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GTWestern1807
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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2016
Videos and shorts of southeast Michigan railroads
Marquette Rail @ W 76th St, Baldwin MI (8/31/16)
Reupload time. I don't mean to get sentimental over a train video, but this one is particularly special to me.
This train is heading north on Marquette Rail's Manistee/Ludington line on the old PM towards the former Baldwin depot/yard. For years throughout my childhood we would spend summer weekends at our family's late cottage just outside of Baldwin, (sometimes venturing around the yard areas by road, shh), and only twice did I ever see a train come through town. This was the second and last time, and 13 y/o me was lucky to capture it on a Nintendo 3DS. We're coming up on 5 years since the cabin has been sold, and among the memories of dirt biking and swimming until sunset, the old railroad tracks will always stick out.
This train is heading north on Marquette Rail's Manistee/Ludington line on the old PM towards the former Baldwin depot/yard. For years throughout my childhood we would spend summer weekends at our family's late cottage just outside of Baldwin, (sometimes venturing around the yard areas by road, shh), and only twice did I ever see a train come through town. This was the second and last time, and 13 y/o me was lucky to capture it on a Nintendo 3DS. We're coming up on 5 years since the cabin has been sold, and among the memories of dirt biking and swimming until sunset, the old railroad tracks will always stick out.
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CN Geomatry Train @ Mt. Clemens, MI
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It's December 9th, 2018, and we get a quick view of the CN Geomatry test train trundling by the Michigan Transit Museum depot.
The End of the Junction Valley Railroad (WNEM News Report, July 7th 2016)
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All footage is used fairly as stated in the US Copyright Laws of 1976 - This was a July news report I found from WNEM announcing the end of train rides, and the closing, of the Junction Valley Railroad (known as the largest quarter size railroad in the world), on Labor Day Weekend, 2016. It's sad to see such an amazing piece if railroading work go. For years I had made plans to visit and ride t...
Michigan Transit Museum @ Gratiot Avenue, Mt Clemens MI
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The Michigan Transit Museum's "rolling museum" consist proceeds westward across both lanes of Gratiot Ave., just north of downtown Mt. Clemens, during a September 2016 trip. The train traverses a former Grand Trunk Western branch which serviced The Mt. Clemens Sugar Factory and SANGB (among others towards the junction with the Mt. Clemens Subdivision at Elizabeth Rd.), using an interesting mix ...
MMRR freight at Rendeer's Blueberry Farm, Grand Haven MI
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Caught this small freight. Didn't even notice it until it horned the crossing!
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*_Guys!_* I saw a glimpse of it today near Frankenmuth's iconic Main Street...a good portion of the train is still in tact, but a bit rusty...the _Junction Valley train is still in tact!!_
That is it's really sad for this place to go
That's sad
Damn you car people!
Last I talked to the personnel that ran the railroad it was sometime that September 2016 I believe. The woman said the railroad will still be in the family but just not open for business. She never mentioned anything about scrapping it. This family is and was proud of this creation. I doubt they would ever scrap it. I am led to believe that this railroad is for their family now. Its private. No public.
MrEkg98 The contractors have been in cutting up the rolling stock and lifting the track. It is all going for scrap.
pmonkeygeezer i contacted the family a couple weeks ago. They said its not being scrapped.
MrEkg98 I went past recently and they were chopping the locos for scrap with cutting torches. I think they are embarrassed that they have to scrap it all, so sre not making it public.
I agree, this is being ripped to shit for scrap. I have seen it.
It’s actually Mid Michigan Railroad. Great video though!
Where did everything go? Was it sold? Was it left there to rot? Was it put into storage?
404 Robotics Not sure, I'd have to dig around. My best guess is that everything was sold off as or used for scrap, or they keep it up as a personal family place for them.
404 Robotics They couldn't afford the insurance or the bills, the whole place is being cut up for scrap including all the rolling stock. Let's be honest, it was a big safety risk.
Very sad,just like our once proud steam railroads. 😦😢
:-(
hey man a friend of mine called ben told me to check out your channel & great stuff
LaZeR JET Thank you so much! That means a lot. I'm glad you like my content. Tell your friend I said thank you as well!
I'm not a horn person, where would I look to find out? I'll climb up on the cab sunday
phillip kent I'm not very good with horns myself, you could look up different kinds and compare maybe?
I'll ask a few museum members if they know what kind
phillip kent That'll probably be your best bet then 😂
phillip kent Were you guys recently doing track work closer to Lenfesty? I was out on Sunday and from the I-94 bridge I thought I saw your guy's speeder parked close to the road.
Michigan Rails we park it at our property line for the Sunday rides. We use the speeder for inspections
I rode the train in 2016. Certainly amazed with all the intricate details. Sad to see it go. The only other railroad similar to this in Michigan is the Ausable Railroad, and that is up for sale. The days of scale railroading unfortunately is coming to a close.
Barnes Randall Yes this is being cut for scrap now big time. A friend who was down there messaged me today and said there are huge piles of scrap steel everywhere. I think they are just waiting loading out and trucking for melting.
People just don't appreciate trains anymore, so sad. Trains built this country!
well yeah, would you expect, people dont appreciate this country, let alone how it was built and the beautiful beasts that built, just so long as their shows are on Netflix and the product gets to their precious starbucks
This has all been cut up for scrap now!
heelfan1234 Really?
@@PreservationEnthusiast No, infact I have talked to the conductor who was in this video, a little over a year ago. She said that some odds and ends were sold, but not the important stuff. The tracks are there, most of all the cars are there, and the locomotive's are there. The place is just not open to the public anymore, and it is sad because it was a big piece of my adolescence
@@PreservationEnthusiast No, infact I have talked to the conductor who was in this video, a little over a year ago. She said that some odds and ends were sold, but not the important stuff. The tracks are there, most of all the cars are there, and the locomotive's are there. The place is just not open to the public anymore, and it is sad because it was a big piece of my adolescence
@1:03 Somehow I expected the train to go through a tunnel and knock off the reporter.
That sucks. I first herd about the line about a year ago and I was just about to plan a trip to Michigan when I heard about this.
Damn it I wanted to go god damn
Imagine the premium on liability insurance.
I feel like they should find an outside investor or sponsors for a weekend only thing. with it being in a tourist town I can't believe it is going away.