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Location: Penn Junction, MI
Penn Junction was the overhead crossing of the Grand Trunk Western line to Grand Haven, over the Grand Rapids & Indiana branch from Grand Rapids to Muskegon, in western Kent County. This was located in what is now known as the City of Walker. In addition to the overhead crossing, the GTW connected to the GR&I (PRR) line to reach Muskegon through trackage rights after their own east-west line to Muskegon (via Sparta) was truncated at various points.
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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