Location: Edmore Junction, MI

Edmore Junction Edmore JunctionEdmore Coal Chute Edmore Junction was located east of the depot, at the switch diverting trains south to Elmdale and Grand Rapids. This was a train order office.

Photo info: A 1965 view of Edmore Junction, with a map showing its location compared to the main depot at Edmore. [Dick Blakely photo, Tom Carter collection]. 2nd photo, a view of the same train order office in the 1970;s. [Robert Smith photo]. 3rd image, the Pere Marquette Coal Chute at Edmore. [Edmore Pint Forest History Museum collection]


Notes

Tom Carter comments: The train order office was photographed by C&O electrician Dick Blakely. This building was also used as a mail stop until late 1947 or early 1948. It was closed in June, 1981 and removed the following year. The siding of the building was asbestos.


Time Line

1981. The train order office here is closed and removed the following year.

 

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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