Sheridan Avenue was an interlocked crossing of the Grand Trunk Western Bay City branch and the Pere Marquette Saginaw Belt Line on the south side of East Saginaw.
Image info: Top, a 1963 map of the interlocking at Sheridan Avenue.
This was a GTW maintained interlocking and originally had a tower which controlled the GTW spur to industry east of here, and the crossing itself. In 1962, this was converted to an automatic interlocking with signals on both the GTW and PM routes. [SMAI]
1898. A train on the Michigan Central ran into a cutter (a horse drawn sleigh) about 5:00 pm at the Sheridan Avenue crossing killing three people. The usual warnings were given by whistle and bell before approaching the crossing. The passengers were hurled 30 feet over a fence into a railroad yard. The horse escaped without injury. [LSJ-1898-0207] Ed. Note: This accident was at the MC crossing which is about 1/3 mile north of this PM-GTW crossing.
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