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from G. Rapids

 

As of 1949, 45' cars

1949

Porter

     Jct. with the NYC Main Line

     Jct. with the EJ&E

136.6

 

100

Interlocking Tower staffed by NYC.

Michigan City

     Crossing of the CI&L

125.3

 

143

Interlocking.

New Buffalo

     Jct. with PM LaCrosse Branch

115.1

 

270

Eight stall roundhouse built in 1920 with 90' turntable.  300 ton coaling station built in 1930.  Wayside water treating plant.  All steam powered trains took on coal here for trip to/from Chicago terminals.

Union Pier

111.1

 

 

12 car siding.

Lakeside

 

 

 

 

Harbert

 

 

 

 

Sawyer

104.7

 

204

 

Oakhall

103.0

 

 

16 car siding.

Bridgman

100.1

 

 

 

Livingston

97.3

 

210

Two mile long siding constructed in 1944.

Fromac

96.0

 

 

5 car siding.

Stevensville

94.9

 

 

 

Glenlord

93.0

 

 

15 car siding.

Vine

92.0

 

 

Beginning of double track NB through benton Harbor.  AKA Glen Lord.  5 car siding at Nylen.

St. Joseph

87.9

 

 

 

Drawbridge

87.6

 

 

Single track on drawbridge, 10 m.p.h. in 1945.  Interlocked.

Benton Harbor

   Connection with the NYC Big Four

86.0

 

 

 

Waldo

84.0

 

 

75 car siding.

Riverside

80.1

 

 

Beginning of double track SB through Benton Harbor.

Coloma

76.2

 

 

 

Watervliet

73.8

 

 

 

Kirk

71.4

 

210

 

Auto Spec

71.0

 

 

27 car siding.

Hartford

     Connection with PM Paw Paw Branch

     Connection with PM South Haven Branch

68.8

 

 

 

McDonald

 

 

 

 

Gross

61.7

 

216

3 car siding.

Bangor

60.6

 

 

 

Breedsville

58.0

 

 

10 car siding.

Grand Junction

     Crossing of the MC South Haven Branch

53.8

 

188

Interlocking.

Lee

 

 

 

 

Pullman

48.1

 

 

 

Bravo

46.0

 

 

4 car siding.

Pearl

44.0

 

 

10 car siding.

Wells

42.4

 

210

 

Fennville

40.4

 

 

 

Helper

37.5

 

 

Base for helper engines up East Saugatuck Hill.

New Richmond

36.2

 

 

10 car siding.

East Saugatuck

32.9

 

118

10 & 68 car siding.  Hill has a 1.23% ascending grate SB for two miles with numerous curves.

Holland

25.8

 

128

 

Waverly

     Connection with the Muskegon Branch

24.5

 

110/Yard

Two stall roundhouse.  Coaling by locomotive crane.  PM coal storage piles.  In 1945: CTC operator handled from Grandville to East Saugatuck.

Zeeland

20.7

 

 

 

Vriesland

16.0

 

 

21 car siding.

Hudsonville

11.8

 

204

 

Jenison

7.0

 

 

16 car siding.

Grandville

6.0

 

 

Beginning of double track EB.  In 1945, power switch controlled by CTC operator at Waverly.

Lamar

     Crossing of the NYC Grand Rapids Branch

3.5

DN

 

Interlocking.  West end of Wyoming Yard.

Wyoming Yard

 

 

 

Car shops, roundhouse, diesel shops.  In 1945 the yard had 17.5 miles of track, 1,770 car capacity. 500 ton coal dock.

Plaster Creek

 

 

 

East end of Wyoming Yard.  Creek is source of water supply for locomotives in terminal.

Sunnyside

 

 

 

 

Second Avenue

     Crossing of the MCRR

     Crossing of the PRR

      Interlocking

Grand Rapids Union Station

0.0

DN

Yard

Owned by PRR, used by PRR, PM and MC.

 

 

 

 

 

         
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Speed:  Passenger Trains: 70 m.p.h.;  Freight Trains:  50 m.p.h.

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