Location: Sunnyside, Grand Rapids, MI

Sunnyside was an interlocked junction on the Pere Marquette main line (Detroit-Chicago) in Grand Rapids where the north-south Pere Marquette line to Petoskey and Bay View left the main line. This was the SE leg of the wye connection. Sunnyside was staffed by the PM.


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Time Line

1926. August. The Pere Marquette has placed an order with the General Railway Signal Co. for one 5-way table interlocker, 3 dc switch layouts, two 3-arm triangular type color-light signals, three 2-arm triangular type color-light signals, three 2-arm triangular type color-light signals, two color-light dwarf signals, and relays and other parts. The above materials will be for installation at Sunny Side, Grand Rapids, MI. [RSE01926-07]

1927. Leverman at this tower were paid 56¢ per hour, 2¢ per hour less than the nearby Plaster Creek tower. [PMTA]

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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