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Grand Trunk Western began as a route for the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) to link its line to Chicago through lower Michigan. GTR's objective was to have a mainline from shipping ports in Portland, Maine, to rail connections in Chicago through the southern part of the Province of Canada that would serve Toronto and Montreal.
The Grand Trunk Western Railroad Birmingham Depot is a former railroad train station located at 245 South Eton Street in Birmingham, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1] As of 2022, the building is unoccupied. [2]
The Grand Trunk Western Railroad Grand Haven Coal Tipple is a coaling tower designed to feed coal to steam locomotives located on the 300 block of North Harbor Drive (in Chinook Pier Park) in Grand Haven, Michigan. It is the tallest structure in the city. [2] The coal tipple was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. [1]
In 1903 Grand Trunk Western was the last of the three Michigan railroads to start Lake Michigan ferry operations, the Ann Arbor Railroad and Pere Marquette Railway began their ferry service prior to 1900. One of GTW's predecessor lines the Detroit Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway had completed building trackage to Grand Haven in 1858 and started ...
SEMTA Commuter Rail, also known as the Silver Streak, was a commuter train operated by the Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority (SEMTA) and the Grand Trunk Western Railroad between Detroit and Pontiac, Michigan. It began in 1974 when SEMTA assumed control of the Grand Trunk's existing commuter trains over the route.
Grand Trunk Western Railroad which operated in Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois. A fifth subsidiary was the never-completed Southern New England Railway , chartered in 1910, which would have run from a connection with the Central Vermont at Palmer, Massachusetts , to the deep-water, all-weather port of Providence, Rhode Island .
Grand Trunk Western Railroad: Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad: CN: 1873 1879 Michigan Railway, North Western Grand Trunk Railway: Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad: PM: 1869 1878 Chicago and West Michigan Railroad: Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway: MILW: 1893 1928 Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad: Chicago ...
The Thomas Edison Depot Museum (previously the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Depot) is a former railway depot located at 520 State Street in Port Huron, Michigan. It has been converted into a museum. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. [1]