Come and ride the last passenger train into Muskegon Michigan. Hear the recording I made 39 years ago on April 30th 1971. I have included photos of GP9 6088 which pulled #203 the last passenger train into Muskegon. At the time I did not own a video camera. See heavy weight coach 725 in both the unrestored and restored condition. See a night shot of this train at Holland Station and a shot of the Holland Depot as it is today serving Amtraks Pere Marquette. This train likely would not have lasted that long if it hadnt been for the hauling of freight. No it wasnt a mixed train(freight & passenger). It would leave as a passenger train. Arrive in Holland where after it let its passengers off(If there were some besides my Dad dead heading= Railroad for employee traveling on a pass). The 6088 or 6084 would take the train to the house track where my Dad would clean it. It would wait until number 8 the Grand Rapids-Chicago train to arrive. After #9`s departure, the 6088 would head to Waverly yard and haul freight north to Muskegon. This was known as the Waverly Muskegon Local. Once in Muskegons North Yards,(now Michigan Shore RR) the loco would be assigned either to the Fremont job where it switched the Gerber Baby Food Company or be doubled with either a GP7 another GP9 or a GP30 or GP35 for the Hart Job. This ran through Montague to service the Hooker, DuPont or Union Carbide(when it made acetylene for DuPonts neoprene rubber production) then up to Hart where it serviced the ...
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