If you are here because of "Fort Wayne, IN: Valbruna/Slater/Joslyn Stainless Steel," then you need to go there.
GTW: (Satellite, based on the aerial photo below, there used to be several tracks and buildings in this area.)
PM: (Satellite, this building probably reused the depot's land.)
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Durand Union Station-Michigan Railroad History Museum posted Today’s featured depot is the Grand Trunk Western depot in Greenville 🚂 Greenville, now a city in Montcalm County, was originally settled about 1844. Greenville served as an important junction for three railroad lines. The Pere Marquette’s (PM) north-south Elmdale to Saginaw line crossed the GTW’s east-west branch line between Ashley and Muskegon here. Another PM line to Howard City also began here at Greenville. Greenville had an interlocking tower. An interlocking tower was a small building by the railroad tracks where a signal operator controlled track switches and signals to safely guide trains through crossings, junctions, or busy areas - to put it simply. In the 1980s, the tower and the depot were both removed. This was roughly around the same time the GTW line was abandoned. Source: “Station: Greenville, MI”. Michigan Railroad History. http://www.michiganrailroads.com/.../1513-greenville-mi. Accessed 15 August 2025. Maxwell Crosby: The interlocking tower was saved about 15 years ago and is now on display in Coopersville. Bryan Losen: The tracks are all gone now in Greenville sadly. |
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MichiganRailroads "The Pere Marquette station at Greenville with a passenger train alongside. Local dray carriers are picking up passengers and freight. [Alan Loftis collection]." |
GTW to the West and PM to the Northwest were already abandoned by the oldest topo map that I could find, 1954.
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1972/74 Greenville West and East Quads @ 24,000 |
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Apr 1, 1969 @ 20,000; AR1VCBT00010236 |
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