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CSX train Y194 heads back toward Rougemere Yard after working customers on the Boat Yard Line in Detroit, MI. In the background is the Detroit Skyline and the Ambassador Bridge to Canada.
ASKEW does Detroit with a fleet of America's most heavy.
See the full post from Sleazy here: sleazymccheesy.com/archive/2012/05/the-dirty-d/
More info: Askew1.com
A Detroit Edison dedicated empty hopper train travels up the Monongahela’s Manor Branch. The DEEX power has two Conrail SD’s along for assistance today.
This beautiful three story Spanish Revival apartment building in Detroit was built in 1928 and until recently was still occupied. If you go on this Streetside link you can see that over the last ten years this neighborhood has gone downhill incredibly fast. In 2008 it was still being used:
www.google.com/maps/@42.4342891,-82.9754517,3a,75y,358.86...
Now almost nothing is left though the apartment building across the street still is occupied:
www.google.com/maps/@42.4342897,-82.9754686,3a,75y,0.56h,...
It is still listed online as "for rent,"
"Explore your new place at 14299 Fordham St in Detroit. This community can be found in the Burbank area of Detroit. From availability to location, the community staff is ready to help you find your perfect floor plan option. Contact or drop by to check the availability and schedule a tour today."
Greektown Casino-Hotel provides a great view of Detroit's annual fireworks display. Despite the threat of violent weather, everything went off without a hitch last night.
Canadian Pacific sent a plow train from Thief River Falls to Glenwood down the Detroit Lakes Subdivision to clear up the snow drifts and clear up the right-of-way. After many rounds of snow and wind, some clear-up jobs were definitely called for.
Here the plow job is seen clearing snow at Callaway, Minnesota after clearings the Detroit Lakes Subdivision's first 80 miles south of Thief River Falls. The drifts start getting larger with the more varying landscape.
Nice to see the March 1944-built plow work out on the old Soo Line mainline to Winnipeg.
abandoned houses in Detroit area required to have entrance points secured. Not sure what this cover is about.
I was going to add a description before posting this, but just realized I forgot to mark this as private...
But, I guess I don't have much to add anyway. I happened to be driving around southwest Detroit and noticed the smoke about a mile away from this house fire. I managed to get quite a few shots from the alley behind the house where a small crowd had gathered. Unfortunately, this happens way too often in Detroit.