Location: CP 2, Spring Arbor, MI

NYC train at Spring Arbor

CP 2 (control point 2) was the east end of a two mile long passing track on the New York Central Air Line branch in Jackson County. This was installed with the 1950's track modernization program which created this line as a high-speed freight route between Jackson and Elkhart, Indiana. CP 2 was controlled by the Jackson dispatcher.

Photo Info: Top, New York Central train DC-1 passes CP-2 in Spring Arbor in 1963. 1014 is a Alco FA freight locomotive. Control equipment for CP-2 is in the equipment hut. [Doug Leffler]


Notes


Time Line

1870. September. Ten car loads of iron arrived for the Michigan Air Line and track laying between Union City and Homer will be resumed immediately. One half of the track between Concord and Jackson has been "ballasted" and is quite smooth. The Village of Concord is quite lively now with railroad men. Everybody has borders. [DFP-1870-0929]

Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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