Station: Comstock Park, MI

Comsock Park MIComstock Park was settled in 1838 with a sawmill being located here. It was called North Park and then Mill Creek. A flour mill was established here in 1868. [MPN]

Photo Info: The last Michigan Northern train to pass through Comstock Park. Note the manual target signal on the pole at the crossing of the Chessie System crossing. A train crew member walks over to the signal to adjust it for the train. ["Big-O" photo]


Notes


Time Line

1909: The PM built a new station here in 1909. [PMAR-1909]

1994. The crossing of the C&O and PRR at Comstock Park north of Grand Rapids was protected by a target signal-arm. Horizontal allowed passage of the C&O, vertical for the PRR. [COHS-7/194]

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

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