Timetable: GTW - Kalamazoo Sub - Pavilion to Kalamazoo

This is a short branch line off of the South Bend subdivision south of Kalamazoo.

Station MP from Pavilion Notes
Pavilion  0.0  Yard 
Pomeroy  3.0   
Kealey  4.0   
Junction with Penn Central  5.4   
Pavilion Junction  9.5   
MCRR Crossing  11.0  X target
Kalamazoo  11.3   
     

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


Notes


Time Line

1915. SNAPSHOT: The GT operated four trains daily up and down the Pavilion to Kalamazoo branch. [GTOS-1915-1102]

1971. Joint operation with Penn Central between milepost. 5.4 and Pavilion Jct. milepost 9.5. GTW timetable and rules. Also, conductors of trains and engines using the main track in either direction between Kilgore Yard and Mill Street Yard must call BO Tower, Kalamazoo before leaving. In 1971, speed limit 40 mph. [GTWET-1971-0425]

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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