Where Is It?

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You guys are hot.. not the right island yet though :)
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~Z~ wrote:You guys are hot.. not the right island yet though :)
I want to know how you got to that image :!:
https://goo.gl/maps/UVBRJAbD2hJ2

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DaveO wrote:
~Z~ wrote:You guys are hot.. not the right island yet though :)
I want to know how you got to that image :!:
https://goo.gl/maps/UVBRJAbD2hJ2
You got the right spot, that's St Kitts in the Caribbean. How I got to that image... so I was browsing some spots when researching summertime vacation. Was looking at a couple airports to see what is potentially serviced by just a single stop between my home city and where to vacation so we aren't switching planes a number of times. Was showing my kiddos on a map where the service desk agent I was talking to was from (Jamaica) and thought to look at an island I've visited before, St Kitts. Found you could potentially fly GR to miami on a new service that's being offered this year, then miami to St Kitts. Pulled up street view to follow the railroad around the island, which I rode back in 2009. Saw this particular street view, and wanted to include it as a "where is it?" post :)
Here's a gallery with some photos I took from that trip:
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~Z~ wrote:
DaveO wrote:
~Z~ wrote:You guys are hot.. not the right island yet though :)
I want to know how you got to that image :!:
https://goo.gl/maps/UVBRJAbD2hJ2
You got the right spot, that's St Kitts in the Caribbean. How I got to that image... so I was browsing some spots when researching summertime vacation. Was looking at a couple airports to see what is potentially serviced by just a single stop between my home city and where to vacation so we aren't switching planes a number of times. Was showing my kiddos on a map where the service desk agent I was talking to was from (Jamaica) and thought to look at an island I've visited before, St Kitts. Found you could potentially fly GR to miami on a new service that's being offered this year, then miami to St Kitts. Pulled up street view to follow the railroad around the island, which I rode back in 2009. Saw this particular street view, and wanted to include it as a "where is it?" post :)
Here's a gallery with some photos I took from that trip:
http://railroadfan.com/gallery/thumbnails-1613.html
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It definitely had the sugarcane railroad look.
Knew it wasn't Cuba, too prosperous looking. Yes, really.
Didn't look like Puerto Rico which you dismissed.
Also dismissed the DR.
That left Jamaica where from what I gather online, the bauxite mines ship by rail to the port. But not on that kind of track work.
So it had to be St. Kitts. I started from the station and clicked on the streetview images that matched the road, track, housing scenario.
And voila.

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Here is an easy one......
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Muskegon :) Corner of Edgewater St and Thompson Ave down near Pere Marquette Beach.
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that road is in really bad shape, i am surprised it has not be resurfaced, but when it is, I am sure these leftovers will be gone....

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~Z~ wrote:Muskegon :) Corner of Edgewater St and Thompson Ave down near Pere Marquette Beach.

Yup, that's looking southwest along Thompson Avenue towards the east shore of Lake Michigan from Edgewater Street in Muskegon, Muskegon County. Just a couple of blocks west of the west shore of Muskegon Lake.

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Looking at the satellite image, it appears that some street running once occurred on Thompson St. Where did those tracks go? How long ago were they removed?

At the west end of the old Sappi property, the tracks used to cross Lakeshore Dr. However, following where those tracks went doesn't appear to lead to Thompson St. Was there another set of tracks that hooked to the northwest and through the property where Balcom's Cove Condos currently stand?
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Possibly GTW ferry dock tracks were in that area?
J T wrote:Looking at the satellite image, it appears that some street running once occurred on Thompson St. Where did those tracks go? How long ago were they removed?

At the west end of the old Sappi property, the tracks used to cross Lakeshore Dr. However, following where those tracks went doesn't appear to lead to Thompson St. Was there another set of tracks that hooked to the northwest and through the property where Balcom's Cove Condos currently stand?
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The tracks crossing the street served the building just over the road (what is now part of Torresen Marine, used to build refrigerators I believe). The street tracks were part of the muskegon street railway line. I know they went through Blufton, and I believe all the way to Pere Marquette beach. Somewhere I have an article about that line.

GTW docks were about 1/2 - 3/4 mile east of the picture. The location of the diamond is still visible where the GTW crossed tge PM.

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2 railroads intersected here
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Michael wrote:2 railroads intersected here
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Not in Michigan!~ Oak Harbor, OH. Former W&LE RR over the NS RR.

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Michael wrote:2 railroads intersected here
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I'm going with the U.P. between Ironwood and Bessemer. Looks like Soo Line and the DSS&A.

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PatAzo wrote:
Michael wrote:2 railroads intersected here
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I'm going with the U.P. between Ironwood and Bessemer. Looks like Soo Line and the DSS&A.

Yup, the old DSS&A over the C&NW between Bessemer and ironwood in the da UP. In Bessemer Township, Gogebic County. Passenger train service on the ex C&NW between Ironwood and Watersmeet was discontinued many years ago. Passenger train service on the exDSS&A was discontinued many years as well.

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Going back to my Thompson Ave post and J.T.'s question, here is a map ...and the link for it. http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/ ... VAh059nKxc

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The ovals, as they are referred to my locals, is the current road that goes around Pere Marquette Park along Lake Michigan...that road is on top of the right of way that was once there....the Muskegon Streetcar Company gave the land to the city when they went out of business and the city just put a road where the tracks were. The tracks did indeed go along Lakeshore Drive, just along the north side of it. For a while every driveway had rail going across them but over time the have all been removed or simply paved over.

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Good job on that last one PatAzo. Here's another.
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Michael wrote:Good job on that last one PatAzo. Here's another.
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It's a Pleasure when the road name is translated into English

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DaveO wrote:
Michael wrote:Good job on that last one PatAzo. Here's another.
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It's a Pleasure when the road name is translated into English
15114 Laplaisance Rd
Monroe, Michigan..... At least that's my best guess :)

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