Timetable: Grand Trunk Western - Grand Haven Subdivision - Durand to Grand Haven

This is the original Detroit & Milwaukee main line to Grand Haven on Lake Michigan opened in 1858. As of 1935, the route uses the Pennsylvania Railroad between Conklin and Shaw.

See the Holly Subdivision for the remainder of the original main line to Detroit.

Key: BB=Bascule Bridge | C=Coal | CS=Car Shop | D=Open > Day | DN=Open Day and night | DS=Dispatcher | DT=Double Main Track | EH=Engine house | F=Diesel Fuel | HI=Half Interlocked Crossing | I=Interlocked Crossing | J=Junction | LB=Lift bridge | N=Open at night | P=Passing Track w/40' car capacity | Q=Quarry | RH=Roundhouse # stalls | RT=Railroad Resort | S=Scales | SB=Swing bridge | T=Turntable | TC=Telegraph call | W=Water | X=Crossing | Y=Wye | Yard=Yard

References = GTW employee timetable #107 6/23/1935, plus additions.

Notes

Time Line

1858. The line is opened from Detroit to Milwaukee.

1868. SNAPSHOT. The Detroit & Milwaukee operates six trains on this line in each direction. One round trip to Holly, two round trip to St. Johns, and two round trip to Grand Haven which are met by steamers to Muskegon. Another round trip runs from St. Johns to Grand Rapids. [ORG-1868-06]

1971 - Yard limits at Grand Rapids extend from milepost 154.0 (Lafayette) to 164.4 (near Penn Jct.). Train movement by ABS (automatic block signal) from west of Dewey to Fuller. Car weight limited to 263,000 lbs. Speed limit 57 mph for passenger trains, 45 mph for freight trains. 6 mph over both drawbridges. Train order offices are open 24/7 at Durand and Fuller. Other train order offices are open M-F during the day at Coopersville, Fowler, Grand Rapids, Ionia, Lowell, Ovid, Owosso, Pewamo and St. Johns.

1971 - Joint trackage from Fuller (159.0) to Penn Junction (165.3) with Penn Central.

1980. Five derailments in as many weeks along a three mile stretch of track in Owosso between Corunna Road and Chipman Street have raised questions about safety. One derailed car struck a building owned by Pumping Systems, Inc. sustaining $100,000 in damages. These incidents have again aggravated the feelings between the Michigan Interstate (operators of the AARR) and the GTW which actually owns the trackage and leases it to the Ann Arbor as a segment of their main line. Both companies claim the other should assume responsibility for the condition of the track. Trains are now restricted to 5 mph on this section of track. [IT-1980-2]