Where Is It?

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Standard Railfan wrote:
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AARR wrote:
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My old eyes can't make out those letters on the chimney :(
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Didn't take long to find where CMS was with a google search. :wink:
You could have looked at the trailer parked at the dock like I did. :lol:
Well, when I saw both the stack and the trailer with CMS, it was only a matter of time before finding out exactly what (and where) CMS was located. :D
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~Z~ wrote:
Mon Feb 20, 2023 2:01 pm


Where be it? Not accessible via Google Maps street view, but certainly accessible via admin bicycle.
I feel like I should know where this is, but it's turning out to be a tough one.
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Micro Nutrients in Arthur
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Where be it? Not accessible via Google Maps street view, but certainly accessible via admin bicycle.
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:
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Micro Nutrients in Arthur
Um, what? I see there's a Advanced MicroNutirent place near Reese. There's an Arthur Township way up near Clare too but no rail service.
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I feel like I should know where this is, but it's turning out to be a tough one.
It is somewhere within 40 miles of Grand Rapids that I've ridden via bike a few times.
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~Z~ wrote:
Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:51 am

It is somewhere within 40 miles of Grand Rapids that I've ridden via bike a few times.
Ok, that helps.
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~Z~ wrote:
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AARR wrote:
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Micro Nutrients in Arthur
Um, what? I see there's a Advanced MicroNutirent place near Reese. There's an Arthur Township way up near Clare too but no rail service.
Back when there was a railroad station there west of Reese (where ADM and MicroNutrient are) they called that spot Arthur. It’s still referred to as Arthur.
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Muskegon area?
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Ah, gotcha AARR. Wasn't aware that area was called Arthur.
Not Muskegon area... definitely within 40 miles of GR, in fact, a lot closer than 40. "Within" is definitely the key word. :)
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~Z~ wrote:
Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:10 pm
Ah, gotcha AARR. Wasn't aware that area was called Arthur.
Not Muskegon area... definitely within 40 miles of GR, in fact, a lot closer than 40. "Within" is definitely the key word. :)
Looks to be just east of the corner of Nason & Voorheis NW in Grand Rapids.
https://www.420property.com/420-content ... 701-MJ.pdf

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Looks to be just east of the corner of Nason & Voorheis NW in Grand Rapids.
https://www.420property.com/420-content ... 701-MJ.pdf
Good find! I never would have found that. Even in the satellite view the tracks aren't visible.
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Mark F wrote:
Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:11 pm
Looks to be just east of the corner of Nason & Voorheis NW in Grand Rapids.
https://www.420property.com/420-content ... 701-MJ.pdf
Though art correct! Tracks used to curve and connect up to the tracks north of Ann St. Few photos from there:
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Turner St. crossing in Lansing, looking to the SE at JAIL's Old Town branch

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Correct

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Where be it? Not in Michigan. Thought the track layout was pretty interesting.
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I don't have a guess but that looks like someone's model railroad layout
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Where be it? Not in Michigan. Thought the track layout was pretty interesting.
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Definitely not a model railroad pic - this be a Google satellite pic.
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The tracks share the bridges with a roadway so industrial trackage. Greenery looks a little scrubby so I say northward. Water is dirty like a river but a lake like shore line. So I am guessing a mine site in Ontario.

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See I was thinking somewhere along the Ohio river. Cincinnati area perhaps?

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Buster Manning wrote:
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Turner St. crossing in Lansing, looking to the SE at JAIL's Old Town branch
The Old Town branch was part of the old LS&MS RR that ran between North Lansing and Hillsdale. Final run of the remaining passenger train 33/34 between North Lansing and Hillsdale. Actually, it was a mixed train. Turner Street crossing in Lansing, Ingram County.

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