The Great Lakes Central in the Traverse City Area
Images organized by geography/typical moves
Central Area—around the former Pere Marquette Station
Also: a few shots of the former PM roadbed leading to Warehouse District
0376 Arrive via GR&I and turn onto connector track (wye)
0386 Arrive via GR&I and turn onto connector track (wye)
0210 At PM station with many people at the Filling Station
0226 At PM station with many people at the Filling Station
0001 Former PM roadbed adjacent to former Carnegie Library
0035 Former PM roadbed adjacent to former Carnegie Library
"hannah-park.jpg" An undated image of PM tracks running through Hannah Park
East of Traverse City: a run to the lumber
yard and back along the Pere Marquette
(I assume this is railroad/north)
3355 Depart Pere Marquette station for Bates
4090 Heading for Bates, just east of Grant Street
2688 Near Cherry Capital Airport
7695 Going away along bike path, east of Three Mile
2934 Bike path crossing near Five Mile and East Bay
Here we see the Traverse City Turn as it runs a load over to the lumber yard at a spot
named Bates on the PM, near Williamsburg, Michigan. It is seen here off Five Mile Road
where the bike path crosses over it—near the southeast corner of East Bay.
Taken April 5th 2019.
2726 Along Five Mile with East Bay (calendar shot)
Today we see a local job moving some lumber between Traverse City, Michigan, and the
customer, Amerhart, over at a spot named Bates. This order, of four cars, is the largest
I’ve seen thus far (in the last few years). Here the train can be seen between Five Mile
Road and Routes 72/31—with Grand Traverse Bay, East Arm, in the background.
Taken July 7th 2017.
2742 Bunker Hill Road Crossing near Acme