08-01-2012, 07:45 AM
Lets try this: Grand Trunk & Western Brush St Station and Detroit Yard in the middle 1950's. Once a major passenger hub for GT&W and also a major hub yard for the thriving industries in a once hopping industry town. The Bing photo shows the site outlined in black which is now GM World HQ and a so called modern city depleted of it's industries with the down turn and loss of manufacturing to the auto industry as well as other businesses, such as meat packers, produce packers, steel, coal, cement, grain, the list goes on. Being born in Detroit and living in the area for 68 years, the demise of the railroad has almost left Detroit an industrial ghost town
(Public domain photo from Wayne State Univ files) hope thats what I need to do.
Photo shopped from Bing mapping
The large white building sitting behind the passenger station was the International flour Mill AKA Robin Hood Flour at one time. Grain came in by rail and lake carriers and finished product out by rail and truck
The large white building sitting behind the passenger station was the International flour Mill AKA Robin Hood Flour at one time. Grain came in by rail and lake carriers and finished product out by rail and truck
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