MICHIGAN'S INTERLOCKINGS

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD

Grand Rapids Division

Much of route abandoned, remainder now owned by various short line operators.


STURGIS
Mechanical interlocking installed 1902
Closed by 1973/non interlocked

Former crossing with New York Central Old Road and New York Central G&M Branch.

WASEPI
Mechanical interlocking installed 1884
Replaced with automatic interlocking 1958

Former crossing with New York Central Air Line Branch.

VICKSBURG
Tower listed with Grand Trunk Western

ABOVE NOT INCLUDED IN CONRAIL 1976

GIBSON STREET (Kalamazoo)
Automatic interlocking installed 1958

Former crossing, now a junction, with New York Central Kalamazoo Branch.

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TOWER 1 (Kalamazoo)
Tower listed with New York Central

PLAINWELL
Mechanical interlocking installed 1909
Replaced with automatic interlocking 1953

Former crossing with New York Central Kalamazoo Branch, not included in Conrail 1976.

PLEASANT STREET (Grand Rapids)
Tower listed with Pere Marquette

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BELOW NOT INCLUDED IN CONRAIL 1976

WINTER STREET (Grand Rapids)
Non interlocked crossing

Former crossing with Pere Marquette Baldwin Subdivision.

LAKE MICHIGAN DRIVE (Grand Rapids)
Tower listed with New York Central (Kalamazoo Branch)

FULLER
Non interlocked crossing

Former crossing of Pennsylvania Railroad GR&I line and paralleling Pere Marquette Baldwin Subdivision with Grand Trunk Western Grand Rapids Subdivision.

COMSTOCK PARK
Non interlocked crossing

Former crossing with Pere Marquette Baldwin Subdivision.

CEDAR SPRINGS
Tower listed with Grand Trunk Western

REED CITY
Automatic interlocking installed 1937

Former crossing with Pere Marquette Ludington Subdivision.

CADILLAC
Mechanical interlocking installed 1889
Replaced with automatic interlocking by 1960's

Former crossing with Ann Arbor Railroad.

ABOVE NOT INCLUDED IN CONRAIL 1976

KALKASKA
Mechanical interlocking installed 1889

Former crossing with Pere Marquette Kalkaska Branch, abandoned 1918.

ALBA
Mechanical interlocking installed 1895
Closed 1931

Former crossing with New York Central East Jordan Branch, abandoned 1931.

BOYNE FALLS
Mechanical interlocking installed 1902

Former crossing with Boyne City Gaylord & Alpena Railroad and Boyne Falls & Northeastern Railroad.

HARBOR SPRINGS
Interlocking installed 1904

Former crossing with Harbor Springs Railway, narrow gauge logging railroad abandoned 1910.


KERRY (Traverse City)
Tower listed with Pere Marquette


BELOW NOT INCLUDED IN CONRAIL 1976

PENN JCT.
Interlocking installed

Closed by 1960's/non interlocked

Former crossing with Pennsylvania Railroad Muskegon Branch, not included in Conrail 1976. And former junction with connection between these two lines.

WALKER
Remote interlocking installed, controlled from Penn Jct.

Connection with Grand Trunk Western Grand Rapids Subdivision, east end of segment where that line has trackage rights.

FRUITPORT JCT.
Mechanical interlocking installed 1889

Former crossing of Muskegon Branch with Pere Marquette Fruitport Branch.