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Location: Empire Junction, MI
Empire Junction is a control point where the C&NW main line merges into the LS&I line going south to the Empire and Tilden Mines. It is controlled by the control operator at Eagle Mills.
Photo Info: Top, Empire Jct. looking south towards the Empire Mine. The tailings from the mine are piled in the background of this photo. 2006 [Dale Berry]; 2nd photo, the LS&I and C&NW meet at Empire Junction in 1994. The LS&I has a proceed signal to diverge to the left. [Mark Andersen]
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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