Where Is It?

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AARR
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Re: Where Is It?

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Is this in Detroit?
ConrailDetr​oit wrote:
Fri Jan 07, 2022 8:59 pm
ImageIMG_8350 by tcamp7837, on Flickr
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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Yes

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I feel like I've seen this before but I can't recall specifics

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Is this connected/formerly connected to a Conrail line?
AARR wrote:
Sat Jan 08, 2022 7:27 am
Is this in Detroit? Yes
ConrailDetr​oit wrote:
Fri Jan 07, 2022 8:59 pm
ImageIMG_8350 by tcamp7837, on Flickr
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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Not Conrail

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Re: Where Is It?

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1600-1800 block of Farnsworth Street next to the former Grand Trunk line to Brush Street Station.

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Is this located somewhere along CSX between Plymouth and Rouge Yard?
AARR wrote:
Sat Jan 08, 2022 9:01 am
Is this connected/formerly connected to a Conrail line? Not CR.
Is this in Detroit? Yes
ImageIMG_8350 by tcamp7837, on Flickr
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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Standard Railfan wrote:
Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:48 am
1600-1800 block of Farnsworth Street next to the former Grand Trunk line to Brush Street Station.
1601 Farnsworth, the Detroit Public Schools Support Services Complex Building C.

I recognized the smokestack as being at the no longer used Detroit Incinerator.

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Correct

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You're good at this! 8) . Even with your exact location I still can't find it :oops: .
DaveO wrote:
Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:35 am
Standard Railfan wrote:
Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:48 am
1600-1800 block of Farnsworth Street next to the former Grand Trunk line to Brush Street Station.
1601 Farnsworth, the Detroit Public Schools Support Services Complex Building C.

I recognized the smokestack as being at the no longer used Detroit Incinerator.
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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DaveO wrote:
Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:35 am
I recognized the smokestack as being at the no longer used Detroit Incinerator.
As did I.

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AARR wrote:
Sat Jan 08, 2022 12:25 pm
Even with your exact location I still can't find it :oops: .
For AARR, it's right next to where the DCON parks their engine(s).

https://goo.gl/maps/Kxv5w6E8WueeAV896

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Ok, now I see it :) .
DaveO wrote:
Sat Jan 08, 2022 1:35 pm
AARR wrote:
Sat Jan 08, 2022 12:25 pm
Even with your exact location I still can't find it :oops: .
For AARR, it's right next to where the DCON parks their engine(s).

https://goo.gl/maps/Kxv5w6E8WueeAV896
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:
Sat Jan 08, 2022 2:02 pm
Ok, now I see it :) .
DaveO wrote:
Sat Jan 08, 2022 1:35 pm
AARR wrote:
Sat Jan 08, 2022 12:25 pm
Even with your exact location I still can't find it :oops: .
For AARR, it's right next to where the DCON parks their engine(s).

https://goo.gl/maps/Kxv5w6E8WueeAV896
Final run of the remaining old GTW RR passenger trains that ran between Detroit Brush Street and Durand was made on April 30, 1971.

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Where be it? It’s out of state
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Walbridge?
David Collins wrote:
Sat Jan 08, 2022 2:53 pm
Where be it? It’s out of state
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:
Sat Jan 08, 2022 3:08 pm
Walbridge?
David Collins wrote:
Sat Jan 08, 2022 2:53 pm
Where be it? It’s out of state
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The line out of Walbridge that runs to the interchange with the Northern Ohio and Western?

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ConrailDetr​oit wrote:
Sat Jan 08, 2022 5:36 pm
The line out of Walbridge that runs to the interchange with the Northern Ohio and Western?
Correct, but what city/road
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You made my job pretty easy AARR. It's Milbury, Ohio OH-795
https://goo.gl/maps/cc49q31dJUnrCT7UA
Though it looks like you took the photo from way back at the Sunoco parking lot David

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