Owosso Junction was located within the City of Owosso, and was the crossing of the northbound New York Central (Jackson to Saginaw branch) and both the Grand Trunk Western and Ann Arbor railroads. It is no longer an interlocking, but a junction where the east-west Great Lakes Central has a junction to its branch line to Chesaning (on the former NYC route).
Image info: Top, the depot at Owosso Junction in a 1918 railroad valuation photo. [CMUL] 2nd photo, a photo of the Junction Hotel at Owosso, around the turn of the century. [CMUL]
1871. May. A scaffold being used to make repairs at the eating-house at the junction of the D&M and the JL&S collapsed, injuring two men, though not fatally. Medical assistance was immediately procured and he is doing as well as could be expected. [DFP-1871-0520]
1877. Lightning struck the telegraph station of the D&M railroad at Owosso Junction. It went in on the wires and would have caused the burning of the building if it had not been for timely work in putting out the fire. [DFP-1877-0831]
1900. This is a telegraph station on the Ann Arbor railroad. [OG-1900]
1910. June 30. After a conference between representatives of the GT, MC and AA railroads at the Michigan Railroad Commission, it was decided that these three roads will erect a new union station at Owosso Junction. The station will cost approximately $300,000. [PHTH-1910-0630]
1928. This crossing was controlled by a color light system but not interlocked. [ETT-GT-1928-0429]
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