Watch the CN trains and while they might have 2-3 units, it not uncommon to see only one on line.Saturnalia wrote: it is totally normal to run trains across, say the Waterlevel or on the GTW with only one unit.
Where Is It?
Re: Where Is It?
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Up here in Traverse City where we are "train starved" my comment comes from the rail action I often see with two engines pulling one car. I could guess on the reasons this happens but it is quite a contrast to seeing a 40 to 90 car train with one engine.Pixl wrote: It also looks like a long train to have just one engine.
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Somewhere in the Bay City/Saginaw area.
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Michael, I see a truck loading ramp on that building, but where is the railroad element in the picture?Michael wrote:Somewhere in the Bay City/Saginaw area.
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Double tracks passed on the left side of this building. I was hoping to find out if it ever was served by rail
Pixl wrote:Michael, I see a truck loading ramp on that building, but where is the railroad element in the picture?Michael wrote:Somewhere in the Bay City/Saginaw area.
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Is this on the old line between Meredith Jct. and Hoyt? CMGN was the last operator of the line.
Michael wrote:Double tracks passed on the left side of this building. I was hoping to find out if it ever was served by rail
Pixl wrote:Michael, I see a truck loading ramp on that building, but where is the railroad element in the picture?Michael wrote:Somewhere in the Bay City/Saginaw area.
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The homes in the background look like Zilwaukee, but if that's where it is, I don't know much about the history in that area.
Michael wrote:Somewhere in the Bay City/Saginaw area.
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Re: Where Is It?
Yes. The Belt Line
AARR wrote:Is this on the old line between Meredith Jct. and Hoyt? CMGN was the last operator of the line.
Michael wrote:Double tracks passed on the left side of this building. I was hoping to find out if it ever was served by rail
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Is Atwater Street on the right?
Michael wrote:Is this on the old line between Meredith Jct. and Hoyt? CMGN was the last operator of the line. Yes. The Belt Line
Double tracks passed on the left side of this building. I was hoping to find out if it ever was served by rail
PatC created a monster, 'cause nobody wants to see Don Simon no more they want AARR I'm chopped liver, well if you want AARR this is what I'll give ya, bad humor mixed with irrelevant info that'll make you roll your eyes quicker than a ~Z~ banhammer...
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Sorry. Actually the west side Saginaw Belt line.
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Is that Durand St. on the right?
Michael wrote:Is Atwater Street on the right? Sorry. Actually the west side Saginaw Belt line.
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Is this on the old line between Meredith Jct. and Hoyt? CMGN was the last operator of the line. Yes. The Belt Line
Double tracks passed on the left side of this building. I was hoping to find out if it ever was served by rail
PatC created a monster, 'cause nobody wants to see Don Simon no more they want AARR I'm chopped liver, well if you want AARR this is what I'll give ya, bad humor mixed with irrelevant info that'll make you roll your eyes quicker than a ~Z~ banhammer...
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Got it! 1420 Hancock Street, S. Bates Street on the right, Court Street behind the building and Hancock Street in the foreground, all in Saginaw, Saginaw School District the City of, Saginaw County. Looking southwest along the former C&O Railway's West Side Belt Line toward Fordney, where the Saginaw Railway Museum is located. The Belt Line ran between Mershon and Fordney.AARR wrote:Is that Durand St. on the right?Michael wrote:Is Atwater Street on the right? Sorry. Actually the west side Saginaw Belt line.
Michael wrote:
Is this on the old line between Meredith Jct. and Hoyt? CMGN was the last operator of the line. Yes. The Belt Line
Double tracks passed on the left side of this building. I was hoping to find out if it ever was served by rail
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Good job Rodney
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Re: Where Is It?
Looks like Four Mile Lake.
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Re: Where Is It?
Yes. that's Dexter-Chelsea Road at the NS/Amtrak Michigan Line crossing, looking east. About a mile east of Chelsea, in the Chelsea School District, Lima Township, Washtenaw County. Chelsea Grain can be seen at the far left. The area in the above shot have a Chelsea, MI 48118. That blue building at the far right is the Abrasive Finishing.Michael wrote:
Re: Where Is It?
GDLK going north approaching Grand Rapids Yard (Hughart)?
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It's similar to a view arriving at Hugart from a few weeks ago, but not this time.AARR wrote:GDLK going north approaching Grand Rapids Yard (Hughart)?PatAzo wrote:
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While the Grand Elk shot continues to make people scratch their heads, I'll throw this one into the ring.
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