Google Earth Contest #73

[Scott Stutzman]

http://trainboard.com/contest/contest73a.jpg

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There will be a question to answer when you find this place,So do your research.:)

[Otto Yard]

There will be a question to answer when you find this place,So do your research.:)
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:tb-tongue: Could be we'uns are not wanting the interletchyouall stemutellated part!
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If it's not broke, let me have a crack at it.

[sandro schaer]

as otto said...



i quickly found the location but i'm afraid to post because of the question following ...



*lol*

[Scott Stutzman]

Come on Guys, I don't think it's that hard...... Just one little question.:D

[Otto Yard]

Come on Guys, I don't think it's that hard...... Just one little question.:D

:w20z6q:Knowing you, it would be something like
"How many revolutions did that turn table make
clockwise; and how many counter-clockwise?"

[Scott Stutzman]

Naaa, Nothing like that.:biggrin9xs:

[SteamDonkey74]

Or something like, "Quick! What number am I thinking of right now?"

[r_i_straw]

Sorry I can't help out much on these right now. I have a bunch of irons in the fire and them calves are scattering all over the prairie. I keep checking to see if you folks to get them though. ;)

[fitz]

Not competing, but my question would be, "What happened to the rest of this once large yard?" Looks like a lot of track torn out. :tb-sad:

[TPWMAN]

I'll guess What is left of Taylor yard.

[Scott Stutzman]

Nope, it's not Taylor Yard. It's farther east than that.;)

[Scott Stutzman]

Ok, Here's the question for after the place is answered.

What railroad did the abandoned yard belong to and what was the name of the yard?

[Scott Stutzman]

Come on, Everyone!:) If you get the city.. You can Google search the other answers!:we-tongue:

[E-8]

It's quite interesting....

Charlie

[Scott Stutzman]

It's quite interesting....

Charlie

I think everyone is on strike.:tb-sad:

[r_i_straw]

I think everyone is on strike.:tb-sad:Sorry, don't know where all my free time went. Maybe the Grinch stole it.

[Scott Stutzman]

Sorry, don't know where all my free time went. Maybe the Grinch stole it.
The Grinch came all the way from OHIO and stole your time?:tb-biggrin:

[RRfan]

i cant find taylor yard
but i can find the one by my house LOL

[sandro schaer]

hey folks


join my forum i will have easier contests set up for you ..... *lol*......





no idea where this one is. unfortunately almost no time to google around either. some custom paint projects have a higher priority ;-)

[Scott Stutzman]

as otto said...



i quickly found the location but i'm afraid to post because of the question following ...



*lol*

But you said that you had found it earlier. Did you forget?

[sandro schaer]

just wait until you are as old as i am. you will find out that you forget things faster than you learn them .... ;-)

[RGW]

If Sandro is correct, then Scott, you have less than a year to learn as much as you can, cuz you'll forget it after that. And for the rest of us, I forgot what I just wrote, so could someone please read it back to me........

[RRfan]

like i do write stuff down as you find it out and keep 10 papers whith words and stuff that you found out all clustered together under your keyboard that is what i do

[Scott Stutzman]

If Sandro is correct, then Scott, you have less than a year to learn as much as you can, cuz you'll forget it after that. And for the rest of us, I forgot what I just wrote, so could someone please read it back to me........

Yup, I feel my mind slipping away as we speak.:rolleyes2: Geez! A few more years at this rate and I'll be back in Kindergarten!

Ok, Someone needs to finish this one. Last clue, The name of the abandoned yard was Gateway yard.

[RRfan]

darn i was on to something

[wurlitzer153]

Ahhh!!!!

P&LE's Gateway yard, Southeast of Youngstown, Ohio. Google Maps (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=41.072485,-80.60184&spn=0.002908,0.003144&t=h&z=18&om=1)

The hump yard was a little east of this spot and for its time was a very modern computerized yard.

[SteamDonkey74]

Now you'll have to answer the trivia question.

[r_i_straw]

I am worn out and I did not even get to search much. Way to go wurlitzer.

[RRfan]

i passed write over that yard Darn

[wurlitzer153]

Now you'll have to answer the trivia question.

I already did, it's Pittsburgh and Lake Erie's Gateway yard. I drive by it every once in a while. Last I looked the big P&LE sign was still on the hump tower. Also in this corridor is the B&O main and a PRR line.

[Scott Stutzman]

Congratulations! wurlitzer153

Youngstown, Ohio P&LE Gateway Yard

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[SteamDonkey74]

I already did, it's Pittsburgh and Lake Erie's Gateway yard. I drive by it every once in a while. Last I looked the big P&LE sign was still on the hump tower. Also in this corridor is the B&O main and a PRR line.

I missed the actual question. I thought it was going to be classic Stutzman obscurity, such as, "What popular song of the 1950s was written less than 1/2 a mile from this yard?" or something like that.

[SteamDonkey74]

:thumbs_up::thumbs_up::thumbs_up:Oh, yes. GOOD WORK!

[HemiAdda2d]

Ya know what's funny? I grew up not 20 miles from here, and passed it every time we visited my grandparents. I should have seen that coming!;)

[Scott Stutzman]

Here's an intresting view from Chris333.

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/773/YYyytown.jpg