BDG wrote:Just north of Northport. What is the history of this line?Pixl wrote:Hint: There used to be full size Railroad Ferries that docked and loaded here.
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I agree with BDG. I it isn't Grand Haven Northport was going to be my next guess.
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BDG you are correct.BDG wrote:Just north of Northport. What is the history of this line?
The Leelanau Transit Company was a short line standard gauge railroad incorporated in 1919 as the successor to the Traverse City, Leelanau, and Manistique Railroad, which was incorporated in 1901 to build a line from Traverse City, Michigan to Northport, Michigan in order to support a carferry service to Manistique on the Upper Peninsula.
Ferry service began in 1903 but was suspended in 1908 following the foreclosure sale of the line the previous year, never to resume
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NS's MI Line in Dearborn?
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AARR wrote:NS's MI Line in Dearborn?Michael wrote:
That is close. The place in the background used to receive coal via rail.
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I thought it might be the old state hospital which received coal by rail once upon a time. I'll have to give it more thought
Michael wrote:NS's MI Line in Dearborn?
That is close. The place in the background used to receive coal via rail.
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AARR wrote:I thought it might be the old state hospital which received coal by rail once upon a time. I'll have to give it more thoughtMichael wrote:NS's MI Line in Dearborn?
That is close. The place in the background used to receive coal via rail.
I think we are talking about the same place AARR, the old Eloise Psychiatric Hospital, but I believe it is in Westland not Dearborn.
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It's in Westland? I thought it was Dearborn But yes, I agree with you that we are talking about the same place.
I think we are talking about the same place AARR, the old Eloise Psychiatric Hospital, but I believe it is in Westland not Dearborn.[/quote]Michael wrote:I thought it might be the old state hospital which received coal by rail once upon a time. I'll have to give it more thought
NS's MI Line in Dearborn?
That is close. The place in the background used to receive coal via rail.
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[/quote]AARR wrote:It's in Westland? I thought it was Dearborn But yes, I agree with you that we are talking about the same place.I think we are talking about the same place AARR, the old Eloise Psychiatric Hospital, but I believe it is in Westland not Dearborn.Michael wrote:I thought it might be the old state hospital which received coal by rail once upon a time. I'll have to give it more thought
NS's MI Line in Dearborn?
That is close. The place in the background used to receive coal via rail.
Not only that , but wounded servicemen were also brought here by rail during times of conflict. ( Boy that makes me sound old )
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I'm not going to identify the location because it's an easy one (for me), but I will say that this spot wouldn't be such a bad place to break down with an electric vehicle.~Z~ wrote:New factory, y u no use rail service?
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Marne or Walker?
J T wrote:I'm not going to identify the location because it's an easy one (for me), but I will say that this spot wouldn't be such a bad place to break down with an electric vehicle.~Z~ wrote:New factory, y u no use rail service?
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Nope. Correct side of the state though.
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Holland? The line to Hamilton?
J T wrote:This spot wouldn't be such a bad place to break down with an electric vehicle.
Marne or Walker? Nope. Correct side of the state though.
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Nice work Pixl and AARR, correct.Pixl wrote:LG Chem near Holland.
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Doesn't happen to be the golf course near Thornapple on the east side of grand rapids, is it? My brother got married there and took pics in a tunnel under the tracks very similar to that.Pixl wrote:
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Where did I photograph this old depot last month?
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You are correct. Thornapple pointe golf club.~Z~ wrote:Doesn't happen to be the golf course near Thornapple on the east side of grand rapids, is it? My brother got married there and took pics in a tunnel under the tracks very similar to that.