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Location: White Pigeon Junction, MI
White Pigeon Junction was the location of a new wye and connection of the Old Road and the NYC Kalamazoo Branch. The wye replaced an older, tighter wye track near town, and allowed fast freight trains on the NYC Air Line branch to travel at higher. This connection was about 1.5 miles long, extending from near US-12 (Chicago Road) south to near the crossing at US-131. The connection was created in the late 1950's when the Air Line branch was upgraded.
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