Pixl wrote:There is an abandoned rail grade at the bottom of this ski run.
Boyne City and Boyne Mountain? BCG&A? That is a great guess even if you are wrong
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Thompsonville?
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1223 you are very correct! Nice work! When I was tracing the BCG&A grade one day on Google, I was amazed to see Streetview was all over the ski resort. I have since read that Google loans out a back pack for hikers too that does streetview in the wild.MQT1223 wrote:Boyne City and Boyne Mountain? BCG&A?Pixl wrote:There is an abandoned rail grade at the bottom of this ski run.
Here is a trace of the grade I made going right across the parking lot of Boyne Mountain Resort. Part of it is still in use as a service drive.
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I know part of that Ski Resort is built on top of former railroad property and I didn't know of another location in the state that had a ski resort by abandoned grade. These rails were abandoned in 1975.
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Haviland Chemical in GR, off of the CSX GR Terminal Sub at FullerMichael wrote:
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I thought one of you Westsiders would get that without any hints, Well done.MQT3001 wrote:Haviland Chemical in GR, off of the CSX GR Terminal Sub at FullerMichael wrote:
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MQT1223 wrote:I know part of that Ski Resort is built on top of former railroad property and I didn't know of another location in the state that had a ski resort by abandoned grade.
AARR is right about Thompsonville (where the AARR & PM met) being close to Crystal Mountain Ski Resort but the old ROW is maybe a mile from the resort.
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CSX over M-14 a little North of Plymouth.Michael wrote:
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The truck in the picture has auto frames from the Tower plant that used to go by rail in dedicated trains to Warren Assembly. Now they go by truck to Toledo's Jeep plant.
Pixl wrote:CSX over M-14 a little North of Plymouth.Michael wrote:
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Pixl wrote:CSX over M-14 a little North of Plymouth.Michael wrote:
You got it
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Petoskey?
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Petoskey does have a Gazebo in town, but no.
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Somewhere down near Monroe in SE Mi? Looks like two separate rail lines running in this shot. If not, sounds like we need more hintsPixl wrote:
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No not near Monroe. It is on the HESR if that helps.~Z~ wrote:Somewhere down near Monroe in SE Mi? Looks like two separate rail lines running in this shot. If not, sounds like we need more hintsPixl wrote:
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ReesePixl wrote:No not near Monroe. It is on the HESR if that helps.~Z~ wrote:Somewhere down near Monroe in SE Mi? Looks like two separate rail lines running in this shot. If not, sounds like we need more hintsPixl wrote:
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AMTRAK passes over this bridge
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Fuller diamond in Grand Rapids. CSX, GRE, GDLK, and MQT go by here.Michael wrote:
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Looks like the Huron R. near Ann Arbor. No Streetview to verify.Michael wrote:AMTRAK passes over this bridge