Location: Lansing, MI - Franklin Street (MC/PM/DUR)

Franklin Street was the crossing of the Detroit United Railways interurban line with the MC and the PM. In 1926 the name was changed to Grand River Avenue. 


Notes


Time Line

1917. The railroad commission approves the plan for an interlocking plant at the crossing of the MC/PM and MUR on Franklin Street, in Lansing. Trains are given permission to stop and proceed, pending installation of the interlocker.[MCR-1917]

 

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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