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Kind of an interesting sight! This is in Kingsford, Michigan.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7933622 ... 1664?hl=en

Either the track continues through the shed and becomes part of the main line again or there are two tracks in there. I wonder if they have some sort of small industrial switcher to move the cars or something like a track mobile? In the Google Earth view you can see that there is something on the spur.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7926701 ... !1e3?hl=en
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I wonder if this is an old Yield Sign?
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7952622 ... 1664?hl=en
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ToledoRailfan wrote:Kind of an interesting sight! This is in Kingsford, Michigan.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7933622 ... 1664?hl=en

Either the track continues through the shed and becomes part of the main line again or there are two tracks in there. I wonder if they have some sort of small industrial switcher to move the cars or something like a track mobile? In the Google Earth view you can see that there is something on the spur.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7926701 ... !1e3?hl=en
It likely does. That's likely the railroad's engine shops, along with where they store the engine(s) when to using them.
ToledoRailfan wrote: I wonder if this is an old Yield Sign?
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7952622 ... 1664?hl=en
Looks pretty modern to me:
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7953368 ... 1664?hl=en

Some road agencies will spray-paint their initials and/or name onto the backs of their signs to show who maintains them.
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freebrickproductions wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:Kind of an interesting sight! This is in Kingsford, Michigan.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7933622 ... 1664?hl=en

Either the track continues through the shed and becomes part of the main line again or there are two tracks in there. I wonder if they have some sort of small industrial switcher to move the cars or something like a track mobile? In the Google Earth view you can see that there is something on the spur.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7926701 ... !1e3?hl=en
It likely does. That's likely the railroad's engine shops, along with where they store the engine(s) when to using them.
Interesting, I always assumed that something like that would be in one of the main yards. I just thought that was for a local industry of some sort. Still pretty unique having it right next to a crossing in the way that it is.
freebrickproductions wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote: I wonder if this is an old Yield Sign?
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7952622 ... 1664?hl=en
Looks pretty modern to me:
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7953368 ... 1664?hl=en

Some road agencies will spray-paint their initials and/or name onto the backs of their signs to show who maintains them.
Interesting. I didn't realize that streetview went down that road. I
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ToledoRailfan wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:Kind of an interesting sight! This is in Kingsford, Michigan.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7933622 ... 1664?hl=en

Either the track continues through the shed and becomes part of the main line again or there are two tracks in there. I wonder if they have some sort of small industrial switcher to move the cars or something like a track mobile? In the Google Earth view you can see that there is something on the spur.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7926701 ... !1e3?hl=en
It likely does. That's likely the railroad's engine shops, along with where they store the engine(s) when to using them.
Interesting, I always assumed that something like that would be in one of the main yards. I just thought that was for a local industry of some sort. Still pretty unique having it right next to a crossing in the way that it is.
To me, it looks like the line is a shortline, and they sometimes store their engines in unique spots.
They/Them for me, please.

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freebrickproductions wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:Kind of an interesting sight! This is in Kingsford, Michigan.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7933622 ... 1664?hl=en

Either the track continues through the shed and becomes part of the main line again or there are two tracks in there. I wonder if they have some sort of small industrial switcher to move the cars or something like a track mobile? In the Google Earth view you can see that there is something on the spur.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7926701 ... !1e3?hl=en
It likely does. That's likely the railroad's engine shops, along with where they store the engine(s) when to using them.
Interesting, I always assumed that something like that would be in one of the main yards. I just thought that was for a local industry of some sort. Still pretty unique having it right next to a crossing in the way that it is.
To me, it looks like the line is a shortline, and they sometimes store their engines in unique spots.
That is actually CN on the Manistique Sub. which is located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, it isn't really a busy Sub. and it is mostly single track, probably due to the remoteness of it. The Manistique Sub. is part of the Wisconsin Central which is a subsidiary of CN so I'm not exactly sure how that works.

Edit: Actually that is on the Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad which is a Class 3. :oops: It is a pretty obscure railroad. I guess I forgot that Canadian National/Wisconsin Central isn't the only railroad in the UP! :Doh:
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CSX container on a truck in Detroit, Michigan.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3313144 ... 6656?hl=en
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NathanFromEngland wrote:CSX container on a truck in Detroit, Michigan.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3313144 ... 6656?hl=en
CSX is not just a railroad company, and that's just a normal container attached to a semi.
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