Where Is It?

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Here's a good one: Out of state

Yes, that's an MBTA F40PH-2c leading a rail train with a NS GEVO behind it

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I'm going with Shirley Massachusetts.
Per your Flickr caption:
Here's a MBTA Extra Rail train with a MBTA F40PH-2C and a NS ES40DC on the point passing Shirley, MA's passenger depot. Obviously this lashup is nuts with a passenger engine leading a freight engine when normally it's the other way around.
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Here's a good one: Out of state

Yes, that's an MBTA F40PH-2c leading a rail train with a NS GEVO behind it

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Where be it? All three from different angles of the same location:
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~Z~ wrote:
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Where be it? All three from different angles of the same location:
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Ok starting to narrow it down, somewhere in North/Central Oakland county or in the UP
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Neither in Oakland county or in the UP.
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Thornapple Trail behind Whispering Waters Campground west of Hastings.

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Mark F wrote:
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Thornapple Trail behind Whispering Waters Campground west of Hastings.
Thou art correct. That was the midpoint of my ride from Byron Center a couple weeks ago; 60ish mile round trip.
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Thornapple Trail behind Whispering Waters Campground west of Hastings.
Thou art correct. That was the midpoint of my ride from Byron Center a couple weeks ago; 60ish mile round trip.
Agreed! Thornapple Trail was the former ROW of the old NYC RR(ex MC) that ran between Jackson and Grand Rapids. Final run of the remaining passenger trains 388/389 with stops in Hastings and Middleville, was made on April 25, 1959.

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Out of state
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I'll go with La Plata, MO. Dooooooooode, you are making this way too easy still.
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correct...
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David Collins wrote:
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correct...
Correct indeed! The old Santa Fe Railway depot in La Plata, MO, now the Amtrak depot where the Amtrak trains 3/4 between CHI and LAX make a regular stop. La Plata is between Kansas City, MO and Fort Madison, IA.

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Lets try this again, 3rd time's a charm! Where is it? Obviously it's out of state :D
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David Collins wrote:
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Lets try this again, 3rd time's a charm! Where is it? Obviously it's out of state :D
~Z~ going to have a hard time on this. No picture caption with the location :lol:

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Attleboro Massachusetts?
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~Z~ wrote:
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Attleboro Massachusetts?
You got it partially correct, but you’re missing something.
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David Collins wrote:
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Mon Nov 01, 2021 11:53 am
Attleboro Massachusetts?
You got it partially correct, but you’re missing something.
Like South Attleboro Amtrak station, or something to that effect?
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~Z~ wrote:
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David Collins wrote:
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~Z~ wrote:
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Attleboro Massachusetts?
You got it partially correct, but you’re missing something.
Like South Attleboro Amtrak station, or something to that effect?
Correct! South Attleboro’s MBTA station, I at least didn’t have to get embarrassed by having someone get it right in one go :) :lol:
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Well, I was correct on the first go.. giving the city and state of some out of state location was correct...so you are still 3 for 3 of getting it guessed right away on each posting.
BTW, i've never been to that city, nor heard of it or seen pictures from there before.
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I would have guessed Mansfield, MA -- up the road a ways. I would have been incorrect!! I believe the Acela can run 150 MPH here.

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