Where Is It?

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Re: Where Is It?

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ConrailDetr​oit wrote:AARR has the right idea but not specifically between the junctions.
Hamtramck or between West Detroit and Delray?

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Not on CN Trackage. Not between West Detroit and Delray.

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I thought it might be by that plastic plant on CR track near West Detroit but I see that that's incorrect so I'll have to keep looking :?
ConrailDetr​oit wrote:Not on CN Trackage. Not between West Detroit and Delray.
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AARR wrote:I thought it might be by that plastic plant on CR track near West Detroit but I see that that's incorrect so I'll have to keep looking :?
ConrailDetr​oit wrote:Not on CN Trackage. Not between West Detroit and Delray.
On the CSX or Conrail Shared Assets trackage winthin the Detroit City limit.

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AARR wrote:I thought it might be by that plastic plant on CR track near West Detroit but I see that that's incorrect so I'll have to keep looking :?
ConrailDetr​oit wrote:Not on CN Trackage. Not between West Detroit and Delray.
The plastic plant in the picture is a hint. On conrail track.

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Looks like the Conrail Michigan Line, east of the overpass at Clark St, based on searching Google Maps. Have no idea where the photographer was standing, though.
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It looks like the "Old Wye" or the "New Wye" track. Near Clark st.

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Correct. For bonus points, figure out where the photographer was standing. :D :wink:

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The utility poles in the foreground are parallel with the tracks. These probably run down the alley between Clark and Scotten North of Brandon. So you are south of that alley. At the far left I can see a little bit of the new building next to the credit union on Clark. Based on all this and the angle, I'd say near the northwest corner of Brandon and Scotten.
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Wow, a month with nothing on this thread. Cmon fellas!

I'm waking up the sleeping giant with this one. Railroad used to cross roughly where the row of pines is. East of this town its fairly detectable, but within the town itself and west of town its long gone.
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MQT1223 wrote:Wow, a month with nothing on this thread. Cmon fellas!

I'm waking up the sleeping giant with this one. Railroad used to cross roughly where the row of pines is. East of this town its fairly detectable, but within the town itself and west of town its long gone.
Cedar Spring, north of Grand Rapids on old US-131.

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railrod1949 wrote:
MQT1223 wrote:Wow, a month with nothing on this thread. Cmon fellas!

I'm waking up the sleeping giant with this one. Railroad used to cross roughly where the row of pines is. East of this town its fairly detectable, but within the town itself and west of town its long gone.
Cedar Spring, north of Grand Rapids on old US-131.
Not even close... too far south. If it was Cedar Springs there would be a rail trail in front of me.
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Reed City?
MQT1223 wrote:
railrod1949 wrote:
MQT1223 wrote:Wow, a month with nothing on this thread. Cmon fellas!

I'm waking up the sleeping giant with this one. Railroad used to cross roughly where the row of pines is. East of this town its fairly detectable, but within the town itself and west of town its long gone.
Cedar Spring, north of Grand Rapids on old US-131.
Not even close... too far south. If it was Cedar Springs there would be a rail trail in front of me.
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Hersey?
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It is not on the GR&I or the PM. Again if it was there would be a Trail here.

The only hint I'm going to give you right now is "Elk". And that's not for the Grand Elk...
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Elk Rapids?
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GreatLakesRailfan wrote:Elk Rapids?
On 4th Street, Elk Rapids looking east toward Elk River.

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Still not in the right area. :twisted:

This line has been gone a VERY long time.

Elk isn't in the name of the town this is in.
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MQT1223 wrote:Still not in the right area. :twisted:

This line has been gone a VERY long time.

Elk isn't in the name of the town this is in.
In the Atlanta area which on M-32 and M-33.

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And the animal "elk" is in Atlanta. Very tricky MQT1223 :)
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MQT1223 wrote:Still not in the right area. :twisted:

This line has been gone a VERY long time.

Elk isn't in the name of the town this is in.
In the Atlanta area which on M-32 and M-33.
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