#waltonjunction

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Smokey Day, Part Two The Traverse City Turn of the Great Lakes Central got into town without me hearing it, but I later saw it preparing to leave town after a run to Amerhart, the lumber yard over by Williamsburg, Michigan. I then ran south down to where the former Grand Rapids and Indiana (Pennsy) crosses the Manistee River, between Walton Junction and Manton. It's not overcast today, but smoke from Canadian wildfires is mucking up the sky, the amount being stated as "unhealthy" levels. The EMD SD35 was built for the Norfolk & Western in 1965—I'm assuming it had a high short hood but was chopped. Later it was owned by the Montana Rail Link as the paint scheme shows. Four images by Richard Koenig; taken June 27th 2023.

[railwayhistorical]

Walton Junction

This is where the Traverse City branch of the former Grand Rapids & Indiana (later Pennsylvania Railroad) meets its mainline.

In this image, the Traverse City job, of the Great Lakes Central, has come up the branch, negotiated the wye, and will coupled itself onto some cars (from the north) it left on the main the previous day. It will now head down to Cadillac, about 23 miles to the south.

Image by Richard Koenig; taken August 2nd 2019.

[railwayhistorical]

Walton Junction

This is where the Traverse City branch of the former Grand Rapids & Indiana (later Pennsy) meets its mainline.

In this sequence of images, the Traverse City job, of the Great Lakes Central, has come up the branch, negotiated the wye, and has coupled itself onto some cars (from the north) I believe it left on the main the previous day. It will now head down to Cadillac, about 23 miles to the south.

Six images by Richard Koenig; taken August 2nd 2019.