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Friday, 13 September 2024

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Grand Funk Railroad: Loco-Motion Tour Careens into Patchogue Theatre

Long Island Press 12 Sep 2024

You pulled up to the railroad crossing and the train would go by with box cars that had “Grand Trunk and Western Railroad.” In the ’60s, we were a band called “The Pack” and we wanted a change.

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Headlines in History 1920: Jefferson boulevard pavement to be finished before bad weather

South Bend Tribune 09 Sep 2024

“In order to provide for an increasing traffic, the Grand Trunk Western Railroad has begun the operation through South Bend of new and heavier cars on its crack train, the “International Limited .” ...

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Look back at Landsdowne, the Detroit riverfront restaurant owned by Four Tops' Duke Fakir

Detroit Free Press 23 Jul 2024

On Monday, Duke Fakir, the last member of Motown’s legendary Four Tops, died of heart failure at his Detroit home ... Launched in 1884, the Lansdowne was built in Wyandotte for the Grand Trunk Western Railroad and used as a rail ferry.

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Ride tracker: How animals, wheels, trade steered the history of the road

Hindustan Times 12 Jul 2024

Dating to the 4th century BCE, the Uttarapatha or the Northern Great Route stretched from Taxila in modern-day Pakistan, through Punjab, to the western coast of the ... This became the Grand Trunk Road.

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Ind. 39 to close south of U.S. 6

The Indiana Times 26 May 2024

LAPORTE COUNTY — Indiana 39 between U.S. 6 and C.R. W 800 S will begin on or after Tuesday, May 28, for approximately 11 days while Grand Trunk Western Railroad Co. rebuilds its grade crossing, the Indiana Department of Transportation ... .

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Petersburg, settled around 1824, is the second smallest Michigan city

The Monroe News 07 Apr 2024

Cole and Austin E. Wing in 1836. Cole and Wing platted the original village ... The Harry B ... Portions of the DT&I line were purchased in the 1990s by the Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW), including track rights from Dundee to Flat Rock.

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2024 Railroad Person of the Year

Independent Newsgroup 27 Mar 2024

JAMES T. RODDY has been named the 2024 Railroad Person of Year. Mr ... His grandfather, dad, uncle and brother all worked for the railroads, and after graduating high school in 1965, Jim took a job as a brakeman with Grand Trunk Western ... (Courtesy Photo) .

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Here is where work will be taking place on U.S. 131 this year

Sturgis Journal 09 Mar 2024

SCHOOLCRAFT – After navigating close to an eight-mile stretch of construction from May through December in 2023, motorists on U.S. 131 in St ... “We started the St ... Nov ... 131 at the Grand Trunk Western Railroad crossing at the south end of Schoolcraft ... 131.

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Lenox-New Haven Historical Society gets $10,000 donation

The Voice 21 Nov 2023

The Grand Trunk Railroad Depot remained part of the ... The station became known as the New Haven Depot in 1869, and by 1928, the train route using the station merged into the Grand Trunk Western route.

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First phase of U.S. 131 work coming to a close

Sturgis Journal 25 Oct 2023

THREE RIVERS – The first of a two-year, $51 million rehabilitation project involving U.S. 131 in St ... The segment represents about two-thirds of the 13.4 miles of U.S ... 131 ... 131 at the Grand Trunk Western Railroad crossing at the south end of Schoolcraft.

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New Haven to kick off holidays with an old-fashioned Christmas

The Voice 24 Oct 2023

The society will host the tea at the historic Grand Trunk Railroad Depot, located at 58525 Victoria St ... The station became known as the New Haven Depot in 1869, and by 1928, the train route using the station merged into the Grand Trunk Western route.

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Michigan Transit Museum in Mount Clemens celebrates 50 years of volunteerism, fun

Macomb Daily 15 Sep 2023

Designed by Francis Thompson, a British architect who did a lot of other stations in the United Kingdom, Mount Clemens Depot served as one of several functional stations for Grand Trunk Western ...

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Lucas Holdings vs Davis

The Argus Press 27 Aug 2023

... 7 inches, thence South to the Northerly line of the Right of Way of the Grand Trunk Western Railway right-of way to the Southeast corner of said Lot 75, and thence North to the place of beginning.

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5 things to know about Burning Foot Beer Festival’s ‘perfect way to end the summer’

Michigan Live 22 Aug 2023

General admission is $60 ... near the Delta Marriot Hotel at Third Street and Western Avenue and another near the Grand Trunk Boat Launch located at Lakeshore Drive and McCracken Street ... New authentic Peruvian, Mexican restaurant opens near Grand Rapids.

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Summer Fest to roll into New Haven’s historic train depot

The Voice 01 Aug 2023

at the historic Grand Trunk Railroad Depot, located at 58525 Victoria St ... Trunk Junction Rail Road Company ... In 1928, the train route using the New Haven Depot merged into the Grand Trunk Western route.