John FatFab
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I love that you are posting up the ones that you are finding though. Such pretty stations with the cross tracks in front of them!
Where was this Mopar Brochure/Ad Photo shot?
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D Cluley
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Hadn't seen this until now. The sign is fake, but the rest of it is real. Except for a fence along the tracks it pretty much looks the same today.
GM also did at least one ad here, and like Chrysler they're an American Brand
GM also did at least one ad here, and like Chrysler they're an American Brand
John FatFab
Member
Just found it too! The first time I looked at it the roof when I saw the full image made me move on past it. But closer look, that's definitely it. Located a little north east of you. I will definitely have to make a tip there as its only 4.5 hours to the north of me.
Got it. Thank you for providing information so that we could triangulate it.
i believe i got it too. cool game.
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
Up until the mid 70s there was a second track
Alan
Alan
John FatFab
Member
Got a picture of the GM ad? I haven't seen that one.
John FatFab
Member
Looks like the sidewalk area is set back a few feet further from the tracks than it used to. Then they also added a fence. No way will the wagon squeeze in there now for a picture today 
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
I don't think the vehicles were ever there, the scale just isn't right. The stone wall under the windows is rail height 3 feet or so, the people by the wall are way to small for that.Looks like the sidewalk area is set back a few feet further from the tracks than it used to. Then they also added a fence. No way will the wagon squeeze in there now for a picture today
Alan
John FatFab
Member
Oh dang, you are right! That's funny it was all edited in there.
D Cluley
Well-Known Member
The funny thing is that I think you could fit the cars on the platform, but I agree that it looks like they didn't.
Cadillac went even farther and eliminated the East/West tracks altogether and added a parking lot in the wrong spot. That ad is shown here. Vintage Ad: Arriving In Durand, MI. And Getting Picked Up By The Chauffeured Cadillac 75 Limo - Curbside Classic
To fill in some details, this was all the Grand Trunk Western RR (now Canadian National). The line on the left, by the Plymouth Fury is the E/W main line from Toronto to Chicago. Amtrak's Blue Water Limited runs on that and stops at Durand every day. The track on the right by the van is the line to Detroit.
As Alan pointed out above, there was originally a 3rd line on the far side of the building. That was the Ann Arbor RR. At some point, as traffic on both railroads declined, they realized that an agreement to share the tracks from Durand to Owosso made more sense than two lines right next to each other for 15 miles.
While things were much busier in the early 20th century, I'm pretty sure this 7 train meet was staged for the photographer.
A couple of my drone shots from 2020-2021
Cadillac went even farther and eliminated the East/West tracks altogether and added a parking lot in the wrong spot. That ad is shown here. Vintage Ad: Arriving In Durand, MI. And Getting Picked Up By The Chauffeured Cadillac 75 Limo - Curbside Classic
To fill in some details, this was all the Grand Trunk Western RR (now Canadian National). The line on the left, by the Plymouth Fury is the E/W main line from Toronto to Chicago. Amtrak's Blue Water Limited runs on that and stops at Durand every day. The track on the right by the van is the line to Detroit.
As Alan pointed out above, there was originally a 3rd line on the far side of the building. That was the Ann Arbor RR. At some point, as traffic on both railroads declined, they realized that an agreement to share the tracks from Durand to Owosso made more sense than two lines right next to each other for 15 miles.
While things were much busier in the early 20th century, I'm pretty sure this 7 train meet was staged for the photographer.
A couple of my drone shots from 2020-2021
Spring Forward.
This is the "hard game". If you have time/interest, ya probably gotta have pretty good digital search skills. Hard to find where the vehicle is otherwise.
Tends to get quite a few watchers, and relatively few players. Same 5-6 players. Cool, but maybe we can get a few more to play now that FCBO has twice as many members now than when this thread started nearly a decade ago.
Where's the 1976 Gran Fury car parked.
You can solve it any way you want. You might know it outright, or google the picture and/or the clues directly -- no such thing as cheating in this game. Whatever works for ya.
The clues are to help narrow the location from "could be anywhere in the whole world" to a much more manageable geography. You "win/solve" by answering three questions when the OP ends the game.
OP's can be challenged of course if your own sleuthing yields a different location than OP thinks beforehand. When I am OP I'm happy to answer PM's if anyone wants to see if they are on the "right" path before the game ends.
Clues and questions needed to answer correctly to "win" the game.
1. Upper Midwest United States. City and State?
2. Where in this city? Exact Location?
3. Picture today of this "exact location"? Yeah, ya can get approximately there and get a map pic, or just post a recent stock photo if that's easier (since location/skyline/topography has changed a bit over these past 50 years).
Please, if you get it, consider just indicating that you have it, but DON'T post your answer until the end. This gives others not seeing this post until later, or who are working on it, a fair shot at it.
This one is pretty easy I think - we have been in this city with games many times-- so we can ease back into it. But, I have a couple saved up that are challenging I think
Some of you others who choose to be an OP may have some good ones too. If interest in the game remains, we can probably make it into the summer with games.
Good Luck.
Answer in a few days.
This is the "hard game". If you have time/interest, ya probably gotta have pretty good digital search skills. Hard to find where the vehicle is otherwise.
Tends to get quite a few watchers, and relatively few players. Same 5-6 players. Cool, but maybe we can get a few more to play now that FCBO has twice as many members now than when this thread started nearly a decade ago.
Where's the 1976 Gran Fury car parked.
You can solve it any way you want. You might know it outright, or google the picture and/or the clues directly -- no such thing as cheating in this game. Whatever works for ya.
The clues are to help narrow the location from "could be anywhere in the whole world" to a much more manageable geography. You "win/solve" by answering three questions when the OP ends the game.
OP's can be challenged of course if your own sleuthing yields a different location than OP thinks beforehand. When I am OP I'm happy to answer PM's if anyone wants to see if they are on the "right" path before the game ends.
Clues and questions needed to answer correctly to "win" the game.
1. Upper Midwest United States. City and State?
2. Where in this city? Exact Location?
3. Picture today of this "exact location"? Yeah, ya can get approximately there and get a map pic, or just post a recent stock photo if that's easier (since location/skyline/topography has changed a bit over these past 50 years).
Please, if you get it, consider just indicating that you have it, but DON'T post your answer until the end. This gives others not seeing this post until later, or who are working on it, a fair shot at it.
This one is pretty easy I think - we have been in this city with games many times-- so we can ease back into it. But, I have a couple saved up that are challenging I think
Some of you others who choose to be an OP may have some good ones too. If interest in the game remains, we can probably make it into the summer with games.
Good Luck.
Answer in a few days.
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Oooo. Think I remember a similar ad in this game before. I seem to recall one of the clues for me was figuring out that name of the dark building on the right.
Found it. Well at least the city and the general location of the photo. What a crazy spaghetti web of roadways there now. I am still trying to figure out the exact location. Challenging on my phone.
two "veteran" gamers
appear to be on it so far. will go til Wednesday.
They get harder after that, but more fun I hope.
appear to be on it so far. will go til Wednesday.They get harder after that, but more fun I hope.
D Cluley
Well-Known Member
Not sure I have the exact corner, but am within walking distance.
three "players" now have it. thanks guys.
I gotta leave town for a week tomorrow morning, so I will finish this game tonight.
#793 Detroit, Michigan.
roughly Steve Yzerman Drive at West Jefferson, looking over the roof of Huntington Place (Cobo Hall) toward the north east.
Detroit skyline -- Penobscot Building (tallest on left), Guardian Building (an art art deco masterpiece inside and out), Buhl Building, Pontchartrain Hotel (dark, rectangle to the right), etc. are still there. Plus newer, taller things.
Three reported, repeat solvers.
Dramatically redone over the 50 years. Exact location was a vacant lot in 1976. Joe Louis Arena has come and gone, Cobo Hall thoroughly remodeled and renamed three times, People Mover built, new freeway ramps ... all kinda stuff.
Something really cool going up where this car was: watersquareresidences.com
On what was a vacant lot next to Cobo Hall 50 years ago.
Seeing this cool stuff downtown? Makes me teary eyed. Come so far, yet so far to go.
Hang in there, Detroit!
#793 Detroit, Michigan.
roughly Steve Yzerman Drive at West Jefferson, looking over the roof of Huntington Place (Cobo Hall) toward the north east.
Detroit skyline -- Penobscot Building (tallest on left), Guardian Building (an art art deco masterpiece inside and out), Buhl Building, Pontchartrain Hotel (dark, rectangle to the right), etc. are still there. Plus newer, taller things.
Three reported, repeat solvers.
Dramatically redone over the 50 years. Exact location was a vacant lot in 1976. Joe Louis Arena has come and gone, Cobo Hall thoroughly remodeled and renamed three times, People Mover built, new freeway ramps ... all kinda stuff.
Something really cool going up where this car was: watersquareresidences.com
On what was a vacant lot next to Cobo Hall 50 years ago.
Seeing this cool stuff downtown? Makes me teary eyed. Come so far, yet so far to go.
Hang in there, Detroit!
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Ponchatrain Hotel was the clue for me. If I unfocused my eyes a bit I could almost make out the name in the ad photo. Once you know it says “Ponchatrain” you can’t really unsee it.
This was a good re-entry puzzle to get the game back up and running again. Safe travels next week.
This was a good re-entry puzzle to get the game back up and running again. Safe travels next week.
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