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GreatLakesRailfan wrote:Gera.
Yes Gera. Well done. Star of the West Milling.
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Any guesses on this?
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Looks like M46 in Saginaw.
Michael wrote:or this one? C&O on both sides of the bridge which you don't see very often and it is NOT in the metro Detroit area.
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Well done. I thought that might be a tough one.
GreatLakesRailfan wrote:Looks like M46 in Saginaw.
Michael wrote:or this one? C&O on both sides of the bridge which you don't see very often and it is NOT in the metro Detroit area.
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It was. I didn't realize the C&O was on either side of the bridge, let alone both sides until after checking out just about all of the other ex-C&O lines around the state...
Michael wrote:Well done. I thought that might be a tough one.
GreatLakesRailfan wrote:Looks like M46 in Saginaw.
Michael wrote:or this one? C&O on both sides of the bridge which you don't see very often and it is NOT in the metro Detroit area.
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Bridgeport?
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Dundee?
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Actually GreatLakesRailfan got that one too. It is Bridgeport

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For you westsiders and I don't mean Detroit
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Holland on the branch to Hamilton?
Michael wrote:For you westsiders and I don't mean Detroit
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Not that far West

This spur is pretty much all that is left from what was a much larger network of rails including a small yard going back to WWI
AARR wrote:Holland on the branch to Hamilton?
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Parchment?
Michael wrote:Holland on the branch to Hamilton? Not that far West. This spur is pretty much all that is left from what was a much larger network of rails including a small yard going back to WWI. For you westsiders and I don't mean Detroit
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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...
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Customs Cargo Facility, Ft. Custer Industrial Park. Battle Creek
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Cliff wrote:Customs Cargo Facility, Ft. Custer Industrial Park. Battle Creek

Exactly. Here is a map from 1918 shortly after Camp Custer opened.
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and later in 1947 a more scaled back Fort Custer
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This Mid-Michigan branch was active just a few years ago when the customer moved a few miles. They still use rail, but not here anymore.


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Is this the old spur to Grand Rapids Press?
Pixl wrote:This Mid-Michigan branch was active just a few years ago when the customer moved a few miles. They still use rail, but not here anymore.

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AARR wrote:Is this the old spur to Grand Rapids Press?
No.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimthias/
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Is this the old spur to Vans Logistics on the west side of Grand Rapids?
AARR wrote:Is this the old spur to Grand Rapids Press? No
Pixl wrote:This Mid-Michigan branch was active just a few years ago when the customer moved a few miles. They still use rail, but not here anymore.

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AARR wrote:Is this the old spur to Vans Logistics on the west side of Grand Rapids?
No.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimthias/
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.
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Woodards in Owosso?
Pixl wrote:Is this the old spur to Vans Logistics on the west side of Grand Rapids? No
Is this the old spur to Grand Rapids Press? No
This Mid-Michigan branch was active just a few years ago when the customer moved a few miles. They still use rail, but not here anymore.

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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...
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