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New Buffalo, MI - PM Coal facility
This is the former Pere Marquette coal facility at New Buffalo. The concrete tower straddles the main line and originally had the capability to load two main line trains and possibly others on side tracks. It was built in 1942 and only used for about 14 years. It had a 250 ton capacity. Coal was raised to the holding area by an electric elevator.
Photo info/credit: This photo of a CP trackage rights train was taken in 1995. [Charlie Whipp]
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