This Weekend in CNR History
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October 19, 1878 The Detroit & Milwaukee is reorganized as the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. [later GTW]
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October 19, 1893 A Grand Trunk passenger train wrecks at Battle Creek MI, killing 26.
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October 20, 1881 Construction of the Pontiac, Oxford & Port Austin Railroad (later GTW) begins in Caseville, bringing rail service to Michigan's "Thumb" area.
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October 20, 1920 The Association of American Railroads issues standards for stenciling reporting marks on the sides of freight cars.
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October 20, 1978 Vicksburg MI loses its agent, the last person working in the passenger depot. The structure, located at the crossing of the former Grand Rapids & Indiana and Grand Trunk Western, is now home to the Vicksburg Historical Society.
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Mark Tomlonson
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