Was wondering where PM 1225 was housed since the former Ann Arbor back shop was torn down. I have seen pictures of the construction of the new turntable foundations being readied, and this article makes mention of a new facity, but no mention of where 1225 is currently being kept while this project is under way....
"After years of crumbling, the brick backshop which had housed #1225 since the early 1980s was demolished in Fall, 2000. The demolition will allow for environmental contamination remediation efforts to begin at that site, and for landlord Tuscola & Saginaw Bay Railway (TSBY) to expand their Owosso locomotive facilities. The backshop had been considered beyond salvation for several years.
A new home for #1225, a few hundred feet west, has been selected and the property is being acquired from the TSBY. Plans for the new site include a new multi-stall roundhouse and restoration facility which will feature the turntable formerly located at the ex-PM roundhouse in New Buffalo. Work has begun on turning the drawings for the new building into a real-world, three-dimensional structure."
