Location: Vandalia Junction, IN

Vandalia Junction was located at milepost 97.9 on the GTW South Bend subdivision, just southeast of downtown South Bend. This was a junction of the GTW and Pennsylvania railroads. [GTWET-1971-0501]

The New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois railroad, owned by the Singer Company, crossed the GTW at a mechanically interlocked crossing here. [GTWET-1971-0425]


Notes


Time Line

1917. The GTW had an operator on duty here during the day shift. [TRT]

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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