Timetable: Pere Marquette - Petosky Sub - Grand Rapids to Bay View

This was a major PM branch line from Grand Rapids north to Traverse City, Petoskey and Bay View. Station hours and siding capacity as of 1948.

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

Sources: Employee timetables + [MRL]

Notes

Time Line

1872. The line is built between Winter Street (in Grand Rapids) to Newaygo by the Grand Rapids, Newaygo & Lake Shore railroad. [MRL]

1875. The line is extended north to White Cloud in Newaygo county. [MRL]

1880. The line is extended to Ramona, and to Brookings in 1881. [MRL]

1881. The GRN&LS becomes the Chicago & West Michigan, by merger. [MRL]

1882. The line is extended south to Sunnyside, on the south side of the Grand River in Grand Rapids. On the north end, the line reaches Baldwin. [MRL]

1890. The line is extended north from Baldwin to Boardman. [MRL]

1891. The State Crossing Board approved maps of the Proposed route of the C&WM from Traverse City through Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Antrim, Charlevoix and Emmet Counties, to the south line of the Bay View Resort Association grounds. The road will run upon the right of way of the GR&I through the Bay View grounds and no further objection was made by that association. Interlockers were ordered at the crossing of the GR&I at Traverse City (Kerry). [DFP-1891-0408]

1892. The line is extended north from Boardman to Bay View, via Williamsburg.

1899. The C&WM is merged into the new Pere Marquette railroad. [MRL]

1929. The Chesapeake & Ohio gains control over the Pere Marquette. The PM is formally merged into the C&O in 1947.

1956. This branch is abandoned between Baldwin and Kaleva, with trains now using the former Manistee & Northeastern railroad from Kaleva to Traverse City. Use of the "High Bridge" north of Baldwin is discontinued and the bridge removed. [MRL]

1982. The branch from Kaleva to Grawn is abandoned. [MRL]

1887. The C&O is merged into the CSX Transportation company. [MRL]

1922, April. The PM has ordered the material for the installation of telephone train dispatching circuits, including their line from Grand Rapids to Petoskey, 225 miles. [RSG-1922-04]

1956. The C&O railway announced today it will apply to the MPSC for permission to discontinue its two passenger trains between Grand Rapids and Petoskey. The C&O officials said that trains 225 and 26 operating the 250 miles averaged less than 19 passengers per trip between Grand Rapids and Traverse City, heaviest-traveled part of the line. In the month of September, 95 persons got on the train at Petoskey, 70 got off here in the 25 operating days. The summer weekend resort special has also been losing money but he declined to comment on whether or not they would discontinue the resort train. [PNR-1956-1114]