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Location: Petoskey, MI - Pere Marquette Facilities
Petoskey was served by two railroads, the Grand Rapids & Indiana and the Pere Marquette. The PM terminates just a few miles north of here at Bay View, and Petoskey was a terminal for the PM. The turntable shown at the left was removed and reinstalled at Greenfield Village, at the Henry Ford in Dearborn.
Photo Info: Top, the PM freight house at Petoskey in 1977. 2nd, the PM turntable at Petoskey in 1981. This turntable has been moved to Greenfield Village in Dearborn. [Both, Charles Geletzke, Jr.]. 3rd photo, an old view of the Petoskey roundhouse and ailing water tower, year unknown but still in the steam era. [William Dunham collection]
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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