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Loved the Track Side Guide to Detroit. The front page showed CN 5649 with a backdrop of the General Motors Building. Great way to place the auto industry at the center of Detroit railroading. Milwaukee Junction was the center of the development of the auto industry in Detroit just after 1900. Cadillac, Studebaker, Ford, and Fisher Body all had early factories within 3 blocks of where this photo was taken. Preservation Wayne offers its Automotive Heritage history tour every saturday morning through the end of September at 10 am starting at Ford's plant at Piquette and Beaubein. The tour lasts about 2 hours. Good train watching, usually three or four freight trains, plus the Chicago bound Amtrak stops at the Detroit station during the tour. The White Castle that is shown to the right of 5649 sits on the site of the original Detroit and Bay City Raiload depot. It was abandoned when the Detroit and Bay City was absorbed by Michigan Central.
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