Where Is It?

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Re: Where Is It?

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Is this somewhere in Bay City?
PatAzo wrote:The yard tracks in the picture were pulled up in the 80's. Train still pass on both sides of this location but none of them are CN.
PatAzo wrote:Here's is one for GTW fans. The track was partially still in place in the early 80's along with the brick building. The city will be easy to guess away at but can you pin down the exact location? Check the old maps.

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A good guess but not Bay City, head west. A less remarkable spot on the GTW. Between the tracks was a brick roadway. It looked as if back in the day they handled LCL traffic here. By the 70's the tracks were mostly there along with a scale. It was rarely used at that point. The track was pulled up in the 80's in a grade crossing elimination project.
AARR wrote:Is this somewhere in Bay City?
PatAzo wrote:The yard tracks in the picture were pulled up in the 80's. Train still pass on both sides of this location but none of them are CN.
PatAzo wrote:Here's is one for GTW fans. The track was partially still in place in the early 80's along with the brick building. The city will be easy to guess away at but can you pin down the exact location? Check the old maps.

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Ionia?

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Buster Manning wrote:Ionia?
Not Ionia curve to the south now. Trains pass on both sides of this location, but not the CN. In 1955 when this was taken there were three railroads passing here, now just one.

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PatAzo wrote:
Buster Manning wrote:Ionia?
Not Ionia curve to the south now. Trains pass on both sides of this location, but not the CN. In 1955 when this was taken there were three railroads passing here, now just one.
https://goo.gl/maps/c2tNATVKxZgcuVZD9

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DaveO wrote:
PatAzo wrote:
Buster Manning wrote:Ionia?
Not Ionia curve to the south now. Trains pass on both sides of this location, but not the CN. In 1955 when this was taken there were three railroads passing here, now just one.
https://goo.gl/maps/c2tNATVKxZgcuVZD9
That's the area. The brick building was on Michigan Ave. The Pennsylvania was behind the photographer. The GTW (Chicago & Kalamazoo Terminal) is in the picture and beyond that was the New York Central. The GTW yard track was pulled up when the CK&S out to Lake St was pulled up in the 80's.

A map of the trackage in 1928 https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4113km.gl ... 91,0.415,0

A view in 1980.
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Great picture to guess Pat!
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A Google image search will turn this up straight away. But it's another interesting piece of railroad history. The building has been a foundry, a depot, a furniture store and today an office building.

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PatAzo wrote:A Google image search will turn this up straight away. But it's another interesting piece of railroad history. The building has been a foundry, a depot, a furniture store and today an office building.
The building as it stands today. Much like it did 100 years ago except no electric trains.

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Somewhere around Kalamazoo?
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PatAzo wrote:A Google image search will turn this up straight away. But it's another interesting piece of railroad history. The building has been a foundry, a depot, a furniture store and today an office building.
The building as it stands today. Much like it did 100 years ago except no electric trains.

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Yes. One of two interurban depots still standing, both in good condition.
AARR wrote:Somewhere around Kalamazoo?
PatAzo wrote:
PatAzo wrote:A Google image search will turn this up straight away. But it's another interesting piece of railroad history. The building has been a foundry, a depot, a furniture store and today an office building.
The building as it stands today. Much like it did 100 years ago except no electric trains.

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The interurban station on N. Rose Street at NW corner of W. Water Street. Kalamazoo. Now the PNC Office building.

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ImageIMG_4112 by tcamp7837, on Flickr

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Is it a spur off Livernois Yard?
ConrailDetr​oit wrote:ImageIMG_4112 by tcamp7837, on Flickr
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Negative. This spur has not been used in many years.

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Is it off Conrail on Detroit east side?
ConrailDetr​oit wrote: Is it a spur off Livernois Yard? Negative. This spur has not been used in many years.
ImageIMG_4112 by tcamp7837, on Flickr
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Yes. But dont know what customer this would have went to when in use.

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ConrailDetr​oit wrote:Yes. But dont know what customer this would have went to when in use.
it is off the Conrail Terminal extention? Or off the one that goes down to the river.

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It was connected to former Detroit Terminal Trackage and quite possible that Detroit Terminal was the last RR to use this spur, not Conrail.

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ConrailDetr​oit wrote:It was connected to former Detroit Terminal Trackage and quite possible that Detroit Terminal was the last RR to use this spur, not Conrail.
That spur is near E McNichols Avenue and Dequindre Road, Detroit Correct?

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