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by railrod1949
Fri Aug 05, 2016 10:57 am
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Where Is It?
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Re: Where Is It?

Pixl wrote:
railrod1949 wrote:
Pixl wrote:Hint: in the UP.

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In the Eastern UP.
No, not in the East.
On the E&LS, former Soo Lines or former C&NW in the western UP
by railrod1949
Fri Aug 05, 2016 9:08 am
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Where Is It?
Replies: 11216
Views: 2127842

Re: Where Is It?

Pixl wrote:Hint: in the UP.

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In the Eastern UP.
by railrod1949
Thu Aug 04, 2016 2:25 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Where Is It?
Replies: 11216
Views: 2127842

Re: Where Is It?

BDG wrote:
Michael wrote:Yep. Another bridge
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Buttrick Ave under the CSX Plymouth sub, near Whitneyville.
Indeed, it's Buttrick Ave, SE, looking north underneath the CSX Plymouth Sub in Whitneyville, southeast of Grand Rapids, in Kent County.
by railrod1949
Thu Aug 04, 2016 2:19 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Where Is It?
Replies: 11216
Views: 2127842

Re: Where Is It?

Ah-ha! Next time I want to bypass the language filter on this site, I'll just insert a picture into my sentence... :twisted: How bout this one https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8097/28687444361_367f410597_b.jpg THAT PLACE by sousakerry , on Flickr Looks like the intersection (almost) of Blackman Road a...
by railrod1949
Wed Aug 03, 2016 12:02 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Where Is It?
Replies: 11216
Views: 2127842

Re: Where Is It?

Michael wrote:It is NOT in the UP
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LSRC RR bridge over the unknown River in Richfield Township midway between Roscommon and St. Helen. Shot above is looking northeast from the Old M-76 bridge.
by railrod1949
Tue Aug 02, 2016 2:58 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Where Is It?
Replies: 11216
Views: 2127842

Re: Where Is It?

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h363/jimsof/ewew1_zps00of0qdj.jpg Main St, Millington MI No, I haven't been there before, but that giant yellow water tower helped a ton :) Looks like the tracks end right around the corner and go to a paved trail. Agreed! That's Main Street, Millington, looking ...
by railrod1949
Tue Aug 02, 2016 12:21 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Where Is It?
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Views: 2127842

Re: Where Is It?

Mark F wrote:Entrance to the Georgia Pacific plant in Gaylord.
Agreed! The entrance to the old Georgia Pacific plant on the west side of Dickerson Road in Gaylord. This was off the connection with the Lake States Railway.
by railrod1949
Tue Aug 02, 2016 11:03 am
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Where Is It?
Replies: 11216
Views: 2127842

Re: Where Is It?

Michael wrote:Image
Hints please?
by railrod1949
Mon Aug 01, 2016 8:45 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Where Is It?
Replies: 11216
Views: 2127842

Re: Where Is It?

Interesting crossing. It's a wide main road but doesn't merit a protected crossing or signal although just a block up road is another crossing with a the "bells and whistles" :D http://railroadfan.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11339/6768867.jpg Genesee Ave., Old US 10, in Saginaw, looking west crossi...
by railrod1949
Sat Jul 30, 2016 2:26 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Where Is It?
Replies: 11216
Views: 2127842

Re: Where Is It?

"NOW WHICH WAY ARE WE GOING TO GO"? Not that difficult to figure out. I just couldn't find anything else interesting to put up today. There is rail in the photo if you look close. Looking west on M-66 and M-72 toward US-131 after cross the Great Lake Central RR line just south of Kalkaska. http://m...
by railrod1949
Fri Jul 29, 2016 3:41 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Where Is It?
Replies: 11216
Views: 2127842

Re: Where Is It?

[quote="MQT1223"]Where be it? Street is oriented in a manner to where it would parallel the ROW if one went back into the 40's. Tornado drastically altered this small town some 10-20 years ago.[/

More hints please
by railrod1949
Wed Jul 06, 2016 12:07 pm
Forum: Ohio Talk
Topic: Weird railroad crossing gate in Ohio
Replies: 13
Views: 23871

Re: Weird railroad crossinhg gate in Ohio

It was the weird railroad crossing gate barrier that fold like a jack knife since the barrier that was long enough to stretch over four or five lanes somewhere northbound on old US-25 in June, 1957. I don't remember where that said gate was exactly located.
by railrod1949
Wed Dec 09, 2015 6:01 pm
Forum: Illinois Talk
Topic: Metrarail train Number Please
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Views: 5430

Metrarail train Number Please

Need engine and cars numbers of the Metra train 2716 eastbound and 2709 westbound operated on Sunday, December 6, 2015. Is there any way I can get cars an d engine numbers info. Between Chicago and Elgin.
by railrod1949
Wed Dec 09, 2015 5:56 pm
Forum: Illinois Talk
Topic: Engine number of a UP Yard Job, Proviso
Replies: 0
Views: 4855

Engine number of a UP Yard Job, Proviso

Is there any I can get the engine number of the UP yard job at Proviso yard from 11-24-2014 to this week. Yard job is R64R. Thanks!
by railrod1949
Fri Oct 30, 2015 5:07 pm
Forum: Ohio Talk
Topic: Weird railroad crossing gate in Ohio
Replies: 13
Views: 23871

Re: Weird railroad crossinhg gate in Ohio

It might be Wapakoneta Ohio. the then B and O crosses old 25 from the east side to west side at a south west diagonal then about a quarter mile or less the NYC Peoria Ohio to St Mary's Ohio crossed 25. The old NYC line went by my Grandparents home, I got to see a few locals with a GP9s and cabooses...
by railrod1949
Thu Oct 29, 2015 1:47 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Where Is It?
Replies: 11216
Views: 2127842

Re: Where am I?

Mark F wrote:That would be Gaylord next to the entrance of the North Central State Trail on Fairview Rd. On aerial photos it appears that there is now an additional building to the right of the tracks.
That's the LSRC on the north side of Gaylord looking north.
by railrod1949
Thu Oct 29, 2015 1:43 pm
Forum: Ohio Talk
Topic: Weird railroad crossing gate in Ohio
Replies: 13
Views: 23871

Weird railroad crossing gate in Ohio

On June 5, 1957 my parents, sister and I were travelled on US-25 on our way to the Great Smoky Mountain in Tennesee and North Carolina when I saw aweird looking railroad crossing gate on the east side of that highway and on the south side of the three railroad tracks. That gate arm had braces or cab...