Where Is It?

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Pixl wrote:
Michael wrote:Is that you in the purple shirt in front of Orvis? I had a hard time with the street maps switching being the 2015 imagery and the 2009 street views.
That be me! Very good. 8)
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You are immortalized Pixl :D

I was recently caught by the new Apple Map Van
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I guess Apple has been quietly doing street level mapping similar to Google & Bing for a while
http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/10/87562 ... uk-ireland

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Re: Where am I?

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Your Apple Map vehicle looks like the driver is on the wrong side of the car, and the car is on the wrong side of the road.
Should we start guessing where it is?

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Pixl wrote:Your Apple Map vehicle looks like the driver is on the wrong side of the car, and the car is on the wrong side of the road.
Should we start guessing where it is?

No. That is not my photo, it was just one from the article
Currently in Michigan they are working on the SE tri-county area http://maps.apple.com/vehicles/

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I'll bet this will be easy for most but we shall see
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This operated in Michigan for the first half of the 20th century

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I just see an X
Michael wrote:I'll bet this will be easy for most but we shall see
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This operated in Michigan for the first half of the 20th century
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AARR wrote:I just see an X
Michael wrote:I'll bet this will be easy for most but we shall see
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This operated in Michigan for the first half of the 20th century
Sorry. I am having a hard time finding a place to host my photos with a link after losing COMCAST. :(
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Michael wrote:Image
This operated in Michigan for the first half of the 20th century

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Inclined railway at what is now WMU's East Campus.

http://seekingmichigan.org/look/2009/09/08/wmu-trolley

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PatAzo wrote:Image
Romulus?
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PatAzo wrote:Image
I am going to go out on a limb and say this is somewhere on the chessie, but I do not know where. The signal box in the background tells me it Isn't conrail (because it Isn't rust brown). I notice what appears to be diamond in the background as well.
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Sorry. I am having a hard time finding a place to host my photos with a link after losing COMCAST. :(
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To the left and behind the tree looks like a depot :?
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PatAzo wrote:Image
I am going to go out on a limb and say this is somewhere on the chessie, but I do not know where. The signal box in the background tells me it Isn't conrail (because it Isn't rust brown). I notice what appears to be diamond in the background as well.
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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I don't know where it is I'm glad to see you post something here again :D
Michael wrote:This operated in Michigan for the first half of the 20th century.
Sorry. I am having a hard time finding a place to host my photos with a link after losing COMCAST. :(
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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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~Z~ wrote: Romulus?
Not Romuls,
ConrailMan5 wrote:I am going to go out on a limb and say this is somewhere on the chessie, but I do not know where. The signal box in the background tells me it Isn't conrail (because it Isn't rust brown). I notice what appears to be diamond in the background as well.

Not the Chessie. The third unit is crossing a diamond.

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AARR wrote:I don't know where it is I'm glad to see you post something here again :D
Michael wrote:This operated in Michigan for the first half of the 20th century.
Sorry. I am having a hard time finding a place to host my photos with a link after losing COMCAST. :(
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Thanks AARR. Pat got it right. I thought it was a neat bit of history.
http://seekingmichigan.org/look/2009/09/08/wmu-trolley

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Is it on GTW in Monroe with CR crossing?
PatAzo wrote:Romulus? Not Romuls,
I am going to go out on a limb and say this is somewhere on the chessie, but I do not know where. The signal box in the background tells me it Isn't conrail (because it Isn't rust brown). I notice what appears to be diamond in the background as well. Not the Chessie. The third unit is crossing a diamond.
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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AARR wrote:To the left and behind the tree looks like a depot :?
It is a depot, still standing today.
AARR wrote:Is it on GTW in Monroe with CR crossing?
Not Monroe.

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PatAzo wrote:Image
Schoolcraft?

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The other direction
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