RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION

GREAT LAKES CENTRAL RAILROAD

(Traverse City-South)

FORMERLY Pere Marquette Railroad/Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
(Traverse City Subdivision)
CONSTRUCTED 1889 by Manistee & Northeastern Railway (Manistee-Kaleva)
CONSTRUCTED 1890-1892 by Chicago & West Michigan Railway (Baldwin-Kaleva-Traverse City)
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: 1955 (Baldwin-Kaleva)
ABANDONED 1955 (Baldwin-Kaleva)
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: 1966 (Manistee-Traverse City)
ABANDONED 1982 (Manistee-Grawn)

In 1955, for its main route between Grand Rapids and Traverse City, Chesapeake & Ohio adopted its route via the newly acquired Manistee & Northeastern via Manistee, along with using a segment of the Ludington line west of Baldwin and a branch line from Walhalla to Manistee. The direct route between Baldwin and Kaleva was then abandoned.

Radio Frequency - 160.575 (AAR Channel 31)

Stations/Milepost Locations

Direction is northward from Baldwin/Manistee to Traverse City
Distance is from Grand Rapids

ITALICS INDICATE ABANDONED SEGMENTS

73.8 Baldwin
81.8 Wolf Lake
85.0 Peacock
91.7 Irons
97.7 Wellston
105.2 Brethern
110.1 Kaleva

----- Manistee
113.0 C&O Junction
121.7 Onekama Jct.
124.0 Norwalk
127.1 Chief Lake
132.0 Kaleva
142.8 Thompsonville
155.9 Interlochen
159.8 Grawn
166.9 South Traverse City
169.4 Traverse City

1 track, unsignaled.

INTERLOCKING TOWERS

Past and present towers and interlockings.