gone, but I think the treeline over the parking lot seems to indicate the old track line.