Station: Valparaiso, IN

Valparaiso is a city in Porter County, Indiana. On the GTW South Bend subdivision, they had a station here at milepost 85.8.


Notes


Time Line

1881, The GTW builds a 32'x36' 14' high frame ice house at Valparaiso. [GTBB]

1883. The GTW installs a 50' iron deck girder turntable at Valparaiso. [GTBB]

1915. The GTW had a 330 car passing track here. [GTOS-1915-1102]

1917. The GTW had an agent here during the day as well as operators around the clock. Telegraph call was "RA". [TRT]

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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