GTW Customers Holly sub

rdenman62 · Unread post by **rdenman62** » Tue May 19, 2015 4:14 pm

Not sure if this shouldn't be posted on the "Michigan" thread but Can anyone possibly list the customers on the GTW Holly sub during the mid to late 70's. I have searched thru this site but just can't seem to find the info I'm looking for. I thought there was a topic on here that already discussed this but I just can't seem to find it. Customers, spurs, sidings would be what I'm looking for. I went to the durand depot but no one was around to help me out.

Unread post by **AARR** » Tue May 19, 2015 6:33 pm

Are you looking for a list that covers from Detroit to Durand or just a short segment in-between?

rdenman62 · Unread post by **rdenman62** » Tue May 19, 2015 7:38 pm

From Detroit to Durand would be great.

Unread post by **AARR** » Tue May 19, 2015 8:14 pm

rdenman62 wrote:From Detroit to Durand would be great.

Really, OMG, in the 1970's they probably had a 100 or more customers on the Holly Sub. I'll try to list some of the major ones later like the auto plants around Pontiac.

rdenman62 · Unread post by **rdenman62** » Tue May 19, 2015 8:22 pm

Wow didn't have any idea it would be that many so let's narrow it down to between Pontiac and Durand....

Unread post by **AARR** » Wed May 20, 2015 7:49 am

I'm not an expert since I didn't begin railfanning in the late 1980's and much had changed since the Staggers Act of 1980.

Just outside of Pontiac a company that shipped boilers or something like that.

Waterford had Erb Lumber, a GM Distribution warehouse, a Coors Beer warehouse, a landscaping materials company and another company that I recall seeing a box car at as late as the 1980's.

I don't know if there was an active shipper in Holly but I know that Chessie and GTW interchanged automotive traffic there on a regular schedule and it was very important that it get to its destination quickly (stampings perhaps?).

There were another lumber yard or two in there. Perhaps another warehouse.

I don't know if the railcar repair shops in Waterford were open in the late 1970's.

rdenman62 wrote:Wow didn't have any idea it would be that many so let's narrow it down to between Pontiac and Durand....

rdenman62 · Unread post by **rdenman62** » Wed May 20, 2015 11:39 am

Thanks that helps...I grew up in holly born and raised there so I am familiar with the interchange between gtw and chessie. I do know the gtw had a spur to a factory in holly that was called Sutters. Later the name was changed to George Fisher Foundry. In fenton I know they had a lumber yard and the same goes for linden. That's about as far as my knowledge goes. If you or anyone else has any more info to share I would greatly appreciate it

bctrainfan · Unread post by **bctrainfan** » Sat May 23, 2015 4:16 am

Maybe try your question over on the Historical Q&A thread also.

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