Grand Trunk Western Locations

[Detroitnerd]

Here are a couple of location on the Grand Trunk Western Detroit-Port Huron line out Gratiot. They are listed in Meints "Along The Tracks" as being on that line, but no specific location is given.

Nallville in Wayne County

Measel in Macomb County


Do these names ring a bell with anyone?

Never heard of them. Was that the train young Edison was a "candy butcher" on?

[Hermod]

Never heard of them. Was that the train young Edison was a "candy butcher" on?

Yes, originally called the Detroit and Port Huron Railroad and bought by the Grand Trunk.

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[Sandhouse]

I never heard of `em, either. Your best bet is a GTW employee timetable, and maybe an old one will be necessary. For ease of dispatching, railroads named each junction, siding or switch. Often these names became the names of the adjacent community. Other times, the names remained in use only by railroaders. The DeLorme atlas and USC&GS maps often show these names [[like "Tappan" and "Columbus" on the GTW Port Huron line, but no "Measel.")