The Driving Game - picture scavenger hunt v2

whitedog · Mar 19, 2013

Would have had bonus points if a cop was eating a doughnut, but it's good enough for me.

whitedog · Mar 19, 2013

Dozenspeed said:
You are now the new "Lazarus King"

I was never dead, just resting until I got a decent phone with a decent camera.

shrifty · Mar 19, 2013

next challenge (#668). Your tdi next to a real railroad crossing sign of one of the 4 monopoly railroads.

cascade7997 · Mar 19, 2013

shrifty said:
next challenge (#668). Your tdi next to a real railroad crossing sign of one of the 4 monopoly railroads.

Very difficult. None of these railroads still exist.

shrifty · Mar 19, 2013

cascade7997 said:
Very difficult. None of these railroads still exist.

I'll post mine tomorrow when I get home, I pass two of these daily. I assumed it would be more common. Of course, I also thought towns spelled backwards is common as well...

MonsterDog · Mar 19, 2013

shrifty said:
I'll post mine tomorrow when I get home, I pass two of these daily. I assumed it would be more common. Of course, I also thought towns spelled backwards is common as well...

Better question. How many more challenges will you post that can only be completed near W PA, before we drive out to visit ya'll.

cascade7997 · Mar 19, 2013

How can this challange be done?

The Monopoly Railroads
Pennsylvannia -merged into the PennCentral - then ConRail - now CSX and NS
Baltimore & Ohio - merged into Chessie System - now CSX
Reading - bankrupt - forced into ConRail
Short Line - fictitious

shrifty · Mar 19, 2013

cascade7997 said:
The Monopoly Railroads
Pennsylvannia -merged into the PennCentral - then ConRail - now CSX and NS
Baltimore & Ohio - merged into Chessie System - now CSX
Reading - bankrupt - forced into ConRail
Short Line - fictitious

Hmmm..... Didn't realize that, my guess was BO railroad was between Ohio somewhere and Baltimore, figured a few could find that.

Well, to keep this moving, I'll accept a conrail or csx sign...

shrifty · Mar 19, 2013

MonsterDog said:
Better question. How many more challenges will you post that can only be completed near W PA, before we drive out to visit ya'll.

Probably a few more the way I'm going... Didn't realize the challenges were only available in my region.

Dozenspeed · Mar 20, 2013

jtnf said:
THAT is the picture of the year right there!

I'm glad someone else liked it!

whitedog said:
I was never dead, just resting until I got a decent phone with a decent camera.

But with your new win it is like you are back from the dead.

I noticed MKT had several efforts for the thread witout officially scoring much, and later that there were 557 between his wins. So I dubbed him "The Lazarus King" (-what else? Zombie King?

)

Well now you have broken that streak with 639, hence you are the new king.

I think there are only 9 previous winners who could ever take the title from you with a fresh win.

Challenge lists are up to the minute as of this post. Anyone else find it sweetly convenient to merely click page 1 of the thread and BAM! there they are?

Congrats to the Monster couple for hitting the 30-win range.

Here's a lite breakdown.

80s:

Dozenspeed
NewLyme

60s:

shrifty

40s:

WEB
yakfish

30s:

MonsterTDI09
ng3

20s:

ELM
kraseengineer

10s:

andriah613
CrazyWJ242
Digital Corpus
WutGas?

Current Challenge: (#668) Your TDI next to a real railroad crossing sign of one of companies who absorbed any of the 4 Monopoly game railroads

VeeDubTDI · Mar 20, 2013

Current Challenge: (#668) Your TDI next to a real railroad crossing sign (Monopoly)

Next challenge (#669): your TDI with an Amtrak locomotive crossing the road.

(I edited this post because my original challenge idea ended up being a repeat from challenge #20, plus it's nice to stick with the train theme

)

Forza91 · Mar 20, 2013

Rainbow tool and party rental eh?

whitedog · Mar 20, 2013

VeeDubTDI said:
Next challenge (#669): your TDI with an Amtrak locomotive crossing the road.

(I edited this post because my original challenge idea ended up being a repeat from challenge #20, plus it's nice to stick with the train theme )

I can get a picture of an Amtrack shuttle bus. Would that count?

shrifty · Mar 20, 2013

VeeDubTDI said:
Next challenge (#669): your TDI with an Amtrak locomotive crossing the road.

(I edited this post because my original challenge idea ended up being a repeat from challenge #20, plus it's nice to stick with the train theme )

Nice challenge, and I know where an Amtrak station is. Now I just need their schedule, and find where they cross the road

I won't be home early enough to take a picture of the PA RR sign, but will attempt anyway.

VeeDubTDI · Mar 20, 2013

whitedog said:
I can get a picture of an Amtrack shuttle bus. Would that count?

Only if it's powered by an EMD.

Current challenge (#669): your TDI with an Amtrak locomotive crossing the road.

Forza91 · Mar 20, 2013

Not challenge-related, but I'm pretty stoked to have finally gotten to the 50 mpg avg mark on my scangauge, which under-reports so yay for me

And the to top off the night, I ran into this tricked-out gem at the WINCO parking lot:

VeeDubTDI · Mar 21, 2013

What's the hold up folks?

.................................................................................................................. ^^^ Insert your TDI here!

Growler · Mar 21, 2013

Makes you wonder what clawed its way off of the road there in that photo Lawson..

VeeDubTDI · Mar 21, 2013

I'm sure it was spectacular, whatever it was.

ELM · Mar 21, 2013

Next challenge (#669): your TDI with an Amtrak locomotive crossing the road.

Forza91 · Mar 21, 2013

Is this good enough? Was doing almost 90 trying to catch up with the Amtrak Cascades.

shrifty · Mar 21, 2013

Nice Amtrak pic, I'd give you the win if it were my challenge. Oh well, I'd give you the win anyway! What's next?

Here is a pic of my Pennsylvania RR, although it is a bit difficult to make it out on the bridge. And as a bonus, a train was crossing as I was about to go under

Forza91 · Mar 21, 2013

Your TDI underneath a PSA billboard in a foreign language.

whitedog · Mar 21, 2013

Next Challenge (#670) Your TDI underneath a PSA billboard in a foreign language.

So a Public service announcement in a language that isn't the countries primary language? How does Quebec play?

ng3 · Mar 21, 2013

Meh, nobody from Quebec plays anyway

I'd say if Qc sign=English, if Other sign<>English.

BigAndy · Mar 21, 2013

whitedog said:
Next Challenge (#670) Your TDI underneath a PSA billboard in a foreign language.

So a Public service announcement in a language that isn't the countries primary language? How does Quebec play?

Canada is officially bi-lingual -- but we have a very multinational country, so we have signs in chinese, korean, punjabi, etc...shouldn't be hard..except in Quebec where the French Language Police are enforcing the laws...so you're right, Whitey - how does Quebec play!

CrazyWJ242 · Mar 21, 2013

I can be in Quebec in 15 minutes (remember the ferry challenge, it used to be in my back yard, other side of the fire station, now I have to cross the bridge 26km up river...)

And 90% of signs in Quebec are French... NB is multilingual... usually both languages are displayed on everything... I'll see what I can do in the AM if its not completed in espanol

Sent from my big mobile screen internet thingie

MonsterTDI09 · Mar 21, 2013

This has been done already

Next Challenge (#670) Your TDI underneath a PSA billboard in a foreign language.

Challenge # 62:... with a billboard in the background in a language other than English

whitedog · Mar 21, 2013

MonsterTDI09 said:
This has been done already

Next Challenge (#670) Your TDI underneath a PSA billboard in a foreign language.

Ah good old challenge #62. I remember it well.

Edit: Although this one is more specific.

VeeDubTDI · Mar 21, 2013

Heh. That totally wasn't a win. Cool pic, but definitely not a win.

The NS overpass pic is also

Current challenge (#669): your TDI with an Amtrak locomotive crossing the road.

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