Where is this?

[STEPPENWOLF]

I ride Amtrak,I am on the Texas Eagle from LA heading to Chicago and look out my window and see this...not a good shot as it was spur of the moment,anybody know where this was.I think TXThis was from a trip about three years ago.

[JeffH]

Texas Eagle from LA heading to Chicago and look out my window and see this...

Just Guessing, but looking at the horizon, the trees, the shadow from the fence, winter looking scene, estimated time of day, approx direction of travel, rail line etc. I'd guess maybe north of Marshall Texas, Jefferson, Linden?? on the way to Texarkana. That WAG might be totally whacked, but also seems plausible. Trees too winter looking to me to be mid-central Texas. Next step is to find a Texan to confirm and narrow the search area. (you sure Texas?? Looks more southern Illinois 'ish) Train rolls into Texarkana just before dark then hits daylight again in southern Illinois??

Jeff

[natemoen]

Can you tell what the symbol on the tank in the background is?

[jwhughes3]

Not sure but there is a place in San Marcos TX next to the railroad tracks called Railyard Bar & Grill with horseshoe pits like your picture - they have an iron fence too - though I cannot find a pic that shows the view like yours - the ads look more built up.

http://railyardbarandgrill.com/

Best to look at the EXIF data in the original digital file (though your pic looks like a film camera snap) and see if GPS data is there.

John

[ViperRon]

You Might be able to get on google maps satilite view and follow the railroad the path of your travel and Identify it. You can guesstimate how far you might have been at the time you took the picture as a starting point.

[hamjam]

from google
Amtrak's Texas Eagle | Mineola, TX

https://www.texaseagle.com/stations/MIN.htm

Local information for Mineola, TX: hotels, car rental, points of interest, ... Just south and west of the depot, look for numerous horseshoe throwing pits - a ...

[jwhughes3]

I think you are close hamjam, but mineola's pits look like this from someones train pics:

https://picasaweb.google.com/106458344232601986290/SouthernBikeTripApr15Apr25#5467450810651364546

And they dont look like the first pic. But East TX is likely the place since horseshoe tournaments are big up there and many towns have pits.

Keep looking guys!

John

[STEPPENWOLF]

Thanks guys for the hard work..that picture was a spur of the moment post on line and to.. see where I was. I ride Amtrak every winter for about 5-6 thousand miles and it is always the same road bed so I don't really pay attention to where I am at,I just look out the window and
I have hundreds of pics from the train,I don't even which train I am on half the time but yeah that picture.....what kinda town would have all those horse shoe pitsI did horse shoes as a kid with my dad.I was not good at it. Oh well lets ride the rail..