Where Is It?

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Re: Where Is It?

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railrod1949 wrote:
PatAzo wrote:In the Midwest but not the Chicago area.
Somewhere between Cheyenne and Laramie, WY on the original UP RR line.
Wyoming is definitely not what one would call the midwest of the united states. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States
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railrod1949 wrote:
PatAzo wrote:In the Midwest but not the Chicago area.
Somewhere between Cheyenne and Laramie, WY on the original UP RR line.
Wyoming is definitely not what one would call the midwest of the united states. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States
The Midwest as defined by he Census Bureau in the map on Wikipedia.

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Holliday, KS on the BNSF between Kansas City and Topeka, KS in PatAzo's above shot.

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Not Kansas. Think of places in the Midwest that would draw railfans at large to visit.

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PatAzo wrote:Not Kansas. Think of places in the Midwest that would draw railfans at large to visit.
Delray! no wait maybe not.

Berea popped up as a potential guess but not enough height difference.
Cleveland has an area or two that might qualify except the part about drawing railfans at large to visit.

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~Z~ wrote:Continuing with our "clearly not michigan" series, where be it?

Z's shot above shot taken from the NM Highway 52 crossing near Magdalena, NM looking west.

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DaveO wrote:
PatAzo wrote:Not Kansas. Think of places in the Midwest that would draw railfans at large to visit.
Delray! no wait maybe not.

Berea popped up as a potential guess but not enough height difference.
Cleveland has an area or two that might qualify except the part about drawing railfans at large to visit.
The photo spot itself isn't the attraction, but there is one very near here.

Not the Cleveland area. The U.P. units are on U.P. track.

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PatAzo wrote:
DaveO wrote:
PatAzo wrote:Not Kansas. Think of places in the Midwest that would draw railfans at large to visit.
Delray! no wait maybe not.

Berea popped up as a potential guess but not enough height difference.
Cleveland has an area or two that might qualify except the part about drawing railfans at large to visit.
The photo spot itself isn't the attraction, but there is one very near here.

Not the Cleveland area. The U.P. units are on U.P. track.
In Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, or Louisana. Or North Platte, NE at the Bailey Yard.

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Just giving away the state is boring. So nearby is what may be the largest number of ex-New York Central System locomotives in one setting. I've done only a cursory search but I believe it is so. Even if I'm wrong this ought to have you in the right locale.

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Track in the foreground is U.P. ex-Missouri Pacific. Track above is BNSF ex-Frisco.

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PatAzo wrote:Track in the foreground is U.P. ex-Missouri Pacific. Track above is BNSF ex-Frisco.
It must be in Missouri then. Probably close to the Museum of Transportation (?) in the St. Louis area.
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The Google street view will put you up along the BNSF.

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PatAzo wrote:The Google street view will put you up along the BNSF.
West of Big Bend Road, Valley Park, MO. About a couples miles west of the Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, MO.

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Your there, Keyes Summit is the spot. It's an obscure spot. The U.P. crosses Big Bend on a bridge just west of the Museum of Transportation. Turn off Big Bend onto Quinette Rd. You'll come to a grade crossing on the BNSF. The picture is just down the bank shot from the north side of the U.P.

The Museum of transportation is home to NYC #2933 an L2d 4-8-2, Boston & Albany #39 4-4-0 and NYC #113 2-D-2. I think this is the largest group of NYC System locomotives in one spot.

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PatAzo wrote:Your there, Keyes Summit is the spot. It's an obscure spot. The U.P. crosses Big Bend on a bridge just west of the Museum of Transportation. Turn off Big Bend onto Quinette Rd. You'll come to a grade crossing on the BNSF. The picture is just down the bank shot from the north side of the U.P.

The Museum of transportation is home to NYC #2933 an L2d 4-8-2, Boston & Albany #39 4-4-0 and NYC #113 2-D-2. I think this is the largest group of NYC System locomotives in one spot.
Yes, it's Keyes Summit, looking southwest from just west of Big bend Road in Valley Park, MO. Amtrak passenger trains nos. 311, 313 (westbound) and 314 and 316, All the Missouri Runner, run between St. Louis and Kansas City, MO on the UP ex Missouri Pacific through Keyes Summit. The Museum of Transportation can be seen on the right side of trains 311 and 313 running westbound and on the left side of trains 314 and 316 going eastbound. Final run of the remaining passenger trains, the Oklahoman, on the ex Frisco between St. Louis, MO and Oklahoma City, OK, was made on May 14, 1967.

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Back to Michigan. I believe this was a Interurban depot
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My first guess is Algona
Michael wrote:Back to Michigan. I believe this was a Interurban depot
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Michael wrote:Back to Michigan. I believe this was a Interurban depot
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I see a spot in Wyandotte that could be it.

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AARR was pretty close with his guess of Algonac. That is what you meant right?

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Yes, Algonac is what I meant :lol:

If it isn't Algonac my next guess is New Baltimore.
Michael wrote:AARR was pretty close with his guess of Algonac. That is what you meant right?
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