Re: Elba Steve Question - City of Flushing Long Lost Memory
When I moved to Saginaw in 1976 I had the opportunity to work at Mershon Tower on many occasions off the extra board and recall all of the trains on the GTW of which you speak, including the interesting power consists on the coal trains. Also remember the TankTrains. Besides the coal and oil trains, the "regular" manifest run was 471/470 Durand-Bay City and return, and sometimes a Saginaw Turn 891/890. The GTW had 2 or 3 yard jobs working the Saginaw area during the day also pounding the diamond at Mershon as they did their thing. I could kick myself for not snapping some photos of the trains passing the tower back then!
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