Where Is It?

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Quaker used to get 13 cars a month. Doesn't look like they get that many any more if any.
M.D.Bentley wrote:
AARR wrote:The building looks like the old Quaker Chemical (don't know what it's called now) in Detroit but the trees are throwing me off.
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Yes it is Quaker Chemicals on the Highland Park branch. Which is the last/farthest customer on the line. Serviced by Conrail's LV-4 as needed. Things have slowed down on this stretch of railroad the last year :-( .
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13 cars a month ???? I remember a full switch ( with set backs and/or respots ) twice a week for months at a time. we would keep the extra cars at Fullerton yard until needed. Ah the old days, full crew, caboose and customers .
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Michael wrote:Good job AARR.
How about this one?
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Looks like it is W. Michigan Ave. Lansing. Next to what I think was the Oldsmobile plant.
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Nailed it Pixl
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Michael wrote: How about this one?
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Looks like it is W. Michigan Ave. Lansing. Next to what I think was the Oldsmobile plant.
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Is this on INER? Perhaps by Litchfield Jct. (Jonesville)?
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You got it. That is the Litchfield power plant in the distance
AARR wrote:Is this on INER? Perhaps by Litchfield Jct. (Jonesville)?
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Be a tough way to get to Lansing now...
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Pixl wrote:Image
Old St. Ignace depot, moved to a spot along US-2.
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BDG wrote:
Pixl wrote:Image
Old St. Ignace depot, moved to a spot along US-2.
Yes! You know you still climb for a dime! That is the tower added after the move.

An article I read earlier today, but can't find now, said the depot was at Moran till they closed that station. Beinging bigger and better station than St. Ignace, the railroad moved the station there. Years later someone bought the building and moved it again a few miles to todays location.
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I prefer to go a little down the road and climb Castle Rock :D
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A different prospective, but a view any railfan can see.
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PatAzo wrote: A different prospective, but a view any railfan can see.
IRM?
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Elkhart's museum has a cab like that you can sit in.
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That's the NYC museum in Elkhart. I grabbed the wrong link, here's the original.

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Here is what it looks like now
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Michael wrote:Image

Benton Harbor - St. Joe Railway and Light Company in Coloma. The historic plaque was my clue to finding it.
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Michael I like your posting. Notice that almost every seat on the interurban has a rider. Compare that with our present public transportation that usually is hauling sail boat fuel around.
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Nice detective work Pixl. I knew that historical marker would help. I did airbruush out the company logo on the streetcar though.

How about this one?
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