GEC #I002 (Intermediate #2)

Scott Stutzman Feb 3, 2008

  1. Scott Stutzman

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  2. RRfan

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    i can see the cantinary and it looks like netherlands
     
  3. Another ATSF Admirer

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    No winners yet.

    Let me think out loud..
    • no sign of sports fields, so no clues there
    • a couple of red roofs, but not many
    • fairly large yard, with overhead wires; tends to imply a larger city
    • unusual road layout, can't be certain it's drive-on-the-right
    • I've looked across most of the Netherlands and that shade of green isn't too common
    • north is nearly straight up, which helps
    So I think it could be Netherlands, Belgium or even Germany.

    Now to wait for the solution and see how far wrong I am/will be :)
     
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    Some more loud thinking:
    • Google Earth is much better than Google Maps :)
    • after >3hr of this, my eyes hurt
    • not enough detail to tell drive-on-right vs drive-on-left
    • doesn't seem to have the right colour ballast, nor the right catenary for France
    • ballast and catenary are a match for Belgium, however.
    • or maybe the Netherlands
    • size of electrified yard tends to imply a high use corridor, possibly even a high-use passenger corridor.
    • trees beside track and roads, doesn't say much
    • sort-of industrial to the south, west and north; residential east and maybe south-west
    • no major roads nearby

    Must.. Sleep..
     
  5. Scott Stutzman

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    Another clue. This Track/Athletic field is near the rail yard.

    [​IMG]
     
  7. Scott Stutzman

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    C'mon guys! 10 Days, and Nothing?..........:confused:
     
  9. Stourbridge Lion

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    Don't look at me, I still struggle with the Beginners games.

    Maybe a Hint that would limit the search a bit???

    :tb-wacky: :tb-wacky: :tb-wacky: :tb-wacky:
     
  10. Scott Stutzman

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    Not the Netherlands... Not Germany.... Not Belgium. Not South of the Equator.... Not South America. Does that narrow it down?:D
     
  11. Stourbridge Lion

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    By better than 50% I would say!

    :tb-smile: :tb-smile: :tb-smile: :tb-smile:
     
  12. Another ATSF Admirer

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    It's a very good challenge, despite the "intermediate" tag.
    I did have a list of countries that had at least a partial match - the right overhead, or the right ballast, or a river that shade of blue-black or...
    But it appears to have left when my computer played up.
    I think it was:
    • Germany (out)
    • Belgium (out)
    • Austria
    • Sweden
    • Poland
    • Russia
    • France
    • Italy (but not Bologna)
    • north-west Spain

    Google Earth and Ireland don't play nice together - most of the rails aren't marked - so if it's there I would never find it; and England just didn't look right; neither did Scotland.
    I'm still in favour of Europe; somewhere...

    But she's a mighty big planet to be trying to find via brute force.
     
  13. HemiAdda2d

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    That makes 2 of us.
    I'm looking around eastern France and Czech republic.
     
  14. Scott Stutzman

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    Nope, None of those!:tb-biggrin:
     
  15. Scott Stutzman

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    Not there either!:tb-biggrin:
     
  16. HarryII

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    Schweiz / Switzerland ????? [​IMG]
     
  17. Scott Stutzman

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    Nope.:we-no:
     
  18. Scott Stutzman

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    Maybe this will help.:yes9rq:

    [​IMG]
     
  19. SteamDonkey74

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    Well... it looks like it is an east coast location somewhere, though it could be on a large lake I suppose.

    It appears that it is not anywhere in:

    England
    Scotland
    Ireland
    Denmark
    Sweden
    Finland
    US
    Mexico
    Central America
    South America anywhere still north of the equator
    Canada
    Japan
    China
    Korea (North or South)
    Phillipines
    India
    Vietnam

    I still have a few ideas. I am really mystified by that track or field.
     
  20. Scott Stutzman

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    Yup, You're right! It's none of those places. You were warm a couple times though!:tb-wink:
     

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