Holland, MI: Harbor, Pere Marquette Depots, PM Waverly Yard and Stationary Steam Engine

Harbor: (Satellite)

Depot: (3D Satellite)

Waverly Yard: (Satellite)

Steam Engine: (Satellite)

Bill Jacobitz shared a video of a ship trying to enter the Holland Harbor with the comment: "The Calumet stuck in the Holland Harbor, October 11th, 2011. (Video courtesy of Sally Carr)."
Fritz Tolzman: Why was the Calumet stuck ?
Bill Jacobitz: Likely stuck on a shoal.
Daniel Wagner: Probably had a head wind that day, blew the lake out. Wait for the wind to shift, probably can get back out or unloaded

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I didn't know a ship could generate such a large propwash. It does seem to be riding higher than normal. Did they reduce ballast in an effort to get clearance? Obviously, they have the engines going full bore to try to unstick it. "She is powered by two 2,800 bhp V-16 cylinder two stroke 

In August, 2017, this ship shut down traffic on St. Marys River when it ran aground. That would impact other ships. [mlive]  It freed itself two days later by offloading ballast water. It had delayed seven vessels while it had the St. Marys "plugged up." It was inspected and "No warping, indentations, or other damage to the hull was found." The cause of the grounding was still under investigation. [CoastGuardNews]  It is now over a year after that grounding, but I cannot find the results of an investigation as to why it grounded.

"In June 2016, the freighter was turning from Lake Erie into the Cuyahoga River when she struck the deck of Shooters on the Water, a popular riverfront restaurant." [mlive]  It does have a 1000hp bow thruster. [BoatNerd]

Depots

Walter Jung posted
Pere Marquette Railroad Depot, Holland, Michigan - real photo postcard, postmarked 1915.

Sarah Harrier commented on Walter's post
Assuming that's 8th street. There is still a depot there but it looks a bit different.

Paul Osciak posted four photos with the comment: "1926 ex Pere Marquette Holland, MI depot.  Still in service today for Amtrak service. Visit in May and enjoy the tulip festival."

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At photo resolution

J.R. Valderas commented on Sarah's comment
The current Holland depot was built in 1925, replacing the original one seen in the posted photo (still in the same spot along 8th Street and Lincoln Avenue). It was used until 1971 when passenger rail service by the Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) ended in favor of Amtrak. Though Amtrak's Pere Marquette train did not serve Holland until 1984 (13+ years after C&O's passenger rail service ended though Holland would see occasional excursion trains during the Chessie System era), the depot was boarded up and a "bus shed" was used as Holland's Amtrak station until it was decided to renovate the depot into the current Padnos Transportation Center in 1990. A freight train derailed along the depot in 1986, barely missing the station by a few inches. If the derailed freight cars did hit the station, then Holland would only have a raised platform as the station with no shelter from the weather for passengers. Here's this scene from August 5, 1984 as Amtrak's Pere Marquette makes its inaugural run through Holland (you can see some of the station’s windows boarded up and the "bus shed" depot being built).

Waverly Yard

Andy Gras posted two photos with the comment: "The flying Dutchman gets his shot.  It's not the best, but hey, whatever.  Chessie's Waverly Yard, Holland Michigan.  July, 1965"

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The yard still has quite a few of its tracks.

Satellite

1932 Holland Quad @ 62,500

Andy Gras posted two photos with the comment: "Eastbound freight for GR picking up orders at Chessie's Waverly yard office.  Holland Michigan.  Early 1980's   2nd pic shows office interior."

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Dennis DeBruler shared with the comment: "Train order action is always interesting."

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Street View, Sep 2019

Scott Ward posted
At one time I would pass this every day going to work and wondered about it but never stopped to find out what it was all about.  Well, I don't go by there very often now but did the other day and decided to learn the story behind this engine.  It was originally used by the Bush & Lane piano company here in Holland, Michigan till they went out of business during the Great Depression.  A few years later it was taken over by the Baker Furniture Company until it was retired in 1959.  This 1905 Allis Chalmers 350hp beast help these businesses for over 50 years before becoming this roadside display of Holland's industrial history.

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CSX in Holland

Waverly Yard was the junction point off the Pere Marquette (later C&O/CSX) main line with a branch line north to Grand Haven and Muskegon. This became the PM's largest yard facility in Holland.

The former C&O Waverly Yard freight still stands in Waverly Yard. At one time, the operator's office on the right of the building contained an early centralized traffic control machine which controlled train traffic in this area.

The J.H. Campbell Generating Plant is a coal-fired power station near West Olive, Michigan uses an average 8 or 9 trains per week. The coal trains come north from Porter, Indiana, and diverge from the CSX Grand Rapids Sub on the wye to head to West Olive on the branch line. 

The “Dock Track”, Ottawa Beach Spur and the Hamilton Branch have a modest amount of industrial switching traffic. Of note, Waverly Yard is probably the only CSX facility with a view of a Dutch Windmill, across the river at Windmill Island Gardens.