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Station: Harvey, IL
Harvey was a station on the GTW South Bend subdivision at milepost 23.2 in Cook County, IL. The GTW crossed the B&O Chicago Terminal railroad here in 1971 (at milepost 23.1) at a mechanical interlocking. [GTWET-1971-0425]
Photo Info: The inside of Harvey interlocking tower.
Notes
Time Line
1883. The GTW installs a 50' iron deck girder turntable at Valparaiso. [GTBB]
1915. The GTW had a 342 car passing track here. [GTOS-1915-1102]
1917. The GTW had an agent and an operator here during the day. The telegraph call was "HY". [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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