Jackson Junk Yard Find!!

Big Frank · Unread post by **Big Frank** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:55 pm

OK So today after work I beat feet for Jackson to pick up a Jeep axle from a Junk Yard while I was there I felt something weird like it was nagging at me well after I was done wrenching on the jeep I noticed what it was There were 2 GTW passenger cars!!! In the over growth of weeds and trees. the guy at the desk said " hell I don't know they have been here for ever. My question is were did they come from and why hasn't anybody tried to scoop them up for a resto job or something.

FRANK

J T · Unread post by **J T** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:00 pm

C'mon, Frank...PICS PLEASE!!

Big Frank · Unread post by **Big Frank** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:02 pm

I didnt have my cam but the next time I go home ill deff get some pics

ns8401 · Unread post by **ns8401** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:23 pm

One car is pullman the other is GTW and I thought there was a third one there.

Big Frank · Unread post by **Big Frank** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:28 pm

ns8401 wrote:One car is pullman the other is GTW and I thought there was a third one there.

From what i saw is that it was 2 it was getting dark

Unread post by **Scooterb** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:00 am

They have been there forever. at one time one of the three used to be a restruant called Wimpy burgers, I think that one got cut up, if I remember right there used tobe an old spur that went to the junk yard removed in the late 80's unless I am thinking about the one that went next door to the old Plastigage building.

Big Frank · Unread post by **Big Frank** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:28 am

Scooterb wrote:They have been there forever. at one time one of the three used to be a restruant called Wimpy burgers, I think that one got cut up, if I remember right there used tobe an old spur that went to the junk yard removed in the late 80's unless I am thinking about the one that went next door to the old Plastigage building.

Ahh cool Im surprised the GTW H.S. never tried to acquire them for a resto or anything

NS3322 · Unread post by **NS3322** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 5:33 pm

Digging up an old thread...
But are these GTW passenger cars still in Jackson?

Cinderpath · Unread post by **Cinderpath** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 7:55 pm

Those are still in there? I grew up in Jackson, remember them as a kid. I believe they were bought for some kind of restaurant and never used. They would have came in on the GT, and the last GT train in Jackson was 73 I believe.

Macowiec · Unread post by **Macowiec** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 8:48 am

We looked at them for the SMRS back in the early 80s. They were in pretty bad shape then. If I remember correctly, one was in the GTW black/white "modern" scheme and the other in the earlier olive and black scheme.

NS3322 · Unread post by **NS3322** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 12:21 pm

If you throw 42.251392, -84.453156 into Bing Maps and go into Birds Eye View you will be able to see them.
But unfortunately the more updated/recent Google Maps imagery does not show them...

SousaKerry · Unread post by **SousaKerry** » Wed Jul 05, 2017 10:22 am

I snuk into them several years ago while hunting parts, They were in terrible shape then full of old 70's era car parts long forgotten, mostly gauge clusters and dash parts. The parts inside are probably worth more to collectors of old autos then the cars are. Holes in the roof and floor everywhere piled high with animal feces, probobly the only thing salvageable would be the trucks.

Speaking of other Jackson rail mysteries, does anyone know who has the old PC boxcar stored at Miller Truck and Storage? I know it came from down by the Amtrak station behind a whorehouse but who paid to move it and where is it going?

Also there is a passenger car truck? parked in front of a a building on he corner of RT50 and US127, it has been there for some months and only the one truck. The building used to be a pizza joint some years ago and about 10 other businesses have been in and out over the years.

NS3322 · Unread post by **NS3322** » Wed Jul 05, 2017 2:44 pm

SousaKerry wrote:Also there is a passenger car truck? parked in front of a a building on he corner of RT50 and US127, it has been there for some months and only the one truck. The building used to be a pizza joint some years ago and about 10 other businesses have been in and out over the years.

Where is this exactly? I tried looking for it on Google Maps and had no luck finding it.

SousaKerry · Unread post by **SousaKerry** » Thu Jul 06, 2017 12:21 pm

NS3322 wrote:
SousaKerry wrote:Also there is a passenger car truck? parked in front of a a building on he corner of RT50 and US127, it has been there for some months and only the one truck. The building used to be a pizza joint some years ago and about 10 other businesses have been in and out over the years.
Where is this exactly? I tried looking for it on Google Maps and had no luck finding it.

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