Location: Schoolcraft, MI - CF Tower

xxxxxxxxCF Tower in Schoolcraft controlled the crossing of the GTW main line to South Bend, and the New York Central (LSMS) Grand Rapids branch from White Pigeon north to Kalamazoo.

Photo Info: Schoolcraft Tower.[David Oroszi Collection]


Notes


Time Line

1903. This was a Saxby-Farmer Lever machine installed by the Union Switch & Signal company. [CFR-1904]

1917. The GTW had an agent at the depot, and this tower was manned by GTW operators around the clock. [TRT]

Location: Schoolcraft, MI - CF Tower

xxxxxxxxCF Tower in Schoolcraft controlled the crossing of the GTW main line to South Bend, and the New York Central (LSMS) Grand Rapids branch from White Pigeon north to Kalamazoo.

Photo Info: Schoolcraft Tower.[David Oroszi Collection]


Notes


Time Line

1903. This was a Saxby-Farmer Lever machine installed by the Union Switch & Signal company. [CFR-1904]

1917. The GTW had an agent at the depot, and this tower was manned by GTW operators around the clock. [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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