A few years ago, while calling on a customer on the south edge of town, I stumbled onto an electric rr under construction in Grand Rapids OH. This was a major operation...at least a quarter mile of track, three new buildings, including a brick powerhouse and a very large car barn, a wye, and a fair amount of rolling stock. One time when I was by there, there were a couple of guys working, who either wouldn't or couldn't tell me much about who was funding this, what the ultimate plans were, or much of anything else. I did glean out of them that this was not connected in any way with the T&LEW tousist railroad that abuts the property but has no track connecting to this. I guess that should have been obvious....the T&LEW is your typical underfunded, slightly shabby lovable tourist operation, vs the high dollar operation that was being built.
I was passing by Grand Rapids a couple of weeks ago, and stopped in to have a look - hadn't been there in a few years - and everything was obviously abandonded, with a huge "for sale" sign out front.
Someone poured an enormous amount of money into this. Who funded it? What was it called? Did they run out of money, or did their Sugar Daddy die? Is the rolling stock still in the car barn?
Very mysterious.
OhioTom
I was passing by Grand Rapids a couple of weeks ago, and stopped in to have a look - hadn't been there in a few years - and everything was obviously abandonded, with a huge "for sale" sign out front.
Someone poured an enormous amount of money into this. Who funded it? What was it called? Did they run out of money, or did their Sugar Daddy die? Is the rolling stock still in the car barn?
Very mysterious.
OhioTom
