Google Earth Contest #30

FriscoCharlie Sep 21, 2007

  1. FriscoCharlie

    FriscoCharlie Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Let's see what you fellows are made of this time. We have a few tougher ones coming up.

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    This one should take a while. :tb-tongue:
     
  2. FriscoCharlie

    FriscoCharlie Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Over 24 hours........ :tb-confused:
     
  3. firechief

    firechief TrainBoard Member

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    Definitely a tough one!
    My first thought was Edmonton, but that one is east/west. This one is almost north/south. Calgary was another thought. With the distinctive red and blue roofs and the highway near the yard it should be fairly easy. But it isn't.:tb-embarrassed:

    Dave.
     
  4. SteamDonkey74

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    I have taken a look, too, and so far concluded that it is in the northern hemisphere, and probably in North America but possibly in Europe. I am not aware of many such large yards in Europe, but the multi-family housing could be European.
     
  5. FriscoCharlie

    FriscoCharlie Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Hint: This is only a few miles from an International border.

    Charlie
     
  6. SteamDonkey74

    SteamDonkey74 TrainBoard Supporter

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    I scoured along both the U.S./Canada (excluding Alaska) border and the U.S./Mexico border and couldn't find it. This doesn't mean it isn't there, necessarily, but I could also be on the wrong continent.
     
  7. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Looks like an electrified mainline, too....
     
  8. Hytec

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    That red roof east of the yard is yanking at the back of my brain for some reason. A Red Roof Inn possibly. RRI is a US franchise, maybe Canada also, dunno. The cars appear to be long ones, i.e. 50-70 feet. There are two yards end-to-end, a double hump maybe? Being oriented North-South is puzzling, because most major US and Canadian yards are oriented east/west....except maybe one or two on the CN/IC.

    I'm clueless, and if I keep talking I'll prove it.......:rn-ooh:
     
  9. sandro schaer

    sandro schaer TrainBoard Member

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    so let's see :

    - northern hemisphere
    - electric mainline
    - close to international border
    - yard almost exactly north-south oriented
    - this makes the runway (top left) something like a 03/21 or 04/22
    - it's not england since the cars drive on the right side


    hm...... few miles from an international border...3 miles offshore is an international border as well. guess charlies wants to confuse us even more... ;-)
     
  10. Scott Stutzman

    Scott Stutzman TrainBoard Member

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    Good god! It's on the Russia/China border in eastern Russia. Khabarovsk, Russia This one was driving me Insane! :tb-wacky:
     
  11. Curn

    Curn TrainBoard Member

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    Good job Scott!! Last night my eyes were killing me from looking at the computer screen for so long, and I never made it past Mongolia. If I keep this up I'll have to convert to G scale
     
  12. Scott Stutzman

    Scott Stutzman TrainBoard Member

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    Thanks! Curn. I thought it looked European and after looking through all the Ex. Soviet territories,I figured it had to be on the Russian border. A real challenge!
     
  13. FriscoCharlie

    FriscoCharlie Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Congratulations Scott Stutzman. An especially good job to find this one! This one is in a part of the world where you would not expect.

    I would think this would have been the hardest one so far.

    Khabarovsk, Russia

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  14. SteamDonkey74

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    Excellent... with my eyes glazed over I did check the border between China and Mongolia but didn't get this one. Great work, Scott!
     

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