RRHX
Station: Greenville, MI
Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum
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The Pere Marquette station at Greenville, with a passenger train at its side and local dray carriers picking up passengers and freight. [Alan Loftis collection] Below, a 1970's photo of the Grand Trunk Western depot at Greenville. [Charlie Whipp] |
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Above and below, 1973 photographs of the depot and interlocking tower at Greenville. This is an example of probably the most simple interlocking tower in Michigan. There is one pipe sticking out of the base of the tower to control the switch for the PM or GTW. The tower probably also controlled the two-aspect signal on the other side of the depot, which is set for a diverging route. Most simple interlockings in Michigan were actually ground interlockings (with levers at ground level). [Greg Bunce] |
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Above, a photo of C&O's Greenville switcher (C&O 5761, a GP-7) and caboose, in March, 1979 [Greg Bunce] Below, C&O 5797 with a train near the Greenville engine house. October, 1978. [Charles Geletzke Jr.] |
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Note from Jack Simmons, posted on the RRHX bulletin board:
In 1914, Greenville was a busy place on the "Turkey Train". Westbound train 43, the steam motorcar, would arrive at 8:22 a.m. The motorcar would return eastbound as train 44 and arrive at 6:35 p.m., headed for Ashley. The next train to Greenville was No. 472 at 10:00 a.m. 472 would spend the next two hours at Greenville switching the local industries. Train 42, the Mail and Express, would pass 472 at Greenville at 10:35 a.m. Train 42 would turn at Owosso and return to Greenville at 5:44 p.m. as train 41. Train 471, the westbound way freight, would arrive at 11:20 a.m. and spend an hour and 40 minutes in town. The motorcars would last less than a year, but trains 41/52 and 471/472 would run on the "Turkey Train" for many years.