Where Is It?

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ConrailDetr​oit wrote:
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Gable Street crossing in Hamtramck, former Detroit Terminal.

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AARR wrote:
Sun Feb 06, 2022 7:23 pm
Gable Street in Detroit on the CR Terminal West Industrial Track to Highland Park?
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Is this in the 313 area code :) 313 Area Code + NS on Branchline = Must be on "Shared" Trackage
ConrailDetr​oit wrote:
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Correct

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ConrailDetr​oit wrote:
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AARR wrote:
Sun Feb 06, 2022 7:23 pm
Gable Street in Detroit on the CR Terminal West Industrial Track to Highland Park?
AARR wrote:
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Is this in the 313 area code :) 313 Area Code + NS on Branchline = Must be on "Shared" Trackage
Correct
Indeed, Conrail SA's CR Terminal West Industrial trackage, formerly Detroit Terminal, crossing Gable Street, south of E Davison Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County. Looking east.

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This one is along a popular rail trail. Anyone know where?
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Michael wrote:
Tue Feb 08, 2022 11:48 am
This one is along a popular rail trail. Anyone know where?
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Is it in the 248?
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It's not in Oakland or Macomb County

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Can we have another hint?
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Michael wrote:
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This one is along a popular rail trail. Anyone know where?
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Is it in the 248? Not Macomb or Oakland
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It is along one of the Fred Meijer trails although it doesn't appear that tracks were along this exact spot.
Both the PM and GTW went through this town.

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I will guess Greenville but not sure exactly where in or around Greenville
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Can we have another hint? It is along one of the Fred Meijer trails although it doesn't appear that tracks were along this exact spot.
Both the PM and GTW went through this town.
Doesn't look familiar to me from my rides on a lot of the west michigan routes.
Is it in the 248? Not Macomb or Oakland
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This one is along a popular rail trail. Anyone know where?
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Is it in the 248? Not Macomb or Oakland
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Ionia?
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AARR got it. Greenville along the Fred Meijer Flat River Trail.
https://goo.gl/maps/kVgkKUx9J2RJNCR26

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Can you give the exact coordinates (road, landmark, etc.)?
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AARR got it. Greenville along the Fred Meijer Flat River Trail.
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I was just about to post that exact spot as well, found it browsing through photos of the museum. AARR - we did not bike past this when we biked through Greenville a few years ago. We went up to the north side of town, biked around the old Electrolux property, then went straight west then south to Taco Bell, bypassing this short stretch of trail.

Now a better question - what is this thing we are looking at? Paging Rodney - help us!
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~Z~ wrote:
Tue Feb 08, 2022 7:35 pm
Now a better question - what is this thing we are looking at? Paging Rodney - help us!

That is what I was hoping to find out as well

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AARR wrote:
Tue Feb 08, 2022 7:28 pm
Can you give the exact coordinates (road, landmark, etc.)?
Michael wrote:
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AARR got it. Greenville along the Fred Meijer Flat River Trail.
Yes Indeed, that structure is located on west side of S Franklin Street, south of the Flat River, a block west of M-91 in Greenville, Montcalm County.

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Appears we don't know what that structure was... moving on.

Where be it? ROW is where these electric lines are. I've walked on this section of ROW a couple of times while at this park, and just seemed odd that it was an elevated section where the rest of the park was flat. Just found out that this used to be a ROW way back in the day. The elevation part makes sense now...it elevates it over a body of water nearby.
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SE Michigan?
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~Z~ wrote:
Tue Feb 15, 2022 4:11 pm
Where be it? ROW is where these electric lines are. I've walked on this section of ROW a couple of times while at this park, and just seemed odd that it was an elevated section where the rest of the park was flat. Just found out that this used to be a ROW way back in the day. The elevation part makes sense now...it elevates it over a body of water nearby.
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Most would not consider this town as SE Michigan. If you looked at the full state of Michigan in regards to it's surface area, I'd say it's in the SE area. Therefore, that's a clue :)
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