MQT1223 wrote:
True true. Most would assume its just a powerline ROW. I actually drove there on my way home from work. I'm suprised no one has figured out where I live yet by the pictures I post. This is a very long walk for me. Biking is better for this spot. However finding where I live is different. My house looks like any other until you see whats on display in front.
My girlfriend and I ride our bikes on the sidewalk in that pic all the time as we go to and from Kent Trails.
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GRHC - you know every night I can imagine he is in front of his computer screen sitting in his underwear swearing profusely and drinking Blatz beer combing the RailRoadFan website for grammatical errors.
MQT3001 wrote:
Interestingly, he also shot this one in the same area of the same unit, going the same direction, but totally opposite on the seasons!
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Sheesh...I have no recollection of taking that picture. I'm pretty sure I remember shooting it near Sawyer, but for some reason I forgot all about that one.
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Ok, somewhere in Michigan, definitely west of Lansing. I drove by this area today and from my vantage point I noticed there are still railroad ties visible on the ROW in the grass on the left even though this line has been gone for many years. There was even a spur that led to the white building on the left. A clue...this image is facing east.
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J T wrote:Ok, somewhere in Michigan, definitely west of Lansing. I drove by this area today and from my vantage point I noticed there are still railroad ties visible on the ROW in the grass on the left even though this line has been gone for many years. There was even a spur that led to the white building on the left. A clue...this image is facing east.
Ah ha, I know this one. This is right where the bicycle trail turns and heads south. We are in Muskegon looking east along Laketon just east of US-31.
Pixl wrote:Another old grain elevator
Although you can't see in this photo, there are rails in the grass. The tracks end here and haven't had a train over them for some time, but they do go North for quite a distance and up there they are still active. NE lower Michigan.
Avoca?
PatC created a monster, 'cause nobody wants to see Don Simon no more they want AARR I'm chopped liver, well if you want AARR this is what I'll give ya, bad humor mixed with irrelevant info that'll make you roll your eyes quicker than a ~Z~ banhammer...
Pixl wrote:Another old grain elevator
Although you can't see in this photo, there are rails in the grass. The tracks end here and haven't had a train over them for some time, but they do go North for quite a distance and up there they are still active. NE lower Michigan.
Pixl wrote:Another old grain elevator
NE lower Michigan.
Avoca?
Yes, you got it AARR
I'd say Avoca is SE lower Michigan, not NE.. Bay City is about the half way point between Mac Bridge and the Ohio border for lower michigan me thinks. I was browsing up around Gaylord, Alpena...
MQT1223 wrote:
True true. Most would assume its just a powerline ROW. I actually drove there on my way home from work. I'm suprised no one has figured out where I live yet by the pictures I post. This is a very long walk for me. Biking is better for this spot. However finding where I live is different. My house looks like any other until you see whats on display in front.
My girlfriend and I ride our bikes on the sidewalk in that pic all the time as we go to and from Kent Trails.
You've been VERY close to me and never realized it.
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J T wrote:My girlfriend and I ride our bikes on the sidewalk in that pic all the time as we go to and from Kent Trails.
You've been VERY close to me and never realized it.
I think we realize you live in the Grandville/Wyoming area as you keep mentioning it... until you host some gathering at your house, we aren't super concerned with exactly which house is yours, sorry.
J T wrote:My girlfriend and I ride our bikes on the sidewalk in that pic all the time as we go to and from Kent Trails.
You've been VERY close to me and never realized it.
I think we realize you live in the Grandville/Wyoming area as you keep mentioning it... until you host some gathering at your house, we aren't super concerned with exactly which house is yours, sorry.
~Z~ wrote:I'd say Avoca is SE lower Michigan, not NE.. Bay City is about the half way point between Mac Bridge and the Ohio border for lower michigan me thinks. I was browsing up around Gaylord, Alpena...
~Z~ wrote:I'd say Avoca is SE lower Michigan, not NE.. Bay City is about the half way point between Mac Bridge and the Ohio border for lower michigan me thinks. I was browsing up around Gaylord, Alpena...
Ok, looking at a map I'll go with that.
I figured it out (with the help of this hint: Although you can't see in this photo, there are rails in the grass. The tracks end here and haven't had a train over them for some time, but they do go North for quite a distance and up there they are still active. NE lower Michigan.)
PatC created a monster, 'cause nobody wants to see Don Simon no more they want AARR I'm chopped liver, well if you want AARR this is what I'll give ya, bad humor mixed with irrelevant info that'll make you roll your eyes quicker than a ~Z~ banhammer...
MQT1223 wrote:
You've been VERY close to me and never realized it.
I think we realize you live in the Grandville/Wyoming area as you keep mentioning it... until you host some gathering at your house, we aren't super concerned with exactly which house is yours, sorry.
You mean his dad's house, right?
I know I was just saying. What's wrong with my house Alex? You don't know cool until your at my place bucko.
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~Z~ wrote:
Ah ha, I know this one. This is right where the bicycle trail turns and heads south. We are in Muskegon looking east along Laketon just east of US-31.
Ding ding ding! I had a feeling you'd recognize it right away. The railroad ties are easily visible when heading north on 31. I was on my way to a job on the north side of Muskegon.
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Well that's a soft ball. Lake Street overpass in Niles.
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Ok Z, whats going on with this one. Where would there be a tired old road thru the neighborhoods with no cars on it that deserves a grade separated crossing? I've looked at every bridge crossing in the state of Michigan except the one you have. Hmmnn...
Pixl wrote:
Ok Z, whats going on with this one. Where would there be a tired old road thru the neighborhoods with no cars on it that deserves a grade separated crossing? I've looked at every bridge crossing in the state of Michigan except the one you have. Hmmnn...
Well, if you move back a little bit, there's a red truck on the bridge.
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GRHC - you know every night I can imagine he is in front of his computer screen sitting in his underwear swearing profusely and drinking Blatz beer combing the RailRoadFan website for grammatical errors.
This is a very long walk for me. Biking is better for this spot. However finding where I live is different. My house looks like any other until you see whats on display in front.
