RRHX
Station: Haires, Michigan
Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Penn Central F-unit 1779 and GP-30 2195 lead westbound train DC-1 near Haires in 1975. Note the open, bi-level auto rack cars in this consist. [Doug Leffler] |
Haires was a junction of New York Central lines west of Jackson (the former Michigan Air Line to Three Rivers and Niles, and the former Fort Wayne & Jackson line to Jonesville and Fort Wayne). These two branch lines were independently built parallel between Haires and Jackson, formed a make-shift double track line between the two towns. Though both lines would quickly come under the control of Vanderbilt interests, the Air Line was operated by the rather independent Michigan Central, while the Fort Wayne line was under Lake Shore (and later NYC) interests.
During early times, Haires was a staffed block station. Later, centralized traffic control was installed on the "Air Line". Both branch lines have now been removed.