Where Is It?

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Re: Where Is It?

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No google street view this time. RRpicturearchives is your best bet now.
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Re: Where Is It?

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AARR wrote:
Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:38 pm
Frederick?
ConrailDetr​oit wrote:
Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:52 am
Lake State, between Grayling and Waters?...
...yes. It must be nice having a road so close to the track to chase the LSRC runs to Gaylord, when they run.
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Re: Where Is It?

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Thanks to CRD hint I made a lucky guess
GreatLakesRailfan wrote:
Mon Jul 04, 2022 3:36 pm
AARR wrote:
Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:38 pm
Frederick?
ConrailDetr​oit wrote:
Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:52 am
Lake State, between Grayling and Waters?...
...yes. It must be nice having a road so close to the track to chase the LSRC runs to Gaylord, when they run.
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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GTW Dude wrote:
Mon Jul 04, 2022 2:59 pm
No google street view this time. RRpicturearchives is your best bet now.
Should wait for ConrailDetroit's picture to be officially identified.
While I know where it's at, I will from time to time allow others the chance to find it by their own means.
It's fun to see where they may go 8)

Is the general public allowed to actually see inside that unit?

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ConrailDetr​oit wrote:
Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:49 pm
Not Michigan. The state does not share a border with Michigan.

Image... by tcamp7837, on Flickr
Put this to rest. It's East Conway, Pennsylvania from Pinney Street Bridge.

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Correct

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DaveO wrote:
Mon Jul 04, 2022 4:29 pm
GTW Dude wrote:
Mon Jul 04, 2022 2:59 pm
No google street view this time. RRpicturearchives is your best bet now.
Should wait for ConrailDetroit's picture to be officially identified.
While I know where it's at, I will from time to time allow others the chance to find it by their own means.
It's fun to see where they may go 8)

Is the general public allowed to actually see inside that unit?
No.

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GTW Dude wrote:
Mon Jul 04, 2022 2:59 pm
No google street view this time. RRpicturearchives is your best bet now.
I'm going with the Michigan Transit Museum's 1807.

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I’ll guess PatAzo is correct and it was taken at Joy Blvd. Park
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GTW Dude wrote:
Mon Jul 04, 2022 2:59 pm
No google street view this time. RRpicturearchives is your best bet now.
I'm going with the Michigan Transit Museum's 1807.
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:
Wed Jul 06, 2022 11:21 am
I’ll guess PatAzo is correct and it was taken at Joy Blvd. Park
PatAzo wrote:
Wed Jul 06, 2022 10:40 am
GTW Dude wrote:
Mon Jul 04, 2022 2:59 pm
No google street view this time. RRpicturearchives is your best bet now.
I'm going with the Michigan Transit Museum's 1807.
Yep it's 1807 but the picture was taken inside West Yard

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January 1995. Trains still pass here. They arrived in town with the dynamic brake resistors on fire. By the time the conductor shot two fire extinguishers at it and the local fire department arrived the fire had pretty well burnt itself out. But the boys did thorough job anyway.
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Clues. 1) The proximity of the road to the track and the trees faintly poking up behind the 5502 are the best visual clues. Several of you have driven past here and one shot a video very near here. A movie with a railroad scene was shot very near here. The 5502 has been replaced with older locomotives. 2) There is detail in the picture that, with the right internet search, will take you to the town this occurred in.

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Hudsonville along Chicago Dr?
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Not Hudsonville but the right side of the state. All the vehicles have been replaced. The 5502 with slightly older units. Engine 1012 with a newer truck. The police Caprice with Ford Explorer

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The last passenger trains through here accourding to Railroad1949's research were "nos. 25 and 26...on October 29, 1966."

Gene Hackman rode a freight train through here once.

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Guessing it's on what is currently Marquette Rail between Grand Rapids and either Baldwin or up towards Manistee or Ludington. #25 and #26 were Grand Rapids to Traverse City runs. I'll guess White Cloud.
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You mentioned in a previous Where is it that the Depot Restaurant in Grant has a picture of Gene Hackman standing next to a caboose with some of the train crew. The water tower in Grant staring Gene Hackman was in the 1973 film Scarecrow.

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There is a scene in Scarecrow filmed along the Marquette (then C&O). This is the trailer from Scarecrow.
Jump to 2:59 for the scene that made it into the movie. https://youtu.be/RmOlDDUT6h0 The slightly older power that replaced the 5502 at the same spot. The picture is borrowed from the Thornapple River Rail Series.
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Where be it?
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Re: Where Is It?

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~Z~ wrote:
Mon Jul 25, 2022 11:45 am
Where be it?
It almost looks like the wooden span over the power house raceway in Newaygo. The view would be looking north but the impoundment looks too close to the bridge.

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