Location: Belt Line Junction, Pontiac, MI

GTW Pontiac MI Belt Line JctBelt Line Junction was a Grand Trunk Western crossing of their Pontiac Belt Line and the PO&N branch (Pontiac to Caseville). The crossing was on the north side of Pontiac south of Walton Blvd and east of Baldwin Road.

Location: 42o40.493'N / 83o17.726'W.

Photo Info: Top, GTW 4912 comes into Belt Line Jct. in Pontiac. The train is hauling carloads of tractors from the Ford Romeo Tractor plant, an empty covered hopper from Letica Plastics, and an empty box car from the James River Plant in Rochester. As of 2003, all of these businesses have closed. 1981 photo. [Charlie Whipp] 


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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

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