Coal: (3D Satellite)
I found this depot while looking for the former coal retailer's location.
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| Edward Gross, Jul 2012 |
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| John Vavrek posted Ann Arbor train depot now the Gandy Dancer Restaurant. The Gandy tool Company out of Chicago made the tools for the railroad track layers who placed the heavy rails in a dancing motion to keep them straight. Jim Kelling shared Michigan Central station in Ann Arbor Ron Reiring: They totally ruined the trackside of this beautiful depot. [But, hopefully, it pays for the maintenance of the building.] |
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Dave Kuntz posted four photos with the comment: "I've tracked abandoned railroads from California to Maine, but one of the most unusual displays I've found was right under my nose in my hometown of Ann Arbor, MI. Spanning a fairly nondescript office building parking lot, there's a bridge with rails still on it - and a hopper car on top of that! Clearly the bridge, which was probably used to dump coal below itself, was intentionally preserved, and this may be the most interesting commercial parking lot in the world."
Daniel LaVeck: I believe they welded the car to the track to prevent it from blowing off in extreme weather
J.B. Rail photog shared
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| Lawrence Wartenberg commented on Dave's post there are chutes for dumping in the parking lot....was a coal dealer Michael Moran: It was Staebler and Son coal yard. |
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| Lawrence Wartenberg commented on Dave's post Lol not a drone...i was in a 60' bucket truck 5yrs ago doing tree work... |
Well, whoever were the architects of that project deserve a round of applause.
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