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I have this picture labeled as "cr eaton rapids turn near onandaga, michigan" Does anyone know exactly where this is? I want to model this scene on my layout and would like to see if the bridge is still there for measurements/photos.

Thanks in advance!

Its spelled Onondaga, and its located on the Lansing Secondary (now the JAIL).

Thanks for the spelling correction ...

Im specifically looking for the bridge location and the road it crosses

TrainWatcher wrote:Its spelled Onondaga, and its located on the Lansing Secondary (now the JAIL).

You strike agan. It is NOT on the Lansing Secondary. Onondaga is on the abandon line that split from the Lansing Secondary halfway between Jackson and Leslie, that went to Eaton Rapids, Charlotte. Now I could not find a bridge like that on Bing Maps on the line to Lansing, so I can only assume that the bridge is on the abandon line, but where I have not found yet.

Proto48Patrick wrote:Thanks for the spelling correction ...

Im specifically looking for the bridge location and the road it crosses

Those tracks have been gone for years (decades?) and the bridge was probably removed then as well.

The old wooden trestle over the Gd. River in Onandaga still appears to be there, though. That is something I'd like to see.

Thats the bridge over Tompkins road just east of Onondaga, they pulled that one out quick and a big chunk of the fill on the east side too. its been almost ten years since i lived down that way but i think the abutment on the west side is still there.

Aerial map of the spot of the bridge: http://binged.it/tVXuGb

thanks everyone, I was hoping the bridge might have still been there. I looked all over Google maps and couldnt find the bridge... I have the one photo, that'll work for me.

Thanks again.

Proto48Patrick wrote:I have the one photo, that'll work for me.

Do you have any more photos from that line? By the way, that shot would make for a great Then & Now comparison.

J T wrote:

Proto48Patrick wrote:I have the one photo, that'll work for me.

Do you have any more photos from that line? By the way, that shot would make for a great Then & Now comparison.

No I dont personally. It one of my favorite photos.

Patrick, what year was that shot taken?

I believe the line was abandoned in 1983.

If 1983 is right then it's between 1979 and 1983 since thats when the 15's were built

Patrick, are you able to tell what the clearance is on the bridge with your photo? That looks really low! I wonder how many vehicles hit it over the years. Of course, when they built it, the small Model T was probably the main vehicle that traveled under it (unless it was before that time with the horse and buggy).

Clearance on that bridge was 10'.

the sign reads 11' in the photo.

ns8401 wrote:If 1983 is right then it's between 1979 and 1983 since thats when the 15's were built

all of Conrails GP15-1's were built in 1979.