Engine Bells Melted. May 25, 1905. A large force of men are at work today clearing away the debris on the site of the burned Pere Marquette round house, and the building will be rebuilt. The injured locomotives will be sent to the shops at Grand Rapids and Saginaw as soon as possible and will be entirely rebuilt. The intensity of the heat, during the fire is shown by the fact that the bells and brass work on the engines were entirely melted. [DFP-1905-0525]
Photo Info: Top, a large fire destroyed the Pere Marquette car shops at Muskegon, in 1905. [TJ Gaffney collection], 2nd a newer C&O engine house in Muskegon in 1977 [Charles Geletzke Jr.]
1893. April 8. A runaway box car collided with a C&WM switch train on the main track and a serious accident was averted by the vigilance of the engineer who warned nearby train crews. The box car had been sidetracked by the GR&I but a strong gust of wind started it down upon the main line and it had clear sailing down the entire grade, which is a half mile long with a fall of thirty feet. It was travelling 25 mph when it struck the C&WM train. The car and engine of the train were wrecked badly. [GRD-1893-0408]
1902. The PM installs a new coaling station here. [MCR-1903]
1906. The PM erects a new engine house here to replace a facility which was destroyed by fire. It has 10 stalls. [PMAR-1906]
May 16, 1930: The Michigan Public Utilities Commission approve the discontinuance of the crossing watchman at Ottawa Street in Muskegon. [MPUC-1930]
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