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Grand Trunk Western in Color
Vol. 1: Steam & Green, 1941-1961

Featuring Photography of Emery Gulash and Sandy Goodrick

By: Jerry A. Pinkepank
Morning Sun Books, Inc., 2003
Hardcover, 128 pages, All Color

List Price: $59.95                                       Our Price: $47.96

GTW was an interesting blend of Canadian and US railway practices.
It had hotshot freights that serviced the burgeoning automobile
traffic in the Detroit area while also operating a top-notch
Chicago to Toronto mainline passenger operation.

Contents Include:

INTRODUCTION

SOUTH BEND SUBDIVISION:
Chicago - Ft. Wayne Crossing - Valpo Hill
Valparaiso - Haskells - Wellsboro
Kingbury - Stillwell - Crumstown
Olivers - South Bend Elevation - South Bend Old Line
Edwardsburg - Schoolcraft - Vicksburg

FLINT SUBDIVISION WEST:
Battle Creek - Charlotte
Lansing - Perry

DURAND:
Roundhouse - "56 and 21 meet 17 and 20"
Durand Yard - Salt Line and Ann Arbor - 514
BME's - Chicago Division GP9's - Open Platform Day

FLINT SUBDIVISION EAST:
Swartz Creek - Lapeer
Imlay City - Port Huron

DETROIT DIVISION WEST:
Muskegon Carferries
Owosso - 514

DETROIT DIVISION EAST:
Holly - Clarkston - Pontiac
Oxford Gravel Run - PO&N
Michigan Air Line - Suburban Zone
Milwaukee Jct. - Mt. Clemens Sub.
Detroit - Steam Finale