Muskegon RR Line
Muskegon RR Line
While thumbing through some old maps, I found one of Muskegon listing GTW, C&O and Pen Central, but there is a fourth one that I had never heard of and a search online did not show anything. It lists a M.R.& N.RR. Runs on the original Michigan Shore line and ties into the Pen at Marsh School. Any ideas?
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Muskegon Railway & Navigation Company, incorporated May 22, 1918, under the general laws of Michigan to build a terminal transfer or belt railway around and through Muskegon and Muskegon Heights, with water-front terminal and trans-lake connections to Milwaukee. MR&N was acquired in 1929 by the Grand Trunk.
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So would they have been the original builders of the Henry St yard?Mr. Tops wrote:Muskegon Railway & Navigation Company, incorporated May 22, 1918, under the general laws of Michigan to build a terminal transfer or belt railway around and through Muskegon and Muskegon Heights, with water-front terminal and trans-lake connections to Milwaukee. MR&N was acquired in 1929 by the Grand Trunk.
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Thanks for the info. I knew somebody had the answer. The strange thing is that the map is not that old, maybe late '60's or 1970's.
I know I have a picture of the Henry street engine house under construction in the 1950's with a streamlined GTW 4-8-4? in the background. I don't know if it replaced an existing building or if that is where they moved GT's operation to. I thought I had read that they had another yard somewhere else in the Heights earlier on.
I know I have a picture of the Henry street engine house under construction in the 1950's with a streamlined GTW 4-8-4? in the background. I don't know if it replaced an existing building or if that is where they moved GT's operation to. I thought I had read that they had another yard somewhere else in the Heights earlier on.
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Topographical maps from 1930 show a small Muskegon Railway & Navigation Company Henry St. yard.Saturnalia wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2014 11:10 pmSo would they have been the original builders of the Henry St yard?Mr. Tops wrote:Muskegon Railway & Navigation Company, incorporated May 22, 1918, under the general laws of Michigan to build a terminal transfer or belt railway around and through Muskegon and Muskegon Heights, with water-front terminal and trans-lake connections to Milwaukee. MR&N was acquired in 1929 by the Grand Trunk.
To view a picture of the The Muskegon Railway & Navigation Company locomotive 0-6-0 #1 click on the link provided below.
https://rrmuseumpa.andornot.com/permalink/archives6502
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Lol just under ten years to get an answer to this question!GRHC wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 4:55 pmTopographical maps from 1930 show a small Muskegon Railway & Navigation Company Henry St. yard.Saturnalia wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2014 11:10 pmSo would they have been the original builders of the Henry St yard?Mr. Tops wrote:Muskegon Railway & Navigation Company, incorporated May 22, 1918, under the general laws of Michigan to build a terminal transfer or belt railway around and through Muskegon and Muskegon Heights, with water-front terminal and trans-lake connections to Milwaukee. MR&N was acquired in 1929 by the Grand Trunk.
To view a picture of the The Muskegon Railway & Navigation Company locomotive 0-6-0 #1 click on the link provided below.
https://rrmuseumpa.andornot.com/permalink/archives6502
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After looking at numerous photos both ground shots and aerials I do believe this is a photo of the GTW Henry Street engine house taken in 1955. This looks to be the original engine house. Topographical maps from 1936 show a small MR&N yard near the Marsh school. It was sandwiched between and connected to both PM trackage and the PRR line from Grand Rapids to Muskegon.EWRice wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2014 1:13 pmThanks for the info. I knew somebody had the answer. The strange thing is that the map is not that old, maybe late '60's or 1970's.
I know I have a picture of the Henry street engine house under construction in the 1950's with a streamlined GTW 4-8-4? in the background. I don't know if it replaced an existing building or if that is where they moved GT's operation to. I thought I had read that they had another yard somewhere else in the Heights earlier on.
For more information on the MR&N click on the links provided below.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia ... on_Company
https://www.labellemodels.com/manuals/M ... gation.pdf