Name That Station!

[CHamilton]

Here's Shanghai's image, but I don't have a clue where it is.

 

[Shanghai]

Charlie, how do you make the photo appear? I used to be able to post a picture from

Photobucket, but since the system update, I can only post the URL.

 

[Ryan]

I think you've managed to do it a time or two since - from the page where that photo is, you want the "IMG" code from over on the right (bottom item in the box titled "Links to share this photo")

If you click on it, it'll copy some code to your keyboard.

Come back here and paste it:

 

[CHamilton]

Dick,

You were posting a link that ended in .jpg.html -- although that seems to have been fixed now. You need a link that just ends in .jpg

I don't use Photobucket, but I believe this will work.

1. Follow the instructions here and select "IMG code" not "Direct link".
2. In AU's compose window, click the image icon (near the middle of the bottom row) and paste in the code you got in step 1. Make sure that it ends in .jpg not .jpg.html and get rid of everything in brackets. The final result will look like

   [xml]http://photobucket-address.jpg

   [/xml]
   

If that doesn't work, go to Photobucket and view your image. Right-click the actual image and you'll get a menu. Select "Copy image URL" (that's the wording in Chrome; other browsers phrase it slightly differently). Now go to step 2 above.

 

[Shanghai]

Thank you Ryan & Charlie,

I will try your suggestions the next time I post.

 

[Ryan]

I've also found that disabling the fancy editor (click on the light switch icon in the top left of this window so that all the other buttons are greyed out) really helps.

Without doing that, the editor tries to "help" but just generally screws things up.

 

[Notelvis]

For starters, the train in the photograph appears to be the Empire Builder.

 

[Shanghai]

For starters, the train in the photograph appears to be the Empire Builder.

Yes, that is correct, it is the Empire Builder.

 

[Notelvis]

Tomah, WI?

 

[Shanghai]

Tomah, WI?

Yes, Tomah is correct.

 

[Acela150]

Tomah, WI?

Yes, Tomah is correct.

Dick what are you doing up at 3 in the Morning?? :blink: :wacko: :help:

 

[Shanghai]

Tomah, WI?

Yes, Tomah is correct.

Dick what are you doing up at 3 in the Morning?? :blink: :wacko: :help:

Archie woke me up. What are you doing awake at 3:30am??

 

[Acela150]

I'm 21.

 

[Notelvis]

Sorry for the delay - got incredibly busy at work today and am just now getting online.

Boils down to this - mess around on the internet, don't finish the tasks on my plate, have to come back in next week.

OR........ push through nonstop from 7:30am - 4:00pm without getting 'sidetracked', wrap things up by Friday, have time off to maybe ride some trains next week!

OK...... here's my next contribution. This is an active Amtrak station. Who can identify it?

 

[RampWidget]

Gainesville, Ga.

 

[Notelvis]

No...... not Gainesville, GA.

The station in Gainesville is very similar to this one though. Good guess.

 

[Notelvis]

Hint - This station is busier than Gainesville, GA.

Disclaimer - this photo was taken in the early 1980's. The appearance of the station itself has not changed much. The area around it has changed a bit.

 

[Notelvis]

A clarification of the hint -

This station is busier than Gainesville, GA except on Saturdays.

On Saturdays this station is equally as busy as Gainesville, GA.

I'm guessing that someone can name this station now.

 

[Shanghai]

Eugene, OR?

 

[Notelvis]

No, not Eugene, OR either.

 

[RampWidget]

Clemson, S.C.!

 

[FriskyFL]

Hinton WV

 

[Notelvis]

No, not Hinton, WV or Clemson, SC........ though both are good guesses. I can say that these guesses are getting you closer. Literally and figuratively speaking.

Trying to think of another hint that won't absolutely give it away. How about this one - the station in my photo did undergo a renovation about 8 or 9 years ago and has a red roof now.

 

[FriskyFL]

Thurmond WV

 

[AG1]

Manassas,VA.

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