Where Is It?

[ConrailDetr​oit]

The AARR used to run here and AARR is on the "right track".

Looks familiar. Is it Chilson on GLC?

IMG_0591 by tcamp7837, on Flickr

[AARR]

Oak Grove?

The AARR used to run here and AARR is on the "right track".
Looks familiar. Is it Chilson on GLC?

IMG_0591 by tcamp7837, on Flickr

[ConrailDetr​oit]

Still on the right track, not Oak Grove.

Oak Grove?

The AARR used to run here and AARR is on the "right track".
Looks familiar. Is it Chilson on GLC?

IMG_0591 by tcamp7837, on Flickr

[Dan Cluley]

Lake George?

[ConrailDetr​oit]

Not Lake George. No grain customers that far north.

[AARR]

Wright Siding in Alma. South end?

Lake George? Not Lake George. No grain customers that far north.
Oak Grove? Still on the right track, not Oak Grove.

The AARR used to run here and AARR is on the "right track".
Looks familiar. Is it Chilson on GLC?

[C&O Dispatcher]

Star of the West, south of Rosebush?? Just north of Weidman Road.

[ConrailDetr​oit]

Not Rosebush or Alma.

No Grain customers this far south.

[Standard Railfan]

Barker Road, Whitmore Lake looking south.

[Y@]

No Grain customers this far south.

Those aren't grain cars.

[ConrailDetr​oit]

Barker Road, Whitmore Lake looking south.

Correct

[Jetlink]

No Grain customers this far south.

Those aren't grain cars.

Educate me. I know not all covered Hoppers are grain cars. From the angle in the photo it is difficult to distinguish much detail about the cars, number of bays etc. How did you know they weren't grain cars? Teach me your ways. What details or characteristics clued you in.

[DaveO]

maybe because NCLX is Nova Chemicals LTD?

[Jetlink]

Well that would be one way. Didn't notice the reporting marks on the photo though. I do now see that if you zoom in a few levels there are reporting marks visible on the top right of the end of the nearest car. Original question still remains. Any other tell tales Y@?

[cfriedri]

Well that would be one way. Didn't notice the reporting marks on the photo though. I do now see that if you zoom in a few levels there are reporting marks visible on the top right of the end of the nearest car. Original question still remains. Any other tell tales Y@?

Easiest way to tell the difference between grain and plastics hoppers are the discharge gates/outlets. Grain hoppers typically have gravity discharge gates where the product will "spill" out vertically from the whole bottom of the gate. Plastics hoppers are typically small, horizontal, gravity pneumatic discharge outlets and have "caps" that are placed over the discharge outlet when in transit. Not super easy to see in the photo but the outlet caps can be seen clearly enough to distinguish the cars as plastics hoppers.

[ConrailDetr​oit]

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[AARR]

Milwaukee Jct?

Screenshot 2024-06-09 103749 by tcamp7837, on Flickr

[joeyuboats]

If I remember correctly, that scene was used in the opening for BEVERLY HILLS COP.BUT--- I am getting old..........

[ConrailDetr​oit]

If I remember correctly, that scene was used in the opening for BEVERLY HILLS COP.BUT--- I am getting old..........

Yes, which narrows down the city. The tracks are gone after 40 years. Not Milwaukee Jct but getting close.

[AARR]

The former CR spur into AA&M?

Milwaukee Jct? The tracks are gone after 40 years. Not Milwaukee Jct but getting close.

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