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.
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 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.
*_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!!_
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.
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.
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.
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.
That is it's really sad for this place to go
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.
Imagine the premium on liability insurance.
*_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!!_
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.
Very sad,just like our once proud steam railroads. 😦😢
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.
That's sad
@1:03 Somehow I expected the train to go through a tunnel and knock off the reporter.
Damn you car people!
Damn it I wanted to go god damn