Station: Grand Blanc, MI

Grand Blanc was founded in 1823 as a trading post between Pontiac and Flint. The Flint & Pere Marquette railroad came through in 1864.  The town became a city in 1930. [MPN]

Grand Blanc is the location of a large General Motors plant on the CSX railroad about eight miles south of downtown Flint.

Photo info: Top, the PM depot at Grand Blanc in an early 1900's photo. [CMUL]. 2nd photo, Lake States Railway 6352 passes the searchlight signal at Grand Blanc, in 2020. [Charlie Whipp]; 3rd and 4th photos are views of the former PM depot at Grand Blanc, top view from the street side, bottom view from the former track side. Taken in 2004. [Alan Loftis]

Notes

Time Line

1978. Quite a few changes took place in 1978. Chessie went on a building spree to increase capacity. No. 2 track was extended from Atwood Wye to Atwood Junction adding some yard tracks. The siding at Grand Blanc was extended and received power switches and new signals. A long switching lead was added south of town. [DH]

1979. The ends of the passing track at Grand Blanc were known as North Grand Blanc and South Grand Blanc and had hold-out signals. [DH]