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Station: Michigan City, IN - PM/Monon Crossing
This was the interlocked crossing of the Pere Marquette main line between Benton Harbor and Porter Indiana, and the Monon railroad (Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville) near Michigan City, Indiana.
Photo Info: A view of the tower at this crossing from the 1950's. [Greg Bunce collection]
Notes
Time Line
1949. As a result of the C&O CTC installation between Porter, IN and Lamar (Grand Rapids), the interlocking at this crossing is updated. Normally, the route is lined for the C&O and the C&O signals can be cleared by CTC control. The derails and signals on the Monon are controlled by the leverman in the tower at the crossing. When he is to line up for a Monon train, he first operates a lever which then holds the C&O signals at stop and mechanically releases the rest of the plant so that he can reverse the derails and clear a Monon signal. [RSE-1949-04]
1971. The Monon was merged into the Louisville & Nashville railroad and later into the CSX.
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